Zhou Lin

In the vast universe, the things that we humans can perceive and understand only account for a very small part.

When those parts that we cannot understand are perceived by us, "myth" is born.

Ancient people adapted things or phenomena beyond their knowledge into religious stories, explained them with a set of rhetoric that was more acceptable to the public, and passed them on.

Among many such stories, there is a concept that appears frequently. Although it has many different ways of expression, in most legends it is called - the underworld.

People interpret this "concept" simply as a place where the dead go and where the souls rest.

But in fact, this so-called "underworld" is just an imaginary number space that cannot be completely deconstructed and explored with the current scientific and technological capabilities of mankind.

Those substances in the multiverse that do not have concrete forms of existence constitute this space; in other words, this is a conceptual dimension that is opposite to the tangible world or the "world of existence".

Lilia's power "None" is a power with similar properties, which is why... "Moment of the Underworld" will be ineffective for her.

Although "Underworld" and "Reality" are as close as two twins standing back to back, the barrier between the two worlds is very tight; there are only three ways in the world that can break this barrier in a short time. barrier.

A few minutes ago, when Lilia was on her way to the restricted area on the ground floor, Zi Lin told her that the "Moment of the Underworld" had been hidden in the mezzanine of her suitcase. Therefore, Lilia also guessed that the pocket watch was related to the one in front of her. It's related to black holes; it's just... She doesn't know yet that what Zi Lin wants her to operate is one of the three methods to connect to the underworld - to open a passage between the two worlds through a brief synchronization in the "time dimension".

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Zi Lin didn't take too long to explain, because he relied on the pages of the Book of Heart to convey the message to Lilia. As long as his brain was fast enough, he could read and write hundreds of words in a few seconds. In front of the other party, and Lilia's reading and comprehension speed is also very fast, so it only took less than a minute to complete.

"According to your statement, the 'monsters' thrown into this space by the Federation should have been swallowed up by the 'underworld' long ago... and turned into nothingness." Lilia thought for a few more seconds and said to Zi Linxin , "So, what exactly do you want me to open this black hole to release? Is it a ghost?"

"Normally speaking, nothing can be released after the passage is opened, because things over there cannot invade the 'existing world'." Zi Lin replied, "However, things here can go to the other side... Although it will be immediately transformed into 'non-existence' after passing by, but..."

"Wait a minute! Are you thinking..." At this moment, a terrible speculation flashed through Lilia's mind.

"Yes, I need you to go to the opposite world and bring someone back." Zi Lin answered.

"Get out!" Lilia cursed directly through her mind, "You are literally asking me to die!"

"No, you won't die." Zi Lin responded, "Your ability allows you and the things you come into contact to freely switch between 'existence' and 'nothing', that is to say... you just need to hurry up and Come back before the passage is closed, and nothing will happen."

When he said this, Lilia thought of something again: "Isn't it right... Didn't you just say that you asked me to 'open the entrance and activate my ability on myself, and then leave quickly'?"

"That's to trick you into opening the passage first..." Zi Lin admitted simply, "Don't forget, what's in front of you is a 'black hole'. The moment it opens, unless you grab something fixed on the ground immediately, Otherwise you will be sucked in as soon as you take a breath."

"You..." Lilia was about to continue to say something harsh, but then she thought about it and realized something was wrong...

"Oops!" A second later, she had an idea. She quickly turned around, flicked her arm, and threw the suitcase in her hand.

However, she was still a step too late...

The moment the suitcase flew out of her hand, the whole world seemed to freeze and suddenly turned into black, white and gray. The suitcase that flew out stopped in mid-air, and Lilia's body could no longer move. She couldn't even move her eyes, but her mind was still functioning.

This "pause" lasted for about three seconds, and then, a subtle sound of the mechanical pocket watch's winding clockwork reached Lilia's ears.

Along with the "tick-tick" sound, Lilia's body gradually regained its ability to move, but... before she could make any move, the black hole behind her had dragged her whole body off the ground and sucked her in.

At the same time, a large paragraph of text appeared on the page in Lilia's hand——

“By the time you read these words, you should already be on the other side of the world.

“First of all, I want to apologize to you.

"Since you react very quickly, in order to calculate against you, I must give you missing and wrong intelligence from the beginning, and then continue to convey to you new, true or false instructions and information as the operation unfolds. ... combined with the responses you may make, you can finally reach the current step.

"At this moment, you have naturally thought about... all the communications you had with me after you came to the restricted area, including your use of 'refuse to perform the mission' to blackmail me into explaining the 'black hole' and the 'moment of the underworld'... and The few conversations we had just now were all part of my calculations.

"Regarding the matter of 'opening the passage between the two worlds', I have concealed a very crucial point from you - as long as the 'Moment of the Underworld' is brought near the 'passage entrance', there is no need for you to 'take it' from a certain Take it out of the container, or do something special, and it will automatically start to "time synchronize" with another world.

"To sum up, what I did just now is actually just me delaying time... I delayed it until 'synchronized completion', and then I succeeded.

"I don't expect you to forgive me, but I believe that with the will to survive and the anger of revenge against me, you will work hard to come back from there.

“In this case, please pay attention to what I say next, because it will help you return to our world.

"First, no matter what you see or hear there, don't speak, don't reply to any voice, don't forget who you are and what you are doing...and don't get lost in beautiful memories or illusions.

"Two, this page of the Book of Heart is an extremely powerful super-dimensional technology. It is not affected by that world. The last text I left on it will not be changed by the surrounding hallucinations, so if you When I feel like I'm about to get lost, I just read the pages of the book and the words I left behind to stabilize my mind.

"Three, everything in that world is black, white and gray. Even illusions cannot create colors, but the person I want you to bring back will be wearing red clothes... because in the pulp that made this page, there was A drop of his blood has been mixed in, so when you enter that world, he will sense you immediately.

“Since there is no concept of ‘distance’ there, it doesn’t take long for him to reach you.

"As soon as you see the 'man in red', grab his arm, use the 'none' ability on him and yourself at the same time, and then quickly dispel it after use.

"At that time, he will be transformed from the state of 'nothingness' into another state of 'nothing' like you, and then into the state of 'existence'; to put it in a more understandable way...after experiencing these two He will change from 'dead' to 'alive' during the process.

"As long as he is 'resurrected', his powers will be restored, and with his ability, he can easily take you back to this world...

"Finally, good luck to you."

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About thirty seconds later, the huge gravitational force generated when the "interdimensional channel" was connected had weakened.

The suitcase containing the "Moment of the Underworld" had also fallen on the ground long ago - for some reason, the suitcase was not affected by the gravitational pull of the black hole from beginning to end, just like an insulator that would not be sucked away by a magnet and lay there peacefully. land.

On the other hand, Hunter Tyrant, who was locked in a pure alloy cage, in the half minute just now... his whole body was pulled to the iron fence, and his whole body was strangled with pain.

Now that the suction subsided, he sat back down on the ground and let out a long breath.

"Brother surnamed Zi, I have done everything you asked me to do. When are you going to get me out?" Two seconds later, Hunter Ba said this in his heart while tearing his arm. A piece of paper the size of a book page was pulled out from the inner layer of skin.

During this process, Hunter Tyrant did not bleed, and there was no blood on the paper. It looked as if there was another layer of skin outside Hunter Tyrant's skin.

"Don't worry. If you wait a little longer, the inhibitor here will lose its effectiveness. You can just go out by yourself then." Zi Lin's reply quickly appeared on the piece of paper.

"Hey, hey... I'm not the only one locked up on this level. Using the 'neutralizing inhibitor' method, wouldn't those guys also come out?" Hunter Ba continued, "Speaking of which... you can't Do you want that girl of yours to destroy my cage directly?"

The next second, Zi Lin immediately replied: "First, that is not my girl; second, her current strength cannot break the cage you are locked in; third, although the person she will bring back soon can break the cage. The alloy cell, but it’s hard to talk about it, what if she fails to complete the mission and stays there?”

"Tch..." Lieba spat with his mouth, and then thought to himself, "Okay, I'll just treat it as doing something good."

What he cared about was not what terrible disasters his "neighbors" would cause after they came out. He just felt that... he was the only one who did something for Zi Lin, but he allowed those completely unaware guys to escape from prison together. , a little unhappy.

"I know you are not convinced." Unexpectedly, after a breath, Zi Lin said this again, "Even if those people imprisoned around you escape, they won't thank you... they won't even know. Your role and role in this prison break."

"What do you want to say?" Hunter Ba knew that there must be something more to this.

But Zi Lin seemed to suddenly change the topic and said: "As an ability user who quickly rose to the mad level due to various 'accidental factors', your development of your abilities is obviously not perfect. One of the blind spots is... you know that you can strengthen yourself by acquiring the DNA of 'animals', but you have never classified the most numerous species on the planet into the category of 'animals'."

These words made Hunter Ba feel enlightened and enlightened, but at the same time... it also made him feel numb and frightened.

"Ha...are you a devil?" A few seconds later, cold sweat broke out on Hunter Ba's forehead, but there was a serious look mixed with a smile on his face.

"Why do you say that?" Zi Lin replied, "Because what I hinted at has crossed a certain bottom line of yours?

"However, compared with what the Federation did to you, compared with what you have done yourself...what do you think is the difference? Or how different is the degree of crossing the line?

"Mr. Levin, everyone in this world can be a devil, and 'sin' is always with us.

“We have been instilled with a set of universal moral standards since childhood. Depending on the degree of acceptance and the decisions we make at some critical moments in life, we have set different bottom lines deep in our hearts.

“But in the final analysis, the bottom line is just a subjective shackles...

“It exists to help us better adapt to the society we live in. It will vary depending on a person’s environment, education, and experiences.

"As long as you can completely convince yourself subjectively, you can break free of the shackles, and those who have broken free of the shackles... can do anything."

Every word that appears on this piece of paper is like a devil's whisper, corroding Hunter's mind and trying to drag him into the abyss of corruption and evil.

And in the end... it succeeded.