Chapter 457: Chapter 457: Chance Encounter in the Broken Frontier

“Boss, are you crazy!?”

When I repeated my decision, even the fearless Lilina’s eyes widened, her little head shaking so hard that it cast an illusion.

“No, absolutely not! That white fog looks so dangerous, even Bubbles can’t analyze the mechanism behind it, what if something unexpected happens?”

“It should be fine…” I patted Lilina on the head, “With my Void Energy and your divine attribute body, this setup should allow us to stay in the Void for quite some time. Could that white fog possibly be more dangerous than the Void?”

“Well, you say that… Hey! Boss! Don’t drag me into this! Wahhh… At least give me some time to write a will. The boss has gone wild! The boss is going to attack the Loli… Ah!”

Look, she’s flown off again!

This loose-lipped creature really needs some educating, damn it!

“What are you babbling about!” After the fake Loli, tossed aside due to her bad behavior, returned with a wronged expression, I unabashedly started pinching her face, shaping her soft cheeks into various silly and funny expressions, “I just connected with Sandora. The edge of this world and the Black Sun’s unattainable zone are similar, but less threatening than the latter. We can enter without any problem, she was actually going to suggest that we check out the edge of the world. Now it’s just more convenient.”

Because her cheeks were being kneaded like dough, Lilina could only protest with a series of meaningless murmurings. Ultimately, the Lady Priestess’s protests were completely ignored, and we returned to the seven hundred billion, installing a bunch of annoying devices, shimmering like a moving fortress vehicle with a warship-level Ghost Energy Shield, we slowly entered the white fog ahead.

A bizarre world.

Strictly speaking, in terms of chaos and strangeness of laws, the Black Sun holds the undisputed first place in the material universe, but when it comes to the absurdity and distortion of the scene in front of us, I still think the scene before me outdoes that dark place. Shattered ground floated slowly around us as if it had lost gravity, the broken segments of highway twisted into spirals extending infinitely into the sky. Some things that might be fragments of buildings slowly passed us by, continuously switching between two and three dimensions–this was indeed a strange sight, they seemed like movie special effects that had emerged into reality, now flat pictures, now three-dimensional shapes, with transitions that couldn’t be mathematically described in the real world.

And further away, the heavens and earth were completely torn into fragmented two-dimensional papers, fluttering everywhere. The colors of everything vanished from sight less than ten meters after we entered the white fog, all turning into black and white, as if they were poorly drawn impressionist paintings done with the palette of Chinese ink paintings. Information about the world was wantonly distorted here, then manifested in any random form–each still bearing a trace of its original form, recognizable at first glance from the absurd appearances, but it was this trace that made everything even more preposterous.

And during our slow progress, we encountered a “person.”

Perhaps it once was a person, but now it was just a two-meter-tall pink model with blurred facial details, like a low-quality doll, its twisted face as horrifying as flames left a deep impression on me, while Lilina, sitting beside me, buried her head in my chest in fear.

“That might have been a great person, or perhaps infamously notorious. Although the physical body of humans contains vast information, after everything is described in data, the intangible spiritual information might actually occupy more space. Human beliefs or legends are not meaningless,” Sandora’s voice echoed in my mind, “He has completely dissipated in this broken frontier, leaving only a shadow.”

As Sandora’s voice faded, the bizarre pink humanoid suddenly shook a couple of times, then turned into fluttering light particles that disappeared into the air.

“Now, even the shadow is gone.”

Great person? Criminal?

You see, it’s meaningless. Achievements through the ages may be engraved on stone steles or passed down by word of mouth, but in the face of a greater and irresistible force, they are just laughable dolls, ready to be turned into illusions at any moment, not even dolls truly. Everyone pursues immortality, but does real immortality exist?

“Boss, you’ve gone all artsy,” Lilina suddenly looked up and said with a mischievous grin, “and you even broadcast it.”

“Wood, you’ve gone all artsy.”

“Ah Jun, Ah Jun, you’ve gone all artsy.”

“Ah Jun, you’ve gone all artsy.”

“Goo-ah-umm-goo…”

Had I become so artsy as to transcend planes? At that moment, tears streamed down my face.

Give me back that little bit of philosophical sense that I barely managed to gather, you soulless thing!

“How big is this area, exactly?” While I was sinking into a despondent stoop for various reasons, Lilina suddenly got curious and started randomly tapping on the crystal panel in front of her, “Hey, boss, which one releases the probe? This red one…”

“Boom!! Boom!!!” Two blinding white lights burst forth from the hidden photon cannons under the headlights, striking swiftly and disappearing into the vast white fog ahead.

A moment of silence, followed by a frantic eruption.

“Could you keep it together for once! If we were in a city, we’d be charged with crimes against humanity, you know!”

“Whatever, it’s because you ignored me.”

Lilina tried to hide her embarrassment, but her slightly reddened ears gave away that she was just being tsundere. And why did she seem so weird today, could it be the alcohol from last night hasn’t worn off yet?

But as Lilina and I started bickering, the tactical analysis core inside the seven billion suddenly sounded an alarm, “Warning, the attack has been resisted by an unknown defense form, high energy reaction ahead!”

“Girl, what did you just hit!?” I asked in surprise, while turning on the seven billion’s defense system.

“God knows, I didn’t even understand what that button was for,” Lilina shrugged innocently, then her expression suddenly turned serious, and she pulled out a tender green branch from her personal space, holding it high in the air, “This place is under the care of the gods, forbidden territory! Mortals must not speak, but with piety, silently await the gospel!”

With a “snap,” the branch used as a scepter touched the seven billion’s roof, which was as hard as star gold stone, and neatly broke into two pieces.

Then, Lilina stormed off with half a branch…

Despite this slapstick incident, Lilina’s magic was successfully completed. In my spiritual perception, the vicinity was already completely covered by some sort of array. This array seemed to have no offensive or defensive capabilities, but it successfully suppressed any external communication methods. Clearly, Lilina had detected unknown enemies ahead trying to send out communications, whether for reinforcements or whatever. In any case, this act that could threaten us had been successfully thwarted by Lilina.

Along with Lilina’s Divine Technique taking effect, there was also a golden flash rushing towards us.

It wasn’t Ghost Energy, it wasn’t Abyss Energy, and it wasn’t Void Energy. This oncoming golden flash contained an unfamiliar energy I couldn’t analyze at all, and its power was astonishingly strong.

With just a direct hit, the alert level was immediately raised to S, and although this strike didn’t break through the battlecruiser-level Ghost Energy Shield’s defense, the suddenness and immense power of the explosion still caused the tactical core to identify the other party as a high-threat target.

“Photon Cannon, full firepower! Switch the rigid shield to an energy offset shield. Lilina, don’t go out, keep jamming the enemy’s distress signals, and I’ll sneak around from the side and knock them out…”

However, just as I was rapidly making our surprise attack plan, a robust voice suddenly came from the other side that almost made Lilina and me drop to the floor: “Captain, don’t shoot! It’s friendly!!”

…Is this a new way for Fallen Apostles to greet? Or an intelligence evolution after Abyss Energy contaminated intelligent beings?

Speaking of which, this doesn’t sound like a typical villain’s first line, right!?

While Lilina and I stood there, dumbfounded and looking at each other, a golden figure had already sliced through the chaotic white mist in front of us, crashing onto the shield of the seven trillion with might that left one sprawled and in distress.

Okay, that was a powerful impact. Just an emergency stop body collision had triggered alarms in the battlecruiser-level Ghost Energy Shield. The visitor’s strength was probably not inferior to that guy Sicaro, who relies entirely on his physical prowess. Plus, with that fierce golden flash, a preliminary assessment puts the stranger’s combat power on par with a high-level Imperial Commander. While not enough to battle Pandora, a fight with Sicaro would definitely be worthwhile. But the problem is…

Is this guy an idiot!?

Watching the golden-haired handsome man A wince in pain and hop on the spot due to the nose injury caused by running headfirst into the Ghost Energy Shield, Lilina and I shared an unspoken agreement for the first time.

However, we could be certain of one thing, this was likely not an enemy: there was no scent of the Abyss on him, but rather he was filled with an astonishing concentration of Holy Power.

Considering the earlier nonsense about ‘captain,’ despite my admittedly mortal-level intellect, considering a certain idiotic ‘Little One’ always brags about his squad leader role, it was not hard to guess the identity of this golden-haired man.

This was an unexpectedly coincidental meeting; honestly, when the identity of the other party first crossed my mind, I not only felt shocked but also doubted my judgment. However, seeing the guy’s foolish actions, I couldn’t help but think, “Ah, only under Dingdang’s leadership would such a character appear.”

Lilina and I left the seventh trillion, casually stored the car back into our Personal Space, and approached this young man dressed in thick golden Gothic armor with a cape embroidered with a large golden double-wing emblem, appearing heroic but actually quite the buffoon with his short golden hair in disarray. At the moment, he’d just recovered from the severe pain of a crooked nose, golden blood flowing below his nostrils, while his eyes widened in astonishment at the curious Lilina beside me.

“Eh? Captain, did you grow taller? Or did your height shrink in your Divine Form?” the dumb handsome guy hesitatingly asked, then slapping his head in sudden realization, “Ah, I forgot about that — you must be a follower of our captain, right? Where’s my captain, then?”

As Lilina and I stared dumbfounded, the golden-haired handsome man A casually pulled out something resembling a magnifying glass, moving it around us, all the while shouting loudly: “Captain! Captain, where are you?”

“I say, Passerby A… isn’t the captain you’re talking about that Little Dong thing?”

I slapped the golden-haired handsome man’s shoulder, who was still searching everywhere with the magnifying glass, asking him with a conflicted expression. He immediately looked up, a horrified expression on his face, “What you just said… Little… No! That’s a forbidden word! If you say it, divine punishment will follow!”

“Well, I can now be completely sure that this guy in front of us comes from the Star Domain of the Divine Race and is also a member of what’s known in the entire Divine Realm as the most formidable bunch of dummies team under the Life Goddess’s subordinate, Eternal Legion Third Group Fourth Battalion Twelfth Squad. But really, appearing in such a bizarre manner, is that even okay? Meeting me through Dingdang’s dumbass way as a pet-like little one is one thing, but this guy minus the dumbass vibe could be thrown into showbiz to survive on his looks, thrown onto a battlefield to survive on his gear, or even thrown into a friend group to survive on… um, let’s ignore that odd bit you all just saw–those were all just illusions.”

“What do you mean by ‘Passerby A’? I have a name,” said the blond handsome guy with a deeply dissatisfied look, quickly adjusting his armor, “Please call me Holy Guard Yelsen, Yelsen? Dazzling Left Wing, trust me, that name will someday become legendary among worlds! Yes, legendary… uh, by the way, who are you guys?”

“Boss, I suddenly feel like Dingdang really has it rough usually,” Lilina whispered quietly as she moved closer, “She didn’t come to our God out of refuge, did she?”

As much as I wanted to agree, your voice is too loud, dummy!

But absurdly, the clueless blond handsome guy didn’t react at all to Lilina’s blatant mocking and just kept on talking: “Speaking of which, I felt the captain’s presence just now, and the confinement field used was also in the captain’s most familiar casting style. Do you know the captain?”

If I just blurt out that I’m your captain’s current master, and this person next to me is your captain’s current nanny, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?

I was about to introduce myself when out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly caught a black shadow swooping rapidly towards us. Yelsen obviously noticed the figure too but showed no intention of defending himself, which seemed to mean it wasn’t an enemy.

Uh… if it’s not an enemy, then why did Yelsen get kicked flying by that black shadow? And before kicking Yelsen, that shadow even created a rune wall several meters behind him that’s over three meters thick! Poor blond handsome guy was smashed directly into the wall, knocked out gloriously with a two-stage hit!

After completing that spectacular two-stage hit, that illusion-like black figure finally revealed her true form in front of us. She was a petite girl cloaked in black, with silver-white hair that fell to her buttocks, a beautiful and dignified appearance, but eyes as eerily crimson as Visca’s. She nonchalantly shook her little foot, clearly encased in black boots, and obviously, it was that seemingly harmless little foot that had kicked Yelsen flying just now.

Before Lilina and I could fully understand what had happened, Mystery Silver-Hair, Red-Eye, Cloak Girl, A suddenly gave us a bow and hastily said in a sincere tone: “I’m so sorry for any trouble my dumbass brother might have caused you. If it’s possible, whether it’s steamed, braised, pickled or eaten raw, feel free to treat him as you wish, but please allow me beforehand to present this dumbass brother with a blossomed Death Soul Flower.”

Are you serious? I swear I caught a glimpse from the corner of my eye of Yelsen struggling to get up, only to fall down again!

“So it turns out, you guys are those good friends our captain often talked about,” said the girl who proclaimed herself as Monina Poison Feather, also a member of the Dingdang Team, demonstrating great goodwill towards us, “And also, her very, very, very best friend, who the captain often mentioned. Thank you so much for your help to our captain before, without which, despite having the unlimited lifespan of Gods, it might have taken us a long time to meet our captain again.”

“Uh,” I scratched my head, never expecting Dingdang to be so fond of me, “the very, very, very best friend” she mentioned must’ve been the highest compliment she could give. “That’s me.”

“She really is a very kind person,” Monina said politely, giving a gentle smile while mercilessly stepping on Yelsen next to her, “The captain said that as long as we follow you, we’ll have sweets to eat….”

So, is that guy really looking at it from the perspective of a pet?

“In short, our captain has finally found a master willing to adopt her,” Yelsen, who had been beaten down by Monina, finally found an opening and immediately flashed a “True? Crest Complete 7-Effects for Sparkling Teeth” smile, but then this unfortunate guy was once again flung away by his sister with a swift elbow to the chest.

However, the girl who appeared later was much more composed than Yelsen (if we overlook her bizarre behavior towards her own brother) and was always polite, showing utmost respect for her superior’s good friend. Nonetheless, I couldn’t shake off the unnerving feeling of power that radiated from her.

Very subtly, she had completely hidden it behind that peaceful facade, but due to my particular sensitivity to spiritual power, I still sensed the terrifyingly brutal aura surrounding this “Divine” being, filled with oppression and darkness, almost like maggots gnawing at one’s bones.

“It seems my power concealing skills still can’t fool someone with your capability that even the captain admires,” Monina noticed my uneasy expression and said with a slight smile, “So, let me introduce myself again, Monina Poison Feather, rank as a Saint, Dark Blade Ranger, one of the–Dark Divine Race.” (To be continued… For more details, please visit www.wuxiaworld.site. More chapters are available supporting the author and legitimate reading!)