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.
站在原地，白令半天没有开口说话。
最后还是红蜘蛛打断了这个沉默的氛围。
“我要杀了他，”红蜘蛛喃喃自语着，“我一定要杀了他，我要把他的尸体切成碎块，让他经受最痛苦的折磨，让他后悔来到这个世界上……”
她蹲在地上、五指攥紧成拳，指甲深深陷入肉里：“我要杀了他，我一定要杀了他……”
白令可以感觉出来，那具看似娇小的躯体里，现在到底酝酿了何种的……狂怒！ 他收回自己眺望天际的视线，仍旧保持着沉默。
没多久。
躺在车顶的魔女突然闷哼一声：“嗯……”
很快，她下意识张开了眼睛、茫然地看着白令和红蜘蛛：“发生了什么……呃啊？！”
下一秒钟，魔女脸上的表情瞬间扭曲了。
她额头青筋暴突、双眼翻白，整个人开始止不住地抽搐起来！ “啊……嗷！！”
惨烈的嚎叫声从魔女的喉咙里面传出来，这声音仿佛痛到了深处、哪怕是曾经白令利用那把手枪射穿魔女的时候，都不及眼下这惨嚎的万一！
“克莉斯？！”
红蜘蛛猛然跳起来，扶着魔女的身体：“你怎么了？！”
她一边锤着魔女的后背，一边焦急地看着白令：“她这是怎么回事？！你有没有什么解决的办法？！”
看着浑身上下仿佛每一块肉都在颤抖的魔女，白令平静地说道：“听赫尔墨斯的说法，是意识融合带来的负面作用。”
“原本她大概是类似于人类的情感，并没有异种的扭曲，”白令走到魔女的前面，翻开她的眼睛，“不过赫尔墨斯觉得这太无聊了，所以剔除了她部分的灵魂。而现在，他把克莉斯小姐缺失的部分还给了她。”
“我想，恐怕是因为灵魂不兼容的排斥，以及缺失部分灵魂与她现在灵魂的强烈冲突，让她产生了如此痛苦的反应。”
闻言，红蜘蛛紧紧抓着魔女的袖子：“赫尔墨斯……他吗的，他吗的，他吗的！！”
她重重地砸在旁边的车子上，整个人的情绪极端而暴躁：“他的能力到底是怎么一回事！这就是法则？！我怎么感觉比时间还要厉害？！”
“呃呃……嘶啊啊啊！”
在红蜘蛛锤着车子的时候，魔女再次发出了一声凄厉的嚎叫！
同时白令的脸色微微一变。
“因为灵魂融合的极端不兼容，所以新加进去的部分和原来的部分开始起冲突了？！”白令脱口失声，“如果继续这样的话，她恐怕会磨损掉自己大部分的灵魂……”
“等到了那个时候，原来的克莉斯小姐大概会彻底消失，取而代之的是思维无限趋于零的……植物人！”
听着白令的这句话，红蜘蛛下意识松开了手：“怎么会……”
她往后面倒退了两步，满脸的不可置信：“不，不可能……对了！”
很快，红蜘蛛仿佛是想起来了什么的模样。
她激动地看着白令：“我们现在所处的是未来对不对？！这就代表了如果回到现在，那么这一切都不会发生是吧？！”
看着激动的红蜘蛛，白令无声地摇摇头。
“不可能的，”他叹息着说道，“如果对于其它人而言，恐怕是这样。但是赫尔墨斯，这招不可能奏效。”
“之前赫尔墨斯就能够当成是跟我亲自通过电话，把现实世界不存在的那通电话当真。那么等回到了现实世界，那么赫尔墨斯……恐怕也会把和我见过面的事情当真。因此，他仍旧会送给魔女‘礼物’。换而言之，无论采取什么行动、除非赫尔墨斯自己否认了自己的看法，不然以他的性格，最后都会将未来发生的一切、当作是现实！”
这才是赫尔墨斯真正让白令觉得棘手、甚至于无计可施的地方。
比起其它人而言，赫尔墨斯要显得圆滑了太多。
如果白令遇到的是一般人，那么他完全可以利用预知未来的能力搞清楚这个家伙的弱点，哪怕在未来里被那个人杀死、又或者被要挟都无所谓——因为当白令回到现实，这些都不会发生，而他的敌人同样不会知道在未来里到底发生了什么。
然而赫尔墨斯不一样。
他只会安排部署，然后……就将部署的一切事情都当作发生过了！
这一点在亲自和赫尔墨斯一对一的时候，表现得更加明显。
哪怕现实里赫尔墨斯没有打给白令那个电话，接电话的是在白令的未来，但是真实世界的赫尔墨斯仍旧会当作自己已经打过了、并且继续向下推行计划。
反映到现在就是，一旦白令回到了真实世界、恐怕赫尔墨斯也会毫不犹豫地把魔女缺失的灵魂还给她。
因为在他的观念之中，“既然我做了计划、那么肯定就是在先知的未来里发生过了，只不过没有反映到现实世界而已”。
只要抱着这样的观念，那么赫尔墨斯就能够心无旁骛地制定一切针对白令的方略。
尽管听上去可能没什么太大的意义，但是事实上、在赫尔墨斯这样的想法之下，白令最大的优势也在一点点被抹平。
那就是“试错”。
一旦赫尔墨斯制定了什么计划、那么以他的性格、恐怕必然会在白令的未来去尝试。而如果白令那边没有变化，那么就代表这个计划没有成功、赫尔墨斯只需要划掉这一条、再进行新的计划，直到彻底给白令带来伤害为止。
这并不会花太多的时间，更何况赫尔墨斯、本来就有的是时间！ 可以说，到目前为止、没有任何人让白令觉得如此……麻烦。
而赫尔墨斯做到了。
绝对的自信、绝对的掌控力，这一切就是掌握了灵魂法则的赫尔墨斯难缠之处！ 对付其它人白令有无数次的机会，但是对付赫尔墨斯……
一旦出现哪怕一个失误让他察觉到了，那么就能够抓住这一点，展开极致疯狂的侵攻！ 这就是“试错”，我可以失误无数次、而你只能失误一次。
这玩意儿此前都是白令用在其它人的身上，但是现在、没想到还会被别人反过来影响自己。
想到这里，白令的笑容有些苦涩。
他盯着魔女，在短暂的沉默之后、白令下意识看向自己手边的东西。
那个是赫尔墨斯留下来给自己的“礼物”。
按照他的说法，这玩意儿是能够带回到现实世界的。因为法则本身，就是时间的同类。
既然如此……
白令紧紧抓住手里的光球。
“看起来只能这样了，”他自言自语道，“赫尔墨斯这个家伙，恐怕早就将这一切都算好了。真是……该死！”
他难得的说了一句脏话。
旁边的红蜘蛛看着他，重新燃起了希望的光芒：“你……想到办法了？”
而白令则是轻轻点头、然后又微微摇头。
“不能说是办法，只能说是……一个尝试，”他咬着牙说道，“而且是一个完全没有办法试错的尝试！”
抓着光球，白令拉住魔女的衣领、语气快速：“如果说因为完全不匹配的精神融合导致灵魂磨损，那么只需要将完好的灵魂拷贝到现实世界、重新塞进克莉斯小姐的脑袋里就行了！在这样的情况下，就需要尽可能地弥补克莉斯小姐的不适应。如果说她缺失的那部分灵魂排斥克莉斯后来的所作所为，那么就必须要尽可能将这一点调整过来。”
看着红蜘蛛，他一字一句地说道：“这个法则的名字我也记不清楚，但是有一点是可以确定的——那就是它可以让人感觉到快乐！换而言之，这是一种能够影响精神的法则！所以，如果把克莉斯小姐的灵魂塞进去，或许可以温养、保护她的灵魂，甚至于用快乐的情绪冲散赫尔墨斯施加给她的……恐惧！”
“只需要把魔女的灵魂塞进这个法则之中，利用法则压制、甚至净化她的负面情绪，再将她拷贝到现实世界，那么就能够让她重新变得完好无损！”
闻言，红蜘蛛顿时振奋了起来：“真的？！那赶紧做吧！”
然而白令的手却停在原地。
好半天之后，他才喃喃自语：“虽然说贤者之石这种人造的灵魂可以经过我的意识之海带回现实社会，而魔女作为贤者之石此前的实验品、大概也能够以纯粹的精神形态进入我的意识海洋、同时回到现实社会。因此，我就相当于拥有了一个完美的灵魂拷贝……”
"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.