“So, what should I do now?”
It’s definitely not realistic to physically cross the world channels. Not to mention whether Violet could make it through and back in time, the time constraints alone made it completely impractical. But seeing the confident expression on Sethlin’s face, there must be other methods.
Sure enough, the goddess nodded without hesitation.
“As I mentioned before, the simplest and most effective method is to directly descend with divine consciousness. Faith is both cause and connection. Now that our divine souls are intersecting, and since you can hear those prayers, it means, Violet, that you can also respond to the call and complete the divine descent.”
“Do you still remember the method I once taught you to create incarnations of the divine soul?”
“Alright... then I’ll give it a try.”
At this point, there was nothing to hesitate about. If helping out didn’t work, then there was nothing else to be done.
With a calm mind, Violet divided a portion of her soul, which was already in her spiritual body, to create the incarnation. The technique of creating incarnations wasn’t complicated; after learning it once in the Sky Temple, she had completely mastered it.
The sound of prayers gradually echoed in her ears once again. Under the influence of faith and karma, it seemed as if countless threads converged into one, coming from the infinite distance to the girl before her.
Invisible and intangible, yet Violet reached out and grasped it.
*Swoosh*
The world before her eyes changed.
“So this is... the world beneath the abyss, Aibus...”
It couldn’t really be called a beautiful world.
With gloomy skies overhead, the earth beneath her feet was parched and cracked, devoid of vitality. Though magical elements lingered in the air, they were so sparse that they were barely perceptible, likely less than one percent of the world she knew.
As an incarnation of the soul, Violet, who was more sensitive to energy, could sense that the air in this world was filled with a special kind of free energy. Its nature... was very similar to the power of decomposition and destruction, much like that of the “Doomsday Bombardment”. It inflicted considerable damage on living beings, making it difficult for ordinary people to survive in such an environment for long.
Furthermore, Violet also noticed that this world seemed to lack a sun and moon. In their place were some particles floating high in the sky, emitting faint light.
These things seemed somewhat similar to the inorganic particles used for illumination within the Abyssal Magic Island, likely a similar substance.
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Although the Magic Island was created by the Goddess of Earth, Seth, after her seal, it seems to have been sealed into the Abyss world along with her. Perhaps it was at that time that these glowing particles drifted into its interior.
This world had indeed fallen to the brink of death.
Violet wasn’t entirely clear on the reason, but the lack of light and warmth would gradually halt the growth of all things, and relying on these glowing particles was just barely clinging to life.
Moreover, combined with the destructive factors pervading the air, along with the once-launched “Doomsday Bombardment” from the abyss, Violet boldly speculated that this world may have experienced a disaster similar to nuclear war. It not only destroyed the sources of light essential for survival but even polluted the air thoroughly.
It was like something out of a post-apocalyptic novel.
Above the ground, apart from occasional mechanical devices and urban ruins, there were hardly any traces of biological activity. Among them, Violet saw a massive black cannon barrel extending from the earth, at least a hundred meters in diameter, somewhat resembling the main guns of interstellar behemoths depicted in comics. This must be the so-called “Doomsday Bombardment”.
Extending her mental gaze along the prayers outward, Violet’s view suddenly shifted, appearing inside a series of modern cities.
“Is this... a city built underground?”
Indeed, the surface had been completely contaminated. If civilization still endured in the world of Aibus, it could only have moved underground, relying on the shelter of the earth and dwindling resources to barely survive.
These underground spaces were probably what Sethlin mentioned as the help she once bestowed. No wonder the people of this world worshiped the Goddess of Earth, Seth, so fervently. This cultural influence seemed deeply ingrained from generation to generation.
At the same time, Violet also saw the inhabitants known as the Aibus people, the beings of this world.
Humans, they were indeed humans.
They were almost indistinguishable from the humans on the Earth, in the present world. Although there were some things, such as the rare biomechanical puppets that roamed the city, bearing a humanoid appearance, overall, this was a world similar to the technological civilization of the Earth.
Could this world truly have any connection with the Earth? But the Earth is a planet, while this world obviously is not, as can be seen from some details; Aibus is clearly a flat, or rather non-spherical world.
“How strange...”
Profound questions aside for now, time is limited. I need to solve the problems here as much as possible before the passage completely closes, and then hurry back.
First, let’s see how much power I can exert through the incarnation.
Violet reached out her hand, and the 【Eternal Scepter of the World’s Heart】 appeared in her palm. Although the incarnation did not have substance, treasures of this level, such as artifacts, couldn’t be explained by simple physical rules.
Hmm, there’s no problem with the equipment, and the backpack can be used normally. This means that these things are essentially connected to the soul.
Most skills can be used, although probably with some reduction in attributes compared to the main body, but it should be enough.
That should do it.
Violet lifted her head and could see many huge black whirlpools at the top of the sky, and those things were shrinking at a visible speed.
These are obviously the so-called world passages.
After estimating the time, Violet began to think about what to do next.
Through simple observation, there are only two reasons why this world is on the brink of destruction: “nuclear contamination” permeating the air, making it impossible for organisms to survive, and the lack of light and warmth, causing the entire world to gradually wither and decay.
As for the first problem, Violet didn’t know how to solve it. She could indeed isolate similar things over a large range, but this range couldn’t possibly cover the entire world. After all, her incarnation descended into the abyss, not her true body, and using her ace-in-the-hole magic, which requires SP, is now difficult to execute.
But the lack of light and warmth, Miss Priestess seems to have some clues.
“Hmm... the light elements are a bit too sparse, it’s a bit tricky. Oh, speaking of which...”
Because she was pressed for time, Violet didn’t bother with anonymity this time. After pulling her incarnation back to the surface, she immediately went full throttle.
The Soul Web, expand!
Her perspective rapidly expanded across this barren world, scanning countless faces filled with shock and fear, or suddenly dropping to their knees in awe, joyous to the point of tears, searching for the trace she sought.
Ah, found it.
It was a crater, sunken downwards, an enormous super-crater spanning tens of thousands of square kilometers. From an aerial view, it looked as if some ferocious, irresistible force had forcibly ground the earth, blasting out a massive cavity.
Near this area, there were densely concentrated light element molecules that were terrifying even compared to the present world, forcefully repelling even the ubiquitous destructive factors.
There was no mistaking it. This should be the landing point of the 【Dragon Language Forbidden Spell – Nine Hells】 that Xiao Guang threw into the abyss on the Omo Island.
The power of Xiao Guang, Violet was intimately familiar with it. Although the purity of the light elements might fall slightly short of her full potential, it was still far beyond any cleric in the present world.
The immense power of the forbidden spell could not dissipate completely with just one eruption. A considerable portion still lingered near this depressed area, especially at the center of impact.
In the Aibus world, where the element concentration was excessively thin, this power intended to punish the abyss was just right. Now, it could be used by Violet.
“Here we go.”
The incarnation extended her hand in the air, and the light elements swirling in the deep pit seemed to be drawn to her, gradually converging and rising into the air.
Countless points of light rose slowly, transforming into numerous golden ribbons, swirling around the maiden who mastered the light, drifting, and the sky lit up with the romantic dance of the aurora, illuminating the dim world like a scene from a dream.