Void Jigsaw Puzzle

However, Zhong Chenmu decided to ignore it for now. Instead, he looked at Helium E and continued, "Anyway, this is actually the 'Law of Balance', a law in the universe that is more universal than the 'Law of the Jungle'. I once discussed this point with the leader of the Hydrogen Clan, Hydrogen Memory. But frankly speaking, at that time, when I was talking about 'balance', I was referring more to 'diversity'. Now, after this period of experience, I realize that 'diversity' ultimately develops into 'duality' - two opposing forces confront each other, maintaining a dynamic balance, so that the entire universe will not be out of balance. I think the existence of stimulants and sedatives seems to secretly conform to this law."

In these conversations, they both tacitly used the term "silicon tribe" to refer to each other's "cosmic hooligans" and "turtle tribe", which made them seem very unified.

"Very good, very good..." Hei Yi nodded repeatedly.

The others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that He Yi had agreed.

Both Guo Ling and Fan Ting had experienced the initial panic, fear, and hatred of the Silicon Clan—Zhu Tong's parents had drowned due to possession and infection by the Silicon Clan. But as time went on, and especially now, after all this, they had come to accept one fact: the existence of the Silicon Clan was a law of the universe, and to truly eliminate them, the universe itself would have to cease to exist.

Fan Ting's eyes met Zhang Chuyu's again, but the latter just nodded politely, without any trace of strangeness in his eyes.

Despite the smile on her face, she felt a little depressed: "Could it be that he has lost his memory? Such a clichéd plot is happening to me?"

Zhong Chenmu cleared his throat and said, "So, based on preliminary inference, Carbon Crown's goal is to use stimulants and sedatives, especially the power of stimulants, to accelerate the entire Carbon Clan's entry into the third stage of cosmic civilization as soon as possible. In this way, Carbon Crown will be able to go down in history. Therefore, this explains why he agreed to let his compatriots serve as test subjects for stimulants and sedatives to the Turtle Clan, and on the other hand, prevented them from opening the reservoir by force. As for the Turtle Clan's motives..."

After communicating with Helium B, he habitually resumed calling the Silicon Clan the "Turtle Clan".

"I see!" Zhang Chuyu suddenly interrupted, "Their motive must be to seize this opportunity to quickly infect the entire Carbon Clan! Essentially, since the Carbon Clan wants to evolve quickly, they're taking advantage of the Carbon Clan, or the Carbon Crown's urgency to accomplish this, to achieve their goal of infection!"

Zhong Chenmu frowned slightly.

He thought so at first, but he always felt that he had overlooked some details, but he couldn't think of a better answer.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhang Chuyu asked the others: "What do you think? Is this true?"

Guo Ling, Tan Ping and Fan Ting had no objections.

He Yi, like Zhong Chenmu, remained silent.

But after a while, he said slowly: "That should be the case..."

Zhong Chenmu looked at He Yi without comment.

"So, Xiao Zhong, what do you think? Don't keep silent!" Guo Ling urged.

He had been underground long enough and was anxious for everyone to come to a conclusion so that he could quickly find a way to escape.

"To be honest, I don't know, but since everyone thinks so, I'll agree with it," said Zhong Chenmu.

He decided to put the knot in his heart aside for the time being and think about it slowly during the process of taking action. It was an unrealistic luxury to think everything through before taking action.

"Okay! Now we can finally see how to get out! After we get out, we still have to stop the Turtle Clan from carrying out genocide against the Carbon Clan!" Guo Ling was very excited.

Everyone looked at Hei Yi.

At this moment, they all knew that He Yi's ability was beyond theirs, even including Zhong Chenmu.

After all, the Helium Clan's supreme warrior wasn't just a title. If Hei Yi hadn't just been fighting four people on his own, who knows what would have happened. While theoretically, Hydrogen Ao and the others were in virtual form, their physical attack power was zero, that didn't mean their coercion and various psychological attacks could be ignored.

Hei Yi did not answer immediately, but closed his eyes.

Under the dome, silence returned to normal. Apart from the sound of the entire central water supply system, there was no other sound.

While He Yi was concentrating, the others were not idle. They walked around and observed the pipes, trying to find clues to get out, but soon they all gave up.

The entire central water supply system is covered under this smooth and heavy dome. The entire dome is integrated, with the only exception being the room at the top in the center where a platform can be lowered. However, its door is now closed, and looking from far below, there is almost no gap visible.

All around, there was a patchwork of mud, near and far. Hundreds of pipes extending from the sides of the reservoir sunk into this mud, then traversed the entirety of Houkun City and even the core P1 planet, connecting with even more pipes to form a vast underground network. To escape from the side, one would have to dig a hole or destroy the pipes and follow them. However, the pipes were made of material that was incredibly strong, impossible to break with bare hands, and there were no tools to be found.

As for the depths below, there was a bottomless abyss. Standing on the pipe, looking down, nothing could be seen clearly. They had no idea how deep it was, or what lay beneath. Perhaps it was an underground river, another layer of mud, or perhaps an extension of the dome above. The entire central water supply system was, in fact, firmly encased in a sphere.

Judging from the fate of those who fell just now, we can preliminarily judge that once you go down, there is no possibility of survival.

At this time, He Yi opened his eyes and said in a serious tone, "I just searched the entire central water supply system. Apart from the room above us, there is no other exit."

"Ah? What's underneath?" Guo Ling was very curious.

"It's a cemetery." He Yi was very calm.

"Graveyard? What does that mean?"

"That's exactly what it says. There are many people buried there, including the ones who just fell in."

"Did they fall to death?" Tan Ping exclaimed.

"No, there's a swamp down there."

"..."

Everyone was silent.

Falling from such a height into the swamp would be worse than death. The pain of slow suffocation would be far worse than the impact.

"Then how do we get out?" Guo Ling asked.

Heli B said, "I haven't figured out a solution yet. If it were within the Hydrogen Clan or our Helium Clan's territory, there would be no difficulty for me; I wouldn't be trapped. But within the Carbon Clan, these surrounding constraints are real and concrete, and there's nothing I can do about it."

Hearing this, everyone gasped.

If Helium Ethylene is unable to do anything, then no one else will be able to do anything.

Zhong Chenmu suddenly asked, "Do you remember how we got here from Kunlun City of your Helix Clan?"

"Through the elemental nodes."

"Well, this means that although the Carbon Clan is a physical race, they do have elemental nodes. But, have you ever thought about the significance of these elemental nodes? If they can't use them themselves, wouldn't they be forced to allow virtual races to freely enter and exit their territory?"

"I know that," Tan Ping said. "Although Chief Tan Guan has many shortcomings, he's very open-minded about the overall vision of the Tan Clan. These elemental nodes already existed when I was mayor of Houkun City. I used to think we wouldn't be able to use them ourselves, but after getting to know you, I realized that there must be some pioneers in the Tan Clan who have mastered this duality of reality and illusion. They can freely enter and exit the elemental nodes. I heard that some of them have even gone out to expand their territory or make a fortune... It's just that most Tan Clan members can't use them for the time being."

"Oh, this is really a bit surprising..." Zhong Chenmu smiled and said, "But maybe I have an idea of ​​how to get out."

Hearing this, everyone looked at him eagerly.

Zhong Chenmu just looked at He Yi: "Lord He Yi, do you still remember the elemental node where we came to Houkun City?"

"of course I remember."

"That's good. Since we all exist in a 'dualistic' form, and Houkun City belongs to the Carbon Clan, we only have physical forms here. Therefore, we must approach the elemental nodes to achieve cosmic transmission. However, as a virtual form, you should theoretically be able to transmit directly to the elemental node first. I have achieved this on Taibai Star of the Hydrogen Clan before."

He Yi was stunned: "I really haven't thought about it. Is it okay even if I'm locked up down here?"

"Let's try it."

He Yi suddenly realized: "I already know what you want to do! If I can reach that elemental node, it means that the transmission brought by the elemental node is not restricted by this kind of embodiment blockage. Moreover, I have the ability to copy elemental nodes. Then I will try to copy an elemental node here. In this way, you can escape together through the elemental node!"

Zhong Chenmu blinked. "That's right. You're the Helium Clan's highest warrior. Don't waste such an important skill as duplicating elemental nodes. Of course, I'm not sure if this skill will still work within the Carbon Clan's territory, but, again, give it a try."