Chapter 125: Chains From the Void (Part 1/2) (1/2)

Chapter 125: Chains From the Void (Part 1/2)

Translator: Strivon

Zheng Xiao's judgment should be correct, regardless of An Weng's actions. The Human-Faced Arachnid that appeared from An Chengli's body was highly likely to be a spoil of war stashed by An Chengli during a previous Human-Faced Arachnid hunting operation.

It appeared that An Chengli had not raised it that well since it did not really help him much. Instead, it even turned on him, stabbing him at the worst of times.

It was without a doubt that Mr. Spoil of War had absorbed An Chengli's ‘nutrients’, but there was still an innate difference between it and Number 3, who had consumed much of its kind.

Mr. Spoil of War probably felt the difference between it and Number 3 and had its heart set on fleeing. But before it could make a single step, its nutrients sprayed out as it turned into a part of Number 3.

Zheng Xiao sensed the entire Human-Faced Arachnid consuming process fairly clearly. This was not a nice experience at all. He just sensed it, so how must it feel for An Weng?

Number 3's actions fit its ugly exterior and savage instincts quite well. However, if there was an An Weng in there as well, then the significance of its actions were now completely different.

From Zheng Xiao's perspective, perhaps An Weng would act a dozen fold more vicious sometime in the future. However, An Weng would not use such rough methods like that of a low-intelligence beast.

”An Weng, An Weng?”

”Child. Are you alright?”

The words that Zheng Xiao wanted to say were stolen out of his mouth, leaving Zheng Xiao nearly speechless. But the pressing situation forced him to try talking. ”An Weng, I can't stand it anymore. You don't need to...”

Zheng Xiao meant that he wished to have his consciousness freed from the deep regions of the mental plane. He wished to be no longer bound to the Evolution Field and the Human-Faced Arachnid.

But An Weng's response brought with it despair. ”Child, you're important. You're very important.”

The Evolution Field completely collapsed the moment their thoughts crossed, but Zheng Xiao was unable to withdraw his projected thoughts. The situation was like a tough string. One end was connected to himself. The other end was being pulled by Number 3 and An Weng. He drifted in the endless void like a kite.

This sort of sensation was actually not unfamiliar to him.

The Order of Justice had grasped the means to control the Human-Faced Arachnids long ago. During their experiments, several First Oblatums acted as the controllers. The sensation was quite complex, like a combination of walking a dog and flying a kite. Sometimes, the attached-soul state phenomenon would appear when one was like an incarnation of a Human-Faced Arachnid, roaming about in the depths of the void.

Due to the discovery of this phenomenon, An Weng specially developed an application for it. It was the Faith Product that he supplied to large clients... It was the source of all the chaos tonight. It was the Human-Faced Arachnid Exoskeleton Armor.

However, now it looked like there was a deeper reason for An Weng to push the development of his little invention with such urgency. Perhaps, he had long imagined that there would be a day when he would ‘ride’ a genuine Human-Faced Arachnid and dive into the deepest depths of the mental plane?

Zheng Xiao was part of several days of experiments. He was very clear about the ‘dive depth’ of the Human-Faced Arachnid on the mental plane. The depth far exceeded the limits of First Oblatums.

There were five different depths on the mental plane: the shallow zone, the middle zone, the deep zone, the abyssal region, and the absolute realm. They were also known as ‘Three Zones, One Region, One Realm.’ Those who were not Extraordinaries would find it hard to enter the latter two levels unless they were powerful mentally specialized B rank ability users.

Zheng Xiao's limit was the middle zone while An Weng could only stop at the deep zone, even with his profound accomplishments in the cultivation of the mind. He would need the blessing of their holy entity to enter the deeper areas and he would need to pay a considerable price.

But from the perspective of the Human-Faced Arachnid, staying in the deep zone was the most natural thing to do. They could enter the abyssal region any time they wanted and could even reach the depths of the absolute realm. These areas were completely disconnected from the material plane. Any instrument that was purely physical would find it impossible to observe their existences.