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Chapter 579: One Hand Divides Two Realms
Chapter 579: One Hand Divides Two Realms
The Star Gods' movements involuntarily paused, their scattered mental frequencies carrying confusion. It seemed they had lost a segment of their memory and forgotten what they were supposed to do.
"Why did we approach the border of the Dead Realm?"
"It seems it was the command of the Cosmic Will, but why do I have no corresponding memory?"
"The memory has a blank spot, as if it has been erased."
"Perhaps..."
All the Star Gods communicated through their mental network, creating a large amount of mental energy that spread out.
"Has the Cosmic Will given any feedback?"
"There are too few of us, and we are not yet fully formed. There has been no feedback yet. It seems the short-term disconnection is also due to the memory blank."
"What should we do next? Should we stay at the border of the Dead Realm or return to the incubation fields to quickly hatch more of our kin to welcome the Cosmic Will back?"
"Let's return to the incubation fields. Once the Cosmic Will returns, everything will return to normal."
"Agreed, let's return to our respective incubation fields."
With one of the Star Gods taking the lead, they reached unanimous agreement. For them, as long as the Cosmic Will returned, neither the Dead Realm nor their lost memories would be a problem.
After a unanimous vote, the Star Gods quickly returned to their original star domains.
"It seems our previous memories were from a battle with some unknown entity. There are traces of battle in many star domains."
"It should be related to the Dead Realm, but where did the enemy's corpses go?"
Why they had won was simple: if they had lost, they would have died. They had counted their numbers and found that they had lost many of their kin during this blank period, and they didn't even know how they had lost them.
This confirmed that they had experienced a fierce battle.
"They should be in the Dead Realm. I saw fragments of some of our kin floating in the Dead Realm before we left."
With the first one speaking, others who had noticed the situation also came forward to testify.
For a while, the mental network was in turmoil, but fortunately, after half an hour, the Cosmic Will, that ethereal presence, reappeared in the mental network.
However, it did not speak but directly examined the interrupted memories of all the Star Gods. Due to this interruption, the Cosmic Will itself had also experienced a period of blankness.
After a thorough examination, it confirmed that the memory blank was caused by a mental network shock due to the Dead Realm's influence. It also re-examined the border of the Dead Realm, confirming that there had been an expansion attempt, but it had been halted.
Thus, the Cosmic Will suspected that it had likely used the mental network to form a collective consciousness to counter the expansion of the Dead Realm, causing the shock and even affecting itself.
It was investigating the cause of the memory loss, but it did not harbor any suspicion. After all, it was currently incomplete and in a fragmented state, barely holding together like a pile of sand. In such a dangerous environment as the Dead Realm, problems could arise at any time.
Moreover, its highly scattered self was constructed from the consciousness of the Star Gods, leading to its logic and calculations being influenced by the Star Gods.
Finding no issues, it could only instruct all the Star Gods to return to the incubation fields to quickly hatch and grow all the Star Gods to the 8th stage. Once it recovered, it wouldn't have to worry too much.
Even if there were questions, it could only investigate and strengthen its defenses. It currently couldn't act directly, and even indirect actions would rely on the Star Gods.
The Star Gods, with a belly full of questions, returned to their posts. With the new command from the Cosmic Will, they were to expedite the transformation of their kin.
This could certainly speed up the process, but it also had drawbacks. They might exhaust themselves, and the newly hatched kin might have some defects.
After all, it's not like ripening fruit; there would inevitably be some aftereffects.
But for the Cosmic Will, these were minor issues, as they could be recovered later.
Qin Muye, who had been hiding in the mental network and eavesdropping, also let out a sigh of relief: "It seems we've gotten away with it. That was a close call."
He had directly and brutally erased the corresponding memories of all the Star Gods and used some techniques from the Dead Realm, such as warping and ignoring, to forcibly alter the memories.
Fortunately, these Star Gods had already been infected by him and turned into avatars, otherwise, it would have been much harder to erase their memories so smoothly. This was the benefit of his early planning.
After he himself blocked the Dead Realm, the plan succeeded.
"I just don't know if I really fooled the Cosmic Will or if it's just pretending. Although this thing is a mess and relies entirely on the Star Gods for judgment, what if it's just playing a game with me?"
Qin Muye could be certain that the Cosmic Will was definitely on guard and had become more cautious.
"Never mind, the plan is going smoothly anyway. The Cosmic Will is now a fish in a barrel. As long as I'm careful, there shouldn't be any problems."
Even the Star Gods, whom the Cosmic Will relied on, were avatars of Qin Muye. As long as Qin Muye didn't get reckless or something like the Dead Realm happened again, the other side was doomed, Qin Muye said so!
"However, the anti-primordial force field is really powerful. I originally thought it could only target the Heavenly Dao or the Cosmic Will, but I didn't expect it to be able to contain the Dead Realm. Thankfully, I still have some tricks up my sleeve."
Just he and Ji Shan blocking the Dead Realm wouldn't have been a big problem, but to do it perfectly, it was all thanks to the GROX Empire's three major force fields, especially the anti-primordial force field.
The key was to use Ji Shan as the core of the force field. Ordinary things just couldn't handle it. Even the GROX Empire had to build such a vast ring world in the heart of the universe to succeed. There was no way Qin Muye, being so frugal, would be willing to spend that much money.
So, it was definitely going to be Ji Shan at the core. If Ji Shan couldn't handle it, Qin Muye would take over. Either way, they were the only two in the entire territory who could do it.
After using the anti-primordial force field to completely bind the entire Dead Realm, things seemed to calm down, but it was only a surface calm.
The Homeland continued to move forward, and Qin Muye had no idea where it was heading, but it was definitely toward the core of the Dead Realm.
Once the Homeland stopped, Qin Muye would remotely use the Dead Silence Hand to cleanse the area. Then, when the time was right, Qin Muye would personally take action and use Ji Shan to incinerate the enemy.
"What a pity, if the Dead Realm weren't so disgusting, I would have thought about directly consuming it."
Even though Qin Muye was indescribable, it didn't mean he had no preferences. Even if his preferences were different from ordinary people, he still had his own thoughts.
This led to his desire to incinerate the Dead Realm rather than use it.
He was chaos and distortion, but the Dead Realm was decay and darkness, and they didn't have much compatibility. Integrating it would be of little use.
Unless he could further improve it, for example, by turning it into a treasure. After this, Qin Muye might be able to transform his territory, but the benefits would definitely be less than directly consuming the Dead Realm.
"According to the Star Gods' progress, it will take about three months for my plan to take over the territory to be executed. It's just in time, I can see if I can make use of the Dead Realm."
Incineration would only be the last resort after he completed his plan to take over the territory. Now, with some time left, he could try to make use of it.
Otherwise, he would be reluctant to just incinerate it. His avatar was still on the Homeland, but it might be left with only half a life. After all, the decay of the Dead Realm was quite terrifying. If it weren't for the anti-primordial force field, Qin Muye would have had to use his chaos and distortion to change its nature.
"Everything is going smoothly. As long as there are no unexpected issues, I can handle it. The benefit from the Dead Realm will be less, but it's better than nothing." Qin Muye still couldn't overcome the fact that a dead world was not the same as a dead corpse. They were completely different, so he could only try to make the best of it.
He had also considered turning it into a Titan-level construct, but found the conditions lacking. He could only use the method of turning it into a treasure and then integrating it into his territory. This was also a way of utilizing "The Lord's Epoch." Otherwise, he wouldn't have had enough power on his own.
Using the territory as a medium to directly engage the Dead Realm with "The Lord's Epoch" was similar to when he threw the Divine Seed into the investment pool. He didn't think the Dead Realm could stand up to "The Lord's Epoch." If it didn't know its place, it would likely be crushed.
"Danger turns into opportunity, indeed, one must be strong to forge ahead."
(End of Chapter)
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