Cyber ​​God: Abyss Walker

The timeline synchronizes at this moment, and the events that Wang Yu experienced deep within overlap with the events that happened in the outside world, bringing about a tremendous change for the entire city.

"this!?"

In reality, not much time had passed since the collapse of the near-nuclear spire. Zero Seven had just been about to join the battle between the bio-mechanical swarm and the remnants of the Abyss's guard when everything began in an instant.

The first to change were the Yuancheng Guards who were fighting the bio-mechanical insect swarm. Under the watchful eyes of the bio-mechanical insect swarm, they turned into smoke-like dust and disappeared before their eyes, just like collapsing sand sculptures.

The smoke-like substance formed from the disintegration of the divine body did not spread outwards, but instead converged towards a single location, just as Wang Yu had seen in the deep realm. That location was precisely where the near-core spire collapsed.

This was just the beginning. Far more than just the Yuancheng Guards who fought against the bio-mechanical swarm collapsed and turned to dust. In fact, the entire city was rapidly disintegrating under the influence of this unknown force.

The residents, vehicles, and buildings standing on the ground were all collapsing. It wasn't as if they were being violently dismantled, but rather they were simply vanishing into thin air as if it were all perfectly natural. The members of the Machine Soul Company could only watch as this happened, completely unable to comprehend what was going on.

Perhaps only Ling Qi, under these circumstances, could see something through Wang Yu's special body and deeper vision. The substances, in a form that was beyond Ling Qi's comprehension, directly transformed into something akin to abnormal pollution, converging towards the city center, near the point where the nuclear spire collapsed. As they converged, a chilling aura gradually began to emerge.

This feeling came from Zero Seven himself, and also from the almost instinctive senses of the body he controlled, Wang Yu. The oppressive force of the things in front of them was becoming stronger and stronger as the entire city collapsed and the smoke-like substances they turned into continued to gather.

In Lingqi's vision, as these substances converged, they seemed to be gradually pulling out a being from a deeper level, making its body complete and appearing in this realm of reality.

"What... happened...?"

The communication from the headquarters of Machine Soul Company anxiously inquired about what had happened to Zero Seven. The changes covering the entire Yuan City were so large that they could be clearly seen from a great distance. After all, the entire city was crumbling and turning into dust that was converging towards the city center.

However, the communication was cut off again before it could even last a few words. The dust and smoke had gathered and spread its influence over the entire Yuan City once more, cutting off all means of communication. This time, the interruption was not a simple interference, but rather a result of a deeper impact.

The collapse continued to spread, encompassing not only the residents and buildings of Yuan City, but also, almost instantly after those things crumbled, the collapse spread to the bodies of the bio-mechanical insectoid swarm units.

The bio-mechanical insectoid swarms that had been fighting the Yuancheng Guard in Yuancheng began to disintegrate and peel away, turning into similar yet slightly different smoke-like substances that converged towards the center of the city.

As the core of the bio-mechanical swarm, Zero Seven could vaguely sense that the source of all this was similar to the actions of "that person" in the near-core spire who controlled the bio-mechanical swarm.

This time, however, it was far more than just control. This being grasped the deep connection and began to disintegrate and split these creations that were also connected to Yuancheng. Just as it absorbed Yuancheng itself, it turned them into "components" that converged towards itself.

With no power to resist and no way to find a solution, this spreading collapse, like a virus without an antidote, infiltrated the bodies of all the bio-mechanical insectoid swarm units. The connection with Yuan City was completely seized by the being that was gathering power, which, with an unstoppable momentum, completely disintegrated these entities that were connected to it and absorbed them back into its own body.

"source……?"

Ling Qi stared blankly at the figure gradually forming in Yuan City. The core power of Yuan City, which was simulated in the void in the distance, had already collapsed and disintegrated the moment it appeared. A simulation is just a simulation after all. Moreover, the entity it simulated was probably just a low-quality product, a false core.

The entity that is currently gradually reassembling itself is the true core of Abyss City, the source of all things, belonging to Abyss City and the safe zone, and the true singularity of all things related to Abyss City.

As more and more things collapsed and turned into components that returned to the source, the aura emanating from the entity located in the city center became stronger and stronger. Ling Qi gradually sensed the things contained in this aura. They were familiar, far too familiar, to the point that they were unbelievable.

Because this aura was like the members of the Machine Soul Company she usually interacted with, the environment of the safe zone, and even the things in Yuan City. These mixed things constituted the people and things that Ling Qi usually came into contact with. The environment in which she lived was like the silhouettes of these things that were gathered together.

Although they do not appear at the same time, the various parts that are coming together to form almost constitute everything in the life path of the residents of Zero Seven, Yuan City, and the Safe Zone.

As the only one present who could still sense all of this, a terrifying conjecture was forming in Lingqi's mind. She hadn't seemed to understand why the residents of Yuancheng would collect the technologies developed by people from different purification plants and the knowledge they had formed during their contact with other great beings.

But the familiar aura that gathered together at this moment gradually made Ling Qi understand a fact, a conjecture that she and Wang Yu had casually mentioned during their conversation.

That is, humans are also a great existence, and the residents of the safe zone are also a great existence. The spiritual energy formed when they gather is a kind of abnormal pollution possessed by great existences. This seemingly incredible conjecture was directly rejected by Wang Yu and Ling Qi.

After all, even a great being like the Black and White Cross, which seems very weak, would not be so easily slaughtered by "humans" as humans are, and would not be able to form a decent interaction with other great beings.

But it wasn't until everything began to converge on this source—whether it was the residents of Yuancheng, the bio-mechanical swarms, or the members of the Machine Soul Company who had joined the battle—that Lingqi realized that humanity was probably truly a great being.

However, they are merely a part of a great being. They are the self that this great being actively split off from. When this great being actively chooses to take back the parts it split off from, no matter what they have experienced in the outside world, or what research and exploration they have done, as "sub-bodies," they will all return to this source without exception.

Because of the "components" that form their foundation, everyone is connected. No matter where they are in the wasteland, no matter what they are doing, no matter what great beings they come into contact with, all of this is firmly bound by this connection. As long as this process begins, the "sub-entities" that are related to it and originate from this unknown great being will return to their source.

"Wang Yu..."

At this moment, Ling Qi also realized what was happening in the deeper space. Her teeth, which did not actually exist, clenched together. Her will suddenly trembled at this moment, but this shock did not make Ling Qi dejected.

She was an exception, the only exception present besides the great beings. Lingqi could also feel the connection between herself and the "Source," after all, she also came from the Safe Zone and was also a creation of the Safe Zone. However, the flesh and blood she was currently controlling might be the only thing that had no connection with this Source. She was not a creation purely belonging to the Safe Zone. If it weren't for that person's interference, the incomplete her would not have appeared in this world.

"..."

Observing the city that was crumbling and converging at a single point, Lingqi discovered some phenomena: the scope of the collapse was not the entire world, but a certain range, or more precisely, the range covered by the expansion of Yuancheng.

Everything within this realm returned to its source as the process began, unstoppable and undeterred. Some things were beyond redemption. The members of the Machine Soul Company who arrived in this area, as well as the bio-mechanical insectoid swarms that joined the battlefield, including the awakened automated machines allied with them, had already returned to their "source" in an unstoppable process.

However, outside the boundaries of Yuancheng, in the areas it has not yet expanded into, this process of returning to the source has not yet begun. The bio-mechanical insect swarms and the bewildered members of the Machine Soul Company who are observing what is happening in Yuancheng are the best evidence of this.

Perhaps there's something else she can do? Whether for himself or for the Machine Soul Company that she and Wang Yu built together, Ling Qi has to do something, and she's the only one present who can do something.

"boom!"

The energy inside the Vanguard mech was used without reservation. Zero Seven converted all her abilities to the Vanguard mech's propulsion system. For the time being, nothing could hinder her movements. She needed to break out of Yuan City's territory as soon as possible.

"retreat!"

The flesh and blood writhed, just as Wang Yu had used his own flesh and blood to establish a connection with Lena. Ling Qi had already accepted everything about Wang Yu, so she could naturally use these remaining flesh and blood to do the same thing, so that the Machine Soul Company would know about this simple but extremely resolute order.

"Discard everything unnecessary, and retreat!"

Upon receiving this order, Lena's usually calm expression stiffened slightly, but she immediately issued the order to all members of the Machine Soul Company who had lost contact with Abyss City, instructing them to abandon everything and use every means to evacuate to the wasteland.

The effort to accelerate the speed placed an enormous load on the Vanguard's body, and the resulting severe damage was gradually destroying this already battered mech. If it weren't for its self-repairing ability, which was far stronger than that of normal machinery, it would probably have collapsed halfway through its flight.

However, there's nothing to worry about, since Zero Seven doesn't even have enough time left to make the mech break down under overload conditions.

When Lingqi arrived at the edge of Yuancheng's coverage area and saw the members of the Machine Soul Company rapidly evacuating towards the wasteland, she also sensed the increasingly dense and solidified aura of an incredibly powerful being emanating from Yuancheng.

The borders of Yuancheng began to expand again, and at an even faster pace than Lingqi was currently pushing forward with all its might. Not to mention the members of the Machine Soul Company who were trying to evacuate. They had no chance, absolutely no chance. In the face of that great being that was gradually taking action, they had no chance of escaping.

"No, it's too late."

"Please..."

With her mind calming down, Ling Qi had come to understand some things during the brief period of high-speed racing. She understood why other great beings harbored such inexplicable malice towards the residents of the safe zone, why the residents of Yuan City had resistance to the abnormal pollution, and why other great beings harbored even deeper malice towards the residents of Yuan City. Everything made sense now.

Now, the Machine Soul Company alone has no way to fight against this great being that originally belonged to them as their "creator". After all, once the other party touches it, the process of returning to the origin will begin and become completely unstoppable. For the people of Machine Soul Company, this is a divine punishment that will kill them if they are touched.

Therefore, the only power that could be relied upon at this moment was perhaps another great being. The one that Ling Qi could think of was Eternal Silence, a great being with whom she and Wang Yu had many connections. At this moment, Ling Qi even asked this great being, who had many interactions with them, as if she were asking an acquaintance for help. And the other party chose to respond.

A massive, pitch-black rift unfolded here, encompassing all the evacuating members of the Machine Soul Company, as well as Zero Seven, who was speeding forward at top speed. The unfolding of this rift allowed the Machine Soul Company members, whose evacuation speed could not keep up with the expansion speed of Yuan City, to enter the realm behind the curtain of eternal death before being covered.

"Bang!"

The Vanguard mech crashed onto the dark, empty, and desolate land with a loud bang. Many parts that had collapsed due to overload and the impact with the ground fell off the mech, but Zero Seven didn't care about that anymore.

This vast world, which would have been eternally silent and abnormally polluted, eroding and swallowing up anyone who entered, actually gave Zero Seven and the members of the Machine Soul Company who entered it a sense of peace and tranquility.

However, before Lingqi and the other members of the Machine Soul Company could contact each other to discuss how to deal with the current situation, a crack appeared in the sky of this perpetually silent and pitch-black realm. Light that had never appeared before poured down from the crack. However, this radiance did not bring any hope like the dawn, but rather a deeper calamity.

Ling Qi sensed that familiar aura. An incredibly powerful being, with irresistible force, forcibly tore open the veil of eternal death and crammed its power—power that seemed capable of crushing any great being that Ling Qi and Wang Yu had ever encountered—into this realm of eternal death.