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“Xu Ming!”

Xu Ming transmitted his name, clearly agreeing to the alliance.

After all, Xu Ming was new to the Chaotic Wastelands and unfamiliar with the various situations here. Moreover, although Xu Ming had returned to the shattered Chaos Era, he had never entered this kind of shattered virtual universe; he was completely unaware of what dangers might be inside.

In this situation, it wasn't bad to have someone proactively form an alliance.

“How will the treasures be distributed?” Xu Ming asked.

Yun Lin transmitted, “Each according to their own ability! Whoever gets it, keeps it!”

“Good!”

In just a few transmissions, Xu Ming and Yun Lin had completed their alliance; the two clearly flew closer together, but still maintained some distance. After all, they were just two strangers temporarily allied, so of course they would be wary of each other.

“Brother Xu Ming, do you have any experience exploring shattered virtual universes?” Yun Lin transmitted, “We can exchange information!”

“No!” Xu Ming said directly, “This is the first time I've encountered such a virtual universe!”

“The first time, huh…” Yun Lin looked at Xu Ming, not saying much; but in the depths of his eyes, an imperceptible meaningful smile flashed.

However, on the surface, Yun Lin showed no strangeness, but said, “It's okay! I've explored two shattered virtual universes, so I have some experience; after we go in, you can just stick with me!”

“Then thank you!” Xu Ming said with a smile, not suspecting anything else.

Of course, with Xu Ming's strength, he didn't need to be too wary! Looking at the Nirvana Realm, it was really difficult to find an opponent that could make Xu Ming feel apprehensive.

Several months later—

Rumble…

The chaotic spacetime membrane of the virtual universe finally underwent a change.

As Yun Lin spoke, the tens of thousands of experts around the virtual universe had already begun to rush towards the center of the vortex.

Taking the lead was naturally Domain Lord Yi Tao! His speed was clearly much faster than the other Domain Lords and Nirvana Realm experts; he was the first to drill into the center of the spacetime vortex and enter the virtual universe.

Xu Ming was not in a hurry, slowly flying towards the center of the vortex—after all, it was useless to enter quickly; it was only useful to be able to bring treasures out!

While flying, Xu Ming cautiously observed the entire spacetime membrane of the virtual universe; he quickly determined that, according to the energy flow on the spacetime membrane, this vortex center was likely the only entrance and exit of the entire virtual universe.

Whoosh—

Soon, Xu Ming and Yun Lin also entered the center of the vortex.

When passing through the spacetime membrane, Yun Lin observed for a moment, and thought to himself: “Fortunately, this vortex center is still stable! As long as the flow of time within the virtual universe isn't too fast, then there should be enough time for us to explore the virtual universe!”

The flow of time in a shattered virtual universe also becomes incomparably chaotic.

In some virtual universes, after shattering, the internal flow of time will accelerate hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times; while in other virtual universes, time will actually slow down!

If it was that kind of virtual universe with a very fast flow of time, then the Great Experts who entered would not dare to explore for too long, and would have to leave—after all, no one knew when the stable area on the spacetime membrane would disappear! Moreover, once the stable area disappeared, it would be even more impossible to know when it would reappear; it was even possible that it would never reappear!

If it never reappeared, then the experts who entered would have to perish along with the virtual universe in its final great destruction.

Whoosh—

The first reaction of Xu Ming and Yun Lin upon passing through the spacetime membrane was to sense the flow of time.

“Great!” Yun Lin said in surprise, “The flow of time within this virtual universe is very slow! Ten thousand years here is only one year outside; we should be able to find many treasures!”

“Mm!” Xu Ming nodded slightly.

A slow flow of time meant that more treasures could be found within this virtual universe.

Immediately, Xu Ming sensed that the spacetime within the entire virtual universe was constantly tearing apart. Terrifying spatial cracks had almost covered all parts of the virtual universe.

As far as Xu Ming could see, some of the spatial cracks were even larger than a high-grade Chaos World! Their length spanned myriad realms, terrifying and incomparably hideous!

And what Xu Ming could see was only a very small part of the entire virtual universe! In the center of the virtual universe, the destruction of spacetime must be even more terrifying!

Xu Ming saw that many of the Great Experts who had entered before him had already plunged directly into the spatial cracks—obviously, these naturally torn spatial cracks posed little threat to Nirvana Realm experts and could be used as teleportation channels.

Traveling through spatial cracks was definitely much faster than slowly flying or searching for Chaos Teleportation Arrays!

“Let's find a spatial crack to go in too!” Yun Lin said.

Xu Ming was visiting this kind of shattered virtual universe for the first time, so naturally he had no objections and directly followed Yun Lin.

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Whoosh—

The two found a spatial crack that was not very large—usually, the smaller these natural spatial cracks, the shorter the internal teleportation channel.

The figures of the two brushed past spacetime, and when they passed through a Chaos World; Xu Ming discovered that there was no vitality left on this Chaos World—whether it was the Star Lord, or the Gods, or the mortals, they had all become corpses. Even the flowers, plants, and trees, looked no different on the surface, but they had completely lost their vitality.

There was not a single living thing in the entire Chaos World.

Xu Ming couldn't help but feel puzzled: “This Chaos World was not affected by spatial cracks, so why did all the living beings on it die?”

“You don't even know this?” Yun Lin glanced at Xu Ming in surprise, and said, “Don't you know that when a virtual universe shatters, almost all the living beings inside will die?”

Xu Ming shook his head slightly—he really didn't know.

Yun Lin explained: “A virtual universe is like a giant tree! And the living beings inside are like the leaves on the giant tree!—If the giant tree is dead, how can the leaves live?”

Xu Ming understood: “Then… is there not a single expert in the entire virtual universe who can survive?”

“That's not true!” Yun Lin said, “If you comprehend the 'True Self Realm', or have some special means; if you can rush to 'Heavenly Soil' as soon as the virtual universe shatters, there is hope of surviving!”

Xu Ming understood—experts who had comprehended the “True Self Realm” were like the vigorous leaves on a giant tree; even if the giant tree died, these leaves might be able to take root and sprout elsewhere.

However, Xu Ming still felt a strong sense of desolation!

An entire virtual universe!

Countless billions of Chaos Worlds!

Countless billions of living beings on each Chaos World!

Almost all of them died along with the virtual universe at the moment of its shattering.

“I also don't know… how did the master of this virtual universe fall? And how did the virtual universe shatter?” Xu Ming thought to himself.