He silently began observing the massive network. After all, Boss had told him to observe and perceive freely, and she would rescue him if he was in danger.

But on the other hand, when his Bone Golden Body shattered into countless fragments, Boss didn't show up. So, what kind of danger meets her criterion for rescue?

It's really odd...

While pondering, he observed the gigantic network, but as his flesh devoured by others got continuously digested, his perception of the network became increasingly blurred.

Hadn't found a clue yet, and it was already out of sight?

"What to do... Oh, I got it!" He had a brainwave, quickly trying to guide the contamination from the black sea towards his Glazed Body, continually reshaping his flesh...

Various colors of contamination emerged consequently, even ashes slowly parsed out from the sea were absorbed by his Glazed Body like a crystal.

In the next moment, a nanometric regeneration repair process appeared on the surface of his Glazed Body once again. Concurrently, as the "flesh" regenerated, the jellyfish-like Nocturnal species attached to the mysterious network seemed to detect a certain signal, swarming out like a shoal of fish gathering towards Lin Yi.

"Shush shush shush... shush shush shush..."

The jellyfish-like Nocturnal species entangled Lin Yi again, then opened their mouths to tear and bite, devouring the newly regenerated flesh on his body completely.

"As expected..." Lin Yi spread his arms, allowing the jellyfish-like Nocturnal species to consume his flesh. His heart was calm, "These jellyfish-like Nocturnal species only eat flesh... Then, those filamentous pollutants dissolve my bones..."

"Just like whale fall..."

"Once my body regenerates flesh, they will repeat this process... until my flesh is entirely devoured."

"But... what's the logic inside here?"

To Lin Yi, the whole process felt exactly like whale fall, yet it seemed like he had plunged into a biochemical decomposition pool...

Is the danger Boss mentioned about being decomposed?

But he could regenerate... Moreover, after being devoured, the regenerated flesh seemed more resilient, perhaps related to the primordial pollution absorbed from the black sea.

All of this was merely physical decomposition and recombination.

Could it be that... the true crisis lies at the level of spirit and will?

He didn't know...

He absolutely didn't know...

Never mind, whether it's shark fall or turtle toss, let it be...

Continue messing around until Boss comes to rescue.

He hence kept regenerating flesh, allowing the jellyfish-like Nocturnal species to devour his flesh and spread it onto the mysterious network, thereby indirectly permeating his will into the network, attempting to glimpse its entirety.

Unfortunately, the network was overwhelmingly vast, and he sensed his will's permeation into the network was negligible.

As his perception of the network unfolded, a part of the sea slowly expanded, and he seemed to see numerous mottled marks amidst the grid, like volcanic rocks attached with seaweed, deep black, blending with the sea's darkness.

"Beneath this grid... isn't void?!"

Lin Yi was shocked, trying to paddle the seawater a few more times, but his Glazed Body remained unstirred.

He pondered, concentrating the flesh regeneration at his feet, drawing the jellyfish-like Nocturnal species towards his feet, then kicking with his feet, treating those jellyfish-like Nocturnal species as flippers to slowly propel himself closer to the grid.

"Glug glug... glug glug..."

Water waves ceaselessly flowed as Lin Yi's Glazed Body slowly approached the center of the grid, just one grid seeming larger than a football field.

He carefully paddled the water until he fully descended onto the volcanic rock in the center of the grid.

As he neared the grid, the jellyfish-like Nocturnal species seemingly sensed something, peeling off from his body, then flinging those indistinguishable snake-headed or tentacle-like muscles onto the net ropes, melding in.

"Are they frightened?" Lin Yi was slightly surprised, immediately bolstering his spirit. Anything capable of inducing fear in the jellyfish-like Nocturnal species surely wouldn't be something simple...

"Pfft..."

His finger bone lightly stepped onto the rock, then he slowly squatted down, opened his five fingers, gently touching the deep black volcanic rock.

He gathered all his spirit and cautiously permeated his will into the black rock.

As his will seeped, an odd sensation suddenly occurred to him, as if this deep black volcanic rock was merely an ordinary sturdy substance.

But with further will permeation, his heart suddenly underwent enormous shock—

"This...?! This isn't volcanic rock at all but... some highly pure 'ash crystal' aggregate?!"

The ultimate form of ash crystal, the kind Zealots desperately strive to conglomerate...

"Such... a massive piece?!"

"How many Zealots' lives would it take to condense something this large? No, maybe it wouldn't need Zealots' lives..." Lin Yi thought. What the Zealots did was to condense ashes, but what if this was already composed of highly pure ash?

He continued induction, gradually, his perception almost penetrated the lower layer of the giant ash crystal!

Just as his perception was about to break through the crystal and enter the lower layer, a faint current suddenly coursed throughout his body!

"…?!!!"

Despite Lin Yi not having a heart at this point, he felt as if something had ferociously clawed it!

That wisp of current was pure warning, heralding danger, a precursor reaction from his subconscious to death's approach!

"Buzz—"

The entire black sea seemed to tremble violently, and as the feeling transmitted via the ash crystal into Lin Yi, it was particularly clear and profound!

Something beneath the ash crystal seemed to... awaken!

"Not good!"

An unprecedented, terrifying aura instantly enveloped Lin Yi!

Below the infinite void of the black sea, like a pair of blazing golden eyes slowly opening!

What kind of eyes are those!

Merely opening, infinite blackness just seemed to emanate light!

However, such light bore horrifying death!

"Crack..."

The ash crystal suddenly softened, beginning to slither like cement, creeping up Lin Yi's Glazed Body as if to cast it directly!

He wanted to withdraw, but the awakening intention seemed to be majestic and awe-inspiring, overwhelming his spirit and will, making him incapable of any excess actions!

[I... see... you...]

From inside infinite void echoed a low, eerie, joyous laughter!

As if a child playing hide-and-seek joyfully found the hidden subject!

Yet Lin Yi just felt terrifying coldness, his soul flying out of heaven!

Death God's scythe casually rested on his neck like this!

[Another one...]

[Another... one...]

The eyes slowly opened, gradually widening, slowly... filled with ferocious bloodstains!

"Void—!!"

In this very instant, everything around seemed frozen, and a memory abruptly surfaced in Lin Yi's mind!

A segment erased by time, his memory of confronting "Angel" inside the bell tower!

Two pairs of eyes, identical!!

The eyes of "Angel"!

More precisely, one of "Angel's" ... pairs of eyes!

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