The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 318 - 218 Trap_2

Chapter 318: Chapter 218 Trap_2

He picked up his phone and sent a message in the group, "Give me a location, I’ll go check it out."

After absorbing the Chaos Fruit, the Primordial Yin-Yang Body had reached a minor achievement stage, with a significant boost in his attributes.

Currently, Zhou Yuan’s attribute panel was:

[Strength: 58

Agility: 51

Constitution: 56

Intelligence: 41

Perception: 59

Charm: 38]

One could say that the Primordial Yin-Yang Body had the undeniable beauty of strong Daoist magic.

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Outside Yongan City, near a lush forest.

The Control Bureau’s operatives had established a temporary base to further study the "space zombies."

Many extraordinaries and local cultivators had gathered here, hoping to benefit in some way. At the very least, participating in handling this abnormal event could earn them some money from the Control Bureau.

Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded.

"The range of space disorder is expanding, everyone retreat 200 meters!" someone shouted.

"Move quickly!!"

A wave of distorted force spread like a tide, and wherever it passed, sky and earth turned upside down, space collapsed. The scenery was like a shattered puzzle haphazardly pieced together.

"If we get caught in it, we might be split into countless pieces scattered around Yongan City, right?" people swallowed nervously.

This spatial fragmentation wasn’t lethal and wouldn’t harm the human body in the slightest. If one could find the lost body parts and remove the space power, the body could be reassembled.

But the premise was finding the lost parts. If the body parts were too small, lost in unnoticed places, or eaten by a dog, it would be over.

Of course, with the Control Bureau’s medical technology, as long as rescue was timely, they could probably be saved, but the cost... might as well just kill them outright.

Whoosh—

A gust of air stirred as a Fire Dragon slowly landed.

To Zhou Yuan’s surprise, there was an acquaintance here.

Chu Tianxiao.

However, his current attire was very... bizarre.

He was wearing a cyberpunk leather jacket on his upper body with a shirt featuring a big-breasted anime girl underneath, and Spongebob swim shorts paired with leather shoes on his lower body.

His fashion sense was indescribable.

[Don’t be fooled by the weird outfit; each piece of this clothing was an extraordinary item, providing a large attribute boost—everyone knows you can only be either stylish or strong.]

I see.

"Haven’t seen you for a few hours, you... seem to have become stronger." Chu Tianxiao frowned, eyeing Zhou Yuan with great astonishment.

The speed of Zhou Yuan’s strength improvement was astonishing.

"I got lucky and had some fortuitous encounters," Zhou Yuan observed the other and smiled, "Looks like you’ve gained quite a bit too. Your physical strength has increased a lot."

"It’s nothing compared to you." Chu Tianxiao shook his head. People often said that comparing oneself to others could be frustrating. He glanced at the person next to Zhou Yuan, "Who is this?"

"Ye Wushuang, a rogue cultivator." Ye Wushuang responded with a neutral expression.

"Nice to meet you, I’m Chu Tianxiao."

Zhou Yuan looked at the chaotic space field in the distance, "Old Xiao, can’t your Mountain and River Cauldron suppress it?"

"Ordinary space chaos, yes; this one, no. It is too high level, and there are abnormal forces at play," Chu Tianxiao corrected, "And my surname is Chu."

"Alright, Little Tian, got it, Little Tian."

[Zhao Hai’s resurrection wasn’t an accident, someone orchestrated it to lure you all here for a mass trapping. What is the purpose of those evil people? Of course, it’s to annihilate the righteous path all at once.

An abnormal item has its sights set on this place. Neutralizing it is simple: just suppress it with the Eastern Town Rod.

By the way, there’s a mole among the crowd.]

Zhou Yuan squinted his eyes, pulled out the Eastern Town Rod, and walked forward, thrusting it into the ground.

––Stabilize Heaven and Earth!

A golden light burst forth, spreading like ripples. Wherever it passed, the chaotic space gradually healed and visually returned to normal, the shattered puzzle pieces finally falling into place.

As the violently distorted space was forcibly suppressed, Zhao Hai’s wandering steps in the depths of the forest came to a sudden halt. His neck moved inch by inch, and his hollow eyes gazed in Zhou Yuan’s direction.

Whoosh—

Without warning, space was slashed with a sharp strike, a line of sharp light swept past Zhou Yuan. The Eastern Town Rod in front of him erupted in sparks, making a sharp clang.

Zhou Yuan quickly reacted, transforming into a shadow body in an instant. Although his body was cut by the space slash, with the wriggling of dark matter, he reformed in the next second.

The benefit of mastering Elementalization was this: no matter how severe an injury, turning into an elemental form allowed for rapid healing. In the elementalized state, all vital points ceased to exist. Even if cut into chunks, he could quickly reassemble.

"That was close, almost became 2.5 Wus," Zhou Yuan clicked his tongue. The space slash was an instant-kill move, ignoring distance and directly hitting. Good thing he had strong perception and danger premonition; anyone else would have been split in half by now.

Boom!

The high-level extraordinaries from the Control Bureau sprang into action. No words were necessary–the disparity in level was vast, and it was a gang-up. Zombie Zhao Hai was pulverized in an instant, disintegrating into ashes.

"Bring back the ashes, they’re valuable," a Control Bureau scholar shouted over the communications channel.

"Got it, not a grain missed," a high-level extraordinary replied.

The matter was resolved, but Zhou Yuan continued to maintain the pressure field, preventing an abnormal item from targeting them. His gaze scanned the crowd, quickly identifying the mole.

He used his mental psychokinesis to establish mental communication with Chu Tianxiao and several Control Bureau operatives, "Listen up, this is a trap. Someone wants to take us all out in one fell swoop. I can’t deal with it right now, Old Xiao, see that pretty-faced guy over there? Go grab him."

"..." Chu Tianxiao pondered briefly. Despite some doubts, he decided to trust Zhou Yuan. Though sometimes unreliable, Zhou Yuan wouldn’t joke about such matters.

Without a word, he summoned the Mountain and River Cauldron, sending it flying toward the pretty face amid the crowd. Wisps of mysterious yellow energy fell like mountains, pinning him to the ground.

"I’ve been exposed, attack!" the pretty-faced man yelled in disbelief.

Chu Tianxiao’s expression changed; it was true!

Boom!

A loud crash echoed from the void, and the light dimmed as if something colossal was blocking the sun.

Everyone looked up to see a black curtain slowly covering the sky and sun. Simultaneously, black curtains emerged from all directions, enveloping the area and exuding a sense of oppression.

Zhou Yuan’s expression shifted, "Did the Eastern Town Rod not work? Or did they switch to another abnormal item?"

He looked up, seeing distant brightness being squeezed out by the black curtain, disappearing gradually like the last light of dusk forced out by nightfall.

"This is..."

As Zhou Yuan focused, he saw four corners faintly appearing in the dark sky. His pupils contracted; he realized what it was—a box, closing in, about to lock them inside!

As the sky grew darker, only a sliver of light remained.

Zhou Yuan immediately summoned his Dharma Body and flew out as a stream of light, blending into the last ray of sunlight. Only light-element extraordinaries could seize this fleeting chance.

Several high-level extraordinaries displayed their divine skills, but the box’s barrier was unshakable, immovable even a fraction, and possessed a strange locking power, rendering spatial transport talismans unusable.

Boom!

Ultimately, the box completely enclosed the sky and earth, trapping everyone inside.