Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic-Chapter 1068 - 538: The Way Back (2)

But the real challenge came after leaving.

Su Yu arrived at a black hole, and instead of jumping in recklessly, he first tried probing with his spiritual power.

And then, it was futile.

Outside the Little Universe, there was absolute nihility, nothing at all.

No time and space, no cause and effect, no matter, no energy.

Once Su Yu’s spiritual power reached out, it too fell into nihility, and nothing returned.

Even a part of his power was lost.

Su Yu’s strength permanently diminished a bit.

This is the terror of that absolute nihility; Su Yu had actually perished in this void before.

"Tsk tsk, this counts as inter-universal travel; it’s normal to face difficulty."

Su Yu wasn’t surprised.

Now that he wanted to return to the real universe, he had to traverse the distance between universes, which wasn’t easy.

If he kept attempting this way, he might end up losing all energy.

Then, Su Yu might lose all his power and revert to being an ordinary person.

If he were in the real universe, Su Yu could immediately replenish any energy lost.

But here, there’s no energy replenishment; lost energy is simply lost.

Fortunately, the Creation Machine operates to immediately absorb information about the lost energy into the universe, storing it.

When the Little Universe undergoes its next destruction and rebirth, the lost energy will return to Su Yu.

The universe’s instinct is to absorb energy and information from nihility to replenish itself.

Even if this Little Universe is newly established and incomplete, it functions the same.

So Su Yu doesn’t need to worry about truly becoming ordinary; lost energy will circulate back.

It’s only because this Little Universe is his own creation that he can maintain himself using the cycle of universe destruction and rebirth.

Otherwise, any ordinary Fifth-Order Expert trapped in this Little Universe would surely be doomed.

"Tsk tsk, it’s so dark..."

Su Yu lamented at the "beyond the universe" within the space black hole.

Light, spiritual power, spiritual energy, time and space... there’s nothing at all, absolute darkness.

For beings living in normal spacetime, it’s hard to imagine a nihility devoid of "space" and "time," let alone surviving within it.

Even for someone like Su Yu, the Planet-Level expert, this absolute nihility is extremely dangerous.

The Deep Layer of Subspace is also said to be devoid of time and space.

But it actually contains abundant concepts and information, allowing a Fifth-Order Planet-Level being to create dimensions for survival.

But the nihility beyond the universe doesn’t have such conveniences; there’s truly nothing there.

However, this nihility isn’t entirely impenetrable, and Su Yu is quite confident about it.

"Let’s try the Power of Nihility."

After his spiritual power exploration failed, Su Yu began to harness the Nihility Walker’s power.

The Power of Nihility is invisible and formless, much like the nihilism beyond the universe.

This time it improved significantly; the Power of Nihility extended beyond the universe without disappearing immediately, maintaining for a while.

Su Yu attempted to wrap himself with the Power of Nihility and extended a hand into the black hole.

With the protection of the Power of Nihility, his arm safely extended beyond the universe.

A moment later, the Power of Nihility surrounding his arm was depleted, and Su Yu’s arm vanished, leaving him with one arm.

Even with his regenerative power, he couldn’t restore the lost arm, and would have to wait for the next universe destruction and rebirth to recover.

Su Yu wasn’t bothered by his lost arm; he nodded in satisfaction: "It seems using the Nihility Walker’s power can indeed allow me to leave this universe."

"However, solely using the Power of Nihility isn’t sufficient, as it still depletes, making it unsustainable."

"I must give it my all..."

In an instant, Su Yu activated his core ability as a Nihility Walker, [Nihility Embodiment], and his whole being vanished.

He didn’t truly disappear but transformed into nihility, making most detection methods ineffective against him.

Then, he leaped into the black hole ahead.

The ability of Nihility Embodiment can transform oneself into nihility, traversing beyond space-time and life-death.

And the area beyond the universe fittingly matches the description of "beyond time, space, and life-death."

"Is this beyond the universe?"

Once Su Yu jumped into the space black hole, everything turned pitch black before his eyes, and he knew he had left the Little Universe.

If he were in his ordinary state, all his energy would be devoured by this nihility in an instant, leading to complete death only to be reborn in the Little Universe.

Luckily, he had the protection of the Nihility Embodiment.

In this state, his energy wasn’t swallowed.

However, the Nihility Embodiment state is fraught with danger.

Transforming into nihility could also lead to being devoured by nihility.

Thus, Su Yu hadn’t tried this method before, but now he had no other choice but to risk it.

Upon entering the Nihility Embodiment state, Su Yu felt all his thoughts, memories, emotions, and desires gradually returning to nihility.

Even when he exerted the Power of Pain to counter it, it didn’t have much effect.

This was something he had never experienced before.

"It seems that in this absolute nihility beyond the universe, my Nihility Embodiment ability has improved, and the Power of Pain finds it hard to suppress..."

All of Su Yu’s emotions and desires were dissipating.

The extreme pain from the Power of Pain felt like a distant memory, unimportant.

Moreover, because of fully activating the Nihility Embodiment ability, Su Yu’s Power of Nihility kept enhancing relentlessly!

"How is this happening? Clearly, there’s no energy replenishment here, yet my Power of Nihility increases?"

Su Yu found it peculiar.

It seemed that after embodying nihility, in the universe beyond, his Power of Nihility wouldn’t deplete but rather increase out of nowhere.

Where was this extra energy coming from?

Though puzzled, Su Yu had no inclination to investigate further.

His "curiosity" had already been devoured by the Power of Nihility, transforming him into someone without curiosity.

"Not good..."

Su Yu darkly muttered to himself.

In the next moment, Su Yu exerted all his powers, causing a massive self-explosion.

A moment later, Su Yu’s vision cleared, and he was reborn in the Little Universe.

"Thank goodness..."

Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He had killed himself to come back to life.

Before his rebirth, Su Yu had already lost his curiosity.

The next phase would likely see the loss of all emotions, even the desire for survival, ultimately leading to complete nihility assimilation.

Such assimilation differs from being devoured by nihility; in essence, one remains "alive", thus rendering rebirth impossible, which would be truly disastrous.

Unsure of when he’d awaken, perhaps never.

"It seems the Power of Nihility isn’t reliable either..."

Su Yu shook his head inwardly.

The Nihility Embodiment state allows travel beyond the universe, but the risk of assimilation makes it unsafe.

"Wait, maybe not necessarily."

"Initially, when using [Nihility Embodiment], the Power of Nihility inexplicably increased..."

An inspiration hit Su Yu, spurring a new idea.

Though the [Nihility Embodiment] state risks nihility assimilation, simply wrapping oneself in the Power of Nihility doesn’t have this problem.

However, using only the Power of Nihility to wrap himself depletes rapidly, making it unsustainable.

Yet, during the [Nihility Embodiment] state earlier, the Power of Nihility oddly increased spontaneously.

If he could use [Nihility Embodiment] to replenish the Power of Nihility after it depletes...

Then, it would be possible to achieve sustained "endurance" in nihility beyond the universe.

Excited by this thought, Su Yu felt a slight thrill.

He had finally found a way to partially clear the path back to the real universe!

Without delay, Su Yu wrapped himself in the Power of Nihility once more, and again leaped into the black hole.

Inside the black hole, the Power of Nihility enveloping Su Yu quickly diminished.

Calculating the depletion, Su Yu sensed he was almost ready and activated [Nihility Embodiment] again.

Consequently, the recently depleted Power of Nihility swiftly replenished.

A moment later, before his emotions could be assimilated by nihility, Su Yu exited the [Nihility Embodiment], relying solely on the Power of Nihility to cloak himself.

Without [Nihility Embodiment], the Power of Nihility rapidly depleted.

Then Su Yu reactivated [Nihility Embodiment]...

"It really works!"