Chapter 82 Looking Down (Thanks to Ning Ricardo for being the leader)
Just like that, slowly, cautiously, three steps forward and two steps back, Ji Jue moved to the edge of the defense area, tentatively put one foot in, then both feet in, and finally... the whole person and the car went in.

No response.

The darkness, towering like a cliff, was wriggling and slowly opening up from the center, clearing a path for him. It even made people feel that if they were smarter, they would put up a banner to welcome the owner home...

Without any setbacks or storms, I came in!
Not only Ji Jue, but even the two figures who had quietly approached from behind were stunned where they were.

Looking at each other.

What the hell?

"Could it be that there were too many people who broke in before, and the power is out now?" another person asked softly.

The moment they reacted, they walked towards the center with their heads held high, and then... they screamed and fled in a panic amid the siege of thunder and fire.

Then, the darkness squirmed, and with a roar, everything disappeared.

No more sound.

In the deepest darkness, the heavy door was riddled with holes and fell backwards.

The broken debris was scattered randomly in the equally tragic hall, as if it had been hit by a hurricane. There were countless traces of explosions, and one could faintly make out the blood and charred remains of corpses.

"Isn't this too stubborn?"

Ji Jue smelled a strange burnt aroma in the air and resisted the urge to gasp: Is there anyone who just put his face in the bushes?

This is the workshop center, and it’s also a workshop of a saint…

Sensing the incomplete spiritual circuits faintly visible in the air, Ji Jue could almost feel how exaggerated the traps and defenses had been triggered by the previous intruder.

After four hundred years, the security force of the Central Government has declined countless times, but it is still enough to crush him to death hundreds of times.

Ji Jue had just entered the gate and was already feeling like backing out.

After all, for a saint like him, crushing the Chosen Ones who have not even reached the rebirth level is just like playing. If they really need to defend themselves, then they must set up defenses at a level equal to their own...

In order to expand the scope of the workshop and control the entire Rift, she has removed almost everything that could be sacrificed and omitted, leaving only the minimum that is better than nothing.

It has come to this point, I have no idea what she is thinking!
After entering the center, the ghost ball that had been slacking off and watching the show no longer dared to continue slacking off. It disintegrated from Ji Jue's arms, emitting a faint blue light that vaguely covered them, helping them to block the surveillance and detection from the workshop.

Ji Jue’s authority is more than enough to enter the gate, but who knows what other management rules there are inside. If something weird is triggered by something that doesn’t match up, he’ll be doomed.

[Concealment project begins——] A mechanical voice sounded: [Element collection is completed, analysis sequence is loading, loading is complete, spiritual vision is activated]

It was impossible to tell how complex and earth-shaking changes had occurred inside the Ghost Ball in an instant. In the interweaving of several blessings, the general outline and structure of the entire workshop center had emerged in front of Ji Jue's eyes. Then, what was directly carried was the effect formed by the blessings from transformation and ether.

Ectoplasmic Vision - The ability to directly observe the changes, flows and movement trends of all ectoplasmic phenomena with the naked eye and perception, just like adding dye to clear water, and seeing through it like fire...

There was no time to teach Ji Jue what colors and symbols represented supreme goodness and spiritual transformation. The thick book of explanations was like a brick, which hit Ji Jue's soul directly through his ability, forcing him to remember it and making him black out.

When I opened my eyes again, the world was completely different.

All the turmoil was taken in.

"Come, let me see—"

Ji Jue grinned and made the sound that every chosen one of the Ether Road would make, and then... he felt like he was blind.

Light!
There were too many bright lights, flashing brightly, so dazzling, as if thousands of flash bombs suddenly exploded in an instant, and the excessive amount of information and impact became a hammer, hitting his head. Fortunately, with the operation and shielding of the ghost ball, the light was soon reduced to a faint level.

Then, as if the curtain was drawn, the colorful lights hidden behind the bright light finally appeared before our eyes.

Although it looks like a palace from the outside, the space inside is incredibly huge and is even constantly changing and expanding.

It seems like a living thing, with endless changes.

At this moment, it is like translucent glass, with the radiance of spiritual essence and supreme goodness flashing everywhere.

Through the obstruction of the wall, one can see the intense flashes that spread throughout every part of the core, whether they are natural fluctuations when the circuit is running or the destruction and resistance from intruders.

Ji Jue couldn't help it any longer and took a few deep breaths.

"You all really have your own unique skills!"

It was like a safety officer going to work on a construction site on his first day. He looked up and saw that every scene was so bizarre and wonderful, so crazy that he couldn't bear to look at it.

Some were so stubborn that they didn't know how to live or die and they just rammed into the central defense measures. Some, like Mr. Lou, relied on their numbers and weapons to carry out destructive development and demolition. Some ran around like headless flies. Some even carried sacks and shoveled off the gold-plated decorations on the wall to stuff them into their bags...

It was as if red-hot iron balls were suddenly thrown into the pool, and the boiling spiritual reactions occurred one after another, causing the quiet deep pool water to look hideous in the disturbance.

Among them, the most eye-catching... is a colorful mixture that turns into a dark spiritual torrent. It looks creepy and changes its shape all the time!
At this moment, in the center, the torrent was spreading wildly, even preying on other chosen ones who broke in. Often after a single encounter, the opponent's signal completely disappeared without a trace, blending into the sticky darkness...

I have absolutely no idea where this extremely weird thing came from!

[Ectoplasm analysis and comparison completed——Judgment is, Dragon Festival]

The moment the ghost ball gave the judgment result, he could no longer bear it and his vision went dark again.

Damn, it's you again!
Why are you everywhere?
Ji Jue was shivering with anger, and he couldn't understand why such a big bomb was suddenly dropped in the fish pond. Could it be that Lawrence finally won the resurrection match? !

Especially, when he saw the number behind the reference level marked by the ghost ball...

Eighth level?!
Is this a joke?
After transcending inspiration and transformation and reaching the stage of rebirth, he was already three realms ahead of Ji Jue, a blank newcomer who hadn't even entered the door!

No, how did he get in? Didn't they say that this game was a card game?
boom!
In the moment of distraction, there was a sudden shock, like an invisible wave roaring past.

The earth shook and the sky shook.

Not only the center and the underground, it seemed as if the entire rift world had ushered in an unprecedented turmoil, causing continuous sounds of shattering, and on the dome outside the center, cracks spread rapidly... The sea of ​​​​spiritual essence boiled in the violent earthquake, disturbing the rainbow light.

A faint bell rang.

It was like an illusion, echoing in the ears of every soul. The huge center also began to shake violently, and the internal structure changed rapidly, like a living maze, expanding again, evolving into infinite structures and changes!
Literally, the world is spinning.

Ji Jue almost accidentally fell onto the ceiling, but soon the ceiling fell to his feet. The calf panicked and crawled on the floor, hanging upside down, sticking its head out in fear and screaming.

Thanks to Ji Jue's quick eyes and hands, he retrieved the prophet who fell out of the basket.

"what happened?"

He looked around in shock: "I seem to have seen this scene in an old-generation horror movie."

"It's just an adaptive change, not even a defensive program."

The prophet said calmly: "Fluid alchemy is a skill that adapts matter to its essence. Under external stimulation, the center will expand its own domain and change the internal space to maintain its original function.

You can think of the entire hub as a living space that is constantly changing. Everything is in preparation for a reboot.

We are running out of time.”

"So what should we do next?" Ji Jue looked around at the ups and downs of the stairs and the doors that appeared and disappeared on the walls: "Do we have to open a blind box?"

"Do you think Mercury will take the stairs and bring the map home?" The prophet seemed to laugh: "The center is a constantly changing lock. Any intruder who does not master its rules and essence will be trapped in endless changes, and fluid alchemy is the key - Ji Jue, you must learn to look down, not up."

"what?"

Ji Jue lowered his head and saw the ever-changing patterns on the floor, feeling completely confused.

"It is not about looking down, but looking 'under'. Ignore the appearance, do not get stuck in the materiality, and seek the essence. Looking up will make the complexity fade away, while looking down will grab the essence.

One is the form, the other is the spirit."

The prophet said slowly: "Form and use are the way of confusion, while spirit and truth are the pure essence - don't be dazzled by those messy application methods and theories. Tracing back to the essence, adjusting the essence, and controlling the essence are the true essence of fluid alchemy."

Ji Jue stood there in a daze.

Staring blankly at the spiritual vision before him.

Countless changing lights, rising, descending, dancing, disturbing, and calming, the whole world is moving like a star, as if an invisible hand is controlling everything, descending from an invisible height, controlling everything with ease.

Including myself.

The invisible veins in the center, underground and even the entire rift are like silk threads, entwined between the invisible ten fingers. Following the established instructions, just a slight adjustment will cause endless changes and extensions.

From one to all.

The invisible fluids interweave to create countless turbulences. If you are in it, you will only be confused and bewildered. However, if you want to jump out of it and overlook the overall situation, then you must - [look down]!
down.

"…So, no, I'll go find the way."

Ji Jue murmured in a daze, as if a flash of lightning suddenly flashed through his mind: "But it made way and appeared under my feet, right?"

Take control of the workshop and make way for everything.

So Easy.

But unfortunately, he couldn't do it.

He is not a saint, and even his distance from the realm of a master is unattainable. It can be said that he is simply overestimating his own abilities.

“So, the reverse application should also work.”

Ji Jue's decisive whisper made the prophet's expression freeze slightly. He could no longer say what he had originally planned and looked back in surprise.

For the first time, I realized this terrifying talent that I had never seen in the past four hundred years.

Indeed, as a blank slate newbie, it was a complete pipe dream for Ji Jue to control the workshop.

But he can control himself.

Through fluid alchemy, he interfered with himself, made himself a part of the center, and truly participated in the operation of the center...

Even, really, get into it!
For others, it might be just a pipe dream, but for the Deus Ex Machina, it is simply, easy!
Even, it only takes a moment...

In the blink of an eye, the ex machina had already captured the huge sound that filled the entire rift. It was not for communication nor for domination, but as a part of the entire workshop, Ji Jue had already integrated into it with the authority from the old furnace.

An indescribable roar of terror exploded from Ji Jue's head, like the rolling aftermath of the world's rotation. Even if it was just the aftermath of the aftermath, it still made him overwhelmed.

But as blood oozed out of his mouth and nose, Ji Jue's eyes became brighter and brighter.

From the observation of the spiritual vision, all the complex changes suddenly became so clear, and the mysterious operation seemed to become natural and straightforward without any concealment.

The operation, contraction, expansion, birth and destruction of countless rooms also became clear as day.

He was like dust, passively moving in the huge Rubik's Cube.

But now, the magic cube has revealed a mysterious corner to him, revealing the mechanism behind it...

Snapped!
Amidst the violent shock, a crack suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the rotating wall opposite, revealing the ever-changing complex structure behind it, and even the narrow passage that kept changing and led to an unknown destination.

"Hold on tight, An."

Ji Jue didn't bother to wipe the blood from his nose. He laughed and stepped on the accelerator: "We're going to hitchhike!"

The engine roared.

They galloped into the darkness!
　Sorry for the late update.

　　At present, there are still some intermittent changes in body temperature, but the headache is gone. However, after the major symptoms ended, countless minor symptoms began to torture me. It seems that there is no good place on my body, and I feel uncomfortable.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)