Sword and Magic and Taxi

Zhao Mai stepped out of the edge of the soil and stepped on the solid and barren ground again. A feeling of suffocation immediately tightened his throat. Since transforming into a Z-worm, he has always been able to get enough supplements from the surrounding matter and energy to support everything needed for physical activities. No matter how bad the situation is, even if he is trapped in a space that does not exist, he will not feel suffocated.

He quickly took a step back and stood on the ground again. Through the fiber-like channels in the soil, he received supplies again, and the feeling of suffocation disappeared. Zhao Mai gasped hard, like a whale fighting a life-and-death struggle with a giant squid in the deep sea and finally resurfaced.

The dividing line under your feet is made of purple soil, which is extremely clear on the gray-white ground. One side of the dividing line is life and the other side is death. Even the Z-worm can't take another step forward. On that side of the line, not only cannot it get any supplement from the surrounding environment, but its own energy will also be lost quickly. Just taking one step consumes the energy required to fly a light-year under normal circumstances.

Zhao Mai concentrated his mind and found that it was difficult for him to open the psychic space. At most, he could only tear open a hole the size of an egg and take out the blue crystal from inside. While chewing food, he gets information from the surrounding soil. The surrounding environment consumes so much energy that the soil can barely maintain its own shape and has no room to form nerve signals and transmit information back. Therefore, Zhao Mai also learned about this life and death boundary for the first time.

It's surprising that you can get here, the shadow dragon took advantage of Zhao Mai's moment of weakness to break free from the blue flames, slowly floated to the other side of the non-resting soil, and then began to expand rapidly. It is completely unaffected by this extreme environment and recovers at the same speed as elsewhere. You are the second creature from the multiverse to come here after me. From the perspective of adapting to the environment, I am inferior to you, but unfortunately there is only one position that can adapt to this environment, so only I can succeed. , you have no chance. Zhao Mai, welcome to the wilderness of the multiverse, I call this place the boundary of nothingness.

Zhao Mai raised his head with difficulty, his skin continued to squirm, and the Z-worm source material continued to deform. He received the information retained in the soil and tried to adapt to the environment here by changing his form. The shadow dragon looked at him with interest, one encouraged, the other mocked, and the other remained silent. Its size has returned to half of its normal state, from suspended in the air to landing on the ground, and its four claws are constantly raking and clawing on the gray-white wilderness.

There is nothing for you to use here. Matter in the general sense does not exist. This barren land you are quietly in is all neutron dust. Not even the smallest hydrogen exists, let alone other substances. Shadow. Long pointed at the distant horizon: Over there, the situation is even worse. All matter will disappear, and the most basic state of 'existence' will be completely lost. Do you know what real nothingness and destruction are?

Zhao Mai did not answer. In addition to maintaining vigilance, he focused other energy on adjusting the state of the Z worm cells. Those black shadows at the end of the horizon are undoubtedly Nexus, or Nexus matter, the basic material that makes up the shadow dragon's body. The space where the Ring Alliance headquarters is located is surrounded by Nexus, but no one has ever discovered it—or no one has mentioned it.

Stop trying in vain. You are a living thing. No matter how powerful you are, you will only be a living thing - you always need the surrounding environment to support yourself. The Shadow Dragon has almost recovered, and the six The wings have been unfolded and are slowly beating in the air. The Alliance of Rings must die, but you don't have to. Whether it's nature or the multiverse, isn't the rule always that the strong join forces to eat the weak? You can't destroy me, so why waste your energy on me?

Because I want to surpass you. Zhao Mai raised his head, blue light flashing in his eyes. He took a deep breath, took a step back, exhaled slowly, and then extinguished the blue flames on his body.

His hair hung down, he was no longer surrounded by psychic lightning, his skin stopped crawling, and he looked like an ordinary human being. Creature? Nothingness? There is no contradiction in these! Even Naikos is a part of nature, why do you say I can't do it? Zhao Mai snorted and first transformed himself into a ghost state.

The pale skin that represents frost is full of wrinkles, and the sky-blue pupils and milk-white eyeballs rotate in the dehydrated eye sockets. Starting from his fingertips, black began to spread, and the energy group composed of shadows replaced the blue flame that could capture the black spectrum. Zhao Mai's body gradually transformed into black shadows, and spread along the fingers and palms.

Sure enough, there is another layer in this world, which can only be seen with the eyes of Naikos. Zhao Mai grabbed the black spectrum in the void and pulled it out like a ribbon. You use this kind of thing to constantly reorganize, right? Are there many more at the end of the horizon?

The Shadow Dragon's eyes widened, and the three heads roared together: How is this possible! How did you take this step?! You are a living creature, how could the force of nature turn into Nexus?

Hey, it's so magical! Zhao Mai said with a playful smile, jumped back suddenly, opened the distance between himself and the shadow dragon to more than fifty meters, and then waved: I said I am better than You are much stronger, and I will do what I say. Your Nexus state is not difficult to learn, it is just the opposite of creation and an application of the black spectrum. I will fully master it. Of course, that is not Now.

Zhao Mai took a deep breath, broke his arm at the elbow, and the two shadowed forearms fell to the ground and turned into black sludge-like substance. He quickly lifted the ghost's undead state and regenerated a new arm. At this time, the sludge on the ground had corroded the surrounding soil.

This thing is still too dangerous. I can bear it, but my family is in trouble. Zhao Mai looked at the shadow dragon, and then nodded hard, Yes, I think you are a ready-made example. If I become like you , although he can’t die, he probably won’t be able to change back.”

The shadow dragon seemed hesitant, standing on the edge of the soil and swinging his head. It looked at Zhao Mai for a while, and then looked at the sludge on the ground. Its wings were drooped, and its tail was hanging on the ground. After a while, it tentatively walked onto the soil.

Xi soil did not have Zhao Mai's strong immunity, and quickly withered and died under the contact of the shadow dragon. Zhao Mai waved his hand, and the soil continued to squirm, parting to both sides to make way for a passage. They won't hinder you, and they can't hinder you. They will get out of the way no matter which direction you go in. Of course, if you are really idle and bored and want to eliminate them, that's up to you. I don't care. Just be slow. Let’s go slowly from here, I’ll go back and continue to study the secrets of this blackened state. See you next time.”

After saying that, Zhao Mai stretched out his bone wings from behind, and the crystal-like spikes poked in the air, but there was no space crack. He sighed and shook his head: You can't even use the space rules in this crappy place, so you can only rely on two legs. Fortunately, my speed is far faster than yours, so bye!

As he spoke, he stepped back, while the shadow dragon spread its four legs and continued to move forward at the same speed as before. It can be seen that the Shadow Dragon is still immersed in shock and has not yet made up its mind about what to do next. It stopped and walked, and then stopped for a long time in front of the sludge material turned into Zhao Mai's broken arm.

Zhao Mai got further and further away, gradually flying up, and then when the rules of the space were basically restored, he tore open the space, jumped in and left. After he left, some slender eye stalks gradually appeared on the soil. The thickness and length were about the same as the little finger, and there was an eyeball the size of a fingernail at the top. They secretly stare at the shadow dragon in the distance, transmitting information through the soil at any time.

Everyone at the alliance headquarters had been watching the broadcast of the battle. When Zhao Mai flew into the distance with the remains of the spherical shadow dragon, huge cheers erupted on the scene. His Majesty the Dragon Emperor is as powerful as ever, this alliance is really strong! The Shadow Dragon moves very slowly. No matter what it wants to do, it just needs to be far away!

Angel Soka clapped along with the cheers of the crowd, with a slight smile on her eyebrows, but deep down in her heart there was no feeling of victory or joy at all. As an alliance elder, Device Zero will not reset her memory when going back, so she is the only person at the combat command site who has watched the entire battle.

Zhao Mai was knocked away time and time again, and each time he suffered huge physical trauma, and he didn't feel good mentally either. If calculated according to the score, Zhao Mai's 20,000 defeats for the dragon's one defeat cannot be considered a victory; the shock wave of the battle destroyed the alliance headquarters thousands of times, which cannot be regarded as a victory; the alliance has not yet Being able to find out the information about the shadow dragon is not a victory in any way; and the shadow dragon seems to be able to recover indefinitely and will eventually make a comeback, which is definitely not a victory.

Check the situation at the headquarters and treat the possible wounded outside. Soka said to the people around him: Let the scout ship move in the direction where Zhao Mai left, try to find him, see the situation over there, and report back at any time. Then... Evacuate the alliance headquarters as much as possible, preferably leaving only combatants and the most basic service personnel here.

One sentence quickly cooled down the heated atmosphere in the situation room, and everyone seemed to smell something unusual. In the history of the Alliance of Rings, there has never been such a thing as evacuation of the headquarters. Even if Nexus' army besieged the headquarters a million years ago, the situation was hundreds of times more critical than during the Z-worm Five Hundred Years War, and it never happened. Why? someone asked.

We have not won the victory. The enemy will definitely come back, and our only hope is Zhao Mai? This is obviously not safe enough. Once hit by the black breath of the shadow dragon, the power of Nekus will completely annihilate a person's existence, even You can't save it even by looking back. Soka frowned and said in a stern tone: Don't you understand what the state of war means? According to the highest combat readiness, evacuating non-combatants is the most basic thing. Unless the resistance is confirmed The Kuosi Shadow Dragon has been completely eliminated, otherwise it will always maintain the highest combat readiness!

After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the first department, preparing to personally supervise the search for information about the Shadow Dragon of Nexus. How did that monster reach the alliance headquarters space? Only by understanding this can we take better precautions. Zhao Mai actually figured out this truth in an instant, and he had to be reminded by him later.

Nekos, Black Spectrum, Shadow Dragon, and Temple, when these phenomena are brought together, it becomes much easier to find clues from them than before. Theories like the dark network do seem to be smoke bombs released by the Templar, theoretical time bombs hidden in the Alliance's research department. These wrong tech tree branches, like road signs pointing to the wrong places, were pre-arranged to mislead the alliance and waste their energy. And all of this is probably to buy time for the shadow dragon.

If it weren't for Zhao Mai, the alliance headquarters would have been unable to withstand it this time. Soka murmured to himself. She knew very well that although the No. 0 device and the power of retrospection might allow the headquarters to exist forever, it would certainly not be possible to prevent the Shadow Dragon from controlling and isolating the alliance headquarters' external space channels. Neither the elemental network nor the internal network can be used in the face of Nexus's power, and this place will definitely become dead silence.

Device Zero is not omnipotent, nor can it remain effective forever. Poor Norton has been staying at the core of Device Zero for maintenance, and can also play a central and command role when necessary. It has secretly warned Sokka many times that continuing to use Device Zero frequently may cause irreversible damage. Gradually accumulating, Device Zero may also be damaged. This is a last-minute, most critical safety precaution. It is not a conventional weapon that can be used at any time - it is not designed for this purpose!

All in all, the situation is not optimistic, and Sokka can only keep this situation in his heart for the time being. She came to the first department and watched without saying a word as the staff were busy looking for pinhead-sized clues in the sea of ​​data. The silent pressure of the angel elders has obviously improved work efficiency and stimulated the staff's enthusiasm for work. After a while, people from the research department joined in, using the latest filtering algorithms to summarize the information.

A report was handed to Sokka, which listed eight possibilities for the origin of the shadow dragon. This is already the ultimate level of the algorithm, and we must conduct on-the-spot investigation next. A researcher said: I suggest starting the investigation from the most recent time, at least it is more likely to reach a conclusion, whether it is right or wrong. There are two calculations The possibility is so far away from the present day that no one in the multiverse can time travel that far.”

Then do what you can first, and prioritize all resources for this project. Soka clenched his fists and ordered: The Shadow Dragon is our biggest threat, and it can be regarded as the only real threat at present. We have reached the critical point of life and death, and with the entire multiverse behind us, we have no way to retreat, and we will not retreat!

Just as she was speaking, a space crack opened behind her, and the Queen of Blades poked her shoulder with her bone wing, and pointed at her: There is something very important that needs to be opened. Yes, come with me. Don’t worry, if anything happens to the alliance, I can send you back in a second.”

Soka nodded. She wanted to know Zhao Mai's situation very much, so she took three seconds to make arrangements and followed the Queen of Blades.

Zhao Mai's condition is not good. The old man and Ilúvatar are taking care of him. The Transcendent can't walk far or away, so you can only move your position. The Queen of Blades dragged Sokka out of the space crack and took him with her. She walked along the old moss-covered stone steps up the hillside. The bottom of the stone steps is in the clouds and mist. Not far from the upper part, there is a wooden door with black background and white nails, with the words Eight Scenes written on it.

What happened to him? Can he still fight? How is the Shadow Dragon?

Let's talk about it when we see him—if he's not already roasted.