Speculation About the Mastermind / March 7th Starts Making Her Move

Dan Heng raised the alert level to the maximum, and together with Xingyi, they protected March 7th and Asta from the left and right sides.

"Hey, Gwen, he..."

March 7th's gaze instinctively fell on Gwen, who was leading the group, but he found that Gwen's figure was now shrouded in a thick, eerie blue light, as if he were in a different world from them.

"You all step back!"

Get out of here!

Gwen also noticed the unusual environment, but he didn't panic. He simply told the others to retreat.

However, since voice could no longer be transmitted, Gwen directly used the Chat System to tell March 7th and Asta to step back. The two received the message smoothly and retreated with Star and Dan Heng while asking him about the situation.

"It's unclear. This strangeness likely originates from the star core, but there's probably someone else interfering..."

Gwen answered their questions, his eyes darting around, trying to find some clues.

In a fleeting moment, Gwen's intuition led him to a corner where a figure, whose face he couldn't quite make out, seemed to flash by.

However, when Gwen looked closely, he could no longer see that figure. Only a deep, dark blue light slowly condensed and transformed into a human form in a few breaths, with a height and build that were extremely similar to Gwen's.

Boom!

Gwen gave his opponent no chance to take shape, and with a flick of his wrist, he hurled a Sun Spear. The dazzling Lightning Spear pierced through the figure in an instant, shattering it.

However, even though most of the pieces were burned to ashes by the golden flames, a few corner pieces were spared.

The next moment, those scraps grew at an even faster pace, and were about to turn into four Gwen.

"Tsk, is it haunted?"

Gwen clicked his tongue in annoyance, then formed a sword shape with his fingers and with a gentle swing, the Holy Sword was already unsheathed.

The sharp sword energy arrived in an instant, severing the four figures in half at the waist. The deadly chill turned into ice before they could regenerate, freezing all eight mutilated bodies and restoring the restlessness to the silence before their birth.

Gwen dismembered the puppets with the holy sword and utterly destroyed them with Absolute Zero. He looked around, but still couldn't find that figure. He scoffed—

"What, you've run out of ideas already?"

Although this alternate dimension was clearly problematic, and even he found it difficult to contact March 7th and the others who were nearby using conventional methods, Gwen wasn't too worried. At worst, he could just use the system to improve it.

What concerned him was who had created this thing—

The star core originally had no such ability. Even if this star core became sentient and used these past few years to integrate and innovate Morgan's magical knowledge, it still couldn't achieve this level.

All of this must be the work of someone behind the scenes.

Meanwhile, although he was still able to navigate this strange space with ease, Gwen down and began contacting any help he could get.

Still in the Izanami on Earth, and Nguyen Mai in the Space Station.

Even if a mere star core becomes sentient, it shouldn't pose a threat to the two of them.

As Gwen was describing the situation to Ruan Mei, a tall figure silently appeared from the void—

"That is..."

"How is that possible!"

March 7th, filled with anxiety, stared wide-eyed at the figure in disbelief.

"Station Master Asta, is there any record of this situation on the Space Station?"

Dan Heng gripped the Cloudstrike tightly and asked Asta.

"No, Ms. Herta has studied star cores, but there are no records of this."

Asta's eyes were deep, but her expression remained calm as she spoke in a deep voice.

"But that robot that looks exactly like Gwen's Apollo..."

This is clearly aimed at him, isn't it?

Xing looked at the familiar figure with the changed color scheme and complained.

"The star core has probably been tampered with, or some unknown mutation has occurred..."

Dan Heng's expression was solemn, and his palms were sweating slightly. This situation was completely beyond his usual ability to deal with.

"It's really an unpleasant image."

Gwen's expression turned icy as he looked at the Black Boluo before him.

Everything before him was so bizarre that Gwen if the Star Rail world had mutated.

Is this definitely the Everwinter Peak, and not the Mystic Ice Illusory Realm of the Void Star?

However, this figure clearly lacked the consciousness of Black Boluo in Gwen's memory. It did not communicate with Gwen at all, but directly took off and transformed into a planet. Endless cold gathered and emitted a wave that made Gwen's heart tremble slightly.

Chapter 883 Speculation about the Mastermind

"Really... they've stopped acting altogether."

Gwen chuckled softly, sensing the strangely familiar energy emanating from the dark-toned Apollo.

Now that the other party has made their intentions clear, if he continues to hide, it will only make him appear cowardly.

"Let me see how much of the counterfeit product you have is actually as good as the real thing..."

Blazing Sun golden light erupted, Apollo's majestic figure, as imposing as the sun, appeared in this icy blue alien space.

Almost the instant Gwen summoned Apollo, the phantom of a great blue sword crashed down upon him.

"Drink!"

With a low shout, Gwen blocked the massive, azure sword that was crashing down upon him with his Corona Sword. The Corona Sword shone with golden light, shattering the illusory image of the colossal sword that was powerful enough to turn the platform beneath his feet into ruins.

Amidst the swirling blue fragments, a dazzling golden sword shadow suddenly shot out, landing instantly on the chest of the black Apollo, leaving a massive wound from the upper left to the lower right of his dark blue chest.

Boom!

The once invincible Black Boluo instantly crashed to the ground like a kite with a broken string, seemingly killed in one blow, without a sound.

However, looking at the figure lying on the ground, Gwen knew that things wouldn't end so easily—

He could sense that something was changing within the puppet's body.

However, although he noticed it, Gwen did not intend to stop it—

Now that the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, if we want to eliminate the opponent directly instead of being constantly watched in the shadows, we need to cater to their ideas and wait for them to reveal a weakness.

That's why Gwen summoned Apollo even when the opponent had made their intentions clear.

Wow!

Gwen is amazing!

Outside the alternate dimension, March 7th saw Gwen defeat the enemy in one move and couldn't help but cheer—

"Counterfeit products can't beat the real thing."

"Don't let your guard down. The energy structure ahead is still very stable, and things are far from over."

Dan Heng Cloudstrike tightly, his expression grave.

"So, we should do something; we can't just sit here and watch, can we?"

Xing looked at the alternate dimension in front of him, then at the Holy Lance in his hand, and felt somewhat lost.

"I can't contact the Space Station from here. I'm trying to use the equipment on my body to analyze it."

Asta had already unfolded the device in her hand, which resembled Tianwen telescope, and was measuring the alien space in front of her.

"Don't hesitate, identify your goals, find what you can do, and then go all out."

Suddenly, a voice rang in Xing's mind, startling her and causing her to look at the gun she was holding—

This was a prize she won in the martial arts tournament in the Fairy Country. Although she only had the right to use it, she still remembered the Queen's voice when she received the gun, which was exactly the same as the voice that echoed in her mind.

"It is I who am talking to you."

Morgan's voice echoed in her mind again—

"If you have that awareness, then try to use the true power of this gun."

But everything comes at a price—

Remember what I said back then: ten years of lifespan.

Hearing Morgan's words, a hint of hesitation flashed in Xing's pale golden eyes—

It's not just about hesitating about whether to spend ten years of your life, but also about having doubts about what you should do.

She woke up as an adult with some common sense, but no Remembrance of the past. Xing was in a state of confusion. The three philosophical questions of "Who am I? Where am I? What should I do?" were not just philosophical questions for her, but real questions.

Her experiences on the Space Station made her realize the preciousness of life, but based on what she had learned from March 7th during this time, she knew what she should do now...

While the less than one-year-old Star Core Spirit was bewildered, Morgan, though speaking casually to her from behind, was actually frowning deeply.

Using the spell left on the Holy Lance, she could clearly observe the situation at the forefront, but she was completely unable to analyze it using her existing knowledge.

In other words, for the time being, there's nothing she can do.

An indescribable sense of powerlessness filled Morgan's heart, causing him to feel a bit anxious.

Meanwhile, in the alternate dimension, Black Boluo, who had been lying on the ground as if he were dead, twitched his fingers and regained his vitality.

Compared to the almost completely mechanical existence just now, Black Boluo now exudes an eerie and sinister aura, much like the two sides of Apollo's awe-inspiring righteousness.

When he looked up, Gwen could see that the eyes that had just been gleaming with an eerie blue light were now filled with an ominous blood-red color—

"Oh?"

Seeing this Black Boluo, who was exactly the same as the Apollo he remembered from the Mystic Ice Illusory Realm, Gwen raised an eyebrow, his curiosity about the mastermind's origins growing even stronger.

Apollo has only appeared in the universe two or three times to date, and there have been very few eyewitnesses.

Who exactly is this person? They managed to produce a fake product just by showing up a few times.

What's even more remarkable is that this fake seems to have completed some things after seeing the real thing, making it infinitely closer to the Black Boluo created by the Mystic Ice Illusory Realm.

A person who can do this...

"Am I being targeted by some strange faction?"

Remembrance?

Or is it Erudition?

Gwen couldn't help but ponder the origins of all this.

The former might have the ability to read the 'Remembrance' on this machine, while the latter possesses purely green-skinned level technology.

As for whether it really was the Mystic Ice Illusory Realm from the Cosmic Star God World that came crashing down?

If it were truly the Mystic Ice Illusory Realm, March 7th and the others wouldn't have simply been rejected; they would have been dragged in and caused trouble for themselves.

Moreover, the environment had already condensed Black Boluo before he summoned Apollo, which was clearly a conspiracy against him...

"Hey..."

Seeing that Gwen was unmoved by his getting up, Black Boluo also quickly stood up.

Once he regained his footing, the wound on his chest that had almost split him in two was nearly healed, with only a small amount of residual energy still stubbornly resisting.

"You will pay the price for your arrogance, Apollo!"

Seeing that Gwen remained unmoved, Black Boluo chuckled sinisterly, his eyes flashing red.

"Oh..."

Gwen chuckled and raised his hand, unleashing a lightning-fast sword strike. Another golden sword light landed on Black Boluo's chest, forming a capital "X" with the previous sword wound.

"He has little ability but a big mouth."

Gwen gently lowered the Corona Sword from his hand to the ground, his hands gripping the hilt, his gaze calmly fixed on Black Boluo, yet his senses were fully activated, searching for any possible traces of the mastermind behind it all.

At this moment, Izanami was ready and could come to help at any time.

Meanwhile, on the Herta Space Station, Ruan Mei was already sharing his perspective, providing remote assistance.

Chapter 884 The Power Begins on March 7th

"A strange energy frequency band, but still Imaginary Energy, compared to existing databases..."

It seems that the power from the star's core has isolated you from another dimension.

Theoretically speaking, this technique would be very difficult for someone of your level to succeed with, and even a master Emanator skilled in this area would find it difficult to do so easily.