Chapter 439
Yu Sheng heard a discordant "noise" appearing in his mind. Deep in the noise, he seemed to hear the earth in the distance being shaken by the battle, and heard someone shouting at the border of the dream, and something was impacting the border of the cognitive barrier.
He closed his eyes slightly, deliberately strengthening the connection between himself and the derived star body. He saw scenes of illusion in the darkness, and saw that the entire planet was covered by a pale light that seemed real and illusory, and there was a single crack in the light. The crack was like a black hole, peeled off from the "whole" of Shuji, and many restless light spots were gathering around the "black hole", trying again and again to enter the black hole.
"...There's a fight going on in Mo City," Yu Sheng opened his eyes and said to Hu Li and Luna beside him, "and many people who have been affected by the Derivative Star Body are moving towards Mo City."
"Master Yuan Hao is very good at fighting," Hu Li thought for a moment, "He should have brought Xuan Che here by now."
Yu Sheng didn't say anything, just nodded silently and looked forward.
They had passed through the huge underground palace. After crossing the wall set up by the monastery and a series of laboratory-like facilities, they saw a complex cave system in front of them. This place was obviously no longer part of the stronghold built by the pioneers of the past. Those huge underground cracks and caves were more like the original geological structure of the planet.
It seems that the ancient frontier expansion teams built the entire stronghold based on the original underground cave system here, and as time passed, this place became the nest of the astral body.
"Let's stop here," Yu Sheng sensed the situation ahead and turned around and said, "I'll go forward by myself, you guys go back to Mocheng to help first."
Irene, who was sitting on his shoulder, widened her eyes slightly: "Ah? But we haven't found the 'core' of the stellar body yet..."
"You can only go so far with me," Yu Sheng shook his head. "The core of that thing is hidden in a very thick 'shell'. The shell probably covers the entire planet and cannot be touched by conventional means. Hu Li, stop wagging your tail. You can't dig it open. It's a geological structure-level thing, thicker than you think."
Hu Li's ears drooped immediately: "Oh."
Irene grabbed Yu Sheng's hair and said, "Again? Are you going to use 'unconventional means' again?"
"It was all part of the plan," Yu Sheng rolled his eyes, "Don't say you didn't expect it."
The little doll giggled and jumped obediently from Yu Sheng's shoulder into Hu Li's arms. He turned his head and asked, "Any last words?"
"Be careful when you go to help. If you can beat them, fight. If you can't, run. If you really can't, go back to Huixianzhou first. There is a door over there that can lead you back to No. 66 Wutong Road," Yu Sheng waved his hand. "Anyway, the Derivative Star Body can't cause trouble for you through the door."
Irene was stunned, her eyes slowly widened: "...Ah? So you don't know for sure?!"
Yu Sheng had already stretched out his hand and opened a portal to Mo City. Hearing this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "No, why do you all believe that I can definitely defeat the angel? Others just say it, but you believe it... Weren't you with me when I came into contact with Ankaela? Don't you know how capable I am?"
Irene was stunned, and subconsciously opened her mouth——
Yes, she believed it. Although she didn't know why, she just felt that Yu Sheng would definitely win, and even felt that Yu Sheng was omnipotent. She also knew that the end of the Star Body had come. Although the Dark Angel did look a little strong now, but... she just knew.
#Bad omen befalls the soulless sower.#
However, the little doll was silent for a long time and didn't know how to explain his judgment to others.
Just like every time in the past, whenever she tried to think about these complex problems, something would always block her thoughts. She felt as if there was a missing part in her thinking process, missing...
What was it?
The puppet's little head was in a daze for a moment, and it quickly forgot about the doubt, then looked at Yu Sheng and smiled happily.
It didn't matter, her human could win.
Irene happily walked through the gate with Hu Li.
Before passing through the door, Luna turned around and bowed three times to the student sincerely.
The door closed, and Yu Sheng stood at the door and pondered for several seconds before reacting -
"Oh no...Luna has become a bad person!"
Then he changed his mind and thought that Luna might have always been like this - from the fact that she had been using her accent as a disguise to openly call the doll "Ailin", it was clear that this saint lady was dark inside. Her usual tepid behavior was too deceptive...
Yu Sheng pulled the corners of his mouth in a helpless manner, lamented that his glorious position in the gang was no longer secure, turned around and continued to walk deeper into the cave.
He walked inside like this for an unknown amount of time. In the end, he even felt that he had forgotten time, space, and his original goal. Finally, he stopped in a cave.
A buzzing noise kept echoing in his mind. Hallucinations and whispers at the conscious level that were difficult to distinguish between true and false kept disturbing him. However, Yu Sheng raised his head amidst the chaotic "interference" and saw a huge crystal mirror standing quietly at the end of his field of vision. Around the crystal mirror were several simple objects that had been submerged and assimilated by the pile of crystal clusters.
Stone table, stone bench, alchemy furnace, bookshelf...
"It seems that until a long time after coming to this planet, you still thought of yourself as 'Yun Qingzi'." Yu Sheng looked at the objects buried by the crystals and whispered to himself.
“I still am.”
An old voice came from all around the cave, and a familiar figure slowly emerged in the crystal mirror. A dignified old man with white hair and beard stood in the mirror, facing Yu Sheng sideways. Then he turned around, revealing the other half of his body that had been completely assimilated by the star-derived crystal, and bowed to this side with his fists clasped.
"How are you, fellow Taoist?"
Yu Sheng ignored the greeting from "Yun Qingzi" and just casually said, "Can I think that I am talking to the 'Star Derivative Body'?"
"The Derivative Star Body doesn't talk, and it doesn't think. It died a long, long time ago. Now it's just an empty shell that keeps repeating its life cycle, trying to pretend that it's still alive. The one talking to you is Yun Qingzi. I know what you're thinking, but I'm actually no different from Yun Qingzi in Garrison-3... There has never been any controlled 'copy'. I just chose another way to solve the problem."
The old man in the mirror spoke slowly, with a flickering glow wandering in the crystallized half of his body. His tone was calm, but he didn't seem to care whether the listener in front of him really believed him.
Yu Sheng frowned tightly. He keenly grasped the key information in the other party's words: "...So, what exactly is a star-derived body?"
The "Yun Qingzi" in the mirror stared at him for a long time before the old man slowly spoke: "The star-derived body is..."
The sound of breaking through the air suddenly rang out!
Yu Sheng suddenly felt a sense of alarm in his heart, but he only had time to turn his head slightly, and then several crystal spikes like sharp swords shot out from the nearby cave wall and pierced his torso fiercely - several crystal spikes, all of which were fatal injuries!
The "Yun Qingzi" in the mirror seemed a little surprised, as if he didn't expect this sneak attack to be so easy, but he quickly smiled: "I'm sorry, fellow Daoist, I didn't expect it to be so simple... I thought you were very strong. But it's good this way, you won't suffer too much - after I solve the problem of the derivative star body, I will build a good tomb for you."
The crystal thorns slowly retreated, and Yu Sheng stood in the cave with fatal wounds and blood gushing out of his body.
He looked down at himself and felt that he should die. However, thinking of the words Yun Qingzi had just said to him, he decided not to die yet. Instead, he looked up and continued to stare at the old man in the mirror: "First, tell me what the Derivative Star Body is. You seem to know more than me."
“Yun Qingzi”: “…Huh?!”
A trace of surprise finally appeared on the face of the old man in the mirror. He found that the situation seemed a little different from what he expected, and then he raised his hand and pointed without saying a word.
The next second, more than a dozen crystal spikes flew out one after another, nailing Yu Sheng to the ground without any delay. Then an ambiguous spell sounded, and a bolt of lightning suddenly appeared in the cave, splitting Yu Sheng, who was nailed to the ground and unable to move, into pieces!
Then, perhaps still feeling uneasy, "Yun Qingzi" looked at Yu Sheng's "corpse" on the ground with a frown, and suddenly raised his hand and waved it, and a huge crystal fell from the top of the cave, directly smashing the few remaining pieces of Yu Sheng into mud!
After a long while, the sounds in the cave calmed down. At this moment, there was no trace of Yu Sheng on the ground. Only a few pools of debris that were completely unrecognizable and large amounts of blood were left.
"Yun Qingzi" widened his eyes and stared at the bloodstains on the ground.
The blood began to wriggle slowly, and gradually condensed into a line of words in front of him -
"So, what exactly is a stellar body?"
"Yun Qingzi"'s face changed. Over the years, he had rarely encountered such a situation that was completely out of his control. Then, he raised his hand and waved without hesitation.
The spiritual flame true fire instantly filled the entire cave!
The flames were raging fiercely, enough to melt gold and fossils in the blink of an eye. They roared in the cave for several minutes, directly burning all the organic matter here. When the flames finally faded away, there was no trace of life left in the cave, only rising heat waves and molten magma flowing throughout the cave.
"Yun Qingzi" in the crystal mirror frowned and looked at the scene in front of him with an extremely serious expression.
He hadn't felt so confused or even uneasy in many years.
Then after a long while, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Behind him, Yu Sheng also walked out of the mirror and exhaled as he did.
"Yun Qingzi" finally looked horrified and turned his head suddenly.
Yu Sheng spread his hands helplessly——
"What exactly is a stellar body? How about I go down and ask it myself?"
(End of this chapter)
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