Chapter 951: The Null

Kill the Sun

It was terrifying.

Nick could see every memory of the Champion that was related to him.

He could even see the wrong guesses he had made.

One had to remember one thing.

The Champion was inside his office, which was inside Aegis' headquarters.

This was the most fortified place any human had ever created.

With Nick's normal perception, he couldn't see anything that was going on inside without entering.

Yet, he could see the Champion clearly.

It didn't matter where the Champion was.

He could still perceive him.

And since Nick could perceive him…

He could also use his abilities that relied on perception.

For example, he could teleport right into the Champion's office.

He could also summon illusions around the Champion.

With this power, Nick had complete control over humanity.

He could stay deep underground for his entire life and could still cause misery and damage all over the world.

Humanity wouldn't be able to find him, while he could always perceive them, as long as they knew about him.

'The Null is terrifying,' Nick thought. 'If it were intelligent, I would have never been able to get to where I am today.'

'I know a lot about the Null. In fact, I'm pretty sure I know more about it than necessary to become its target.'

'Most likely, it has already looked at me before.'

'And yet, my ability has never deactivated.'

'Is it because I'm a Specter?'

'Most likely.'

'I was never sure about it, but I think the Null doesn't target Specters at all.'

'But now, I'm sure.'

Then, Nick looked at the new ability the Null had given him, the one he had received after becoming an Eternal.

It was a familiar one.

One he had already heard about.

Nick looked at Giovanni.

By now, Giovanni was close to death.

He had led the underground city for almost an entire millennium.

Nick told Giovanni that he needed to test something and that Giovanni shouldn't be afraid.

The next moment, Nick activated his new ability.

Giovanni started to sweat, and he held his head in pain.

Nick stopped a moment later and thanked him for bearing with him.

'This is how the Null deals with the people who know about it.'

'I can cause damage and suffering based on what they know about me.'

'The more they know about me, the greater the damage will be.'

'If someone knows everything about me, I could even kill a Savior with this.'

The next moment, Nick looked at all the other beams.

He made an inventory of all the people who knew about him.

He also took note of the few Specters that knew about him.

Finally, there were only two beams left.

One of them pointed upwards.

The other one pointed downwards.

One of the beams led to the Sun, or the aliens.

The other one…

Had to lead to the Null.

Nick looked at the beam leading upwards first.

'I can only see the Sun,' Nick thought.

He could see a gigantic forcefield surrounding Earth.

Naturally, the beam led beyond that forcefield, but Nick couldn't see beyond it.

The Sun isolated all Specters, and it was impossible to see past it.

'Additionally, there's a possibility that my ability needs Prephyx or Zephyx as a medium to work. Space is filled with Star Energy, and Star Energy is the nemesis of Zephyx.'

The next moment, Nick took a deep breath.

Then, he focused on the Null's beam.

The Null's beam was a very light red.

It was almost white.

This meant the Null basically knew nothing about Nick except for the fact that he was a Specter.

Finally, after almost 2,000 years, Nick saw the Null.

It was nothing.

It was empty.

And yet, it was there.

Where was the Null?

Surprisingly, it was inside an extremely durable biological prison.

A sphere of hardened muscle surrounded an empty space.

Nick couldn't perceive the Null directly.

He could only perceive it by looking at the space he couldn't see.

It was like his perception just showed an empty space, but the empty space had blind spots.

The blind spots moved around chaotically without any rhyme or reason.

As Nick looked at the blind spots, he could feel something.

The blind spots were looking back.

The Null was looking at Nick.

And yet, Nick's ability was still active.

A moment later, Nick felt Zephyx shooting out of the Null, and he saw the Zephyx rushing right towards him.

It was the ability that caused damage based on knowledge.

The very ability that the Null used to kill anyone who knew too much about him.

Nick watched the enemy Zephyx rushing towards his Specter Core.

And then…

Nothing happened.

'I see,' Nick thought. 'It's not that you don't target Specters.'

'It's just that your ability doesn't work on Specters.'

'Most likely, you have tried to kill me before, but since I was a Specter, it never worked.'

'And since you can't leave this cage, you also can't attack me via other means.'

Nick remembered the time when he had told the aliens about Rising Star Base and Piercing Heaven Base.

'Did the aliens release the Null and order it to do something? With just this ability, it can't possibly deal with an entire base.'

'Although…'

Nick focused on Aegis' database.

He couldn't only see information that a living being knew.

He could also see information stored in machines.

As Nick focused on the database, he activated his ability to cause damage based on memory.

He could feel it.

If he wanted to, he could destroy Aegis' entire database just because it contained information about him.

'It's also possible that the aliens simply beam information regarding the Null into the machines. Then, the Null takes care of these machines.'

'However, the Null didn't deal with the Jolly Cannibal and the Ice Maiden.'

'Most likely, the Sun used some kind of failsafe that instantly deletes Specters.'

Nick looked back at the Null.

It was still sending Zephyx to him.

'It really wants to kill me desperately.'

'But as long as it is contained, I am safe from it.'

Nick took a deep breath.

'Yet, if it breaks out…'

As Nick looked at the Null, he could only feel one thing.

Power.

The Null was far more powerful than Nick had anticipated.

'At least, it's a Peak Eternal.'

'It could even be at the tenth level…'

'If this thing breaks out, I will die.'

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