The "Fire" Ball That Brought Honor

Then.

It exploded.

It exploded into millions of blood-red, fleshy fragments, which shot out in all directions.

Pulled back by an unknown force, it turned and merged into the wind, frost, rain, and snow, rushing towards the [Oath Scepter (High-Rank)].

Such a spectacular sight completely stunned Zhu and Ren.

Even when fighting against the giant Qin Dongbei, which was hundreds of meters tall, I had never seen such a shocking scene.

All the grandeur and magnificence in the world seemed to have been casually crushed by an even larger, invisible god.

Then, using the Scepter in Wang Wen's hand as the center, knead it back into a ball.

Ren Ruanruan leaned close to Zhu Xingguo's ear and asked, "Do you think the captain's current strength is almost indistinguishable from that of a god?"

Zhu Xingguo shook his head.

Under Ren Ruanruan's bewildered gaze, he said matter-of-factly, "No immortal is as strong as my master."

Ren Ruanruan struggled for a long time but couldn't think of anything to continue the sentence.

I could only give him a thumbs up in admiration.

"Pop!"

There was a sound from outside.

The two looked at Wang Wen with trepidation.

With this kind of momentum, even the slightest disturbance could be devastating.

They assumed it was some kind of disaster, like the sea drying up or the sky collapsing and the earth sinking.

To everyone's surprise, Wang Wen simply said, "The number of uses for [Unity with Heaven and Man] has increased by one, which is equivalent to getting it for free this time."

Zhu and Ren were dumbfounded.

Ren Ruanruan looked at the world outside, which was already mostly dark, and said with a pale face, "The whole world is almost gone, and this skill only gets upgraded once? We're doomed!"

Wang Wen glanced at the time.

He said confidently, "If I could gain just one more chance, the Destruction of the world would be worth it. My current energy is enough to sustain me for at least a few minutes even in a vacuum."

It increased smoothly in just half an hour.

This trip has a good chance of witnessing the birth of a cycle.

Wang Wen stared intently at the Scepter and flying machine in her hands, her heart filled with anticipation.

A while later.

Everyone saw that the "water" under their feet had been completely drained.

Various kinds of ores began to appear, as well as a large amount of sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, and igneous rocks composed of various basic rocks and even ultrabasic rocks. Layer after layer, they broke off from the ground and, during the ascent, transformed into tangible energy that merged into the airflow and poured into the Scepter.

Before Zhu Xingguo could even close his mouth...

Colorful lava appeared.

Along with the crystals, ranging in size from a football field to larger than an island, spinel and peridot crystals transformed into air currents.

Ren Ruanruan's mouth watered as she watched the sparkling, colorful crystals swirling before her eyes.

Don't even mention such a large, single piece.

Even a tiny, palm-sized fragment would be priceless.

Diamonds of several carats are utterly insignificant compared to this spectacle.

The word "diamond" had just flashed through her mind.

Then they saw a shiny crystal, about the size of the Academy dormitory building, being rapidly decomposed.

That must be a diamond that somehow fell to such a deep depth and, by sheer size, managed to survive until now.

I haven't had a chance to look at it more closely yet.

The crystal had vanished without a trace.

Ren Ruanruan noticed that the three of them seemed to be rising, and the surrounding light changed from being evenly scattered to being straight and blocking out.

Before me stretched an endless expanse of deep black.

Behind me was a sea of pure white.

Even though he was hiding in the sphere created by the captain, thanks to Zhu Xingguo, an uncontrollable fear was still forming in his heart.

The patch of ground beneath our feet, almost completely stripped bare, is receding into the distance.

Like a slow, unhurried parabola, its end was already in the embrace of that pure white behemoth behind it.

Wang Wen said to Ren Ruanruan, "If the mass isn't enough, we'll be sucked into the sun if we keep following it."

Ren Ruanruan was shocked. "So we're in space now?!"

Wang Wen nodded and said to the two, "Let's leave the tower. This level is really tough; it doesn't give us any progress at all. I don't have enough energy right now, so I'll just swear to clear it. That's it for this week."

Zhu and Ren nodded.

Zhu Xingguo asked Wang Wen, "Master, I don't Point. I've already stored all the other replica items that can be stored, and I only have enough [Spirit Grain] to buy two more."

"Two will do." Wang Wen held up the flying device in her hand and shook it to see if it was still usable.

Ren Ruanruan looked at the aircraft in his hand, hesitated, and asked, "Captain, should I... go back to the 720th floor and stay there?"

Wang Wen looked at her and said, "Go back if you want, just be careful. I'm not going to push the tower next week; I'm going to try and make some money. This feeling of being strapped for cash is really unbearable."

Ren Ruanruan nodded, and while requesting permission to return to the spacecraft, she asked curiously, "Did you increase the number of times you achieved [Unity with Heaven and Man] later?"

Upon hearing this...

Wang Wen gazed intently at the receding "fireball," and remarked with admiration, "It was quite tenacious, managing to reappear a second time."

Outside the tower.

Thursday noon.

It's not a very popular time to leave the tower.

Two people walked out of the entrance portal.

Some people who were squatting in the Grand Plaza eating lunch from fast food containers were taken aback.

His gaze was fixed on the two people as they entered a portal in one of the Fifth Region.

He quickly put down his lunchbox, took out his phone, and made a call.

"Boss, the target has left the tower!"

"Holy crap, why is it so early?!"

The Academy gate.

Wang Wen said to Zhu Xingguo, "Alright, stop seeing me off. You must be exhausted. Go and get some rest."

Zhu Xingguo retrieved all the props he had stored and handed them to Wang Wen, asking with some reluctance, "Master, when is the next time we climb the tower?"

Wang Wen shook her head. "I'll have to see how much money I can make next week, then I'll contact you again."

Zhu Xingguo handed over the items and slowly left.

Wang Wen smiled, took out her phone to send messages to her friends, and walked towards the Academy.

Upon arriving at the dormitory building, they found the elderly Gu Jianbing directing a group of former Intelligence Department members as they ran around, seemingly busy with something.

He walked over curiously to take a look.

Old Master Gu was startled by Wang Wen's sudden appearance. "You actually left the tower?!"

Wang Wen nodded, glancing at Mo Ran climbing up the window, and asked, "What are they doing?"

Gu Jianbing patted his chest and explained, "It's a complex array of mechanisms. Mo Ran isn't in good health and can't do heavy work, so he'll just pull some ropes. The others will be working on the mechanisms inside the building. The dormitory is where everyone rests, and I've studied it for a long time and decided that this is the most suitable location as the core."

"Has it already started?" Wang Wen looked at Mo Ran, who was as limp as a gecko, with gleam in her eyes, her interest piqued.

In his previous life, when he joined the First Consortium, the intricate network of mechanisms that the Intelligence Department had painstakingly built was already complete.

He only had time to feel the power of the attack and missed the chance to witness the birth of the mechanical array.

Wang Wen was excited to have the opportunity to see the intricate mechanism system built from scratch in another location.

Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head. "It's still a long way off. We're just testing it out now, seeing what kind of mechanisms are suitable for the current floor structure and what maximum destructive power it can withstand. It might be a month or two before we can officially start."

Wang Wen nodded, calming down.

He took out a [Spirit Grain] and placed it in the old man's hand, saying, "Make tea with it; it'll be good for your health."