Chapter 1271: Earth Vein Characteristics and the Barren World
In the Void outside the Witch Forward Station world, several powerful attacks cleaved through the empty nothingness.
Fireworks, premised on the sacrifice of a world, burst forth.
Worlds capable of crossing the Void sensed this earth-shaking strike and became wary; even the nearby powerful beings paused to appreciate this rare and beautiful spectacle.
At the same time, they contemplated who could dare wield such destructive force to annihilate these worlds.
However, upon realizing that this void domain was nearing a Witch Forward Station world, their astonishment quickly dissipated.
Even without knowing the backstory, they could guess this was the work of the Witches.
It must be said… their preconceived notions proved correct once again!
Soon after, word spread.
These worlds had created the “Earth Vein Needle,” a catastrophic weapon that harmed the natural order, targeting the land of origin of the Witch race and its forward station.
The Witches were forced to retaliate, eradicating the enemy to prevent future troubles.
Following this, several pieces of intelligence emerged.
The Witch Forward Station world became the focus of a Scholarly Witch, who orchestrated a Human Cultivation experiment, leading the reckless worlds to collide with her intentions.
The “culprit” behind the destruction of these worlds was this Scholarly Witch.
Simultaneously, Sreya, the leader of the forward station, officially announced that they would actively cooperate with this Scholarly Witch in the Human Cultivation experiment.
This experiment was codenamed: Seed of the Perfect Being.
This news quickly spread and attracted numerous Witches to this place.
Their purpose for coming was the concept of the “Perfect Being”!
Meanwhile, the destroyed worlds were captured by the forward station world.
It was foreseeable that the future forward station world would evolve into a medium-sized world on the verge of joining a cluster of worlds.
After several days of traversing the Earth Veins, I appeared more composed than on the first day.
Indeed, expanding into the Void is a long process.
When the Primordial Witch initially used Void Transfer to send me to the land of origin, it took barely a moment.
However, now, using Earth Vein travel has consumed so much time to reach my destination.
This is Earth Vein travel, not a direct crossing of the Void.
Granted, I also took several detours due to unfamiliarity with the Earth’s vein layout.
Earth Vein transfer is not as simple as I had thought; once I entered the Earth Vein space, the first ability I instinctively mastered was “Earth Vein Travel,” treating the Earth’s veins like conduits in the Void.
As for Earth Vein transfer, even beings of Earth Vein life can only master those techniques if they are strong enough.
Now, despite having the bloodline heritage of Earth Vein life, I’m still at the level of Little Bai, just as I was when I first encountered Rune Literature at the academy, unable to skillfully dissect and derive from spellbooks.
But over time, I have become increasingly adept in wielding Earth Vein power; after all, I am a Holy Realm Witch with an extraordinary foundation.
Only after entering the Earth Veins did I realize that the Earth Vein life forms I had never seen in the Main World were so common in this land of origin.
Through Earth Vein travel, I have encountered several Earth Vein life forms flashing by me.
Some did not notice me at all, while others curiously sized me up and quickly left. A few walked with me for a distance and chatted, showing their various personalities and preferences.
“Pass through the Earth Vein branches ahead, then proceed in this direction, and we should reach our destination,” I said, looking at a Void map carried by Earth Vein information.
This was a map of the Earth Vein distribution of the land of origin given to us by the Earth Vein life we traveled with.
This represented the entire land of origin!
This meant we were no longer in the dark; we had a map.
Previously, we could only approach the location based on shared coordinates, but the land of origin gathers Earth Veins; if we were not careful, we could take the wrong path and stray further from the unknown.
Indeed… Elia Starry and Veronica the Succubus walked freely as they pleased, while we struggled to keep up.
During this time, we received messages from Elia Starry. Although they were not urgent pleas for help, the bad news was that their response frequency was decreasing.
“Are you sure? You said the same before, but that time you veered off course from the land of origin!”
At this moment, Morse was no longer being held by me; she was wrapped in a resonance of Earth Vein power entwined with me, just like Sister Bai.
“That was an accident, and it was a special vein where the information collapsed unidirectionally at a constant rate. If we went back the same way, the Earth Vein power would not protect you. Do you want to suddenly appear in some corner of the Void?”
“Then forget it, are we certain this time?”
“My Great Knowledge Tree has already completed the preliminary modeling of the Earth Vein of the land of origin; integrating the navigation module should be correct.”
“I hope so.”
The size of the land of origin is unimaginable.
Because of the gathering of Earth Veins, its shape is irregular. If we were to mark the Earth Veins in the Void, the land of origin would resemble a massive clump of fluff.
In the Void, there is no concept of space, so in this place, it is unknown how many Earth Veins intertwine, with worlds overlapping yet not affecting one another.
Therefore, to model the land of origin, one must consider multidimensional space.
According to that Earth Vein life, even Earth Vein life from other void domains that come here would also get lost.
Time flew by quickly. The closer I got, the more I confirmed that I was not wrong this time.
If I were wrong again, I wouldn’t even need to use Earth Vein travel; in terms of Void distance, I was “close” enough, and I could just cross the Void directly.
My detours were due to my unfamiliarity with the rules of Earth Veins, but in terms of the Void, having a basic grasp of Void Rifts and Void Transfer, I could go wherever I wanted, bolstered by my Infinite Magic Power.
However, the closer I got, the more I could sense the barrenness within the Earth Veins.
This was palpable.
Whether it was the information contained within the Earth Veins, the scattered memories of the world, or the echoes of the world’s history, as well as the cycles of soul material…
The density of information vividly reflected the barrenness of this region.
There are, in fact, many other things within the Earth Veins, but I did not recklessly touch them—not because I lacked an exploration spirit, but because… I had suffered losses.
At the start, out of curiosity and a spirit of exploration, I touched upon an indescribably wondrous concept within an Earth Vein space, and that led to my downfall.
This had nothing to do with my Holy Realm power. It was like my Great Ordinary Spell; it does not weaken, nor seize, nor attack—it simply has an effect.
And the concept I touched upon in the Earth Veins was also like that; it was not power, but rather a characteristic concept that the Earth Veins carried.
Just like life would naturally consume food for survival, which is life’s fundamental characteristic, the characteristic I touched upon instinctively made me think, “Eating dirt seems to be a common instinct to maintain life.”
This characteristic was soon overridden by the power of my awakening as a Perfect Being.
It was a feeding characteristic of a “Stone-Eating Monster” from a nearby world.
This was not dangerous—at least this exploration process wasn’t.
However, I could not guarantee that after being heavily influenced by these characteristics without any means of defense, I would still be the same person.
The main point was that I currently had no means to cope.
Thus, I became increasingly respectful of the Earth Veins, much like the other two great rivers of the Void.
I had always thought of the Earth Vein river system as the lowest tier, but now I realized that this was just my subjective opinion, obscured by surface-level perceptions.
The three great rivers of the Void play decisive roles in places unknown to most.
Only that the Earth Vein river is more harmonious with individual life forms.
“Do you all feel something is off?”
“I do sense something unusual; I thought it was an illusion,” Sister Bai replied.
“Strange, why don’t I feel anything?” Morse frowned.
She genuinely did not want to be left behind. If her companions could manage it, she would be anxious if she could not. She had a serious case of competitive spirit.
“Time Sense,” I reminded her.
Once I said this, Morse became serious.
She was a Body Cultivator and possessed a Time Sense, so she caught on instantly.
“Oh… so that’s what it is… is this the Earth Vein characteristic? A feeling similar to Time Sense?”
By the end, Morse didn’t know how to describe it, just using “feeling” as a substitute.
Indeed, it seemed her abilities had not diminished. “I would rate her based on that.”
Just as she said, the closer we got, the more we could feel a sense of “distortion” stemming from Time Sense.
Those strong in Time Sense can clearly perceive the distortion of time after anchoring time objectively.
At this moment, the feeling exhibited in this Earth Vein resembled a “natural power of Time Sense” distorting the normal world’s operation within the Void.
“We’re here.”
As we approached a node of the Earth Veins, I relaxed my grasp on Earth Vein travel, allowing myself to be swept into the tidal wave of the Earth Veins.
In the next moment, we entered this branch of the Earth Vein one after another.
The instant we entered, I felt the unique “navel of the world” inherent to the nature of the world, and then I sensed a will locking onto us three Witches.
I opened my Storage Equipment and pulled out an Extraordinary Crystal.
This energy, representative of one of the Three Original Elements of the World, propelled everything before us away.
Then, the will observing us conveyed a sense of “goodwill.”
“Why waste it like this? So many Extraordinary Crystals are…”
“For us Witches, Magic Power is fundamental; Extraordinary Crystals are just resources,” I replied, “after all, we’re entering a brand new world…”
It’s strange; theoretically, Earth Vein life coming into contact with any world would not be rejected. Their arrival would also somewhat smooth the Earth’s veins, resulting in greater resources drawn from the Void for a while. Why is this world so resistant to outsiders?
“I don’t know; it’s the first time I’ve seen anyone engage in such relationships with a world. As for resistance, in my olden days, I could have simply crushed it with absolute power. The world cannot interfere with the extraordinary,” Morse scoffed.
Isn’t this just the world repulsion effect?
This has become the consensus among the vast majority of powerful beings in the Void; it might be a bit uncomfortable, but why waste so many resources just to appease a small world’s will?
“Because we must conduct the preliminary Perfect Being experiment in this world, and we naturally need to build a good relationship. After all… I have resources to spare,” I said.
Setting aside the resources accumulated from Millien’s abilities, I have plenty myself.
Just from the revenues of a Dream State Soul Material preparation workshop, I have no idea how much there is, along with the crafting techniques for hexagonal amber, and so on.
And this is just ordinary income; irregular income like the spoils from besieging the Main World Wizard Academy, and the aftermath of the Coming-of-Age Ceremony duel, where the legacies of fallen individuals belonged to me.
As for those people wanting their belongings back?
Please~ Only with a bit of strength can one be qualified to raise that matter.
Right now, I am incredibly wealthy, waking up every day distressed about how to maximize the utilization of those resources.
Of course—this is a joke; how could a hoarder ponder on how to use what they have amassed?
With Earth Vein life transformation techniques, Qi Observation Techniques, the genuine perception from the Real World, and the perception as a Perfect Being, along with an abundance of resources, I achieved a marvelous connection with this world.
The counterpart was merely the “will” of a small world, not the “consciousness” of the Main World, so I found this world surprisingly easy to sway; merely expressing goodwill could earn their favor.
There was no need for flattery or deception, almost like a foolish AI.
After all, it is ultimately just the “will” extending from the world.
Departing from the Earth Vein space, we truly arrived on the life planet within this world.
Taking a deep breath, only a moment later, I completed my understanding of the ecological environment’s material composition of this world.
Then, I began sketching the possible ranges of life races that may emerge corresponding to the Life Sequence.
“If the previous feeling in the Earth Veins was a poverty of imagery, standing here truly made me feel tangible barrenness,” I remarked, slightly astonished.
The Extraordinary Energy in this world is exceedingly low; even the most common Extraordinary elements are quite sparse.
However… that’s not a problem. After all, the early stages of the Perfect Being awakening experiment do not require these interfering factors.
“Ugh… speaking of which, is this really not a world moving toward decay?” Morse, having seen a lot in the Void, expressed her concern, “Are you sure you want to conduct the experiment here? How is one supposed to cultivate in a place like this?”
