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Chapter 2523 Everyone’s Expectation

Qu Jianlei led everyone through the passage, which took seven days in total.

Suddenly, an extremely chaotic aura rushed towards them from the front, vast, disordered, and with extremely strong fluctuations.

However, the True Venerables all breathed a sigh of relief; this chaos... felt relatively simple.

This wording is a bit hard to understand, but it is indeed the case.

Because they always felt that the chaos in the Girls' Starfield was beyond their imagination.

For example, there are unknown rays, gravitational lines, subsingularity storms, dimensional tides...

Many chaotic energies are unique to the world of the Absolute Spirit, but their destructive power is no less than that of the cultivation world or even the void.

These injuries could be dealt with using methods from the cultivation world, but the approach felt somewhat brute-force.

The technological side offers more explanations for these energies and handles them in a more systematic way—at the very least, it can save a lot of spiritual energy.

The chaos we encounter now is different; although the intensity is higher, it doesn't have those messy "impurities."

The most typical manifestation is that even the intensity of divine sense probing has recovered somewhat.

"No!" the oldest True Venerable of the myriad realms suddenly exclaimed, "This clearly looks like the 'Silent Zone'!"

"No way?" Song Yue'er exclaimed in surprise, "Such a violent area can be a dead zone?"

The Silent Zone is the same as the Dead Zone, just with different names. The cultivation world has various descriptions and records of this phenomenon.

In short, it is when the energy of all parties reaches a certain level, forming a delicate balance, that a relatively stable space is created.

This balance is not permanent, but since it is relatively stable, it is normal for it to remain for a considerable period of time.

Strictly speaking, the point where Qu Jianlei and others encountered the Sky-Piercing Peak on the Forgotten Peninsula, the intersection of worlds, can essentially be considered a kind of silent zone.

This silent zone is clearly different; it's unclear where the multiple energies originating from are maintaining this space.

To put it somewhat paradoxically: a powerful chaos is being maintained stably.

The oldest True Venerable among all things, whose age was certainly over five thousand, glanced back and said calmly, "Looking at the road ahead!"

The way they came from... what way did they come from? The passage they just entered through has vanished without a trace.

In fact, there was no fixed passage to begin with; Qu Jianlei had simply calculated a relatively safe route.

However, as soon as everyone entered, the path behind them suddenly disappeared, a typical characteristic of the Silent Zone... it was not silent at all.

"So...we're trapped too?" Song Yue'er turned her head to look at Han Li.

There was no fear in her eyes, only a faint excitement, and... a slight eagerness to try?

“Leaving now… shouldn’t be too difficult,” Han Li replied calmly, without even looking at Qu Jianlei.

Clearly, he was simply stating a fact; if it were a suggestion, he would of course have sought Qu Zhenzun's opinion.

“We still have a month,” Qu Jianlei said naturally. “When the time comes, we’ll find a way to leave.”

Colin glanced at him upon hearing this, "Does Qu Zhenzun have a way to leave?"

For outsiders, the Silent Zone is a very unfriendly space. It is not difficult to survive, but it is difficult to escape.

"I'm not considering leaving for now," Qu Jianlei replied calmly. "We'll talk about it after we've fulfilled our agreement."

He said this very naturally; the time hadn't come yet, so there was no need to think about those things first.

But Colin Zhenzun's mind raced: This guy must be very confident.
It's no wonder he thought that way. After spending more than a year together, Qu Zhenzun's performance had amazed many people.

The twelve people who dared to come to the rescue, along with those of Houde, were all above the average level of a True Venerable.

However, Qu Jianlei's performance absolutely deserves the title of "captain," and you can't tell at all that he is a newcomer who has only recently been promoted.

Putting aside his legendary feats of time that made him famous, this guy also has a plethora of hidden methods.

Considering that this person comes from an empire and is familiar with the Girls' Starfield, perhaps... he really does have a solution.

Therefore, Colin believes that Qu Zhenzun's words should have more than just a literal meaning.

But they didn't say it explicitly, so it would be a bit illogical to ask them now.

The fees aren't the most important thing; the key issue is that once the other party denies it, it's very difficult to get results if you ask again.

Anyway, there's still a month left, so let's just take it one step at a time.

When one reaches the realm of a true venerable one, one not only becomes far-sighted and thoughtful, but also understands the importance of lying low and waiting for the right opportunity to act.

So he asked, "Isn't it more convenient to perform divination now?"

Qu Jianlei shook his head, indicating that he needed to take a break, because he had been calculating for the past seven days.

Fortunately, even if he didn't participate, there were quite a few True Venerables on both sides who were skilled in divination, and soon they locked onto the general direction.

Then the two teams took up battle formations and advanced side by side, supporting each other.

Since the warships had been put away, the True Venerables were now relying entirely on their physical bodies for support, which allowed them to be more relaxed.

As the thirteen True Venerables began to move around more freely, the surrounding space became increasingly chaotic.

This was only because everyone was holding back their breath to prevent any unforeseen circumstances; otherwise, things would only get more chaotic.

After three days of searching, everyone gradually realized that although their spiritual senses were working a little better here, their sense of direction was becoming increasingly confused.

Colin Zhenzun, who originally possessed the secret art of incantation, felt this most deeply.

His positioning technique was inherently prone to error, but now it's completely ineffective—the direction is utterly chaotic.

This is not surprising, as the art of incantation originally involves range types, unlike cause and effect which are close to linear. The former is more convenient for locking onto a region.

This reaction can only be described as finding the right place; the person you're looking for is in the same space.

But it's really hard to find. Even if we take turns calculating, the location of the target keeps flashing.

Han Li and the Old True Venerable of All Things have the highest level of divination, but they cannot lock onto targets for long periods of time.

"We can only wait until Qu Zhenzun recovers," this was the consensus everyone finally reached.

Qu Zhenzun is, after all, favored by this world, and may have other means. If everyone continues to search blindly like this, it will be a waste of time and effort.

Instead of wasting energy, it's better to conserve it and be prepared to deal with unexpected events at any time.

Although Qu Jianlei also appeared in the space, it was only a phantom image; his real body was recovering in the cave.

Even though it was just a phantom, it was always well protected by Han Li and Jin Ge, without requiring any additional consumption of spiritual energy.

It took him eight days to recover before he left the cave, but through the illusory image, he had already learned about the situation outside.

He didn't believe his divination skills surpassed Han Li's, and as for the world's favor... even if there was, it wouldn't be much.

After leaving the cave, Qu Jianlei, in full view of everyone, first found Wenxian and asked him to help create six array bases.

His requirements weren't very complicated, but the connection and coordination between the six array bases required considerable expertise in array formation.

After listening for a while, Wenxian basically understood his needs, but then became increasingly puzzled.

"What kind of array base did you build? It seems... different from the ones you've built before?"

Wenxian was already familiar with almost all of Houde's formation principles, and even understood Qu Zhenzun's formation philosophy.

However, while he could roughly understand the principles behind the formation the opponent was about to set up, the underlying concepts were not familiar to him.

"Six Paths...or Six Harmonies?" Qu Jianlei didn't know how to explain further. He couldn't very well say that he had just learned it from the Heroic Spirit.

"Basically, it's about asking your heart, used in conjunction with divination."

"No problem!" Wenxian nodded in sudden realization. This must be the big shot behind Qu Zhenzun.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain how the other party mastered this formation, which clearly originated from other cultivation worlds.

The Grandmaster of Array Dao is no ordinary expert; while it may take him some time to understand an unfamiliar array, he can create the array base very quickly.

The array base was completed in just over two hours.

Given the chaotic energy here, each array base needs a True Venerable to protect it.

There are seven True Venerables in Houde Realm, and six of them are protecting him. Qu Jianlei is in the center, activating the formation and making divinations.

However, Han Li suggested that the other party send at least two True Venerables to participate, as he and True Venerable Qing Kong needed to free up their hands to protect everyone.

He didn't explain why, and even when faced with the other party's doubts, he insisted—Are you going to do it or not? If not, we won't interfere.

In fact, everyone present understood the underlying logic; it required no explanation.

"It really is a bit..." Colin sighed helplessly. Is this all the trust he has?

He assigned She Niu Zhenzun and Lao Zhenzun to bless the two array bases, the latter of whom was clearly somewhat unwilling.

He was skilled in divination and wanted to see how the formation would be activated, and how Qu Zhenzun would perform the divination.

Although he is a bit old, he still has a chance to advance to the next level and is really unwilling to give up the opportunity to broaden his horizons.

However, he had no choice but to release a clone to observe the operation of the formation. He could not disobey the arrangements of True Venerable Colin.

The six array bases are at least a thousand kilometers apart, and Qu Jianlei stood in the middle.

If this distance were in the outside world—even in the void—a True Venerable would be able to keep an eye on things.

However, here, energy chaos is a minor issue; the key is that the Silent Zone also involves the balance of several energies.

The factor that creates balance is stable chaos, and Qu Jianlei's attempt to achieve effective divination may disrupt this stability.

If stability is disrupted... well, it's always good to keep an eye on things separately.

After the array was activated, strange vibrations appeared between the six array bases, interacting with each other to form a subtle field.

The field grew stronger and stronger until finally, the array bases were faintly connected into a wave pattern, and even a faint, flowing light appeared.

That feeling... was a bit like the inexplicable aurora borealis.

Finally, at a certain moment, Qu Jianlei sent out his divine sense, "Protect the array base, I'm going to perform divination."

"It should have been done a long time ago!" Wenxian breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and released an energy shield to cover the array base he was protecting.