EBE Chapter 177 The Heavenly Book World: Your Time is Extremely Valuable
Chapter 177 The Heavenly Book World: Your Time is Extremely Valuable
Chapter 177 The Heavenly Book World: Your Time is Extremely Valuable
Countless Blood God Children opened their eyes, observing the outside world through Modi's skin.
A series of gazes emanated from beneath his skin, making Su Youli's scalp tingle.
Every now and then, eyes would open on his skin, thousands upon thousands of eyes blinking, like something from the abyss peering into the outside world, emanating a terrifying aura.
"Human beings have limits..." he suddenly spoke, his voice like a soft murmur.
"So, you've given up on being human?" Su Youli interrupted the chanting and went straight to the point.
Its eyeballs blinked, then wriggled and disappeared beneath the skin, dissolving and returning to the flesh.
Modi reverted to his ethereal and otherworldly appearance, showing no signs of deformity, yet his skin would occasionally twitch, inadvertently exuding a predator-like aura.
"Every step towards becoming stronger comes at a price, and what I've given up is the inherent weakness of humanity."
He has now achieved the unity of body and soul in the path of martial arts, and his status is comparable to that of the immortals on the continent of Itniti. Whether it is the former or the latter, they are fundamentally different from ordinary humans.
The former's soul has merged into its physical body, while the latter is even more bizarre, with dimensions as its body, its essence being a ball of light, some transformed into liches, and so on.
His situation is relatively normal; at least he still has a human skin on.
"It's about time." Modi stepped out of the wooden house, a blood crystal hanging in his palm. "I've observed from the ethereal level that the fighting in the capital is fierce. Now is the best time for me to make my move."
"What do you want to do?"
Su Youli was puzzled, but she still took the initiative to stand aside and protect him.
"I want to see what kind of place is inside the Heavenly Book."
The blood crystal in his palm emitted a mysterious fluctuation. Mo Di casually explained, "Using the Heavenly Book runes as a gateway, we can invade the Heavenly Book itself in reverse and see what's hidden inside."
"I'll be asking you to protect me later."
In terms of spiritual and intellectual attainments, perhaps no one in this world can surpass him.
The global environment dictates that few people can conduct in-depth research on this.
Therefore, even though the two insiders, the Food Daoist and the Blood Demon, had spent most of their lives researching, they hadn't achieved any significant results.
Having only been in contact with the Heavenly Book and runes for a short month, he had already figured out the connection between the Heavenly Book and the runes, and constructed a divine thought specifically for intrusion.
Its raw material is naturally the Blood God Seed, which possesses both physical and spiritual properties.
Su Youli didn't say anything, but summoned her Ice Soul Cold Light Sword, with a guard standing by her side.
With everything ready, Modi's body began to writhe and crack, revealing a small opening from which a bloody shadow emerged and pounced towards the blood crystal radiating a dangerous red light.
On the surface of the blood crystal, the celestial runes are arranged and reorganized to form a specific structure. Blood God Child: The invasion of divine sense immediately felt a great difference.
In all directions, the space seemed to stretch infinitely, with colorful rays of light extending into the distance, seemingly without end.
If Modi had to describe this feeling, it would be like being in some kind of data space.
All around were walls constructed of celestial runes, stretching into the distance, seemingly without end.
Modi can still see the Blood God's perspective and can control the Blood God's every move just like he controls a body.
He controlled the Blood God Child forward, as if extending his arm into a tunnel, rushing straight in at an ever-increasing speed. The surrounding celestial runes flashed by, leaving only an endless expanse of space and the light that enveloped the passage as it extended outwards.
The sense of time was disrupted at this moment, and Modi clearly felt that the flow of time was different inside and outside the passage.
My sense of time inside the passage was much slower than outside. Fortunately, I could compare the two different levels, so I didn't get completely lost. Nevertheless, this sense of separation still caused him some trouble. On one side was the slow-time area inside the passage, and on the other side was the normal area outside. This feeling was similar to the left and right hemispheres fighting each other.
"Modi, are you out of your mind?" Su Youli swung her Ice Soul Cold Light Sword, fanning out a gust of icy wind to help him cool down.
Modi paused for a moment before responding, "This is a normal heat dissipation measure."
He stopped the projects that were in progress, shut down useless processes, and allocated most of the Blood God's computing power to deal with the time-sensory disconnect.
Before long, the senses of time on both sides gradually returned to normal. According to the perspective transmitted back by the Blood God Child's invading divine sense, the runes in the passage became increasingly dense, almost completely obscuring the light that constructed the passage.
We're getting close to the interior of the Heavenly Book.
A moment later, the light channel finally stopped extending and disappeared into the blinding sea of light ahead.
That was the end of the entire passage, and also Modi's destination.
"We're almost there." Mordy became alert and rushed into the endless light ahead.
Immediately, the light obscured my vision, leaving only a white blur in my eyes.
For a moment, his consciousness wavered, and he vaguely heard some kind of cold, mechanical sound.
The voice came from all around, forming a sentence in an unknown language.
Although Modi had never heard this language before, strangely enough, he could understand the meaning of the words.
"Unidentified intruder detected, verifying identity... Unable to identify individual, determined to be: unauthorized intruder."
"Warning: Tian Shu Chuan type enters alert mode. Dispatch the Hunter team to eliminate unauthorized intruders."
"warn....."
As the white light faded and surrounded by piercing alarms, Modi finally saw the structure inside the Heavenly Book.
He had imagined the internal structure of the Heavenly Book, which might be a space filled with mysterious runes, or perhaps a large number of ancient-style pavilions and towers.
But he never expected that the interior of the Heavenly Book was actually a data-driven cyber city.
Skyscrapers rise from the ground, crisscrossing streets are arranged in an orderly manner, and neon lights pierce the dark sky, illuminating the entire city as if it were a city that never sleeps.
Countless celestial runes formed a data stream that flashed across the building surfaces and in the dark sky from time to time, adding a touch of unreal science fiction to the city.
Strangely, the streets were deserted, without a single pedestrian or vehicle. The entire city seemed lifeless, with only the brightly lit skyscrapers bringing a sliver of life to the scene.
Amidst the warning, Modi looked around and found himself standing on a manhole cover marked "A10-4".
"Number Port".
"So I came from the sewers?" Modi was shocked. He never thought he would one day be a rat in the gutter.
Just then, an ominous red light appeared.
Whether it was the stream of runic data flashing around or the glass windows of skyscrapers, everything was stained with a layer of crimson.
The continuous warning sounds and the red lights flashing at a certain frequency all reminded Modi that something big was coming.
"Warning: Area A10 has been designated a danger zone. The Hunter team is about to enter. Residents of this area are advised to evacuate to a safe area immediately."
"The AI will not be responsible for any losses caused by staying in dangerous areas without following the instructions of the Tian Shu Chuan-type AI. Repeat..."
The alarm broadcasts continued, and a sense of crisis crept up Modi's spine.
Without thinking, he stepped onto the road made of some unknown material, creating a small crater, and simultaneously retreated rapidly, putting a considerable distance between himself and his original position.
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Almost instantly, a dark green blade of energy appeared where he had just been standing and slashed at the ground, leaving a green gash on the road.
A strange, dark green substance clung to the knife marks, corroding the ground and making a "pitter-patter" sound.
In the blink of an eye, a large pit was eroded into the ground. "What a damp and sinister trick."
Modi's eyes narrowed, and he looked up at the direction from which the air blade had come. He saw a green, glowing figure standing on a street lamp.
The figure revealed an aged face, wielding a pair of short, curved swords that emitted a faint green light, and like the surrounding buildings, it occasionally emitted streams of runic data.
The green-glowing old man, expressionless, mechanically recited a sentence as if executing a program:
Mission: Eliminate the intruder.
Modi ignored his words, his gaze fixed on him.
A line of large characters was prominently displayed there:
【The Hunter - Lv43 - Divine Realm - Bamboo Leaf Green - Liu Sheng】
Similarly, the line of text above his head that looked like a game player's name was also bright green, which made Mo Di curious about what this guy had been through.
"Remove the intruders."
Liu Sheng mechanically repeated a sentence, then suddenly swung his sword, his true essence condensing into a blade of energy that shot towards Mo Di.
"The screen is weak and powerless."
Mo Di neither dodged nor evaded, but instead condensed a blood-red light between his fingers and unleashed a blade of energy that obliterated the oily green blade inch by inch. Then, he accelerated and shot towards the old man.
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After a faint sound, a small bloodstain appeared on Liu Sheng's forehead.
"Clear...non-legal..."
His lips moved, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence. His body shattered into countless runes and dissipated on the streetlight.
"If you're not destined to be the king of streetlights, don't just stand on one."
Modi shook his head and checked the streetlight where Liu Sheng had been standing, but found nothing that had fallen, which made him feel very disappointed.
Unfortunately, this wasn't a game world, so he couldn't kill monsters to get equipment, and he didn't gain any experience points or anything like that.
The alarms continued to sound. Modi glanced around and saw several figures rushing towards them.
Without exception, they all had the words "Hunter" above their heads, and their levels ranged from 40 to 59, all of them being at the Divine Qi Realm.
Mo Di had heard of some of these names; they were all deceased seniors of the Divine罡 Realm.
"What the Daoist said is true. After a Divine罡 Realm cultivator dies, their divine will is taken away by the Heavenly Book. What about the Grandmaster Realm? Why haven't I seen any Grandmasters?"
The pursuers gradually surrounded him, and Modi roughly counted their numbers, finding there were fifty or sixty of them.
He had no intention of getting entangled with them, so he stomped down.
The ground cracked, and he used the recoil to soar into the sky. Along the way, he condensed a blood-transforming divine blade, and using sword control techniques, he transformed the blade into a vast river of blood, soaring upwards and surging towards the top floor of the nearest tall building.
Seeing this, the pursuers continued their relentless pursuit, either flying on swords like him or scaling skyscrapers.
Gradually rising.
They were all slower than Modi. Long before they arrived, Modi had already transformed into a river of blood and rushed towards the sky.
Just now, he had observed the city from the top floor of the high-rise building. The city stretched as far as the eye could see, and the most conspicuous thing was the towering tower in the distance.
He had a premonition that the secrets of this data city were hidden there, so after thinking for less than a second, he rode the Blood River and rushed toward the giant tower.
The hunters who had just climbed halfway up or reached the top floor froze in place, as if they had encountered an error while executing a program. After a second or two, they all disappeared as a stream of data.
At the same time, Modi's journey was not without its challenges.
Hunters kept spawning on the top floors of various high-rise buildings, launching attacks against him.
Qi blades, sword qi, and mysterious fire—a variety of attack methods are used in turn in this city, which is out of place with the city's overall sci-fi style.
Fortunately, thanks to his sword-wielding experience and the bullet-grabbing skills he honed in the Touhou Project series, Mordy did not crash and dodged all the incoming bullets.
As his location changed, the alarm sound also adjusted accordingly:
"Warning: Area A09 has been designated a danger zone. The Hunter team is about to enter. Residents of this area are advised to...:."
"Warning: Area A04 has been designated a danger zone. The Hunter team is about to..."
"Warning: Area A01 has been designated a danger zone. Enforcers are about to enter."
Hmm, the executor?
Modi noticed the change in the alarm sound. He had just entered the so-called A01 area, and not far in front of him stood a completely sealed giant tower.
Like the Tower of Babylon in Earth's mythology, the pitch-black tower soars into the clouds, its end seemingly unreachable.
Unlike the surrounding buildings, the tower does not have runic data streams on its body; instead, it is covered with countless patterns.
Lines clung to the tower's body, turning from blue to scarlet the moment Modi entered area A01, releasing a dangerous signal.
"Hmm?" Modi's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively steered the Blood River to the right.
The next instant, a sword light grazed past him, slashing towards the tall building behind him and tearing it in two.
The River of Blood suddenly stopped, and ahead, the figure of a middle-aged swordsman in white appeared.
[Executor - Lv76 - Grandmaster Realm - Sword Demon Dugu Sheng]
Compared to the hunter, the white-clad swordsman's expression was much more lively, and he seemed to still possess a sense of self-will.
Seeing him stop, Dugu Sheng's lips moved, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a gasp.
"Hiss, a level 76 Grandmaster, that's terrifying."
"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me. In my opinion, haven't you already reached the realm of unity of spirit and body, and are you already a Grandmaster?"
Dugu Sheng shook his head and did not launch an attack immediately, appearing surprisingly easy to talk to.
"The so-called levels are just a way for the AI to classify things. Although they can reflect the level of strength to a certain extent, they are not entirely accurate."
"You still retain self-awareness?" Mordy asked curiously.
According to the Glutton, shouldn't everyone who enters this place be in a state of unconscious "enlightenment"?
"Indeed," he nodded, speaking gently, "We Grandmasters are different from those in the Divine罡 Realm; our divine souls are much stronger, and even after entering this Heavenly Book World, we can retain most of our self-awareness."
A world of celestial books?
Modi stroked his chin, and for some reason, a sentence came to mind: Your time is very valuable.
"Is this 'Heavenly Book World' you mentioned one where online time can be used for trading?"
Dugu Sheng was stunned and blurted out, "You actually knew about this?"