novelraw Chapter 974 - 30: Du Zexin
Chapter 974 - 30: Du Zexin
The target at the tip of the spear will be shot into the sun in 38 minutes, regardless of how special it may be. Even if the Secret Speaker comes, unless it exceeds Kappa (10), facing the absolute high temperature and pressure of the sun, the outcome will inevitably be destruction.
The three Secret Councilors have been communicating internally. Through Ether, their communication is exceptionally safe and confidential, which is why they can confidently abandon resistance, believing their plan will succeed.
Indeed, when ordinary people see all three Councilors making their move, they will naturally consider them the final enemy. With Lord Entropy’s forces waning and the war nearing its end, players will reasonably view the Councilors as the final boss.
Even though the Councilors do not know about the game players, they indeed used the players in reverse this way.
Only when they were freely speaking within the Ether network did they not realize that Li Aozi was quietly observing and listening to the entire plan.
— Their battle’s goal is to buy time for the [Mechanical Pastor] to absorb Lord Entropy’s power.
The Ether bloodline mimicked by [Sequence 82 - Hunter King] allowed Li Aozi to receive and observe the communication of other Secret Citizens without accessing Gaia’s consciousness, while the latter had no awareness of his presence.
The advantage of the local network lies in this. The intelligence of the Secret Citizens is transparent to him.
Although doing this is somewhat crude, and Azure Star immediately radiated a feeling of grievance and frustration, Li Aozi had no better method.
As someone who sees blowing up a planet as a last resort to end suffering, Li Aozi, with a Holy Mother’s heart, cannot bear to see others suffer, so it’s better to end things quickly, a short pain over a long one.
If all goes smoothly, the situation will develop this way. The fallback plan left by the Secret Councilors will be sent into the sun, and even if it doesn’t die, it will at least be utterly trapped forever under the powerful gravity and high heat.
Bang—
In the vacuum, an abrupt sound suddenly emerged, spreading continuously.
Bang—Bang—Bang—
Although due to proximity to the orbit, the large amount of air was enough to cause resonance, this strange vibration wasn’t propagated through the air but was detected by [Blacksmith]’s metal perception.
Li Aozi’s gaze fell on the Corona Javelin flying towards the sun, where the internal steel was continuously twisting and trembling, emitting a series of loud crashes.
"As expected, I knew it wouldn’t be that easy."
Li Aozi said:
"Let me see what the future holds for me after Lord Entropy has been eradicated."
Despite the long and arduous battle, his physical state remained relatively good.
[Stellar School - Gravitational Scepter]
He opened his hand, and flames immediately surrounded it, compressing into a plasma scepter under intense gravity, pointing distantly forward.
[Talent - Object Resonance Activated!]
A dazzling golden beam erupted in the starry sky, with energy drawn from the stars held by magnetic fields and gravity, accelerating continually in the Cosmic environment, striking directly on the Corona Javelin.
[Gravitational Ray]
Under the kinetic energy granted by ultra-high acceleration, the golden ray was able to penetrate any matter’s defense in Layer Abyss; its high-speed oscillation made its trajectory appear like winding lightning. Upon hitting the javelin, it swiftly spread outward like extended petals of a chrysanthemum.
One of the splatters hit Azure Star’s moon, instantly evaporating and vaporizing a crater, with the residual energy sweeping across the moon’s surface, tinting the northern part of the moon a pale gold.
Bang!
In the next moment, the javelin abruptly broke apart, with its metal melted entirely into iron, then devoured and absorbed by a pitch-black figure, causing Li Aozi’s gaze to tighten as the breath of Ether swiftly surged towards him.
This Ether breath—was stronger than any previous Councilor!
"It’s coming."
He twisted the Magic Wand, his body releasing from Azure Star’s orbit, repeatedly unleashing Gravitational Rays. This attack, showcasing both gravity and electromagnetic force, was fast and highly accurate; it seemed curved at first glance but could hit its mark just by eyeing it.
The only issue is its high energy consumption, but for Li Aozi, this isn’t a problem at all.
As the Main Quest was completed, a large number of [Sovereign] system players received their transfer rewards.
On Azure Star, there was no Pathway aside from [Echoers].
The numeric bonuses from the Pathway Occupation could be inherited.
This means, even if Li Aozi is now a [Corona Pope], someone must theoretically advance to [Bishop] for him to obtain attribute bonuses—yet, in the previous stage, Li Aozi was already a [Lunar String Archbishop].
As players one by one transferred to [Echoers], a large influx of attribute values surged forth.
[Echoers quantity surpasses 100,000, gaining 1 point of random Attribute Point]
[Random distribution complete, current Attribute distribution result: Charm]
[Perpetual Love Hunting activated! You received 2 Attribute points...]
Moreover, Azure Star’s [Sovereign] system players numbered far more than 100,000.
"Wow, direct transfer achieved, stepping ahead, becoming the pinnacle of the first transformation!"
"Advance to [Echoer], you can inflict wide-range damage, gain new transformations, communicate across space—Whoa, it’s so powerful."
"Ah, where’s my head! I’ve transformed into a Headless Knight force..."
Accompanied by more and more players opting to transfer, heads were chopped off one after another, with more players embracing Echo Force. The power to which they entrusted their Pathway was eventually gathered onto Li Aozi through the Pathway.