CH 281

"Are you sick? How can you take such a risky bet? Are you trying to kill all of us?" Sure enough, Zhang Bao'er started scolding Temo.

"Are you dead? Aren't you here exactly where you wanted to be?" said Temo coldly.

In a way, Temo was right, so Zhang Bao'er was instantly speechless. Our focus returned to our mission. The door to the worm colony brain was wide open, revealing a bright and shiny interior.

"Remember this. Canyue will be the one to communicate with the brain. The pulp worms here are much stronger than the ones you met previously. Do not let your thoughts be controlled. Keep a distance from the worms. Let Canyue go alone," reminded Temo.

We walked through the door and were greeted by a long and narrow corridor. At the end of the corridor, a room could be vaguely seen. The room was extremely bright, and the light we saw before stepping through the door originated from this room.

"The brain is probably located in the room at the end of the corridor," said Temo.

We slowly advanced. I noticed to my astonishment that the walls were filled with paintings. The paintings seemed to depict the Eternals' conquest of the pulp worms' homeland. The depicted battle was extremely intense. Countless corpses could be seen in the paintings, showcasing how cruel and bloody the war had been.

"Who left these paintings here? Why are they reminding these pulp worms of their history? Are they not afraid that the worms will be angered?" asked Dodo doubtfully.

"That's just how arrogant Emperor Fille is. He believes that with these paintings, he will be able to better control these worms, telling them to give up all thoughts of resistance," explained Temo.

"That is a mad emperor. If he gets to conquer the universe, even more lives will perish in his cruel hands," said Old Du.

"Ignore the paintings for now. This is as far as we can go," said Temo as he pointed at a circle on the ground.

"Why can't we go with Canyue? It's too dangerous for him to go alone," said Zhang Bao'er, disagreeing with Temo.

"The worm colony brain's mind control is too powerful. If Canyue goes alone, he will still have Bulu's protection. Are you trying to blow the little fellow's head apart by making him protect all of you?" said Temo with disdain.

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"Just wait here for me. I'll go meet Violetvoid alone." I raised my hand and stopped Zhang Bao'er from arguing further.

"We don't have much time. The enemy will discover our fake identities soon. Make haste," reminded Temo.

To save time, we stopped arguing. I took off my backpack and looked inside. Bulu was still sleeping, but I had no choice but to brace myself and advance. The room ahead of me was still shining with dazzling light. Keeping my nervousness in check, I cautiously strode forth. A few minutes later, I entered a massive space.

Unlike the worm colony brain I had seen previously, the brain in front of me was triple the size. On a familiar-looking large platform, countless pulp worms could be seen, all moving about busily. I had witnessed a similar scene back on the previous beast planet. What stood before me was much larger than the brain I met previously, but I was less nervous this time around.

"Violetvoid, I'm here. Where are you?" I shouted loudly, trying to save as much time as possible.

The worms did not react to my shout. They were still busy minding their own business. I opened my eyes wide and scanned the worms, trying to find a pink core, but there were too many worms for me to see anything.

Before I knew it, I only had 20 minutes remaining. I started growing nervous. I definitely didn't want to have my mind harvested and poured into a smart robot. I kept shouting, but I received no response. In my backpack, Bulu was still deep asleep. I started circling the brain to take a closer look at it.

The installation housing the worms was massive. I walked around the platform, trying to find a suitable spot to climb so that I could get closer to the worms. After spending a few minutes, I finally reached the back of the platform. A Blueling appeared before my eyes. The Blueling, clad in violet, was standing facing the platform, staring at the worms in front of him.

I couldn't help but ask myself, "Have I entered the illusion?" 

I did not know if the person in violet had noticed me. He was still fully focused on the platform, completely ignoring me.

"Bao'er, I found Violetvoid. Can you hear me?" I tried contacting Zhang Bao'er to check if I had indeed entered an illusion.

"Yes, I hear you. We're all still here. We have established a crude defensive perimeter. Old Du is beside me," said Zhang Bao'er.

At the same time, Anxashe and Old Du both spoke up, confirming that I wasn't in an illusion.

"Are you done checking, young man?" asked the person in violet as he suddenly turned to face me.

At that time, I noticed that the right side of the person's face was covered in scales. Something similar to a dragon was painted on the scales.

"My apologies. When I had met Bluevoid, I was brought into an illusion. That's why I was checking to make sure," I replied honestly.

"Bluevoid told me about you. I am the Violetvoid you're looking for," said Violetvoid in a straightforward manner.

"Great! I had spent a lot of effort, and two years had passed before I finally found you. Fortunately, it's not too late. We can work together to stop this war," I said.

Violetvoid only stared at me without saying anything, to the point I started feeling nervous again.

"Why were you chosen? Did you bring the ancient creature with you?" Violetvoid finally spoke.

I understood that Violetvoid was talking about Bulu. I immediately removed my backpack and took out the sleeping Bulu. Violetvoid accepted Bulu respectfully and started studying it.

"Inconceivable. Truly inconceivable," muttered Violetvoid.

"Senior, what did you notice?" I asked.

"This fellow is sleeping. I need to activate it to know the answer," replied Violetvoid without even looking at me.

He then searched Bulu's body before pinching Bulu's feeler with two fingers. A red electrical current appeared and entered Bulu's body through the feeler. The red current moved around in Bulu's transparent body, seemingly trying to activate the numerous organs in Bulu's body.

Suddenly, I saw that the familiar red imprint on Bulu's belly had lit up once again. With the red current's help, Bulu's entire body became filled with energy. The numerous parts of its body lit up, and one by one, its various organs were activated. Then, the substance within its body started flowing quickly, and before long, I woke up with a shiver. At the exact moment Bulu woke up, Violetvoid staggered and nearly fell down.

"Senior, are you fine?" I asked with concern.

"I did not expect this little fellow's energy requirement to be so high. I exhausted a large majority of my energy to activate it. What a surprise," said Violetvoid.

Having awakened, Bulu noticed that it was being held by a stranger. It hurriedly leaped toward me. Violetvoid was too weak to hold on to Bulu, so I hurriedly caught Bulu and gave it a hug. Bulu looked especially lively after the energy infusion from Violetvoid. It jumped onto my shoulder and settled there.

"I think I know the origin of this little fellow's power. Congratulations, young man. You have obtained the incredible power that the Sacred Wing priests have spent hundreds of thousands of years to obtain to no avail," said Violetvoid while panting in exhaustion.

"You mean you know about the origin of Bulu's power? Can you tell me?" I asked.

"Tiltvoid, why are you hiding? Show yourself!" said Violetvoid, instead of answering my question.

"I'm already here. You were the one who failed to notice me," a voice rang out behind me. I hastily spun around and saw that a slim Blueling was standing behind me.

I turned alert and asked, "Who are you? How did you get here without making a sound?" 

"He is Bluevoid's brother, Tiltvoid. He has been hiding in your brain, and everything that has happened here is due to you being his choice," answered Violetvoid.

"Hiding in my brain? Don't tell me you have damaged my brain," I said.

"No, of course not. You're my host. We can live and fight together," said Tiltvoid with a wide smile on his face.

"Is your choice due to the powerful senses of an array-level civilization's creature?" asked Violetvoid.

"Yes. I couldn't understand why a creature of this level had appeared on our layer. At the time, I thought of two points. Firstly, it might be able to help us break free from slavery. Secondly, it has a secret that apart from the great sovereign, you're probably the only one with enough energy to unlock it," said Tiltvoid with the same smile on his face.

"Look at what you did! In order to grasp a creature of a higher civilization, I nearly exhausted myself to death," scolded Violetvoid.

"Then did you manage to learn about the origin of its power?" asked Tiltvoid.

"Who do you think you're speaking to?" said Violetvoid proudly.