293: Chapter 294 Using Space Tunnels as Cannonballs, Is This How It Works?

Boom!

There was no sound.

Or rather, Zhang Wei's ears had lost their function in that instant.

He felt as if he wasn't sitting in some space tunnel, but had been stuffed into the warhead of a supersonic shell and then kicked from the Universe toward Earth.

The entire world was twisting, tumbling, and screaming.

All the scenes before his eyes were stretched into meaningless streaks of light, multicolored, like a painting splashed with oil paint by a madman.

His stomach was churning, and he could even feel his Soul about to be thrown out of his body by this brutal force.

What the hell... is this something a human can do?!

This was the only thought left in Zhang Wei's mind.

He used to think that the most impressive thing about Brother Qi was reshaping the Law in the Convention Center, which was already a god-like feat.

Now he realized he was wrong.

Dead wrong.

Compared to what was happening right now, that Convention Center incident was practically child's play!

Who travels by packing themselves and their teammate into a cannonball and blasting open a space coordinate directly?

This isn't called traveling; this is called a space strike!

Just as Zhang Wei felt he was about to be torn to pieces, that terrifying pulling force abruptly vanished.

Like a broken sack, he was "spat out" from the Void Realm and landed hard on his bottom.

The ground was wet, soft, and exuded a putrid stench of decay.

"Ugh—"

Zhang Wei couldn't hold it back any longer; he leaned against a half-dead, rotten tree nearby and threw up until he felt faint.

He felt as if his internal organs were displaced, and his brain was buzzing as if a hundred beehives had been stuffed inside.

"Is it that exaggerated?"

A calm voice sounded above his head.

Zhang Wei looked up and saw Lin Qi standing right in front of him, carrying that backpack, his clothes clean—let alone vomiting, not even a single hair was out of place.

He was curiously looking around, giving the impression not of someone who had just experienced a world-shattering space collision, but rather someone out for a stroll in a suburban park.

"Qi... Brother Qi..." Zhang Wei leaned against the tree, his legs still trembling, "Can we... can we try a gentler method next time?"

"Oh, it was my first time driving it, no experience. I'll be careful next time," Lin Qi replied casually.

Zhang Wei's eyelids twitched uncontrollably upon hearing that.

What the hell?

First time driving? No experience?

Big brother, you're operating a space tunnel! Not riding a shared bike from downstairs!

Does this thing even have a beginner's phase?!

He looked around and realized the surrounding environment had completely changed.

They were in a vast, boundless gray swamp, with dark clouds covering the sky, and streaks of purple-black lightning crawling through the clouds like ugly centipedes, yet never striking down.

The air was filled with thick, nauseating mist, and visibility was extremely low.

And in the air where they had just "crashed" out, a huge space rift, as if torn open by something, was slowly healing.

The surrounding power of the Law was as chaotic as a pot of boiling porridge, emitting a "hissing" wail.

Zhang Wei swallowed hard, with only one thought in his heart.

Too barbaric.

Too unreasonable.

"This is the outskirts of the D-3 Region." Lin Qi's voice pulled him back to reality.

"Instructor Su... Is Instructor Su here?" Zhang Wei asked hurriedly, as this was still his primary concern.

"Yes." Lin Qi nodded, his gaze cast toward the depths of the swamp, his eyes devoid of anxiety, only a sense of scrutiny like a programmer looking at code.

"Where is she?" Zhang Wei craned his neck, but could see nothing except the gray mist.

"She's trapped," Lin Qi said.

"Trapped? Was she caught by that mysterious person?" Zhang Wei's heart jumped into his throat.

"Not exactly." Lin Qi shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of peculiar appraisal, "The opponent's technique... is somewhat interesting, but not much."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Wei didn't understand.

"He used the space Law here as a primer to distort the Law of Causality in a small area, then used fragments of the time Law to add a looping shell to this area. Simply put, he created a one-time 'ghost wall'."

Lin Qi's explanation was very plain, but to Zhang Wei, it sounded like gibberish.

What space Law, Law of Causality, time fragments... what even are these things?

He only understood the last three words.

"A ghost wall? Wouldn't Instructor Su be in great danger then?"

"Not dangerous, just a bit troublesome." Lin Qi's gaze seemed to pierce through the layers of mist, seeing the core distorted by the Law, "She is likely just walking in circles in a fixed loop, unable to get out and unable to feel the passage of time. The person who set the trap probably didn't intend to kill with this; it's purely a tripping hazard to buy time."

Zhang Wei breathed a slight sigh of relief, but quickly became nervous again: "Then how do we save her? Brother Qi, can you break this 'ghost wall'?"

"Break it?"

Lin Qi smiled.

That smile carried a sense of... condescension that even Zhang Wei found unfamiliar.

It wasn't arrogance.

It was the feeling of a higher-dimensional being looking at the graffiti of a lower-dimensional being.

Interesting, but that's about it.

"Why break it?" Lin Qi asked in return.

He extended a hand toward the Void Realm in front of him and opened his fingers.

"Why not just delete this garbage code full of holes?"

The moment his words fell.

Lin Qi's fingers closed gently.

Crack!

A crisp, loud sound, as if glass were shattering, came from all directions!

Zhang Wei's eyes widened sharply.

He saw the thick, impenetrable gray mist before him instantly shatter and dissipate, as if gripped tightly by an invisible hand!

The purple-black lightning clawing across the sky also flickered twice and extinguished completely, like light tubes with their power cut off.

The entire world, under this grip, seemed to have been "rebooted."

The sky remained the same gloomy sky, and the swamp remained the same dead, silent swamp.

But that eerie feeling of oppression, chaos, and disorientation had disappeared without a trace.

Everything had returned to normal.

About a kilometer ahead, a slender figure wearing a black combat uniform remained frozen in a Stealth posture, motionless.

Her face still held a hint of confusion and vigilance.

Obviously, she hadn't yet reacted from the "ghost wall" state.

"Su... Instructor Su!"

The moment Zhang Wei saw who it was, he shouted at the top of his lungs.

...

Meanwhile.

At the core of the D-3 Region, on a bizarre altar built from countless bones and rusted metal.

A blurry figure shrouded in a black robe suddenly raised its head.

He "looked" toward the outskirts and emitted a cold snort with a metallic texture.

"An interesting patch, delivering itself to my doorstep."

"That's fine, saves me the trouble of going to find it."