Spatial Rift
She looked in the direction of the emperor's gaze, but saw nothing. The ceiling had carved beams, above which should have been a tiled roof, and above that, a gray sky.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
The concubines trembled with fear. The Imperial Capital had just been purged, but the harem, due to its special nature, had been preserved most intact. So the emperor said he would favor each of them one by one and conduct a thorough investigation to see if there were any problems.
Could it be... that I am Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon?
The emperor slowly withdrew his gaze, pondering the gaping cave in the sky, and murmured to himself:
"Why did all these Awakened run away? What kind of amazing tricks have these guys pulled this time?"
Upon hearing this, the concubine's eyes widened, her expression turning incredulous.
"You, you are the domain--"
Before she could utter a sound, blood lines appeared all over the concubine's body. The blood lines started from her face, extended down her neck, and all the way to her toes, like a piece of porcelain that had been shattered and broken into pieces in that instant.
Blood gushed from the crack, splattering onto the velvet bed curtains and the gold-embroidered bedding. The emperor's hand hung limply, leaving behind a mass of flesh.
"You talk too much."
The emperor spoke coldly, and at the same time, his men exerted their strength, causing the palace to collapse. After walking out and killing all the concubines, he took off and pursued the Awakened had fled to outer space.
Su Luo stood atop a tall building, her gaze fixed on the enormous rift that had been torn open in the sky.
"Spatial Rift... To be honest, this doesn't align with what I've learned before. But its existence is its Truth."
Su Luo had considered the path of space a long time ago, and at that time she concluded that the technology and scale were far too different.
Black Holes are merely the first step in space teleportation technology, and Su Luo currently lacks the ability to create stable Black Holes. Of the civilizations she has encountered so far, only the [String Civilization] has the capability to create them.
When communicating with Zuo Guxian, the other party clearly stated that the foundation of spatial ability is the creation of Black Holes and the ability to freely enter and exit them. It is even possible that spatial ability is just a science fiction hypothesis, because their civilization has not yet confirmed the mainstream theory of spatial teleportation.
However, Su Luo was aware of the existence and reality of spatial abilities. The Divine Court World could easily teleport before falling into the Land of Darkness, and the calamity of this Large Dungeon possessed spatial abilities. This all indicated that the spaces in different worlds could have vastly different characteristics.
In one world, space is a paper wall, easily breached with enough force, like an excavator Shattering the Void. In another world, space is absolutely solid, only shatterable by distortions at the level of Black Hole.
The spatial ability that Su Luo has always dreamed of is probably an extremely difficult technology, and it may even be universally applicable in most worlds.
In some weaker worlds, space may not be such a mysterious and stable thing. As long as one's strength reaches a certain level, one can freely travel through it, which is not elegant.
The difficulty of space technology may stem from the fact that Su Luo, and others she encountered, were always limited by the perspectives of different, powerful worlds.
The torn sky was constantly churning out all sorts of monsters, from Nascent Calamity to Mature Calamity, their numbers were enormous, and the Awakened forces guarding the empire were simply not qualified to contend with them, not to mention that many powerful figures in other places had already been wiped out by the Survivors.
Su Luo lightly touched the ground with her toes, grabbed a lucky spectator in her hand, and flew towards the crack in the sky.
"What are you doing?" Mu Hongyuan, who was not far away with his dog, looked in surprise at Su Luo, who was flying towards the Spatial Rift that was like a dumpling falling from the sky.
"I want to take a closer look and see if we can scale it up."
A relentless torrent of calamity poured down from the sky, and those black or red figures descended upon the world with the greatest malice toward humanity—a sight more despairing than anything falling from the sky.
It wasn't just the indigenous people who were terrified; even many Survivors scattered and fled immediately.
Not all Survivors can reach a skill level of 15 or higher in just seven days after retraining, and not all Survivors possess the raw skill to defeat Mature Calamity.
A viscous mental domain churned wildly around Su Luo, like an invisible hand pushing away all that approached until he arrived unimpeded before the massive rift.
From this distance, you can see the entire rift in the sky. It is a huge rift formed by countless dense cracks, which is constantly expanding and contracting. Some disappear and some reappear, but from a distance it looks like a large opening.
The silvery-white light is the color of the Spatial Rift itself, while the crimson color is the light from the other side of the Spatial Rift.
Su Luo tried it out, but couldn't see what was on the other side of the crack. Instead, she stuffed half of the lucky audience member's body inside and took it out ten seconds later.
Most of his arm was missing, bitten off by something. There were jagged teeth marks, traces of acid corrosion at the edges of the wound, and the skin and muscle were burned to a charred yellow.
Reassured, Su Luo caught a few more of the falling monsters to experiment with, recorded the data from the Spatial Rift, and then went straight inside, taking the lucky audience members with her.
"Luosu your mother!" Qi Yuan, who was a lucky audience member and had no chance to resist, cursed loudly.
In this turbulent era, Qi Yuan had progressed from [Knight] to [Judgment Knight] in just six days. He considered himself so extraordinary that he was even afraid of himself. However, he was powerless in front of this strange detective. He was truly at a loss.
"How many bad things must I have done to deserve the retribution I'm getting?!"
In the nearby cities, many eyes from other worlds watched the figure enter the rift. Some immediately tried to follow, while others hesitated.
The empire's territory is located on an ordinary planet. So ordinary that from space, it appears as a gray-blue sphere with a few white clouds floating on its surface, beneath which lies a hazy, gray land.
Beyond this planet, there are satellites, Fixed Stars, and other planets. Of course, the vast majority is endless darkness and Vacuum.
The Awakened who escaped from the Empire set their sights on the near-Earth orbit of this planet, and they will abide by the nation's oldest prophecy: Calamity Disaster befalls, flee to the heavens beyond.
When they arrived at this place, almost exhausted, and were about to enter hibernation, they were surprised to see a silvery-white object speeding through the sky.