Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 422 Intersecting Boundaries
The boundless dreamscape envelops the solar system within the world of Guilty Crown, and the appearance of Mount Sumeru makes the dream dimension appear real in the spacetime dimension.

From a spacetime perspective, that solar system is isolated from this cycle of reincarnation, and they can no longer interfere with each other on a material level.

Even though the 'evolutionary consciousness' creates supernova explosions, black holes, and other massive attacks in the universe, it cannot harm the interior until it breaks through the dream dimension and Mount Sumeru.

However, the solar system is, after all, the solar system of this cyclical world, and humans on Earth have a very close connection with 'evolutionary consciousness'.

'Evolutionary consciousness' can also manipulate things inside the Earth to create accidents on Earth.

It makes the reincarnators on Earth experience the same bad luck as those in "Final Destination".

In general, the relationship between Xu Feng and 'evolutionary consciousness' is like this: the sea surrounds the island, the island has lakes, and the lake has islands in the center... From the scope of influence to the depth of influence, it's all a series of nested dolls.

The apocalypse that ends civilization is not only attacking Xu Feng himself.

The other members of the East China Sea team in the World Bubble were also within the attack range. Under the impact of the boundless flood, the God's protective shield was like a paper boat in the sea, and its golden light dimmed under the impact.

Clearly, the big boss in this cycle of reincarnation did not attack with full force at the start.

Otherwise, the ordinary members of the East China Sea team would have been in trouble at that time.

Even now, if it weren't for the 'Gates of Mount Sumeru' on the many reincarnators constantly drawing power from the smaller Mount Sumeru and combining it with the protective shield of the main god constructed from this illusion, continuously replenishing its energy, their shields would no longer be able to hold on.

"Let's move closer..."

Tifa solemnly said from within the protective shield of the main god, "This great flood is no ordinary flood. Every wave contains chaotic spatial power. Once the flood breaks through the protective shield, if we are not careful and get our hands on this seawater, the distance between us will suddenly increase, and we don't know where we will be teleported to."

This is still based on the fact that the 'Gate of Mount Sumeru' has included these reincarnators in the protective domain of the Lesser Mount Sumeru. Otherwise, the chaotic spatial power would instantly shred those with insufficient strength into particles.

According to Tifa's assessment, once the main god's protective shield breaks, the only members of the entire East Blue team who still have a chance to hold out until Xu Feng's rescue are Xiangzi, Mei, and the two who create humans.

"The power of space..."

Xiangzi then looked at the other two natural disasters outside the protective shield: "What kind of power do those two attacks contain?"

She felt somewhat helpless.

She could no longer understand her current enemies.

In the three apocalypses, even the smallest ripples in the Great Flood possessed such immense power. The flood covered an area of ​​boundless scope, and within the area that these people could observe, it could easily submerge the Earth and even the solar system.

Under normal physical rules, so much water coming together would exert enough gravitational pull on each other to form a black hole.

These unusual floods did not turn into black holes, but their attacks were equally extraordinary.

This level of difficulty was far beyond her ability to handle.

Despite his increasing strength, he still feels the same despair every time he faces a boss in the cycle of reincarnation.

In those less dangerous reincarnation worlds, she could still play a role, but in this high-difficulty reincarnation world, she relied entirely on the captain's protection and was no different from the rookies of the East Sea team.

“No matter what abilities they have, they shouldn’t be able to break through Mount Sumeru’s defenses,” Mei said with a smile.

She has great confidence in Hsu Feng.

However, the shrine maiden couldn't help but sigh, "I'm actually a little envious of that person inside the world. Not only did they get a lot of benefits, but at least they don't have to face such a world-destroying scene."

The God's Shield filters out most dangers, but it is transparent, allowing the East Sea Team members to observe the battle situation outside through it.

This kind of cataclysmic scene is also a terrifying message.

Some people with a strong ability to learn can benefit from this information and find their own path in the future.

There will be far fewer troubles when we become stronger in the future.

As for those with weaker cognitive abilities, witnessing these scenes can severely traumatize them and could very well drive them insane.

After hearing the shrine maiden's reminder, Xiangzi focused some of her attention on her weaker teammates.

Just as the priestess said, a considerable number of people in the East Blue Team have begun to have mental problems... After witnessing this world-destroying power, they have begun to develop a kind of faith, and the depth of their faith is getting deeper and deeper.

The greater the stimulation these people receive, the closer they are to fanaticism—the degree of mental breakdown equals the depth of their faith.

Especially that female singer who has just entered this world.

After witnessing the war outside, she was terrified and on the verge of a mental breakdown. The gods she originally knew became the objects of her prayers. At first, it was Amaterasu, a god familiar to the Japanese, but soon it became... God.

Because of faith, he regained his sanity from madness.

"The power of faith is also a kind of power... What changes will occur when she accumulates enough power of faith?"

Xiangzi focused most of her attention on the newcomer.

She originally intended to knock the girl unconscious, or to cut off her view of the person.

But from what she understands, the newcomer is more affected by the aftermath of the battle if he is unconscious or in the dark!

—Like Xu Feng and the enemies of this world, the battle is no longer limited to the real material world, but also involves clashes in the dream world and other fields; the main god's protective shield is very strong, its strongest point is in the material world, and it is relatively weaker in other fields.

"Ugh."

Xiangzi couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "I should have advised them more back then. The best option for these people who haven't been enhanced is to stay on Earth!"

Of course, Zhao Yingkong's situation on Earth is not good.

Although the solar system is under Xu Feng's protection, the spacetime inside the Earth is very special.

In addition to the material dimension, there are also the 'Garden of Eden' and 'Frozen Hell' dimensions covered by the Void Virus. Normal people are not affected by these dimensions before death. Sin and redemption all occur in the realm after death.

But Zhao Yingkong now contains almost all of the Apocalypse Viruses on Earth.

Now, 'Eden' and 'Frozen Hell' are equivalent to existing within her body, and 'Evolutionary Consciousness' influences her through these two dimensions.

It guides her towards becoming a 'perfect person'.

This kind of guidance is extremely difficult to resist.

Fortunately, in addition to creating a larger dream world that covered the solar system in this world, Xu Feng also created a smaller dream world to protect Zhao Yingkong's mind.

It's another world where large circles encircle smaller circles, creating an interwoven tapestry.

This protection prevents Zhao Yingkong from facing the 'evolution' of her mind.

There's no need to worry about inexplicably becoming someone's fanatic.

Only the changes at the physical level need to be controlled.

Guided by the Apocalypse Virus, new organs kept appearing in her body, and those organs kept disappearing under the subtle control of the power.

This change was constantly draining her energy.

The most troublesome thing is that when she feels that her body is not enough energy, a brand new energy circuit appears in her body: battle qi, light energy, oath power... They appear under the guidance of the void genome, and constantly conflict with the true essence power cultivated by Buddhist techniques in Zhao Yingkong's body.

This forced Zhao Yingkong to expend energy to continuously eliminate the extraordinary energy that had suddenly emerged within her body. Those extraordinary abilities were weak, but eliminating them too many times would still affect her meridians.

"Fortunately, I have now overcome my inner demons, and my ability to perceive subtle details has improved significantly. Otherwise, I'm afraid there would really be a big problem now!"

After Zhao Yingkong completely devoured Yingman Mana, he withdrew from his own inherent barrier.

"Only a few scattered fragments of the Apocalypse Virus remain... Once I absorb all the Apocalypse Virus on Earth into my body, there will be no more problems on Earth."

The battles depicted in the story... are nearing their end.

In the void.

The three apocalypses that brought civilization to an end are still raging, constantly impacting Mount Sumeru, and their concepts are still intertwined.

For example, torrential rain can lead to massive floods—meteor showers are also a form of rain.

The fourth apocalypse, triggered by the Apocalypse Virus, was also conceived within these three apocalypses, making the virus that drives the evolution of life ubiquitous.

After Xu Feng covered the solar system, he continued to create new dream worlds, materializing everything in the dreams and using those imagined abilities to eliminate the three major natural disasters.

However, the depth of these apocalypses is extremely exaggerated.

One after another, the blockade lines created by the dream world were broken through by natural disasters.

Some worlds were submerged in the flood, becoming part of it.

Some worlds were shattered by stars, turning into a burst of fireworks.

The last part of the world fell silent in the cold snap.

As those dream worlds disappeared, Xu Feng received more and more information about natural disasters, and gradually developed a way to counter these three types of attacks.

But at the same time, his expression became increasingly serious.

"Tsk... my guess came true!"

Xu Feng once again sketched out three worlds in his dream.

The first world consists of only one point, which rotates at an extremely high speed, drawing in the great flood to form a huge vortex.

The second type of world had no matter formed inside, and meteorites fell into it, constantly accumulating dust to become the original celestial bodies.

The third type of world is like an interconnected labyrinth, into which cold currents flow and circulate continuously in the spacetime tunnels. They possess the power to destroy worlds, but this power is always in a cycle and cannot be released.

These dream worlds are destroyed by the attacks of the three apocalypses, yet they are constantly reborn in dreams.

As they crumbled, the scope of the Triple Apocalypse shrank.

These world-ending forces are becoming increasingly 'weaker' in their ability to end worlds.

"The Guilty Crown world itself has also weakened..."

Xu Feng continuously imprinted the process of the dream's shattering onto Mount Sumeru. This information was the reality born from illusion; it was the final product of the energy of the three apocalypses being devoured by the dream.

The 'Evolutionary Consciousness' relies on... the world itself to trigger the three great apocalypses.

It is like the consciousness of the world, drawing power from the deepest level of the world to launch an attack.

This process can even affect the strength of the world of Guilty Crown.

"To completely stop this apocalypse that has already occurred, the only solution is to sever the connection between 'evolutionary consciousness' and the world, but..."

Xu Feng hesitated.

Based on the information he received, the target assigned by the main god this time was terrifyingly strong, and in his current state, he probably... couldn't defeat him!

Cutting off contact is by no means a simple matter.

It's not even possible!

"This energy converted from reality is already a good gain, so let's know when to stop!"

This transformation is akin to turning the origin of the world into spiritual energy and concentrating it on Mount Sumeru, similar to destroying the world to make oneself stronger—Xu Feng himself could barely do this, but he wouldn't do it unless absolutely necessary. Now, however, he accomplished this through a battle he had no choice but to engage in.

Xu Feng locked onto the brightly shining evolutionary consciousness in the distance: "However, whether we can stop while we're ahead depends on whether this 'evolutionary consciousness' will display any new tricks."

The tree wants to be calm and the wind does not stop.

Most reincarnators don't like to cause too much trouble in the reincarnation world, but often things don't go according to their will.

Under the arrangement of the Supreme God, monsters in the cycle of reincarnation often take the initiative to seek out those who are reincarnated.

Xu Feng wanted to stop while he was ahead... mainly because he had already obtained the vast majority of the benefits.

But the 'evolutionary consciousness' has no intention of letting the East China Sea team go...

"Boom~"

Just as Xu Feng was pondering what kind of attack the 'Will of Evolution' would use, the formal attack crashed down on Mount Sumeru.

Infinite light energy emanates from the core of evolution.

It was as if thousands upon thousands of gamma-ray bursts had converged and bombarded the core point.

One dream world after another was burned into nothingness under the pure crushing power of sheer magnitude.

The smaller Mount Sumeru tumbled in the void, its internal matter constantly evaporating. Several white holes were born in the universe of Guilty Crown, spewing out the matter from Mount Sumeru.

The energy that was recently absorbed has been returned with interest.

At that moment, even the stable spacetime of Mount Sumeru became unstable.

"Damn, it was a complete power imbalance!"

Xu Feng gazed at the distant light and shadow.

This strike... was simple and unadorned, yet terrifyingly powerful.

"In terms of quantity, the energy of this light can be estimated, but the precision... is too outrageous. To place a cultivation technique that has only been enhanced to level 3S in this kind of world, the main god has overestimated me!"

Xu Feng knew very well that he would have a hard time dealing with such a powerful enemy at his current level.

"The key is depth..."

"Only energy exceeding the depth of the 'evolutionary consciousness' core can possibly defeat this formidable enemy..."

Xu Feng closed his eyes, searching in his dream for the towering mountain that had only appeared for a fleeting moment during the enhancement: "The highest level of the 'Dream Enlightenment Technique,' the unattainable Mount Sumeru, descend!"

(End of this chapter)