Azure Sea Sky Dome, a new opponent

"You should now be able to use the powers related to 'Desire' freely," the God of Desire said, looking at the shimmering golden mark on Lin Yu's neck. "I have also handed over the research on [Azure Sea Sky Dome] to you."

Lin Yu nodded slightly.

"Alright, then I should go and fulfill our contract... You wait here for my good news."

Lin Yu paused for a moment, then continued.

"However, I didn't expect you to not do anything underhanded or use any tricks—to be honest, if it were me, I would definitely do something to insert something into someone's soul if I had the chance."

The God of Desire shook his pillow head. "But for me... it's not worth it."

"I cannot bear the consequences of being discovered by you... and even if I possess your soul, nothing will happen," the God of Desire sighed. "The World Will still reject me... so, for me, making a deal with you is the best option."

"Now that you mention it, I understand—the reward you've given me is indeed generous enough, and I will prove to you that your investment was wise," Lin Yu paused, then continued, "I will find a way to get you out of here."

Lin Yu spoke, the God of Desire bowed slightly.

"I would be extremely grateful."

The long years in this Undersea Ruins city have clearly extinguished His former arrogance as Deity.

Lin Yu waved goodbye to the Deity, then opened the door and left Room 505.

After passing through the corridor, Lin Yu returned to the entrance of the fifth floor.

Li Nian and Chen Le had already met up and were sitting together on the steps by the door waiting for Lin Yu. Chen Le had her eyes closed and her hands were clasped together in front of her.

Lin Yu watched this scene and asked with some curiosity.

"Brother Le, what are you doing?"

Li Nian said, "He's 'meditating on fishing'—that is, imagining himself fishing by the lake to pass the time."

Lin Yu was greatly shocked. "Is that even possible?"

Chen Le opened his eyes, lowered his hands, and said, "Of course you can. Many athletes and fighters train by simulating sports in their minds... Fishing is also a sport, so it can naturally be used for training in this way."

"So... what did you gain from going to those five floors?"

Lin Yu didn't hide it, pointing to the golden mark on his neck. He didn't try to conceal or disguise it.

"Brother Le, your revelation is correct. Everything here is indeed related to 'Desire'... While wandering around these five floors, I received some gifts regarding the Authority 'Desire,' gaining some practical abilities."

Lin Yu spoke.

Since this ability related to "Desire" was acquired under the identity of "Zhu Ming," Lin Yu naturally planned to simply assign it to "Zhu Ming."

After all... while the identity of "Zhu Ming" is very powerful, overall, he still lacks many abilities and has a lack of systematic Supernatural Power.

Now that this set of Divine Art skills related to the Authority "Desire" has been given to "Zhu Ming", it can be considered to have completed the ability of this identity.

With great power comes great responsibility. Although the identity of "Zhu Ming" is allocated a lot of resources, the crises he faces are often more severe than those of other identities.

"Desire, Zhu Ming, try using it on me!" Li Nian said excitedly. "Or you could get Brother Le a big fish so he can take a good picture."

Chen Le declined Li Nian's suggestion. "That would be pointless."

Lin Yu also spoke up, "'Desire' isn't used like that... It's inconvenient to use it now, let's go find [Azure Sea Sky Dome] first."

With that, Lin Yu led the two of them upstairs.

The last three floors are close to the location of [Azure Sea Sky Dome]. When Li Nian came last time, she didn't stay here for long, so she doesn't know much about the situation here and is unsure whether it is safe or not.

Therefore, Lin Yu did not activate [The Shady Corner] to take Li Nian on her way, but instead started climbing the stairs on foot with Chen Le.

Soon...

The three of them arrived at the end of the stairs—the eighth floor of the building that housed the "Azure Sea Sky Dome" exhibit.

Pulling open the double-sealed door reveals an extremely spacious and deep space.

The difference is that... this floor has no doors or windows for any "rooms"; the entire space is completely integrated.

The entire eighth floor exists solely for the sake of [Azure Sea Sky Dome].

At the very center of this level... floats a huge, azure-blue water sphere.

The water sphere appeared to be at least tens of meters in diameter, rotating slowly and evenly in the air, its surface rippling slightly.

Inside the water sphere, some metal components are also slowly rotating.

Without a doubt, this water sphere... is the core component of [Azure Sea Sky Dome].

Although this water sphere appears large enough, the energy fluctuations it contains are far more terrifying than its apparent size.

Lin Yu could sense that if the full energy of [Azure Sea Sky Dome] were released, it could probably engulf and kill a Demigod in an instant.

"This is... [Azure Sea Sky Dome]."

Chen Le sighed.

"It would be great if there were fish in such a big water sphere."

He expressed very simple and sincere feelings.

Lin Yu also smiled and said, "Indeed, the water is still very clear. If there were fish, you could see their mouths at a glance."

Li Nian added with a grin, "That's not exactly a good thing... If Brother Le can't catch any fish, he can't blame it on the lack of fish in the water."

Chen Le looked at Li Nian and said unhappily, "Hey, A Nian, why are you insulting me like that? Can't you say something nice?"

"When have I ever complained about a bad fishing spot when I can't catch any fish?" Chen Le paused, then added, "When I say a fishing spot is bad, it's because there really aren't any fish there. I've never made things up."

"Yes, yes, Brother Le, you're right," Li Nian echoed, then added with a sigh, "But I really didn't expect that we would actually have the chance to claim this [Azure Sea Sky Dome] for ourselves... Sister Zhu Ming, you're amazing."

"It's not even close to being settled yet, don't rush to praise me. We can talk about it after we get it," Lin Yu waved his hand, "We haven't even started yet."

Chen Le chimed in, "Oh yeah... I forgot to ask, Zhu Ming, if we want to shut down [Azure Sea Sky Dome], what should we do?"

"Did the guy who commissioned you... teach you the method?"

Tuk clearly hadn't taught Lin Yu any methods, but fortunately, Lin Yu had just obtained the structural description of this [Azure Sea Sky Dome] from the God of Desire.

Although the God of Desire was not the builder of this [Azure Sea Sky Dome], nor was he even Living Beings or Deity of the Nether Void Realm, he had been trapped here for a long time, and this [Azure Sea Sky Dome] was something closely related to his life, so the God of Desire had naturally studied it thoroughly.

Therefore... Lin Yu was able to basically determine the functional structure of [Azure Sea Sky Dome] through the knowledge transmitted to him by the other party.

Of course, Lin Yu would not tell them anything more about the God of Desire.

Following Chen Le's lead, he also attributed the "credit" to Tuk.

"The governor of that Lost Civilization on the Mu Continent, although not the designer or builder of this [Azure Sea Sky Dome], was indeed responsible for maintaining it... so naturally he knew how to shut it down."

"First, if we want to turn this off, we need to go inside."

As Lin Yu spoke, he pointed to the enormous water sphere floating in the sky.

Li Nian was eager to try. "Oh, swimming again... As expected, there aren't many opportunities to breathe fresh air in the Nether Void Realm."

Lin Yu looked at Li Nian and said, "A Nian, don't go in. Wait for me and Brother Le downstairs."

Chen Le chimed in, "That's right, the energy fluctuations of this thing are quite terrifying... Although it's relatively stable now, who knows what kind of anomalies might occur after it's shut down."

"Not only that, the water sphere surrounding the core of [Azure Sea Sky Dome] is not ordinary 'seawater'... This water not only contains enormous energy, but its density is also ten times that of normal seawater," Lin Yu said, looking at Li Nian. "Although you should be able to move around inside, it would probably be too much for you, and very taxing."

After listening to Lin Yu's advice, Li Nian didn't insist further. "I see—then I'll wait outside, and keep watch for you two while I'm at it."

Chen Le laughed and said, "There's no need to send word, is there? Do you think anyone else could break through the restrictions of [Azure Sea Sky Dome], enter this Ruins City, and find this building?"

Lin Yu didn't think anyone could do that either.

"That's right, A Nian, you can play by yourself for a while..."

As Lin Yu finished speaking...

Suddenly, a cracking sound came from above their heads.

Cracks, like those found in glass, spread through the air...

Then, a heavy black rubber boot kicked through the crack, creating a spatial rift.

Then...

A stubble-bearded, long-haired man poked his head out and shouted in a strong voice.

Friends of "Order," don't worry—our "Night Watcher" Reinforcements have arrived!

Then...

Lin Yu saw four people fall through the breach.

They were all faces he had seen before, even faces he could say were very familiar with.

"Chongming", "Robin", "Mountain Sparrow"...

And "Tengshe"!

Chen Le sighed.

"I've really broken a taboo... I've almost met all the 'Tier 4' experts from various organizations during this trip to the Nether Void Realm."

"Even that damn 'Tengshe' is here?!"