111: Is he trapped here?
As he approached, the monster's body rapidly disintegrated—its skin began to crack, muscles dissolved, bones turned to dust, and its entire body crumbled like a sand sculpture.
"No... don't..." The monster let out a desperate wail, its voice filled with fear and regret.
"I was wrong... I was really wrong! I can be obedient, please spare my life!"
The Lord of the End stopped, his gaze playfully fixed on the monster on the verge of vanishing:
"Since you know you were wrong, let's talk about something serious."
"First, tell me, what exactly is this world?"
"Also, why are you invading our world?"
The Six-Armed Monster's fragmented body trembled violently, its six eyes filled with fear and confusion:
"This... this is the 37th floor of the Wild Abyss..."
"I never intended to invade your world!"
"I don't even know what a spatial passage is, how could I invade?"
The Lord of the End's brow, hidden beneath his mask, furrowed even deeper.
He waved his hand, and a memory image appeared in the void—those bizarre, dark black spatial passages that had appeared on Blue Star.
"These passages weren't opened by you?" His voice was low and dangerous.
The monster with six arms widened its eyes, its tone filled with shock:
"This... this is Abyss Resonance!"
"This phenomenon only spontaneously occurs when the abyss energy of two worlds is completely synchronized... Wait!"
It seemed to suddenly realize something, its brows furrowed as it said:
"That's not right. Judging by the appearance of your world, this should be the first time you've opened an abyss passage."
"But why did it directly lead to the thirty-seventh floor where I am?"
"This is simply impossible!"
"According to common sense, shouldn't such a passage only appear on the first floor? How did it jump directly to me?"
Its voice was full of doubt, confusion, and a hint of grievance.
The Lord of the End paused when he heard this, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.
"Abyss passage? What is that?" He muttered to himself.
"Is it because they triggered that thing called the Netherworld Projection?"
"But even so, this thing should be related to the Netherworld or the Underworld, how could it be connected to the abyss?"
He paused, then suddenly remembered the other party mentioning earlier that Blue Star had too much abyss energy, causing a resonance with the abyss, which forcibly opened the space.
Moreover, it actually connected directly to the 37th floor, meaning the number of abyss creatures on Blue Star might have already reached an astonishing level.
But... are these abyss creatures really the same species as the monsters on Blue Star?
They look somewhat similar; after all, they are both mindless and their behavior patterns are quite similar.
However, upon closer inspection, the Lord of the End discovered that these monsters and true abyss creatures do not belong to the same species.
Just as the Lord of the End fell into contemplation, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind:
"Wait!"
"Didn't the bug that the main body fused with earlier incorporate a portion of abyss gene fragments?"
He suddenly realized the crux of the problem—it wasn't an issue with the Critical Point, but rather the fault of those bugs.
Now, large areas of the island nation's territory have been occupied by these bugs, and they carry abyss gene fragments, which, in a sense, are an extension of the abyss.
In other words, it is precisely because of the existence of these bugs that so many spatial passages have been established between Blue Star and the abyss.
"This... I never thought I'd dig my own grave in the end."
The Lord of the End sighed to himself.
However, the most important thing right now was to figure out the true strength of the abyss.
He coldly stared at the Six-Armed Monster's tattered body before him, his voice cold and deep:
"Tell me everything about the abyss."
"How many floors does it have? Who is the ruler of each floor? What is its overall strength?"
The Six-Armed Monster trembled as it replied:
"The Wild Abyss has a total of 99 floors, and each floor is governed by an Abyss Lord..."
"This is the 37th floor, and my strength here can only be considered medium to low..."
"Our lord here is called the Wild Bull Lord, he is the strongest being among us, and he only needs three moves to kill me."
Upon hearing this, the Lord of the End frowned.
Wild Abyss? What kind of place is this?
Why does it sound so perfunctory?
Is this really the legendary abyss?
And that so-called 'strongest' Wild Bull Lord, he needs three moves to kill you?
This is too weak...
The Lord of the End silently complained in his mind.
One must know that the bug only fused with a small gene fragment.
What if it was a complete gene?
It would at least start at the gold level.
Not to mention the main body, he had also drawn many things related to the abyss, but none of them mentioned this Wild Abyss thing at all.
Could it be that the place he was in now was just a small branch of the true abyss?
And not the complete abyss?
Otherwise, none of this could be explained.
Thinking of this, the Lord of the End once again stared at the Six-Armed Monster before him and asked:
"Since you know so much, then tell me everything! I need all information beyond the Wild Abyss."
The Six-Armed Monster's pupils suddenly constricted, and its six arms trembled uncontrollably.
"I... I can't say..." Its voice was filled with unconcealed fear.
"Beyond the Wild Abyss... that is a forbidden topic..."
The Lord of the End snorted coldly, his finger exerting slight pressure.
The Six-Armed Monster immediately let out a shrill scream, its body rapidly disintegrating.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" The monster wailed.
"The Wild Abyss is just a branch of the Limitless Abyss!"
"The true abyss is called the Limitless Abyss, and I don't know how big it is. I only know that our Wild Abyss is just a small fragment that fell off the Limitless Abyss."
"However... more often, we call ourselves the vanguard of the Limitless Abyss invading worlds."
"But... but I really didn't intend to invade your world. Weren't the spatial passages all opened from your side?"
...
After hearing this information, the Lord of the End nodded.
He hadn't expected this world to be so vast, with so many unknown existences.
Just as he was about to report this information to his main body, the Lord of the End suddenly froze.
Because he found that he couldn't contact his main body—not only couldn't he contact his main body, but even the mental connection between the clones was cut off.
Sensing that something was wrong, the Lord of the End suddenly turned around, only to find that the original spatial passage had disappeared.
His pupils suddenly constricted—the spatial passage was gone!
He tried to mobilize the energy within his body to re-establish a connection, but found that even the most basic energy sensing was completely isolated.
This blood-red world seemed to have become an inescapable iron cage.
"How interesting, hahaha, this is too interesting!"
The Lord of the End chuckled softly, a hint of madness in his tone.