bestfiction Chapter 557 Ebb Tide
Chapter 557 Ebb Tide
"Xu Si!"
As Xu Si was frantically absorbing the laws of life, his consciousness received a call from Yi Yi.
"Yi Yi?" Xu Si responded.
"Hmm! How's it going on your end?"
Yi Yi's voice came quickly, carrying a hint of nervousness and anticipation.
"I'm fine here!"
"...And your injuries?"
"It's getting better."
Xu Si lowered his eyes, sensing the pale green light slowly seeping into the depths of the cracks.
"It went much more smoothly than expected."
"That's good." Yi Yi's voice was noticeably more relaxed.
"Earth is recovering. The monsters are receding!"
"The tide is receding?" Xu Si was somewhat surprised.
"Hmm, the eeriness is receding."
Yi Yi's voice came from the depths of her consciousness, carrying a kind of hesitation that even she herself was somewhat uncertain about.
"I have only recently become a global consciousness and am not yet very good at controlling it, but in the past few days I have discovered that those strange movements at high levels... seem to be moving away from Earth's recovery zone."
Xu Si paused slightly as he absorbed the Law of Life.
"Are they all moving away?"
"Yes, it felt like I was being driven by something, but I don't know why." She tried her best to describe her sensations.
"I didn't expel them, but their behavior is indeed changing. The strongest high-level anomalies are moving towards the outer reaches of Earth, as if... as if they sensed some kind of threat."
This is what she is most worried about right now. She has only recently become the world consciousness of Earth and is not yet able to fully control the power of Earth.
With his eyes closed, Xu Si's senses extended along the connection with Yi Yi, attempting to touch the outline of Earth. The aura from thousands of light-years away condensed into a blurry microcosm in his consciousness.
He could "see" that continent that was recovering, the forests and grasslands that were rising again from the gray, dead earth, and the huge, silent figures that were migrating.
"Do you have a goal?" he asked.
"Which direction did they go?"
Yi Yi remained silent for a moment, as if she was sorting through the massive amount of information in her own way.
"...It's hard to say. Some went to the frigid Arctic, some went to the deep sea, and a few...it seems like they went to the sky."
heaven.
Xu Si's starry eyes narrowed slightly.
"...Interesting," he said in a low voice.
"Never mind them for now, wait until I get back!"
While strange disturbances are not a good thing, as long as they don't disrupt the City of Fire, they give Xu Si time to heal his injuries.
After absorbing these life laws, Xu Si's strength at Sequence Nine was restored to half, at least enough to take action without any problems.
Now Xu Si was thinking, what exactly caused this strange disturbance?
Is it his own sister? Or Hades, the god of plague?
"We'll wait for you to come back!" Yi Yi's voice carried a hint of anticipation.
Xu Si's consciousness withdrew from the connection with Yi Yi and sank back into the small world that was being bathed in pale green light.
He closed his eyes, slowed his breathing, and allowed those external life laws to flow, permeate, and merge slowly within his body.
Each law-like pattern, as it merges into the depths of the crack, creates a subtle tremor, like spring water overflowing a dried-up riverbed, like new buds pushing through frozen soil, like a new life being born.
He could feel his little world was brimming with energy.
The original cracked patterns of the laws gradually became smooth and warm under the filling of the laws of life, like a piece of jade that has been re-polished and re-coalesced from its internal broken state into a complete whole.
To his surprise, deep within the small world, on planets that had gradually stabilized, faint, mist-like outlines began to appear on the edges of star fields that had previously been empty.
The outline was blurry and thin, like an embryo that had not yet fully formed, or like a dewdrop that was slowly condensing.
"...What is this?" Xu Si's senses touched the cloud of mist.
The mist trembled slightly before settling back into calm, like a newly planted seed silently gathering strength in the darkness.
Xu Si paused for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curved slightly.
He had a vague idea of what it was.
This little world seems to be showing signs of "nurturing life".
Although it was far from being fully formed, the mist contained an extremely primal and pure life force, like the earliest form of all life.
If there's anything suitable to put in there, Xu Si does have one—a nightmare.
This guy is still only a Level 1 Weird.
Aside from hiding in one's own shadow, one usually doesn't think about it.
As a member of the same family, Ken-i-shi is still of great use.
He really didn't know what use the nightmare was.
Perhaps accelerating the transformation of one's own little world can be considered making the best use of resources.
Moreover, compared to Sword Eleven, he has an absolute advantage: his life level is low enough, and the restrictions on the small world are also small enough.
Moreover, he doesn't need to consider loyalty at all.
This is simply the most perfect 'embryo'.
Without even needing the nightmare's consent, Xu Si simply threw it into the cloud of mist.
This might be a huge opportunity for that little guy.
A race that has been wiped out may have hope of revival because of its existence.
It was right there in Xu Si's little world.
After the nightmare was thrown into that cloud of mist, Xu Si's senses remained locked on the outline of that star field's edge.
He could "see" the mist tremble slightly, like an awakened embryo, beginning to move slowly.
The aura of nightmares seeped into it, without resistance or struggle, but rather with an almost instinctive, thirsty absorption.
"Hmm... Master?" A faint thought came from the depths of the mist.
"Stay put, it won't do you any harm," Xu Si replied.
The thought did not respond, but Xu Si could feel it slowly curling up, sinking, and deepening in the mist, like a seed buried in the soil, searching for a direction to take root in the darkness.
It seems it knows right from wrong.
Nightmare: What's it like to be under the noses of two big shots every day? Anyone understand?
My master still loves me after all!
Xu Si withdrew his attention, his senses returning to the life laws he was absorbing.
He had already absorbed several of those pale green rays, and after replenishing the deficiencies in his life laws, there was still plenty left over.
Xu Si had already sensed the tightening of the world's consciousness over the laws of life, but it did not stop him from continuing to absorb them.
After all, the limit they agreed on hasn't been reached yet.
The world's consciousness was also afraid that Xu Si would go back on his word, so it sounded the alarm in advance.
And the mist, under the continuous nourishment of Xu Si's Law of Life, gradually matured.