Chapter 1 Outside the City of Cicada Wings

In the void outside the City of Cicada Wings, countless points of light flickered, mixed with a piercing chill.

The moment the source energy vessel left the Umbrella Defense Line, a massive amount of radiance converged and shone upon them. At that moment, Gu Shen even suspected that he had crashed into the sun.

But what was strange was that the light here was not warm.

It was as if he had crashed into the sun and fallen into the depths of an icy pit.

"At the exit of the City of Cicada Wings' defense line, there stands an iceberg all year round."

General Silver Fox's voice echoed in the source energy vessel.

"This iceberg is very large and grows every year… The chaotic source substance from the outside world is absorbed by the iceberg. This is why the Second Legion has not dealt with it."

Gu Shen circulated his breathing technique, quickly dissolving the chill.

For him, it was nothing.

With a "swoosh," Gu Shen sent Chi Huo away from his brow, condensing it above the source energy vessel.

In the next moment, the Fire Spirit Domain stood on the top of the vessel, hands on hips, staring directly at the dazzling light source.

Billions of light beams were refracted through the iceberg, forming this sun.

This… icy sun.

Standing with Gu Shen's Fire Spirit on top of the source energy vessel was Bai Xiu's Lei Jie Walker.

The living environment in the [Old World] was extremely harsh, with scarce oxygen, but for powerhouses with Domains, as long as they opened their Domains, they could walk around easily…

But if the source substance was exhausted and the transcendent could not expand his Domain, then he would be no different from ordinary mortals.

However, Gu Shen and Bai Xiu's source substance reserves were exceptionally rich.

The consumption of observing the [Old World] with their anthropomorphic Domains was almost negligible.

"The target location is not far."

Silver Fox took out two sets of source armor from the cabin and said, "To ensure safety, you should still put on this source armor… It is equipped with spare compressed oxygen and enough nutrient solution to survive for thirty days."

"Fifth-Order source armor?"

Gu Shen glanced at it and smiled.

According to the North Continent's specifications, transcendents of his and Bai Xiu's level would need at least Seventh-Order armor to unleash their full combat power.

"A hasty departure."

Silver Fox knew that Gu Shen knew North Continent very well and said helplessly, "Even if there was enough time to prepare, I couldn't pull out two sets of Seventh-Order source armor for you to use."

"This source armor is unnecessary."

Bai Xiu politely declined and explained softly, "Six years ago, during the Frozen Lake joint law enforcement, Her Majesty the Queen gifted me a Fifth-Order source armor."

"You've kept it all these years?" Gu Shen asked in surprise.

"It's a good thing, usable."

Bai Xiu's answer was concise.

He had fought a lot of battles over the years…

But not a single opponent had been able to hurt him.

So this Fifth-Order source armor had been perfectly preserved.

Then Bai Xiu looked at Gu Shen. "Don't you have one too?"

"Although my source armor is Sixth-Order."

Gu Shen unceremoniously took the Fifth-Order source armor and laughed, "It's just that it's too old and has already been repaired once. This is the latest model from the Underground Research Institute, right? Six years have passed, and North Continent's technology seems to have improved again!"

That being said.

But Gu Shen didn't put it on. Instead, he put it into his Domain. Even after six years, the performance of the Fifth-Order source armor had improved a lot, but it still couldn't compare with the old Sixth-Order armor on his body.

Gu Shen never intended to return anything he got his hands on.

He planned to keep this source armor and give it to Xie Zheng later.

"Heh."

Silver Fox couldn't help but smile when he saw this. He shook his head but said nothing.

Since mastering the Origin, he had not worn source armor.

The power of the Origin, even just a little, was far from what ordinary transcendents could compare with…

The three Generals were all ruthless people who could walk in the [Old World] with their bare bodies alone.

To some extent, they could do everything that the [Apostles] could do, with less cost and more ease.

Because they possessed their own Origin power.

After pushing the source energy vessel into the [Old World], Silver Fox withdrew the part of his Origin power attached to the bottom of the vessel.

The source substance in the [Old World] was more chaotic than inside the defense line, and the pressure was much greater.

It wasn't that he was stingy with his Origin power…

It was that traveling too fast in the [Old World] would likely cause the vessel to rupture. Currently, North Continent's technology had not yet reached the level of starship civilization.

"The fact that we are confident in catching up with the target is thanks to you."

Silver Fox turned his gaze to Gu Shen.

Gu Shen was surprised. "Me?"

"The surface of this source energy vessel is coated with a layer of black silver."

Silver Fox smiled and said, "Otherwise, the vessel might have ruptured the moment I used my Origin power… But now it seems that the black silver material's endurance is far beyond my expectations. Perhaps it can still withstand my Origin in the [Old World]."

That being said.

He didn't dare try it.

The next forty miles were not far for a source energy vessel traveling at full speed.

The only thing to note was that after leaving the Umbrella Defense Line, the [Deep Sea]'s mental network no longer existed. The airship needed to be manually driven by a transcendent. Silver Fox split off a strand of his mind power and sped away, following the coordinates where the [Deep Sea]'s electronic eye disappeared.

Soon, the airship stopped in the void.

…

…

"This is where the transcendent aura disappeared?"

Bai Xiu appeared in the void in the form of the Lei Jie Walker's Domain. He stretched out two fingers and pinched a broken mechanical component.

It was the Sky Eye that had been shattered by an unknown source substance.

"I feel like this broken component is tainted with an aura of misfortune and calamity…"

Xiao Xiu Zi said subconsciously.

Gu Shen's Fire Spirit also appeared in this void.

Hearing about misfortune and calamity, his heart skipped a beat subconsciously.

Previously, he couldn't determine the source of the transcendent aura from the images transmitted by the Sky Eye, but now that he had taken it and gently crushed it, there was indeed a trace of calamity left.

However, this transcendent being was not Jin Sui Hua.

Gu Shen and Da She had always maintained "spiritual" communication.

If Jin Sui Hua missed him and wanted to see him, she would definitely send a message in advance. It was impossible for her to cause such a misunderstanding.

Moreover, Gu Shen could determine Jin Sui Hua's location at any time.

Now, this big guy was hundreds of thousands of miles away from the City of Cicada Wings, diligently exploring the unknown boundary.

"Could this calamity be left behind by the former Hades?"

Gu Shen's heart tightened, and he subconsciously spoke in his mind, but received no response.

Leaving the Umbrella Defense Line meant that he had also lost his connection with Chu Ling.

He had not dared to fuse the Hades Fire Seed because he suspected that the former Hades had hidden some sinister and dirty means of harming people in that Fire Seed.

The location where the Sky Eye was broken.

Besides the Lei Jie Walker and the Fire Spirit, there was another figure.

Silver Fox left the source energy vessel directly in his physical form. He neither wore source armor nor expanded his Domain, and just walked in the void.

"For some reason, the calamity attached to this transcendent aura… reminds me of the Hades back then."

Silver Fox's vision was very sharp.

He only glanced at it and reported the source of the calamity.

"Back then, Hades left the Five Continents and lived in seclusion in the [Old World] for a long time… No one knows what he did in the [Old World]."

Speaking of this, Silver Fox looked at Gu Shen and Bai Xiu.

"We all thought he was dead. No one thought he could come back alive… Now that I think about it, didn't this God Seat return to East Continent? What did he do later?"

"…My level is not high enough."

Bai Xiu was silent for a while and threw the question to Gu Shen. "Gu Shen often goes to Mr. Bai Shu's cemetery. He should know."

Good at shirking responsibility.

Gu Shen quickly shrugged and said, "Actually, I'm just like Xiao Xiu Zi. My level is not high enough, so I don't know anything either."

Seeing Silver Fox's suspicious gaze.

Gu Shen added, "Every time I go to the cemetery, I can only see Mr. Bai Shu… Perhaps Hades is already dead?"

"If the owner of the source substance aura is related to Hades, then the biggest alarm may be lifted." Silver Fox murmured.

"You mean, the suspicious transcendent being captured by [Deep Sea] might come from Hades' creation?"

Bai Xiu frowned and asked, "But so many years have passed. If there really is such a transcendent creature, why did they only arrive at the border now?"

This was indeed a difficult question to explain.

Silver Fox fell into deep thought and proposed a possibility after a moment, "Perhaps it's because the coordinates of Hades' escape were too far from the Five Continents?"

A silence.

Silver Fox said with a headache, "I know what you're thinking. Hades creating a transcendent being… this conjecture sounds very absurd."

Not at all.

Gu Shen silently slandered in his heart.

Hades really created one, and it was still alive in the [Old World].

After the topic mentioned "Hades," he didn't dare to easily answer.

Silver Fox and Bai Xiu's sense of smell were very keen, and they quickly linked this trace of source substance aura to Hades…

He didn't need to say much.

Saying too much would only make him more suspicious.

Silver Fox's expression was solemn. "According to unreliable rumors, thirty years ago, Hades had been studying 'forbidden life techniques'. He wanted to bring the dead back to life…"

"Bring the dead back to life?"

Bai Xiu questioned after hearing this and frowned, "Even Mr. Bai Shu's [Inversion] can't do such a thing. Can Hades do it?"

"Don't forget, Hades' authority, besides calamity and misfortune… is also directly related to 'death'."

Silver Fox said slowly, "So this kind of thing that touches the transcendent iron law might really be possible in the [Old World]. We might as well guess boldly that Hades cultivated a huge legion of dead people in some unknown relic in the [Old World]."

"This is indeed… very bold."

At this point, Gu Shen had to echo a few words.

The Fire Spirit's expression was very wonderful.

Because General Silver Fox's unreliable news was very reliable…

Because according to his, the Hades' successor's, understanding, the former Hades really thought so!

"In any case, let's follow the aura of the transcendent source substance and see what happens…"

Silver Fox said calmly, "Currently, this aura has just dissipated, so it's not difficult to track."