80: Chapter 80 The Secret Realm is About to Fall into Chaos

Mo Yufei looked at the hollow space of the energy crystal mine above his head. The structure here was already fragile due to the presence of the vein, and the continuous tremors were highly likely to trigger a large-scale collapse, trapping everyone completely inside the mountain.

"Move fast! Retreat from the mine immediately!" Mo Yufei shouted sternly. He had no time to collect another crystal, so he scooped up Xiao Hei beside him and leaped onto Dabai's back.

He activated his space, instantly recalling the androids and robots that couldn't evacuate on their own, then patted Dabai's neck and sprinted toward the tunnel they had originally carved.

Dabai's four hooves flew, braving the constant falling debris, and it charged out of the winding tunnel at top speed.

Mo Yufei lay flat on Dabai's back, shielding Xiao Hei tightly. His ears were filled with the deafening roar of tumbling rocks. Only after rushing out of the stone tunnel and returning to the open wilderness did he finally heave a sigh of relief.

He hurriedly jumped off Dabai's back and looked back at the steep stone wall. Fortunately, the tremors were gradually subsiding; the mine had not completely collapsed, only a few rocks had fallen at the entrance, causing no major harm.

But before he could fully settle down, a more intense shock surged in his heart. He suddenly looked up at the sky, freezing in place, his face full of bewilderment.

Above the mine behind him, a beam of colored light shot straight into the sky.

That wasn't all. The sky of the Fragment World, originally gray and shrouded in mist, now had colored light beams shooting straight into the clouds from seven different directions simultaneously!

The eight beams of light echoed each other, emitting majestic and mysterious energy fluctuations, as if it were the initiation of some ancient ritual, or perhaps a harbinger of some earth-shattering event.

Mo Yufei stared blankly at the seven beams of light in the sky, his brows tightly furrowed, his heart filled with confusion.

This Fragment World was already fraught with crises—the pursuit by the Blood Killing Hall, the proliferation of unknown dangers—and now, with such a sudden anomaly, was it the arrival of an opportunity, or was an even greater crisis imminent?

Mo Yufei had never seen such a bizarre scene, and for a moment, he was completely clueless, having no idea what had happened.

Just as he was filled with bewilderment, the Federation communication bracelet on his wrist suddenly emitted a rapid "beep-beep-beep" alert.

Mo Yufei subconsciously looked down at the bracelet and lightly touched the sensor area with his fingertip. The bracelet immediately projected a holographic image, clearly displaying a fixed-frequency communication request, and the caller's name: Wang Chen.

It was Wang Chen! Mo Yufei's heart stirred. Wang Chen's understanding of the Fragment World was far superior to his own, and he should know the reason for these seven beams of light.

Without any hesitation, he immediately pressed the answer button, wanting to learn from Wang Chen what exactly was behind this sudden anomaly.

After a crackle of static, a familiar voice came through—it was Wang Chen.

"Old Mo! Are you okay right now? What happened?!"

The moment the communication connected, Wang Chen's voice, anxious to the point of breaking, pierced through the static and came straight through.

Usually, Wang Chen was quite composed, but at this moment, the panic and worry in his tone were completely unmasked.

"I arrived at the Federation's base in the Fragment World and only then learned that the monitoring system was on full alert. The signal from the airship you were on was completely cut off four hours ago.

We exhausted all detection methods, but couldn't find a single trace. It was as if the airship had been swallowed by space out of thin air!

But just an hour ago, the airship signal suddenly recovered. We located the airship's position and sent a communication request; no one answered, but one minute later, the signal disappeared again.

I rushed to the place where the airship signal reappeared, and only when I got close to where the signal vanished did my communication bracelet detect your bracelet's signal."

Mo Yufei deliberately slowed his speech, letting his voice carry a hint of the hoarseness and exhaustion of someone who had just survived a disaster, and responded in a low voice.

"I'm still alive, just lucky to have escaped.

We were ambushed by people from the Blood Killing Hall. They were hidden extremely well, and their first strikes were lethal. The airship was heavily damaged instantly, and its power and signal systems were completely destroyed.

I took advantage of the chaos to fight my way out of the crashed airship and ran all the way to escape the pursuit. I have no idea what happened to the airship afterward, and I completely lost contact with the outside world."

This was half-truth, half-lie. He deliberately omitted all details of counter-killing the enemies, portraying himself merely as a survivor who had luckily escaped, without revealing a shred of his own strength.

While speaking, Mo Yufei slowly raised his eyes. His gaze first fell on the sky above the hidden mine behind him, where a beam of light shot straight into the sky.

Immediately afterward, he looked up at the entire sky of the secret realm, his gaze sweeping in all directions. Seven other identical pillars of light reaching the heavens echoed the one before him, forming a bizarre ring.

Mo Yufei's pupils contracted slightly, and a stormy sea surged in his heart. A bold and chilling guess suddenly popped into his mind.

Could it be... that when he entered the mine just now and privately collected the energy crystal mine inside, he triggered an ancient restriction of this Fragment World, or activated some unknown spatial array, which induced these eight sky-reaching beams of light?

If that were true, then this anomaly sweeping across the entire secret realm was actually caused by him!

This thought made his heart sink. His fingertips tightened unconsciously, and his mood instantly became complex.

He was not afraid that his actions would draw the siege of various forces; he was merely curious about the secret behind these beams of light.

Before he could sort out his thoughts, Wang Chen on the other end of the communication, after hearing about the Blood Killing Hall ambush, suddenly fell into dead silence. Only heavy breathing came through the communicator. The few seconds of silence were heavy with the weight of an impending storm.

When he spoke again, Wang Chen's voice was as heavy as lead, filled with anxiety and helplessness: "It's good that you're safe, but do you know? A major event is about to happen in the entire secret realm now!"

Mo Yufei's brows furrowed tightly. Suppressing the surging suspicion and unease in his heart, he listened intently. He knew that what followed would surely concern the core secret of this secret realm.

"The Fragment World secret realm you are in is far more terrifying than the Federation had previously detected.

The energy crystal mine I found earlier is not the only energy crystal mine in the Fragment World."

Wang Chen's voice carried an undisguisable solemnity, along with a hint of shock at the earth-shattering benefits.

"The Federation mobilized all top-tier spatial detection instruments, and after repeated investigations and deductions, they confirmed it.

There are a total of eight large energy crystal mines hidden in this secret realm, and each location of a light beam is exactly where a mineral vein node is!"

"We have accurately calculated that these eight crystal mines originate from the same source, and all the energy converges toward the same core source.

The total reserves of crystal mines in the entire secret realm exceed thirty percent of all the energy crystal mine reserves in our Main World!"

Thirty percent! Hearing this, Mo Yufei's heart was severely shaken. Even with his composed nature, he was shocked by this figure.

What kind of terrifying wealth was this? It was enough to drive all forces crazy and enough to overturn the power structure of the entire Main World!

"The news can no longer be kept secret. Major forces have all caught wind of it, flocking into the Fragment World, frantically seizing mineral veins, deploying troops, engaging in open and covert struggles, with swords drawn and bows bent."

Wang Chen's tone grew increasingly heavy, revealing deep helplessness.

"In the face of this huge benefit that could make everyone lose their minds, all parties have turned completely red-eyed, no longer caring about the Federation's constraints.

Even if the Federation steps in to mediate or apply pressure, they cannot suppress their ambitions at all. All forces are on the verge of confrontation, and the secret realm could erupt into total chaos at any moment, turning into a purgatory!"

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