Sanctuary Starfield Journey

Chen Jiahong surveyed his surroundings; the entrance behind him was closed. The walls were pristine white, illuminated only by LED strips. In the center stood a simulated boundary tree, a control console was positioned in front of him, and a glass dome hung directly above.

Finding no exit, Chen Jiahong channeled his spiritual energy into the light strips, creating a weak current that searched for the source of electricity, eventually leading to the solar panel at the highest point outside the glass. Seeing this failed, Chen Jiahong walked to the control panel, where a row of buttons and numbers were located.

Mo Bei was looking for Chen Jia Hong, but instead of finding him, he found a row of buttons with incomprehensible writing on them. Deciding to test the waters, he pressed one, and a strong electrical crackling sounded. Mo Bei instinctively exclaimed, "Little-known facts I've never heard of in my 100 years!" But his alertness told him to retreat, and after a few seconds, nothing happened, though his red-hot status increased by 1. He ran back and pressed the next button, this time for "Unusual Disco." Mo Bei instinctively hid again, but still nothing happened, his resentment building... Nevertheless, he went back to the row of buttons, pressed another one, and stood still, deciding not to hide. This time, the music was "Love is Right." Mo Bei laughed in exasperation; this was just padding his word count and wasting time. Just as he was about to leave, as "It's all me~ Love is Right~" ended, the ground suddenly opened, and Mo Bei fell straight down.

On the control panel in front of Chen Jiahong, the status of "Pouring out evil karma" was displayed: "None remaining." Other indicators included "Injecting water" and "Rising." Most notably, the status of the boundary tree was "Overflowing with evil karma."

Just as Chen Jiahong was about to press the switch, the wall began to release water, immediately sweeping him away. Struggling in the rapids, Chen Jiahong was caught off guard and only managed to take a small breath. Within seconds, he reached the surface, where the water quickly froze, forming a layer of ice. Chen Jiahong unleashed a flurry of lightning orbs, repeatedly striking the ice and absorbing the lightning element permeating the water with his thunderbird feathers. Suddenly, the water was rapidly drained away, catching Chen Jiahong off guard and causing him to crash to the ground. However, this didn't affect him; he quickly leaped up, using his lightning orbs to shatter the frozen ice, moving as far away from the control panel as possible while gasping for air.

A voice came from above, "Chen Jiahong's Spiritual Skill 4 is ready... Wait... that's..."

Deng Kaiyang rushed down the steps: "Wait, that's a group of people! They've finally arrived!" He simultaneously used his ultimate skill: Cangliu Fengying - Wanlu Zhongnu - Sharen Wuzhu, increasing the number of Chain Masters in his Spirit Skill 2 to 5, raising damage feedback to 75%, and strengthening negative effects. It could be manually detonated every 5 seconds. Next, he used Spirit Skill 2: Ziran Youlu - Kuo Bu Dan Xing, locking onto one person (Chain Master) with an invisible chain. If there are neutral or hostile targets within a certain range, they can be chained together (Chain Subjects), up to three in total. When the Chain Master takes damage, Chain Subjects receive 50% damage feedback; if they take equal damage, no feedback is given. When the Chain Master's health changes twice, all Chain Subjects receive damage of the same element (280%), and this change is recorded. Simultaneously, the chains can transmit negative effects and elemental attachments.

A massive horde of infected individuals attacked. Deng Kaiyang suffered burns to his left hand, lightning strikes to his right, poison wounds to his left foot, frostbite to his right, and was finally finished off by erosion and nourishment. He had a handful of children in his hands, humming, "If I find out you're causing trouble... Deng Kaiyang! Then your luck will be especially bad... Deng Kaiyang! I didn't forget the lyrics here~ because if I kept singing, I'd have to pay the copyright fee..." He then spun 360 degrees, applying negative effects from every angle, clearing the area before striking a pose, "Because I have the spirit of a superhero!" With a million-strong army, victory is assured, and no battlefield is insurmountable for him.

The earth trembled for Deng Kaiyang. Wait… this seems to be… Deng Kaiyang turned his head. The imperial palace was slowly rising, water gushing from the ground, accompanied by black mist escaping. At that moment, all the corrupted beings on the entire planet looked towards the imperial palace, and in an instant, they all erupted in a frenzy, charging towards it.

Although Chen Jiahong was cautious, he maintained a "how can I know the effect if I don't know the truth?" attitude towards the unknown. He pressed the ascending button, and in an instant, the entire palace began to shake, the ground split open, revealing the entire palace from bottom to top—a total of 1314 steps. Mo Bei, who had just slid down the passageway in the wall on the other side a minute earlier, falling heavily to the ground, exclaiming, "Ouch, my goodness!", immediately got up upon seeing Chen Jiahong, adding, "I'm not in pain." A little-known fact he'd never known in his 100 years of life: pressing buttons randomly could actually cause trouble for Chen Jiahong.

The central simulated boundary tree disappeared, and a mechanism sounded. Chen Jiahong immediately infused Mo Bei with electricity, sending him soaring towards the ceiling. A lightning ball shattered the glass, and Mo Bei unfurled wings of lightning and flame, following closely behind. Once outside the palace, looking down, he realized the palace was now above ground. Powerful black energy had exhausted Deng Kaiyang's spiritual power. Realizing the energy's strength, he chose not to confront it directly and began to dodge. The sound of water dripping onto the ground continued incessantly.

Mo Bei and his companion flew towards the main gate, perching on the French windows with the curtains drawn, watching everything unfold. A few seconds later, a water pipe burst, spraying water from beneath the palace. Where the black mist dissipated, there was a small, neon-black stone, shimmering with starlight. When Chen Jiahong landed, he finally detected it with his mental power—it was the illusory block. He then used his mental power to capture the fleeing black mist—the illusory technique. This was why he had spent over ten spiritual veins on acquiring the illusory block; at least ten spiritual veins had been spent on it.

Deng Kaiyang looked back and saw that the illusory technique had been absorbed as soon as it appeared. He gave a thumbs up, his spiritual power restored.

Meanwhile, Mo Bei and his companion, who had received the thumbs-up above, were searching for all the switches in the palace, trying to find a path to the Boundary Tree. In the distance, tens of thousands of corrupted beings attacked, and Deng Kaiyang's figure was instantly half-swallowed amidst their roars.

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