Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

48: Chapter 48: Silent Synchronization and the Glimmer of Light at the Bottom of the AbyssRustling sounds surged from below like a tide, becoming clearer and denser. Those dark red light spots approached rapidly, gradually revealing their true forms—they were strange creatures about the size of a fist, shaped like spiders but composed entirely of a dark bone-like substance, with ominous red light flickering at their joints. Their mouthparts opened and closed, making tooth-gritting clicking sounds, and their compound eyes were filled with pure malice toward all life.

”Bone-Corroding Demon Spiders!” Nangong Xuan gasped, his voice dry. ”These things actually exist... Legend has it that they feed on the remains of all things and Nirvana Qi. Wherever they pass, spirituality is destroyed, leaving only dust!”

The swarm of Demon Spiders, like locusts that smelled blood, lunged fearlessly toward that gray-black Nirvana barrier. They did not attack directly; instead, they attached themselves to the surface of the barrier, greedily gnawing on and absorbing the Nirvana aura that Lin Mo was simulating and emitting!

This seemingly ”accepting” behavior, however, brought disastrous consequences!

Every bite from a Demon Spider was like an invisible straw, crazily draining the Nirvana Dao Rhyme that Lin Mo used to maintain the barrier! This was no different from directly consuming his Dao Seed Origin and mental power!

Lin Mo groaned, and the chaos light cluster flickered violently, like a candle in the wind. Maintaining the simulation was already difficult, and this situation made it even worse! The barrier became thin and unstable at a rate visible to the naked eye!

”Not good! They are seeing through the barrier!” Su Muxue cried out. As the barrier weakened, the faint but real aura of vitality from the three of them could no longer be completely concealed and began to leak out in wisps.

Hiss—!

The swarm of Demon Spiders instantly became more frenzied! They were no longer satisfied with absorbing Nirvana Qi; the red light in their compound eyes flared intensely as they began to frantically tear at the barrier with their razor-sharp jointed limbs, spitting gray-white mucus with a strong corrosive effect from their mouthparts!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The mucus adhered to the barrier, quickly corroding holes into it! The thick, violent, and deathly corrosive aura from the outside seemed to have found a Breakthrough, crazily penetrating and eroding inward!

”Ugh!” Nangong Xuan bore the brunt of it; the sleeve of his robe instantly turned to ash, and the moment his skin made contact, it began to lose its luster, becoming shriveled and gray! He groaned and hurriedly circulated his minuscule Sword Essence to resist, but it had little effect!

The misty white Profound Yin Cold Qi on Su Muxue’s body surface spontaneously protected her. The extreme cold and the corrosion neutralized each other, producing a piercing sizzling sound. She temporarily held off the erosion, but her face grew even paler.

This couldn’t continue! Once the barrier broke, they would be instantly swallowed by the Demon Spiders and corroded by the Death Qi until not even their bones remained!

Lin Mo’s consciousness was on the verge of collapse under the immense pressure and erosion. The chaos dao seed issued frantic warnings, and the Toxin Seed, because it was being over-drained, also became extremely unstable, as if it might backfire on him at any moment.

What should he do? Holding on would only lead to death!

Giving up the simulation? That would mean instant doom!

His thoughts raced at an unprecedented speed. The chaos dao seed clearly fed back the movements of the countless Demon Spiders below, their energy flow, and even the faint mental connections between them.

Devouring... they crave Nirvana, and they are devouring Nirvana... They themselves are a part of this Nirvana environment... An extremely risky idea, like a flash of lightning in the dark, crossed Lin Mo’s near-desperate consciousness.

Since he couldn’t completely disguise himself or fully resist... then it would be better to... ”Complete Synchronization!”

Lin Mo’s intent let out a silent roar, and he made a crazy decision! He no longer tried to maintain a complete ”barrier” that isolated the inside from the outside; instead, he abruptly changed the way the chaos dao seed operated!

Using that restless ”Toxin Seed” as a guide, he no longer merely simulated the external Nirvana Death Qi but instead attempted to... merge a sliver of his own Spiritual Sense into this vast, primitive Nirvana Dao Rhyme!

This was not defense, nor was it a disguise, but... resonance! It was an attempt to become a part of this Nirvana land!

This was an extremely dangerous move. If he were slightly careless, his self-awareness would be completely assimilated and annihilated by this endless deathly silence, becoming a part of the Burial Ancient Abyss, beyond redemption!

But at this moment, there was no way back!

Buzz—!

The chaos dao seed let out an overwhelmed wail, its light instantly withdrawing to the extreme, as if it would be completely extinguished in the next moment. But after this extreme suppression, a strange and ancient ripple, centered on Lin Mo, spread out very faintly.

This ripple was no longer one of resistance but carried a sense of ”conversion” and ”integration,” gently ”touching” the violent Death Qi around them and the Bone-Corroding Demon Spiders that were frantically attacking.

A miracle happened.

The swarm of Demon Spiders that had been frantically tearing at the barrier and spitting corrosive mucus suddenly froze.

The red light in their compound eyes flickered uncertainly, appearing somewhat... confused. They perceived that the ripples emitted by these three ”foreign objects” below had, in an instant, become so... similar to them and to this abyss? Even older and purer?

It was an attraction and... awe originating from the Origin?

The tearing stopped.

The mucus was no longer spat out.

Even the pervasive corrosive Death Qi’s rate of erosion suddenly slowed down significantly, as if it had lost its clear target of attack.

They still surrounded the three of them in dense numbers, their red lights flickering, but they no longer attacked. They merely accompanied them as they fell, like Guards... or monitors.

The Nirvana barrier had already disappeared, but the three of them were temporarily safe.

Lin Mo had succeeded! Through the extremely dangerous ”Deep Synchronization,” he had temporarily ”tricked” the rules of this abyss and these Demon Spiders!

But he had also paid a huge price. His consciousness seemed to be floating on a boundless Sea of Death. The cold, lonely, and void feeling constantly eroded his sentience. He had to expend all his mental effort just to maintain the last bit of self-clarity, and even transmitting thoughts became extremely difficult. The light of the chaos dao seed had dimmed to the point of being almost undetectable.

Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue both felt this eerie change. Looking at the surrounding Demon Spiders that were no longer attacking but were still watching like tigers eyeing their prey, the shock in their hearts was beyond words. They understood that Lin Mo had once again performed a miracle, but he had definitely reached his limit.

The two of them did not dare to make any sudden movements; even their breathing almost stopped, for fear of breaking this fragile balance.

The fall continued.

The surrounding corrosive Death Qi still existed. Although the rate of erosion had greatly slowed, it was still slowly damaging their Physical Bodies and items. The skin on Nangong Xuan’s arm had become gray-black and cracked, the edges of Su Muxue’s skirt were constantly turning to ash, and Lin Mo’s swaddling clothes had become tattered and ruined.

Time passed bit by bit, every second feeling as long as a year.

Just as Nangong Xuan felt his consciousness beginning to blur due to his injuries and the erosion of the Death Qi, Su Muxue suddenly gave him a gentle tug.

”Look... below...” she said in a very faint, airy voice, her ice-blue eyes reflecting a different color.

Nangong Xuan forced himself to look down.

It was still endless darkness, but in the deepest part of the darkness, there seemed to be a relatively flat, boundless... ground? Moreover, on that vast ground, some extremely faint, intermittent... Dark Blue Lights were scattered about?

Those lights were very dim, like candles in the wind, appearing as if they might go out at any moment. But their very existence, in this absolute deathly darkness, appeared incredibly conspicuous and... inviting.

What was that?

Was it another unknown danger?

Or was it... a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation?

The swarm of Demon Spiders also seemed to have noticed those Dark Blue Light spots. They became somewhat restless, emitting low, threatening clicking sounds. The circle surrounding the three of them tightened a bit, their red eyes filled with vigilance and even a hint of... fear?

They seemed to not dare get too close to the area where those light spots were located.

Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue looked at each other, both seeing a glimmer of hope in the other’s eyes.

They had to land there! Those Dark Blue Lights might be their only way to survive!

However, how could they control the direction of their fall and land precisely in the area of those light spots?

They were still falling uncontrollably.

Hope seemed to be right before their eyes, yet it also felt as distant as the horizon.