novelraw Chapter 452: Forbidden Rift
Chapter 452: Forbidden Rift
Chapter 452: Forbidden Rift
Witch, I Swear I’m Not a Deep Sea Ancient God!
"Forbidden Dimensional Rift"
"Damn it, of all times..."
The Black Death Doctor spat out the briny seawater, not daring to look Chen Qi in the eye.
Chen Qi had ruined many of their Blackfin Crew's plans.
The Black Death Doctor harbored immense hostility towards him; every night, he wished he could crush and kill the Black Hunter.
But when he actually saw Chen Qi, that full-bodied fury instantly vanished, leaving behind only boundless fear.
With just one glance, he knew that the person before him was someone he could never defeat, no matter what.
And of all times, right before their army's full-scale assault began, he had been captured by Chen Qi!
Chen Qi took a sip of black tea, looked down at the disheveled Black Death Doctor on the floor, and said calmly:
"Black Death Doctor, speak. Tell me the information you know."
The Black Death Doctor gritted his teeth and said in a low voice:
"I know the information you want, but before I answer, Black Hunter, you must first guarantee my sa... sa... safety...
Otherwise, I have the right to remain silent."
Before the Black Death Doctor could finish his sentence, a smooth tentacle extended from beside Chen Qi's foot, then suddenly wrapped around the Black Death Doctor's limbs, and squeezed hard with a sudden force—
*CRACK!*
In just an instant, the Black Death Doctor's ribs creaked and groaned, like a flattened orange, blood splattering everywhere.
Chen Qi stepped down from the dining table and said quietly:
"I am giving you an order, not asking for your opinion."
"Besides, Black Death Doctor, as a doctor, you should know that the Book Tower possesses memory extraction technology."
Memory extraction technology... The Black Death Doctor gritted his teeth. This was one of the abilities of Knowledge Hunters.
It could extract the memories and knowledge of others, but anyone subjected to extraction would suffer severe brain damage.
Anyone who had their memory extracted would become demented.
The legendary Book Saint, the Bookmaker Aslina, even possessed the ability to turn an entire Transcendent into a living, breathing book!
It was said that at the apex of the Spiral Diagram Library, many flesh-and-blood books were sealed away.
"Coincidentally, we have a Knowledge Hunter right here."
Chen Qi took a sip of black tea and glanced leisurely at An.
Although An herself didn't know memory extraction techniques, given her current knowledge of the Book Tower, obtaining items for memory extraction wouldn't be difficult.
In other words, from the moment the Black Death Doctor fell into their hands, he was already as good as dead.
The Black Death Doctor's eyes were completely soaked in despair, and he stopped speaking.
Chen Qi raised a finger and said:
"Of course, Black Death Doctor, if you can proactively provide some assistance, I can still give you a chance."
The Black Death Doctor looked up, a flicker of hope in his eyes:
"What... what chance?"
"We'll let you die more painlessly."
"..."
The Black Death Doctor fell silent, his lips constantly twitching.
"Alright, come with me."
Chen Qi stood up and dragged the Black Death Doctor all the way towards the alchemy workshop, to Little Crow's room.
Although the Black Death Doctor deserved to die, one had to admit that as the founder of the Black Blood Research Institute, he still had considerable value to be exploited.
Chen Qi walked through the door, slowly pushed open Little Crow's room, and then placed the Daylight Lantern on the bedside table.
The lantern's light slowly illuminated the face of a young girl, looking utterly haggard.
However, the girl before him had her brows tightly furrowed, and her skin was covered with pitch-black blood vessels.
She bit her lip, as if recounting a nightmare.
Just as Fen had said, Little Crow's condition was not optimistic.
Chen Qi kicked up the Black Death Doctor's head from the floor and asked:
"Black Death Doctor, do you have a method to treat the Black Blood Poison?"
The utterly exhausted Black Death Doctor looked up and said:
"Give up. What she is afflicted with is the true blood of the Black Whale. That power has long since seeped into her bloodstream.
In this world, there is only one path that can save her."
The Black Death Doctor looked towards the distant sea and murmured:
"That is to gain the recognition of the Great Whale and become its apostle."
Incurable... Chen Qi's brows furrowed tightly.
In his original memories, everyone afflicted with the Black Blood Poison ultimately met only one end: death, becoming captives of the Great Whale's power!
The antidote for the Black Blood Poison was still only in its initial stages.
And now, this Black Death Doctor directly denied the existence of an 'antidote'.
Chen Qi rummaged through the Black Death Doctor's Backpack Card and found a special vial of medicine from within.
[Black Death Inhibitor:
Affinity: Void, Shadow
Description: An inhibitor of Black Blood power. Can slow the effect of Black Blood power on the bloodstream. Duration: One month.]
The Black Death Doctor looked at that inhibitor and murmured:
"What Little Crow is afflicted with is the true blood of the Black Whale. This can only suppress it, not cure it. Black Hunter, this is the power of the Great Whale..."
"This is enough."
Chen Qi had Fen inspect the medicine, then injected this temporary antidote into Little Crow.
Although the duration was only one month, being able to ensure Little Crow's activity would guarantee the development of subsequent research.
"Huff, huff, huff..."
Little Crow's chest rose and fell continuously. The intense pain made her shut her eyes tightly, only squeezing Fen's hand.
"It's alright, it's alright."
Fen, like a gentle mother, stroked Little Crow's forehead.
After the inhibitor fully took effect, Little Crow should gain one month of active period.
The Black Death Doctor watched this scene quietly, his expression hard to control.
He lowered his eyelids and made a final struggle:
"Black Hunter, you have all seen it, the abnormality of this power."
"On the Fog Sea, the armies of the Black Blood Empire and the pirates have already converged, and all of them have taken the Black God's Weapons potion.
Like a dark, oppressive storm, once it begins, you will be unable to stop it."
"Hmm?"
Chen Qi turned back. He hadn't expected the Black Death Doctor to proactively divulge information.
The Black Death Doctor frowned deeply.
In fact, the plan to harass Chen Qi and the others' base should have been carried out by the Drowned Corpse alone.
However, he, who was usually crazy, had voluntarily participated in this mission out of fear.
He wanted to stay far away from the combined armies of the Black Blood Empire and the Blackfin Crew.
With the resources from the A-rank rift, the Black God's Weapons potion had been abused; almost every soldier had used the Black God's Weapons potion he developed.
In that dark, oppressive fog, monsters rose continuously by the tens of thousands.
Those soldiers, no, to be precise, were more like some kind of calamity, some kind of aggregation of a swarm.
Those densely packed eyes seemed as if they could devour him in an instant.
He could not control the soldiers he had created and even felt fear—
No, perhaps it would be more accurate to say he was never the creator.
He was merely an inhibitor, an inhibitor of the Black Whale's power.
The Black Death Doctor's eyes were filled with despair. He could already predict the destruction to come. With the fall of Moonstone City, the entire coastal cities would be breached, and millions would die.
Coupled with the continuous collapse of the A-rank rift causing pollution across the entire sea, the civilization of the entire sea would be destroyed...
The Black Death Doctor looked up, gritted his teeth, and said to himself:
"Black Hunter, you cannot win against my masterpiece...
I... I... can help you... research... the Black Death Medicine..."
"It's already too late."
Chen Qi looked at the Black Death Doctor, whose heart had already turned to ashes.
The Black Death Doctor was a madman. Letting him join the research and development of the Black Blood Poison antidote carried too high a risk of accidents.
Chen Qi did not hesitate. He called other Lamp Keepers from the islands and handed the Black Death Doctor over to the Ice Witch and Hayer for disposal.
After dealing with the Black Death Doctor, Chen Qi looked at Fen and checked the time.
According to the Black Death Doctor's words, the entire Blackfin Crew had also completed full armament.
The walls they had built were about to face their true test.
...
Fog Sea.
Every A-rank rift was a small world, and the collapse of every A-rank rift meant the fusion of a small world with the real world.
On this sea, collapsing A-rank rifts intertwined with each other. From an aerial plan view, the entire Fog Sea at this moment looked like a multicolored sea stitched together from various different ecosystems.
And within it lay countless Transcendent resources. The resources from each rift were enough to be mined for over a hundred years!
On a desolate small island, the Whale Father kept counting his fingers, quietly waiting for the army of the Black Blood Empire.
At this moment, on this boiling sea, thousands of massive black ships entwined with chains traversed the rifts and arrived in the waters before them.
They were precisely the great navy of the Black Blood Empire.
Such a massive amount of resources made the Black Blood Empire abandon conflicts in other regions and deploy more troops to the Witch Sea!
On the foremost giant ship, a tall, densely hairy man descended from the sky. Around him, a massive contingent of Black Blood soldiers swirled.
He was precisely General Blood Lion.
The Whale Father looked Blood Lion up and down:
"Preparations are quite ample. May our cooperation be pleasant.
However, aren't you really afraid of Beiguo's Steam Hand Workshop? I heard that the Imperial Capital of Beiguo is about to issue the highest-level war decree.
At that time, the inland Hunter Association and the Workshop will all rush to the Witch Sea."
Despite the previous failure against the Book Tower, at this moment, Blood Lion had already regained his confidence.
The sun had risen, and he had already forgotten the failure of that day.
After all, ultimately, that battle had not allowed him to unleash the true power of his War Beast.
Blood Lion laughed heartily:
"They won't make it in time. Compared to the coastline, Beiguo should be more concerned about their land borders!"
"Whale Father!
By the time they come to their senses, the entire Moonstone City, and the unique items of the A-rank rift, will already be our trophies. What will be left for them is only ruins."
"And Whale Father, you will also become an honorary citizen of our Black Blood Empire! Are you ready?"
So excited... The Whale Father's lips curled into a cold arc as he snapped his fingers.
Soon, pitch-black fog enveloped him. Within that fog, it seemed as if there were countless specters.
"We are already prepared, Blood Lion. As long as your great army launches the charge, we will follow in your footsteps."
"We launch the charge?"
Blood Lion clenched his fist:
"Whale Father, don't think I, your father, don't know what you're thinking!
I know you covet the highest point of the Tides, the forbidden dimensional rift above the A-rank rift!
Moreover, you know more than we do about the information on the forbidden dimensional rift beneath this sea."
When A-rank rifts continuously collapse, in this world, even more powerful rifts will be born.
It itself is a vast world, possessing unimaginable power.
In the long history, forbidden dimensional rifts only existed in legends.
And within them, there also lies the path to the sixth tier, to angels!
Once one steps into a forbidden dimensional rift, it means taking a step on the path to godhood!
Blood Lion's eyes were full of longing.
He came from a somewhat famous, historically long family, but in his family's long history, no one had ever taken a step on the path to godhood.
And if this rift was a Blade-affinity rift—
He would no longer be just a general of the Black Blood Empire's navy! He would become an unprecedented glory for his family! Become the empire's glory!
Blood Lion's eyes were full of longing:
"Our Disaster Messenger has already completed reconnaissance. Soon, on this sea, the forbidden dimensional rift will be born."
"But remember, without our permission, you of the Blackfin Crew are absolutely not allowed to set foot in the forbidden dimensional rift. That belongs to the Empire!"
"Whale Father, don't think that you and your Blood Hunter, two fifth tiers, can defy the Black Blood Empire. You are merely auxiliaries!
The Black Blood Empire is already conscripting fifth-tier Transcendents from other battlefields and dungeons to join this war!"
Blood Lion said angrily.
The pursuit of power is the instinct of Transcendents.
The Whale Father was an ambitious man. He had to make the Whale Father understand that the supreme forbidden dimensional rift belonged solely to their Black Blood Empire.
Anyone who attempts to oppose the Empire will surely pay the price.
The Whale Father looked behind Blood Lion.
Behind him, a behemoth resembling a mountain range slowly crossed the rift and set foot in this vast sea area.
That heavy shadow fell upon all of them.
Thousands of thick chains, ten meters thick, fell from the sky.
Mobile war city-state—
For this war! The Black Blood Empire had activated the war ship forged from the materials of hundreds of B-tier rifts and dozens of A-tier rifts.
The Whale Father did not argue and said seriously:
"We of the Blackfin Crew will keep up with your pace."
...
Noon.
Chen Qi woke up in the chair in Little Crow's room and looked beside him.
He saw Fen sitting on a chair, leaning against his shoulder, fast asleep.
Last night, Chen Qi and Fen had worked through the night to process the Black Death Doctor's Backpack Card.
Within it was a considerable amount of confidential information regarding the Black Blood Research Institute.
By the time they finished processing it, it was already dawn. Chen Qi simply slept directly in Little Crow's room.
"However, where did Little Crow go?"
Chen Qi looked around the entire room.
The entire room only had Fen; An and Little Crow were not there.
Where did they go? Chen Qi looked puzzled.
And just then, the door was gently pushed open.
He saw An walking in with some breakfast pastries, smiling as she said:
"Qi, Fen, would you like some pastries in the morning?"
Chen Qi did not hesitate. He took the pastry and ate a bite.
At that moment, An continued:
"Oh, right, Qi, besides breakfast, there's one more small matter."
"Small matter?"
Chen Qi looked puzzled.
An smiled and said:
"Under the Water Spirit Number Seven's urging, last night, my slave teacher... no, ahem, my esteemed teacher Aslina, has completed the analysis of the Abyssal Spark."