foreigner's journey

Chapter 1706 Core
"Huh? You already have a solution? You're so kind, darling!"

Heather was taken aback at first, then overjoyed. She was indeed her precious darling.

Intelligence is the most crucial factor in the battle against foreign lands. Nanami represents the pinnacle of 'skill' in Destiny Tools; only she can see through the Spiral World's secrets in an instant and quickly analyze the opponent's weaknesses.

If it weren't for the Seven Realms, even an outsider of the level of the Final Calamity Dragon would probably be completely disoriented upon suddenly entering the Spiral Realm. Before he could even understand its nature and dangers, he would be captured in some step world and become fish on the Spiral's board, at the mercy of others.

Despite the efforts of the four guardian deities, the Starry Ark is still struggling against the pull of the Spiral Realm, trying to buy time for Nanami and Heather.

Bloody tears streamed down Nanami's face again, a consequence of her forced visual analysis of the Spiral Boundary.

“Every type of site-based weapon has a core area. Once the core area is destroyed, the entire site-based weapon will be destroyed.”

The same applies to the 'War God Realm' of the Doomsday Dragon and the 'Fearful Demon Realm' of Voodoo Bondi.

Based on my observations, the spiral boundary also has its core region, and it is highly likely to be a member of the spiral!

"Spiral members?" Heather frowned slightly, then suddenly realized, "You mean, those spiral tattoos!"

“Every official member of Spiral has a spiral tattoo mark, which I originally thought was just a certificate to prove that they were a member of Spiral.”

But now that I see the Spiral Realm, I immediately understand that to travel through the Sea of ​​Time and Space and enter or leave the Spiral Realm, you need a 'key', and the spiral tattoos on the Spiral members are their respective keys.

These keys were originally part of the Spiral Realm. With the keys and Bill Cypher's dimensional wormhole ability, one could achieve an invitation-to-enter ability similar to that of the Aztec coins and the Starry Ark.

Those Spiral members are the core of the Spiral Realm; as long as they live, it means the Spiral Realm will never be destroyed.

Qi Shi analyzed at lightning speed.

"I don't understand! Why do you say that as long as the Spiral members are alive, the Spiral Realm won't be destroyed?" Rebecca stood on tiptoe and raised her hand to ask, "And if the core of the Spiral Realm is so easy to preserve, shouldn't there be as many members as possible?"

"Let me answer that. Because the true nature of the Spiral Realm should be called the 'Cognitive Universe Labyrinth'."

Heather suddenly spoke up, his face turning grim, because he knew just how troublesome this thing was:
"These Spiral members, who carry the 'core key,' are the cornerstone of the Spiral world."

Their perceptions formed countless spiral secret realms, and those universes would become materialized complete universes the moment they were perceived or imagined by members of the spiral.

The infinite possibilities extend the infinite multiverse indefinitely.

This heavy burden cannot be borne by just any outsider, so Spiral needs to select suitable, powerful, or high-potential outsiders to be absorbed into the organization.

"Tsk... This is a bit troublesome. If we can't eliminate all Spiral members at the same time, or even let one escape, the Spiral Realm can't be destroyed, and the Spiral will have the power to rise again."

Suzume nodded slightly beside him: "Fortunately, due to the Singularity's pursuit and the devastation of the last battle, the entire Spiral should be holed up in the Spiral Realm to recuperate, attempting to use the Cosmic Labyrinth of Cognition to completely brainwash and absorb the Singularity. This is the best opportunity, Heather."

"What are we waiting for! Let's all charge and kill these bastards!" Haidao couldn't wait to swing his spiked club and rush out, but luckily the Skeleton Knight grabbed him by the back of his collar: "Wait a moment, Beast! Let's analyze the battle situation before we move."

"Is there anything else I should be careful about?" Mo Xi asked softly, his arms crossed in front of him.

Heather slowly exhaled: "It is no exaggeration to say that the Spiral Realm has surpassed the Starry Ark; this is an indisputable fact."

Starry Ark has the ability to strengthen its own units on its home field, so there's no reason why Spiral Realm can't do the same.

I could vaguely sense that within the infinite world of the Spiral Realm, there were several 'qi' far exceeding the current world's upper limit, levels that were enough to crush a level ten world and sweep across all the heavens and myriad realms.

The remaining few, though weaker, completely surpassed the level of the former pillar of shame, 'Star Shell,' and undoubtedly reached the true pillar level.

It seems the enhancements to the Spiral Realm's home ground can even boost ordinary Spiral members to the Pillar level, while the original Pillar level... it looks like we'll be facing at least three 'Kosmers' now.

Quick Slash added, "Not only that, we also have to consider the Spiral Boundary's ability to weaken intruders from outside."

"Please rest assured about this."

The sound of malt rang out.

"Although the Starry Ark cannot suppress the Spiral Realm, it can at least protect you from the weakening effects of the Spiral Realm using the laws of the Elden Ring."

“Good boy, then our objective is clear. We need to kill all the Spiral members and pillars at the same time, making sure no keys are missed.”

Heather snapped her fingers, and photon force instantly appeared and condensed into words.
"【Transcendent】Kim Doo-hwan, concept 'Flame'."

【Death Star Jazz】Amidala, concept 'etiquette'.

【Red Cloak】Cheryl, concept 'flesh and blood'.

【Fighting God】Rahu, the concept of 'fighting'.

【Speedy Girl】Sylvie, concept 'Thunder'.

【Singer of Destiny】Alice, concept 'soul'.

[The Foolish King] Weston, the concept of 'knowledge'.

"Although it may be hard to hear, not every Weapon Man can take on a Pillar-level or even higher Spiral powerhouse single-handedly, so Weapon Man needs to team up or join forces with the Star Sea Clan who are about to arrive."

Remember, all spiral members and pillars must be destroyed, and the entire time interval must not exceed 5 minutes.

Beyond this time limit, the Spiral Realm will restart. When a world restarts, all existence within it will vanish, and the new world will have no place for intruders.

Seven Realities solemnly warned everyone:

"Regarding this, I will also notify the Star Sea Clan in the same way using gold coins."

Furthermore, Moshi cannot leave his owner's side, and the same applies to me and ZERO.

I believe you all already know why.

The scene fell silent for a moment, with only the vibrations and roar of the Starry Ark operating at full power echoing in the distance.

All the weapon-wielding men knelt on one knee, and the leader, Swift Slash, said in a low voice, "I'm very sorry, we don't have enough power to deal with the greatest enemy for you."

"Don't say that. You and I are one, and that guy is someone I have to deal with. Just like he said, I will have to fight him eventually!"

Heather smiled, and the words formed by photon force before her revealed her final name—

Rick Sanchez.

(End of this chapter)