CHAPTER 342: CHAPTER 102: COLLAPSE

Just as Chen Shan had envisioned, the command center immediately began decoding the information Chen Shan had sent over after receiving it. Once they finished reading the first piece, the commander swiftly ordered that it be taken out of the Forbidden Demon Abyss and handed over to the experts studying the abyss.

Before the abyss warfare commenced, non-combat personnel had withdrawn from the Forbidden Demon Abyss in succession, fearing that the upcoming war would affect them.

A communications officer hurriedly took the information out of the Forbidden Demon Abyss and handed it over to the experts, causing an uproar in the experts’ chat group.

What? Someone actually knows how the abyss was formed?

What? This person even knows the source of the abyss?

What? The source of the abyss is actually a meme creature, commonly known as the ’Evil God’?

This information left the experts speechless and doubtful that this might have been fabricated by some amateur, as it sounded too absurd.

However, upon seeing the information come from Yan Luo, regardless of how uncomfortable it was, they had no choice but to accept it as fact.

Yan Luo had experienced too many miraculous things, including telling them about the Forbidden Demon Abyss prototype planet’s encounter with the Evil God.

The artist who modeled the Evil God in three dimensions went insane, yet Yan Luo remained unaffected, as if the impact was nonexistent.

Perhaps he was indeed affected, just that he was originally a madman, so even if he went further insane, it still appeared the same to outsiders.

Therefore, all the experts had no choice but to begrudgingly study the information provided by Yan Luo.

With just a glance, they quickly spotted errors in Yan Luo’s assertions.

—The strength of the soul isn’t equivalent to Magic Power adaptation!

If the excellence of Magic Power adaptation equated to soul strength, then there are Engravers with ’low’ Magic Power adaptation who reached the Second Rank, and there are people with high Magic Power adaptation who never achieved the Second Rank in their lifetime.

Thus, Magic Power adaptation doesn’t represent soul strength—if the ’soul’ even truly exists.

Given the current Blue Star people’s situation, it’s hypothesized that their soul strengths are about the same, so all Engravers reaching the Second Rank need to hunt disaster-level demons or the Master of the Abyss to strengthen their souls.

Once the soul becomes strong, it can bear more engravings.

Then the question arose—what exactly is ’Spirituality,’ why can it strengthen the soul, why must one hunt disaster-level demons or the Master of the Abyss to obtain Spirituality, and are there other ways to gain Spirituality or strengthen the soul?

While experts were stumped by these questions, Yan Luo and others returned to the vicinity of the abyss entrance.

By this time, the construction team was dismantling and retrieving materials from the fortress, while soldiers were dealing with supplies inside the fortress.

After the abyss collapsed, nothing would remain, and the items brought from outside would also disappear.

The supply station lacked time for handling, but there’s still time to manage the fortress near the abyss entrance.

When Yan Luo and others arrived at the fortress, they received a large welcome, with everyone greeting them warmly.

The atmosphere among soldiers wasn’t too heavy because they relied on fortress defense, and Yan Luo swiftly defeated the Master of the Abyss, preventing excessive casualties among soldiers and Hunters during the demon tide.

Hunters are accustomed to life and death separations, so their sorrow will only last for a while before they relax again, returning to their life of indulgence and dreams.

The commander didn’t immediately disclose the information returned by Chen Shan, thus when the returning Hunters and others talked about what Yan Luo learned from the Evil God’s Mark knowledge inheritance, people exclaimed repeatedly.

Many started looking at Yan Luo with peculiar eyes, filled with desire.

Becoming stronger through killing is appealing to everyone, right?

Anyway, to grow stronger, they needed to hunt demons. If they could obtain the Evil God’s Mark from Yan Luo, killing a demon would yield twice the benefits as before, undoubtedly accelerating their growth.

Moreover, Yan Luo shared his blood with them, allowing them to absorb Magic Power without doing anything, accelerating their growth speed further.

In the past, many were trapped at Sequence 4 and even Sequence 5 their entire lives; after obtaining the Saint’s Blood, Sequence 4 was no longer their limit. It’s likely many Hunters participating in the Forbidden Demon Abyss warfare will ultimately reach Sequence Three.

Perhaps even Sequence Two is no longer an unattainable dream.

Hunters don’t care about soul or Spirituality matters; that’s only relevant for Second Rank consideration, they are only focused on the Evil God’s Mark at present.

However, upon returning to the fortress, Yan Luo immediately headed to the medical room for a check-up.

He previously swallowed half a semi-finished Evil God and didn’t understand his current physical state, needing a thorough examination.

Upon arriving at the medical room, medical personnel were prepared, treating him with the same attention given to high-ranking officers, conducting a comprehensive check from head to toe, inside and out.

The result—He was extraordinarily healthy!

Yan Luo’s body was too healthy, with no bacteria present, cleaner than a newborn baby.

Nevertheless, Yan Luo was still not completely at ease.

The oddity of the Evil God mainly exists in the meme aspect; its presence releases a meme that affects surrounding entities.

However, since Yan Luo devoured the Master of the Abyss, he had shown no abnormalities, nor did any issue arise with the Hunters around him, so he wasn’t sure if he had a problem.

Due to this uncertainty, Yan Luo didn’t immediately exit the Forbidden Demon Abyss; he intended to stay until it was ready to collapse entirely before leaving.

This was to avoid affecting Blue Star.

After returning to Blue Star, Yan Luo would surely meet his friends or Lingquan City officials first, and to prevent affecting them, he needed to remain in the Forbidden Demon Abyss and wait to observe any changes.

Eight hours had finally passed since Yan Luo defeated the Master of the Abyss, with Hunters and soldiers gradually evacuating, the secondary fortress almost completely dismantled, and the construction team starting the primary fortress’s dismantling.

Yan Luo stood outside the fortress on the wasteland, gazing into the distant sky.

This was his first time witnessing the abyss collapse firsthand.

He wasn’t sure which area collapsed first, all he could see was the sky caving in, creating a mottled darkness in the distance.

The space was breaking apart, with tiny black spots appearing in the distant sky.

Yan Luo had excellent eyesight; he could clearly see what was happening in the sky.

The ’Abyss’ was constructed using the Evil God’s power through Magic Power manifestation; its central core was the Master of the Abyss. As long as the abyss maintained contact with its civilization, it could sustain itself.

However, after the Master of the Abyss ceases to exist, the abyss inevitably enters a collapse phase.

This phase lasts long enough for personnel active within the abyss to evacuate.

Despite this, the abyss’s origins are linked to the Evil God. Long-term connection with the abyss causes the planet itself to transform into an abyss form, like Alfheim.

Perhaps their ancestors chose to sever ties with the abyss, understanding this fact.

"You aren’t going back yet?"

Chen Shan patted Yan Luo’s shoulder as he approached from behind.

Yan Luo turned to glance at Chen Shan and shook his head, "I’ve already told you how I vanquished the Master of the Abyss. I’m afraid of contaminating ordinary people. So until the abyss completely collapses, I’ll stay here and observe myself."

"Haha, I see!" Chen Shan chuckled, "I thought you just liked witnessing the abyss’s collapse and decided to stay because of that."

Yan Luo looked towards the distant sky, softly saying, "How could I possibly like such a thing... I don’t harbor hatred towards the abyss itself; I merely consider it a dangerous entity, whether in the past or present."

Saying this, Yan Luo raised his hand towards the collapsing sky in the distance, slowly closing his fingers, as if grasping something.

"Therefore, I want to annihilate the abyss completely—

"Whether it was from before or now!"