An hour and a half later.
Gounières was transferred from Holy Hejal to the small secret room in the Starry Sky Watchtower.
The Transcendence Gate was still lit up.
Gounières placed one hand on the Transcendence Gate and chanted an incantation.
"Crack crack …"
The Transcendence Gate slowly opened.
Murand Elkley was wearing a blue robe and standing at the entrance with a solemn expression.
"Senior, did something happen?"
Gounières asked after coming out.
Murand Elkley's eyes scanned Gu Nie's body and revealed a look of astonishment.
"You're already at the peak of Transcendent Rank-8?"
"Yes." Gounières nodded.
"The refinement of the God Crown has entered a good state, and my cultivation speed is getting faster and faster. I'll reach the peak of Rank-9 in a few months, and it'll only take me one or two years to break through and become a Saint."
Hearing this good news, a smile appeared on Murand Elkley's face.
However, the smile soon disappeared.
"I had no choice but to disturb your cultivation this time. The Starry Sky Watchtower is about to fall."
Murand Elkley said with a solemn expression.
"Fall?" Gounières was shocked.
"Is the enemy attacking?"
"No, it's because of another very troublesome matter. Come with me."
Murand Elkley walked forward.
"Another matter?" Gounières frowned and followed Murand Elkley.
"Did you feel the changes in the world a few days ago?" Murand Elkley asked as they walked forward.
"I felt it. The extraction speed of the world's origin has decreased sharply, and it's less than one-thirtieth of before." Gounières nodded.
"Indeed, such a strange change is too strange. However, we later learned from the visitors from the Starry Sky that someone must have placed an expensive treasure like the World Anchor into the world's origin."
"We don't know who did it yet, but we speculate that it might be Old Man Sly Sea."
"After all, only he would possess such a treasure."
"Yes, this could indeed be the work of senior Cunning Sea." Gounières nodded.
For Gounières, it didn't matter whether or not they were able to claim this result.
In any case, to Gounières, he had received the acknowledgement of the World Origin Will and could actively communicate with it. This was the most important thing.
"Originally, this was great news for us. The withering period of the world will be greatly delayed, and the power of those evil gods will also continue to be suppressed. "
"However … as our Transcendent World got closer and closer to the Mutated Lands, the mutated creatures at the edge of the World Barrier started to undergo an unimaginable change."
"Unimaginable changes?" Gounières's heart skipped a beat.
"What changes?"
"A mutated transcendent losing control," Murand Elkley said in a deep voice.
"Transcendent out of control?" Gounières frowned.
In the Transcendent cultivation system.
As one's strength increased, the risk of a transcendent going out of control would greatly decrease.
In truth, a high-class Transcendent would not have the risk of going out of control.
As for a Transcendent Master, no one had heard of them going out of control.
At this moment, Murand Elkley was treating this Transcendent so seriously. It was obvious that this was not a simple case of losing control.
"About half a month ago," Murand Elkley slowly explained.
"All the members of a small team stationed at the edge of the Mutated Creature Passage suddenly disappeared."
"We immediately conducted an investigation and discovered that all the members of the team stationed at the edge of the passage had gone out of control."
"All out of control?" Gounières's heart skipped a beat, and he asked in a deep voice.
"It was caused by the Mutated Creatures?"
"That is our current speculation," Murand Elkley explained softly.
"This kind of loss of control manifested in the three aspects of the body, soul, and energy."
"Among them, the body showed an increase in power. For example, the increase in power, the strengthening and growth of the skeletal frame, the growth of the muscles, and so on."
"Most importantly, the 'genes' in the body that control the body's form had also mutated."
"As a result, their bodies had grown to three meters and even four meters. There was even a knight who had a huge body that was five meters tall."
"Some grew exoskeleton armor, some grew two arms, and some grew wings. At the same time, their sensory organs, eyes, nose, ears, and so on had also undergone all sorts of strange changes, and even their functions had changed."
"This kind of Transcendent loss of control had greatly increased the strength of their bodies."
"It would be fine if that was all. At the same time, their souls had also undergone a change. "
"All of them had become bloodthirsty, bloodthirsty, and extremely difficult to communicate with. They had even completely lost the rationality that originally belonged to humans, turning into bloodthirsty, greedy, and terrifying monsters."
"In addition, their energy had also gone out of control, which made them even more unrestrained in their destruction and battle."
"It could be said that after losing control, they had completely become slaves to the cold and crazy Transcendent power without any self-will. They were completely born to kill and battle."
"After discovering this situation, we immediately sealed the subsequent passages and ordered the many Transcendent guards not to come into too much contact with those mutated creatures."
"Because from what we discovered, even with the energy barrier's isolation, the mutated loss of control seemed to have some sort of meme infection ability."
"Once they got too close, they would be infected by the mutated power, and as time passed, they would enter a state of uncontrollable state and then completely lose control."
"Even if we took the corresponding measures in time, it was still a little too late."
"In the next few days, there were Transcendent guards who went out of control one after another, and several suspected infected Transcendent were also quarantined."
"Their situation is not optimistic."
"Currently, our researchers are studying this Transcendent meme to see if they can find a way to deal with it."
"But there is almost no progress."
"Just yesterday, a female Tier 2 student who did not have any direct or indirect contact with any guards also went out of control. She killed three female students in the dormitory and ate their hearts."
"At present, we speculate that the Starry Sky Watchtower is very likely to be filled with the meme that has gone out of control."
"Everyone could be infected by the potential loss of control."
Murand Elkley's words shocked Gounières.
"The entire Starry Sky Watchtower is infected?" Gounières rubbed his slightly furrowed brows.
If that was the case, then … it would indeed be a terrifying disaster.
As for how big of an impact it would have, it was hard to say.
"Without a doubt, this is a disaster, a terrifying disaster," Murand Elkley's expression turned even more solemn.
"The current decision is to seal off the entire Starry Sky Watchtower, and no one is allowed to leave, including us."
"If there is a large-scale Transcendent loss of control, then this region will be completely controlled. That way, we can control the situation in this area instead of causing the Transcendents to go out of control in all areas of Aoya Continent. "
"Are we trapped here?" Gounières's heart skipped a beat.
To be honest, Gounières was not worried about the so-called loss of control.
Even after the mutation, Gounières could still use reincarnation to absorb the meme and obtain the corresponding Transcendent resistance and convert it into his own Transcendent talent.
But for others, it would be a disaster.
"I hope you can understand the decision of the higher-ups," Murand Elkley looked at Gounières.
Gounières shrugged.
"Fortunately, you told me. Otherwise, I wouldn't know what happened here. Considering the risk of losing control, sealing off this place is obviously the right decision."
Gounières was not against this decision. It would be foolish to let the infected roam freely.
"The good news is that at present, Extraordinary Masters seem to have good resistance against memes that have gone out of control. You don't have to worry about anything."
"Mm," Gounières nodded.
Gounières was not worried about anything.
"Now, I will bring you to the highest floor of the watchtower. It is very far from the bottom. It is the place where I and the other God's Emissaries cultivate."
"Before this matter is settled, it is best for you to cultivate there."
"If a large scale loss of control really occurs, that will be the safest place."
"Thank you, Senior Murand Elkley," Gounières said.
Murand Elkley shook his head and laughed bitterly.
This Starry Sky Watchtower was built by Murand Elkley. The place he built with his own hands might become a place of loss of control. He was not in a good mood.
"Senior Murand Elkley, has anyone gone to check the main passage at the edge of the world? After all, that is the main passage for a large number of mutated creatures to come in. If there are any clues, that should be the best place to find them, "Gounières asked while thinking.
"Not at the moment. The main passage is now completely sealed off. It is the same for the entire Starry Sky Watchtower. All of its power is focused on the research of the meme that went out of control."
"Even the Transcendent Association has sent over many mystical items and Sealed Artifacts to help with the research."
"As for the main passage, there is no time to check it out. There is also no power to check it out. After all, there are powerful Transcendent Master level mutated creatures there."
After some thought, Gounières said in a deep voice.
"Senior Murand Elkley, with the Starry Sky Watchtower going out of control, I can't cultivate in peace. After all, I am also a potential infected Rampager."
"I think it is better for me to check out the main passage."
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