Night of Despair-Chapter 602 - 601 grid 2

About half an hour later.

A black shadow, belonging to Yu Hong’s Black Black Spirit shadow, appeared in a certain location at the right front of the Floating City.

The surface of Black Black Spirit glowed with a layer of bright Golden Light, the light flickering continuously, releasing a simple communication signal.

The Floating City responded to the signal, indicating that it had been received.

Soon, Yu Hong’s figure once again emerged among the five councilors.

"Alright, everyone, please follow me! The situation here is somewhat different from the map’s representation. The Floating City is too large, so we need to take a detour that covers a longer route. We might encounter danger at first, so please hold on for a while," he explained seriously.

"Alright, we trust you! Lord Zheng Rou," Chairperson Nid Jaton nodded.

"That’s good!" Yu Hong affirmed.

Soon, the Black Black Spirit turned forward, directly rushing into a deep unknown area of the Wind Disaster towards the left.

The Floating City followed closely behind, with one large and one small, disappearing into the colorful torrent after a while.

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Inside the Heartless Belt.

Yu Hong concentrated on controlling the Black Black Spirit, carefully gliding over the side of a giant red monster lying on the ground.

This red monster was only half the size of the previous corpse of Cloud Racing Venerable, but it was still an extremely large being.

The monster’s entire body was covered in red hard skin, its form was humanoid, and spikes extended down its back. Its head was a strange triangle shape, and it had three long dark red tails dragging behind.

’This guy... might also be a Venerable of another race similar to Cloud Racing Venerable...’ Yu Hong speculated in his mind.

It was natural that Venerable beings could not be exclusive to humans, and he had seen this in the classical books on Qinghe Mountain.

Looking out the window, he watched the massive red corpse gradually receding into the distance, and his heart began to settle.

These few days, he had floated in this area of the Heartless Belt, perhaps because he was close to these Venerable corpses, he had not encountered an attack from unconscious bodies a single time.

It might also be that the security house’s target was too small to be noticed by those unconscious bodies—beings the size of star systems.

But regardless of the reason, Yu Hong found some relief in his mind. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

’Soon... once the trait fusion is complete... I will certainly advance further... this way, when I delve deeper, I’ll have greater confidence...’ Time waits for no one; this was Yu Hong’s greatest anxiety at the moment.

Stepping away from the window, he looked around at the various items and arrays in the room.

Over these days, taking advantage of the relative calm, he had repaired the arrays. Although there were no more Golden Immortal level arrays, his mana, having the incomplete version of the Heavenly Venerable Position, had begun to show some special changes.

His mana had become more solid and less prone to dispersal.

Upon discovering this, Yu Hong immediately reset everything in the security house using his current mana.

Coming back to his senses, he looked at the communication device on the table.

It still emitted only static noise, with no sound from anyone else.

Merely looking at the device made Yu Hong feel a deep, profound loneliness welling up from within.

He stood up, sighed, and turned to head to the Cultivation Chamber.

But after a few steps, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

’Wait... this communication device still uses Floating City technology... why not enhance it with my current mana?’ He wasn’t unfamiliar with communication arrays; even if the energy sources needed substantial modifications, he could probably accomplish it now.

In truth, expecting the Floating City’s current energy level to create a device capable of penetrating far distances through the Source Disaster was a bit unrealistic....

’Could it be that the communication device malfunctioned, and it wasn’t the Floating City having issues, but just a temporary interruption?... Moreover... I still have the Water Instrument Ball, and I can combine it with the communication device, enhancing it with my evolved mana!’ The more Yu Hong thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

Although his mana cultivation was still in the Mahayana Realm, the incomplete Heavenly Venerable Position’s trait was extraordinary, directly related to a Venerable.

In mundane terms, it was like: he might still be a village cadre, but a special one who could make small requests directly to state ministers!

He lightly covered the communication device with one hand, his mana flowing into it slowly.

Meanwhile, he took out the Water Instrument Ball with his other hand, placing both together.

This was his first time performing a fusion modification himself.

As mana poured in, the arrays inside the Water Instrument Ball and the communication device began to decompose and restructure.

The Water Instrument Ball’s array was far more powerful than the communication device’s, having been personally crafted by Yu Xuezi at the Immortal Realm level.

If it weren’t for Yu Hong being in the Mahayana stage and having transformed mana plus the incomplete Heavenly Venerable Position trait, he wouldn’t have been able to reforge this item.

Nevertheless, the reforging process was extremely complex and tedious; after persisting for over an hour, Yu Hong’s divine sense was largely exhausted, forcing him to stop and recuperate.

’Vitality is running low... I need to find a sufficient source of vitality next.’ Yu Hong, sitting cross-legged, felt the slow circulation of the Qingyuan Heavenly River Miao Technique within him, contemplating where to obtain resources for cultivation.

’This is the depths of the Source Disaster, there is basically no normal living being that could exist around here. The only possible entities are... Unconscious Bodies...’

At his current realm, even the enormous vitality accumulated by Agrius was only enough to push him to the Mahayana Realm. The subsequent vitality needed would surely be even more terrifying.

If he didn’t want to devour entire living beings from the universe, then the only choice he had was the Unconscious Bodies floating everywhere in the Heartless Belt.

’Firstly, they are large enough, and their vitality is abundant. Secondly, it’s almost certain that the rest of the universe is either fleeing from or being obliterated by the Great Annihilation outside... I have no other choice....’

Feeling his cultivation nearly come to a standstill, Yu Hong paused. While taking out the Life Armor Core he had collected from the Flame Star to study its special structure that converts energy into vitality, he also controlled the Black Black Spirit to carefully patrol around in circles, searching for suitable vitality targets.

But after two hours had passed... the surroundings were still as silent and lifeless as the starry sky.

The enormous corpse of the Heavenly Venerate floated in space, motionless and devoid of any vitality.

Feeling a bit irritated, Yu Hong stopped flying, stood up, and walked into the Cultivation Chamber.

’I possess the Galaxy Eye now and have the ability to control decay. So, doesn’t decay also signify a form of control over vitality? What if I reverse the process of decay? Would I be able to extract the vitality needed from it?’

An idea suddenly struck him, and he quickly retrieved a bundle of Tai Sui remains he had packed from the Life Well.

This Tai Sui had long been drained of all its vitality by him and Quan He, utterly dead.

Now, as he took it out again, Yu Hong placed it on the ground.

The Tai Sui, about the size of a washbasin, was pale yellow all over. In its dried-up state, it looked like a huge piece of octopus jerky, emitting a faint fishy odor.

’Decaying Eye.’ Yu Hong’s right eye narrowed as a translucent beam shot out from his pupil, shining upon the dried Tai Sui.

’Decay Reversal.’ He commanded in his mind.

In an instant, the Tai Sui began to quiver violently, then quickly started reversing the process. The previously dried flesh began to plump up again, absorbing moisture from the surrounding air, and becoming visibly moist and elastic.

About eight or nine seconds later, the Tai Sui stopped changing. No matter how he activated the Decay Reversal Eye, it wouldn’t change anymore.

’Is this the limit?’ He stopped the Decay Eye, grabbing the Tai Sui with one hand.

Hiss.

A steady stream of vitality once again flowed into Yu Hong’s body.

"It actually worked!" His expression changed, revealing a look of pleasant surprise.

But before he could rejoice for long, the Tai Sui shriveled up again, its internal vitality completely gone, devoured entirely.

Even an entire Circulation within Yu Hong’s body hadn’t been completed...

He immediately understood: the amount was too small... far too small...

Placing the dried Tai Sui back down, Yu Hong gave up completely.

"Then, how about trying the Mass-energy conversion at the Heavenly Venerable Position level?"

Another thought rose in his mind.

He had attempted this many times over the past few days. This Mass-energy conversion ability could only be used once per day, and each time it covered only the scope of his Divine Sense, with a limited range.

But... its exaggeration lies in the fact that, apart from the piece of source material given by Senior Su Dan, all other substances could be converted into energy effortlessly.

This energy was not limited to the types he mastered; any kind of energy he could imagine could be converted directly.

That was indeed quite exaggerated.

’In a sense, this incomplete Heavenly Venerable Position already defies logic and science. I really wonder how the Heavenly Venerates cultivated to such a level.’

While feeling emotional, Yu Hong also began to contemplate.

’From this perspective, pure vitality could also be viewed as a kind of energy. If I directly convert matter into vitality, would it succeed?’

These days, he had been testing with very small objects. This time, he planned to do a new test.

In the chamber, Yu Hong took out a high-energy protein ball he had stocked from the Floating City.

This thing could sustain a grown man’s protein supply for five days with just one ball, truly a powerhouse among compressed foods.

Now, Yu Hong held it in his palm, his eyes fixed on the black, sesame ball-like protein ball.

’Transform!’ He thought, centering his mind as he activated Mass-energy conversion.

Hiss.

In an instant, the protein ball suddenly scattered, turning into a small pile of black powder. The powder then melted again into a puddle of viscous black liquid.

Bang!

The liquid swelled up with a big bubble, then exploded instantly.

All the liquid splattered as the bubble burst, and simultaneously, an immense surge of invisible vitality swept throughout the chamber’s space.

In no time, the invisible vitality rapidly retracted, condensing into a fingernail-sized golden crystal, floating in Yu Hong’s palm.

The direct conversion had shocked him, leaving him startled in place.

’No wonder... it’s no wonder the Heavenly Venerates could delve into the Source Disaster and seal its manifestations. If they could use such an exaggerated ability infinitely, they could indeed become self-sufficient in any environment, creating something from nothing, converting at will!’

Holding the golden crystal, feeling the enormous vitality inside equivalent to one-thousandth of Agrius, Yu Hong suddenly understood why, in the eyes of Heavenly Venerates, ordinary life forms might truly be seen as disposable objects created at will.

Beep beep beep...

At that moment, the communicator and Water Instrument Ball on the first floor, seemingly fully infused with mana, suddenly emitted a beeping sound indicating an incoming communication request.