novelhk Chapter 258 Absolute Safe Zone
Chapter 258 Absolute Safe Zone
The churning sands are no longer blindly searching, but have begun to aggregate and settle in a regular manner.
The crimson hue of the sky deepened, and the clouds hung low, as if pressing down on the sand dunes.
That omnipresent "gaze" now carries a sense of inquiry.
Like a wild beast wondering why its prey has vanished into thin air.
Inside the car, everyone held their breath.
Ordinary people don't feel it so strongly, but those at higher ranks are in their throats.
Tashan clenched his petrified fist, his knuckles cracking softly.
Su Su closed her eyes, and her aura flowed unconsciously around her, as if she was accumulating some kind of power;
Yang Fan gripped the newly acquired silver spear, his knuckles turning white;
This sense of oppression is different from the pure hierarchical oppression of [Lou Mi Wang]. This one gives you the illusion of being face-to-face with danger.
All the sequence transcendents felt immense pressure from this overwhelming sense of danger.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Luo's voice rang in Xu Si's mind.
"Brother Dao, Brother Fu asked, how's the Changsheng car team doing?" Xiao Luo's spiritual sense sharing is now the most convenient communicator.
"I don't know!" Xu Si replied.
That Lu Xun was indeed no ordinary man; he could disappear without a trace right under his nose.
They even managed to evade a level 5 eerie detection, which shows they have some real skill.
Within the starry sky, the flow of time seemed to be infinitely stretched.
Every second is cut into countless trembling moments, only to be reassembled by an eerie silence.
Xu Sixing's eyes were half-closed, his gaze piercing through the void of the starlight barrier, locking onto every subtle change in the sky.
The sequence energy, like a floodgate opened, surged out along the stable channels constructed by the star anchor, maintaining the vast "nothingness" that covered the entire convoy.
Outside, the strange changes in the desert suddenly ceased.
Just as spilled water is poured back into a basin, even the gaze that was so close overhead vanished in an instant.
Xu Si did not let his guard down, nor did he retract the star curtain.
He always felt that something was off about this strange thing.
If the enemy were to launch a surprise attack, even the combined strength of two convoys might not be enough to take down this level 5 monster.
Even though Xu Si valued this strange fall, he still had a good understanding of his own strength.
Don't say we can't beat them now.
Even at their peak, they probably couldn't beat them!
Inside the starry sky, a stifling silence lasted for nearly half an hour.
Xu Si could feel that the oppressive feeling that was everywhere, as if the sky itself was watching, had indeed receded like the tide.
But the desert has not returned to "normal".
The fine sand continued to move on its own even without wind, meandering along the ground.
The silhouettes of the distant sand dunes were distorted and deformed by the high temperature, resembling the silhouettes of giant beasts that might pounce at any moment.
The blood-red sun hung in the center, its scorching rays carrying a heavy malice, baking this desolate world of yellow sand.
"Gone?" Fu Xiaojian's voice came through the car radio, extremely low.
"Unsure." Xu Si's response was concise, his starry eyes still fixed on the outside world.
Maintaining the star curtain consumed more energy than he had anticipated, and a slight deficit had already appeared between the replenishment and consumption of sequence energy.
If it weren't for the significantly increased absorption efficiency of the Star Anchor after promotion to Sequence 4, it would probably be difficult to continue at this point.
Yi Yi on his shoulder twitched slightly, and his delicate fingertips gently tapped Xu Si's forehead.
A wisp of pure and gentle life energy quietly flowed in, like sweet spring water flowing into a dried-up riverbed, invigorating Xu Si.
"Thank you," Xu Si murmured to himself.
There was no response; it merely flapped its wings slightly, scattering a few glimmers of light.
Just then—
The endless yellow sand in the distance swept in like a giant wave.
At the same time, the gaze from the sky returned.
This guy is definitely not as simple as he seems.
The Xinhuo train convoy and the Changsheng train convoy stood motionless in the sandstorm, like two tortoise shells.
Beyond the starry sky, the sandstorm had grown to the point of obscuring the sun.
Billions of grains of sand were seized and accelerated by an invisible force, whistling and swirling in the gale. Each grain was like a poisoned shot, striking the ethereal light shield without creating even the slightest ripple.
It's as if all those grains of sand have been exiled to another time and space!
Is this sequence 4?
Xu Si's understanding of Sequence 4 has been refreshed. This characteristic is not just as simple as protection, concealment, and stealth!
"Hang in there a little longer. If it's just a sandstorm, it won't last long!" Fu Xiaojian's voice was transmitted to everyone's minds through Xiao Luo's shared spiritual senses.
They remembered the black storm from back then.
Back then, it was Tashan who protected everyone; now, the roles have changed.
The howling of the sandstorm, like the shrieks of millions of wronged souls, continued to tear at the entire sky.
Xu Si could sense that the energy required to maintain this "nothingness" was increasing at an alarming rate.
It's not that the star curtain itself has become fragile, but rather that the will of the [Viphan] contained within the external sandstorm is becoming increasingly focused and penetrating.
It is probing, applying pressure, trying to find out where this "disappeared" prey is hiding.
Even with the help of Yi, Xu Si could only barely maintain the opening.
He knew that if he removed the star screen, probably no one in the entire convoy would survive except him.
"Xu Si." Yi Yi's voice was filled with obvious worry. The light from her fingertips, which were pressed against Xu Si's forehead, shone even brighter, and more life energy surged in, repairing Xu Si's increasingly weak sequence energy.
Fortunately, his characteristics were greatly enhanced after the promotion; otherwise, he probably wouldn't have been able to support Xu Si's consumption.
"I'm fine!" Xu Si tried to forcefully increase the absorption efficiency of the Star Anchor to make up for the lack of his own sequence energy.
Unexpectedly, it actually worked. It seemed that the previous enhancement potion was forcibly catalyzed, and Xu Si could sense a sudden increase in the energy from the Star Anchor.
Is this what they mean by turning pressure into motivation?
Beyond the starry sky, the sandstorm began to take on an eerie appearance.
It was no longer just a simple sandstorm; the swirling sand began to vaguely form ever-changing shapes.
Sometimes it resembles a huge, overlooking eye;
Sometimes it resembles the open mouth of a giant beast;
Sometimes it resembles countless twisted and entangled roots.
Despair, temptation, and imprisonment mingled with the howling of the wind and sand, relentlessly trying to seep in.
This is [Viphan] using its "Despair Induction" and "Green Cage" properties.
Even if no target can be found, this ubiquitous mental pollution and scene cues can be used to dismantle any potential shelters from within.
Unfortunately, nothingness is untouchable.
Under the cover of starlight, this place truly became a temporary 'absolutely safe zone'.
However, correspondingly, Xu Si's energy expenditure was also unprecedented, even comparable to his full-force attack just now.
If it weren't for Yi Yi and Xing Mu, they would really be dead here today.