Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 551 - 269: Use the Mamba Iron Elbow on Him

Wu Chang asked, "What do you mean by the real world being overly eroded and integrating into the Abyssal Game?"

On the surface, these words didn’t seem to be good news.

The All-Knowing Crystal responded, "Every time an erosion dungeon erodes reality, it leaves behind some traces in the real world. The power of the Abyss follows these traces into reality, gradually transforming it."

"When the real world is transformed to a certain degree, it will adapt to the Abyssal Power and gradually accept it."

Wu Chang said gravely, "Wild Transcendents are appearing?"

All-Knowing Crystal: "This is an early sign of the world being eroded by the Abyss. As the traces left by the erosion dungeons in the real world increase, the degree of the real world accepting the Abyss grows stronger, and Extraordinary Power will gradually become widespread and rampant."

"Until the real world where you are evolves its own path of transcendence."

Wu Chang rubbed his chin. At this point, the All-Knowing Crystal’s words didn’t sound entirely like a bad thing.

Ordinary people gaining Extraordinary Power could be considered an evolution if one overlooks the initial chaos caused by suddenly acquiring such power. At the very least, it could enhance the productivity of the Blue Star.

But what is the cost?

There is no such thing as a free lunch. The abilities that Abyssal Game players risk their lives to obtain can be awakened by ordinary people just lying in place, and such convenience surely comes with side effects.

He asked, "What impact will the Abyssal erosion have on the real world?"

The All-Knowing Crystal: "For individuals, the vast majority born in ordinary planes, without external assistance, cannot fully adapt to the Abyssal Power. They can gain Extraordinary Power through the Abyss but will also be affected by it, leading to a decrease in lifespan and will, and bodily mutations."

"For the world, being overly connected to the Abyss will attract the gaze of the deep Abyss, leading to uncontrollable influences."

Wu Chang took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.

This answer wasn’t good, but it wasn’t too bad either.

Wild Transcendents gaining Extraordinary Power through the Abyssal means have unstable mental states and weak wills, which the Management Bureau has already identified.

Cases of physical mutations are rare at present, but some time ago, there were reports on Sakura Island’s social media about a village being attacked by a human-headed bear.

It was claimed to be a man who had undergone a bear transformation, draped in a blanket, sneaking into the village at night, climbing walls, and picking locks to enter houses and eat humans.

The next morning, when villagers saw the blood seeping through the gaps of their neighbors’ doors, they realized what had happened and, upon inspection, found that twenty households in the village had been attacked.

All the members of the attacked households, men and women, young and old, were killed. The victims’ bodies were horrific, with their faces and hearts eaten.

Villagers armed themselves and followed the bloody footprints into the deep forest, where someone vaguely saw a terrifying creature with a bear’s body and a human’s head, covered in blood and matted fur.

That human-headed bear must have been a Transcendent with a mutated body.

Ordinary black bears have caused similar attacks before, but ordinary black bears are not as selectively predatory.

However, whether it’s a Wild Transcendent or such mutated creatures, they can only bully ordinary people and are far from a match for genuine Abyssal Game players.

With the Four Major Organizations present, they can’t stir up much trouble in reality.

But the connection between reality and the Abyssal Game, which could attract attention from the deep Abyss, poses a far greater challenge.

The plots of countless dungeons have proven how much trouble a powerful high-plane entity can bring.

Even putting aside the directly destructive beings like Evil God Remains on the Silent Route, if an upper-level entity, perhaps blinded by ambition, collaborates with Evil Gods other than Leman, or with a True God posing as a so-called benevolent Great Saint Mother, real-world events could become more tumultuous than those in the Desolate Realm.

Does the Management Bureau allow anyone to collaborate with such entities?

Leaving aside that not all members within the Management Bureau are united, Wu Chang had little faith in the upper echelons outside the Bureau.

After all, a significant number of high-level entities only cared about their own interests, eager to claim credit but unwilling to take action beyond saying, "It can only be this way," and "There’s nothing to be done."

For example, a certain deity by the name of Yu would rather endure humiliation than take responsibility, bending even to the island dogs of a rival nation just to avoid blame—a rarity even during the times of old practices.

Fortunately, the increase in Wild Transcendents is a recent development, occurring less than a month ago, and the Blue Star is still in the early stages of Abyssal influence, so there’s still time.

Based on what Wu Chang observed in the dungeons, even if an Evil God is watching, it would take many years for an Evil God to influence the world significantly.

Everything is still manageable.

Wu Chang: "What should I do to stop or lessen the Abyss’s erosion of the real world?"

The All-Knowing Crystal: "This question is too complex and requires the completion of the Soul Binding process or providing sufficient Extraordinary Energy for an answer."

Wu Chang clicked his tongue, initially thinking that after absorbing the Prophetic Stone Slab, the All-Knowing Crystal would offer limited-time free consultation, only to find its knowledge base as incomplete as the Management Bureau’s, with critical information available at a cost.

However, compared to before, providing Extraordinary Energy to the All-Knowing Crystal without completing the Soul Binding also yields answers to questions, presumably a change brought by its absorption of the Prophetic Stone Slab.

Just as Wu Chang was about to switch to more easily answerable questions, the light of the All-Knowing Crystal began to flicker, indicating it was running low on energy.

He refrained from continuing to ask questions, saving the remaining opportunities for critical moments.