Chapter 2892: Long Time No See!
What you hear is what you get, hmm~
This so-called Star Sea Spell Source is already mine!
Yakeli said gravely:
(˵ಠĹ̯ಠ˵) "Once the Star Sea Spell Source is destroyed, it will inevitably trigger the collapse of the entire incantation system, such as the Bose Star Ring and various spell arrays!"
"The incantation system runs through the entire Bose civilization and can be considered a racial foundation!"
"And for something so important, Xun Zu will do his utmost to protect it, giving everything to try and preserve it!"
"If we want to strike at the Star Sea Spell Source, we will inevitably have to face Xun Zu. We..."
Jiangnan grinned viciously:
(˶‾᷄↼‾᷅˵) "So what? As long as we're not in the Eternal World, Xun Zu can't kill me!"
"And this Star Sea Spell Source can't be placed inside the Eternal World. As long as this thing remains in this starry sky, I can destroy it!"
"Although the collapse of the incantation system will also have some impact on the Starry Sky World, won't it hurt the Bose race even more?"
"Even just the failure of the Star Ring is enough to cause them suffering—it's a blade cutting into the Bose race!"
The crowd shivered at his words. Is Nan Shen really going for something big this time?
As Xun Zu continues to refine the ancient Shen Zang, the strength he can wield grows stronger!
Now is undoubtedly the best time to act!
Strike early!
If we delay any further, it might become impossible to destroy!
Just then, Jiangnan raised an eyebrow:
(๑◔◡◔ิ) "What's the specific location of the Star Sea Spell Source?"
Ai Jiang directly pulled up a holographic projection!
"This is the specific defense layout of the Eternal Kingdom, along with its garrison forces. The Starfall Round Hall is located at the center of the Eternal Kingdom, near the dimensional barrier!"
"The Star Sea Spell Source is stored inside the star core of a Bose planet, which itself possesses the ability of Dimension Ascension!"
"The entire Starfall Round Hall is built on this Bose planet as its foundation!"
The crowd clicked their tongues in admiration. Just the ability to ascend dimensions alone cuts off the hopes of most people in the starry sky!
Once the Starfall Round Hall is attacked, the Star Sea Spell Source can directly ascend to escape. Who can even hit it?
It's almost unsolvable!
But for Jiangnan, this is utterly ineffective!
As a hyper-dimensional warrior, Jiangnan can enter four dimensions anytime, okay?
And the only ones in the entire starry sky who can do this, aside from Bose bodies, are probably Jiangnan and Jiang Fan!
Jiangnan was stunned:
Σ(°△°|||) "Holy shit? Th-this... how did you get this intel? There's even video footage? Video of the Bose planet at the most core location?"
After reading through all this intelligence, Jiangnan knew the internal structure of the Starfall Round Hall better than his own backyard, okay?
Yao Hong turned her gaze toward Li Si, her mouth twitching:
(￢﹏￢٥) "I don't know either. It's ridiculous. You'll have to ask him..."
Li Si grinned:
(˵¯͒〰¯͒˵) "Heheh~ Well, look at what we do for a living!"
"If we weren't worried about alerting the enemy and alarming Xun Zu, who might just kill us outright, we would have already struck at the Star Sea Spell Source while gathering intel, okay?"
"Right, Third Brother?"
Zhang San shrugged from the side, somewhat helpless:
╮(•́～•̀)╭ "Don't even bring me up. They can't see me anyway. As long as the job gets done well, that's what matters!"
Wang Youzhi couldn't help but give Zhang San a thumbs up!
(◕͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧ "Third Brother is awesome!"
Now, within the Dimensional Star City, although Zhang San's passive is twisted, since Black God is putting in effort, he can still be seen!
Zhang San looked at Wang Youzhi with a touched expression!
(ʃƪᵒ̴̶̷̥́ωᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀)
Still you, right?
But Jiangnan was full of confusion!
(๑•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "What's awesome?"
Wang Youzhi rolled his eyes:
(꒪ั～꒪ั◕) "Even if I told you, you wouldn't see it or remember it. What's the use? That nonexistent person!"
Jiangnan wasn't convinced. Today, he had to see for himself!
So Jiangnan bulged his eyes and stared hard at the spot beside Li Si!
But all he saw was a void, empty and nothing!
Can't see it with ordinary methods?
Then I'll use Zhiming!
Jiangnan closed his eyes. In the endless darkness, the causal threads of everyone emerged, weaving into a vast net!
Every person had causal threads emanating from them!
Li Si was no exception!
But beside him, there was still a void, with no visible causal threads extending out!
Getting anxious, Jiangnan's forehead veins bulged as he directly activated the Realm Source Energy!
Sure enough, with the Realm Source Energy in play, Jiangnan's Zhiming world became even clearer!
On Li Si, a causal thread appeared that he hadn't been able to see before. This thread was extremely thick, as thick as a little finger—simply outrageous!
And following that hidden causal thread, sure enough, beside Li Si, a blurry human silhouette began to emerge!
Jiangnan was stunned. Holy shit?
The moment Jiangnan observed this blurry figure, the causal threads tied to the figure gradually became visible to Jiangnan!
The causal threads were few and extremely thin, so thin they seemed like they might snap at any moment. If Jiangnan hadn't used Realm Source Energy to power Zhiming, he wouldn't have been able to see them!
And on himself, there were also causal threads connecting to the blurry figure!
The moment the threads were seen, all memories related to Zhang San in Jiangnan's mind began to surface!
From the very first meeting at Steel Dragon City to today!
Jiangnan suddenly realized, and his eyes snapped open, looking beside Li Si!
∑(°口°๑) "Th-Third Brother? Holy... shit? Siiigh~"
Zhang San was taken aback, even his nail-picking motion stopped, his expression frozen!
Σ(°△°|||)
His eyes instantly reddened, okay?
With a flying leap across the meeting table, he directly pounced into Jiangnan's arms!
And started kissing Jiangnan's cheeks!
(;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`) "Wah~ Nan Shen! You can finally see me, right? Bro! You're my real brother!"
"It's been so long since we last met, ever since you couldn't even see me wearing my big gold chain!"
"I've done so many things behind the scenes! No one knows!"
"Nan Shen! It's still you, Nan Shen!"
Zhang San was incredibly excited, because Jiangnan was one of the few people who could see him anymore!
Jiangnan's mouth twitched. It's really "many years no see," but indeed, it's been years, and Zhang San never left. He was involved in almost every major event, silently working as a driving force to protect everyone!
Everything clicked into place!
No one noticed, no one remembered!
Today, he only managed to see Zhang San through the thick causal thread connecting Li Si and Zhang San, after exhausting a lot of effort!
Wang Youzhi was also stunned:
∑(°口°๑) "Holy shit? You can see him? You're that awesome now? Realm Source Energy is really something!"
But the crowd was completely baffled. What were these few people chatting about?
Just then, Jiangnan swallowed hard, staring fixedly at Zhang San's face!
(•́ω•̀٥) "Third Brother? Your... your ability shouldn't be something as simple as Absolute Ignorance, right?"
"Even with Zhiming, I could hardly see your causal threads, and only barely did after activating Realm Source Energy!"
Zhang San was clueless: (๑•̌.•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Wh-what causal threads?"
Wang Youzhi's eyes widened: "You mean his ability might be at the causal level? That..."
That's a bit terrifying, isn't it?
Jiangnan said excitedly: (งᵒ̌ꇴᵒ̌)ง "Try using Existence Erasure on Li Si?"
Although Zhang San didn't quite understand what Jiangnan was saying, he followed along!
Sure enough, after applying Existence Erasure to Li Si, all the causal threads extending from Li Si completely vanished!
Without using Realm Source Energy, they could not be seen at all!
And in this state, no matter what Li Si did, he wouldn't create cause or bear effect, naturally making him unnoticed!
Zhang San was even more so!
Jiangnan's mouth fell open:
∑(°口°๑) "Damn! It really is!"
Keep in mind, Zhang San was only at the Transcendent level!
If he reached Star Devourer, would he be completely free from cause and effect?
Fully unbound by karmic ties?
Or perhaps he could freely pull and sever causal threads?
Something he clearly did, after altering the causal threads, could become something you did?
Zhang San was dumbfounded: "You... you mean my ability isn't some absolute disregard or anything like that, but rather a Causal System?"
Jiangnan said excitedly: (งᵒ̌ꇴᵒ̌)ง "That's very possible! Otherwise, how could absolute disregard be so twisted?"
"Have you ever thought about reaching Star Devourer? Once you do, your control over your ability might become even stronger, right?"
Zhang San immediately turned into a bitter face:
(◞‸◟) "I want to, but I don't dare!"
"What if... what if I reach Star Devourer and my ability gets even stronger, and everyone can't see me at all anymore?"
Jiangnan was taken aback. That makes sense too!
There's no ruling out that possibility. If Zhang San reaches Star Devourer and completely severs all causal threads emanating from himself, then he would have no karmic ties to this world, standing outside causality!
To this world, the person Zhang San would no longer exist!
And Jiangnan could understand that pain—like being forever trapped in the Life Forbidden Zone!
That was eternal solitude!
"The ability is uncontrollable, so it's still risky. Don't go up yet. Later, I'll contact Ice God and entrust Qing'er to see if we can transplant a copy of the Zhiming talent ability to you."
"If you have Zhiming and can see causal threads, it might help you control this ability."
Zhang San was moved:
(･ˇ❥ˇ･｡) "I won't say anything else, Nan Shen! Kiss~"
੧੧(•́﹏•̀٥) "Hey hey hey~ Don't kiss! There are so many people here! I'm a grown man!"
"What are you afraid of? They can't see me anyway!"
But the crowd only saw Jiangnan pushing and shoving himself, mumbling about "don't kiss, don't kiss" and the like!
Everyone was utterly confused!
Is Nan Shen a bit crazy?
In broad daylight, during a meeting, he's having some kind of shameless daydream?
Just then, Yao Hong cleared her throat:
(͡°ก͡°) "Ahem~ Boss Nan Shen, be serious. We're in a meeting. And there's one more thing I have to mention!"
"What we found isn't just the Star Sea Spell Source!"
Jiangnan was startled: "What else?"
And at this mention, Yakeli's expression turned peculiar!
pS: Qing Feng is sick and hospitalized. He went to the hospital around five in the afternoon. His whole body aches, and he can't move. Tests showed a bit of hypokalemia and high creatine kinase. He's been hospitalized for IVs and observation. Tomorrow he'll have more tests to check the numbers and stuff.
Tonight's update can't be typed. One hand needs the IV. Updates in the next few days might not be stable. I'll check tomorrow. First, I'm taking a leave. Can't hold up anymore.