All the sealing measures of the Dark Abyss prison were disappearing at a very fast rate. The prison, which had been suppressed by the power of a true god for tens of millions of years, had reached the end of its life after a long period of service. The runic arrays, divine nodes, and monitoring celestial bodies that were operating beyond the limit were extinguished one by one under the erosion of the dark power. A seemingly substantial shadow was spreading from the depths of the universe, swallowing the nodes that were shimmering in space one by one.
The swallowed nodes sent out a pre-set warning signal before they were destroyed. When the warning signal was broadcasted to the universe, a series of countermeasures began to operate quickly.
The huge army of droids began to gather toward the center of the universe. The droid nests and factories that had been operating at full power for a long time had also set production gathering points at tens of millions of preset coordinates around the Dark Abyss. The guardian legion, which had been recuperating and regaining combat ability in the past few months, had also left Star Cluster X and arrived at the coordinates near the prison in batches.
Whether it was the coordinates of the droid army or the guardian legion, countless floating turrets, armed satellites, protective barriers, and other space fortresses with combat capabilities had already been set up at the coordinates.
When these coordinates were connected, the line of defense formed was called the "demarcation line."
It was the boundary that separated the safe universe and the crazy universe.
Although the Mad Lord had not completely escaped control, small-scale battles had broken out in some areas.
There were almost no celestial bodies on the demarcation line, but that was just 'almost'. In such a vast area of space, it was inevitable that there were some gloomy and ancient celestial bodies. Even if the goddess of creation had deliberately cleaned up the universe, as the stars orbited, some celestial bodies would still fall into the radiation range of the Dark Abyss.
And these physical substances would become the vanguard of the Mad Lord in the process of escaping. Under the radiation of the Dark Abyss, these substances would disintegrate and recombine, forming monsters from the Nightmare World out of thin air, and then, driven by instinct, move in every direction in the universe with vitality and intelligent response.
Letting these early-stage minions escape was undoubtedly fatal. They would greatly accelerate the Mad Lord's ability to escape and pollute the world. So all the surveillance posts on the dividing line were in operation. Drones and guardian legions were patrolling everywhere, hunting down the "fools" born from chaos. At the same time, it was also a warm-up for the next official war.
A distorted light curtain appeared in the dark and deep universe. After the light curtain dissipated, the Petrachelys, surrounded by a large group of heavy-duty drones, arrived at the jump coordinates.
Hao Ren stood on the observation deck on the upper level of the spaceship and looked at the scenery of the universe. Closest to the spaceship was a dark celestial body below. It was a strange, ugly planet that made people shudder. It floated in space like a festering and twisted tumor. Its surface was covered with dark red lines and structures that looked like eyes. On the side of the planet facing the spaceship, those lines and eyes even seemed to form a human face, a face that was distorted with great pain.
The celestial bodies near the Dark Abyss were basically so horrible. Even if they did not have an ecosystem, those inorganic rocks would still be transformed by the power of the Mad Lord.
Countless shining spots of light could be seen near the ugly planet. Those were the armed drone forces and guardian battleships bombing the surface of the planet. According to the scanning results, there was a lot of Mad Lord reactions on the planet, so the "cleaning team" was carrying out the cleaning work.
"This level of cleaning is enough?" Vivian also looked at the unpleasant planet with Hao Ren. "It looks like the whole planet has been corrupted. It's not as simple as monsters appearing on the surface."
"The number of Annihilation Lances is limited. All of them have to be concentrated on the defense line of the Dark Abyss. There's no need to waste superweapon firepower on this kind of planet that has just been polluted," Hao Ren said casually. "And we need to collect samples to determine the extent of the Mad Lord's infiltration."
Lily poked her head and looked down for a while. Her tail was slightly fluffy. "I think it's mainly because this planet is too ugly … It makes people want to blow it up."
"Don't look at me," Hao Ren looked at Vivian innocently. "I have never instilled such thoughts in her … God knows why she is more and more developing in the same direction as me."
Vivian curled her lips and looked up into the distance. "By the way … is that the Dark Abyss?"
It was a universe with no starlight at all.
The universe seemed to be divided into two distinct sides on this boundary line. One side was full of brilliance, shining with stars and full of vitality, but the other side was completely immersed in darkness, all the light was devoured. In the boundless darkness, one could only vaguely see an invisible black fog slowly wriggling, constantly growing and dying, but also constantly expanding itself.
The center of the universe was like a pitch-black hole.
The depths of the Dark Abyss was not completely devoid of light. The runic array left by the goddess of creation and the 'lone stars' as surveillance points were all luminous objects, but as the prison's remaining shielding system was still in effect, the light could not reach the outside world. The Dark Abyss prison seemed to be shrouded by a layer of 'vision', and the inside and outside could only rely on a very limited 'safe route' to communicate.
Previously, a Nightwatcher in the Dark Abyss had built a crystal tower near the border, and this communication route had been widened to a certain extent. Hao Ren and the rest could now directly communicate with the Nightwatchers in the prison, but the layer of vision on the border still existed.
"I've seen enough here, let's go back to the bridge." Looking at the direction of the Dark Abyss again, Hao Ren suppressed the unpleasant feeling in his heart and turned towards the gate. "I need to talk to Rheia."
A moment later, on the bridge of the Petrachelys, Rheia had just finished reading the report that Salaman had sent her.
"The current leak is mainly concentrated in Zone X-32, which is the area we are currently inspecting. Just as I expected, there is a weak point here, and the Mad Lord will first break through here, and this place will also become the main passage into the battlefield." Rheia looked up at Hao Ren and the rest. "And according to the information from the Nightwatchers, the 'discordant voices' in the depths of the Dark Abyss have disappeared, and almost all the power of the Mad Lord is in a state of integration. This means that my evil god avatar is about to complete the final adaptation, and she has completely fused with the power of the Mad Lord."
"Feels like bad news," Y 'zaks said as he rubbed his chin. "I thought I could get rid of her while she's weak …"
"Actually, it's not entirely bad news." Rheia shook her head. "Her fusion with the Mad Lord has indeed made her stronger, but on the other hand, it has also created a weakness in the Mad Lord that can be destroyed. The biggest problem I faced when I was fighting the Mad Lord was that I could not completely destroy it. It was not a physical entity, and it had no fixed form or weakness. Rather than saying I was fighting the enemy, it was more like I was fighting the universe itself. The surrounding space-time, matter, energy, and parameters were all a part of the Mad Lord, and it was like trying to cut through a cloud of fog with a sword. So in the end, I could only choose to seal the universe … because I simply could not find a way to completely destroy the Mad Lord. "
Hao Ren nodded. "Now that that guy has a vessel, it can be completely destroyed."
Lily also nodded. "I feel like your description is basically playing with air, and after realizing that you could not win, you used your admin privileges to lock the map …"
Everyone was speechless.
Vivian sighed and muttered, "What's with this feeling of 'this guy's wild imagination hit the nail on the head, but I still want to smash her in the head' …"
Rheia was a little embarrassed for a moment, but as a true god, she was still able to keep her composure. She ignored Lily's words and continued, "Based on the new changes of the Mad Lord, and the specific structure of our combat power, I have already extrapolated the general situation of the battle. The battlefield will undoubtedly be divided into two parts.
"The enemies we are facing are two parts. The first part is the corrupting power that spreads from the source of the Mad Lord. This corrupting power not only includes the tainted aura, but also the monsters created and transformed by the tainted aura. They are the enemy's cannon fodder, but they are also the only army, and their numbers are absolutely shocking and endless. The first part of the battlefield is to deal with them, and the battle zone should be on the outskirts of the Dark Abyss, where the droid swarm and guardian forces are responsible for intercepting and destroying them. This battlefield is very important, because every wave of corrupting power that escapes means that the balance of the universe has shifted towards the tipping point of madness and collapse. The tainted universe will in turn strengthen the power of the Mad Lord, and the larger the tainted area, the smaller our battlefield space. Once we lose in this battlefield, the army will fall into a snowball of ever-increasing pressure, and eventually collapse.
"And the second part we have to deal with is the source of the Mad Lord, and its new core, my evil god clone. I believe that the clone has already created a corrupted version of the Creation's Engine, so what we have to face is an evil god plus a super divine artifact, and at the same time, the power of the Mad Lord. This second battlefield will determine the outcome of the battle. If we can't win here, then it'll be useless even if we win everywhere else. The best outcome would be to reapply the seal and repeat the events of the past tens of millions of years. "
As she said that, she shook her head. "Letting history repeat itself is not our goal here."
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