From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 468 The Sea of ​​Chaotic Time and Space
In the deepest part of the Tidal Sea in the Dragon's Rest World, there is a forbidden zone for life, namely the Sea of ​​Chaotic Time and Space.

In this area of ​​the ocean, which is 100 kilometers in diameter, no life can survive.

Because the spacetime here follows a disordered rule, space is discontinuous, and time is also chaotic.

Any life form that enters this area, even if it is not dismembered into countless fragments by the disordered space, will undergo unpredictable changes due to the disordered time.

Time under disordered rules can cause bizarre temporal changes in life, such as aging, degradation, and reversion to ancestral forms.

Moreover, this change will not return to normal after returning to the ordered spacetime; it is an irreversible change.

Therefore, this chaotic sea of ​​time and space is an absolute forbidden zone for life.

Only seawater, unconstrained by space and time, can flow freely in this forbidden zone of life.

……

Two days later, Lu Heng, the Siren High Priestess Sona, the Dwarf King Soreville Bronzeforge, and the Dwarf Kingdom's High Wizard Hogrey arrived at the outer edge of the Sea of ​​Chaos.

The Sea of ​​Chaos is a massive whirlpool, but its waters are fragmented.

Sona stirred up a stream of water and explained, "The Chaotic Sea is not only chaotic in its whirlpools, but also in the space above it."

As she spoke, she used magic to guide the water flow, sending it rushing towards the space above the Sea of ​​Chaos.

The water flowed in a column, but suddenly, it encountered something and disappeared.

The next instant, water rushed out from another place.

The water flow disappears and reappears at intervals of more than ten meters, with no connection in between, yet the water continues to flow as if it had never been interrupted.

The water flowed forward for three or four meters before disappearing again.

Immediately afterwards, the water reappeared at intervals of five meters and eight meters, splitting into two streams.

As it continued forward, the water was continuously divided into smaller streams, eventually dispersing into tiny droplets that merged into the chaotic sea.

After Sona finished her demonstration, she said, "This is the Sea of ​​Chaos. Space is disordered and has no rules."

"Moreover, this is only the case of spatial disorder; there is an even more terrifying case of temporal disorder."

"Since seawater doesn't change much over thousands of years, you can't see any changes by using water flow to demonstrate it."

"If any living being steps into this forbidden zone, the rules of time will change."

Before Lu Heng arrived, he already had some understanding of the Sea of ​​Chaos.

In the previous life, the Chaotic Sea of ​​the Dragon Sleep World was a notorious forbidden zone among those with superpowers.

This chaotic sea is a forbidden zone not only for humans, sirens, and dark iron dwarves, but also for abyssal demons.

In my memory, no life that enters the Sea of ​​Chaos has ever come out alive.

However, there is a rumor that a demigod civilization once entered the Sea of ​​Chaos by relying on a treasure of ordered spacetime to search for the essence of reincarnation.

Lu Heng guessed that the rumored demigod civilization was the Zero Civilization, so when he heard the Zero Civilization mention the Sea of ​​Chaotic Time and Space, he immediately thought of the treasures of Order Time and Space.

Therefore, when discussing compensation, the item of Order Time and Space was mentioned.

Lu Heng didn't know if the Zero Civilization had such a treasure; he just wanted to try his luck, and he actually got it.

This indirectly proves that the Zero Civilization does indeed possess the ability to enter the Sea of ​​Chaos.

……

Lu Heng observed the Sea of ​​Chaos for a moment, then took out the [Order Space-Time Orb] and said, "High Priest, please use the seawater to mark the location of the Chaotic Space. I'll try out the effect of this orb."

"it is good."

Sona agreed, releasing magical energy to control the seawater, which lingered around the edge of the disordered space.

Disordered space is like a series of mirrors. Seawater can pass through the mirrors to reach another location, but when it turns back, it will not return to its original position.

This is true disorder.

If seawater can travel back and forth between the two sides of a disordered mirror, then it's no longer disordered; it's just an ordinary spatial rift.

The mirror image of a disordered space, when reversed and returned, will lead to an unpredictable destination.

Of course, this does not affect Sona's use of seawater to mark the mirror positions of the disordered space.

Whenever seawater encounters the disordered space mirror, she uses the remaining seawater to cover the mirror, forming a visible blue water ripple mirror.

Soon, dozens of disordered spatial mirrors appeared ahead.

Lu Heng slowly advanced, holding the [Order Spacetime Orb], and approached the first disordered space mirror. He then had Sona test the changes in the mirror.

By observing the changes in the mirror surface as seawater passes through the disordered space, it is possible to determine whether the mirror surface has expanded, shrunk, or disappeared.

Sona shook her head and replied, "Nothing has changed."

Lu Heng wanted to test it this way because the [Order Spacetime Orb] has a special effect.

[Special Effect: Spacetime stability increased by 300% within a 10-meter radius]

This is a passive effect; as long as you get within 10 meters, the spacetime stability will increase by 300%.

The true effectiveness of this special effect is difficult to measure because spacetime is stable in most locations.

At a stable spacetime location, further improvements in stability will have no effect.

Now that we're nearing the edge of the disordered spacetime mirror, this passive effect should be kicking in.

However, after Sona's test, the disordered space mirror did not change at all.

In other words, a 300% increase in spacetime stability has no effect on disordered spacetime.

After all, when spacetime stability is zero, any improvement, no matter how many times, is still zero.

Lu Heng was not surprised by this result. The [Order Spacetime Orb] also has another effect, which is a divine skill - Order Spacetime Domain.

[Ordered Spacetime Domain: Releases a domain with a radius of 10 meters centered on the orb. Within the domain, spacetime is restored to its original order, immune to spacetime turbulence below S-level.]

Lu Heng activated the Order Spacetime Domain, and a circle of holy light spread out from the pearl, covering an area with a radius of 10 meters.

Under the light, the chaotic space began to change and returned to a state of order.

After testing, Sona confirmed, "It's recovered. The disordered space has returned to a state of order."

“Very good, let’s test it again and see if these restored spaces will change again once they leave the area outside the jewel’s domain.”

As Lu Heng spoke, he held the pearl and moved backward.

After retreating 10 meters, Sona immediately frowned and said, "The space has become disordered again."

After testing, it has been confirmed that the [Order Spacetime Orb] can indeed restore disordered space to an orderly state. However, the orderly state is not a stable state. Once the space leaves the orb's domain, it will become disordered again.

In other words, to enter this chaotic sea, one must remain within the domain of the [Order Spacetime Orb] at all times.

However, the orb's domain cannot last forever; it requires a waiting period before it can be used again after each use, and each use only lasts for 10 minutes.

After careful consideration, Lu Heng devised a strategy for entering the Sea of ​​Chaos: "From this perspective, we can only advance within the domain of order of the orb. Before the domain disappears, we need to find a stable space to wait until the orb releases its domain again."

After listening, Sona nodded and replied, "Okay, I will find a place big enough for the four of us to stand before the Order Domain disappears."

While the spacetime of the Sea of ​​Chaos is indeed chaotic, not every inch of it is chaotic. Therefore, between the chaotic spatial mirrors, there exist some areas of order.

If a sufficiently large area of ​​order can be found before the order disappears, it can accommodate four people.

After deciding on their strategy, the four of them moved forward into the Order Domain.

Ten minutes later, Sona used the seawater to test and found an area that could accommodate four people.

The four remained in this area until the [Order of Time and Space Orb] cast its domain again before continuing their advance.

And so, the four of them walked and stopped, venturing deeper into the Sea of ​​Chaos.

As one delves deeper into the Sea of ​​Disorder, the density of the disordered space increases.

The space that could accommodate four people was getting smaller and smaller, and gradually, the four people had to stand separately.

Each person will remain in one position until Lu Heng reactivates the orb's domain of order, then he will bring everyone into the domain and continue forward.

On one occasion, the space where the Dwarf King Soreville Bronzeforge was located was too narrow, and the armor on his left shoulder came into contact with the disordered spacetime mirror.

The armor began to undergo a strange transformation, weathering at a visible speed into rusty copper blocks, then continuing to weather into dust, and finally being blown away by the wind.

Soreville Bronze Furnace stared wide-eyed as the shoulder armor crumbled into dust: "This place is terrifying."

"Your Majesty, do not move," the great wizard Hogree hurriedly reminded his king.

Once the orb's cooldown period was over, Lu Heng activated the Order Domain again, gathering the four of them together before continuing their journey.

After a day and a night of wandering and stopping, the four of them entered the very center of the Sea of ​​Chaos and saw a magnificent star tomb hidden in the shattered spacetime.

Because light undergoes irregular refraction and reflection when passing through the disordered spacetime mirror, people outside the disordered spacetime cannot see the star tombs inside.

After testing with seawater, Sona said, "There is no disordered space within 100 meters of the Star Tomb."

Having finally passed through the disordered spacetime region, the four of them rushed to the vicinity of the Star Tomb in one breath.

This star tomb floats on the sea, is a kilometer high, and is shaped like a pyramid.

Sona arrived at the gate of the Star Tomb and touched the marks on the gate, which were covered with chisel and axe marks.

She exhaled and said slowly, "Legend has it that a high priest of my tribe once brought his people here, but he never left. The handle of the Sea God's Scepter was also left here."

Sona currently only possesses the gem "Heart of the Tide" from the Scepter of Poseidon.

During the Siren Clan's battle in the Abyss, when the Siren Clan elders rebelled, they only fought for the gem "Heart of the Tide," showing no interest in the staff handle.

Because the staff handle was forged later to be inlaid with the Heart of the Tide.

The staff handle, forged later, was well-crafted, but it did not contain the power of the sea god, so it was not the focus of the struggle.

Sona was willing to enter the Sea of ​​Chaos with Lu Heng in order to retrieve the handle of the Sea God's Scepter, which had been lost by the Siren Clan.

If the hilt of the Sea God can be retrieved, the Siren race will gain the complete power of the Sea God, which is crucial to the future of the Siren race.

……

Lu Heng also reached out and pushed the door of the Star Tomb.

The gate to the Star Tomb remained completely still.

Lu Heng looked at Sona and asked, "Do the legends of the Siren race mention any way to open the Star Tomb?"

Sona pondered for a moment, then shook her head and replied, "No."

"Then I'll try to see if there's any way to get in."

Lu Heng first tried [Shadow Travel], but when he passed through the Star Tomb wall, he encountered an unknown force blocking his way.

【Shadow Walk】 allows you to ignore physical collisions and freely pass through walls, rocks, and steel.

However, the walls of this star tomb are very special; they are not ordinary rocks.

Even the enhanced Shadow Vision effect attached to [Shadow Walk] cannot see anything inside the Star Tomb.

Just when everyone was at a loss, the Dwarf King Soreville Bronzeforge spoke up: "Perhaps I know a way to open the Star Tomb."

The three people beside him turned to look at him, asking curiously, "You know?"

Soreville Bronze Furnace exhaled and nodded, saying, "The Bronze Furnace Kingdom has a secret known only to the king, left behind by my grandfather, Emperor Sorendal. It must be referring to this Star Tomb."

Upon hearing this, Lu Heng knew that he had made the right decision to summon the leaders of the two tribes.

In fact, Lu Heng's insistence on summoning the High Priest of the Sea Demon Clan and the Dwarf King was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather stemmed from a rumor he had heard in his memory.

In their previous lives, the high priest of the Siren Clan and the Dwarf King together opened the Star Tomb deep within the Sea of ​​Chaos.

Lu Heng didn't know how to open the Star Tomb, but he knew these two people could open it, so he brought them both with him.

As expected, Sona can control the seawater, helping her cross the Chaotic Sea.

Thaurisser Copper Furnace, however, possessed the method to open the Star Tomb.

The rest of the people stepped aside and let Sorelville Copper Furnace open the door.

Soreville Copperfurnace stood before the Star Tomb gate, picked up the copper hammer pendant hanging from his chest, and began chanting an ancient incantation.

A fiery rune appeared, covering the Star Tomb gate.

The four watched as the fiery runes burned fiercely on the curtain, waiting for the gate to change.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Three full minutes passed before the flames began to slowly die down, and the Star Tomb gate trembled and slowly opened to both sides.

The gates of the Star Tomb opened, revealing a grand hall filled with skeletons.

At a glance, it's clear that these are the remains of two different groups.

One type of skeleton had no legs and had a long spine, which was clearly the tail of a siren.

The skeletons of another group are more clearly visible; they are not very tall and are clearly Dark Iron dwarves.

Upon seeing the skeletons of the two races appear in the Star Tomb Hall, Sona and the Dwarf King immediately became alert and put some distance between themselves.

The two clans had been enemies for decades. Although they reconciled with Lu Heng's help, they still remained wary of each other.

The discovery of the remains of two races in the Star Tomb Hall signifies what?
Both sides' first reaction was that the two races had fought a great battle in the Star Tomb and both had died there.

As for the reason for the fight, it's not hard to guess; it's mostly because of the struggle for treasure.

Lu Heng noticed the wary movements of both sides. If he hadn't been standing in the middle, he might have already drawn his weapon.

Lu Heng's gaze swept across the main hall, but he noticed something different and reminded him:

"Perhaps your two races are not fighting here, but rather resisting some terrible creature together."

The light inside the Star Tomb was dim, but as everyone's eyes adjusted to the dim light, they were able to see more and more things.

As Lu Heng said, although the skeletons of the Siren and the Black Iron Dwarves were mixed together, they did not fall face to face, but rather all faced the direction of the main hall.

There was a huge skeleton there, still ten meters tall even when kneeling on one knee, with a scepter sticking out of its knee.

(End of this chapter)