# Chapter 34: Not Two
Everything around seemed to fall silent. The Fission Variants within a 300-meter radius of Su Xiao all felt a bone-chilling cold, as if something extremely terrifying was about to arrive.
The Fission Variants, along with the long-haired woman and the giant ape behind her, all wanted to charge at Su Xiao. The arrival of Dead Silence was terrifying, but these Aberrant Species showed no fear.
Although these Aberrant Species wanted to rush toward Su Xiao, their bodies felt as heavy as lead. Only the long-haired woman charged at Su Xiao at a slow speed.
Dead Silence Descending not only reduced the movement speed of all enemy units within range by 99%, but also decreased their neural reflex speed and dynamic vision by 80%.
Su Xiao didn't use Dead Silence Descending often because activating this ability prevented him from moving. He could only regain mobility after Dead Silence Descending ended.
Within the 300-meter radius centered on Su Xiao, the world turned gray and black. Cotton-like substances floated in the air, the rocks on the ground and walls began to weather, and the light stones used for illumination dimmed. This area was being assimilated and eroded.
Above the fortress, rows of inverted spire-like buildings appeared in the sky, like an upside-down mirage.
A layer of light membrane enveloped and sealed this area. If the Ten Thousand Beast Continent were eroded by Dead Silence Force, the result would be like Dead Silence City. The higher the world's rank, the more severe the consequences of Dead Silence Force erosion.
Dead Silence was not a Fifth Rank power. It would gradually erode a world, first appearing as a new Dead Silence City, then spreading until the entire world turned into a dead silence. The People of Death would also establish a Supreme Sanctuary, which led to the source of Dead Silence.
In the corridor, cotton-like substances drifted around Su Xiao. Inside the corridor, elite Fission Variants knelt on one knee, being eroded by Dead Silence.
The long-haired woman was different from those Fission Variants. She charged toward Su Xiao step by step. Although very slow, she was now less than five meters away from Su Xiao.
With a thud, the first elite Fission Variant couldn't hold on. Before he could collapse, gray-white arms of varying thicknesses caught him. This wasn't a kind helping hand, but the simple and enthusiastic People of Death.
"Ah!!"
After a terrified scream, the Fission Variant's body rapidly dried up and weathered. The gray-white arms supporting him gained a hint of blood color.
"King... Black... King, Day King..."
Whispers appeared around them. At the same time, the long-haired woman's blade had thrust toward Su Xiao's face.
Dead Silence instantly receded. The corridor returned to its original color. The cotton-like substances in the air evaporated.
The long blade pierced into Su Xiao's skull. The moment Dead Silence Descending ended, he entered Space Penetration state, dodging the strike.
As for combining Dead Silence Descending with Dragon Shadow Flash to continuously use Dead Silence Descending while evading enemy attacks—that seemed wonderful but was actually a fancy way to court death.
The reason Dead Silence Descending had such powerful lethality was its principle of gathering Dead Silence Force from Dead Silence City. Su Xiao couldn't move not because he was controlled, but because the Black, Day, and Soul equipment resonated to help him resist Dead Silence Force erosion.
Su Xiao could control Dead Silence Force to not affect allies, but that was after the resonance and transformation of the Black, Day, and Soul equipment. What Su Xiao first contacted was the most primitive Dead Silence Force within Dead Silence City.
Moving or using other abilities at this time would definitely be a fancy way to die—truly becoming "kill enemy 999, self-damage 99999."
Over a hundred elite Fission Variants in the corridor lay scattered everywhere. Over a dozen Epic Chests were distributed in various places. Killing elite Fission Variants not only earned merits but also dropped chests.
In Space Penetration state, Su Xiao leaped backward, creating distance from the long-haired woman.
Mid-air, Su Xiao felt the surrounding world seem to twist slightly. His Space Penetration was interrupted.
The moment Su Xiao landed, he immediately turned his head. A palm-wide long blade slashed past almost brushing his cheek, leaving a shallow cut on his face.
Stepping back a few paces, Su Xiao could sense that he couldn't penetrate space anymore—at least not for ten minutes. A wave clung to him, preventing him from using Dragon Shadow Flash.
The Aberrant Species had been guarding against space-type enemies coming to seize the Space-Time Crystals. But with Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha's cooperation, all 9 Space-Time Crystals were snatched in an instant.
"You can withdraw."
Su Xiao spoke. No one was near him, but as soon as he finished speaking, large branches grew from the wall behind him, blocking the corridor's exit.
It was the Self-Closing Brother. He hadn't retreated immediately but had followed in plant form. Now it seemed he was cutting off Su Xiao's escape route, but that wasn't the case.
The entire Underground Fifth Layer, except for the corridor, was filled with tree branches. Self-Closing Brother was about to withdraw. Before leaving, he used his ability to momentarily block the Fission Variants on the Fourth Layer, preventing Su Xiao from being surrounded front and back.
Apostle's Eye floated behind Su Xiao. He urgently needed information about the long-haired woman because the six Sixth Rank bosses weren't two—they were three.
Among those elite Fission Variants, there was one that seemed unremarkable but was actually a powerful individual. He had no flesh wings on his back, his right arm was very thick, and on the back of his right shoulder was a withered biological tissue. His spine was covered in black bone spines, each over two meters long.
This Fission Variant was staring at Su Xiao. His thick right arm pulsed, and a black bone spine from his back entered his body, eventually stopping in his right arm, looking very much like loading ammunition.
The biological tissue on this Fission Variant's back shoulder bulged. This hollow air sac was very tough. After inhaling air, the surface cuticle creaked.
Using this air sac as power, this Fission Variant could shoot the black bone spine from his right arm, which was also coated with deadly poison.
It was also this Fission Variant that prevented Su Xiao from penetrating space. Fortunately, this ability was a single-target restriction, though its rank was very high.
The three Sixth Rank bosses didn't act rashly. The reason was simple: Su Xiao was currently holding a cloth bag in his hand, emitting the unique fluctuation of Space-Time Crystals. They were somewhat worried about breaking the Space-Time Crystals inside.
The cloth bag actually contained only 1 Space-Time Crystal. The other 8 were with Bubu Wang and had already been taken away. Su Xiao did this to maximally attract the enemy's attention, preventing them from trying to track Bubu Wang.
Apostle's Eye locked onto the long-haired woman. Among the three Sixth Rank bosses, her aura was the strongest.
[Comparing both parties' Intelligence attributes... Comparison complete. Our Intelligence attribute is 2.13 times that of the enemy. 100% of enemy data obtained.]
Name: Crimson Tasha (formerly Parasitic Species, now human name, both have assimilated)
Category: Parasitic Species/Human
Health: 32% (recovering)
Ancient Force: 35210/37000 points
Strength: 149 (True Attribute)
Agility: 150 (True Attribute, Extreme Value Breakthrough in progress)
Stamina: 145 (True Attribute)
Intelligence: 68
Charisma: 140 (True Attribute)
Skill 1, Combat Race (Passive, LV.70): Health +32000 points, immune to some physical control effects, immune to fire damage.
Skill 2, Parasitic Soul Coexistence (Passive, Lv.60): Crimson Tasha has formed a perfect parasitism, permanently losing the ability to transfer parasitism. Has obtained all memories of this body, combat techniques, etc.
Skill 3, Blade Grandmaster (Passive, Lv.35): Increases blade weapon attack power by 523%, neural reflex speed +105%, neural aggregation increased by 53% (unique to Aberrant Species), immune to mental control.
Skill 4, Blade Grandmaster Lv.10 Derivative Ability: Soul Birth: Increases Soul Strength by 37 points. Each time suffering a soul attack, reduces 230 points of soul damage.
Skill 5, Blade Grandmaster Lv.20 Derivative Ability: Swift Blade: When performing blade melee attacks, inflicts Agility × 2.3 True Damage.
Skill 6, Blade Grandmaster Lv.30 Derivative Ability: Blood Kiss: After a blade attack hits an enemy, if this attack causes the enemy to lose more than 6% of their maximum health, the enemy will bleed profusely, received healing becomes ineffective, and they suffer 10 points of bleeding damage per second, effect lasting 60 seconds.
Tip: If this effect triggers three times cumulatively within one hour, the enemy will suffer the 'Blood Kiss: Wound' state, taking 50 points of True Bleeding Damage per second, effect lasting 3 minutes (total 9000 points of True Bleeding Damage).
Tip: This effect cannot be removed by conventional means, wound suturing, wound healing, etc.
Skill 7, Slaughter Blade (Passive, Lv.60): After attacking an enemy, additionally inflicts 420 points of defense-ignoring damage.
Tip: This is a weapon-attached ability.
Skill 8, Wind Dance (Passive, Lv.62): After attacking an enemy, additionally inflicts 361 points of wind attribute damage.
Skill 9, Soul Dance (Passive Lv.59): After attacking an enemy, inflicts 215 points of soul damage. If the enemy's Soul Strength is too high, this ability will be reduced.
Skill 10, Life Force Storage (Passive X): Crimson Tasha has abandoned her body as an Aberrant Species, evolving it into an organ to store life force. At critical moments, Crimson Tasha can rely on the life force within this organ to slowly recover health.
Skill 11, Self-Developed Blade Techniques (32 types total, 19 abandoned).
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