Chapter 442: Flying to the Stars
Inside and outside Mo City, countless pairs of eyes witnessed this scene that would be remembered for the rest of their lives.
A huge ascending body as big as a mountain tore apart the earth, broke out from the interior of the planet, and rose into the sky in the silent and pouring rain.
The crystal fragments are like waterfalls, and the mountains are collapsing and the earth is destroying.
The crystalline tentacles that lost core control fell into a final frenzy, tearing open one terrifying trench and rift after another on the surface of the planet. The thick clouds were stirred by the tentacles and the ascending bodies, forming countless whirlpools in the sky. The atmosphere was charged in the violent turbulence, and storms and thunder raged between heaven and earth.
In the far north, the plains beneath the ground had been hollowed out, and after the underground crystal structure collapsed, the entire land was collapsing; south of Mo City, a mountain range in the distance broke in two, and horrible flashes of light gushed out from the mountain. The crystal cluster material squeezed out by the movement of the earth's crust turned into a magnificent and terrifying "fountain", and its eruption was even clearly visible from space.
Mo Ran rushed into the air, and then watched another refining tower collapse in the storm.
Beneath her feet, the entire city was wailing as if on the verge of collapse, teetering on the brink of disintegration. Mo City was built on a huge vein of spiritual ore. In a sense, the "foundation" of this city was even a "mining platform" cast as a whole. This special structure made it stronger than any other city, and it could even withstand "natural disasters" of the geological reshaping level. However, with the successive collapse of refining towers No. 6, No. 7, and No. 12, the ancient mining platform that served as the base of the city had reached its limit.
For a moment, Mo Ran even felt that the entire city had tilted past the critical point and that everything was over.
She even suspected that the planet would disintegrate in the next second.
However, at this moment, she noticed that the collapse and tearing process on the earth was gradually stopping.
Those huge out-of-control tentacles twitched in the wind and rain, and then stopped moving one after another. The tremors deep in the earth were quickly subsiding, and even some of the most dangerous rifts were gradually healing.
Mo Ran seemed to have thought of something. She slowly raised her head and looked outside the city. She saw heavy rain pouring down as if washing over the entire world. The "ascending body" that had risen to the clouds was caught in the center of the storm. The rain curtain mixed with a hint of blood seemed to rush towards the huge crystal as if it had consciousness, wrapping it layer by layer, and continuously splashing and soaking it with "rain water".
"rain……"
She murmured to herself, unable to imagine what kind of great power was able to stop this disaster through the rain, and at this moment, streaks of light suddenly appeared at the edge of her vision, waking her up from her brief daze.
Mo Ran looked up in astonishment and saw several immortal boats slanting through the rain. The monks from other big cities jumped off the edge of the immortal boats and rushed straight to the various nodes of the city defense formation.
Rays of spiritual light intertwined and flowed in the clouds, quickly permeating the city's defense formation. The city's defense formation, which had been almost extinguished due to the collapse of the No. 6, 7, and 12 refining towers, was re-lit at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the crumbling city quickly stabilized.
Yunshan Jun also jumped down from the deck of the fairy boat. He was no longer as elegant and casual as before. His hair and beard were disheveled, his clothes were in tatters, and there was a bloodstain on his forehead.
He flew in front of Mo Ran, moved his lips a few times, and then bowed: "I can only keep these people - the rest of the people will be taken back to support Tanyuan and Baicheng. Patriarch Mo, just now, just now..."
"Don't say so much," Mo Ran quickly interrupted the senior in front of him who should actually be considered his uncle in terms of seniority, and then took a deep breath, "... Let's survive first."
"good."
Yunshanjun flew away on his sword. Mo Ran turned around and saw a ray of light passing over the clouds. The light fell in front of his eyes and turned into a familiar handsome young man.
"Immortal Envoy," Mo Ran immediately bowed to Xuan Che. Although she was full of doubts, she felt more at ease when she saw this "Envoy" from Taixu Lingshu. "What should we do next? This rain..."
Xuan Che did not answer. He just waved his hand, then turned around and looked at the huge crystal in the distant sky with Mo Ran, which was still slowly rising in the storm.
"That's the 'ascending body'," he said softly, "what happens next is not something we can interfere with... Mr. Yu will take care of it."
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In this incredible "field of vision" formed by the entire rainfall belt, Yu Sheng was staring at the "ascending body" that was emitting a strange light.
If it weren't for the extrasensory experience he had "trained" in the valley and the Black Forest, he felt that it would be difficult for him to adapt to his current vision so quickly.
Now, the "connection" between him and the crystal is being strengthened unprecedentedly, and as time goes by, this connection is getting stronger every minute.
He could even "hear" the roar coming from deep within the crystal - although to ordinary people that roar was just noise enough to cause one's sanity to collapse instantly.
"This is a trap!" The frantic voice roared. It seemed to be Yun Qingzi's voice, but it was mixed with the noise of countless people shouting. "You tricked us!"
Yu Sheng began to laugh. Even though he didn't even have a "body" at the moment, his smile was directly reflected in the storm - his face emerged from the clouds, and he grinned, smiling happier than ever.
"Yeah, no?"
His voice mixed with thunder, surrounded the ascending body in the storm, and echoed in the atmosphere.
Yu Sheng spent a long time setting up this trap - in order to make it work, he not only needed to endure the long rainy season, he also needed to actively borrow the power of the Star-Evolving Body. He allowed himself to be swallowed by the Star-Evolving Body, and allowed himself to be "destroyed" by the latter. He even imitated Yun Qingzi's method and made himself a part of the "circulation" inside the Star-Evolving Body, just to figure out the internal structure of this "angel".
The ascending body is protected by a thick "feathered shell", the thickness and strength of which is far beyond imagination. If ordinary "blood infiltration" is used, Yu Sheng will probably not be able to "penetrate" into its interior until the dark angel tears the entire planet into pieces.
The only way he could think of was to let the ascending body leave its protective layer on its own initiative, exposing the relatively "fragile" core directly to the rain.
The silent rain has been falling for a very long time. This long rainy season that occupies most of the year is a normal "natural phenomenon" on this planet. Even for the "Angel of Darkness", it should be difficult to detect the slight "abnormality" in the rain.
The only thing that could go wrong in the whole process is the variable "Yun Qingzi".
As the "brain" of the star-derived body, the intelligent Yun Qingzi is likely to notice the changes in the rain. Once he becomes alert in advance, it will not be so easy to succeed.
Fortunately, Yu Sheng's judgment was correct—Yun Qingzi's perception of the surface world was not that sharp, and his thinking was not that clear.
There is a state of chaotic symbiosis between Yun Qingzi and the star body. When "accidents" occur one after another in Shu Ji, the star body's instinctive reaction to "crisis" will prevail, and he finally chooses to "ascend" ahead of schedule.
The crystal shell on the surface of the ascending body began to disintegrate in the storm. The crystal structure eroded by the blood rain seemed to have decayed and decayed in an instant for endless years, turning into some kind of extremely fragile and loose "gray matter", which fell to the ground with the washing of rain.
After a few minutes, smoke began to emerge from the huge crystalline structure of the ascending body, as if a strong acid had invaded its interior. Large patches of lifeless, fuzzy gray marks began to spread rapidly in its deep layers.
But even so, this "mountain" still climbs up in the atmosphere with difficulty, like a tenacious seed, continuing to fly towards the top of the atmosphere regardless of the blood rain that is enough to melt it.
The roar coming from the ascending body disappeared at some point, and in the connection established by the blood, Yu Sheng only felt an extremely disturbing...dead silence.
Then, he discovered that the "seed" began to accelerate again.
It seemed to have used all of its reserves - the energy accumulated over hundreds of years of parasitism in Shuji - for this one acceleration.
Then, accompanied by a series of disturbing explosions, the outer shell of the ascending body finally disappeared completely, and a large number of internal structures also collapsed and disintegrated rapidly. At this moment, it simply gave up maintaining the integrity of its own structure and threw all unnecessary tissues into the rain cloud - and this "shell throwing" allowed it to temporarily block the heavy rain in the cloud.
An ugly mass of gray-black crystalline material, which looked like a large number of withered roots woven together, broke away from its core and suddenly broke through the clouds.
Yu Sheng felt a tightness in his heart——
“Oh no!”
There is no rain above the clouds.
The next moment, he saw the ugly seed breaking out of the thick atmosphere of the star - the final core of the derivative star was bathed in the dazzling sunlight, and the water vapor on its surface instantly evaporated in the space. After a moment, the gray-black crystalline roots curled up in the core began to slowly stretch out in the sunlight, and disturbing black cracks appeared around those roots. Then, the cracks connected into pieces and turned into a huge vortex.
Deep in the vortex, the hazy light and shadow unique to the hyperspace channel can be vaguely seen.
The next second, the "seed" rushed into the vortex and the hyperspace channel was closed.
In the short period of time that followed, the whole world seemed to be quiet.
The destructive geological activities on the surface of Shuji gradually subsided, and all crystalline substances stopped moving.
The storm outside Mocheng gradually weakened, and the wind and rain returned to their normal state for this season.
The battle inside and outside the city was over, and the survivors looked around blankly, worried about the next moment.
Then, the peace was broken.
The Alien Hotel, which was parked in the high-altitude orbit of Shuji, issued a broadcast warning of the highest urgency level.
"The star-evolving body enters hyperspace—Taixu Lingshu is in danger!"
(End of this chapter)
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