Chapter 770 New Legions III
Xia Xiu was not in a hurry to destroy Joe Frey, but raised the silver staff [Lever of the Sky] in his hand and slowly reached for the bubble ball.
As the tip of the lever comes into contact with the bubbles, ripples appear on the smooth surface, like water droplets falling into a calm lake.
The touch from the ripples carries a strange vibration. The feeling is strange and familiar, like the breeze behind an unopened door.
"This feeling...electronic channel?"
"No, it's just a similar feeling. It's still different from the passage that leverages another baseline world..."
Xia Xiu raised his brows slightly, and gently turned the [Lever of Heaven] in his hand, feeling the abnormality inside the bubble ball.
"Interesting."
He murmured softly, his voice echoing in the frozen space.
"This is not just a world barrier."
There seems to be something hidden inside the bubble, with layers of thin film structures intertwined like [electron channels].
Through the analytical perspective of the [Perfect Prosthetic Eye], he could clearly see the complex structure inside. It was a mezzanine space, with tiny particles flowing inside like quicksand, as if there was an entire miniature world sealed in it.
The base world is different from the Little Garden world or the plane world.
The base world is the "reference point" from which the properties of other universes are defined, against which the existence, physical laws, or deviations from timelines of other universes are measured.
If we assume that there are multiple parallel universes, the base world is usually the original timeline or the default universe.
In multiverse models, the base world is often considered the world closest to cognition or reality.
The baseline is a universe with stable physical laws and no violent disturbances or human intervention.
Compared with branch universes, it has a higher "existence weight", that is, other universes may be derived or changed from it.
The "Lever of Heaven" in Xia Xiu's hand is used to cut the two base worlds apart.
One is the Terra/this world he lives in - a world of weak nuclear force.
One is the "mirror reference world" corresponding to Terra - the world of strong nuclear force.
There are actually many differences between the two, and it is very simple to distinguish them, that is, look at the lifespan of the sun.
The lifespan of the sun in a world with weak nuclear force is tens of billions of years, while the lifespan of the sun in a world with strong nuclear force is tens of millions to millions of years.
The defender of the mirror reference world channel is - [Void Dragon/Broken God].
This is part of the reason why Xia Xiu is called the Stealer by the Gear Orthodox Church. Currently, he only holds the third "Lever of Heaven" in his hand.
All he can do now is to pry open the passage between the two worlds and change the basic physical constants of the target area (such as the intensity of the strong nuclear force).
By adjusting the intensity of the strong nuclear force, the material stability of the target area is destroyed, causing the nucleus to collapse or become uncontrollable.
If he later masters other levers and combines the four levers into one, he can even go to the [Dragon Well of the Void] on Mars to compete with the Broken God's think tank for the honor and authority of being the defender of the Mirror Reference World Passage.
This is also one of the irreconcilable conflicts between [Ohm Messiah] and the Gear Orthodox Church.
now.
With a strong interest in the bubble world, the [Lever of Heaven] in Xia Xiu's hand glowed faintly with silver light.
He exerted a little force, and the force of the lever pried open the surface of the bubble.
Like a scalpel cutting through delicate tissue, those tiny particles split open in an irresistible manner, revealing the secrets hidden inside.
The edge of the bubble is torn apart, and the membrane of space is like a curtain being lifted, gradually revealing another world within it.
Xia Xiu's figure looked particularly lonely in the light and shadow. He raised his chin slightly, and his white hair was floating in the gray quality of the picture.
He glanced at the still Joffrey, showed an interesting smile, then raised his feet and slowly floated up. His figure was as light as a feather, passing through the cracked space and disappearing into the bubble.
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The moment he entered the bubble interlayer, Xia Xiu's vision was suddenly filled with dramatic changes in light and shadow.
The gray and white stop-and-go image quality here appears more and more solid, shrouding the entire space in a still silence.
This is a library—but not a library in the ordinary sense, but a tower of knowledge suspended in endless nothingness.
Countless bookshelves are like huge vines, extending from the void, with no top or bottom.
Each row of bookshelves is densely packed with books and objects.
There are strange items floating between the bookshelves, some are ancient sheepskin scrolls, some are crystals flashing with unknown runes, and some are complete mechanical components, exuding a faint light.
However, all these items are frozen in the air at this moment because time has stopped, like part of the frozen river of time, frozen in an eternal moment.
Xia Xiu was suspended in this strange space. His eyes swept around him calmly but sharply. His white hair was like flowing light in the still space.
His attention quickly fell on two frozen figures not far away - Geoffrey de la Tour and his incarnation [Andumalius]. The silver-robed wizard's body was stiff and he kept raising his staff. His face was twisted and full of despair, as if he was seized by the God of Death in his final struggle.
And the tall incarnation was still standing behind him, its whole body covered with dark blue metallic light, and the coiled snake was also imprisoned by the power of time-stopping, stagnating in his hand, cold and lifeless.
Xia Xiu slowly floated over, his movements light but carrying a pressure that could not be ignored.
A glimmer of light flashed in his white eyes. He stopped in front of Geoffrey and lowered his head, as if he was studying a captured specimen.
He could feel that this was the other person's true form, without any trace of disguise or substitute.
The silver lever was slowly raised, and the slender and perfect stick body exuded an indescribable elegance and power.
The top of the lever rotated slightly, making a low buzzing sound.
In front of the tip of the stick, a twisted symbol appeared faintly. It was a constantly rotating [∞], like an endless loop of destiny, and like the most fundamental flaw in space and time.
Xia Xiu didn't make any unnecessary movements or show any emotion.
He just calmly pushed the lever forward.
Click——
Click——
The silver stick penetrated Joffrey's abdomen easily, and the [∞] symbol rotated along the stick body, tearing apart the flesh, flesh, and organs, just like cutting through a piece of tissue paper easily.
The stagnant blood and shattered internal organs stood still in the air as the lever moved forward, forming a strange and cruel picture.
It only took ten seconds for all of the above to happen.
『Buzz——』
The moment time resumes its flow, everything wakes up from the stillness of death.
Joffre's eyes suddenly opened, and what was reflected in his cloudy pupils was the huge hole in his abdomen.
Around the hole, flesh and blood rolled, and organs ruptured. He could feel the cold air passing through the wound and interweaving with the remaining warmth in his body.
His movement of lowering his head was stiff and slow. When his eyes finally landed on the shocking wound, pain swept through his nerves like a flood.
"Hiss——"
Blood gushed out from his abdomen like a river bursting its banks, staining the floating bookshelf at his feet red. The splashing blood bloomed in the air like bloody flowers.
His incarnation [Andumalius] seemed to have sensed the fatal injury from the summoner and collapsed directly. Joffrey looked up, his pained expression mixed with shock and disbelief. He raised his head with all his strength, his eyes fixed on the thirty-six-winged angel that appeared in front of him.
"You..."
Geoffrey's voice was hoarse, like a broken bellows.
He coughed and wheezed violently and asked:
"How did you find this place..."
Xia Xiu did not answer immediately.
He raised the lever in his hand slightly, looking at the old man who was gradually losing his vitality, with a faint smile on his lips.
"If other crowned ones or lineages want to kill you, they might really let you run away."
Xia Xiu gently shook the lever in his hand and said gesturally:
"But it's a pity that you met me.
The lever in my hand is the miracle of leveraging the benchmark world. ”
When Geoffrey heard this, a bitter smile appeared on his face. He gasped hard and coughed up more blood, but still managed to stay awake.
He whispered:
"Ahem... It's really unlucky. Even Fran's think tank couldn't detect the existence of the Breathing Device Library, but you found this place...
This is the secret path of the Exile's Library, a projection hidden in the deepest part of the void..."
"The Secret Path to the Exile's Library..."
Xia Xiu murmured and repeated, recalling the information he had tracked down from Gray Harbor Town and the information Seth had provided.
A trace of thought flashed across his white pupils.
"I see. You are the one who truly discovered Lancelot's legacy, and all of this starts from you."
When Geoffrey de la Tour heard this, he was stunned. He struggled to lean his body against the empty bookshelf. His body was trembling, his face was twisted in pain, and the blood on his chest was like spreading water. Spreading like a stain.
He coughed up blood intermittently, his voice hoarse but mixed with strong unwillingness:
"Obviously... I have planned and deduced countless times... Why did... the people from Gray Harbor Town... bring you here..."
The old man looked directly at Xia Xiu, his deep eyes full of exhaustion and doubt.
He reluctantly raised his head, with a trace of self-deprecating bitterness in his eyes:
"Is there really some kind of...indescribable traction between us?"
When Xia Xiu heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and thought for a moment.
He raised his palm slightly, and his own avatar - [Vashak] appeared behind him.
The huge incarnation was like an invisible giant spirit, suspended in the void, exuding a heart-stopping aura.
When Joffrey saw [Vashak], his pupils shrank suddenly, shock and fear appeared in his eyes.
He struggled and made a trembling voice: "Solomon's Key...could it be said...that the holders of Solomon's Secret...really attract each other?"
There was a hint of uncertainty in his voice, but more of a despair of self-doubt.
He took a deep breath, tried to calm his breathing, raised his eyes to look at the fourth sword holder in the kingdom of heaven in front of him, and used his last strength to ask:
"Can I ask you...one last question..."
Xia Xiu said nothing, just looked at him calmly, his white eyes like the unfathomable sky.
Geoffrey coughed and asked with the last expectation:
"Are you here to attack me because you know my plot and plans?"
After hearing this, Xia Xiu shook his head slightly, his expression indifferent, but with a kind of indifference that directly struck his soul.
He said slowly:
"No, I don't understand at all."
To be honest, his purpose in coming to the Hundred-layer World in the first place was not to capture the Ring of Nagas and overthrow the regime of the Kailasel family.
He really wanted to have friendly exchanges from the beginning, but the people in the Hundred-layer World taught him a hard lesson with the incident in Gray Harbor Town, causing him to completely change his goals.
These guys who fear power but not morality still need some warm iron fists before they can be honest and think about the goodness of heaven.
Joffrey's pupils trembled slightly, as if he heard an unexpected answer.
But before he could react, Xia Xiu spat out the last words. His voice was as calm as ice, but it cut off the old man's last hope like a knife:
"There is only one reason for your failure, a very simple reason - your plan killed my people.
"You pissed me off."
After Xia Xiu finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the void.
After Xia Xiu's words fell, the atmosphere in the void seemed to be frozen, and the silence was suffocating.
Geoffrey de la Tour's body trembled, as if in a final struggle. His face was stiff, his eyes were out of focus, and his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something else, but in the end, only a self-deprecating and bitter last word came out of his chapped lips:
"I'm really unlucky..."
The words were as weak as a mayfly. As the last syllable fell, the old man's eyes quickly dimmed, like a lamp being completely extinguished.
His head hung down weakly, his body completely lost the support of life, and he fell next to the empty bookshelf.
However, the moment Joefrey died, his body suddenly erupted with a violent energy fluctuation.
The blazing light surged out of his body, and after a moment it condensed into a huge ball of light.
The ball of light was extremely dazzling, with a torrent of runes and information flowing on its surface.
The ball of light trembled slightly in the void, as if it had sensed the old man's death and was trying to escape from the restraints and escape into the distance.
"Want to run?"
Xia Xiu's reaction was as fast as lightning.
His left hand was slightly raised, and the arm in [Perfect Prosthetic Body] state glowed with dazzling light in the void.
He stretched out his palm, instantly locked the trajectory of the light ball, and held it firmly in his hand before it took a step forward.
The ball of light struggled fiercely in Xia Xiu's palm, emitting a dazzling light, like a small sun, trying to escape from his hand.
However, the surface of Xia Xiu's left hand was covered with dense mechanical patterns, and the spiritual power gushing out from his fingertips and palm suppressed the ball of light.
He lowered his head to look at the ball of light in his hand, slightly raising the corners of his mouth, revealing a meaningful smile.
"Another Key of Solomon."
The ball of light gradually became quiet in his palm, and the complex information and authority inside flowed, as if it was surrendering to its new master.
The surrounding void is still filled with faint aftermath, and Joffrey's body has begun to disintegrate as the light ball is withdrawn, turning into fine dust, and finally integrating into this endless library.
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"Exiled" and "Library" - these words together will be harmonized into *********, so it can only be changed to "Exiled Library"