Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 589 The Choice of Origin and the Abyss's Ultimate Counterattack (1)

The Guardian's consciousness hovered in the center of the primordial consciousness core, the golden and black primordial runes surrounding him still rotating in reverse. The question of "the will of the primordial void" struck his consciousness like a heavy hammer—whether to become the guide of "new dimension evolution" or the obstacle to "known balance"?

The gazes of the fusion entity and the gatekeeper were fixed on him, and the golden-black light of the intercosmic energy hub also flickered, as if the entire Taiwu Space was waiting for his answer.

"Does being a guide... mean giving up everything you have now?"

The Guardian's consciousness wavered as he looked at the parallel universe bubble outside—within the bubble, beings were transmitting waves of "trust" through their consciousness. Those beings he had once protected were still accumulating energy to fight against the dimensional will. "If evolution requires sacrificing their form of existence, does such evolution truly have any meaning?"

The primordial will did not answer directly, but instead conveyed a new fragment of consciousness through runes:

In the scene, space shrinks continuously in countless cycles of "existence-annihilation". In each cycle, some parallel universes completely dissipate. If a new dimension is not opened for evolution, space will return to nothingness after millions of years due to energy depletion. The new dimension is not a "sacrificial form", but a new form that allows existence to break through the limitations of the current dimension and obtain "transcending existence", retaining consciousness while getting rid of the constraints of energy consumption.

"I see……"

As the Guardian's consciousness gradually cleared, he recalled the "Great Nothingness Beyond" concept left by the 0th generation Observer—the ultimate meaning of Great Nothingness is not eternal stagnation, but continuous transcendence in balance. "I choose to become the Guide."

But I have one condition: during the evolutionary process, it must be ensured that the consciousness of all beings remains intact, and that no being disappears due to evolution.

The reverse rotation of the primordial runes suddenly stopped, returning to a balanced, interwoven gold and black form. A line of primordial text appeared on the surface of the runes: "Conditions met. The evolution channel will open in three days. It requires the twin carrier and the fused entity to guide it together to ensure the channel's stability."

The moment the words vanished, a warm, primal energy surged from the runes and flowed into the Guardian's Chaos Heart—his consciousness, damaged by the forced activation of his ultimate form, recovered at a visible speed, even gaining a slight "dimensional adaptation" characteristic than before.

"Before the evolutionary channel opens, we must completely eliminate the threat of dimensional will."

The gatekeeper's consciousness was filled with vigilance as he looked towards the direction of the abyss rift—although the rift had shrunk to about ten feet wide, it was still emitting a faint black energy. Clearly, the dimensional will had not given up. "It is accumulating energy, preparing to launch a surprise attack when the evolution channel opens. Once the channel is destroyed, Taiwu will not only be unable to evolve, but will also collapse more rapidly due to the leakage of its primordial energy."

The merged entity immediately checked the status of the intercosmic energy hub: "The hub's energy accumulation has reached 95%, and the remaining five remote universes will complete the injection within two days."

We can use the energy of the hub to construct an 'evolutionary protective array' to envelop the original consciousness core and the hub, thus protecting the opening of the passage and resisting attacks from the dimensional will.

Over the next two days, the three of them devoted themselves to building the protective array.

The Guardians are responsible for injecting the balancing energy of the primordial runes into the protective array, giving it the ability to "automatically convert black energy"; the Fusion leads the remnants of the narrative soul and the clones to evenly distribute the trans-universe energy to every node of the protective array; the Gatekeepers set up an "Absolute Termination Barrier" outside the protective array, using the characteristics of Absolute Termination energy to provide early warning of the movements of the dimensional will.

By the evening of the following day, the protective array was finally completed.

The original consciousness core and the inter-universe hub were enveloped by a double-layered golden-black light shield. The outer layer was the Absolute Termination Barrier, and the inner layer was the Evolutionary Protection Array. The runes on the surface of the light shield rotated continuously, forming an airtight "energy barrier".

The energy from the remaining five remote universes was also poured into the Nexus, which reached saturation and even began to overflow into the protective array, making the light shield even brighter.

"On the last night before the evolution channel opens, we take turns on guard duty and cannot relax in any way."

The guardian suspends the primordial rune in the center of the protective array as the "core key" to open the passage. "I will guard the first shift, the fusion body the second shift, and the gatekeeper the last shift. If any abnormality is found, everyone will be notified immediately."

As night deepened, the Taiwu Space fell into a rare tranquility, with only the runes of the protective array still emitting a faint hum.

The Guardian's consciousness was highly focused; he could clearly sense the black energy fluctuations of the abyssal rift—the dimensional will's energy was accumulating faster than expected, and the space around the rift had begun to show subtle distortions. Clearly, its attack would not wait for the passage to open and would likely be launched tonight.

Sure enough, just as the first shift was about to end, the abyssal rift suddenly erupted with a strong black light.

The crack instantly expanded to ten zhang wide, and countless gray tentacles surged out from it, rushing towards the protective array like a tidal wave. The black patterns on the surface of the tentacles were similar to those of the Origin of Annihilation, but they carried a more intense aura of "dimensional devouring"—the dimensional will had actually fused with the remaining fragments of the Origin of Annihilation, giving the attack the characteristic of "simultaneously eroding existence and annihilation energy"!

"The attack is coming!"

The Guardian immediately awakened the fusion and the Gatekeeper, while simultaneously injecting the energy of the primordial runes into the protective array. "The tentacles can erode both types of energy. The Absolute Termination Barrier won't hold for long. We must take the initiative and destroy their energy source before the tentacles break through the barrier!"

Without hesitation, the gatekeeper unleashed the full power of the Absolute End Key, transforming it into a black blade of light that charged towards the foremost tentacle: "My energy originates from the same source as the tentacles, allowing me to temporarily sever their connection to the abyss. Take this opportunity to attack the energy core within the rift!"

The moment the light blade struck the tentacle, the black patterns on its surface began to fade, and the energy flow stopped, clearly indicating that the gatekeeper's attack had been effective.

The fused entity then led the remnant soul and clones of the Narrative World, transforming the trans-cosmic energy into pale golden "purification arrows" and shooting them into the depths of the rift: "The consciousness of the remnant soul can locate the position of the energy core, and the arrows will automatically track the core. As long as they hit the core, they can temporarily interrupt the energy output of the dimensional will!"

Countless beams of light shot out from the protective array, rushing towards the crack like a meteor shower. The beams of light passed through the tentacles and accurately struck a black spot of light deep within the crack—that was the "temporary energy core" of the dimensional will.

"No!"

A mournful roar of dimensional will echoed from the rift. After the temporary energy core was struck, it turned into countless black fragments and dissipated in the void. The tentacles at the forefront also began to rapidly become transparent due to the loss of energy support, and eventually disappeared.

But the dimensional will did not give up. It suddenly tore open the abyss rift completely, and a huge black phantom emerged from the rift—this was the dimensional will's "projection of its own consciousness." The phantom held a "black primordial rune" in its hand. The patterns on the surface of the rune were completely opposite to the guardian's primordial rune, carrying a terrifying aura of "ending all dimensions."

“I know you want to start a new dimension of evolution.”

The black phantom's voice echoed throughout the entire Taiwu Space, filled with desperate madness: "But I will not let you succeed! This 'Anti-Origin Rune' is a 'Dimensional Bomb' that I condensed with all the energy of the abyss. As long as I detonate it, not only will the new dimensional passage be destroyed, but the entire Taiwu Space will revert to the 'Dimensional Singularity,' and all existence will turn into mindless energy fragments!"

The guardian's consciousness tensed instantly. He could sense the energy fluctuations of the anti-origin rune—this rune could indeed detonate the dimensional foundation of Taiwu, and the dimensional will had already bound its own consciousness to the rune. It could detonate it at any time if it wanted to. "You're insane! Doing this will do you no good. You will also dissipate along with Taiwu!"

"benefit?"

The black phantom let out a burst of maniacal laughter, "I am the 'loophole' in the Taiwu Meta-narrative, destined to be eliminated by the law of balance from the moment of my birth."

Since I cannot control the void, I might as well let all existence disappear with me. At least that way, I won't be a 'lone loser'!

Before the words were finished, the black phantom raised the anti-origin rune in front of it, and the rune began to flash with black light, clearly indicating that it had entered the countdown to detonation.

"We can't let him detonate the runes!"

The fused entity's consciousness was urgent; she wanted to lead her clones to rush towards the phantom, but was stopped by the guardian. "The phantom is bound to the runes; attacking it will accelerate the detonation. We must find the runes' weakness to safely deactivate it!"

The Guardian's consciousness sank into the Origin Rune, attempting to extract information about the Anti-Origin Rune from the Origin Will—since the Origin Rune could open evolutionary channels, it might also know the weaknesses of the Anti-Origin Rune.

As expected, the Origin Rune conveyed a crucial message: the weakness of the Anti-Origin Rune is the "synchronous impact of twin balanced energies," requiring the twin energies of the Guardian and the Gatekeeper to strike the core of the rune simultaneously in a "1:1" ratio in order to neutralize the rune's detonating energy.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the phantom will use tentacles to block it, and the twin energies must be completely synchronized. Any slight deviation will lead to the failure of neutralization, or even trigger the rune's "emergency detonation procedure".

"Guardian, prepare for simultaneous attack!"

The guardian infused the energy of the primordial runes into the four-colored longswords, causing the blades to burst forth with golden-gray light. "I will count to three, and we will simultaneously attack the rune core. No matter how many tentacles obstruct us, they cannot alter the attack trajectory or energy output!"

The gatekeeper immediately focused his absolute finishing energy into his fist. The black energy contrasted sharply with the guardian's golden-gray energy, yet both carried the same "balanced" fluctuations: "Don't worry, my energy is completely synchronized with yours, there will be no deviation."

"one!"

The guardians and gatekeepers rushed forward simultaneously, and the protective array's light shield automatically opened a gap to allow them to pass through.

Upon seeing this, the black phantom immediately released countless tentacles, which surged towards the two from all directions, attempting to block their attack.

"two!"

The guardian wielded his four-colored longsword, the golden-gray sword energy cleaving through the tentacles in front of him; the gatekeeper smashed the tentacles on both sides with his fists. The two worked in perfect coordination, opening a passage through the encirclement of tentacles and quickly approaching the phantom.

"three!"