210: Chapter 210 Preparations Before the Conquest! The Third Layer of the Nightmare World
After everything concluded.
Lin Chuan did not linger on the sea for long. Instead, he activated the [Teleportation] rule and returned directly to the West Continent.
The crisis was temporarily averted.
But the doubt in Lin Chuan's heart was like a tangled mess of yarn, tightening more and more.
The two words 'Return to Ruins' mentioned by the Mysterious Old Man before leaving caused Lin Chuan to feel an inexplicable sense of unease.
He had an intuition that this so-called 'Return to Ruins' absolutely signified something extremely terrifying!!
"Not enough! Not nearly enough!"
"I must become stronger faster! I must devour more taboos, demigods... and even condense a complete Godhead!"
However, Lin Chuan faced a bit of a dilemma.
Because in the current Real World, under the protection of the Giant Eyeball, the entities of the Nightmare World were temporarily unable to cross over!
If he wanted to quickly obtain a massive amount of taboo value through devouring, there was only one place to go... the third layer of the Nightmare World!!
Just as Lin Chuan was making his plans.
Dongsheng Continent, Yanlong Empire.
After experiencing the heroic fall of the Heavenly Secret Daoist, Gu Qingping, and the other six pillars of Bureau 749.
The entire Yanlong Empire was shrouded in a layer of sorrow and depression!!
But at the same time, the high-level officials of the Yanlong Empire also made a desperate decision!
"At all costs, accelerate the promotion of the 'Universal Transcendence' project!"
"Simultaneously! Speed up the research and development of Experimental Subjects No. 005 and No. 006!"
"The Deification Project must not stop!"
...
Inside the Rebirth Temple.
Lin Chuan's will quietly projected into the third layer of the Nightmare World!
In the third layer of the Nightmare World.
On a barren land filled with chaotic rules and an endless aura of decay.
A massive Base City stood amidst the howling winds.
Buzz!!
Accompanied by the descent of Lin Chuan's will.
All living beings within the entire Base City, whether they were living Believers or transcended anomalies.
All knelt uncontrollably on the ground, their bodies trembling violently.
Qin Yao was even more excited, prostrating on the ground with a voice full of fanaticism:
"Welcome, My Buddha's divine carriage!"
And above Qin Yao's head.
A terrifying head, as massive as a mountain and seemingly composed of transparent, crystal-like bone, floated in mid-air.
The head was none other than the [Old Master of the Skeleton]!
At this moment, sensing Lin Chuan's rule fluctuations, an extremely fawning light suddenly flickered in the eye sockets of the Old Master of the Skeleton.
Its massive crystal head nodded up and down in mid-air in a comical fashion, as if it were kowtowing.
"Great Supreme Rebirth Buddha! Your loyal servant pays you the highest respect!"
"Your Divine Might is already enough to make everything in the depths of this nightmare tremble!"
The dry, raspy voice of the Old Master of the Skeleton echoed between heaven and earth through the vibration of rules.
While it was fawning and flattering Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan's rules had already used Qin Yao as a medium to condense into a blurry purple-black buddhas shadow above this barren land.
He ignored the Old Master of the Skeleton's flattery and asked directly:
"How is the current situation in this third layer of the Nightmare World?"
Hearing Lin Chuan's inquiry, the crystal head of the Old Master of the Skeleton shook violently, and a trace of uncontrollable fear and excitement entered its voice.
"It's chaos! Total chaos!"
"Great Master, during this period, the entire third layer of the Nightmare World has fallen into unprecedented turmoil!"
"Those few most ancient Demigod Domains are acting as if they've gone mad, frantically attacking each other!"
"Those lunatics from the [Flesh and Blood Royal Court] even directly tore through the defensive lines of the [Decaying Abyss]; the two great Demigod Domains are engaged in a divine war to the death!"
"Countless Dominators and Old Masters have disintegrated in the divine war, and rule fragments are falling like raindrops throughout the nightmare!"
A divine war!
Lin Chuan's heart jolted upon hearing this!
Demigods slaughtering each other—to him, this was simply the perfect hunting ground!
While Lin Chuan was in deep thought.
The Old Master of the Skeleton reported again:
"My great Master."
"Several Demigod Domains are almost completely at each other's throats for that item related to the True Realm..."
"Hehehe..."
"Master, you should also be interested in that item."
"Because rumors say that whoever can Control that item will be able to find the door to the True Realm in the upcoming 'Return to Ruins'!"
True Realm!
That word again!
Lin Chuan's will suddenly condensed.
Back then, the demigod of [The Unrotting Outer Court] was willing to open that door in the Kunlun Ruins at any cost, also in pursuit of this so-called 'Truth'.
Now, the Demigod Domains of the entire third layer of the Nightmare World were fighting tooth and nail over an item related to the True Realm...
"Very good."
Lin Chuan's rules condensed into a voice, sounding wicked and sinister.
"I shall also enter the fray."
He also wanted to vie for that item related to the True Realm!
At the same time, those so-called 'demigods' and 'taboos'... he wanted to devour them too!!
However, before that, Lin Chuan faced an extremely thorny problem.
"Skeleton."
Lin Chuan's will locked firmly onto that massive crystal head.
"My true body is still unable to directly tear through the dimensions to descend into this third layer of the Nightmare World."
"Do you have a way?"
At this point, even Lin Chuan felt somewhat helpless.
He discovered that the world barriers were not so easily crossed!
Coming from the depths of the Nightmare World to the shallower parts was slightly less difficult.
But wanting to go from the shallow parts to the deeper layers was as difficult as ascending to heaven!
Even though Lin Chuan was already a demigod, he still couldn't descend with his true body from the 'Reality Layer' of the fourth layer of the Nightmare World directly to the third layer!
But this Old Master of the Skeleton was only at the sss tier 3.
Yet it had actually been able to pull the entire massive Base City controlled by Qin Yao, along with its population of millions, directly into this third layer of the Nightmare World!
Lin Chuan found this quite incredible!
Hearing Lin Chuan's question, the Old Master of the Skeleton was not surprised. Instead, its massive crystal mouth split into an extremely terrifying grin.
"Great Master, you have indeed noticed."
Its massive head lowered slightly, its tone carrying a hint of uncontrollable pride.
"Although my Rule Power is weak, I was born with an extremely special eerie item."
"It is a... 'Spatial Transition Object'!"
"It has no offensive power, nor any defensive power..."
"Its only function is to ignore any dimensional barriers and any Law rejection to establish an extremely stable cross-border passage between various levels of the Chaos Void Realm!"
"Back then, I used it to pull this Base City into the nightmare."
At this point, the Old Master of the Skeleton paused, its tone becoming extremely fawning.
"Furthermore, only I can activate this companion item."
"As long as you give the command, Master, I can build a temporary passage between reality and the third layer of the nightmare for you at any time!"
Hearing this, Lin Chuan couldn't help but feel relieved.
Fortunately, he hadn't directly devoured the [Old Master of the Skeleton] back then.
As long as there was a passage, he could continuously send his Clones and more Believers into the third layer of the Nightmare World!
Even his original body could descend to the third layer of the Nightmare World!
When the time came, he would be able to expand his influence and strengthen himself in this Nightmare World!!