Infinite flow is not like that at all

Shen Ye flipped the bag over, and a withered, black finger was taken out.

The fingers were short, about the size of an adult's knuckle, dry and cracked, as black as charcoal, with crisscrossing grooves on the surface. They looked no different from the dead wood chips picked up by the roadside, without even the slightest energy fluctuation.

Let alone ordinary props, even the lowest-grade polluting materials have a fresher aura than this severed finger.

"this...."

Xiao and Mo Xiaofeng also frowned.

He had witnessed quite a few mortal awakenings, and even ordinary mortal items would exhibit noticeable energy fluctuations upon awakening.

But this withered finger was as still as a dead object, devoid of any spirit.

"Awakening Item..."

The skinless man leaned forward, his exposed flesh twitching slightly, his eyelidless eyes staring at the withered finger.

It took a deep breath, as if sniffing the air, its voice carrying a tension it itself was unaware of.

Although I couldn't sense any presence from that finger, but...

I don't know why, but my instincts instilled a strange fear in it.

It felt as if if we got any closer, we would swallow it whole.

At this moment, Shen Ye could no longer hear the sounds from the outside world.

[Activate Mortal Fusion Awakening?]

【Yes】

The moment the withered finger touched his brow, his consciousness suddenly sank, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss!

The feeling of weightlessness lasted only a moment.

When he "opened his eyes" again, he could feel the solid ground beneath his feet.

Shen Ye glanced down at it.

He was standing on a huge, withered finger.

It wasn't the small piece in the storage bag; it was a gigantic object magnified dozens of times, over thirty meters long, with distinct joints and a surface crisscrossed with grooves, resembling a strangely shaped lone boat, quietly floating on the water.

Looking up, there is a sea that stretches to the horizon.

The seawater was a murky grayish-black, like a thick, polluted liquid, yet eerily calm, without even a ripple.

The sky was also gray and hazy, indistinguishable between clouds and fog. It hung low, as if you could reach out and touch it. The whole world was just a monotonous gray and black, so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

Magnificent, deathly silent, yet concealing unfathomable danger.

"Is this the spiritual space that Little Evil was talking about... that one enters after awakening one's mortal nature?"

As Xiao E once said, fusing with mortal items is essentially about establishing a connection with the item's origin, conquering it, and mastering it. The higher the item's level, the deeper the origin it must confront, and the more perilous the path it must take.

The dry-finded boat was moving slowly.

Without sails or oars, it just drifted on its own towards the future.

Shen Ye looked in the direction of the bow of the ship, and at the end of his line of sight, a huge black shadow stood vaguely on the sea.

It is very tall, very wide, and square, like a great mountain stretching between heaven and earth.

As the boat drifted closer, its outline gradually became clearer.

That was a coffin.

A coffin of indescribable size, entirely black, stood silently on the sea. From the gap between the lid and the body of the coffin, a faint aura seeped out. Half of it was as somber as ink, and the other half as warm as jade. Two completely different forces intertwined, yet were in a strange balance.

"Is that... the origin?"

Shen Ye narrowed his eyes.

As Xiao E once said, the key to fusion is to reach the core of the origin, grasp a trace of energy belonging to this broken body, and establish a symbiotic contract.

It's likely that the origin of this severed finger lies within that giant coffin.

The boat was still drifting forward.

At first, the sea was calm, without even a breeze.

After drifting for several hundred meters, the surface of the water began to stir.

"Gudu."

"Gudu."

Bubbles rose from underwater, densely packed, like boiling water.

Immediately afterwards, blurry shadows rose from the water.

I can't make out what it looks like.

Like a ghost.

They circled the withered finger boat, occasionally bumping into it with a dull thud.

For the first time, ripples appeared on the calm sea.

"...To cross over, one must confront the various phantoms of the polluted sea."

Shen Ye stood at the bow of the ship, motionless.

It doesn't have much of an impact on him now, since he already has 300,000 pollution points.

The dry-finned boat continued forward.

The shadows underwater grew larger and more numerous.

From a ghostly apparition, it transformed into a polluted figure several meters long, resembling a rotting whale belly-up sweeping across the ship's hull. Its multi-eyed, multi-clawed body stretched out tentacles to entangle the ship, and a half-skeleton sea monster opened its massive mouth, trying to swallow the entire ship whole.

"The intensity is starting to increase."

Although the faces of these things are completely obscured, according to Little Evil, everything in the Sea of ​​Pollution was once real, but they were buried, sealed, or corrupted within the Sea of ​​Pollution, and anything can appear there.

The waves started to get bigger.

Waves of dark gray seawater crashed against the ship, the splashing droplets carrying a strong corrosive force, hissing and steaming as they landed on the dry, withered surface.

Pollution came crashing in like a tsunami, wave after wave.

This is the first real test on the road to integration. Just facing the phantoms of these strange and ancient creatures, some people may have already begun to be affected, and the ominous signs will impact their spirit.

But Shen Ye remained standing at the bow of the ship, his figure as steady as a rock.

He was used to it long ago.

Similarly... the death lines are everywhere in the field of vision, and the fatal point of every shadow and every wave is clearly visible.

Instead of bracing himself, he subtly adjusted his steps according to the force of the waves, avoiding the most violent impacts time and time again.

The boat is moving faster now!

Simultaneously.

The surrounding scenery was constantly changing, and increasingly powerful and terrifying phantoms were slowly appearing.

The pressure started to rise.

Xiao E's words gradually surfaced in his mind.

"Some people... those with ordinary sexual tools, may reach a certain point and then it ends."

"Because the origin of this mortal item may not be very deep, it will not encounter anything too terrifying."

“But you are different, Shen Ye.”

"If its divinity comes from its origin..."

"You will go to the deepest part...and encounter the most terrifying things!"

..........

And at this very moment.

In the real world, the skinless man's expression grew increasingly astonished.

It could clearly feel that the aura emanating from that withered finger was gradually growing stronger.

It wasn't an explosive surge, but a subtle, pervasive pressure that seeped into one's very being.

At first, it was just a faint sense of fear, but now, its entire body is tingling slightly, as if it has been targeted by an ancient predator, and even the circulation of dark energy has become somewhat sluggish.

"What the hell is this thing...?"

It muttered a curse under its breath.

At first, I was just a little scared, but now... I can clearly feel that things are different.

"However, it's not a big problem; it's completely under control now."

They don't require much effort; a little effort is enough to cover them up.

But as time went by, things always started to go beyond expectations.

"...Was there a ghostly image around him just now??"

"No, you must be mistaken."

"How could that be?"

"How is that impossible... Black mist is already emanating from his body..."

"This...something's not right."

"Did you hear that? I feel like someone is talking..."

Xiao and Mo Xiaofeng were speechless.

Although they didn't have the same keen instincts as the skinless people, they could still sense that the surrounding air was getting heavier and heavier, making their chests feel stuffy.

The space around Shen Ye was slightly distorted, as if an invisible force field was slowly spreading.

Even though the person is sitting there, they give people the illusion of becoming more and more distant and majestic.

"Is this what mortal awakening should be like?" Mo Xiaofeng asked dryly.

"I...have seen some supernovae awaken."