After a few seconds of eerie silence, Sandora called out again. "Engineering team, return immediately. Your mission is complete. I repeat, return immediately. That's an order."
A few seconds passed, and there was still no response. Everyone looked at each other. Did something happen?
Tawil, who was in charge of dispatching the scene, immediately realized that the situation might not be good. The communication device had completely lost the ship's signal, and every member of the first engineering team had disconnected from the mental network. This made the situation take a turn for the worse. The joy of mission completion had turned into a sudden disaster. After another unsuccessful call, Tawil turned to her assistant team. "Emergency support team, check all channels immediately. Increase the output of the obelisk and prepare to enter the gate by force. The second engineering team, get ready to receive the ship. Your ship is the only one that can enter the gate now …" Before she could finish, she was suddenly interrupted by a report from the control panel. "Chief technician, the stability of the Abyssal Gate is rapidly declining! The obelisk's output is reaching its limit! "
"What?!" Tawil looked at the monitoring data in shock. If she had learned how to curse, she would have done it by now. "What's going on? Why is the gate suddenly declining? "
A senior technician assistant quickly checked the data and the instrument logs as he reported loudly. "The reason is unknown, but we must have allowed too much information exchange between the Abyss and the material world … This is illogical. The gate's stability did not decline this much when the dive began, and this time we only sent a few databases …"
"Okay, we'll analyze the incident later. We must find a way to save the engineering team now!" Sandora suddenly said, interrupting the assistant technician's analysis. "Tawil, what can we do in this situation?"
Tawil was closely watching the readings of the Abyssal Gate. She frowned. "There's almost nothing we can do. The gate is beginning to collapse. Now we've activated all the obelisks to suppress the process, so that it can last until the nearby garrison troops evacuate the scene. But there's nothing else we can do. The collapsing Gate of the Abyss would first transform from a phenomenon into a semi-solid one. The black surface was already showing signs of assimilating with the material world. Soon, the black surface would split open, and when it split open to the entire surface, it would explode. They had to destroy the Gate before that happened. Anything that passes through the gate will cause the crack to widen. Once there's a big enough hole between the material world and the Abyss, the gate's collapse will be dozens of times faster … We can send some people through the gate, or a small boat, but that's the limit. Any larger penetration will completely shatter it. "
His elder sister, Lin Xue, and the others were all very nervous, but they did not know what to do. Even though they were very powerful now, they lacked experience. They did not know what they could do to help in this situation. However, Qian Qian quickly switched to her inner personality and began to control her powerful time power. Although the inner personality had a terrible personality, it was undeniable that she was more … yes, smarter than the outer personality. She looked at the Gate of the Abyss, which was rippling, and clenched her fists. "I will delay it … do my best."
"Can you do it?" I asked worriedly. We were not facing a simple army, but a Abyssal Gate that was about to explode. This thing … could it really be delayed by stopping time?
Shallow Shallow looked at her hand and smiled in satisfaction. "I'm getting stronger every day. I'm no longer the same as before. It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to test its power. This is a good chance to test it out. I want to see what kind of power I've grasped. Also … "She glanced at me." It's not a good habit to doubt your partner. "
I was already used to Shallow Shallow suddenly turning into a dark, chuunibyou girl. I just gave her a look to remind her to be careful. After she stepped onto the teleportation device, I turned to look at Tawil. "Now, we might have a little more time — but not too much. Bring everyone and leave this world. Take everything that can be taken with you. Then, let the Garden of Separation gather all the energy in this universe. I want them to banish this world into the void in the shortest time possible. Sandora, help me keep an eye on the Abyssal Gate. This world is still connected to the network of the macro world. We must not let it contaminate other universes. Sis, Shallow Shallow will need someone to take care of her after she unleashes her ultimate skill. Take care of her and hold down that impulsive girl. Lin Xue, read my fortune now … "
"This is a dangerous trip. I'll beat you up if you dare to go!" Lin Xue glared at me. She rubbed her eyes after staring at me for half a minute. "I can't read what will happen after we pass through the Abyssal Gate. At least, I can't read what will happen on the other side of the gate. Unless you want me to follow you."
"That's impossible," I rejected her flatly.
Lin Xue could tell what I was planning. Icetis looked at me and said, "Wait … You're not planning to jump in, are you? Damn, are you crazy? This isn't your family's swimming pool! "
"I have no intention of swimming in it." I slowly released my power and felt the void filling my body. Everything around me became ethereal. It was as though I had left the perception of the material world and was analyzing the feelings of the material world from a higher point of view. The void form. I seemed to be getting more and more used to this wonderful sensory experience. "Look, the void form. The Abyssal Gate is unable to contaminate the void. It can only dissipate in front of the void. This is an iron law. I am that thing's natural enemy."
"But do you know how much bigger that thing is than you?" Icetis looked a little angry. "You haven't fully matured yet. You won't be able to maintain this form for too long in the void, in your own territory …"
"Tawil, how long do you need to evacuate everyone?" I gestured to Icetis to calm down. Then, I looked at Tawil. The latter thought for a moment before replying, "Five minutes. Everyone will be teleported. Your Majesty, I have no right to interfere with any of your decisions. But from the perspective of a researcher, I think that your decision is very risky. "
"It's only the shallow layer of the Abyss, and it's extremely close to the gate." I knew that there were still five minutes left. So, I seized the opportunity to stretch my body. It was meaningless, but it seemed to give me a psychological effect: telling myself that I was ready. "Err, actually, I'm hiding something from you. Back when I was training how to purify the Abyssal Gate, I secretly came into contact with the original form of the Abyss. It's the kind of two-dimensional pattern that's fixed in a psionic force field. Nothing happened at all, really. Otherwise, did you think that I was hot-headed today?"
As soon as I finished speaking, the surrounding temperature seemed to have dropped by five degrees. Sandora's gritted teeth could be heard. "We have to have a good talk after we return …"
I turned my head and saw that Sandora was sharpening her claws. One side of her body was shrouded in black mist. One of her arms had turned into a huge black claw. This was the form of the Abyss. "What are you doing? Are you going to scratch people with that?! "I asked with cold sweat on my forehead.
"I'll go with you," Sandora said matter-of-factly. Then, she glanced at the time. "Alright, there's no time to waste. Let's go."
Before I could say anything, Sandora had already made her decision. Then, she grinned at me. "You forgot one thing. Even if you aren't afraid of jumping into the Gate of the Abyss, I'm even less afraid. I've already jumped once. I'm a hundred percent sure that I'll be safe and sound in there."
"Alright, alright. Looks like I'll have to add one more." Icetis stretched lazily. The black wings on her back instantly spread open. A faint golden mist of holy light surrounded her body. "I also have the experience of fighting to the death with the Gate of the Abyss. Moreover, I seem to be the strongest among all of us here, right?"
Sandora glanced at Icetis. It seemed like she wanted to stop her. However, she realized that she couldn't refute Icetis's reasoning from her perspective. So, she could only silently nod her head.
It seemed that no one could change the minds of these two. One was a queen, while the other was a female hoodlum. Both of them belonged to the hardline faction. I smiled and nodded at my sister, who still looked worried. Then, I looked at Lin Xue. "Don't waste your energy. Let's see how my luck is today."
"Not bad. Apart from the fact that you might get beaten up by your wife." Lin Xue rolled her eyes at me. I didn't know if she counted herself as one of the people who would get beaten up.
Other than a few commanding personnel who had to stay behind and Lin Xue and the others who insisted on staying behind no matter what (Oh, I also counted Shallow Shallow who was maintaining time near the Gate of the Abyss), the workers in the experimental site were quickly evacuated. The only ones left in this universe were a few unmanned workstations and three fellows who intended to jump through the gate. We teleported to the side of the Gate of the Abyss and stood on a psionic obelisk that was closest to the gate. The gate had started to expand before it collapsed. The obelisk that the three of us were standing on was now shrouded in a black fog. A hundred meters away from our feet was the Gate of the Abyss that was churning like liquid. The obelisk that had been suppressing the gate was now like a lone island in the middle of a black sea. The blue barrier that it released was barely connected to the other obelisks nearby. It was trying its best to stop the gate from collapsing. I knew about the unique spatial phenomenon of the Gate of the Abyss. No matter which angle you looked at the gate from, you would always see a black circular surface facing you. It was obviously a virtual dimensional phenomenon in the three-dimensional world. It transcended dimensions and formed a system of its own. The function of the psionic obelisk was to use the psionic energy that could be used in all dimensions to bind the Gate of the Abyss. This allowed it to solidify in the physical world and form a fixed plane. Now, the gate in front of us looked like it was about to break free from the dimensional lock. When we looked at it from another angle, the Gate of the Abyss was already a black circular pancake that was gradually rising.
"Hmm, that's a familiar feeling." Icetis covered her nose as though she could really smell in such an environment. "I just remembered that the bearded man had reported that his work ship was contaminated. Then, he suddenly hung up the communication, right? Maybe he realized that the situation was not good at that time and was ready not to return. By the way, he specifically reminded you not to send a second engineering team down. He must have found something terrible coming, but he didn't have time to report it. "
"I thought of it too." Sandora sighed. "There are many people like that in the Imperial Army. They are loyal, but there are some people who are troublesome."
Icetis glanced at me and Sandora and suddenly laughed. "For a work ship and a team of engineers, the Head of the Empire personally jumped into the Gate of the Abyss. Chen would do such a thing because of his personality. What about you? Sandora, I remember that you are a calmer Queen. Have you been infected by your partner's hot-bloodedness? "
"He is the only one who is hot-blooded," Sandora said bluntly. She scratched me with her meter-long claws. "I am really sure that I will be fine. I have the aura of the Abyss on me. The fog in the gate will not attack a signal source that is similar to itself. This is a special characteristic of the Abyss. It will not destroy things that have already been destroyed. "
"Oh, I found a whirlpool. That might be the breakthrough point that Tawil mentioned." Icetis suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted. We had stopped here for a few minutes to find a more suitable opportunity to jump in. Icetis' eyesight seemed to be better. "The Dark Goddess bestowed me with red eyes, so that I can find darker things in the dark Gate of the Abyss … Aiya, no more rhymes …"
Sandora and I were speechless. "… Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and jump! "
Under the red giant's gravity, falling into the Gate of the Abyss only took a few seconds. When we passed through the so-called gate, there didn't seem to be any special feeling. I felt as if I had just passed through a layer of rippling water. Perhaps there was a "soft" sensation? Or maybe it was just a psychological effect. After all, when we jumped in, the Gate of the Abyss was already like a pool of spring water.
"We arrived just like that?" I muttered to myself as I opened my eyes. The red giant's raging sea of flames had already disappeared, just like the shattered illusion from earlier. There was only endless darkness before me.
My surroundings were filled with an indescribable sense of disharmony. As a Void creature, I didn't sense that the Chaos Abyss was doing any harm to my body. However, the omnipresent sense of rejection and a certain feeling of "impending danger" made me feel rather uncomfortable. This feeling was as if someone had covered my eyes and ears, and then placed all around me in cages that contained wild beasts. You couldn't see or hear them, but there was a faint aura that made my hairs stand on end. The wild beasts in the cages couldn't harm me, but my sharp senses would tell me that danger was approaching.
This was the type of atmosphere that made me feel displeased. But fortunately, I didn't feel like the Chaos Abyss was invading my body. It would seem that even the highly polluted environment of the Chaos Abyss was unable to overcome the qualitative change in the Chaos Abyss when faced with the huge difference in power between us and the Void.
First, I had to think of a way to recover my "vision." No matter what method I used, I had to be able to sense the surrounding environment. I recalled the method Sandora told me and released my spiritual power to search for the "traces of Order being destroyed." At the same time, I looked for physical targets. Those were the things that were sent in from the other side of the Gate, including the work airship, Sandora and Icetis. This novel method of "seeing" was much more troublesome to use than using my eyes. However, my many years of training in my spiritual power had given me some skills. Soon, a turbid fog appeared in my "vision." There was an indescribable storm that was spinning at high speed, and turbulence that didn't conform to any common sense of physics. There was also Sandora and Icetis who had followed me down. It turned out that they were right beside me. When they suddenly appeared from the darkness, I was shocked.
Sandora noticed the change in my expression. She wrinkled her nose and asked with a smile, "It seems that you have gotten used to it. How do you feel?"
"Not good. Not good at all. It feels like the entire environment is trying to kill me." I pouted. "However, it is better than I expected. I don't feel anything destroying my body. Or rather, I don't feel like I'm in contact with the Abyss."
"That's because they retreated on their own." Icetis spread her wings. Golden holy light floated on her huge black wings. They looked like black cotton … Cough, cough. She heaved a sigh of relief and looked at me with interest. "Sandora and I are prepared to fight them head-on. However, after you activated your Void Domain, the Abyss started retreating. Now, they are hovering around the periphery of your 'halo.' Didn't you notice? The fog circled around a spherical area around it. Mm, you better maintain this state. Sandora and I are now protected by your halo. "
Icetis said and giggled. "D * mn, there are times when I'm protected by a man too!"
Sandora immediately added seriously, "He's my man. I'll charge him rent if he stays for more than an hour."
"Cough, cough." I coughed dryly. At the same time, I was secretly glad that I didn't have anything to blush about. Then, I looked around. "I can't see where the work ship is. How far can we see in this environment? "
"Not much further than a mortal's sight." Icetis took out her Holy Bible and tore off a page. The page turned into a sky full of light and scattered. "They can expand the range of your perception in the Abyss. We Protoss will occasionally enter the Gate of the Abyss to carry out missions. You have your own probe technology. We have something similar too. Although the lifespan is shorter, only one minute."
"That's the Gate of the Abyss? Where did we come in? "I looked around and found that diagonally above me (or maybe above me?). There was a huge vortex cluster with no end in sight. Countless vortex patterns of various sizes floated in the dark background, emitting a grayish-white luster. They formed a whole, roughly circular array. The vortexes were constantly colliding, swallowing each other, and then hitting the edge of the array. From these vortexes, I vaguely felt a familiar aura from the material world. This feeling was indescribable. It was as if I was locked in a completely sealed box. Suddenly, an opening appeared in one of the places. Even if I closed my eyes, I could feel fresh air rushing in from the opening.
"It looks like it … Originally, it should be a static grayish-white mirror, but now it has become like this … It should be the cause of the collapse of the gate. Something disturbed the peace, and it happened on this side of the gate." Icetis analyzed very professionally. In this regard, it seemed that she was more knowledgeable than Sandora. The Protoss's exaggerated lifespan and experience were full of superiority at this time.
Sandora reminded, "Don't go too far. Once we can't see these vortexes or feel them, we will never be able to go back. Unless we can find another Gate of the Abyss before we run out of energy."
"It's such a big lump. It will take a long time to walk out of sight." Icetis laughed. Then, she suddenly froze. "Err, we found the work ship … but there's something else around it!"
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