Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2596: Chapter 2591: Crystal Unfolding

Is this... the end of the world?

According to the previous analysis, if it’s true that Lord Fool single-handedly bore the burden of the Transcendent’s finale, then this place in front of us is no doubt the most critical part of the entire Bookstore World.

Even if it belongs to the domain of Engraving Wisdom and is theoretically not real, there might still be some connection.

Thus, throughout the research journey, Fu Qian operated quite cautiously, such as when executing Lord Rom; he deliberately used single-target damage skills and avoided touching the Whale nearby.

Who would have thought that at this moment, the Whale seems to have stranded.

Indeed, watching the changes before him, Fu Qian found this word to be the most appropriate description.

True to Lord Rom’s name, even his Death Words are astonishingly impactful.

Though it doesn’t seem intense, the scattered blood-colored crystals appear to be the last straw, directly triggering a chain reaction.

After the Eight consecutive slashes, the crystalline scars in the space before us are already crisscrossed, teetering on the verge of collapse, and now they appear to have completely shattered.

Yet, the way they shattered is rather bizarre.

It’s not like breaking glass revealing what’s behind it; instead, the glass has fallen into a table of jigsaw puzzles.

It’s still displayed there, but they seamlessly flow into each other, transforming in an instant.

Including the Whale, one of the absolute cores, couldn’t escape such a fate.

If it previously seemed to be formed by many crystals, then now the fitting method of these crystals has evidently shifted from three-dimensional to two-dimensional, strewn out there.

Yes, a rather peculiar way of stranding.

Some might wonder, with the lake stranding like this, is its area still sufficient?

Certainly enough, because the lake is also stranding.

The unfolding isn’t limited to the Whale; even the calm water surface at that moment abstractly spreads out.

And from the rapidly expanding area, it seems even the concept of the lake’s depth is included.

So, is this still the Two-way Foil apocalypse?

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Though it feels inappropriate, at a moment Fu Qian recalled a certain famous weapon.

If it’s merely that kind of destruction and misalignment, it’s actually not too difficult for him to understand.

Because if memory serves correctly, he had once seen a similar scene—the Long Night a thousand years ago.

Su Gao lost all consciousness, and while he safeguarded her, he also paid attention to the sky outside.

Back then, he discovered a peculiar phenomenon, where the seemingly seamless night sky appeared to divide into completely unrelated parts circling each other, with rules only effective locally.

Does this scene slightly resemble what’s before him now?

Back then, he was curious about the reason, and Su Gao shared his feeling that ”the starry sky, spirit, abyss, storm tide fills every place...,” ”nothing can escape, nothing will remain unbroken.”

”Storm Tide,” seems to connect a bit with Crystal Storm all at once.

He had just pondered a question earlier: where did the storm atop the Whale’s head originate?

He had smoothly associated it with the Burial Ground of Gods, yet a new question arose: where did the storm at the Burial Ground originate?

From the déjà vu before him, could it have directly come from a thousand years ago?

A ripple causing all beings to struggle has never fully receded, but persisted at the resting place of the gods?

And has been consistently resisted by Lord Fool, tightly sealed outside this fragile real world?

Even the ”Doomsday” nineteen years ago seems to have gained a new interpretation.

Was it the Superior Beings outside the barrier eyeing greedily, satisfying their desires and conveniently destroying everything, or did their actions trigger certain chain reactions?

Just like now, Lord Fool’s painstakingly maintained situation is under impact, and eventually everything collapses in a strange way.

Another point to recognize: this Engraving Wisdom is unexpectedly resilient, having developed all the way to Doomsday, yet seemingly not ending.

That said, could the stars be seen just now?

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It seems increasingly reasonable.

While imagining a new version of Doomsday, Fu Qian noted another discovery.

He was connecting thoughts with the night sky from a thousand years ago, and the originally chaotic roof suddenly cleared, with stars unexpectedly visible before him.

Except the stars appeared unusually bright, and at a glance, the arrangement seemed problematic, completely different from what he remembered—wait, this seems to be okay.

With a strange sensation of observation, Fu Qian quickly derived an explanation.

Though the starry sky does look abnormal at first, if it is in an unfolded state like the Inverted Lake beneath him, the position and feel of the stars seem slightly more reasonable.

Yet, is the range of the Two-way Foil strike too vast? Is the Crystal Curse spreading outside the barrier? Or is it simply due to his own observation position?

Once again amazed, Fu Qian even recalled the barrier enveloping the Bookstore World, keeping the Mother of the Gospel outside.

The specific form of the barrier seems somewhat difficult to comprehend.

Although the position of the stars at this moment is also abstract, clearly distant, yet seemingly within reach.

Including the sea under the night sky as well.

Distance has transformed into an abstract concept, making not only stars clear, but along the unfolded Inverted Lake, one can even continue to see ashes surrounding them, and beyond, seawater, and even further out, the boundary of the seawater.

Moore?

At that moment, Fu Qian realized that a certain location he always gazed at but couldn’t attain appeared in his sight.

And it was even ”Moore in the Storm.”

Even though its appearance had changed beyond recognition, Fu Qian still recognized he was seeing the ”Wise Dead,” not the ordinary version.

His reasoning was simple, since the crystals composing it were filled with the concept named storm.

Yes, instead of revolving or shrouding, Moore existed with the attribute of being in the storm, like the distance previously, abstracted into a concept and embraced with other concepts to form itself.

From this perspective, it’s evidently more than just the mentioned unfolding of the Two-way Foil.

Though it is also a realm of silence, utterly lifeless.

Crystal solidification, terrifyingly so?

Unfortunately, his restored perception appears ultimately limited, beyond these new things, unable to see more.

Yet, to be fair, it’s already quite remarkable. Lord Rom truly ”turned to ash,” and even the brilliance of his cremation is helping to illuminate the world for him—wait, hasn’t the cremation ended?

As Fu Qian deeply felt enriched, he noticed a new change.

The traces left by Lord Rom, whether the scattered crystals or the collapsed storm scars, unexpectedly clustered together quietly, causing the blood color to suddenly intensify.