Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?

Chapter 259: Chapter 261: The Meteorite Named Transcendent

“On the ninth of this month, the third Shadow Talks will commence again in Shendu, discussing the widespread issue of the Transcendent…”

“Recently, the Astronomical Bureau detected a comet approaching, which will pass by in about a month. To commemorate the Shadow Talks, they have named it ‘Transcendent.'”

Qin Muye looked at this news and was somewhat shocked—there was actually a meteorite?

He didn’t have a very good impression of meteorites.

From the type of instance, this world was not cosmic, but more inclined toward a plane.

Theoretically, what should be above their heads was not the cosmic sea of stars but rather resembled the plane structure of some Magic Continent.

The only difference was that this world was dual-layered, with the upper layer being the Human Realm and the lower layer the Shadow Realm, forming a world of special contrasts.

“So, how did the meteorite come about?”

Qin Muye looked somewhat stunned at this news, feeling that there seemed to be a serious issue.

He felt that it was highly probable that in one month, the meteorite would not pass by but would hit its target directly.

At that time, the entire world would be shattered into pieces, which would indeed be interesting.

“If the world is not a cosmic planet, then what are the sun, moon, and stars in the sky?”

As far as he knew, this world had no lunar landing or satellite space projects, and the information technology was quite unique.

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Also, due to the existence of the Shadow Realm, although it was modern, it also had certain differences, such as communication which used a unique gap technology. It utilized the gap between the Shadow Realm and the Human Realm for transmission. Researchers hadn’t noticed this gap, but they had found this blank to exploit.

Therefore, in some areas where the Human Realm and the Shadow Realm were too close, the signals would get worse.

“I want to know the truth about the great cosmic impact!” Qin Muye activated the Prayer Technique, but it had no effect.

Obviously, it was intercepted by the Magic Network, for one of two reasons: either it was impossible to achieve, or he could not afford the cost.

He guessed it was the latter—he could not afford the cost. This indicated that the secrets behind this cosmic impact were too great.

“I want to know how to resolve the great cosmic impact.”

The cost of knowing the truth was too high for him, but perhaps solving it wouldn’t be a problem.

These two matters were not the same; the former might involve some terrifying issues, but the latter was different, dealing directly with the meteorite itself.

‘Destroy it!’

Magic Power diminished slightly, and then these three words emerged in his mind.

“…” Qin Muye was exasperated; that was obvious, he already knew that directly destroying it would indeed solve the problem, which was admittedly simple and brute.

But the problem was how to… oh, it actually works, just make a wish.

He estimated that the consumption would probably not be large, at most just one percent of Magic Power would be sufficient.

But Qin Muye always felt this seemed unreliable; after all, was the mission really that simple?

“Could it be another decoy?” Qin Muye pondered this matter.

Such as this meteorite not being the great cosmic impact, but instead, it was the mass extinction brought by his provisional skill activation machine.

As for whom to extinguish, that would definitely include all his teammates, all of humanity.

“That’s not right either, isn’t the Shadow Administration not yet extinguished? How could it…”

Qin Muye was about to say the Shadow Administration hadn’t been extinguished and it was unlikely to be humanity’s turn when the news urgently scrolled up.

“The Extraordinary Management Organization Shadow Administration’s annihilation investigation is ongoing vigorously. The preliminary investigation results implicate the Shadow Emperor Emperor Shadow and disclose a large number of political scandals. Please watch the live coverage.”

“???!” Qin Muye was utterly shocked; when had this happened that the massive Shadow Administration had been annihilated so swiftly?

He had been in the Shadow Realm for a week, not a year, right?

From the news, it appeared that the Shadow Administration had been trading with Emperor Shadow, humanity’s arch-enemy, had been engaging in enemy-nurturing behavior, and as a result, a large number of personnel had been arrested.

In addition to this charge of colluding with the enemy, there were also crimes of destructive tomb raiding, murder, and so on.

Even the mightiest Tian Peng hadn’t escaped; he was slain on the spot by the official-operated Yin Mountain Lord. Within a few days, all the Shadow Administrations across the country were dismantled, currently replaced by various major clans and political figures.

“Is the team wipe engine that terrifying?” Qin Muye could be certain that originally, these people were mostly doomed, and even if they survived, they had but half their lives left.

It appeared to be a large-scale purge, but it was very likely due to a failed political struggle that led to a transition of power.

Killing these Shadows was simple, merely replacing them with one’s own trusted followers to make control a little easier.

And after acquiring the resources of the Shadow Administration, they massively nurtured their own line of Transcendent personnel, thereby taking complete control of the situation.

Don’t mention it, the control of the situation was quite good, some regions must have been chaotic for a while, but clearly, it had calmed down now.

However, this move was beneficial for the Shadow Realm, not for humans.

With these Shadows dying chaotically, quite a few Dead Shadows were born in the Shadow Realm.

But those in power didn’t care about that; Dead Shadows wouldn’t cause an outbreak, but losing power meant loss of benefits.

The entire Sheng Country was now transitioning from a technological society to a Transcendent one, the mere veil of illusion had been torn away, evolving into a stark survival of the fittest.

A feast for the ambitious, a tragedy for the weak, and thankfully the Shadow Stone was not monopolized, otherwise, it would be even more terrifying.

“The Shadow Realm’s recent activity seems a bit strange, as if overly activated, which seems somewhat abnormal,” Qin Muye furrowed his brow.

After his Book of the Sage awoke, he went further into the depths of the Shadow Realm through the activation program of the simulated Shadow, further detecting and controlling its situation.

In the eyes of others, the Shadow Realm was a world, but in Qin Muye’s eyes, it was more like a flowing shadow, akin to the Human Realm’s shadow.

However, after accumulating enough power, it seemed to be planning to turn the tables.

The birth of numerous Dead Shadows had provided the Shadow Realm with enough logic and rules, as if it far surpassed the Human Realm in terms of intellect.

And by weakening the Human Realm and strengthening themselves through the Shadows, their tactic wasn’t much different from that of borrowing a chicken to lay eggs.

But the big brother of the Human Realm is the big brother; as long as the environment doesn’t change, the Shadow Realm doesn’t have much room to turn the tables.

“Heaven, Earth, the great impact?”

Qin Muye suddenly realized something—he had misunderstood the concept of the great cosmic impact; it wasn’t about heaven and earth colliding with each other, but both heaven and earth colliding against you.

“Damn, I definitely wouldn’t believe this is a coincidence.”

As long as the environment of the Human Realm hasn’t changed, the Shadow Realm is nothing but a little brother; the magic-less environment of the Human Realm naturally restricts the Shadow Realm, so even if the Shadow Realm initially encroached, the Shadow Administration wasn’t worried, because it was indeed limited and could even be self-healing by the Human Realm.

But what if the environment changed, say a giant meteorite smashes down, and then incidentally pushed the Human Realm? That would become interesting.

Therefore, what he needed to stop was not just the meteorite, but also the increasingly active Shadow Realm.

It seemed that because of certain magnetic or force fields of the meteor, the Shadow Realm began to become active, not excluding the possibility that this meteorite was brought in as reinforcement by the Shadow Realm through connections.

In any case, no matter which possibility it was, Qin Muye felt his troubles had increased.

Even if he exploded the meteorite, the Shadow Realm would not cease, therefore, Qin Muye had to explode the Shadow Realm together with it.

“No, more precisely, just blow up the entire Shadow System; that would be the best solution.”

Qin Muye narrowed his eyes, thinking about a permanent resolution.

The Shadow Realm had grown by sustaining itself on Dead Shadows provided by the continuous efforts of the Shadows, so in reality, the Transcendent system of the Human Realm served the Shadow Realm, not truly for themselves.

The Shadow System was easy to destroy, just wish for the people to be killed directly, and this wouldn’t consume too much Magic Power, but the real challenge was cutting off the supply.

As long as the Shadow Realm does not give up producing Shadow Stone, the Shadows would not disappear.

But wishing for the Shadow Realm to stop producing Shadow Stone was too difficult; it was like opposing a world, and even if Qin Muye was willing to pay the price, his Rank couldn’t realize such a Prayer Technique.

That was because it involved the operation of a world rather than directly dying on the spot like killing someone.

“So I can only switch to another method, if I can’t force a hardware explosion, then solving it through software should work.”

The meteorite could be exploded, and the Shadow Realm could catch a virus or even self-destruct without any issues.

Because his identity was a Shadow, relying on the awakened Book of the Sage, taking action was completely in line with his identity.

He had resigned from his identity as a history professor long ago, so there’s no need to worry about not meeting the main mission requirements.