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Dinia tried, but it didn't work. She infused the beluga whale with life force, but the whale showed no signs of improvement. In fact, the moment the beluga whale closed its eyes, it began to decay rapidly. Not in the way flesh and blood decayed, but rather like a sand-like structure, it quickly disintegrated and disappeared.

The small swordfish that had previously coexisted with it have scattered and broken away.

"No." Dinia said calmly.

In just two minutes, the enormous beluga whale that had been looming in everyone's sight had been reduced to a pile of skeletons; its flesh had almost completely become part of this white sand sea. The baby beluga whale was still calling out, its voice sounding like a cry.

"How could this happen?" Astrid was momentarily unable to accept it.

At that moment, Ronan suddenly muttered, "We might be in trouble."

The others had also noticed and looked up at the sky. In the distance, several white dots were rapidly growing larger in their field of vision.

Chapter 663 No Misunderstanding, So-called Demons, Mortals Will All Die

Six beluga whales arrived. The lead one was fifty or sixty meters long, with a huge scar on the left side of its face. The two on either side were smaller in comparison. The other three were about the same length as the one that had just died, only thirty-four meters long. The lead beluga whale was exceptionally large, but it was still only one-fifth the size of the remains.

With a long roar, a pod of beluga whales charged toward Ronan.

“There’s no need for conflict. Let’s retreat first, and we’ll deal with them if they want to chase us,” Ronan said.

He had no intention of slaughtering these giants, but if these beluga whales insisted on causing them trouble, Ronan would not hesitate to resolve the issue with violence.

These beluga whales were enormous and fast-moving. Unfortunately, the only thing that posed a threat to mages of Ronan's level was the ability to unleash the swordfish's attack. But that was all they could do. If the beluga whales used biting, ramming, or tail-whipping techniques, they wouldn't be able to threaten Ronan and his companions at all.

Seeing Ronan and his group retreat quickly, the beluga whales did not immediately give chase. The lead beluga whale and another one, presumably female, kept calling out to the calf, which responded with sharp cries.

Although I don't understand what they are saying at all, I am certain that they are communicating in a language.

Soon after, a group of beluga whales landed and pushed the remains of the recently deceased beluga whale toward the location of Skeleton Mountain.

“It seems they understand what’s going on and won’t misunderstand us as the murderers. Let’s go, we don’t have time to waste here.” Ronan said, putting his hand on his daughter Astrid’s shoulder, who was still looking over there. “Lily, in the natural world, life and death are that simple.”

“I know,” Astrid replied, turning around.

The group set off again.

As they approached the central area of ​​this desert, the amount of life they encountered gradually increased.

There are many animals, but even more "plants," piles upon piles several meters tall, like seaweed, but strange plants growing on white sand. In fact, in the central area, the white sand is no longer visible. As far as the eye can see, there are things that resemble seaweed, but are much taller and denser.

“They are the foundation of this small biosphere. Their lives depend on the strange ‘moonlight’ here and the unusually dense magic in this space,” Kate Pelle explained. “It’s amazing. Lavini accomplished what I thought only they could do. They actually created magical life, although it’s still a little bit lacking.”

The "they" Kate was referring to were naturally those otherworldly beings, who were also the leaders, mentors, and comrades-in-arms of these artificial intelligences.

At this moment, having calmed down, Astrid asked a question that had been puzzling her all along the way: "How do these monsters manage to fly so easily through the air?"

“Because a large part of these monsters are part of this space, I said it’s still a bit lacking. If these monsters leave this space, it will be difficult for them to survive like here, and they might not even be able to maintain their lives,” Kate replied. But then she asked, “I just don’t understand. Since she has already done this much, it wouldn’t be difficult for her to take another step forward and create monsters that can adapt to a normal environment.”

“Perhaps creating monsters wasn’t this ‘human’ lady’s’ original intention at all,” Ronan said. “Didn’t you say before that only ‘Gardener’ Tyr had any intention of continuing this plan, and none of you had that idea? So, this place is very likely just something that ‘human’ lady created incidentally to realize her idea.”

Upon hearing this, Kate Pelle paused for a moment, then nodded, "That should be it."

The group continued forward.

We encountered a number of predators, including the black flying sharks we had seen before, as well as other species. In any case, most of the creatures here are streamlined. The "air" here is like the "seawater" for marine life. Of course, there are also a few "sea crawlers" that move on the white sand, and even killers lurking in the white sand.

In short, these large predators generally looked down on Ronan and his group, who were just small fish and shrimp. Their targets were all big fish, and only some shelled creatures about a meter in size would consider Ronan and his group.

Then, their lives ended.

These creatures were definitely much stronger than normal marine life. Strangely, after they died, they did not decompose rapidly at a visible speed like the beluga whales before them, their bodies turning into white sand and dissipating, leaving only a skeleton. These shrimp soldiers and crab generals, once dead, were simply dead. In fact, after Ronan and his group left, some creatures quickly appeared and ate them.

“It seems that it must have been some kind of special ritual,” Dinia deduced.

“That skeleton mountain is a special cemetery,” Elena added, drawing her own conclusion.

“Perhaps, those beluga whales went there before they died, and then their bodies dissipated, leaving only their skeletons,” Ronan offered further reasoning.

“That beluga whale must have had an accident while taking care of its cubs, and was seriously injured and on the verge of death. So it brought its cubs to the cemetery, but it didn’t expect to be targeted by those black sharks.” Astrid continued Ronan’s words, but then stopped herself.

Faith casually interjected, "Mortals must die eventually, Miss."

At this moment, Faith was thinking about whether the things here could be made into puppets. She had joined Ronan's group and would be traveling eastward. She figured there wouldn't be any more "new material" being offered up, no matter how much she wanted to be called a cult witch. Of course, to be honest, she was already tired of people. On the contrary, everything here was so new and beautiful, so beautiful that it excited her. How wonderful it would be if these things could be made into puppets.

“Nothing is truly immortal,” Kate said. “Death is not just physical death.”

On the planet she originally lived on, the last humans whose consciousness was uploaded had become one with the entire civilization, resembling immortal gods. However, these humans, who had no "burdens or responsibilities" and were incapable of "impotent rage," were actually "dead."

It is precisely because those people are like the dead that these artificial intelligences, which are like ancient humans, and the abnormal humans who lead them, are able to fight to a draw against the "humans" who are like gods.

The people in front of us have achieved immortality, though limited to the physical body, they still face the same problems.

The body is the source of animalistic instincts; when one lacks the ability, one needs humanity, while endless thought points directly to divinity.

Beasts, humans, and gods will gradually die if they lose any one of them.

"Don't bring up these philosophical questions."

Ronan said he didn't want his daughter to think too much at such a young age.

The pace quickened.

The sky remained unchanged, as if in eternal night. After an unknown amount of time, the density of organisms in the surrounding area began to decrease, and the "plants" on the sand could no longer cover the entire sandy area. This meant that they were approaching the true starting point.

"We're almost there. We've been flying for seven hours," Elena exclaimed. They had been flying almost the entire time, and at a fairly fast pace. If it really had been seven hours, then it was at least two hundred kilometers.

Chapter 664 The End of the World Arrives, a Battle Interlude, We Meet Again

From the location of the cave's stone gate to this starting point, the distance is approximately three hundred kilometers. As for the width of this space, Ronan and his group did not know, but they estimated it to be quite large, at least over one hundred kilometers.

Back in the normal world, Ronan brought the others and the shrunken spaceship in with him. This time, instead of using a "key" to open the door, Ronan didn't skip the White Sand Space and go directly to the cave. Instead, he went to the starting point of the White Sand Space.

After deploying their spaceship on the white sand at the starting point, Ronan and his group ate something, rested for a while, washed up briefly, and went to sleep, sleeping until they naturally woke up.

Upon waking up, I immediately set off in my spaceship. The spaceship moved at a considerable speed in this space, yet consumed far less magic power.

"So, this spaceship flies on the same principle as these monsters?" Ronan asked Kate curiously.

"It's more or less the same. In fact, your kind of flying machine also uses the same principle. However, your flying machine is still dominated by physics. Sooner or later, you will create something that can fly without relying on magic at all. The monsters here can fly entirely because of magic. Once this place can no longer be maintained, they will all die." Kate Peter not only answered, but also said a few words that were not directly related to the topic.

At first she didn't realize it, but as she walked along, she did, and she discovered that this space was also heading towards decay.

Although she couldn't create such a place, she could tell how it came to be. It was a replica of the small heaven created by extracting from the world's magic circulation system, and it also came with an internal circulation system.

However, no matter how many cycles a system goes through, the total amount of a certain element will decrease during the cycle.

Therefore, this space must be constantly infused with new magic.

There must have been something like this in the past, constantly stealing magic power from the celestial realm into this space as a supplement. Stealing this little bit of magic power didn't have much impact on the celestial realm.

It should be gone now.

If it's gone, this space will begin to decline, and the larger the object, the more it will be the first to be affected.

In fact, the whole world is the same. The whole world has a magic circulation system, and the celestial realm has something that constantly generates magic. However, that thing will eventually break down and eventually fail. The result of that thing breaking down will not be just the extinction of magic, but will bring about the end of the world.

The end of the world is still a long time away, at least five hundred years, but five hundred years doesn't seem like that long for Ronan and his group who have already achieved immortality.

While Ronan and Caterpillar were chatting.

Ambrina and Zhao Yingqi were looking around at the bow of the ship. They saw the “oceanic creatures” in the air and the various strange plants on the white sand. They would occasionally let out childlike exclamations. Isabel was also watching and would occasionally mock Ambrina for acting like a child.

Ambrina retorted, "I call this youth, unlike some people who are already old women before they're even ten."

Astrid then leaned over and recounted her previous experiences to Zhao Yingqi, telling her that what she had seen so far was not big enough; the truly enormous ones were beluga whales, but unfortunately, they might not have another chance to see them this time.

Meanwhile, the other pair of sisters were both focused on their studies. Grandma was cultivating; she didn't want to do anything else but cultivate, determined to reclaim her place as a genius. Alice was hunting, which, in a sense, was also a form of cultivation. Her summoned creature, the living gun, needed to hunt different species, especially monsters, to level up. She had hunted almost every kind of monster she could find in the world, yet she had only reached the third rank. This place was a treasure trove for her.

Inside, Ashley and Falek were making breakfast. Of all the women, only the two of them had any cooking skills; the rest just ate.

Agustina, Elena, and Faith are playing cards. These two are clearly not here for a vacation; they're just here to play cards in a different environment. It's just unexpected that Faith is also a card player.

Just then, seeing a group of black flying sharks suddenly rushing towards their spaceship from a distance, Ambrina couldn't help but wonder, "Are these guys planning to attack us?"

“Is that even a question?” Isabel retorted. “They clearly see this ship as prey.” As she spoke, she drew her saber, gripped her magic revolver, and assumed a fighting stance.

Ambrina's multi-barreled machine gun was still in the ship's warehouse, and she didn't have time to retrieve it. So she took out her personal melee weapon, a silver-gray one-piece cast short-handled crescent axe, which she originally used to chop down trees in the wild.

Beside her, Astrid looked at Zhao Yingqi, as if to ask if she needed to leave.

Zhao Yingqi shook her head. With the high-level magic gun she obtained from the cube gone, she was more interested in honing her close-combat skills through battle. Her swordsmanship was the "no-greed-for-sword" style taught to her by Ronan, and with her own time-deletion ability, she could truly achieve invincible rolling and attack lock-on, specializing in killing large creatures that couldn't attack from a distance.

As soon as the battle began, Zhao Yingqi almost suffered a defeat. The Black Flying Shark was not without ranged area-of-effect attacks; it could breathe fire and was poisonous. If she hadn't reacted quickly, she would have been hit.

Ambrina, on the other hand, had everything go very smoothly. As soon as she activated her magic-suppressing domain, the black flying sharks' flight ability plummeted instantly, and they began to wobble and fall, flying erratically.

Ambrina jumped over and swung her axe.

In the distance, Alice provided cover fire, while nearby, Isabel slashed, dodged, and cursed, also using a spatial sphere to shield Ambrina from the poisonous breath. These black flying sharks weren't stupid; they immediately realized that Ambrina was their biggest problem, so they scattered and focused their fire on her.

"Thanks, Isa. I'll treat you to pig's trotters tonight," Ambrina said.

"I don't eat pig's trotters," Isabel shouted in response, then plunged another knife into the head of a black shark from top to bottom, twisted it, and killed it instantly.

On the other side, seeing these creatures approaching, Astrid made her move, unleashing a dazzling array of magic. This time, none of them would escape, even though these dozen or so were definitely not the same group that had previously attacked the white whale.

At the stern, Ronan leisurely watched the battle; something like the Black Flying Shark didn't require his intervention at all.

Soon, the battle was over.

Perhaps because the spaceship had been tainted by the bloody scent of black flying sharks, which were quite formidable predators in this space, they encountered no more unsuspecting predators along the way, and many smaller fish dispersed at a distance.

Until the spaceship returned to the most thriving central region, it once again heard the roar of a beluga whale.

At this moment, a group of beluga whales is fighting against an incredibly huge monster.

It was a gigantic sea serpent that was over a thousand meters long and fifty or sixty meters thick, covered with feathery scales, had no tail, and had snake heads at both ends.

Although Ronan and his companions on the spaceship were powerful magicians, as tiny creatures, they were instinctively shocked by such a colossal being, remaining stunned for several seconds before they came to their senses.

Chapter 665 Abandon Thinking, Follow Your Heart, Just Kill

Astrid took a step forward, but then stopped.

The giant two-headed sea serpent preying on beluga whales is a natural part of this place. Should she interfere with this order? Astrid asked herself. If she went to save the beluga whales, it might be a rescue for them, but for the two-headed sea serpent, it would be slaughter.

Today, she killed a two-headed sea serpent. Tomorrow, will she kill someone because of her personal likes or dislikes?

“Lily, do you think all the people I killed deserved to die? Was it morality, the law, or a justice that exists but doesn’t exist that killed them? It’s all of those things, and none of them. Ultimately, it’s because I felt they deserved to die, so they died.” Ronan saw his daughter’s hesitation and asked, “You’re still young. You don’t have your own set of principles yet. Right now, you don’t need to think about so many things. Just do what you want to do.”

At the tender age of twenty, Astrid, whose values ​​were still forming, had read too many humanistic books of this era. Yet, she was born into nobility, associated with princes and princesses, and was a magician who transcended ordinary people, easily deciding the life and death of others.

After hearing her father's words, Astrid suddenly understood something and activated it instantly. At the same time, Ronan's armor was put on her body, and an automatic defensive floating shield followed.

Ronan looked at Elena, "Connect the treatment wires."

Elena immediately reconnected, and in the blink of an eye, Astrid was already far away, her healing lines stretched to several hundred.

"Does she still need this?" Elena had just done it without question.

Astrid is very strong, much stronger than her mother. She is proficient in all four elements, at the fifth rank, and can transform into elements, create domains, and possess supernatural abilities. She also has a lot of magic power. Among people of the same rank, perhaps only some who use divine magic can defeat her with strange tricks.

This two-headed sea serpent looked enormous, inspiring fear in those who couldn't help but feel apprehensive, but to Elena, it was just big, nothing more than a target.

“That giant snake must be quite powerful,” Agustina said from the side. “Our young lady might not be able to handle it on her own.”

Ronan nodded in agreement.

It must be said that Agustina, with her orthodox academic background, has a far greater eye for these things than Elena, who is completely unorthodox.

On the other side, Falek, who was holding a spatula and wearing an apron, was stunned. She could see through other people's magical bodies. Ronan and his group's magical bodies were all quite strange. Most of them were skeletons. Kate and Astrid were liquid humanoids. The strangest one was Faith. Her magical body was a cyclone located in her chest, without any humanoid shape at all.

Many creatures here also have a demonic base that is a cyclone.

Falek had assumed she would no longer be able to be startled by other demonic entities.

As it turned out, reality proved her wrong.

The sea serpents and the demonic entities of those white whales were also cyclones.

Those beluga whales each have only one cyclone, which is just relatively large. But the two-headed sea serpent is different. It's not just large; in addition to the front and rear ends, there's an enormous, tornado-like super cyclone inside its huge body that connects the two ends.

"Do you need me to come?" Dinia asked Ronan.

Part of her concern was for Astrid, but a large part of her excitement stemmed from the prospect of something new. Her experience learning from Suleiman had been like a fisherman finally catching a big fish after a long time, only to have it get away – even more frustrating than going home empty-handed.

Now, we've seen a big fish again.

“No, if you go, she won’t have a chance to get away with it,” Ronan said, then shouted back, “Ashley!”

Ashley arrived almost instantly and understood Ronan's meaning in an instant. She reached out her hand, and at the same time, Ronan's Demon-Slaying Sword appeared in her hand. With the Demon-Slaying Sword, Ashley transformed into a shadow and quickly flashed to approach the giant two-headed sea serpent that was rampaging.

The two-headed sea serpent's body was enormous, and its movements were extremely violent. Almost every strike it created a gale in the air and stirred up sand waves on the ground, causing natural disasters every second. Not to mention getting close, Ronan and his companions could feel the wind pressure and sandstorm even when they were standing hundreds of meters away. At this intensity, even mages below the third rank would not be able to stand firm in such a gale and sandstorm if they were close by.

In the battle circle.

The remaining beluga whales are still battling the enormous sea serpent, which is at least 30 meters long and whose every move stirs up sandstorms. These beluga whales, which are already enormous to humans, are like mice encountering a giant python in front of the two-headed sea serpent.