Desperate Night

In the black ocean.

The Blackspirit drifted like a huge rock in the sea, constantly sailing against the wind and waves towards a certain direction in the ocean.

Ugh!

In the sky, that enormous face, occupying the entire sky, appeared once again, lowered its head, and vomited out a large number of colorful threads, which merged into the black sea below.

The colorful threads fell into the sea and were quickly covered by the blackness below.

Yu Hong stood in front of the circular window, carefully observing, and discovered that the seawater was not actually black, but rather had too many and too deep colors, causing it to appear black at first glance.

He waited attentively, ready to deal with the impact of the Phoenix Eyes at any time.

'Last time, the hull was severely damaged by a strange wind and wave impact. This time, I can take advantage of the comprehensive automatic update after the enhancement to try it again.'

The wind and waves outside came one after another, gradually increasing from weak to strong, impacting the outer shell of the Blackspirit.

Yu Hong remained vigilant at all times, preparing to provide a sufficient amount of Tai Ling Gong inner force for the defense system.

Bang!!

After about half an hour, a huge impact arrived as expected, causing the entire ship to shake violently.

The Tai Ling Gong defense layer on the outer layer of the Blackspirit instantly collapsed.

The inner force of the Chaos God Heavenly Eye Gong in the middle, on the other hand, stubbornly blocked the subsequent invasion, firmly rooted on the surface of the Blackspirit, and did not dissipate.

Yu Hong took the opportunity to quickly repair the outer layer of protection, finally managing to avoid subsequent erosion in time.

But as soon as he finished repairing, the second impact began outside.

Boom!!

The Blackspirit shook violently, and its forward speed instantly dropped to zero, blocked by a suddenly emerging vortex.

The vortex suddenly flashed out inexplicably, floating in the middle, just blocking the Blackspirit's forward path.

The huge impact force arrived in an instant. Without warning, it crashed together with the other colorful threads.

The formation on the surface of the Blackspirit was damaged again, and the outer shell defense system directly broke through two layers.

Just as Yu Hong was in a flurry, starting to sort out and recover.

There was another loud noise outside.

The huge face in the sky had stopped vomiting at this time, and was slowly retreating, as if to leave this place.

After Yu Hong repaired the defense system, he carefully looked at the direction the human face was leaving.

But the next moment.

Crack.

An extremely terrifying pressure descended from the sky, firmly suppressing the Blackspirit, causing its speed to rapidly decrease.

The strength of the outer wall was still not enough, Yu Hong could only constantly repair it, maintaining a dynamic balance.

The three-layer defense system on the surface of the Blackspirit was cracking one after another under the invisible heavy pressure, revealing the internal surging runes and energy.

Sweat appeared on Yu Hong's forehead, and he rapidly increased the repair speed, while the external pressure also increased rapidly.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

As the pressure rapidly climbed to its peak.

The defense system on the surface of the Blackspirit finally couldn't hold on, silently cracked, and collapsed.

The huge pressure instantly fell on the repaired outer wall surface.

Crack.

Subtle cracks appeared almost immediately.

But the next second, the entire Blackspirit suddenly swerved and rushed into a dark vortex that suddenly appeared on the right side.

The pressure directly missed, and the ship instantly disappeared.

Inside the Phoenix Eyes, the black sea returned to calm once again.

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Absolute Balance Floating City.

Vena's Tower, at the entrance to the Prophecy Department.

Margaret waited solemnly outside the door. She had already handed over the remnants of the scene to the other party. Next, she only needed to wait for the prophecy mages to trace and investigate.

She originally thought this matter was very simple, but now that it had been several days, she had only vaguely found a trace.

Crack.

"Master is busy with affairs. How could he cast spells for your little matter?" The old mage said helplessly, "Inspector Margaret, keeping the Prophecy Wisdom Spirit on all the time is also very energy-consuming. Why don't we just forget about it?"

"No! We must find that bastard!!" Margaret gritted her teeth.

"But as the Inspector, you have used up your free quota. Next, you can only pay for it yourself," the old mage reminded.

"Then pay for it myself! As long as we find the core goods and bring them back, everything can be compensated!" Margaret said fiercely.

"Alright, then let's continue. Just a reminder, the price is 100 crystals per hour," the old mage said.

"100!?" The fire of anger in Margaret's mind quickly cooled down a bit, "Then, how long does it usually take to find them?"

"We've already been searching for three days. It's estimated that another four or five days might lead to new clues. If we still can't find them after that, it means that the other party has gone to a very distant location, exceeding the limit of what arcane magic can detect," the old mage explained.

"Another four or five days!?!" Margaret had always heard people say that the Prophecy Department was the most profitable, but she had never taken it seriously, thinking it was just a rumor, not true.

But now it seems...

Five days, 120 hours, 100 crystal coins per hour.

That is to say, searching for another five days would cost at least 12,000 crystal coins.

And that's not even including the possibility of finding them!

Margaret, who had already suffered heavy losses, looked at the old mage's helpless face, and suddenly a kind of unspeakable fatigue welled up from the depths of her heart.

"Are we still searching?" The teacher had seen this kind of state many times and softened his voice. "Actually, to be honest, I personally think that you might be able to find them in another three or four days. Five days is the longest estimate."

"I'll think about it..." Margaret touched the crystal coin card in her pocket, and the anger in her eyes quickly faded away.

"How is it? Now is the golden period for searching. If you miss it, it will be difficult to find them again," the old mage persuaded.

These words also made Margaret understand one thing very clearly, that is, the other party was just trying to scam her money!

"What if we still can't find them after five days?" She asked, gritting her teeth.

"Then we can only ask Master Vena to take action personally. If you insist, you should also understand the price of a seventh-level master taking action," the old mage said in a low voice.

"Can't we just ask the master to take action directly?" Margaret said in a low voice.

"It's possible, but without the pre-existing intelligence information gathered by the Wisdom Spirit, the master's fee might be a little bit more," the old mage gestured a little bit with his hand.

"How much more?" Margaret still held a glimmer of hope.

"Only 50,000 more. This little bit of money is not a big problem for you," the old mage said easily.

"50,000... only!?!" Margaret's mind was about to explode, "Then, may I ask, what is the price of Master Vena taking action once?"

"300,000 once. It's a very good value for money," the old mage replied sincerely.

But he didn't see that Margaret's hands were trembling.

300,000, she could indeed afford it, but... this was only to find a message, a location.

The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ say ⊥ is at ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ book ⊥ ⊥ bar ⊥ ⊥ first ⊥ release!

She estimated that the batch of goods she had prepared for the clan this time was worth about one million. Adding the personal resources for her son, it might be worth five or six million in total.

Most of these goods were destroyed in the explosion, and the remaining ones that were snatched away might still be worth three or four million.

It would cost 350,000 to take action here once. If she could find them, it would still be worth it.

Gritting her teeth, Margaret made up her mind.

"Then please have Master Vena take action directly."

She was simply crazy.

At this time, she felt that she couldn't even control herself.

This was like gambling. If she could win back the hijacked goods, everything would be fine, and she would still make a profit.

But if she couldn't find them...

Margaret didn't dare to continue thinking about it.

"Good! As expected of the Inspector! Truly generous!" The old mage clapped his hands, "Don't worry, with Master Vena's prophetic attainments, he will definitely be able to find you absolutely clear clues!"

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Dang, dang.

Yu Hong shook his head, waking up from his daze.

He looked around.

His back was against the cargo boxes in the room, and he was hanging upside down in mid-air.

Most of the miscellaneous items in the room had fallen down, while fixed objects such as tables and chairs were hanging on the ceiling like him.

Obviously, the Blackspirit had rolled over, and the top and bottom were reversed.

Cough cough.

Yu Hong cleared the debris he had inhaled into his lungs, ignoring the messy room, and turned his head to look out the window.

Outside was a sky blue color, with countless tiny blue crystals floating in mid-air.

They floated like snow, sometimes up and sometimes down, appearing particularly crystal clear and beautiful under the illumination of the lights in the room.

The white light in the safe house projected out from the window, forming a square pillar, illuminating the area dozens of meters away.

Yu Hong controlled his body to move the safe house first.

Slowly correct the direction.

Crack, crack.

After a difficult movement like an old machine, there was a muffled bang.

The entire Blackspirit returned to its normal up and down orientation.

Huff.

Yu Hong then walked to the window again, wiped the mist on it, and looked outside.

At this time, he activated his eyesight to the fullest, and only then could he clearly see that deep within these blue crystal-like snowflakes, there were patches of dark and deep tall buildings.

Those were cylindrical high-rise buildings, but all the high-rise buildings were frozen by blue snowflakes, with no traces of life.

"Why do I feel a bit cold?" Yu Hong suddenly felt a chill coming from his whole body.

He was stunned for a moment, and then surprised.

He had already reached this realm! How could he still feel cold!?

This meant that the temperature here had reached an extremely terrifying level.

‘It's not just the temperature.’

Yu Hong felt that this chill was seeping in through his skin, but he hadn't felt it before. The safe house had been parked here for at least ten minutes.

But until he looked out the window, he hadn't felt cold.

He took out the Key to All Things, and seeing that the key didn't react, he put it back in his pocket.

Yu Hong controlled the safe house, slowly starting to move through the blue blizzard.

Within the hazy blizzard, the safe house ascended a sloping highland, offering a distant view from here.

Outside the window was a vast expanse of blue, crystalline ice.

Clusters of cylindrical buildings, some intact, some dilapidated.

But no matter how he searched, Yu Hong couldn't find any trace of living creatures.

Crack.

Suddenly, on the ground outside, a huge black crack slowly emerged.

Yu Hong's eyes narrowed, staring at the crack. He suddenly thought of what Aggelis had said.

The Great Extinction had already preceded him. If he couldn't hurry, perhaps most of what he encountered later would be fragments of destruction.

His heart stirred slightly, and he controlled the Dark Spirit to move silently across this land.

‘Since the Great Extinction has already passed, then the worlds that can last longer will naturally wait for my arrival. In this way, perhaps I can directly reach sufficiently powerful worlds to replenish and recuperate.’

Just like the Sky Citadel, it was like this.