svetikya Chapter 321 The Invisible Hand of the Supreme God
Chapter 321 The Invisible Hand of the Supreme God
Chapter 321 The Invisible Hand of the Supreme God
The brilliant blue light flashed and disappeared in an instant, followed by endless white light.
"Quack! It's a door-opening attack! Everyone, retreat quickly!" Miao Guang cried out, hurriedly closing the door and shrinking back into the room.
Although it may seem a bit like self-deception, it does work.
Apart from the building they were in, everything outside was swallowed up by the blinding white light and then disappeared into the unstable spacetime turbulence.
"This is the Federation's hyperspace exile missile," Xu Hui explained. "It can expel everything within a certain range from the current timeline."
"Once the turbulence subsides, you'll be able to see the devastation around us," Mordy added with interest.
This building owes its existence entirely to his power; otherwise, it would have been torn apart and thrown into some unknown dimension long ago.
Huo Wen looked at the light outside, which was so bright it was almost blinding, and lowered his eyes to relieve the stinging sensation.
He said with apprehension, "These kinds of banishment weapons can almost be called our natural enemies. If we are banished out of the realm and cannot find a way back within a certain time limit, then the main god will judge our mission as a failure."
"Then there will be another fine."
As he spoke, he displayed the melancholy of a middle-aged man, as if recalling something sad.
"Is the God's Space so lenient? There's no punishment like direct annihilation?" Modi asked curiously.
Huo Wen did not hide this from them. After all, the Main God Space was always lenient towards such six-star individuals, and the previous prohibitions against revealing information did not apply to them.
"Yes, but it's not common. The punishment for most mission failures is a fine. Oh, and there are two types of high-risk missions. If you fail in either of them, the reincarnator will be dead long before the main god even has to intervene."
He glanced at Modi's expression, a thought flashing through his mind, and said, "Speaking of which, would you be interested in becoming a Reincarnator? The Main God Space is quite tolerant of a six-star being like yourself."
"You want to pull me into the Main God Space?" Modi raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise on his face. "Then... let's forget about it."
He waved his hand, rejecting the proposal on the spot.
He's perfectly fine on his own, so why would he join a faction he doesn't know much about?
If it were something that could fool the Blood God Child, that would be fine, but the Main God isn't an evolution game; it's not so easy to fool.
Given the power of the Supreme God, the moment he infiltrated the Blood Sea using the Blood God Child, his entire Blood Sea would likely be identified and marked as a Reincarnator.
"Alright, I was being presumptuous." Huo Wen nodded, his expression unchanged.
Outside the window, the white light had begun to dim, foreshadowing the imminent return of the chaotic spacetime to normal.
The turbulence gradually subsided, as did the chaotic physical constants.
"So, what's our situation now?" Miao Guang asked, scratching his head.
Xu Hui stepped forward without hesitation and tried to explain: "Perhaps it is..."
"We are about to return to the normal timeline from outside the timeline," Mordy said first.
"I don't know how those Americans developed their technology. Their tech tree is completely off track, yet they've even come up with something like this. I don't know whether to call it good luck or bad luck."
"What do you mean?" Li Yu understood his implied meaning. "Although I don't know much about technology, shouldn't we have as much of this kind of technology as possible?"
"Sometimes it's not like that." He shook his head, watching the white light outside dissipate. "Technologies involving time are already considered dangerous; it's a realm that only immortals can delve into."
Those who play with time will inevitably be played with by time.
Unless one possesses a status comparable to an immortal, capable of withstanding all backlash, time will inevitably play a fatal joke on those who manipulate it at some crucial juncture.
"You can never predict whether your experiments will disrupt parallel timelines or attract the attention of beings outside of time, just like now."
With a flick of his sleeve, Mo Di unleashed two sword energies that shot straight into the sky, easily slicing through the white light that filled the heavens before disappearing into the unknown depths of space.
"Sir, what is the meaning of this?" Xu Hui subconsciously tried to figure out the deeper meaning behind his actions.
"Just get rid of some ill-intentioned rude guests, that's all."
As he chatted and laughed, the two sword energies, trailing red flames, flew back into his hand and transformed into physical form.
Only then did everyone see their true appearance.
There were two ancient swords, one blue and one white, with unknown characters engraved on their blades. With a slight tremor, the bloodstains on the blades disappeared without a trace.
Even a single glance at it would sting the eyes and inspire fear.
"The bloodstains from earlier were probably not ordinary; they were the blood of someone in a high position."
Li Yu saw through the nature of the bloodstains on the sword and knew what Mo Di had just done.
"That's really... impressive."
Besides this, he couldn't think of any other words to describe it for the time being.
The usually taciturn Fu Yuxi glanced out the window, her almond-shaped eyes widening in surprise as she exclaimed, "Look outside!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, their expressions changing repeatedly.
"What...what exactly happened? Have we time-traveled again?" Huo Wen frowned, his pupils reflecting a blood-red hue.
The distant wailing of air raid sirens echoed, followed by a mushroom cloud rising, then a second, then a third...
Despite the impressive scale of the event, the crowd was not intimidated; they were more focused on something else.
Centered on the building they occupied, all the surrounding roads and buildings had disappeared, leaving only a large circular crater resembling a meteorite impact crater.
In the deep pit, only the building where they were staying stood on a stone pillar.
Clearly, in order to prevent the building from floating in the air too abruptly, Modi also took the opportunity to protect the rock pillars below.
"This is the power of the hyperspace exile bomb. If it were detonated at close range, even I would have almost no chance of escaping."
Huo Wen analyzed the power of the exile missile he had just fired, and his expression darkened. What worried him even more was the way the exile missile was launched.
Such superweapons generally do not rely on missile delivery, but rather on some kind of advanced delivery technology.
This means that the hyperspace exile missile could appear anywhere at any time.
"We've been discovered."
Xu Hui suddenly spoke up at this moment.
"The two sides launched a joint attack on us."
"What..." Huo Wen had just opened his mouth when he saw Mo Di's indifferent look, so he swallowed his words.
He knew that he couldn't rely on Modi to do everything, otherwise Modi would become a babysitter.
"Use the Anywhere Door. We can't reveal our other trump card yet. We need to figure out what happened first," he ordered.
Before the superweapon strike arrived, Xu Hui pulled a door out of his pocket.
The door was pushed open, and everyone filed in, except for Modi, who stayed at the door until the very last moment.
"Judging from Huo Wen's tone, he doesn't seem to know the blue fat man, but this Anywhere Door produced by the Main God Space... well, there's plenty of time in the future, let's put this matter aside for now."
Before the satellite laser strike arrived and the magnetic singularity was generated, Mordy crossed the Anywhere Door and glanced behind it.
Just before the portal closed, he saw a blazing beam of light descending from the sky, and an unusual magnetic field that appeared out of nowhere.
The building was easily destroyed by the two, and thus, the building that had survived the exile in time and space came to an end.
The Anywhere Door closed completely and was put into Xu Hui's pocket.
On the other side of the door is an ice cave on an iceberg.
None of the six were ordinary people, so a little bit of cold was nothing to them.
To their surprise, this place was not only filled with the bitter cold, but also with an ancient malice that lingered and clung to them. Some unknown entity was secretly watching them.
"Tsk, looks like we're not so lucky this time. We've randomly landed in... a place that's not very friendly to us."
Miao Guang's senses were exceptionally sharp; he immediately detected the omnipresent malice in the air.
"Captain," Fu Yuxi reminded her, "this place reminds me a lot of Innsmouth, which we visited before."
Huo Wen's expression changed drastically. He gathered all his true energy and entered a profound and mysterious state of clarity.
In this state, his senses became incredibly sharp, and his power was concentrated into one, ready to unleash a thunderous strike at any moment.
"Yes, it does have that Innsmouth feel, that nauseating stench, like some kind of old man's smell... it's the smell of death and decay."
"Doesn't that mean there are disgusting things like Deep Ones or Star Families in this place?" Miao Guang's expression was also not good.
He recalled the terrors beneath the deep sea and that glimpse from the unspeakable.
In order to suppress the pollution, they had to spend a huge sum of money to purchase the purification services of the main god after their return.
"How can this place even have such disgusting things?"
Recalling his recent experience, Miao Guang felt that this mission had been plagued by bad luck ever since he arrived.
First, anomalies appeared at the landing site, provoking a confrontation between federal law enforcement and cultists. Then, without deducting 1, the Federation sent a time-space exile missile to them.
After finally returning to the normal timeline, they were given two super weapons. Only after escaping danger did they realize that they had just escaped one danger only to fall into another.
Based on such deeds, they are worthy of being selected as one of the top ten unluckiest teams in the Main God Space.
"This is the price of borrowing power that shouldn't have been borrowed," Xu Hui said calmly.
He realized this soon after Mordi arrived and made full mental preparations.
"In addition, I have determined our location and what exactly happened in Weston, where we were previously located."
He looked out at the snow-covered land outside the cave entrance, where the sunlight fell upon the distant, massive mountain range.
The source of malice lies deep within the Ganna Mountains.
Facing the howling, cold wind, he said, "This is the southernmost point of this planet, which is what we know as Antarctica."
Amidst the bewildered looks of his teammates, he continued, "If I hadn't intercepted false intelligence, what was unfolding in Weston would have been World War III. Of course, that's just my personal term for it, since the intensity of this war was truly deserving of the name."
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After a long silence, Huo Wen processed the information in his words and asked, "Let's put aside the question of why World War III suddenly broke out. I just want to ask one thing: since this is Antarctica, can you still access the internet?"
"You might not believe it, but the internet signal here is exceptionally good."
Xu Hui also showed a strange expression, lightly pressed the back of his head, and projected a map.
For a strategist, intelligence is of paramount importance. Therefore, he used various tools from the Main God Space to transform himself into an intelligence-specialized reincarnator.
Collecting, analyzing, and integrating information are all his strengths.
"At this location on the Antarctic continent, there exists a large complex of man-made structures, the ownership of which is unknown, but it is certain that these structures are still operational and are surrounded by a large number of guards."
The map clearly shows many figures, as well as a large number of mobile armored units.
"Which country could possibly disregard the harsh climate and geology and deploy so many troops in Antarctica? They even built an airport there," Miao Guang exclaimed in surprise.
"I don't know, their markings don't belong to any country I know."
Xu Hui shook his head.
At this moment, Modi, who had been gazing at the distant mountains, suddenly spoke up: "Have you noticed the discrepancy in time?"
"Time?" Xu Hui was slightly taken aback, and quickly checked the current time. "Time... three years have passed since we arrived?!"
What can you accomplish in three years?
For a high school student, it might mean getting into their dream university; for a fallen genius, it might mean joining a certain sect.
For those who reincarnate, three years is enough time for them to develop a vast power from scratch and create sufficient momentum for themselves.
Xu Hui didn't even dare to imagine how far the other three teams would develop in the next three years.
"Let me make it clear beforehand, I didn't do anything underhanded; this is just a normal timeline correction mechanism." Mordy distanced himself from the situation beforehand.
"I understand, this is most likely a punishment from the Supreme God," he said with a wry smile.
The others who heard the news didn't look too happy either.
Miao Guang muttered to himself, "The invisible hand of the Supreme God is truly ruthless. It was just a six-star ally; was it really necessary to go to such lengths?"
"It's too late to say all this now." Li Yu frowned slightly. "Let's think about how to turn the tables."
The mission requires them to either kill enough other squad members to gain enough points to withdraw, or choose a faction and help it unify the world.
Relatively speaking, the former is easier to handle, while the latter... although it's not impossible, the success rate is really low.
"In this instance, the main god is clearly encouraging the reincarnators to take advantage of the situation," Xu Hui said. "But we are far behind, and we still don't fully understand the situation."
Upon hearing his words, Huo Wen's mind stirred, and he looked towards Mo Di's direction.
"Sir," he said respectfully, "could you please show me the way?"
"The right path?" Mo Di smiled slightly. "The right path, isn't it right there?"
Following the direction of his finger, Huo Wen's gaze pierced through the wind and snow, and he could vaguely see a huge dark shadow in the distance.
It appeared to be a giant tower.