Chapter 488 - 421: The Due Date Approaches
Chapter 488: Chapter 421: The Due Date Approaches
"What is it?" The moment Hailey Rook left the banquet hall, the kind smile on her face vanished, replaced by a stern and sharp expression.
"Gavin Rook’s sea of consciousness has dispersed within his Divine Token."
"..." Hailey Rook froze. She turned to Egan Rook. "Where did he and Nina go to find the Divine-level Space Fragment?"
"The Cloud Universe Zone," Egan Rook answered honestly. Although the Great Elder was the strongest, the Family Head, Conrad Rook’s, authority in the Rook family was also something no one dared to question.
"And Nina? Has she sent back any information?"
Egan Rook looked at Hailey Rook’s sharp, bone-chilling gaze and wiped the sweat from his brow. "Miss Nina... her... her Divine Sense is also... also about to dissipate!"
Hailey Rook’s expression was grim. "Nina and Gavin Rook both have Nebula Level strength. How could anyone in the Cloud Universe Zone pose a threat to them?"
Aaron Rook’s expression remained calm, but a furious glint flashed through his ancient eyes. "We’re not the only family searching for the Divine-level Space Fragment. I fear another family is interfering."
"Is Nina’s Divine Sense still there?" Hailey Rook asked.
"It’s still there. Very weak, but it hasn’t completely dissipated," Egan Rook replied.
"Take some men and retrieve her Divine Sense. If the opportunity arises, find a suitable body..."
Aaron Rook stroked his snow-white beard. "Nina’s talent is rare in our clan. It would be a pity to lose her.
I can enter seclusion for seven days and open up my inner space. After that, I will personally lead a team to find her."
Hailey Rook’s eyes lit up. "Great Elder, you’re going personally?" But then she seemed to recall something and added with some hesitation, "But Nina is just a junior. What has she done to deserve you taking action personally?"
Aaron Rook sighed and shook his head. "It’s no matter. Place the Energy Gemstone in the secret chamber. I will enter seclusion immediately."
Meanwhile on Earth, for some unknown reason, the nine great mysterious zones began to manifest ahead of schedule. The Eye of Earthly Fire in Morhaven and the Skyscraping Water-Mirage in Argent had already appeared.
The other seven secret lands also erupted from the ground at this moment, rapidly increasing their altitude. And after they appeared, the number of spatial fissures around them increased.
Once a region in the Cloud Universe Zone developed a space-time fissure and chaotic cosmic energy surged in, Cosmic Level experts could pinpoint its location using their cosmic perception.
At this moment, all the great families of the Ancient Star Nation received notifications from their respective Family Heads to dispatch experts and prepare for immediate departure to the Cloud Universe Zone.
The vast, boundless universe is divided into three major sections. One is the Ancient Star Nation, another is the Outer-Domain Battlefield, and the third is a vacuum region situated between the Ancient Star Nation and the Outer-Domain Battlefield, known to both sides as the Death Zone.
The Death Zone is a place where the heroic spirits of all races fall silent. Any place outside the Ancient Star Nation and the Outer-Domain Battlefield is considered the Death Zone. However, between these two, the energy generated by the spirits of opposing heroes has formed a wide, timeless, and spaceless river.
It separates the two territories and also maintains the peace between them.
However, in the last few centuries, the energy of this Death Zone river has become extremely unstable, and sections have begun to dry up.
This has led to constant warfare between the beings of the Ancient Star Nation and the Outer-Domain Battlefield as they fight over territory.
The Ancient Star Nation is divided into four parts: the outermost Cloud Universe Zone, then inward, the Star Universe Zone, the Source Universe Zone, and the core region of the Ancient Star Nation.
Earth is located in the outermost area of the Cloud Universe Zone, which is also the most turbulent region.
For people from the core region of the Ancient Star Nation, it takes an extremely long time to pass through the spatial barriers of each zone to reach the Cloud Universe Zone.
Families that possess spatial barrier thrusters can reach the Cloud Universe Zone in two to three years. Those without them, relying solely on shuttling between various space stations, would be considered fast if they arrived in five or six years.
If they were to encounter a spatial fissure or be hit by a spatial storm, they would be instantly transported to an unknown location.
If by chance they were transported to the core region of the Outer-Domain Battlefield, it would be a one-way trip.
Back then, when Lex Cross was leading the Cross family’s army in battle against the beings sent from the Outer-Domain Battlefield, he was wounded due to a scheme by his own older brother.
He then took a dozen of his trusted subordinates and fled into a spatial fissure, getting transported to the beautiful blue planet called Earth.
It wasn’t just the major families from the core of the Ancient Star Nation; even several great families from the Source Universe Zone, the Star Universe Zone, and the Cloud Universe Zone had dispatched personnel and begun heading toward that unstable, energy-rich blue planet.
For the great families of the Ancient Star Nation, that planet held traces of a Divine-level Space Fragment.
But for people from the other universe zones, the discovery of a new planet—and one with spatial fissures at that—meant it was a place destined for constant warfare.
They could take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters. If the planet shattered, they could grab some Space Fragments, which were treasures that could be sold for high prices at auction houses.
Besides, a new planet might just hold some other unexpected treasures!
At this time, the people on Earth were completely oblivious. In the near future, they would be facing a group of powerful invaders.
Flora Bloom and the other Earth natives were naturally unaware. But Lex Cross and his group sensed it.
Their strength was recovering at a rapid pace.
Five and the others were fine; their original strength was only around the Planet Level. Even if they remained in these human bodies forever, not much would change. At worst, their power would simply be unable to advance.
But Lex Cross was different.
Just a hair’s breadth away from becoming a War God, his soul and Divine Sense as a peak Cosmic Level expert were too much for this human body to bear.
If he forced himself to stay in this body, his very soul could eventually be damaged.
He was the first to sense that something was wrong.
’The cosmic energy on Earth has become so rich. It seems the number of spatial fissures on the planet has increased. And they’re still increasing.’
’I don’t have much time left here. It seems I must speed things up.’
Morhaven could now be described as a place of peace and prosperity. No one worried about food or drink. Superpower users who wanted to get ahead joined the teams cleaning up the cities near Morhaven.
After receiving Flora Bloom’s spiritual water, the seven researchers made rapid progress. Finally, when Flora Bloom was nine months pregnant, they successfully developed a stable superpower awakening agent.
They also formulated an antidote for the previously flawed agent.
Every day, Morhaven received distress calls from all over, as well as that strange invitation signal. Relying on their repellers, they had also supported several nearby small bases. They installed communication stations for them and left behind a number of Level 3 or higher superpower users to lead everyone in those bases in clearing out nearby zombie hordes.
The Argent base paid a price of countless Crystal Cores to continuously trade for supplies with Morhaven—or to be precise, with Flora Bloom.
Although Flora Bloom disliked the bureaucratic attitude and methods of certain leaders in the Argent base, she knew everyone had a responsibility in a disaster. She could overlook some minor squabbles.
However, Flora Bloom had also asked Simon to help her keep an eye out for any news about the laboratory and the Doctor.
It was less than seven days until Flora Bloom’s due date.
For some reason, everyone in Villa Area No. 3 had stopped going out, whether for hunting or other reasons.
Lex Cross also stuck to Flora Bloom like a shadow. He was afraid she would wander off, and at the same time, he was filled with a mix of anticipation, excitement, and extreme nervousness about her impending labor.