163: Chapter 163 The Flow of the Five Elements

Chen Mo was completely unaware of the boiling and clamor of the outside world.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't take it to heart.

He sat cross-legged in the Trial Tower, eyes closed, his Inner World slowly rotating within his body.

The power of the Five Poles circulated naturally within it, forming a self-sustaining cycle, endless and inexhaustible.

His Physical Body was as heavy and solid as sinking mountains and rivers;

His Mental Power was as vast and boundless as the hanging sky;

His energy was as surging and inexhaustible as rivers and seas;

His will served as the anchor point for his Dao Heart, indestructible;

His Domain defined the boundaries of the Universe, wielding the rules.

The five fifth-order powers, with the Inner World as the core, completely merged to form a perfect internal cycle.

The Five Poles reached Perfection, and the Inner World consequently reached complete Perfection as well.

His strength achieved a qualitative leap.

Half a day later, Chen Mo slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes held only bottomless tranquility, like an abyss that had settled for eternity.

"That's about it."

He whispered to himself, "Next, I'll slowly experiment in battle."

After the words fell, he looked up at the ranking list of the Trial Tower.

[Rank 8: Deep Space Erosion Mother Nest System · Elijah, Reality Realm Seventh Order]

"Zerg system, infinite unit production stream..."

A thought flashed through Chen Mo's mind, and he chose to challenge directly.

The light dissipated, and Chen Mo appeared in a dead-silent Void Realm.

Everywhere he looked, there was a black tide of insects.

In front, a flesh-and-blood mother nest with a diameter of nearly a hundred kilometers floated quietly in the depths of the Void Realm. The surface of the nest was crisscrossed with gullies, and countless cavities squirmed rhythmically, continuously producing various Zerg units.

Scout bugs, Erosion Mountain bugs, Energy Cannon bugs, Suicide bugs... The densely packed Zerg filled the entire Void Realm, and wherever they passed, even cosmic dust was gnawed clean.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Deep Space Erosion Mother Nest: fighting to sustain the war, devouring all matter and converting it into military strength. As long as the mother nest did not die, the insect tide would never end.

Almost the same instant Chen Mo appeared, a cold and tyrannical Mental Power command came from the depths of the mother nest.

Hum—!

The overwhelming insect tide shifted direction instantly, sweeping towards Chen Mo like a black torrent.

At the same time, three fifth-order powers rose from the depths of the mother nest: Mental Power, will, and energy, three poles in one.

Through collective consciousness, it was blessed upon every single Zerg, forming a precise and efficient war machine.

"Three Poles Perfection, truly not bad."

Chen Mo's expression was calm, his heart without a ripple.

"It's a pity, meeting me in a limited space, you don't even have a chance to run."

With a thought.

Hum—!

The pure white Annihilation Domain expanded suddenly, turning into a great sun illuminating the Void Realm.

The brilliant yet dead-silent pure white light swept in all directions with Chen Mo as the center.

No roar, no explosion.

One by one, the fierce Zerg, the moment they touched the white light, dissolved silently like snow in the scorching sun, all turning into nothingness, not even leaving a residue.

The front row of the insect tide was cleared instantly.

The Zerg in the back continued to charge forward fearlessly, but the faster they charged, the faster they disappeared.

The pure white light was like an absolute line of death, steadily advancing forward.

Deep in the mother nest, Elijah's consciousness erupted in terrified screams.

It frantically urged all its energy, producing more and stronger units, even sending out several fifth-order Insect Kings.

But it was useless.

In front of the Annihilation Domain, quantity had no meaning.

In just a few breaths, the billions of Zerg filling the entire Void Realm were swept away.

The Void Realm returned to dead silence.

Only the huge mother nest remained, suppressed firmly in place by the power of the Inner World, unable to move.

Chen Mo walked slowly to the mother nest, his Mental Perception seeping into it.

He could clearly perceive the fear of the mother nest's consciousness, Elijah, its intense desire for survival, and the endless greed engraved deep in its genes.

And those countless, extremely precise gene coding programs, collective consciousness control structures, energy conversion systems... it was a miracle of biotechnology.

"Interesting."

Chen Mo perceived carefully for a moment, recording the Zerg's collective consciousness control method in his mind.

These things might not be impossible to integrate into the human Cultivate system.

After finishing his perception, he said nothing more.

A strand of Annihilation power flicked from his fingertips, landing on the core of the mother nest.

Pfft—

The massive mother nest didn't even have time to let out a cry before it completely dissolved in silence.

[Battle ended. Source Power System, Chen Mo, wins.]

[Challenger ranking updated: Current rank, 8th.]

Chen Mo exited the virtual space, his expression calm.

After the Five Poles reached Perfection, opponents who only mastered three poles couldn't even move under the suppression of the Inner World; the gap in strength was simply too large.

The Zerg's unit production stream seemed terrifying, but in the face of the area-of-effect Annihilation power, it was perfectly countered.

His gaze moved upward, stopping at the seventh position.

[Rank 7: Mechanical God System · Haixing, Reality Realm Seventh Order]

[Race: Star Remains Mechanical God Race]

"The only technology-side system in the top ten."

A flash of interest appeared in Chen Mo's eyes.

The last technology-side opponent he encountered, Zhi 3.14, let him see the rigor of technology.

What would this higher-ranked Mechanical God be like?

With some curiosity, Chen Mo confirmed the challenge.

With a flash of light, Chen Mo appeared in an empty cosmic space.

In front, a perfect metal sphere with a diameter of over a hundred kilometers floated quietly.

The surface of the sphere swirled with a dark silver metallic luster, and countless fine energy lines moved across the sphere, exuding an extreme sense of precision and pressure.

Chen Mo focused fully, his Mental Perception slowly spreading out.

Just then, the space in front of the metal sphere twisted slightly, and a silver metal figure similar to a human form walked out.

Its face was flowing liquid metal, but its voice was exactly the same as an ordinary human's, steady and rational.

"Hello, Chen Mo."

Chen Mo was slightly taken aback.

"I am Haixing." The metal figure nodded slightly. "Zhi 3.14 mentioned you to me a long time ago. Its calculation results showed that you have a very low probability of challenging for the top spot of the fourth-order leaderboard."

"But I didn't expect that the time for this low-probability event to occur would be so much earlier than the deduction results..."

Chen Mo asked: "How did it deduce that?"

"Data analysis." Haixing said frankly, "Its battle data with you. Your growth curve, system potential, and will resilience are all parameters for its deduction."

"Its conclusion is that you are the person most likely to threaten Yuan's position in the last ten million Universe years."

Mentioning the name "Yuan," Chen Mo's eyes flickered.

"Yuan, how much do you know?"

Haixing shook its head, its metal head making a slight friction sound.

"Not much. He is the first top-ranked person since the birth of the fourth-order Trial Tower, and has occupied the first place for over eighteen million Universe years."

"Other than that, everything is a mystery."

"Eighteen million years..."

Chen Mo silently repeated this number in his heart.

A gatekeeper, occupying the top spot for millions of years.

This could no longer be described as "strong."

"Alright, I've said what I needed to say." Haixing took a step back, "Next, let me see how strong you are, to be held in such high regard by Zhi 3.14."

As the words fell, the silver figure instantly merged into the giant metal ball behind it.

The next second, the entire metal sphere started up with a boom.

A gap slowly cracked open in the center of the sphere, revealing a deep, pitch-black muzzle inside.

Countless energy patterns lit up simultaneously, and terrifying energy converged at the muzzle.

"This is the Antimatter Annihilation Cannon."

Haixing's voice came from the sphere, "A direct hit is powerful enough to destroy a small planet. Survive this, and you win."