Chapter 1434: Ending 1: The Fire of No Regrets_6

In Noland Lee’s perception, players were continuously being taken by the Metal Ancestor Dragon, and without exception, they all rapidly flew towards the Staff Tip Black Hole in the Inner Cosmos.

About a minute later, the first player abducted by the Metal Ancestor Dragon had already entered the Inner Cosmos.

This player faced little resistance as he passed through the Star Filtering Net and plunged into the pitch-dark ocean.

His body and his soul kept falling until they finally reached the sunless ocean floor, ten thousand meters below.

A creature, one with the dark sea water, coiled around the player, stuffing him into its oral apparatus.

“Crunch crunch… glug glug…”

The sound of chewing reached Noland Lee’s ears through the soul connection.

The player’s soul was extracted from his body by mysterious forces, and after his flesh was shredded by some sharp oral apparatus, it was reconstituted into a new body by a viscous substance.

Fusing the new body with the player’s soul took some time.

During this process, the player would be “hung” on the ocean floor, waiting to awaken amidst the darkness and immense water pressure.

This must have been why, in the previous round, Cucumber Slice and the others, after being taken by the Metal Ancestor Dragon, woke up in the Inner Cosmos only after more than ten days.

Noland Lee followed one player after another to the ocean floor, undergoing this incomprehensible transformation process, gradually figuring out the situation at the seabed.

“The ocean floor is hiding helpers of the Metal Ancestor Dragon, roughly 50 in number, each with the ability to separate souls from bodies and to reassemble the players’ flesh after crushing it… What kind of monster is this?”

Noland Lee pondered to himself and typed a few lines of text onto the game interface with his thoughts, throwing the question to “Command” and the Assassin Angel.

The answer quickly surfaced.

It was an Ethereal Being, also capable of creating Soul Constructs, named “Chaos Synapse,” belonging to the Chaos faction.

Its body resembled an octopus and could disintegrate foreign objects to absorb soul energy and create Soul Constructs.

The gang of Chaos Synapse lurking at the ocean floor was very fragile.

They were temporarily unable to create Soul Constructs and could only learn the art by repeatedly decomposing the Soul Constructs of “Command.”

They disassembled and reassembled the players’ bodies as a form of “stealing skills.”

A line of purple text appeared on the game interface:

“I have noted the locations of these Chaos Synapse. I will send an avatar there shortly. I will take care of them.”

“Good,” Noland Lee nodded and looked towards the Allied Fleet.

In just a little while, more than 300 of the over 400 players had been abducted by the Metal Ancestor Dragon.

The resulting turmoil only caused ripples among the player community.

The crew members of the Allied ships around them seemed to have been disrupted at the level of thought, completely ignoring the players’ panicked screams.

Calculating the time, Noland decided it was about time to personally get involved.

His own body was on the desolate planet previously brought to by the Assassin Angel.

Using the “Veil of Different Worlds” to conceal his track, he cast a spell on the spot to summon a Magic Avatar.

This Magic Avatar was quite special.

It was an Ethereal Being without flesh and blood, possessing an ability similar to “possession.”

Through a Soul Magic known as “Spirit Summoning Technique,” anyone could summon this Magic Avatar to descend upon them.

After the descent was complete, the caster’s mind and soul would be fully protected by the Magic Avatar, and they would fall into Slumber, with the control of the caster’s body falling into the hands of the Magic Avatar.

Noland Lee planned to use such a unique Magic Avatar to blend into the ranks of the players.

He had already chosen his collaborator, which was Cucumber Slice, with whom he had cooperated many times before.

Noland Lee prepared the Magic Avatar, pulled up the game interface, and sent the task he had already edited to Cucumber Slice.

Cucumber Slice was maneuvering his ship, tangling with the fleet director of the Allied Fleet.

He glanced at the task notification and confirmed acceptance with a simple look.

The task was very easy, merely asking Cucumber Slice to log off in place.

As for why the GM wanted him to log off, Cucumber Slice said that as long as the Reward was substantial, he wouldn’t mind even deleting his account.

Therefore, Cucumber Slice immediately relaxed his grip after accepting the task, letting go of the ship’s Control Console and lying back.

His consciousness left the game world, awakening in reality, while the Game Helmet indicated, “Account anomaly detected, self-check in progress.”

Meanwhile, his Game Character “in the game world” steadied himself and switched control in an instant.

Noland Lee’s Magic Avatar perfectly descended upon Cucumber Slice.

The entire process took less than half a second.

If this were still to be discovered by the Metal Ancestor Dragon, Noland would have no choice but to accept his defeat.

The good news was, after 10 seconds, the Control Console in front of him, as expected, transformed into a gigantic metal maw and lunged at him.

Noland Lee felt a surge of joy, concurring that the Metal Ancestor Dragon had not detected the switch with “Cucumber Slice.”

He maintained an appearance of panic, eyes wide open, standing in shock, allowing the “Cucumber Slice’s body,” now controlled by the Magic Avatar, to be devoured by the metal maw.

At the same time, Noland Lee’s real body completely disappeared on the unnamed planet.

The amulet from the Assassin Angel, activated by the Assassin Angel’s true self while Noland Lee was fully controlling the avatar, provided full protection to Noland’s real body.

At this moment, the Assassin Angel was still lingering on the “real” planet of the players.