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

84: Chapter 84: The Wonders of the Earth’s Core and the Metamorphosis of the Star CoreThe world spun, and jagged rocks flew everywhere.

Violent turbulent energy, like an invisible giant hand, death-gripped Su Muxue and dragged her frantically toward the depths of the earth’s Core. All around was a deafening roar and suffocating pressure; her protective spiritual light seemed so minuscule before such celestial power, flickering violently as if it would shatter at any moment.

She clung tightly to the light orb containing Lin Mo, pouring her remaining spiritual power without reservation into the zhenyuan remnant sword. The blade hummed, blooming with a resilient black-green halo, barely forming a thin barrier of Sword Intent around them to withstand the most lethal impacts.

“Lin Mo!” she cried out urgently within her Sea of Consciousness.

“Steady! I’m trying to guide this power!” Lin Mo’s consciousness responded with unprecedented focus and even a hint of excitement. “Though this energy is violent, it shares the same source as the nirvana star core! It’s... tempering the star Core!”

Under the wash of such violent energy, Lin Mo’s light orb did not dim; instead, its radiance grew brighter and brighter! The dark markings on its surface flickered and spread at an unprecedented speed, like a hungry Taotie greedily devouring the gray-black ge脈 energy that coexisted with both heat and deathly stillness!

With every swallow, the light orb became a bit more solid, and its gray-blue light grew deeper, carrying a heart-palpitating sense of antiquity and majesty. It was as if a violent transformation was taking place inside the star Core, and a more fundamental, more powerful force was awakening.

The ripples generated by this transformation actually served to slightly stabilize the energy turbulence around Su Muxue, giving her a moment to breathe.

They fell for an unknown amount of time—it felt like a mere instant, yet also like eternity.

The surrounding roars gradually faded, and the frantic dragging force began to dissipate.

Thud!

With a muffled sound, Su Muxue slammed heavily onto something tough and elastic. The massive impact made her vision go dark and a sweet taste fill her throat; she nearly spat blood again. Enduring the searing pain, she flipped up instantly, the zhenyuan sword held horizontally before her as she warily scanned her surroundings.

The sight before her eyes made her catch her breath instantly.

This was not the scorching geocentric molten hell she had imagined, but a magnificent and eerie underground world beyond description.

They seemed to be within a colossal underground cavity. Above was not rock, but a vast, slowly flowing dark-red ’canopy.’ It was composed of extremely condensed earth-fire and some kind of liquid energy, emitting a dim red glow that illuminated the entire space. It wasn’t scorching; rather, it carried a gentle warmth.

Beneath her feet was a boundless ’earth’ woven from some kind of dark-gold mesh-like mycelium, tough and elastic, sinking slightly as she stepped on it. Giant, strangely fluorescent fungi grew like a forest; some were as tall as towers, while others were like low shrubs. Countless glowing spores floated in the air like miniature stars, slowly drifting up and down.

In the distance, there were even glowing rivers flowing quietly, though they held not water but liquid pure energy. Further away, the skeletal fossils of giant creatures were faintly visible, stretching like mountain ranges, testifying to the past magnificence of this place.

Quiet, vast, mysterious, ancient.

This place felt like another world entirely, independent of the bustling surface and the chaotic upper underground layers.

“Such pure... such ancient ge脈 primordial power...” Lin Mo’s consciousness carried a sense of wonder. “This seems to be a Core intersection of the ge脈. The energy has been naturally constrained and tamed, forming this unique Small World.”

His light orb hovered nearby. Its volume seemed to have shrunk slightly, but its light was more restrained and solid. The dark markings now covered more than half the orb’s surface, forming a mysterious and complex pattern that flowed slowly, emitting an awe-inspiring aura. The violent energy wash from before had actually turned into a great supplement for him.

Su Muxue breathed a small sigh of relief, only then feeling her bones ache as if they were falling apart. She quickly checked herself; her injuries had worsened, but fortunately, her foundation was unharmed. She took a Medicinal Pill, her sharp gaze scanning the surroundings for any trace of the Black-Robed Person.

In this empty world, there appeared to be nothing besides them.

“That person is gone,” Su Muxue said in a heavy voice. “What was his purpose in leading us here?”

“Perhaps, he is up ahead.” Lin Mo’s consciousness pointed in a direction. The nirvana star core was exceptionally sensitive to the energy flow here; he could perceive that the energy of this world was slowly converging toward a certain central point.

The two of them took a moment to regulate their breathing, then carefully moved along the mycelium earth toward the center of the energy convergence.

The sights along the way were bizarre and fantastic. Glowing moss formed a shimmering carpet on the ground; giant crystal clusters encased fossils of biological embryos never seen before; they even saw jellyfish-like creatures composed entirely of energy drifting leisurely through the air, completely unresponsive to their arrival.

It was terrifyingly quiet, yet filled with majestic vitality and energy.

The further they walked toward the center, the more intense that ancient, weathered aura became. The color of the mycelium earth beneath their feet gradually deepened into dark gold, even taking on a slight metallic luster. The energy spores floating in the air also became denser, like a golden mist.

Finally, after passing through a forest of giant fluorescent mushrooms, the scene before them changed once more.

Ahead was no longer an endless mycelium plain, but a relatively open plaza paved with a stone material as warm as white jade. At the end of the plaza stood an ancient altar, ruined yet still showing the grand silhouette of its former glory.

The style of the altar bore some resemblance to the Star Palace altar they had seen at Luoxing Slope, but it was even more ancient and simple. The stone used was not light-absorbing black, but this warm white jade color. The carvings on its surface were not of stars, but ancient totems depicting the veins of the earth, mountains, rivers, and the growth of all things.

In the center of the altar, there was no recessed pit, but rather a peculiar plant growing there.

The plant was barely three feet tall, its entire body appearing as if forged from the purest gold, yet its leaves were translucent, with lava-like energy flowing slowly within. It swayed gently without any wind, emitting an incomparably majestic yet gentle life force and earth primordial power, as if it were the energy Core of this entire geocentric world!

And beneath that golden plant, on the floor of the altar, sat a figure in quiet meditation.

It was the very Black-Robed Person who had led them here!

He (or she) was still shrouded in the black robe, back turned toward them, seemingly sitting in silent comprehension before the golden plant, showing no reaction to their arrival.

Su Muxue and Lin Mo instantly became alert to the extreme, stopping at the edge of the plaza, not daring to step forward rashly.

“Who exactly is Your Excellency? What is your intent in leading us here?” Su Muxue spoke coldly, her Sword Intent locking onto the figure’s back.

The Black-Robed Person remained motionless, as if petrified.

Silence spread across the ancient, empty plaza, broken only by the rustling of the golden plant swaying gently.

Just as Su Muxue was losing her patience and preparing to speak again, the Black-Robed Person finally moved.

He (or she) slowly, extremely slowly, raised a hand toward the hood and then gently pulled it down.

Revealed was a head of long, crimson hair like burning flames, and... a profile.

It was an exceptionally handsome profile, yet it carried a non-human quality. His skin was fair to the point of being translucent, his ears were pointed, and most strikingly, several fine, golden crystal-like natural scales grew from one side of his temple down to his cheek!

He slowly turned his head, revealing a pair of eyes with pupils like molten gold. His gaze fell calmly upon Su Muxue... and the light orb of Lin Mo in her arms.

A deep and magnetic voice slowly rang out, speaking in perfectly articulated human language:

“There is no need for tension. There was no malice in leading you here.”

His gaze finally fixed upon Lin Mo’s light orb. A complex and indefinable meaning flickered in his golden eyes—curiosity, scrutiny, and a hint of... a sigh, as if he had been waiting for a very long time.

“My name is ‘Yan’.”

“I have guarded the ‘earth mother spirit root’ in this place for untold ages.”

“And you...”

The corners of his mouth curled into a faint smile.

“Especially you, the peculiar holder of the ‘star Core’... I have waited for your arrival for far, far too long.”