Deep in the starry sky, the neutron star, which had previously been attacked by more than a dozen Void Patrolmen without success, is now exhibiting a peculiar reaction.
The fluctuations, like a heartbeat, spread through space in an exceptionally subtle way.
A void patroller roams the nearby weak-gravity cosmic region, keeping a close watch on the area.
This neutron star has a radius of only ten kilometers, which is like a small pebble compared to the enormous size of the Void Explorer, but its mass is more than twice that of the Sun.
This sudden change naturally attracted the attention of the nearby Void Patrolman. Its tentacles stretched out, creating ripples in the universe, as if it were penetrating the surface of water.
This is it probing for information through spatial means.
Suddenly, a huge crack appeared in a certain part of the seemingly indestructible neutron star, and it was rapidly expanding, taking up half of the entire seed star in less than half a second.
'???!!!'
A thought flashed through the Void Inspector's mind, and he decisively sent a message back to Earth via the psionic spirits.
"Bang!"
A loud bang instantly traveled to the farthest reaches of the atmosphere held captive by the neutron star's gravity, causing spatial tremors.
The tremor reached the Void Surveyor's location almost instantly.
Immediately afterwards, the Void Patrolman felt an unprecedentedly strong gravitational pull.
In the blink of an eye, the neutron star split open and transformed into a deep darkness, practically a black hole.
The Void Surveyor's speed became useless at this moment, and it was impossible to lift itself up. Its body, including its tentacles, was as if it were frozen by this gravity.
The giant purple eye narrowed as it analyzed the situation, its entire body struggling for strength.
Asteroids streaked past like meteors, disappearing into the black hole in the blink of an eye.
If the Void Patrol weren't considered a half-energy being with relatively strong resistance to gravity, it would likely have been sucked away in an instant.
But the situation is not optimistic now; it is already feeling a tearing pain in its body.
Using the usual space travel methods was useless, or rather, it was impossible to enter the space smoothly, as if this space had been twisted into a pretzel.
The surrounding light began to be distorted by the distant, seemingly black hole-like presence, making the void patroller appear crooked and distorted.
As time goes by, it gradually approaches the "black hole," and at an increasingly faster speed.
This gravitational pull was indeed extraordinary. Although the magic network formed by the psionic elves was not affected due to their unknown existence talent, the Void Inspectors were also unable to use the power of the magic network.
Even the most illusory power will come into contact with reality the moment it interferes with it. That part of the power, along with the Void Patrol that wants to escape, will be affected by gravity, and often it is this materialized energy that is absorbed first.
After several unsuccessful attempts, the Void Surveyor now has only one option left.
'Lord! Help me!'
On Earth, Wu You suddenly jumped out of his bed.
"What's going on? Why did this guy suddenly go berserk?"
Without time to think, the power of will directly penetrated the World Tree, channeling the power through the psionic spirits and the magic network, gripping the Void Patrol like a tug-of-war.
Even now, the Gold-level are no pushovers. Wu You knows every single one of them and has chatted with them all; he doesn't want to lose any of them.
The World Tree has just entered the legendary level. Although its power is beyond what it used to be, its total power is not high enough. Even with Wu You's power and willpower, it can only hold out for a short time. Moreover, the Void Inspector seems to be slowly moving towards the "black hole".
"Holy crap! This is way more powerful than a regular black hole!! Number Two, what did you do to provoke it? The last attack wasn't this intense!"
Another ten seconds or so passed, and the Void Inspector no longer had the strength to transmit its consciousness; it could only hum a few words in its mind.
From his fluctuating emotions, Wu You could tell that he was trying to say something like, "I didn't do anything at all."
'Should I use my demon god form?'
But Wu You immediately rejected this idea. He had never used the Demon God state before, and putting aside the consequences, the key point was that the Demon God state affected his physical body.
Am I supposed to run up to that neutron star monster and beat it up myself? What if that still doesn't work? Then I'll be left with no way to escape!
Compared to their own safety, it's more worthwhile to make Number Two sacrifice a little.
"Number Two, have you ever heard of a gecko shedding its tail?"
The Void Inspector's intense mental fluctuations were transmitted; though he could no longer speak clearly, he seemed to immediately understand what Wu You meant.
"Stop talking nonsense, this is the only way if you don't want to die! Hurry up!"
The Void Inspector was in pain all over his body. The tearing force from being "grabbed" at both ends was far greater than before, and he knew that if this continued, he might die.
Despite the abnormally strong external gravity, the Void Inspector still maintained a certain energy balance within its body.
At that moment, the purple light in his eyes suddenly shone brightly, and countless energies gathered in the middle of his body, causing purple light to be projected outward from inside his body. When this light reached the outside, it was affected by gravity and twisted like a ribbon.
"Boom!"
A burst of purple light erupted, and a powerful energy surge exploded from within the Void Patrol, causing its tail half to vanish into the "black hole" in an instant.
The surrounding spatial forces were given a brief respite due to this energy explosion.
The part with the glasses paused briefly due to the impact, and almost simultaneously disappeared into the spatial passage that the psionic spirit had briefly opened up in front of them.
"Waaah~~"
A deep, mournful sound reverberated through space from the vicinity of the neutron star.
Two distant planets were finally dragged here by strong gravity, and changed from spherical to ellipsoidal before shattering. The fragments then disappeared into the black hole.
In the secret garden world of the God of Destiny, a Void Explorer with half its body severed suddenly appeared.
The debris, covering millions of square kilometers, scattered crystalline liquids of mixed energy. Most of it was absorbed back by the Void Surveyors halfway down, while a small amount fell directly into the land or water below.
"That's ruthless! I told you to cut off your tail, so I cut off half your body instead!"
Wu You suddenly appeared and used the power of the World Tree to treat Number Two.
A fluorescent green light enveloped Number Two, instantly freeing it from its suffering.
"My lord, it's not that I'm really ruthless, I'm just afraid that if I'm not ruthless enough to cut off the 'tail,' I won't be able to escape and I'll be in Sparta!"
"Thanks a lot..."
Without the surveillance of the Void Patrolmen, they can only rely on the psionic sprites' magical network to sense things, which greatly reduces their initiative.
The psionic spirits themselves are not known for their speed; their magic network cannot move quickly. They can only reproduce and expand. They can only move by being "summoned" by a creature that knows of their existence, as if cheating.
Within minutes, the magic network lost track of the neutron star monster, only knowing that it had devoured at least ten planets with a mass no less than that of Earth.
"This is a huge problem. We don't know where this thing went, or how many similar things are active in the universe..."
Meanwhile, Wu You was also thinking about a question.
If these things were always active and their numbers weren't too pitiful, wouldn't all life in the universe have been destroyed long ago?
Why were they "asleep" before, and why are they awake now? Is their awakening due to the World Tree?
Does every calamity in the world involve this kind of abnormality? Or is it...?
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