Above The Sky
Chapter 604 - 604 573 Terra This Damn Place Has All Sorts of Crap 13

604: Chapter 573 Terra This Damn Place Has All Sorts of Crap (1/3) 604: Chapter 573 Terra This Damn Place Has All Sorts of Crap (1/3) ——Nightmare Spawn——

When the horrifying monster, which clearly could not have originated from Terra, emerged, a strong sense of fear instantly swept through the minds and bodies of everyone in the monitoring room.

Whether it was the director or the monitors, the researchers or the other guards, even though it was they who had released these magical beasts from the nightmare, the despair and fear bursting from deep within them could not be contained by reason; it echoed in their hearts, leaving them speechless and unable to issue any commands.

It was like the oppressive feeling of an extremely terrifying nightmare from which one could not awaken, making everyone want to scream in terror but remain silent.

Even Ian, who had no fear in his spirit, felt his body start to operate abnormally.

The boy keenly sensed that the Ancient Dragon Heart Core, which had long been dormant, began to operate on its own once again; it throbbed and expanded convulsively as if facing a formidable enemy, showing for the first time an almost ‘cautious’ and ‘attentive’ fluctuation.

“Interesting—So it seems that even True Dragons and Ancient Dragons have things they fear, and instinctively ‘give their all’ against…”

Ian did not rashly advance but activated the medicinal injection system within the Entangling Void Armor.

He injected himself with all the prepared Strengthening Potions to boost his power to the utmost before the battle.

Humming….

The flow of the visible Origin Quality along his veins made the ✻-shaped light on his chest flicker slightly.

In fact, he couldn’t attack the other party—The Nightmare Tumors were not physical entities but a type of aberration in Subspace.

It was only when the creatures bred by the Nightmare Tumors, the ‘Nightmare Spawn,’ emerged that they could be attacked.

At least that was the case for the Second Energy Level.

However, at this moment, with the silver halo flickering in his eyes, he saw through the nature of the strange creature before him.

[Void Spawn (Domain of Void Species)]

[Third Energy Level·Dream Illusory Body·Elite·Inedible]

[Through a special Spirit Energy Ritual, a beast of illusion manifested from the collective subconscious of intelligent life, representing ‘the most terrifying thing.’ Normal illusory bodies should naturally dissipate when they lose Spirit Energy support, but the overwhelmingly powerful nature of this species allows its shadow to naturally gather the surrounding ambient Spirit Energy to sustain itself, even being considered physical in Subspace and the Domain of Void]

[However, for that reason, the individual has no physical body, only an illusory Heart Light Body.

And the Heart Light Body possesses but a few basic abilities]

[The original entity is a Galaxy-level Annihilation Entity ‘Void Spawn’ (also known as Void Marauder), a doomsday species that roams the Star Sea, absorbing the Spirit Energy of all things and the planets themselves as food]

[For the health of the ecosystem, extermination is recommended as soon as possible]

[Contained Primordial Essence: 11210.5194 Keystone Units]

[…]

“Wait, what’s happening here?”

Ian, who had originally intended to just ascertain the details of the monster, was momentarily stunned.

Not to mention that this was the first time he had seen a phrase like ‘recommended for quick extermination’ in the data of the Silver Chip…

The term ‘Galaxy-level destruction entity’ already had his pupils shaking and his brain trembling.

Galaxy-level, huh?!

Galaxy…

It’s not just a solar system with a single sun…

If it’s simply referred to as a galaxy, it should mean a super-giant stellar system like the Milky Way…

The Void Spawn in its Complete Form…

could it be a super entity capable of dominating within the Milky Way Galaxy?!

No wonder, then, that the mere ‘shadow of imagination’ extracted from the collective subconscious could be so terrifying in its essence that it was enhanced to the Third Energy Level.

Ian recalled that when he encountered the Aether Crystal Dragon in the Worm Nest, the description of its original form, the ‘Ether Stardust Dragon,’ wasn’t as exaggerated.

In the data of the Silver Chip, it was classified as an ‘endangered protected species’…

But the Void Spawn was recommended for quick extermination.

Of course, that wasn’t really surprising; this recommendation for extermination could likely be akin to the level of ‘There’s a raccoon in your backyard, for the safety of your trash cans and cats, it’s better to kill it quickly.’

From the perspective of the Silver Chip, the Void Spawn was clearly considered a ‘pest.’

But the very existence of the other party was already preposterous enough.

The most basic point,

—Terra Humans also dream of such terrifying Magical Beasts?

Ian did not look down on Humans, for he fully believed in their wisdom and potential to reach great heights…

However, even with Terra’s prehistoric civilization’s technological level, they had probably just obtained the “Key” to the Star Sea, and the Aether Engine’s curvature navigation was not yet fully practical.

With such a level of technology, how could they possibly encounter Void Spawn that, according to description, could devour planets?

If they truly encountered such a creature, it would signify the end of days, and all of humanity would be waiting for death; there would be no such thing as nightmares.

But at this thought, Ian suddenly had a realization.

—He remembered, this damned place called Terra was not solely inhabited by Terra People.

This world also had a whole bunch of extraterrestrials!

And given the nature of the terra people’s Sublimation Path…

Ian seriously suspected that the current Terra Humans’ Bloodline contained quite a lot of (or even entirely mixed with) Alien bloodlines…

This might also be one reason for their abnormalities.

Therefore, the ‘nightmares’ extracted by the Spirit Wisdom Institute from the collective subconscious of sentient life could indeed have ‘nightmares’ hidden in their genetics or even their Origin Quality.

A kind of nightmare that lurks within the instinctive nature of all living beings.

This instinct was just like the Ancient Dragon Heart Core currently fully operating inside Ian, causing him to be on high alert and exercise the utmost vigilance towards the Nightmare Spawn before him.

But then came another problem.

“What on earth is a True Dragon?”

Not all life was ‘instinctively’ wary of Void Spawn; only those who had encountered it more than once, and not just survived but fought—or even defeated—such a creature, could be termed a civilization or a super entity that had done so…

Neither the prehistoric civilizations nor the current Terra civilization quite fit the bill.

It seems the secrets behind the True Dragon species are perhaps bigger than imagined…

To learn the whole truth behind this, Ian would at least need to see a True Dragon’s actual Body or Dragon Soul to know, through the information from the Silver Chip, what a True Dragon truly is.

Conveniently,

Within the Central Research Laboratory, the Dragon Soul of a True Dragon “Sio” was imprisoned.

And this entity was also the target of Ian’s rescue mission.

All these thoughts occurred in an instant.

The people in the surveillance room were still in a state of instinctive, reasonless intense fear, which was the ‘aura of despair’ and ‘aura of dread’ inherent to the Nightmare Spawn.

Since the Nightmare Entity wasn’t truly a sublimated organism but rather a nightmare entity extracted from the collective subconscious of life by the Spirit Wisdom Institute,

Though it was equivalent to a tangible entity in the Subspace and Domain of Void, it did not possess a true Body and naturally lacked a genuine sense of awareness.

Since no one had given orders, it hovered in place, ‘curiously’ observing the surrounding world, its brown and dark green carapace becoming clearer and more lifelike.

However, the chief in charge was of the Second Energy Level and had already experienced this terrifying fear instinct that could deter any spirit, so he quickly recovered from it.

He looked at the Nightmare Spawn with lingering fear and decisively ordered, “Exterminate the enemy outside the door!”

The order was inputted into the System, transforming into light patterns that surged into the Nightmare Spawn’s body.

The over five-meter-long monstrosity paused briefly, then vibrated its four wings, its dense compound eyes locking onto Ian.

It let out a silent but soul-shaking howl, followed by its back arching, the two pairs of wings behind fiercely flapping, bringing an unbearably piercing ultrasonic boom as it lunged towards Ian.