Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 226 - 200: Yan Duo’s Domain_2

Chapter 226: Chapter 200: Yan Duo’s Domain_2

"It’s awake," Farosa felt content, "Let’s go find it."

Lila released her sensing magic power. Yan Duo was still lying at the bottom of the sea. The Shuttle Machine crossed the deep sea, reaching a depth of 800 meters, where Yan Duo now lay about 1500 meters away from the Godbinding Plan. The previous battle had returned it to a weakened state.

"Yan... Duo..." As it saw Farosa and her friends approach on the Innovation, it struggled with its arms to prop itself up, barely managing to stand on the ocean floor.

Its movement triggered a violent underwater earthquake. The seawater stirred, and most of the fish were on the brink of death due to the low temperatures. Now, they lost control over themselves, scattered by the currents, and fell towards the seabed.

Lila turned on the lights, illuminating the 400-meter tall giant, Yan Duo, which took up half the height of the entire seabed, its full extent nearly impossible to discern – one could only see parts of its half-rock, half-metallic body.

"Don’t rush," Farosa soothed Yan Duo, then she unleashed her endless magic power, enveloping Yan Duo, and used the Law of Recovery to slowly heal it, moving back hour by hour, trying to return it to its state right after absorbing power and before it was attacked by Dilnai.

It could feel the constant changes in its body’s condition, as the pain gradually lessened.

"Yan Duo?" Farosa went too far back in recovery, returning it to its bare state from within the Godbinding Plan, like a potato that had grown arms.

"Yan Duo—" The timing was still off, and it was recovered back to the moment right after it was severely harmed by Dilnai, filled with unbearable pain.

Farosa meticulously searched for the right moment in time.

Suddenly, the seabed lit up with golden light, as Farosa finally found the moment when Yan Duo’s power was at its peak, restoring it to that specific moment. Instantly, Yan Duo felt an endless surge of power rushing into its body, much better than the dazed state it was in while lying on the seabed.

"Yan Duo, Yan Duo." It was scared and could feel that other things were coming towards it, drawn by its movement, probably human contrivances. So it quickly swung its arms, tracing a massive portal to the land of the sun in the sea, then dived into it.

"What was that?" Xu Yang only saw Yan Duo swing around in the sea, then it disappeared, leaving behind an oval ring of fire, connected to a scorching world.

"A pathway to the Yan Duo realm, presumably," observed Farosa, "We need to rush in!"

The seawater also poured back through the portal, and Lila powered the Innovation at full strength, letting it surge into the portal with the current.

The moment the Innovation passed through the portal, Yan Duo closed the gate, and the Innovation immediately flew into an intensely hot space. The strong light and high temperature tested the hull of the Innovation; the temperature inside became unbearable.

Xu Yang turned off the heater and switched on the cooling system. It had been terrifyingly cold at sea, and now it was unbearably hot. Even within the Shuttle Machine it was this hot; he had no doubt that stepping outside would boil him dry.

Once their eyes adjusted to the light, Xu Yang realized that they had arrived on a huge, dry rock suspended in a special space, surrounded by intense heat. It was a barren wasteland with no signs of life, only endless rocks and some orbs emitting heat.

"Yan Duo, Yan Duo." It apologized to them.

"It says it’s sorry its home is too hot," Farosa explained.

Xu Yang walked to the window, which seemed to be an odd space carved out by Yan Duo itself, shaped according to its will into this form, filled with light and heat. On the giant rock where they rested were many stone structures piled up, looking impractical and like art pieces left by Yan Duo. It seemed that when Yan Duo did not have to work, it would return to its little space and play with piling rocks.

"Yan Duo..." it spoke.

Having previously learned Yan Duo language from Farosa, Xu Yang was gradually able to understand. Yan Duo said it needed to rest here for a while; the place was too hot and unsuitable for them, but it would send them back to the original world shortly.

"Yan Duo." It also told Farosa that in the beginning, the trickster Mack had warned them of the impending crisis, and Mack might want to contact Farosa.

"Oh, that cat," Farosa remembered the trickster Mack, "We’ll talk about it when we have time."

Then, just as Yan Duo was about to show them something good, it felt a sudden pain, clumsily staggered, and finally sat heavily in front of the Shuttle Machine.

Farosa observed closely and was shocked to discover that it bore countless malicious scars left by Dilnai, wounds from attacks that even the magic power of the Law of Recovery couldn’t heal. No matter what state Yan Duo was restored to, it bore these curse-like injuries. These scars could be permanent.

Even so, work had to be done well. Farosa thought to herself. Otherwise, she could not justify it to the Forest Master.

"We saved you and helped you so much, Yan Duo. You must repay the favor well," Farosa said, "After this, you must go north to free the Forest Master."

"Yan Duo? Yan Duo..." Zenith struggled to rise.

It was not familiar with the Forest Master, who seemed like a great tree, like deer or wild boar, distant and aloof. However, this was a request made by Farosa, its savior. Yan Duo would not refuse.

Enduring the scars on its body, it gazed gently at the two half-souls inside the Shuttle Machine. It was extremely grateful that everyone had come to rescue it. Yan Duo’s huge form slowly bent towards the Shuttle Machine as a sign of gratitude.

"Yan Duo..." It first expressed its thanks to Farosa, hoping she would be forever safe, happy, and blessed, and that she would never encounter bad people again.

Then it gave a gift to Farosa, transmitting a burning essence of power into the interior of the Shuttle Machine. This essence appeared as a spherical gem, and Farosa knew it contained the power of Zenith. By digesting this essence properly, Farosa would gain a part of Yan Duo’s authority. Of course, not nearly enough to control the sun, but enough to master the skills of manipulating fire and sunlight.

"Yan Duo." Next, it thanked Xu Yang, hoping that this friendly human would always be healthy, strong, and blessed with a beautiful life.

It also presented Xu Yang with a gift, sending a fiery amulet into the interior of the Shuttle Machine. Xu Yang tried wearing the amulet, and instantly felt a warmth throughout his body. From that moment, he would no longer fear the cold. The amulet provided an endless stream of power, giving him endurance and energy beyond that of an ordinary person.

"Yan Duo? Yan Duo." Finally, it thanked Lila, hoping that this half-soul could stay in the human world for a long time and not be claimed by the Netherworld.

It helped Lila’s soul to communicate with the stars, re-establishing the Magic Power link. With Yan Duo’s guarantee, the stars began transmitting Magic Power to Lila once again.

Inside the Shuttle Machine, Lila stood up from her seat in surprise. Her Magic Power, which had long been cut off and unable to train, was now surging rapidly.

Sinc becoming highly cyborgized, Lila had not felt an increase in her Magic Power’s limit. However, the current situation was completely different; her Magic Power in both quantity and quality had far exceeded her past limits.

She had advanced to become a Dominator Witch!

She thought breaking through was impossible, but now, Lila had indeed crossed that threshold. She couldn’t help but extend her perception of Magic Power around her. The Magic Power effortlessly covered an area of nearly 10 square kilometers, countless signals and information flowed back to her through the Magic Power.

"Master... I..." Lila turned around and hugged Xu Yang tightly.

"Advanced successfully?" Xu Yang too was excited, this was indeed great news.

Yan Duo, watching their happiness, felt content. As long as Yan Duo’s friends were happy, it was happy.

It touched the wounds on its body; each one hurt a lot.

"Yan Duo, Yan Duo." It said it would rest here for about ten days and then do as Farosa had said, heading north to save the Forest Master. It would transport Farosa and her friends back to the ocean, the specifics of which they could decide, but it couldn’t be too far from where the portal had originally been opened.

"Yan Duo." Xu Yang thanked it.

"Yan Duo? Yan Duo." Yan Duo found that Xu Yang too could communicate with it and was slightly happy, then became despondent again, "Yan Duo..."

Yan Duo was filled with self-blame, knowing it had siphoned off the sunlight. Although the sunlight would soon return, its action had undoubtedly harmed countless lives, bringing a terrible impact to the whole world.

"...Yan Duo." Xu Yang comforted it; it wasn’t its fault.

"Yan Duo." It looked at Xu Yang, "Yan Duo."

Yan Duo murmured softly, which is to say—"The world has already become too bad, a chaotic, unjust, and corrupt world. I hope you can make it a better place for humans."

"Yan Duo." Xu Yang nodded firmly.

He would surely make it so.