438: Chapter 438 Node Deployment

Lu Sheng did not rush over directly.

He took Xuan Yin and drifted at a distance of five thousand kilometers outside the Old God Abyss for two hours.

It wasn't hesitation; he was observing.

His Dragon Eyes remained locked on every move of the Qing Ming Protector.

Qing Ming's patrol route was basically consistent with the data Luo Tianfei had previously recorded—a cycle every four hours, with three fixed routes alternating. During patrol intervals, he would return to a resting point near the outer wall of the spherical space and stay for twenty minutes.

"He is currently on the second route," Lu Sheng whispered to Xuan Yin. "According to the pattern, there's about an hour and a half left in this round of patrol. Then he'll return to the resting point."

"What should I do?"

"Don't move yet. Follow me."

Lu Sheng began to slowly approach the interior of the Old God Abyss.

His speed was very slow, so slow that he was almost like drifting space debris.

He activated "Law Disguise"—a technique he had learned from the ancient technology metal plate. Law Disguise could hide his own Law fluctuations, making him look like an ordinary piece of space rock within Qing Ming's perception range.

Xuan Yin followed closely behind him. Her Early-stage Spirit Saint Law fluctuations were enveloped by Lu Sheng's Law Disguise—his camouflage range was just enough to cover two people.

The two spent an hour passing through the debris belt on the outskirts of the Old God Abyss.

They were now about fifteen hundred meters away from the spherical space.

This was the first deployment position Lu Sheng had predetermined for the Eye of Law.

"Stop."

Lu Sheng stopped behind a massive piece of wreckage from an ancient warship. The wreckage was as large as a small hill, enough to hide both of their figures.

He peered through the gaps in the wreckage toward the spherical space.

Qing Ming was patrolling a thousand meters away, with his back turned to them.

"Now."

Lu Sheng extended his right hand, and the first Eye of Law condensed on his fingertip.

The needle-sized Space Law construct flashed a faint light on his fingertip, and then—he flicked it out.

The Eye of Law flew out silently and embedded itself into a space crack fifteen hundred meters away.

The moment it was embedded, the Eye of Law completely fused with the surrounding space.

An additional perception node appeared in Lu Sheng's consciousness. He could "see" all Law fluctuation data within a thirty-meter radius of the Eye of Law.

The first node—deployment complete.

"One down," Lu Sheng counted silently.

He waited for three minutes.

Qing Ming had no reaction and continued his patrol.

"He didn't notice."

Lu Sheng began to move.

Using the ancient wreckage scattered everywhere in the Old God Abyss as cover, he led Xuan Yin slowly around the perimeter of the spherical space. Every time he reached a predetermined position, he flicked out an Eye of Law.

The second.

The third.

The fourth.

With every one deployed, he would wait for a few minutes to observe Qing Ming's reaction.

Qing Ming showed no reaction at all.

The concealment of the Eye of Law was indeed extremely strong.

A small accident occurred during the deployment of the fifth node.

There was a small Law Turbulence Zone near that position. The chaotic Law fluctuations within the turbulence interfered with the embedding process of the Eye of Law. Lu Sheng had to further compress the precision from 0.008 millimeters to 0.006 millimeters before he could firmly embed the Eye of Law into the space crack.

Fine beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.

"The fifth one."

Continuing.

The sixth.

The seventh.

Time passed minute by minute.

Two hours later—all twelve Eyes of Law were deployed.

Hiding behind a massive piece of wreckage on the south side of the spherical space, Lu Sheng closed his eyes and sensed the data being sent back from the twelve nodes.

Data poured into his consciousness like a tide.

He could "see" all the Law fluctuation changes across ninety-two percent of the spherical space's surface area.

The paths of energy conduction—clearly visible.

The Origin energy from the remains of the spirit emperor radiated outward from the core area of the spherical space, pulled by the Law Gravitational Force of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate, converging along specific paths to a certain point inside the spherical space—that point was the location of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate.

"Found you."

Lu Sheng marked the precise location of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate in his mind—inside the spherical space toward the north, about three hundred meters deep from the surface.

"Luo Tianfei, can you receive the data from the Eye of Law?"

Seven minutes later, Luo Tianfei's reply arrived.

"Receiving data. There is significant latency, but it can be analyzed."

"Help me analyze the energy conduction paths. Find the most fragile nodes—I want to conduct directional interference from those nodes."

Another seven minutes of waiting.

Luo Tianfei's analysis results were sent back.

"There are seven main channels for energy conduction. The three most fragile ones are concentrated in the north-northeast direction of the spherical space. The density of law threads in that area is slightly lower than the average—by about six percent."

"Six percent. That's enough."

Lu Sheng began to devise an interference plan.

He didn't need to completely cut off the energy conduction. That would immediately alert the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate.

He only needed to create weak, continuous Law disturbances on those three main channels.

These disturbances would cause extremely subtle frequency deviations in the Origin energy conducted through those three channels. When the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate devoured it—if he didn't distinguish carefully—he might not notice the deviation.

But as this frequency-deviated energy accumulated in the spirit source core, it would be like trace Impurities mixing into pure water.

It wouldn't have much impact in the short term.

However, when the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate attempted a Breakthrough to the Spirit Immortal Realm—Law reconstruction required the energy in the spirit source core to be absolutely pure. Those Impurities would trigger a Law conflict at the moment of reconstruction.

The more severe the Law conflict, the longer the Law blank period.

"Xuan Yin."

"I am here."

"Next, you need to do something."

"What is it?"

"While I am conducting energy interference, use your sound waves to monitor Qing Ming's position. Notify me in advance if he comes this way."

"Understood."

Xuan Yin found a spot to crouch down on the other side of the wreckage and expanded her sound wave perception.

Lu Sheng took a deep breath.

He extended both hands.

Space Law fluctuations spread out from his fingertips, passing through the twelve Eye of Law nodes to precisely touch those three main energy conduction channels in the north-northeast of the spherical space.

It wasn't an attack.

It was just an extremely weak—plucking.

Like lightly plucking a lute string with a finger. The string was still vibrating, and the sound was still being produced, but the pitch was slightly off.

How much was it off? About three-thousandths.

A frequency deviation of three-thousandths—it was almost impossible for the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate to sense.

But this three-thousandths—over time, it would accumulate in his spirit source core.

"It has begun."

Lu Sheng maintained this weak interference while simultaneously monitoring the spirit source fluctuations of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate through the Eye of Law.

The devouring rhythm of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate did not change at all.

He hadn't noticed.

"Very good."

Lu Sheng crouched quietly behind the wreckage, motionless.

Like a patient hunter.

Waiting for the prey to walk into the trap on its own.