In the undersea mountains on his left, a thorny sea cucumber that had melted into the sand was lurking quietly, ready to spurt out its internal organs that were full of thorns and hooks at any moment.
In the darkness on his right, a shoal of Axe Fish swaggered past. The unstoppable currents they raised were indicative of their formidability.
Dim light was emitting from the darkness ahead of him. At first glance, it looked like the decayed materials of the whales in the upper level of the ocean that had fallen into the deep ocean, resulting in the unique phenomenon of 'whale fall'.
But Li Yao knew that it was a 'bait' that the dreadful angler fish had disguised with the antennae on their foreheads. Once the poor fish thought that it was a 'whale fall' and went looking for food, they would fall into the big mouths of the angler fish.
The dark world was full of dreadful hunters. Once they were careless, they would be the most miserable prey in front of the hunters that were even more dreadful.
Li Yao observed in silence and calculated the waves of the ocean currents when the deep-sea creatures were swimming while he carefully selected his targets.
In the end, he locked his eyes on the shoal of Axe Fish.
At first glance, the Axe Fish looked like clusters of transparent, soft meat that was shivering as if they were frozen. They were harmless to humans and animals.
However, their extremely tensile tongues could be flung out at a high speed under the push of the water pressure. Like sharp axes, they could slash the prey that was multiple times larger than them in half.
They also liked to move in groups. When they were in a group, they were bold enough to lunge at the most dreadful 'saber-toothed sharks' and compete with them. They were one of the most lethal hunters in the deep-sea world.
The size of the shoal of Axe Fish when they were gathered was almost the same as the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit.
Li Yao followed them and observed carefully for half an hour. He recorded the features of the disturbance that they caused to the ocean currents when they were swimming. Then, he swam toward Void Turmoil City.
An hour later, in the darkness ahead of him … Luminous jellyfish that looked like lanterns appeared one after another. They were in colorful colors, and their tentacles extended to more than ten meters away. It was like an excessively demonic flower, but also like a willow branch in the breeze, gently singing and dancing.
Li Yao knew what they were. Those luminous jellyfish were all demon beasts raised by the Sea Clan.
The tentacles of the luminous jellyfish had extremely sensitive sensory cells that were used to detect the subtle changes in the ocean currents.
In the deep sea, where one could not see their own fingers, vision was the most useless thing. All the hunters could sense the size, species, and danger level of the nearby prey through the changes of the water current.
Every different kind of sea creature would create different waves in the sea when they swam. The difference between a devilish warship and a demon beast was even greater.
Through the senses of the luminous jellyfish, the Sea Tribe could accurately determine what was swimming toward them.
Li Yao controlled the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and swam toward the luminous jellyfish.
He held his breath. His every nerve was as steady and precise as a scalpel as he carefully adjusted the power rune arrays and the biochemical muscles on the surface of the Crystal Suit, simulating the waves that the Axe Fish should show when they were swimming.
In the dark deep sea, he disguised himself as a group of starving axehead fish looking for prey.
He even plucked up his courage and rushed straight at a luminous jellyfish, pretending that the group of ferocious Axehead Fishes wanted to tear the luminous jellyfish into pieces.
The luminous jellyfish was frightened. It retreated slightly and shrank into a cluster.
More luminous jellyfish swarmed close from all directions and extended their tentacles threateningly. They released feeble toxins.
It was not an attack, but a warning.
They were the 'sentries' deployed by the Sea Clan. Their mission was to monitor the situation. They were not willing to mess with a bunch of ferocious Axehead Fishes.
Li Yao paused for a moment and then swam away.
In such a way, even if the Sea Clan perceived what was happening through the luminous jellyfish, they would only think that a bunch of starving Axehead Fishes were trying to attack a lone luminous jellyfish, but they were intimidated by a large number of luminous jellyfish and retreated.
In such a way … Li Yao passed the cordon of the Sea Clan without alarming anyone.
He hid in a trench not far away for half an hour without making a sound. No members of the Oceanic Race came. The infiltration was a success.
Even so, he was still cautious. He continued pretending to be the waves of a shoal of Axehead Fishes and drifted with the current at a very slow speed.
Most of the time, he turned off all the power rune arrays and pushed him to the shore where Void Turmoil City was with the strength of the undercurrents. Only when the direction of the current deviated too much would he activate the power rune arrays and look for a new current.
After all, it was possible that a large batch of terrifying demon beasts such as' Broken Teeth Sharks', 'Tyrant Squids', and 'Abyss Whales' that were raised by the Sea Clan were lurking in the water above his head.
Being surrounded by a large group of Sea Clan members in the deep ocean was a nightmare that even Li Yao did not want to face.
Finally, he discovered the continental shelf that extended to the bottom of the ocean.
Void Turmoil City was right ahead of him.
According to the structural design that Yuchi Ba gave him, he soon found a secret tunnel that was hidden deep at the bottom of the ocean.
When the Fire Ant was building Void Turmoil City, he had considered the possibility that Void Turmoil City would be besieged by a great army if his identity was exposed. Therefore, he had built a maze of secret tunnels below Void Turmoil City.
It had been less than a week since the Coalition Army of Demons launched a full-scale attack on Void Turmoil City. Although the city had been reduced to ruins, it was impossible that all the secret tunnels had been discovered.
Li Yao crawled into the zigzagging crevices like a shadow. He pushed a tube of special drugs into the seawater softly. A cluster of corals before him immediately emitted feeble brilliance.
He twisted the cluster of corals to the left three times. A lot of bubbles suddenly popped up deep inside the crevices, revealing a teleportation array that was full of moss.
"Shua!"
Half a minute later, Li Yao took a long breath in relief in the secret tunnel hundreds of meters below the ground of Void Turmoil City.
A lackluster bronze ring was floating before him.
He crossed his fingers and bent his knuckles in the opposite direction. Making a weird gesture, he flicked his telepathic thoughts over softly.
The bronze ring hummed. A series of antique spiritual stripes on the surface of the ring were glittering one after another, driving the bronze ring to revolve quickly.
The bronze ring was not entirely enclosed. There was a gap. After it revolved for a long time, it gradually slowed down, like a compass. Eventually, the gap stopped at a certain direction.
Jin Xinyue's location had been locked onto!
The bronze ring was a 'Mother-Child Concentric Ring' that Li Yao had crafted with ancient techniques. It was divided into a child ring and a mother ring for the purpose of locking onto one's location.
Although the coordinates were unclear, there were certain limitations. Despite the shortcomings such as the inability to communicate with each other, the greatest advantage was that the spiritual waves it released were extremely feeble, making it more inconspicuous than any modern communication and localization magical equipment. Also, it was highly penetrable and barely blocked. It was most suitable for use in a place as chaotic as Void Turmoil City.
Before Li Yao snuck into the Skeleton Island, he had discussed with Jin Xinyue about the communication between the two parties.
At that time, they did not know the inside story of the Blade of Chaos and Elder Nether Spring yet. They did not know when they would be able to meet again.
Therefore, Li Yao had disguised the child ring of the Mother-Child Concentric Ring and given it to Jin Xinyue, asking her to wear it on her ankle.
In such a way, as long as they were within a hundred kilometers of each other, Li Yao would be able to sense her general location through the mother ring.
The two of them had agreed that Li Yao would sneak into the Skeleton Island to investigate the inside story of the Blade of Chaos, and Jin Xinyue would stay in Void Turmoil City as a chaotic-blood demon slave. She would take the opportunity to collect intelligence from various aspects in such a messy place.
It was Jin Xinyue's specialty. Naturally, it was a piece of cake for her.
However, it had never occurred to her that the Blade of Chaos would be completely exposed, and Void Turmoil City would be attacked by an army. Jin Xinyue would be trapped in the place, too.
In the past, Jin Xinyue had been a demon king. It should not have been a problem for her to protect herself even in a chaotic battle.
However, after absorbing an entire vial of the Divine Blood of Chaos, Jin Xinyue had turned back into a human being from a demon. Her strength system was completely different. It was impossible for her to perform the techniques of the Cultivators in front of the Coalition Army of Demons. There was no telling how she had managed to hide herself to this day.
Under the guidance of the Mother-Child Concentric Ring, Li Yao dashed toward Jin Xinyue's hiding place.
Half a day passed. He appeared in the depths of Void Turmoil City, below a cluster of debris. He released Neltharion to a low altitude for reconnaissance.
Through the crystal cameras of Neltharion, he could see that the city that had been both chaotic and vigorous in the past was nothing but chaos right now.
The city was on fire. Many peripheral areas had been completely reduced to rubble. A lot of demonic plants were burning together, forming rather splendid smoke belts that looked like raging black clouds.
Deep inside the debris, explosions and the collapse of the withered skyscrapers were echoing now and then.
In the burning sky, the eagles and vultures of the Feather Clan were everywhere. On the ground that had been torn apart, countless insects were crawling on the bumpy streets, waving their sharp scythes. The bones that had been burnt were piled up like mountains. The devastating cries, mixed with the intense black smoke, soared to the sky like countless frozen black pillars.
The civil war among demons was no more merciful than the war between demons and human beings.
It was exactly as cruel as the civil war among human beings that Li Yao had participated in personally in the Flying Star Sector.
Although Void Turmoil City had been established by the Fire Ant in person, for safety reasons, most of the demons in the city had nothing to do with the Blade of Chaos.
However, even if they were not members of the Blade of Chaos, they were still losers in the power struggles of the major demon kingdoms and had been forced to flee to this place.
The Coalition Army of Demons had arrived. Naturally, they would not show any mercy to them. Those brutal bandits would not surrender obediently, either.
Also, in Void Turmoil City, the real members of the Blade of Chaos were trying to break out of the siege. Therefore, a war broke out.
However, most of the elites of the Blade of Chaos had been taken to the Mausoleum of Chaos by the Fire Ant and Yuchi Ba. The remaining members were leaderless and caught unprepared. Naturally, they were no match for the well-prepared Coalition Army of Demons.
When Li Yao snuck in, Void Turmoil City had basically been conquered by the Coalition Army of Demons. Most of the resistance had been suppressed.
The Coalition Army of Demons was everywhere in the city, searching for suspicious persons in every house. Even the bronze-blood and silver-blood families had been searched. All the resources had been looted. All the free folk had been reduced to slaves.
The periphery was surrounded by the biochemical beasts and the devilish warships. Even an ant would not be able to jump out.
[Fourth Update!
A friend said, Old Bull, you are contradicting yourself. Didn't you say that the Cosmos Ring creates a space to store items? Why are you talking about compression now?
Very good. I like such a meticulous friend!
As a matter of fact, creating space and compressing are not contradictory.
It's just like the example in the book. A newspaper still has volume even if it is crumpled into a ball. It needs space to store it, doesn't it?
Also, everybody has a computer. There are a lot of compressed files in the computer. However compressed they are, they will still take up some space in the hard disk, won't they?
Therefore, in summary, the Cosmos Ring would release a certain force field and magnetic field to compress the items. In the meantime, it would create a tiny four-dimensional space inside the Cosmos Ring to store the highly compressed items.
When it was time to use the items, the Cosmos Ring would retrieve them, decompress them, and then use them.
Old Cow looked at the draft in front of him. At that time, he had written that there was a space of a few meters in diameter in the Cosmos Ring. This could be understood as Li Yao's level at that time was still relatively low and did not come into contact with profound principles. It was like a primary school student. It was enough if he knew how to surf the Internet. There was no need for him to understand how to write code.
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