Chapter 1357: The Source of World Destruction

This is a handwritten work log.

"July 12th: Deep Blue III was officially launched for the '?????' eradication mission. As the overall commander of Deep Blue III, I will be in full charge of this operation.""July 13th, early morning: Deep Blue III successfully dived to 600 meters. After continuous patrol and search of the target area, no signs of '?????' activity were found.""July 13th, afternoon: Deep Blue III received orders to continue diving deeper, to 750 meters.""Deep Blue III still found no signs of deep-sea animal activity.""After a discussion during the headquarters meeting, it was decided to have Deep Blue III dive to 820 meters. This is the deep-diving limit for military nuclear submarines. If no signs of '?????' are found at this depth, we will have to devise other solutions."

"Currently, Deep Blue III has reached the target depth. After multiple explorations, no signs of '?????' have been found... Headquarters finally decided to have Deep Blue III temporarily surface and dispatch the special deep-sea submersible, Wanderer, for deeper exploration. If possible, Wanderer will lure '?????' to a depth of about 750 meters, where Deep Blue III will then forcefully eliminate it using thermal weapons."

"The continuous deep-sea exploration missions have left everyone aboard Deep Blue III incredibly exhausted. Fortunately, with Wanderer beginning its descent, we have a chance to rest. The meal standards provided on Deep Blue III this time are excellent, which might be our only comfort in the deep sea.""Wanderer, as a world-class special deep-sea submersible, has a maximum diving depth of 10,700 meters. By the time Deep Blue III finished resting, it had already completed a dive of 5,500 meters. Strangely, it still found no trace of '?????'. How is this possible? According to eyewitness reports, '?????' is extremely massive. A whale, at a depth of 5,500 meters, would have been crushed to pieces by the water pressure, wouldn't it??"

"Wanderer has now dived to 7,600 meters... Any deeper is the forbidden zone for vertebrate life. Do we really need to descend below 10,000 meters? At that depth, only microorganisms and a very small number of amphipod crustaceans should be able to exist, right?""Strange, communication with headquarters suddenly cut off, and Wanderer completely lost contact. It shouldn't be a problem with Deep Blue III; could it be a technical malfunction at headquarters?""Something is wrong. All electronic equipment on Deep Blue III has also malfunctioned. Technicians have investigated but found no problems... It's as if, inexplicably, everything has failed. What's going on??"

"In deep-sea operations, losing electronic equipment is like going blind. I've decided to have Deep Blue III begin surfacing to re-establish contact with headquarters first.""We have now surfaced to the shallow water area! But for some reason, all marine life in the entire sea region seems to have gone mad. I heard a huge sound, as if something had fallen into the sea... That was definitely not a shell; was it a meteor? Or something else??""Red... The entire sea area visible through the mechanical periscope has turned red! Something is surfacing from the deep sea, heading towards that redness! What in the world is this..."

As the content of the work log progressed, the handwriting became increasingly illegible. The final character was not even completed before everything abruptly stopped.

Chen Ling's brow furrowed tightly.

If Chen Ling had only been suspicious before, after seeing this work log, he was almost certain that the Xitan Nation's experimental subject mentioned here was Jizai, or rather, an early form of Jizai.After humanity in this world placed Jizai into the seabed, it seemed to undergo some transformation in the deep sea. Just as humans were about to use nuclear submarines to eliminate it, the Red Star descended.From the fragmented information in the log, Chen Ling couldn't deduce the full scope of the event. However, it was likely that the Red Star's arrival caused all technological equipment to fail, severing communication between Deep Blue III and headquarters. Immediately afterward, the Red Star directly pierced this Candlelight World.

Unlike its near-miss with the Human Realm, under a direct impact, the human civilization of this world almost instantly collapsed. The meteorite that fell into the sea was highly likely a fragment that split off after the Red Star penetrated the Candlelight World.One of these fragments fell into the ocean and was coincidentally swallowed by the Xitan Nation's experimental subject, thus giving rise to Jizai and the Forbidden Sea.Following this logic, were the other world-ending disasters and their territories also created by Red Star fragments? Was he himself also a product of a Red Star fragment?

No wonder he could absorb Red Star energy from the Crimson Sky Cult. If Mocking Disaster were likened to a monster born from nuclear radiation, then, being affected by nuclear radiation, it could naturally use the radiation itself as sustenance. Theoretically, other world-ending disasters could also do this, but they don't often leave their territories. Most importantly, in their full power, they wouldn't care for such paltry snacks."Fragments of the Red Star splitting in the Grey Realm created the Six Great Disasters; fragments splitting when it passed over Earth created the Nine Monarchs...""Just how terrifying is the true body of the Red Star??"It was truly worthy of being an entity capable of piercing a Candlelight World.

At the same time, the young man slowly entered through the submarine's opening. Seeing Chen Ling holding a stack of documents and reading them carefully, he looked at him in surprise."You can understand these?"Chen Ling paused, then nodded. "Yes.""What's wrong?""Nothing... Did you find anything?"

Noticing a hint of curiosity in the young man's eyes, Chen Ling realized that the youth wasn't uninterested in the origin of the disasters; he genuinely couldn't understand the documents.Chen Ling briefly explained his findings and conjectures. After listening, the young man nodded slightly."Your theory should be correct."

"If the precursor of Jizai was an experimental subject abused by humans... then what were the precursors of the other world-ending disasters?" Chen Ling paused for a moment. "What was the precursor of Mocking Disaster?"Although Chen Ling was curious about the precursors of other world-ending disasters, what he truly cared about was his own origin.He couldn't imagine what kind of entity could evolve into a monster like Mocking Disaster, which was characterized by internal conflict and fragmentation.

The young man shook his head. "I am not omniscient, and my understanding of your two worlds is far less than yours... Most of the time, I remain in the Embers of Civilization, so I cannot answer your question."