Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 763 The Origin Explorer Arrives (1)

The spatial fluctuations at the edge of the cosmic sea gradually dissipated, but the energy imprint from the origin universe lingered in everyone's hearts like an alarm bell.

The fused entity stared into the empty space, the balancing energy in its palm still trembling slightly, as if sensing some distant and powerful existence.

"The Origin Universe... the birthplace of all parallel universes."

The black light of the Lord of Nothingness drifted slowly over, his tone carrying a solemnity about the unknown.

"My power of nothingness can sense that the spatial passage has not been completely closed, but has only been temporarily hidden. The explorer may reappear at any time."

Within the crimson light stream of the embers, the flame energy pulsed restlessly.

"We must strengthen the defense of the Cosmic Sea as soon as possible, and we can no longer respond passively as before."

What is the current state of the three primordial consciousness entities and the ultimate balancing core? Can it mobilize its full power to construct a defensive barrier?

The three primordial consciousnesses exchanged a glance, and the golden light stream of the Order primordial consciousness spoke first:

"The core was previously corroded by gray energy and void energy. Although it has been repaired, its energy reserves are insufficient. It can only mobilize up to 30% of its power, and..."

He paused, then turned his gaze to the core surface.

"When the energy imprint of the Origin Universe dissipated just now, I sensed an unusual energy fluctuation inside the core, but it was too weak to pinpoint its exact location."

The merged entity felt a chill run down its spine and immediately flew towards the ultimate balance core. White energy surged around it, and the four primal imprints lit up simultaneously as it began to carefully examine the energy trajectory of the core.

Energy surged into the core like a tide, flowing slowly along the patterns, but no abnormalities were found even after searching every corner of the core.

“Strange, my balanced energy can sense all the energy fluctuations in the cosmic sea, but I can’t find that anomaly.”

The fusion entity frowned. Could it be that it was just imagining things because it was too nervous?

The pale blue light stream from Canglan suddenly spoke, and the silver spacetime imprint shimmered with a faint light:

"Perhaps it's not an energy fluctuation, but an anomaly at the spatial level. The rules of the originating universe are different from ours; their energy may be hidden in the gaps of spacetime, undetectable by conventional investigations."

The Lord of Nothingness nodded in agreement, and a wisp of void energy separated from the black light stream, seeping into the space surrounding the core:

"I'll try using the power of nothingness. The energy of nothingness can penetrate any spatial barrier. If the energy is hidden in the gaps of spacetime, it should be able to be sensed."

The void energy seeped into the space like ink, and everyone held their breath and waited. But after a long time, the Lord of Nothingness shook his head: "Nothing was found. That energy is as if it never existed."

Just as everyone was filled with doubt, the alarm on the Ark of Life suddenly sounded, and the control panel screen showed that the stellar energy in various parts of the cosmic sea began to show subtle disturbances, and the originally stable energy field began to fluctuate irregularly.

"what happened?"

The fused entity immediately returned to the Ark, and as it looked at the data flashing on the screen, its expression gradually became serious.

"The area of ​​disordered stellar energy forms a ring around the ultimate balance core, which is no coincidence."

Yan Jin retrieved historical data on stellar energy for comparison and discovered that the disorder began after the Origin Universe explorers left, and was spreading at an extremely slow rate:

"It is the influence of the energy of the origin universe! Although that mark has dissipated, it has left a 'seed' in the energy field of the cosmic sea, which is slowly distorting our energy rules."

Everyone's hearts sank. If the energy rules were distorted, the energy balance of the Cosmic Sea would be broken again. At that time, the Cosmic Sea would fall into chaos on its own without the explorers of the Origin Universe having to do anything.

"That energy seed must be eliminated immediately!"

The fused entity made a decision, and the white energy around it surged once again.

"Three primordial consciousnesses, assist me in mobilizing the core's balancing energy. Yan Jin and Cang Lan, use vitality and spacetime energy to stabilize the stellar energy field. Lord of Nothingness, use the power of nothingness to lock onto the location of the energy seed!"

Everyone immediately took action, and three streams of energy—golden, silver, and green—were injected into the core. The core's white light shone even brighter, and the balancing energy, guided by the fusion body, spread towards the area where the stellar energy was disordered.

Yan Jin and Cang Lan transformed into two streams of light, traversing various parts of the cosmic sea. Life energy nourished the chaotic stars, while spacetime energy repaired the distorted energy trajectories.

The Lord of Nothingness hovered above the core, its black void energy enveloping the entire cosmic sea, carefully sensing every energy fluctuation.

Time ticked by, and the disordered stellar energy gradually came under control, but the energy seed remained nowhere to be seen. Fine beads of sweat appeared on the fused body's forehead; the prolonged effort to balance the energy had greatly depleted her strength.

"This can't go on. The energy balance is being depleted too quickly, and we can't hold out for long."

The fused entity's voice was weary, "Lord of Nothingness, can't you really sense anything unusual?"

The black light emanating from the Lord of Nothingness trembled slightly, as if it were under immense pressure.

"Wait... Deep within the core, near the origin of the rules, I sensed an extremely faint golden energy. It was hidden within the energy flow of the origin of the rules, perfectly fused with the core's energy, which is why I hadn't noticed it before!"

The merged entity had a sudden thought and immediately concentrated its balancing energy at the deepest part of its core. Sure enough, at the center of the origin of the rules, a tiny golden mark lay there quietly. The mark was engraved with complex patterns and emitted the same aura as the energy mark of the origin universe, only its color was deeper and more brilliant, like gold.

"that's it!"

The merged entity shouted, mobilizing balancing energy in an attempt to strip the golden mark from the source of the rules.

As soon as the balancing energy came into contact with the golden mark, the mark suddenly burst out with a strong golden light. The golden light contained the power of the rules of the origin of the universe, which forcefully repelled the balancing energy.

"Oh no! It's absorbing the core's rule energy!"

The consciousness of the origin of order shouted, and runes flashed rapidly in the golden light stream.

"The imprint is merging with the origin of the rules. Once the merging is complete, the core will be controlled by the rules of the origin universe. At that time, explorers will be able to directly descend into the cosmic sea through the core!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically. They never expected that this golden mark was actually a "key" buried by the Origin Universe, specifically used to control the Ultimate Balance Core.

Yan Jin and Cang Lan immediately abandoned stabilizing the star energy field and rushed back to the core. Yan Jin's flame energy and life energy intertwined to form a fire dragon, which spewed towards the golden mark.

The spacetime energy of Canglan transformed into a spacetime blade, attempting to sever the connection between the mark and the origin of the rules.

However, the golden mark's defense was far beyond imagination. When the fire dragon and the blade of time struck the mark, they only left a shallow mark before being deflected by the golden light. Instead, this stimulated the mark to absorb the energy of the rules even faster.

"The rules of the originating universe are more advanced than ours; conventional attacks are ineffective against it!"

The black light stream of the Lord of Nothingness fluctuated violently. He tried to devour the golden mark with his void energy, but as soon as the void energy got close, it was assimilated by the golden light and turned into the energy of the origin universe, which in turn enhanced the power of the mark.

The fused entity watched the rapidly merging golden mark with great anxiety. Was it really going to have to watch its core be controlled?

She suddenly remembered the information left over from the Balance Chaos: although the energy of the Origin Universe was powerful, it was extremely dependent on the "Origin Core." As long as the connection between the Imprint and the Origin Core was severed, it could prevent the fusion.

"Lord of Nothingness! Use your power of nothingness to seal the spatial connection between the core and the outside world, and prevent the mark from communicating with the Origin Core!" the fusion entity shouted, while simultaneously mobilizing the four primal energies to construct a four-colored energy shield around the golden mark. "Three primal consciousnesses, inject primal energy to strengthen the energy shield and temporarily trap the mark!"

The Lord of Nothingness acted immediately, and black void energy surged out like a tide, enveloping the entire Ultimate Balance Core and forming a thick void barrier that isolated the core from all spatial connections with the outside world.

The three primordial consciousnesses also poured all their primordial energy into the four-colored energy shield, making the energy shield shine even brighter. Finally, it temporarily trapped the golden mark and prevented it from merging with the origin of the rules.

Everyone slumped down beside the core, their energy completely depleted.

The golden mark, trapped within the energy shield, continued to surge forward, its golden light flickering erratically, clearly attempting to break through the blockade.

"This can only temporarily trap it; we need to find a way to completely destroy the mark."

The fused entity's voice was weary, "We know nothing about the energy rules of the origin universe, and we have no idea how to deal with them."

Just then, the detectors on the Ark of Life suddenly sounded an urgent alarm. The screen showed that the space at the edge of the cosmic sea was fluctuating again, and this time it was even stronger than before. A huge spatial rift was rapidly forming, and strong cosmic energy fluctuations were emanating from the rift – the explorers have arrived!

"How could they be so fast?" Canglan exclaimed, the silver spacetime imprint flashing violently. "Could it be that the golden imprint has been sending signals to them all along, allowing them to communicate even when the spatial connection is blocked?"

The black light stream of the Lord of Nothingness quickly examined the void barrier and discovered a tiny crack on it. This was because the golden light emitted when the golden mark impacted the energy shield had penetrated the barrier and established a brief communication channel.

"It's golden light! It can penetrate my void barrier; our blockade has failed!"

The merged entity watched the ever-expanding spatial rift on the screen and made a decision:

"Yan Jin, Cang Lan, continue to trap the golden mark and prevent it from colluding with the explorers from the inside; the three primordial consciousnesses, mobilize the remaining energy in the core to build the final defensive barrier; Lord of Nothingness, you come with me to stop the explorers from descending!"

Everyone nodded and immediately took action. Yan Jin and Cang Lan poured all their energy into the four-colored energy shield, tightly trapping the golden mark.

The energy of the three primordial consciousnesses merged into the core, and all the patterns on the core's surface lit up, slowly forming a huge white defensive barrier at the edge of the cosmic sea.

The fused entity and the Lord of Nothingness transformed into two streaks of light and flew towards the spatial rift.