This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 352 Miniature Black Hole, Entanglement of True Spirits

The man's gaze toward Ye Yang was filled with chilling killing intent.

"Since you refuse to be a holy son of my Holy Church, then return everything!"

He once tried to force Ye Yang to join the Liangshan bandits, but all his methods failed to corrupt him. Ye Yang's willpower, temperament, and luck were always unexpected, rendering the Thirty-Two Protectors' methods ineffective one by one.

Not only did he suffer heavy losses and fail miserably, but he also lost face in front of the other Void Cult protectors.

They lost everything, both in terms of appearance and substance.

What's even more troublesome is that Ye Yang was not only not corrupted or distorted by the will of the [Void], but he was also able to forcibly analyze the "Supreme True Void Spirit Holy Words", which gave the Immortal Alliance's long-stalled research on the Void Laws a further sign of progress.

This made the higher-ups of the Void Cult sense a dangerous omen, and thus—all the pressure fell on the thirty-two protectors.

He claimed that he was the one who caused all this trouble, and therefore he had to take full responsibility. In reality, it was simply that the other protectors were unwilling to be the first to step forward, so they pushed him out to test the strength of the Immortal Alliance.

Look at the Void Plague of that Traitor Nineteen; hasn't it really caused the Immortal Alliance to be in a complete mess, unable to attend to anything else?

If that's the case, the Void Cult will not hesitate to jump out and take this opportunity to stir up trouble!

"Civilizational fortune? No wonder he's officially designated as the 'savior' by the Immortal Alliance, hahaha!"

The thirty-two guardians laughed loudly, but then attacked again, reaching out to grab Ye Yang.

The powerful members of the Immortal Alliance enhance their combat strength by using the Star River Array and its distribution system to gather the power of the Great Dao of Civilization.

The protectors of the Void Cult also have similar methods, except that they leverage power not born from humans, but from the power of the Void.

This is also the authority that the Void has granted them.

The thirty-second authority of the Void Cult is named "Silence".

That is the power to bring all change in time and space to a standstill; all things will eventually return to stillness.

"The fortune of civilization is indeed powerful, but your control is too crude! Your own Dao power is also too weak! The potential is good, but a genius is ultimately just a genius. Without truly growing, you can't do anything!"

The civilized fortunes that Ye Yang summoned were riddled with flaws and suffered repeated defeats when faced with the offensive of the thirty-two void powers.

His own power of the Great Dao was no match for Ye Yang. After all, the Void Guardian was a True Monarch-level fighter, and he completely overwhelmed Ye Yang in every aspect.

Thus, the power of the void of "Silence" eroded the weak soul of Ye Yang, the fungal offspring.

Ye Yang's consciousness was immediately filled with a sense of emptiness that seemed to permeate his very bones. It was a partial manifestation of the [Void] will, yet it still possessed extraordinary erosive and assimilative properties.

If one is not careful, even a True Lord's soul can be severely harmed!

Ye Yang's consciousness and willpower are very strong, but his spiritual foundation is still too low. This is like a boxer with a weak body but maxed-out reaction, agility, combat experience, and skills.

Despite being significantly stronger than its own weight class, it was still powerless against an opponent whose software was superior and whose hardware was completely overwhelming.

The assimilating force traveled upstream along the soul connection between Ye Yang's fungal cells, attempting to infect his core flora and completely conquer the soul of his third avatar!

However, Ye Yang was, after all, half an "Information Ascendant," and certain defensive thought algorithms were constantly running in his consciousness.

At this moment, an early warning algorithm detected the anomaly and immediately initiated countermeasures to remove the abnormal information from Ye Yang's mind.

All of this is done automatically in the blink of an eye, equivalent to a subconscious action.

So Ye Yang, who had just realized what was happening and was preparing to tough it out with his willpower, only felt that the emptiness that could almost extinguish his thoughts appear for a fleeting moment before disappearing.

"Thinking algorithms—are actually a means of pushing consciousness and will to their limits, perhaps even more powerful than the mental amplification of the so-called third-level state of mind, 'Infinite Mind.'"

The thought popped into his head, but now was not the time to delve into it.

In fact, to prevent attacks on the causal and spiritual levels, the Savior of Suffering left Ye Yang some means to at least ensure that the core microbial community of his third avatar would not be instantly killed or die from some kind of spiritual attack.

Of course, all of this was predicated on Ye Yang's ability to maintain his will. However, Ye Yang's Daoist heart and will were evident to all, which is why the Heavenly Venerable of Salvation was able to leave only one avatar to guard the place while he went to attend to other matters.

At this moment, facing the invasion of the "Silent" void power, the soul power of Ye Yang's third clone was like being infected with some kind of virus, and the "pathology" spread wildly throughout his soul.

Strangely, Ye Yang's subjective consciousness, which operates on the "soul of the disease," is almost unaffected by the disease.

"I see----"

Sensing his current state, Ye Yang was somewhat surprised: "A firewall algorithm targeting the [Void] erosion copied from the memories of a transcendent personality—no wonder it was designed this way!"

"It turns out that the [Void] erodes and assimilates a human by first affecting a part of their soul, then influencing their subjective consciousness and distorting their mind, before finally completely distorting the core true spirit within their soul, thus completely corrupting them—"

"And this firewall algorithm categorizes the distorted and assimilated soul as a subconscious type of alternate personality," using the primary personality to suppress the alternate personality, employing my subjective will to suppress the conscious activity of the assimilated soul portion.

"It's like allowing diseased cancer cells to continue to form the shape of a normal organ and function normally."

"So what if it's diseased? As long as it continues to perform its original tasks and functions, the whole system can still operate normally!"

"As expected of a firewall algorithm created by the Transcendent to infiltrate the Void Cult —"

Ye Yang watched as the "spiritual lesion" spread to the core bacterial group and was instantly purified by a beam of cyan light, realizing that it was a method left behind by the Heavenly Venerable of Salvation.

Above, in this secret realm, a blue lotus slowly sheds countless rays of spiritual light, instantly purifying any mycelium that has been eroded by the void and is struck by that light.

The "Causal Insight Array" suppressed Ye Yang's karma, while the mysterious green lotus, which was neither a treasure nor a life form, protected his main soul.

These changes seem numerous, but in reality, they occurred in a very short period of time.

The Purple Star System.

Seeing that their void power had successfully invaded Ye Yang's soul, and that the soul's fluctuations showed signs of being eroded and assimilated almost instantly, the thirty-two guardians were all taken aback.

Is it going that smoothly?

Ye Yang didn't suddenly self-destruct his body to sever his tail and survive, nor did he seem to have any treasures or backup plans come into play.

So...it succeeded?

Thirty-two looked at Ye Yang, the fungal offspring, with suspicion, while also reaching out to remove and seal it away.

However, before he could succeed, a white line suddenly tore through space and time, piercing through his chest, and Thirty-Two was immediately sent flying backward.

A beautiful figure appeared from the distorted spacetime, looking at the fungal fruiting body with a hint of worry and anger.

Instead, she was met with Ye Yang's calm yet somewhat questioning gaze.

After confirming that the core was safe, Ye Yang regained consciousness.

Upon arrival, he saw the Void Sect Protector being attacked from an unknown source, his chest bursting open as he tumbled away. Then, this genius, hailed as the most promising candidate to advance to True Monarch in the Immortal Alliance within a thousand years, appeared beside him.

"Hello, Mr. Falling Star." Although he didn't know why she was there, Ye Yang still greeted her.

At the same time, Ye Yang no longer felt the same spiritual resonance and harmony he had when he first met this person.

It's probably because the fungal offspring here have had their soul power eroded by the [Void].

Perhaps this is a good opportunity to explore the reason for the resonance between the two souls.

"Looks like you're alright." Luo Yunru visibly breathed a sigh of relief, her right hand holding a precious book, her gaze coldly fixed on the direction where the thirty-two guardians had been sent flying.

108 blue-white light spots swirled and rotated above the precious book, the violent ripples in spacetime emanating from them testifying to the terrifying mass of these 108 light spots.

"Miniature black holes?"

Ye Yang narrowed his eyes. As everyone knows, black holes emit radiation, and the smaller the mass, the brighter they are. They can even evaporate and disappear if they become too small.

The 108 miniature black holes in Luo Yunru's hands have a mass similar to that of Ganymede, about one 50th of Earth's mass, which is very small.

But this is a black hole after all. Even a small one is not cute. It devours matter and energy not by numbers but by mechanisms. Even a celestial being would have to break through its defenses if hit.

"Ha ha ha—damn it! How come I see you everywhere?"

The thirty-two figures reappeared, their chests now ablaze with white light. Their expressions were no longer cold and calm, but had turned frantic, with a hint of exasperation.

"Primordial matter—this is the true form of the main battle." Ye Yang thought to himself as he sensed the special fluctuations emanating from the chest opposite him.

Therefore, the Void Cult Protector in front of us can unleash the combat power of a True Monarch here.

Seeing this, Luo Yunru was not afraid at all. She turned the pages of the precious book in her hand and also emitted a special radiation belonging to the Tai Su substance.

Spacetime tilted, and 108 miniature black holes crashed down on Thirty-Two.

The Tai Su Battle Body has extremely high density and is also extremely precise.

A single touch from these 108 miniature black holes would cause a region to collapse, making repairs difficult in the short term. Therefore, faced with Falling Star's onslaught, Thirty-Two chose to seize control of the miniature black holes!

No matter how powerful a weapon is, it depends on who wields it!

The weak who attempt to wield their weapons against the strong will only end up having their weapons snatched away.

However, if Luo Yun dared to use a miniature black hole in front of him, how could he not have corresponding means?

In terms of the Great Dao realm, Luo Yunru has also reached the True Monarch level. Although she is at a disadvantage in the confrontation, she is still more than capable of defending.

On the other hand, in terms of applying the laws, Luo Yunru is clearly more adept at manipulating and distorting spacetime.

The most effective way to manipulate black holes is to warp the curvature of spacetime and guide the black hole to crash into the enemy!

Therefore, the thirty-two guardians could not directly dismantle Luo Yunru's power of the Great Dao, nor could they defeat her in the realm of spacetime laws, so seizing control of the miniature black hole became a pipe dream.

boom!

boom!

Two more blows followed, and several thumb-sized pieces of ethereal matter were sent flying.

This was actually compressed and stored in spacetime, so after leaving the body, it immediately returned to its original size, turning into a blue incandescent substance two to three hundred meters in size.

But the ethereal substance is an extremely dense substance; a ethereal substance the size of a fingertip has the mass of a mountain!

The two to three hundred meters in size of primordial matter immediately expanded and exploded after being unrestrained. The energy released could easily tear a planet apart, but this was merely the aftershock of the battle.

"Damn it! Damn it!" Thirty-two was practically going crazy with anger.

He traveled light this time, so there was no way he could have brought the black hole magic weapon with him. Even if Luo Yunru only manipulated miniature black holes, as long as Thirty-Two couldn't seize control, these miniature black holes could easily break through his defenses.

Even though these micro black holes are really small and each one doesn't cause much damage, they did hurt him, which made Thirty-Two feel extremely frustrated.

"come over!"

With the roar of the Thirty-Two Guardians, a giant hand reached for Ye Yang, while the power of the void gathered to form a cage, but it was breached by the 36 miniature black holes.

The fruiting body of the Ye Yang fungus naturally transformed into countless hyphae that flowed out from the opening.

"Your soul has been completely corrupted, why aren't you cooperating with me?!"

Seeing that he had gained nothing, Thirty-Two was really furious.

"Come out, all of you! Go up and capture him!" he shouted, and a group of Void Evil Immortals surged out of the shadows. Their auras varied in strength, but at the very least, they were all at the peak of True Immortal level.

Luo Yunru remained silent, focusing on manipulating 108 miniature black holes to attack all the Void Evil Immortals. However, Thirty-Two intervened and, disregarding his own injuries, launched a full-scale attack on Luo Yunru, forcing her to recall all the miniature black holes to defend herself.

"Ye Yang, if you can't hold on, just give up on this clone," she said.

"It's alright." Ye Yang shook his head, a cold smile appearing on his face as he faced the siege of more than a dozen Void Evil Immortals.

"The Void Cult's protectors still possess some resistance to the erosion posed by the will of the Void. What about you?"

Since this sub-body has already been corrupted and polluted by the void, Ye Yang doesn't mind using it as a bridge to connect with the will of the [Void].

He previously used Void Worms to drive traffic to "Void Gaze," but fungal fruiting bodies are also a good carrier.

brush!

Ye Yang's figure flashed forward, advancing instead of retreating against the Void Evil Immortals who were attacking him. Countless illusory scales covered his body as he fought a fierce battle with the group of enemies.

At this moment, Ye Yang's combat power exceeded the scope of True Immortals. Especially against these guys who had no outstanding means other than the power of the void, Ye Yang, who had a deep understanding of the power of the void, was like a fish in water. Apart from the three Void Temple elders with the combat power of Star Lords who he could not defeat, he could easily beat the other Void Evil Immortals.

However, the three most powerful temple elders still exerted their strength and joined forces to defeat Ye Yang.

Countless mycelia scattered —

"Quick! Collect all the mycelium and seal it! Don't let it gather again!" the temple elders shouted immediately.

However, when those Void Evil Immortals tried to collect these mycelia, their expressions suddenly changed drastically. Unbeknownst to them, the outer layer of Void Power barrier had been breached, and the mycelia had appeared on their bodies.

Furthermore, it also feeds back an incomparably pure void power, accompanied by a strangely profound and mysterious Daoist sound—

"That is..."

"I heard it! It is the great will calling me!"

"Hahahaha—I'm here!"

"Take me away now!"

One by one, the Void Evil Immortals suddenly went mad and actually started a ritual to sacrifice themselves to the void.

The three elders of the Void Temple were stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "How dare you! How dare you blaspheme the Great Will?!"

"You heretic!"

They continued to besiege Ye Yang, who had reassembled his mycelium into flesh and blood. Unable to break through his defenses, Ye Yang was also unable to intensify the void erosion on their bodies and minds.

Not long after, he was defeated again and his mimicry body was destroyed.

"Seal him off!"

This time, the three temple elders were very close together. Seeing that there was no chance to reassemble the mycelium, Ye Yang directly disbanded all the fungal cells and issued an apoptosis command.

In the end, the three of them only managed to seal away a bunch of inanimate objects.

"snort."

Seeing that he had gained nothing, Ye Yang cut his losses and withdrew. The thirty-two guardians snorted coldly and continued to suppress Luo Yunru, covering the retreat of the remaining three temple elders.

"Hehehe—Fairy Luo, you really love to ruin my plans."

Thirty-two revealed that sinister smile again, withstood the bombardment of 108 miniature black holes, and then turned and left.

Luo Yunru did not pursue, but was instead surrounded by 108 miniature black holes, keeping watch within the Ziteng Galaxy.

She looked at a wisp of mycelium in her hand, which grew rapidly under the infusion of a large amount of energy and soon turned into a mushroom.

The mushroom cap sprouted eyes and a mouth, making it look like some strange creature from a fairy tale.

"Greetings, Lord Luoxing. Thank you for your help, Lord Luoxing." Ye Yang's voice rang out.

"Your soul aura seems to be severely tainted by the [Void]. Are you alright?" Luo Yunru asked, frowning.

"Hehe, Lord Luo Xing, do not worry. The core of my clone is protected by the Heavenly Venerable's method, and the characteristics of the primordial bacteria also allow me to preserve the rest of the bacteria simply by cutting off the contaminated part," Ye Yang said.

"That's good—" Luo Yunru looked at the mushroom in her hand, then suddenly smiled and asked, "By the way, do you know about a state where true spirits are entangled with each other?"

Ye Yang was puzzled. True spirits intertwined? What did that mean?

He could only reply, "Well, although I studied spiritual laws for a period of time, my knowledge of them was not deep, and I have never heard of them."

Luo Yunru smiled and said, "Oh, so you didn't know. I remember when I was invited to give a lecture in the Human Spirit Realm last time, we had a spiritual resonance because of the entanglement of our true spirits. Later, I couldn't find you, and I thought you were too shy to talk about it and had hidden away."

Ye Yang remained calm—although a mushroom wouldn't reveal any change in his expression.

"Uh, Master Xing's lecture was indeed impressive, but I didn't feel anything special at the time. Did I mistake him for someone else?"

Relying on the fact that his current part of his soul is tainted by the [Void] and will not resonate with the soul, Ye Yang stubbornly refused to admit it.

After all, if Luo Yunru had identified him at the time, she could have easily found him after the lecture. If she had acted quickly enough, there would have been no way she would have been unable to find him.

It cannot be ruled out that Luo Yunru is bluffing him.

However, Luo Yunru reacted in a way that Ye Yang did not expect. She seemed unable to hold back and burst out laughing.

Then he said, "After a pair of souls become entangled in true spirit, it is easy for them to resonate with each other. This manifests as their thoughts being connected and their hearts being in sync. This phenomenon occasionally occurs in some twins."

"But there is also a very, very small chance that this will happen between two completely unrelated people. And when these two people meet, if they are two men or two women, they will hit it off immediately and may even become sworn brothers on the same day. If it is a man and a woman, they will fall in love at first sight and become husband and wife, which is almost inevitable."

Her smile was tinged with pleasure: "Why don't you consider admitting it?"

She seemed to know everything and was convinced that Ye Yang was that person—but Ye Yang felt even more uneasy.

We can't believe everything this woman says; Ye Yang isn't some teenager anymore.

"Uh—haha, that's not true. I couldn't admit it even if I wanted to." He laughed awkwardly. "I admire Fairy Luo very much, but I would never do something like using deception to get closer to her."

Luo Yunru's smile was so wide she couldn't stop laughing.

This guy is really interesting—she thought to herself, but she didn't want to drag things out any longer, so she said directly, "Although those secret realms in the Eastern Paradise are currently heavily sealed off, I can still find your true form and go see you if I spend some time and effort."

The smile on the mushroom immediately vanished, and Ye Yang dropped his disguise.

"What do you want from me? Just say it." His voice was cold, and he remained vigilant.

Seeing Ye Yang's expression, Luo Yunru also stopped smiling: "The Milky Way hasn't seen a new Celestial Venerable for millions of years, the reason being insufficient resources."

"There are more than a dozen True Lords who have reached the standard for advancement to Heavenly Venerable, but they are unable to practice due to the small size of the Milky Way and cannot take that step."

"Seven thousand years from now in galactic standard time, we will reach the edge of the cosmic void and begin to slow down. At that time, there will be an opportunity to advance to the new Celestial Venerable. I need you to reach the True Monarch realm before then, cultivate with me, unite our bodies and minds, comprehend the mysteries of the final step, and reach the standard for advancing to Celestial Venerable."

That's a reasonable explanation.

"I can agree to that."

Ye Yang's voice suddenly came from the direction of another starry sky.

It was the fungal offspring he originally intended to send to his hometown, Ling Shu Star. However, because the offspring had just been attacked by the Void Cult, he was worried that it would also be ambushed on Ling Shu Star, so he changed the route at the last minute.

Sha~

The mushroom emanating the aura of [Void] in Luo Yunru's hand turned into stardust and scattered, discarding the last bit of [Void] taint on Ye Yang's body.

Luo Yunru looked at Ye Yang. Ye Yang's body was a fungal mimicry, and his soul reaction was weak. However, when the two looked at each other, they had a strange feeling. Their soul fluctuations gradually became more and more in sync over time.

Neither of them spoke, seemingly both savoring this unprecedented and unique experience.

"Well, since we—"

"unnecessary."

As soon as Luo Yunru opened her mouth, Ye Yang interrupted her.

The scene was strange. Even before Luo Yunru had finished speaking, Ye Yang already seemed to know what she wanted to say. And when Ye Yang directly refused, Luo Yunru knew he had already guessed what she wanted to say.

It was essentially an investment, but Ye Yang refused outright.

After a moment of silence, Luo Yunru suddenly looked puzzled. Then, the spiritual resonance between her and Ye Yang grew weaker and weaker until it disappeared completely.

She was shocked.

"Controlling one's own thought processes, thereby influencing and changing the state of the soul, and breaking free from resonance—this algorithm is relatively simple."

Ye Yang took a deep breath, finally shaking off that terrible state.

"Heart to heart" sounds nice, but Ye Yang never believed in anything about destiny.

If so, it must be because the forces intervening are not strong enough!

Only by freeing ourselves from the influence of "fate" can we view everything rationally.

Luo Yunru immediately declared that "a man and a woman whose true spirits are entangled are almost certain to become husband and wife." This kind of statement was so obvious that it was like she was trying to hit Ye Yang in the face.

But this woman doesn't seem to be the type to be obsessed with love, so she probably wants to use this relationship to bind Ye Yang.

There must be some other ulterior motive behind it —

It's not dangerous, but it's troublesome.

"The entanglement of true spirits is nothing special. Fairy Luo, let's have a proper talk."

"Breaking free from the resonance of the soul," Ye Yang grinned and said.