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What followed was a protracted war of attrition.

When Lu Yuan was awake, he used his Different Space ability to protect everyone.

Once he was utterly exhausted, the rest used firearms and ammunition to protect Lu Yuan until he could recover his spiritual power.

In the despairing darkness, the enemy launched sporadic attacks that, even though they were not particularly intense and often just probing in nature, still managed to drain everyone mentally.

Even if Lu Yuan could handle most of the trouble, any slight touch would cause eyes to sprout from his flesh.

The six soldiers from the Rize Civilization were also gradually succumbing to mental breakdowns.

There was no way to stop the process of collapse.

Even more terrifying was the gradual depletion of bullets, which meant that this war of attrition was unsustainable.

"I can’t hold on any longer... I have a premonition that once I fall asleep, I’ll lose control of my mind and rush into the darkness,"

"But I really want to sleep, I really want to close my eyes."

The speaker was a Rize Civilization soldier with the "Eagle Eye" ability.

At this moment, his whole body was covered with 26 eyes, making him look like a monster full of eyeballs. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Even with an Extraordinary Spark, he could not withstand the psychic erosion.

The others all felt a deep sympathy.

"Don’t be afraid... Even if I turn into a monster, does the Extraordinary Spark within me still exist?"

"It still exists." Old Cat was always rational, "A ’Monster’ won’t erase your soul; it needs to use your abilities to fight."

"That’s good then, no worries, even if I become a monster, I can still pass on the Spark."

"Our civilization’s Extraordinary Spark has already died...but if I turn into a monster, can I also pass on the Spark? I need to pass the flames on...they’ve discovered me...kill me, I have a Spark."

The eyes on Eagle Eye’s forehead bulged, crimson and eerie, looking as though he could go mad at any moment.

"Brothers, it’s up to you now... Mr. Lu, it’s up to you..."

In a mournful atmosphere, Lu Yuan understood his meaning.

Once a ’Monster’ dies, everything in the Different Space will fall into the real world.

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Maybe some will fall into the Safe Zone?

In that case, this branch of civilization might kill the transformed Eagle Eye and regain the Extraordinary Spark.

Of course, this was a low probability event, just a slim possibility.

He just let out a slight sigh: "Comrade, your guess is correct. Don’t be afraid of causing us trouble, you’ve done well, you are a true warrior."

Eagle Eye spoke loudly, "I’ll run...I’ll run to the end of the second layer and find a corner to hide in."

"Our civilization will find me."

"They will find me..." Eagle Eye’s voice got lower and lower, "Come on, mark me quickly, I can’t hold on much longer."

Lu Yuan used a fluorescent pen to mark his body.

Made from a plant called "Fluorescent Grass," the pen glowed faintly, which was sufficient in this environment.

Partings always happen so abruptly.

When Eagle Eye closed his eyes and reopened them, his once bright eyes had turned completely black.

He lost his consciousness and became a servant of the ’Monster.’

Everyone instinctively avoided looking at him and only heard his footsteps as he stood up and then disappeared into the darkness, never to return...

"It’s okay, we were prepared for death when we came here," said Hida, a Rize person with Huge Power Ability.

His body was also covered with eyes and he wouldn’t last much longer, but he was still comforting his comrades: "Now that we have obtained so much information, our mission is complete...this is the best outcome possible."

"Even if we can’t kill the ’Monster,’ with this information, we will be able to someday."

"As long as it’s killed, the Spark on us can be passed back."

"Yes!" The other soldiers laughed.

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Days passed, and one by one, the warriors succumbed to mental breakdowns and charged into the darkness.

By the sixteenth day, only two Rize Civilization warriors remained.

They were the telepath Tado and the Healer named Siter.

And at that moment, they were almost out of options; the machine gun bullets had been exhausted, leaving them to fight with melee weapons only.

Even Lu Yuan himself had grown seventeen or eighteen eyes, feeling utterly dazed as if an additional will within his body wanted to take over everything.

It was also on that day, from a very distant direction, that a mysterious thought came through.

The Life Fruit was fully ripened!

He had gained an extra life!

"If we don’t take a last stand, we’ll only die a slow death." Lu Yuan had made up his mind, "Old Cat and I will try to make it to the underground. If we don’t succeed, we’ll die with honor."

"Tado, transfer your telepathy to me, I will convey all the information to you."

"You stay here, my dog will stay with you too..."

"Understood."

Telepathy can only connect with one person at a time.

Tado severed the link with the rear and transferred the connection to Lu Yuan.

Old Wolf crawled out from the tent; so far, it did not have a single eye on it—this seemed to prove that ’Monsters’ didn’t care about creatures with low intelligence.

"We’ll win."

Lu Yuan petted Old Wolf’s head and flicked its mutated eggs, "After Different Space disappears, the whole cavern will appear in the real world. If you fall into the Safe Zone, the Rize people will take care of you. If you fall into the Pangu Continent, come travel with me."

Old Wolf couldn’t understand; it only knew its master wanted it to stay there.

Lu Yuan packed several high-explosive bombs into his backpack and waved goodbye: "Well then, my friends, take care!"

He walked deeper into the cave.

Because he had grown many eyes, he could see the entrance to the third layer.

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The fog here was even denser, and even monsters did not come to stop him, perhaps the "Monster" indeed wished for a being to enter deeper layers.

Only by entering a deeper layer could it mean higher potential.

"Old Cat, it’s just the two of us left again… There’s no knowing the way back ahead."

"I can’t see clearly," said Old Cat.

"What?"

"I can’t perceive my surroundings anymore, there’s very strong Idealist Interference here," Old Cat said, "The instruments are being interfered with, you can’t expect too much from me..."

"I wasn’t counting on you anyway," Lu Yuan snorted coldly.

"You’re still hiding your Divine Skill? Your few moves probably won’t work on the ’Monster’."

"You just wait and see if my hiding is of any use..."

The third layer was indeed terrifying.

Cold, damp.

Soon, Lu Yuan encountered a small monster that he simply could not defeat.

A small greenish-black arm reached out from somewhere, grabbing Lu Yuan’s hand, with cold power incessantly pouring into his body.

"Hmm?"

Lu Yuan’s face changed slightly, and he quickly activated his Extraordinary Spark, repelling the cold hand.

But soon, the sensation of flesh ripping and bones breaking spread from his hand, and another eye appeared on him.

"It’s not it becoming stronger, it’s my ability value dropping," he thought, "Normally, such a thing... I’d kill several if they came at me."

The hollow-eyed little monster stared at him eerily, created several more eyes on his body, then disappeared into the darkness.

With these additional eyes, he was able to see the entrance to the fourth layer.

"The ’Monster’ indeed wants stronger servants; it seems to have set its sights on you, the first warrior of the Ninth Epoch."

"How many layers does this damn thing have?!" Lu Yuan cursed a few times. Even though he was a Level Three Extraordinary Creature, having so many eyes on him, he had to consume a lot of mental energy to resist the additional wills.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and enter.

The passage here sloped downwards, as if leading to the dark depths of Hell.

Along the way, one could see one set of dim eyes after another, embedded in the walls.

This place wasn’t actually very real, but rather seemed a bit like the void, and those eyes were like stars.

This sloping tunnel seemed endless.

Unconsciously, Lu Yuan grew eyes on his body once again.

Possibly around fifty or sixty by now… There was no need to count anymore.

He saw the entrance to the fifth layer, and a thick sense of despair filled his heart.

"Tado, can you hear me?"

"I can hear you!"

"There’s even a fifth layer! But there are no monsters in the fourth layer... Maybe there are no qualified candidates..."

"I’ve reached the fifth layer now. If I turn into a monster, I’ll definitely have high authority," Lu Yuan said mockingly, "Will I end up guarding this layer, then?"

"I’m a bit out of it, I keep seeing my relatives, my first love. The darkness is becoming more and more comforting."

The telepath, with paper and pen, stumbled through recording the information, merely preparing for those to come.

The gaps between the second and fifth layers were like a chasm.

"Lu Yuan, you’ve reached your limit," Old Cat was always rational, "Your mind is not clear. Even if the ’Monster’s’ essence is on the fifth layer, you still can’t beat it."

"Now, it might be taking matters into its own hands, adding more eyes to your body, and you can’t even react in time."

"Truly fucking desperate..."

Lu Yuan was panting heavily, with sweat continuously streaming down his back.

Tension, fear, trembling, all sorts of emotions surged out.

The way he looked now, no matter which civilization he went to, he was like a Cathulhu monster that could terrify children...

Lu Yuan gave a bitter smile, sat down on the ground, and then found he couldn’t stand up anymore, as the hallucinations in his mind fought for control of his body.

He was so tired now, if he fell asleep, he’d never wake up.

The feeling was like a mouse trapped on railroad tracks, awaiting execution, with a train coming at high speed in the distance. No matter how much he struggled, there was no avoiding the fate of being crushed into a pulp, only a plump mouse tail standing high, signifying that he too had resisted this damned fate.

"Your Excellency... are you, are you still alive? Still conscious?" Tado suddenly said through the telepathy.

"Still alive, but I just can’t make it down to the fifth layer... I can’t even beat an ordinary monster now."

"I can only crawl down..."

"I actually have a sister, too," Tado didn’t know what he was saying, "I’m not that close to her, but now I kind of miss her... I’ve never done anything wrong to her, I really feel like a lunatic... I even have a wife and kids..."

"Actually, family relationships in our Rize Civilization are quite complicated; because everyone is born from eggs, and upbringing is collectively managed by clans."

"...emotions toward brothers and sisters are actually deeper..." he was already delirious, talking nonsense.

"I will win, for sure."

"Don’t worry about your sister." Lu Yuan took out the remains of the ’Demon’ from his backpack.

His gums were bleeding.

He truly had no option this time.

He might have killed a ’Demon’ by picking up the pieces, but facing the ’Monster’, he had no chance at all.

The strength and despair of the Anomaly far exceeded imagination; the limits of the body could not be overcome by mere mental will.

At this moment, he had no way out...

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