Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 589 Cataclysmic Universe

The birth of the seventeenth dimension, the Cataclysmic Dimension, elevated Lei Chi's life level once again. In order to stabilize and expand this dimension, Lei Chi created the sixth universe within his body, named the Pseudo-Cataclysmic Universe, and then put many items into this universe.

After entering the Cataclysmic Universe, under Lei Chi's deliberate control, they experienced various catastrophes and gradually became peculiar sources of catastrophe.

For example, the Yamato Staff became a source of catastrophe with radiation-like properties. Any object that gets close to it will be affected by the radiation, gradually changing its internal structure and eventually becoming an extremely unstable special polymer.

If this object is carelessly discarded, it can easily trigger various disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Take, for example, the Eye of Life. This thing was looted by Lei Chi from the Crimson Cult Leader. Originally, it could be considered a rare treasure with a certain degree of self-awareness, capable of plundering or bestowing life force upon others. After becoming the source of the catastrophe, it became even more bizarre, turning into a monster.

Its form is humanoid, but its face only has eyes. Anyone who gets close to it will have their life force rapidly drained away, eventually assimilating with the life eye and becoming one of its eyes.

The Prori spaceship also became a catastrophic spaceship. Any living thing that enters it will be unknowingly affected by negative mental catastrophic effects, making it more prone to panic, brutality, anger, and personality splits.

Ultimately, these first beings who experienced the cataclysm and became sources of cataclysm were transformed into divine beings with the characteristics and abilities of cataclysm sources under the operation of the Thunder Pool.

They are, in the strict sense, the first divine beings created by Lei Chi.

Lei Chi specially compiled a set of catastrophe sequences to restrain and manage those catastrophe creatures.

Once the catastrophic universe stabilized, Raichi continued to monitor the system's database.

Within the realm of the gods, there are many strange places, such as the River of Time, the Hall of Flowing Light, and other dimensional spaces, but the most unique and mysterious place is none other than the Tomb of the Gods.

The system database also contains information about the Divine Tomb. In fact, this information is also the core secret of the system, but the man in black still granted Lei Chi the authority to observe it.

By observing that information, Lei Chi gained a relatively complete understanding of the Divine Tomb and its operation.

Indeed, as Yu Baichen had told Lei Chi before, the Divine Tomb is a place where the system absorbs, integrates, and creates the laws of the universe. There, the Snow Moon God King and the Lord of Cataclysm have set up methods. These two beings control the Divine Realm and the system entirely through those methods.

Therefore, anyone who infiltrates the Divine Tomb and affects the system's growth or the stability of the Divine Realm will be suppressed or cursed by the methods left behind by the Snow Moon God King and the Lord of Cataclysm, and will surely meet a bad end.

However, within this divine tomb, there are two individuals who are frequently active, yet they have not been subject to any punishment.

The first being is hidden inside a pyramid.

That pyramid was not formed from the divine tomb itself, but was built by man. The existence of its construction is the true "infinity".

In the system database, [Infinite] is one of the oldest players. That pyramid can be seen as his laboratory, where he uses the power of the system to conduct incredible research. The simulated universe is just one of his research results.

This "Infinite" might be the first player to discover the power of the system.

He was clever. Being in the God's Tomb, facing the power of the system directly, he only used or borrowed it, rather than stole it. Therefore, he did not violate the rules set by the Snow Moon God King and the Lord of Cataclysm, and thus did not receive any punishment.

This [Infinite] intends to transcend the universe and become an existence above the main god. He may think he can manipulate the system, but Lei Chi, after checking the system's database, realized that the system is fully aware of all of [Infinite]'s actions. All the secret research he has done is actually helping the system grow. Therefore, the system's growth rate is far higher than his own.

Therefore, if this continues, the "infinity" will never be able to surpass the universe.

The second one actively active in the Tomb of the Gods was Huang Tianzhenlong.

He seemed to be performing some kind of mysterious ritual, which had already affected the stability of spacetime. Logically speaking, it should have triggered the measures set up by the Snow Moon God King and the Lord of Cataclysm long ago. But strangely, the ritual seemed to have precisely avoided all the vital points and did not trigger any punitive anomalies.

Lei Chi was very puzzled as to why Huang Tianzhenlong would do such a thing. He carefully searched for information about Huang Tianzhenlong, but the more he looked into it, the more suspicious he became.

Because the information about Huang Tianzhenlong is very complete and detailed, it records how he entered the divine realm, how he chose his profession, how he participated in the war of faith gods, how he was lucky enough to become a virtual god, how he founded the Huang Tian Great Sect, and so on.

However, it was precisely because of its detailed information that Lei Chi felt it was fake, as if the information was a perfectly fabricated resume.

"There must be something hidden within this Yellow Heavenly Dragon!"

For some time afterward, Lu Chaoding paid close attention to Huang Tianzhenlong and would observe him every now and then.

About two months later, Lei Chi discovered that Huang Tianzhenlong seemed to have carved out a spacetime tunnel in the God's Tomb. He observed the spacetime tunnel through the Fallen God's Throne, and as soon as his consciousness came into contact with it, he felt a strong evil aura, and then his consciousness was ejected.

Lei Chi wanted to continue observing, but suddenly found that he could not. All the information about that time-space channel in the system database had suddenly disappeared, as if it had been suddenly tampered with or covered up. Lei Chi was therefore unable to continue observing according to the path given by the system's power.

"Hmm? There's something wrong with this Yellow Heaven True Dragon!"

Lei Chi invoked the power of the unified universe within his body, using the foundation of the seventeenth dimension to forcibly recall his observation of the spacetime channel just now, and finally came to a conclusion.

The spacetime tunnel seemed to connect to a strange space called the "imaginary universe".

The phrase "imaginary universe" originated from Huang Tianzhenlong. Lei Chi could only deduce that the spacetime channel connected to the imaginary universe, but no information about the imaginary universe could be found in the system's database.

"Huang Tianlong, the universe of imaginary numbers..."

Lei Chi opened his eyes and looked at the man in black.

The man in black remained calm and gestured with his hands clasped in acknowledgment.

He thought Lei Chi had understood his sincerity and might agree to join Yi Qitian, but unexpectedly Lei Chi suddenly asked, "Does Your Excellency know about the Imaginary Universe?"

"The Imaginary Universe?" The man in black was clearly taken aback. "The Imaginary Universe is a strange plane, and it has some grudges against my Yi Qitian. Both of our lords have personally taken action to kill evil spirits in the Imaginary Universe. However, the Imaginary Universe has been closed for millions of years. How do you know about the Imaginary Universe?"

Lei Chi didn't answer, but continued to ask, "Has the imaginary universe been closed for millions of years?"

The man in black nodded, then suddenly said, "I remember now. When the Divine Realm was first established, five hundred thousand years ago, the Imaginary Universe was opened once. It was opened by the Celestial King who sent the remnants of the Supreme Heaven into the Imaginary Universe. I was fortunate enough to witness it at the time."

"The Celestial King?"

Lei Chi immediately thought of the powerful being who had taken the "Extreme Heaven" in the Star Domain Heavenly Mystery Tomb. If there were no surprises, he was the Sky Patrol God King.

"The Sky Patrol God King is a powerful being who has traversed the heavens. Although he has the name of a sky patroller, he is actually a bandit. What he likes most is to rob and seize."

The man in black paused for a moment, then continued, "The Heavenly Dao of the Divine Realm is nearing maturity, and it will be successful in at most another era. The Sky Patrol God King is our primary target. The man in white and I have already informed the two masters. If the Sky Patrol God King arrives, the two masters will also appear, so you don't need to worry too much."

Lei Chi said, "I'm not worried about that. However, the Yellow Heaven True Dragon in the Divine Tomb may be related to the Imaginary Universe. I suggest that you two be wary of him as well."

The man in black laughed and said, "There shouldn't be any problem with that Yellow Heaven True Dragon. If there is a problem, the system will naturally send us a notification, and we can deal with him then."

"if……"

Lei Chi narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "What if the system is in cahoots with him?"

Sorry, I've been too busy lately. I started a new book and haven't dared to stop trying to get recommendations, so this update is late. The tower defense game is almost finished too. Thank you all for your support. I'm ashamed to say I still owe you guys updates and haven't been able to make up for missed chapters. Please let me make up for them in my new book.

(End of this chapter)