There was no doubt that this was Red Spider's best effort. Bai Ling could even clearly feel that the heat on her body was rising at an alarming rate. Her body was red. The nodes all around her had completely exploded. In this moment, this attack condensed the largest equivalent output that Red Spider had never had before! Bai Ling even felt that this attack was barely enough to match what the Oath Breaker had done to him.
Don't underestimate this so-called "barely". To take down the Oathbreaker requires a real half of the "origin". Even if it is not a complete form, its strength has far exceeded the ordinary "disaster". A single attack from Him could potentially destroy hundreds of "dangerous" alien species, and Starscream has barely reached this point, which is enough to make Bering feel the pressure, which shows the gold content of Starscream's strength.
It is no exaggeration to say that among all existing creatures in the world, red spiders are among the top ones, even better than Wang Weizheng.
However, the person standing in front of her was a guy who could not be described in words.
If Starscream was the ceiling, then Hermes was standing outside the ceiling... the vast sky! Feeling the raging flames rolling in from the front, Hermes didn't even blink, but just glanced at Starscream.
"It seems you need to take good care of your dog," Hermes said to Bering, "although I don't mind someone showing ridiculous paws in front of me. After all, dogs are good friends of intelligent creatures - because they are really delicious."
"However, this does not mean that I will treat those snarling vicious dogs equally," Hermes said slowly, "especially when I am full."
When he uttered the first word.
The Red Spider, which was originally rushing forward fiercely, seemed to be frozen and stuck in place.
As he spoke, Starscream seemed to be under unimaginable pressure, and his back bent little by little.
When Hermes finished the last word, a smile appeared on his face.
Finally, Starscream couldn't stand the tremendous pressure anymore, and fell to his knees with a plop, supporting his body with his hands and banging his head against the ground uncontrollably.
While pounding his head on the ground, Starscream kept repeating: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
With every word she spoke she slapped herself hard.
Soon, Starscream's face turned red and swollen, accompanied by rhythmic "bang bang" sounds, echoing in the blood-red sunset.
At this moment, she looked like a poor creature who was afraid of being blamed and couldn't stop begging for mercy.
However, her voice seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth. Although she was apologizing, it was filled with a raging anger that could ignite others. The heat of the moment was overwhelming and difficult to suppress! If emotions could kill, Hermes would have probably died thousands of times by now.
Standing in front of the armored vehicle, Hermes supported himself on a sandalwood cane with both hands and sighed, "Alas, I am old and useless. It is difficult for me to control my strength even when I take these two steps."
Glancing at Bering, Hermes said cheerfully, "How is it? This is the 'law'. No matter whether it is organic or inorganic matter, or even an illusory concept, if it encounters a law that is higher than it, it will eventually kneel down and bow down."
He tapped the ground with his cane. "Well, I have brought my message and given you my gift. Now it's time to go."
As he spoke, Hermes trembled as he walked to the armored vehicle behind him, and raised his cane. "Oh, by the way, if you want to go back, you can go to this address. I have prepared a yacht for you. It is stealthy and can keep you away from the eyes of the All-Knowing Society."
Standing on the top of the armored vehicle, Hermes leaned on his cane and looked at Bering calmly.
The blood-red sunset made his figure appear as tall as a god, and also stretched his shadow very long.
It was like an abyss with no bottom. As one looked into it, one could faintly hear a small sneer.
"I'll give you a month," Hermes said, "After a month, I hope you can come to the peninsula to find me."
Hearing this, Bai Ling finally raised his head.
"Are you threatening me?" Bai Ling spoke slowly.
Hermes just chuckled: "Threat? No, no, no, I believe in your ability."
"Based on my humble knowledge, I think it will take you about a month to sort out the Omni-Information and integrate the situation there," Hermes said in a relaxed voice. "A month is just right. I can definitely afford to wait."
"One month later, regardless of whether you show up or not, I will go to the Abyss alone and find the time to 'disappear'."
Hermes slammed his staff against the car. The sound of the armored surface became heavier, just like his tone. "After I enter the Abyss, no matter if I find the 'time' or not, and no matter if I escape safely from it or not, I will completely close the door of the Abyss in the end. It's not difficult. You can ask the pretty boy next to you."
Hearing this, Bai Ling was slightly startled: "You want to close the gate of Tianyuan?"
What does this mean? It seems that it means that mythical alien species will not appear, which is a good thing for humans. But in fact, its real meaning is: it completely cuts off Bering's method of eradicating alien species.
It is easy to push a door from the inside out, but it is very difficult to get in from the outside.
Not to mention the current strength on the surface, Bai Ling doesn't think it can compare to those alien species that have occupied the laws in the sky.
Once Hermes closed the gate of the Abyss, the alien species below the "mythical" level outside the gate would still be born, after all, they did not come from the Abyss. And the alien species above the mythical level inside the gate would probably be thinking about how to open the gate.
The birth of alien species originated from human consciousness, and they are inseparable from humans. Many alien species enjoy killing humans, and if they are deprived of this pleasure, they will probably go crazy and look for a solution.
By that time, an extremely horrific civil war will inevitably break out in Tianyuan, just like raising a Gu, and the one that remains will be the strongest.
And with the intensity of the battle in the Abyss...
Bai Ling felt that no matter how much time was spent on the surface, it would probably not be able to match the overall strength of Tianyuan.
By that time, what they will face may be a real monster that has been raised and purified! Facing Bai Ling's surprise, Hermes just gently pulled his collar and said, "Of course."
"I will destroy what I can't get," he said lightly, "and if I can't destroy it, then I will make it a huge mess and shock the whole world. Rather than doing it step by step, I would rather make it as lively as possible, just like a banquet cannot be without a main dish to keep the atmosphere in check. If I can't get time, then I might as well speed it up and let this boring 'balance' completely collapse."
"Anyway, I've enjoyed enough. I can't even remember when I was born and how I met my first human body. In comparison, my relatives are really miserable. But there's nothing I can do about it."
Hermes walked slowly with a cane. "After all, I am the symbol of the 'occult' that humans associate with me. I am different from my useless relatives and have a richer meaning."
"So, who made humans choose me?"
After he finished speaking, Hermes slowly walked into the armored vehicle and smiled at Bering.
"There is one more thing I almost forgot to mention. The alien species in that law can be eliminated. If you want, you can occupy that law yourself. It's up to you."
Then, Hermes continued with another sentence without a beginning or an end: "But I really want to experience time travel. It should be very interesting."
After saying this, the armored vehicle closed completely.
Soon, just like when Hermes arrived, accompanied by the rumbling sound of the engines, the armored group that covered the sky and the sun quickly disappeared in front of the stagnant street.
Only Bai Ling and a few others stood in the middle of the street, next to them were various vehicles abandoned by people in panic, and the ground was in a mess.
As the last ray of sunset disappeared at the end of the horizon, they felt like they were in the end of the world in the gradually darkening world.
Desolate, dead silent, and chilling.
Standing there, Bai Ling didn't speak for a long time.
Finally, it was Starscream that broke the silence.
"I'm going to kill him," Starscream muttered to himself, "I must kill him. I'm going to chop his body into pieces, make him suffer the most painful torture, and make him regret coming into this world..."
She squatted on the ground, clenched her five fingers into fists, and her nails dug deep into the flesh: "I will kill him, I must kill him..."
Bai Ling could sense what kind of fury was brewing in that seemingly petite body! He withdrew his gaze from the sky and remained silent.
Not long.
The witch lying on the roof of the car suddenly groaned: "Hmm..."
Soon, she subconsciously opened her eyes and looked at Bering and Starscream blankly: "What happened... eh?!"
The next second, the expression on the witch's face instantly distorted.
Veins bulged on her forehead, her eyes rolled back, and her whole body began to twitch uncontrollably! "Ah...Ahhh!!"
A tragic howl came out from the witch's throat. The sound seemed to be filled with deep pain. Even when Bering shot the witch with the pistol, it was not even a fraction as tragic as this howl!
"Chris?!"
Starscream suddenly jumped up and supported the witch's body: "What's wrong with you?!"
While hammering the witch's back, she looked at Bai Ling anxiously: "What's wrong with her?! Do you have any solution?!"
Looking at the witch whose body seemed to be trembling, Bering said calmly: "According to Hermes, it is the negative effect brought about by the fusion of consciousness."
"Originally, she probably had emotions similar to those of humans, without the distortion of alien species." Bering walked in front of the witch and opened her eyes. "But Hermes thought it was too boring, so he removed part of her soul. And now, he has returned the missing part to Miss Chris."
"I think it's probably because of the rejection of incompatible souls and the strong conflict between the missing part of her soul and her current soul that caused her to have such a painful reaction."
Hearing this, Starscream grabbed the witch's sleeve tightly: "Hermes... Damn it, damn it, damn it!!"
She slammed her head against the car next to her, her whole mood was extremely violent and irritable: "What on earth is his ability? This is the law?! Why do I feel it is more powerful than time?!"
“Uh uh…his ...
As Red Spider hammered the car, the witch let out another shrill howl!
At the same time, Bai Ling's expression changed slightly.
"Because of the extreme incompatibility of soul fusion, the newly added part began to conflict with the original part?!" Bai Ling blurted out, "If this continues, she will probably wear out most of her soul..."
"By that time, the original Miss Chris will probably disappear completely, and be replaced by a vegetable whose mind is infinitely approaching zero!"
Hearing what Bai Ling said, Red Spider subconsciously let go of his hand: "How could it be..."
She took two steps back, her face full of disbelief: "No, it's impossible... That's right!"
Soon, Starscream seemed to remember something.
She looked at Bai Ling excitedly: "We are in the future now, right?! This means that if we go back to the present, none of this will happen, right?!"
Looking at the excited Red Spider, Bering shook his head silently.
"Impossible," he sighed. "If it were someone else, I'm afraid it would be the case. But Hermes, this trick won't work."
"Before, Hermes was able to treat the phone call that didn't exist in the real world as if it was a real conversation with me. So when he returns to the real world, Hermes... will probably also treat the fact that he met me as real. Therefore, he will still give the witch the 'gift'. In other words, no matter what action he takes, unless Hermes himself denies his own opinion, with his personality, he will eventually treat everything that happens in the future as reality!"
This is where Hermes really makes Bering feel difficult and even helpless.
Compared to the others, Hermes seemed much more smooth.
If Bering met an ordinary person, he could use his ability to predict the future to figure out this guy's weaknesses, even if he was killed or threatened by that person in the future - because when Bering returned to reality, none of these would happen, and his enemies would not know what happened in the future either.
But Hermes is different.
He only knows how to arrange the deployment, and then...he treats everything that was deployed as having happened!
This was even more obvious when he was one-on-one with Hermes in person.
Even if Hermes did not call Bering in reality and the person who answered the call was in Bering's future, Hermes in the real world would still act as if he had already called and continue to implement the plan.
The reflection now is that once Bering returns to the real world, Hermes will probably return the witch's missing soul to her without hesitation.
Because in his opinion, "Since I have made a plan, it must have happened in the prophet's future, but it has not been reflected in the real world."
As long as he holds this idea, Hermes can concentrate on formulating all strategies against Bering.
Although it may not sound like much, in fact, under Hermes's thinking, Bering's biggest advantage was gradually eliminated.
That's "trial and error".
Once Hermes has made a plan, given his personality, he will definitely try it in Bering's future. If there is no change on Bering's side, it means that the plan has not succeeded. Hermes only needs to cross out this item and make a new plan until Bering is completely harmed.
This wouldn't take too much time, and Hermes had plenty of time! It could be said that up to now, no one had made Bering feel so... troublesome.
And Hermes did it.
Absolute self-confidence and absolute control, all of this is the difficulty of Hermes who has mastered the law of the soul! Bering has countless opportunities to deal with other people, but against Hermes...
Once he notices even one mistake, he will seize it and launch an extremely crazy attack! This is "trial and error". I can make countless mistakes, but you can only make one mistake.
Bai Ling had used this thing on other people before, but now, he didn't expect that it would affect him in turn.
Thinking of this, Bai Ling's smile became a little bitter.
He stared at the witch, and after a brief silence, Bai Ling subconsciously looked at the things at hand.
That was the "gift" Hermes left for himself.
According to him, this thing can be brought back to the real world because the law itself is the same as time.
In that case...
Bai Ling held the ball of light tightly in his hand.
"It seems that this is the only way," he said to himself, "This Hermes guy must have already planned all this out. Damn it!"
He rarely uttered a swear word.
Starscream next to him looked at him, and a ray of hope rekindled: "You... have thought of a solution?"
Bai Ling nodded slightly, then shook his head slightly.
"It can't be called a method, it can only be called... an attempt," he said through gritted teeth, "and it's an attempt with absolutely no trial and error!"
Holding the ball of light, Bering pulled the witch's collar and spoke quickly: "If the soul is worn out due to a completely mismatched spiritual fusion, then we only need to copy the intact soul to the real world and put it back into Miss Chris's head! In this case, we need to make up for Miss Chris's discomfort as much as possible. If the missing part of her soul rejects Chris's subsequent actions, then we must try our best to adjust this point."
Looking at Red Spider, he said word by word: "I can't remember the name of this law, but one thing is certain - it can make people feel happy! In other words, this is a law that can affect the mind! Therefore, if Miss Chris's soul is stuffed into it, perhaps it can warm and protect her soul, and even use the joyful emotions to dispel the fear that Hermes has imposed on her!"
"We just need to put the witch's soul into this law, use the law to suppress and even purify her negative emotions, and then copy her to the real world, so that she can become intact again!"
Hearing this, Starscream suddenly became excited: "Really?! Then do it quickly!"
However, Bai Ling's hand remained where it was.
After a long while, he muttered to himself: "Although the artificial soul of the Philosopher's Stone can be brought back to the real world through my sea of consciousness, the witch, as a previous experiment of the Philosopher's Stone, can probably enter my sea of consciousness in a pure spiritual form and return to the real world at the same time. Therefore, it is equivalent to having a perfect soul copy..."
"But, after we bring it back, what if this soul conflicts with the original witch's soul? Or, if the original witch's soul is not dead, how can this soul be stuffed into the witch's body?"
I don't know. I'm not sure.
This is why Bering hesitated.
This is an area that has never been tried before, and it is different from other things that have not been tried before.
This time, he made no mistakes! The law was unique. Once a soul was filled, Bering felt that it would be difficult for him to remove it! At present, this law had been tampered with by Hermes, and the alien species that occupied the law was still in the process of gestation, so Bering could let the witch take over.
But if the witch's soul took over this law... could Bering remove her from this thing again and give it to the next witch's soul? Bering thought it was probably impossible.
In the final analysis, he understood too little about the law! So far, he had almost no way to jump out of the shackles set by Hermes! It was no wonder that Hermes was certain that Bering must leave this law.
Because if he wants to enter the Abyss and completely cut off the law of the birth of alien species, he must have something to refer to! After hesitating for a long time, Bai Ling gritted his teeth.
"Forget it, let's fight!"
"Hermes has already mentioned time travel, I'm afraid he is certain that I will use this method! If that's the case, it's unlikely that he would be hostile to me or deliberately disgust me!"
Thinking of this, Bai Ling grabbed the witch's head without hesitation.
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