“Crack!”
The teleportation was interrupted. Mu Bei, who was moving at near light speed, crashed into some unknown substance. His movement speed instantly dropped from near light speed to 0.
Miraculously, not only did Mu Bei not get smashed into a pile of atoms, quarks, or even smaller elementary particles due to the sudden change in this level of motion state,
Instead, he was almost completely unharmed, merely waking up from a deep sleep, and feeling a bit confused at the same time.
“Ouch, hiss~~, my head… Is this Order Paradise? Why is it so dark?”
Mu Bei looked around in confusion. What met his eyes were the shattered teleportation light path and vast darkness.
He supported himself on the dark unknown substance in front of him, stood at the edge of the shattered light path, and slowly got up.
The shattered light path, the interrupted teleportation, all signs were telling Mu Bei: This is not Order Paradise, his teleportation was interrupted by an unknown Strength!
Mu Bei felt puzzled and curious. What kind of Strength could actually interrupt Order Paradise's teleportation?
He wasn't panicked or flustered. This wasn't just because of emotional deficiency, but also because he knew that in this situation, such emotions were useless.
‘Could it be that my life is going to end here?’
‘No, not necessarily.’
This wasn't blind optimism, but Mu Bei's physics knowledge reminding him:
Since he was still alive and well, not dying suddenly due to the abrupt change in speed, the unknown Strength that interrupted Order Paradise's teleportation was likely not trying to kill him at the moment.
The next second, Mu Bei seemed to suddenly sense something, so he looked up.
All the questions in Mu Bei's heart were immediately answered.
He saw a, a huge…
Was that an eye?
No, this wasn't the full picture. This “eye” came from a cosmic creature so large he couldn't imagine it!
Mu Bei looked up and stared, his gaze penetrating layers of darkness, landing on that huge eye.
That eye was like a giant star, emitting cold and deep light. Within its pupil lay endless wisdom and the vicissitudes of age, as if it could see through everything, sending shivers down one's spine.
Following that eye, Mu Bei saw the outline of the giant beast.
This was an incredibly massive creature, its body seemingly condensed from stardust, shimmering with faint light.
Its body stretched out in the boundless darkness, seemingly spanning tens of thousands of light-years, like a giant galaxy stretching across the universe.
Its skin was like the universe's black holes, deep and unfathomable, embedded with countless tiny points of light, with stars shining within its body.
On its torso, countless strange runes flowed slowly, emitting a mysterious glow. Those runes seemed to be narrating the secrets of the universe, existing since ancient times.
Mu Bei also saw a tentacle extending from the giant beast's torso, reaching towards him, cutting off the teleportation light path.
He immediately realized that the dark unknown substance he was supporting himself on just now was its tentacle!
At this moment, a prompt from the Paradise arrived:
【Warning! Teleportation interrupted by Old Days·████…】
Hmm? What are the words covered up after Old Days? Just as Mu Bei felt puzzled, a sudden change occurred.
Because, while Mu Bei was gazing at the Old Days, the Old Days was also gazing at him!
The next moment, Mu Bei's physical body began to collapse because it couldn't withstand the Old Days' gaze; Mu Bei's soul became distorted because he was making eye contact with this Old Days;
Perhaps, it had no ill will towards Mu Bei.
However, even if the gaze it cast upon Mu Bei was completely without malice, it was not something the latter could bear!
On the verge of death, Mu Bei heard faint, profound murmurs in his ears.
“████████, ██████████, ████.”
Mu Bei, with his mind scattered, subconsciously tried to understand these murmurs.
Then, for some unknown reason, he actually understood a part of it:
…………
“Such rich and fragrant World Power, I can smell it from tens of thousands of light-years away.”
…
“Such a weak existence, yet it can utilize World Power like this?!”
…
”The prophecy is indeed correct. You! Are the last hope of the Order Slayers! I have finally found You!”
…
At this time, Mu Bei still had 18921.78 ounces of World Power unused. This World Power was earned by him after killing countless living beings in the Derivative World - Apocalypse Frenzy.
Unexpectedly, this nearly 20,000 ounces of space-time Strength would attract the attention of this unknown existence.
It wasn't that Mu Bei didn't want to use up this 18921.78 ounces of World Power, but that he had nowhere to really use it.
Before his soul was completely distorted, Mu Bei thought:
“You can smell the World Power on me from tens of thousands of light-years away? I have to say, your sense of smell is really sharp.”
“However, what is the content of the prophecy, saying that I am the last hope of the Order Slayers? Sir, it sounds like I am quite important to you, so can you not kill me?”
Mu Bei's thoughts were no different from being completely transparent in front of an existence of such extremely high status as Old Days·████.
Even without speaking, Old Days·████ could know what Mu Bei was thinking, even more clearly than Mu Bei himself knew what he was thinking.
So, Old Days·████ specifically responded to him in a language Mu Bei could understand:
“Little guy, you don't need to die, but in order for you to become an Order Slayer, I need to perform a tiny bit of modification and upgrade on you…”
Mu Bei couldn't hear the rest of the response because his brain had already started to melt.
The melted brain tissue flowed out of Mu Bei's ears and scattered freely within the shattered teleportation light path due to the absence of gravity.
Mu Bei himself couldn't see this scene because the severe damage to his brain tissue had completely deprived him of consciousness.
After an unknown amount of time,
“███████, █████████.” (Old Days language, roughly meaning, this is the final step of the modification, making him an Order Slayer.)
【Warning! Profession · Slayer of Order's Grief is in a state of conceptual demise. Even for a Heaven Forsaker, the probability of successfully transferring to Slayer of Order's Grief is less than one in ten million. If the transfer fails, the Heaven Forsaker will enter absolute death.】
“████! ███? █████!” (At least he has a chance to become an Order Slayer! Do you know how many hundreds of millions of years I've been looking for him? Today he must accept the inheritance of the Order Slayer!)
【Teleportation repairing…】
【Repair complete, teleportation continues.】
The already fragmented teleportation channel instantly recovered. The light path, which was originally light blue, now turned golden. Unlike the blue that was easily cut off by the Old Days before, this golden light was like a sharp sword, in turn piercing the tentacle used by Old Days·████ to block the teleportation.
“███? ██, █████!” (Ignoring me? I said, he must become an Order Slayer today!)
Old Days·████, an existence that can be said to be at the pinnacle among cosmic beings, at the cost of complete death, launched its strongest blow into the golden light path that had already transported Mu Bei away.
Old Days·████ knew that this blow could at most open a crack in this golden light path, but that was enough.
The golden light path, which had already traveled several light-years away, was pierced.
The next moment, a sword was inserted into Mu Bei's head.
【Detected that Old Days·████ has violated the paradise regulations, compulsory execution will be carried out on Old Days·████ immediately!!!】
“███? █! ██?” (You want to execute me? Ha! Are You worthy?)
In approximately 1 femtosecond, Old Days·████'s body, which spanned tens of thousands of light-years, turned into ashes and completely dissipated in the universe.
【This compulsory execution procedure has been terminated.】
…
【Teleportation complete, Contractor returning to exclusive room.】