Chapter 217: The Final Gift
The terrifying heat released from the explosion's epicenter instantly boiled vast amounts of seawater, sending up an endless mist.
The high-temperature steam, propelled by successive shockwaves, rapidly spread across the entire battlefield. Ordinary individuals caught in this area would have been cooked alive by the boundless steam before succumbing to the intense radiation.
However, those capable of participating in the battle were at least Ability Users protected by a Life Field. As long as they could escape the nuclear blast's central zone in time, mere steam held little significance, serving only to obstruct most people's vision.
The violent vibrations quickly reached the seabed, over a thousand meters deep, but after being significantly attenuated by the seawater, they were virtually imperceptible to the prepared Sea Race.
The central nuclear reaction persisted for nearly ten seconds. All survivors had retreated nearly a kilometer within those ten seconds, silently awaiting the final outcome from the periphery.
From the outset, some had considered using a nuclear warhead as a vanguard attack, but Sakasky was not immobile like the Ghost King of Tianzhou. Its movement speed was sufficient for it to leave the nuclear blast center within the warhead's detonation time, which led to the abandonment of that tactic.
Just as everyone anxiously awaited the result, each of them suddenly received a mental fluctuation from the center.
"Everyone, I am Hua Taishan, who has just broken through. Though I stumbled upon a method for breakthrough, I regret to say I ultimately failed and perished. Nevertheless, I am certain my method is sound."
"Now, I shall impart my breakthrough experience to each of you. I hope it proves beneficial..." He articulated nearly everything he thought and did before and after his breakthrough in the mental fluctuation, selflessly sharing it with those present.
"These are my insights and experiences on the Martial Path..." He poured them all into Bai Mo's mind, regardless of how much he could receive.
While Bai Mo's memory allowed him to recall everything perfectly, true absorption and comprehension would still require considerable time. After all, his understanding of the Martial Path paled greatly in comparison to Hua Taishan's, who had been immersed in it for many years.
"Finally, I hope you remember that you are still human. I know that to a large extent, what influences your way of thinking is actually your eye's ability. You should have no barrier between yourself and humanity."
"Heaven and Earth Lock!"
As these four words rang out, Bai Mo realized that his divine sense, which he had long taken for granted, began to vanish, and his surroundings gradually transformed into an unknown darkness.
His eyes had long since merged with his Spirit Hub of divine sense; divine sense had always been his primary means of observing this world.
The divine sense perception extending nearly a thousand meters around him, gifted by Primal Matter, quickly dissipated. Bai Mo plunged into a silent, dark world devoid of hearing and sight.
"Upon breaking through the second acupoint, an ability called the Mind's Eye will awaken. You can try to observe this world with it."
Accustomed to relying on his powerful divine sense, Bai Mo had never discovered such a weak ability before. Following Hua Taishan's instructions, he slowly roused his Mind's Eye, beginning to observe this somewhat blurry world.
"It might be a little blurry at first, but once you get used to it, it will be no different from ordinary eyes."
It had been a long time since he experienced the vision of an ordinary person, and at this moment, he felt numerous inconveniences. He, who never needed to look back, now had to twist his head around.
"Or, perhaps without the interference of abilities, your mindset will return to that of a normal person."
"If you don't deliberately break it, and instead slowly wear down the seal with your will, the Heaven and Earth Lock should dissipate in about three years."
"But in case of an emergency, a minute of intense spiritual force impact will cause the lock to automatically disappear according to my settings, ensuring it poses no danger to you."
"Your will is still too scattered. Perhaps three years of tempering will allow you to go further on the Martial Path, at least enabling you to open a few more acupoints."
"My time is up. I hope you can continue to advance the Martial Path."
"If possible, please look after Hua Qing for me. There are many disputes in big families, and even Changjiang might not be able to handle them all properly. She is my only granddaughter left."
After Hua Taishan left his final, will-like words of entrustment, his will completely dissipated from Bai Mo's mind, leaving behind only the Heaven and Earth Lock, which restrained divine sense, as proof of his past existence.
Without all-encompassing X-ray vision, without vision that could observe infrared and ultraviolet, without the powerful sight that could easily discern pores, without the display of emotional colors, his impression of this world gradually aligned with his memories from four years ago, when he was still an ordinary person.
"What a pity." Faced with this scene, the Ability Users present who had reached the peak of the Unmelting Realm and had a chance to break through, couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow.
The pioneer becoming a martyr weighed heavily on the hearts of those who walked the same leading path.
"It should be dead now, right?" After a moment of silence, many began to ponder this question.
"These Zerg are lunatics! I want all of you to die! Die! Die!" As the temperature gradually dropped, Sakasky, whose body in the nuclear blast center was reduced to less than five percent of its original mass, roared.
The injuries it sustained five hundred years ago when it drifted to Earth were not as severe as today's.
For ordinary creatures, losing more than fifty percent of their physical structure was almost certainly fatal, but for it, whose main body was composed of countless nanites, even losing over ninety-five percent of its body meant it could recover after centuries of recuperation.
The so-called Blood Clan's "Undying Body," was essentially the process of cultivating its own nanites using other organic matter.
However, the excessive destruction of the nanites carrying its consciousness had left its thoughts incomplete. It no longer had the patience to wait another thousand years, and resolved to unleash its final trump card, intent on annihilating all these Zerg before its eyes!
"Tianming Supernova!" Guided by Sakasky's will, the Blood Clan's headquarters in Siberia began to tremble. A terrifying spaceship, nearly five hundred meters long, burst forth from its external structures.
"Warning! Warning! Intense tremors detected in the Russian North Siberian region, suspected earthquake. All units please be advised!" Command centers worldwide received warnings from monitoring departments almost immediately.
Meanwhile, satellite images showed a massive, unidentified black shadow slowly ascending into the sky, then advancing towards the Arctic Ocean battlefield.
"My God! What is that thing!"
"Why is it just a black shadow? Can it block monitoring?"
The joint combat command center was once again shocked by this unconventional enemy, and immediately notified the combat personnel on the front line.
However, no notification was even needed; the terrifying tremors had already been detected by the Ability Users on the outskirts of the battlefield before the Tianming Supernova even took flight.
It wasn't easy to pretend not to see a behemoth spanning several hectares ascending into the sky.
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