"Rumble——"
The area of the Great Gorge trembled, large cracks rapidly spreading across the cliffs, the entire mountain tilting and collapsing, the colossal noise echoing through the Outer Northern Border Region at five in the evening.
"!?"
The capitalist henchmen originally thrown out by Unos and dazed, had not yet reacted from the intense wind pressure and waves earlier, and could only watch as the cliffs above their heads quickly collapsed.
As rocks fell, everyone scattered like wild beasts and birds towards the safety zone, faces full of terror.
The gorge continued, sand and dust stirred up and blocked the sky, spewing out like a sandstorm.
A moment later.
The air of the dust-filled gorge gradually returned to its usual calm.
Those who managed to escape the collapse sat on the ground in fear, looked at the disaster that was always one step behind them, and prayed to God for protection in their hearts.
"Protect your mother!"
"If you don't scram, I'll break your legs!" A childish voice echoed in the wilderness, Master Fuli's figure ascended the sheer cliff vertically, then suddenly leaped into the high-altitude Spiritual Particles mist, landing heavily on the ground.
Master Fuli's gaze swept over, with a fierce gaze, glaring at those shouting "God bless":
"The King of the Universe is famous for not protecting the left, soon we'll break all your left legs!"
Master Fuli brandished the Gravity Hammer, stirring up a strong wind that blew fiercely on those collapsing on the ground.
Feeling Master Fuli's malice, their hair stood on end, turning around to run for their lives.
"Spoiling your bad habits."
Master Fuli cursed once, withdrew his gaze, looked at the site of the landslide, and waved the Gravity Hammer in his hand.
Those people just needed a scolding, knowing full well they were in the core of the battleground.
And then, they made wishes to me, wanting me to protect their safety.
If you're afraid of death, then get up and take a few steps!
And let me, your master, protect your safety. I didn't swing my hammer at you because I was busy and had no time.
"Rustle——"
Red matter rapidly spread, emitting strange "slithering" sticky sounds, spouting from the cracks in the ground.
Clusters of shattered remnants are carried onto the desert surface in the writhing of the red matter.
The fragments and remnants, like fluids, wriggled and gradually adhered to form the shape of the King of the Universe.
"Child, don't be afraid..."
"Come back!"
"Come back to us!"
The King of the Universe looked at Master Fuli and spoke with a gentle female voice, which transformed when it reached Master Fuli's ear.
Ah Qing's voice echoed, telling him not to be afraid.
Lin Ying's voice sounded, asking Master Fuli to come back to her side.
The King of the Universe in front of Master Fuli gradually shed its shell, revealing Momo's appearance, smiling mischievously and waving at Master Fuli, while the surrounding environment also, in an instant, returned to Steel Park.
The memories of the afternoon were gradually losing color.
Master Fuli was momentarily dazed, the soothing sensation of Ah Qing stroking him lingered in his mind.
But.
Right then, a blurred voice exploded directly in Master Fuli's mind.
"Goldfish——"
In an instant, the fading memories restored to vivid color in his mind, and Master Fuli recalled his childhood embarrassment at his nickname.
Master Fuli's unfocused pupils suddenly refocused, and in his moment of stupefaction, some bizarre changes occurred on his body surface.
The humanoid Master Fuli transformed, a canine hairless muzzle emerged on his humanoid form, covered in fur.
Only.
Those bizarre changes, as Master Fuli's pupils refocused, suddenly calmed down and did not continue further towards genetic collapse.
"Ah ah ah—"
Master Fuli shivered all over, his face full of revulsion, desperately shaking his head, attempting to shake off those unwanted memories of black history from his mind. He looked furiously at the King of the Universe and roared, "Damn it!"
Master Fuli's furious roar instantly drowned out the call of the King of the Universe.
The King of the Universe was taken aback.
Without even thinking, it immediately raised its arms high, crouched its body, with its feet poised on the ground, ready to face the impending storm.
The King of the Universe initiated a transformation in its arms, gradually forming a diamond-shaped full-body shield in front of itself.
The shield's surface was covered with holes, featuring a double-layer structure, with its hollow interior filled with abundant spring-like flesh buds.
The King of the Universe embedded one end of the shield into the ground, directly facing the charging Master Fuli.
"Boom—"
The booming roar echoed across the wilderness, with the enraged Master Fuli swinging the Gravity Hammer. The Spiritual Particles permeated the Spiritual Particle Metal hammer and transformed, creating intense waves that struck heavily at the King of the Universe.
The King of the Universe blocked with its shield.
The shield surface began to sink; the spring-like flesh buds compressed to absorb the impact. As the spring buds compressed rapidly, the Spiritual Particles and air accumulated in the cavity, instantly compressed during the violent collision, and sprayed out from the shield's surface.
"Screech—"
The piercing sound of air reached its peak.
The King of the Universe stomped its feet into the cracked earth. Tree root-like structures extended from its ankles to root into the ground, redirecting Master Fuli's nearly unreasonable terrifying force into the earth.
The soft soil, under the twisted roots, compressed layer by layer, turning into hardened solid ground.
The King of the Universe pushed forward with the shield, exerting its full force to repel Master Fuli, whose new force hadn't emerged yet.
The diamond-shaped flesh shield split, revealing the King of the Universe's form once again. It didn't change the structure of its arms, but suddenly six curved bone spikes protruded from its back.
Flesh rapidly crawled down the bone spikes, forming a flesh membrane behind the King of the Universe.
The King of the Universe ascended into the air, spread its arms, chest rising high, and a piercing screech erupted from its mouth.
The sound wave transformed into a resonating vibration, causing items within a few miles to tremble slightly; some metal objects even emitted high heat without being touched, gradually warping, collapsing, and softly falling to the ground.
The blood-red substance that covered the ground responded to the screech with extreme exaltation and enthusiasm.
Endless blood-colored roots and flowers exploded from the soil, twisting and entangling, forming a blood-red giant tree canopy, smashing towards Master Fuli.
Enduring the piercing sound wave screech, Master Fuli clenched the Gravity Hammer in his hand and struck the ground fiercely.
Intense heat waves erupted from the impact point.
The air wave stirred by the heavy hammer twisted into a spiral invisible barrier, tearing and lifting the blood-colored canopy, scattering it into a torrent of blood-red liquid.
"Drip drip..."
The blood rain scattered on the ground, inevitably staining Master Fuli, the liquid resembling blood trickling down his muscle lines.
Contact with the blood-colored substance caused Master Fuli's pupils to fall into a brief daze.
Memories faded, and in his eyes, the King of the Universe transformed into Ah Qing, standing joyfully on the beach in a bikini, waving to him and calling, "Xiaolan, what are you waiting for? Hurry over and play in the water!"
Yet deep within Master Fuli, a very faint voice echoed again: "Little fish! Goldfish!"
Symbolizing Master Fuli's past, the black history of his childhood surged, dispelling the genetic assimilation seeds the King of the Universe had spread, pulling back Master Fuli, whose body was gradually twisting.
Master Fuli's personality, form, and state, according to the First Epoch's Life Blueprint theory, were determined by his own will; the perfect and adaptive foundation required dissecting oneself.
Life isn't as strong as imagined.
All carbon-based life forms are merely slaves to various compounds and hormones within their bodies.
In the First Epoch, the ability to adapt and assimilate genetically with the environment necessitated constructing a genetic database within the body, recording every life's blueprint into the database, and optimizing using Spiritual Particles.
Prior to this, it was essential to ensure that one still remained oneself and did not become a deranged chunk of flesh influenced by life's blueprints.
The will of self, or preserving one's true self intact, is of utmost importance.
For First Epoch Life, the perfect adaptation to all forms of life seemed more like a garment.
"Ah ah ah—"
"Get out! Get out of my head!" shouted Master Fuli in disgraced anger, shaking his head vigorously.