156: Chapter 156 Annihilation Domain

Meanwhile, on the surface of the sun.

Deep within the flaming waves, a figure sat quietly in meditation.

A layer of pure white halo lingered around Chen Mo. Every plasma and high-energy particle that approached vanished silently the moment it touched the halo, leaving not even a trace of energy fluctuation, as if they had never existed.

This was the power of the Annihilation Origin.

Several days had passed since he absorbed the red crystal and achieved a Breakthrough to the fifth rank.

During these few days, Chen Mo had been polishing the Annihilation Origin.

The power of annihilation bestowed by the red crystal was unimaginably powerful.

Whether it was matter, energy, Mental Power, or even power at the level of will, as long as the intensity did not exceed the level of the Annihilation Origin, it would be completely dissolved and returned to nothingness.

But precisely because it was too strong, it was extremely difficult to control.

While Cultivating, Chen Mo suddenly developed a deeper question:

Where exactly did the things that were annihilated go?

Were they completely erased from the Universe, or transformed into some unobservable form?

This question had no answer yet, but it was worth exploring.

Chen Mo withdrew his thoughts and began to attempt to integrate the Annihilation Origin into his Inner World.

If it succeeded, the power of his Inner World would increase several times over.

"Let's try."

Chen Mo moved his mind, separating a wisp of annihilation power as thin as a hair, and carefully moved it toward the edge of his Inner World.

The moment the two made contact.

Hum!

A faint vibration sounded.

The outermost layer of the Inner World, like thin paper poked by a red-hot branding iron, instantly dissolved, creating a hole.

The nearby Hengyuan Force was also turned into nothingness along with it.

The Inner World shuddered violently.

Chen Mo immediately cut off the annihilation power, his eyebrows slightly raised.

He knew the Annihilation Origin was of a high level, but he hadn't expected it to be this high.

His Inner World, which was invincible among his peers, couldn't even withstand a trace of the annihilation power.

But a smile appeared in Chen Mo's eyes instead.

The stronger, the better.

The higher the level of the Origin, the higher the future potential.

Chen Mo did not rush for success but began the slow, grinding work.

He broke the Annihilation Origin down into the finest energy particles, letting them seep into the rule framework of his Inner World, strand by strand, to slowly adapt.

He failed countless times.

Every time he lost control, it would tear a void gap in his Inner World, requiring a large amount of Hengyuan Force to repair.

But every failure also gave him a deeper understanding of the two powers.

Time flowed slowly amidst the burning of the star.

More than a month later.

Chen Mo's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

Hum——!

A circle of pure white light Domain expanded silently with him as the center.

Unlike the thick light Domains of the past, the edges of this light Domain shimmered with faint dark white ripples.

Wherever the light Domain passed, all cosmic dust and free particles disappeared, and even light showed subtle distortions.

It was done.

The Inner World and the Annihilation Origin had completely merged.

Annihilation Domain.

Chen Mo could clearly feel that within this Domain, he possessed near-absolute control.

Will suppressed the mind, the Inner World rules bound the Physical Body, and the Annihilation Origin dissolved all attacks.

With the three powers superimposed, he could find almost no opponents at the same rank.

A faint smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

It was time to pay another visit to the Trial Tower.

And the gains from this past month were far more than just the Annihilation Domain.

Leveraging the characteristics of the annihilation power, he also deduced a brand-new Mental Energy cultivation method—[Void Visualization Method].

Using the annihilation power as a guide, he visualized the scene of all things returning to nothingness in his mind, repeatedly wearing down his Mental Energy with extremely fine annihilation power, then absorbing spirit energy particles to recover.

Wear down, shatter, Rebirth, and wear down again.

Through cycle after cycle, the resilience, density, and purity of his Mental Energy were increasing at a speed far exceeding the norm.

It wasn't just Mental Power.

Physical Body tempering could also utilize the annihilation power; by using it to accelerate the tempering of every cell and then recovering with Hengyuan Force, the tempering efficiency was several times higher than his original Cultivation.

Even the Hengyuan Force itself, under the counter-pressure of the Annihilation Origin, was accelerating its progression toward the final blue-white stage.

Everything was developing in a good direction.

The only shortcoming was his will.

His will strength still remained at the fourth-rank Peak and had not broken through, so it could not yet fully merge with the fifth-rank Inner World and the Annihilation Origin.

However, Chen Mo was not in a hurry.

Just as Chen Mo was preparing to continue honing his will.

The Incarnation of his will left on Blue Star sent a message.

Chen Mo moved his mind and received the full content.

Blue Star, Han City Federal Academy of Sciences.

Just a moment ago, Elder Liu brought the latest results of the research team to the Federal Building to report to Chen Mo.

Elder Liu's voice was loud, filled with irrepressible excitement: "Speaker! Good news! The first wormhole detection prototype has been successfully developed!"

"And the virtual Universe technology, the full-link testing has passed, supporting billions of people to access simultaneously."

"It is expected to be officially released in a month, and by then, the entire population will be able to Cultivate, battle, and learn in the virtual space!"

Chen Mo's Incarnation nodded slightly: "Very good. How much longer until full deployment across the Solar System?"

"This..." Elder Liu paused and immediately replied, "According to current industrial capacity, deploying thirty-six detection satellites on the periphery of the Solar System to form a spherical detection array is expected to take eight months to fully deploy."

"Still too slow. Continue to speed up, add more manpower, open more production lines, as fast as possible. Time will not wait for us."

His tone carried an indisputable quality.

These days, Cang had been sending him regional intelligence as agreed.

In just two short months, hundreds of known low-level civilizations had vanished silently.

Because they only hunted weak civilizations and never touched the territories of powerful civilizations, no powerful force had been willing to investigate so far.

There were even many high-level civilizations that were happy to see these potential competitors cleared out in advance.

The cruelty of the Universe was fully exposed.

Elder Liu was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth, quickly calculating production capacity and manpower allocation in his mind, and nodded heavily: "Rest assured, Speaker! I will go back and adjust the plan immediately, adding more manpower! Within six months, the first phase of the detection array will definitely be deployed!"

"Go." Chen Mo nodded slightly.

And this sense of urgency traveled along the mental connection and was fully transmitted to his main body.

Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes, his gaze deep.

The Solar System was too vast; relying only on a few will Incarnations was simply not enough to cover it.

Once a hunting fleet suddenly jumped to the edge of the Solar System, by the time the ground reacted, a star-destroying attack would likely have already fallen upon Blue Star.

Passive waiting was not his style.

"Let's set up a defensive line first."

Chen Mo moved, turning into a streak of pure white light, flying toward the moon.

Ten minutes later, Chen Mo arrived deep within a crater on the far side of the moon.

Chen Mo hovered in mid-air and extended his right hand.

Majestic Mental Power and Hengyuan Force surged, and a wisp of will, condensed to the extreme, was stripped from his main body, while simultaneously injecting about 5% of his own power.

The light dissipated, and a figure identical to his appearance floated quietly before the rock wall.

This was his second will Incarnation.

Unlike the Incarnation in Han City that leaned toward administrative processing, all of this Incarnation's abilities were focused on defense and early warning.

5% of his power didn't sound like much, but it was bona fide fifth-rank combat power.

A conventional star-destroying beam could be withstood by this Incarnation alone.

Moreover, the Incarnation was connected to his consciousness; as long as there was a sense of danger in the vicinity, he would receive a warning at the first moment.