Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?
Chapter 577 - 579: Breaking the Mutual Attrition

Chapter 577 -579: Breaking the Mutual Attrition

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“At this rate of consumption, I’m afraid things are looking grim…”

“But those 8th-tier monsters that emerged from the Bursting Soldiers are indeed outrageous. They feel almost immortal.”

“It’s no good, we need to cut off this dead world. I can’t hold on!”

“It’s unbearable, as if a mass of rotting material was stuffed into my brain.” Qin Muye complained about the uncomfortable sensations fed back from the dead world, feeling somewhat helpless.

“But if we don’t deal with it, the Star Gods won’t be able to develop, and the plan will be indefinitely postponed…”

“Indeed, expired goods should not be consumed.” This time, Qin Muye’s perception gathered a significant amount of data, making some progress in investigating a small portion of the Unknown Star Domain.

“Also, the incarnation inside the Hometown, you have to hold on. I’m counting on you to provide me with coordinates for a remote strike.”

“Okay, so it’s not that they can’t be killed but that they are continuously repairing themselves in this world reliant on death, as if fighting a desperate battle?”

“Where did this bizarre death loop come from? How do I solve it—by dragging the dead world along to squeeze out development time for the Star Gods?”

“Ugh~”

“Better to rely on oneself than others. There’s definitely no bargaining with the Cosmic Will, but if I can bypass it directly, wouldn’t that work?”

“It’s absolutely ridiculous that the Star Gods caused the three major powers to collapse.”

“If all else fails, I might need to take a compromise, influence things subtly. First, I’ll block off the dead world.”

“It’s very likely that the world barriers have already been eroded away to nothing, so now this dead world is probably acting as the outer protection for the Shining Universe server. The moment it’s gone, the entire Shining Universe server will have to face the various terrifying entities in the void.”

“So there’s a time difference here. If I incinerate this dead world and the Star Gods can’t reorganize the Cosmic Will in time, won’t all my efforts be for naught?”

“Luckily, the Folded State with the Endless Abyss was completed, or else it really might have been impossible.”

“I’m not sure if the Anti-source Material Field can be used on this dead world, but if it can, it might save a lot of time.”

“This is nonsense.”

“This situation is forcing me to compete for resources. You could’ve shown up earlier or later, but you had to come now. Can’t you just stay invisible?”

“Fortunately, some of the data obtained from the dead world is somewhat useful. It can make the Star Gods overlook my actions, though I’m not sure it will work.”

After all, the Cosmic Will is not some puppet; it has its own self, ephemeral as it is, and cannot be simply ignored.

However, if we’re talking about profundity, the Cosmic Will is definitely deeper. As long as I can hold on until the second generation of Star Gods has developed, a new force will emerge, strong enough to exhaust the originating power of the counterfeit world.

But I can’t do it alone. I really can’t bring myself to do it. If I could, I would’ve simply devoured it all; not being able to makes things complicated.

But after further perception, I discovered one thing: I’m not very compatible with this dead world.

Yet my perception continues to extend. After removing the dead world’s ignorance of consciousness, Qin Muye finally managed to touch the boundary of the entire Shining Universe server.

Moreover, it’s highly unlikely that I’ll reach a consensus with the Cosmic Will. After all, to the Cosmic Will, I’m no different from the dead world; it’s simply a matter of who causes the death.

The dead world, on the other hand, uses itself as expendable, reviving and repairing from its counterfeit origin whenever those deathly beings are harmed or killed, even to the point of dragging the Star Gods into darkness, disintegrating them to death, at a great consumption of its origin.

I just really can’t stomach it, the taste is too strong. If I ate it, I’d get food poisoning. While for most people that would mean a trip to the hospital, for me, it could result in the entire Endless Abyss perishing.

In this situation, it’s clear that both sides are indeed exchanging blows; it’s pretty much a tie.

Without external protection measures, who knows what could happen.

That thing is definitely dead, and dead through and through. Now, its resurrection isn’t for the sake of coming back to life, but purely to drag the Shining Universe server down with it.

His mind whirred ceaselessly as the body of the Abyss began to emerge.

Mighty Star Gods entangled in combat with enormous, lifeless figures, stirring vast Star Domains into chaos, left Qin Muye utterly bewildered.

Qin Muye’s perception swept tirelessly over the entire Shining Universe server, and with the enhancement of the Star Array, he finally managed to reach into the darkness.

Qin Muye felt that this dead world was too much of an eyesore, utterly lacking in spectacle, existing solely to ruin people’s good deeds.

Qin Muye reined in his perception and came back to his senses, thinking whether it was the Cosmic Will or the world of Death, as the two behemoths locked in strife, he could profit as the opportunistic fisherman.

As for dealing with this dead world, Qin Muye had a similar principle: the first step was to cremate the opponent.

Qin Muye was aware of the current state of Cosmic Will; all of its perceptions operated through the Star Gods. Although it could affect the entire Shining Universe server to some extent, such influence was indirect, just like Wang Wei before, unable to directly interfere, like hurling a giant fireball or creating black holes out of thin air.

After a long detour, the task still fell onto Qin Muye’s shoulders.

The current Cosmic Will had turned into a mess, relying on the Star God’s Mind Network to maintain control.

Both sides coveted the body of Cosmic Will.

The dead world had a considerable chance of winning; currently, it was not lacking in logistics, pushing forward with full force.

Therefore, there was a dilemma that needed resolution.

So, he could only rely on the ever-capable husk of Ji Shan… Very simple, just use Ji Shan to smash the opponent into a paste.

He did consider recycling waste, but the current situation was no longer conducive to his tactical planning because both the Star Gods and the Cosmic Will involved his level 9, so he must preserve the Shining Universe server in this matter.

The sudden turn of events indeed caught Qin Muye somewhat off-guard.

Why did this fight resemble a scuffle between hooligans, focusing on hair-pulling and eye-gouging, looking nothing like a clash of level 8 beings, instead giving off the illusion of might makes right.

The idea was very straightforward, so simple that Qin Muye pondered how to shatter his opponent.

He originally thought of a sneak attack, a blunt blow to the head that would take the opponent down instantly, but if successful, it would be akin to openly holding a knife to the opponent’s throat. What if the opponent threw a desperate elbow?

As for the Mind Network, it was usable because the Star Gods were infected and turned into avatars. The actual control lay in Qin Muye’s hands; he just hadn’t reached out. Should he actually do so, he could still override Cosmic Will.

The Star Gods were powerful and had the support of their home turf, yet Life Force meant little in front of a world that was already dead. Qin Muye had seen numerous Star Gods dragged into the darkness, eventually fragmented into countless pieces.

Otherwise, did you really think level 8s would simply die upon entry? Even if they were to die on the spot, there had to be some consumption; it’s not as if they could hope to win without any cost.

If he failed, it wasn’t an issue; he’d switch to the original hollowing plan. He was just thinking about whether a rescue was possible—if successful, it would be a narrow escape; if not, there was already a contingency plan.

On the side of Cosmic Will, using Star Gods as expendable assets, which were pure Star Gods with level 8 strength.

Reanimating wasn’t a big deal; just burn the corpse to ashes, bury it, then pour on a few hundred tons of concrete. Forget zombies; not even a Drought Demon could break out.

Such a massive undertaking certainly required his true body, as the husk of Xuan Jun wouldn’t be sufficient. After all, to span the entire Shining Universe server, one needed an appropriately large stature.

If things continued this way, Qin Muye wasn’t sure who would be worn down to death first.

This situation would thus introduce unnecessary variables to the subsequent plans.

It was indeed a rare situation, where it seemed no loss occurred, yet both parties were furiously expending energy.

It was precisely because of this crippled state that Qin Muye thought of compromising to see if it could work.

However, doing so would likely reveal him, and later he’d still have to force Cosmic Will into forming a Gestalt Consciousness, which would be somewhat troublesome.

As for the Dead Silence Hand, killing a level 8 wasn’t a big problem. It could even clash with level 9s, and let them experience what an energy vacuum was like. But facing a colossal world, especially a dead one, proved to be beyond its capability.