Chapter 554: Chapter 556: The Escapee from the Cage

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‘Damn~ Wang Wei’s faction wasn’t wrong, the real problem was the opportunity.’

“But why didn’t this life form just teleport out all at once? Given the specifications of this jump device, even a battleship could be teleported away.”

“Wait, where did the Star God come from?” Qin Muye suddenly realized this.

“Infection, master, I suspect the prisoner is being infected, preliminary suspicion is a Star God, and this place should be the Heart of the Cosmic guarded by the GROX Empire.”

“To put it more bluntly, this place is a cage!”

“Organize the ring-shaped world technology of the GROX Empire as soon as possible and have someone verify the teleportation coordinates.”

“Indeed not a small matter; who would have thought that a counterfeit would actually compensate tenfold, and after compensating, it might even become real.” This was something Qin Muye hadn’t expected, as he had always thought of the Cosmic Will as counterfeit.

“The level of strength is probably higher than mine, but has fallen a lot.” Qin Muye guessed that the other party most likely fell from Level 9 back to Level 8, as it was certainly going to decrease after being split into so many parts.

“Yes, master.” Spirit Monster naturally had no issues, and as for the inability to repair, that was another matter. The jump device had been repaired to such an extent that it was very impressive; further repairs were possible, but there was a limit.

“So we need to get our hands on it before the other party converges, otherwise, there’s no chance of success.”

“I believe you are also aware, master, that this matter might not be minor,” Spirit Monster said in a flat tone.

“In other words, the prisoner is not a regular life form.” Qin Muye knew that a normal life form couldn’t possibly split itself into so many parts and teleport them out.

“That is to say, the disaster of the Star God has already begun to brew, albeit not yet officially stepping onto the grand stage of the Shining Universe.” Qin Muye had also suspected this before, but he hadn’t expected it to actually become true.

“A super-gargantuan artificial planet, it looks like the core area.” Qin Muye walked using his Wise Man’s Book Shadow Equipment at the preset coordinates of the unknown star map.

“There’s evidence that the other party used itself as the energy source, escaped in segments, initially teleporting part of itself out three months prior, and then successively teleporting various parts, according to our recovered system logs, the most recent one was three days before our arrival.”

“Master, the exploration team has reached the central area of the artificial planet and discovered that something was imprisoned here but has now escaped.” A Spirit Monster contacted Qin Muye through the Magic Network.

Still, there were some incongruencies, such as with the main character Wang Wei. With his talent of the Cosmic Favor Main Character Aura, logically speaking, he should be on the same side as the Cosmic Will, but surprisingly, he became adversarial.

But thinking about it, it made sense; given the other party’s power, how could they leave any trace? That would be the normal course of events.

Besides the artificial planet, there were various massive architectures, probably an entire ring-shaped world expanding outward.

From the reports feedback by the Spirit Monsters, all the equipment in this ring-shaped world has already halted, even the energy system is the same, floating in the dark cosmos for countless years.

But Qin Muye was somewhat shocked; according to this logic, the Star God is a condition signed by the activation of a planet, and it existed a long time ago, still imprisoned by GROX Empire, and was the subject of some research. Perhaps the initial server breakout and annihilation by the GROX Empire were related to the Star God.

But the Life Scepter and the Book of Eternity had been merged into Wang Wei’s body, and the most stable triangle was gone.

And these sub-dimensions forming were not some Star Map but a type of protection field, not only suppressing the Cosmic Will but also protecting all the known star domains currently.

Luckily, there’s still a chance, even “Lord Era” hasn’t released a corresponding event yet, which means the other party has just infiltrated and hasn’t started officially. Otherwise, a crisis of this level would definitely generate an event with extremely substantial rewards.

Upon seeing Qin Muye come in, the leading Spirit Monster quickly spoke, “Master, according to the latest circumstances, the prisoner could not have escaped more than three months ago, and they had utilized the jump device inside the planet.”

Spirit Monster put forward the speculation, which had quite a high possibility given the various relations tied together; it was hard not to guess in this direction.

Looking at the repaired jump device, it was clear that the other party had deliberately cleaned up traces while running away. Fortunately, some traces were left, and from the incomplete system logs extracted by the Spirit Monsters, these matters were analyzed and understood.

Even if the loot was split among four Lords, each could have their fill, of course, provided they survived.

Qin Muye did have his suspicions, and he wondered if it might be related to the Star God. Those Evil Thought Spiritual Bodies invading the sub-dimension seemed very similar.

Qin Muye rushed over in an instant, a group of Spirit Monsters fully armed, also appeared to be investigating the situation.

Qin Muye suddenly realized that both the Life Scepter and the Book of Eternity were methods to keep the Cosmic Will imprisoned within this Star Domain.

Qin Muye also regretfully acknowledged that the other party had left from here, but had erased their tracks very cleanly, leaving not a single trace, otherwise any leftover clue could have provided Qin Muye with more information and data.

Then… Wang Wei took two-thirds of the load-bearing walls, and now he wants to take away the last third.

Even bolder to assume, the entity imprisoned here could be the original Star God, which is the Cosmic Will of the Shining Universe, but due to segmented escape and infection behaviors, it split and degraded until all consciousnesses reconnected and finally restored the original identity of the Cosmic Will.

Winning chances? If he could escape, that alone would be badass, let alone fight back, seeking death wasn’t supposed to be like this.

Although the Ring-Shaped World had come to a halt, the Cosmic Will simply had no way to leave.

Everyone wanting to restart it faced quite a bit of trouble, even with a hundred thousand Spirit Monsters, it would still take some time.

He must preemptively take over before the Star Gods reincarnate the Cosmic Will through their own consciousness and then reap the rewards. If he’s too late, he would have to face a true Level 9, one that possesses self-awareness and wields substantial power.

After several days of investigation, it was confirmed that this was an artificial planet, with an astonishingly large scale, so much so that Qin Muye himself was somewhat shocked.

Now the Spirit Monsters are working overtime to repair this Ring-Shaped World floating in the universe.

Thinking of this, Qin Muye suddenly realized another thing, that was how did the Cosmic Will manage to escape within three months?

Repair is not destruction, plus it’s from an unfamiliar civilization, so it’s not that easy. If Qin Muye had acquired the technology from the Galaxy Cube, perhaps it would be faster, as they are all relics of the GROX Empire, but unfortunately, he didn’t have that; he only had the Book of Eternity and the Life Scepter.

Everything started when Wang Wei took the Life Scepter, and it escalated from there.

Thinking of these, Qin Muye felt quite exasperated, indeed there was no free lunch in the world, even for the main character.

This led to another possibility, that the Cosmic Will formed by the consciousness of the Star Gods was real.

The operation log of the Jump Device after its repair was not complete, since it had been damaged previously, so he could only try to do limited verification. He wanted to know whether this suspected Cosmic Will really used this Protection Field to enter a known Star Domain of the Shining Universe.

This was definitely a Level 8 server’s event, certainly not one with trivial rewards.

Although these two were also relics of the GROX Empire, they were not professionally compatible.

Such brutal methods made it clear it was indeed the handiwork of the GROX Empire.

This was very puzzling, even if using oneself as energy, there was no need for segmented escape.

Apart from this artificial planet, all other planets in this entire Star Domain were dismantled, used as materials for derivation and expansion.

The entire Ring-Shaped World didn’t use any biological or Spiritual Energy technology, so Qin Muye could not use these two technologies to repair it, and using his own technology obviously fell short, after all, the Ring-Shaped World was, after all, a remnant of the powerful civilization of the GROX Empire.

As for how to determine if the rewards were substantial, it was simple, just check if there was a Server Transfer Token in the Points shop.

As for here, Qin Muye suspected that it wasn’t in the universe at all, but was in a special dimension space, probably a region forcibly developed, specifically aimed at the Cosmic Will.