Chapter 16: Pioneering Power

"Upper area..."

Yao Luo sat on the steps of Natasha's orphanage, thinking quietly.

Natasha is a doctor in the lower district. She runs a clinic in Rivet Town. Since the lower city was eroded by the Rift, she has adopted many unattended children from miners' families, and this is where the children live.

Since the communication with the upper district gradually decreased, life in the lower district became increasingly difficult, and according to Natasha herself, he also had a brother.

"There is still a long way to go!" Yao Luo sighed. The biggest problem bothering him at this moment was not to defeat a certain enemy or to overthrow a certain force.

Regardless of whether his guess was correct or not, his main goal now was to go to the upper area. If he couldn't get there, all his ideas would be impossible to verify.

Yao Luo has been here for five days. Except for having to deal with this group of troublesome naughty kids sometimes, his life has been leisurely as it has been a long time. The people in the lower class area are simple and honest. Even when facing this outsider, the residents of Rivet Town are always very enthusiastic towards him.

Natasha still works in her clinic in the city most of the time, but even so, she often comes here to see the children.

Yao Luo has not been idle these days. On quiet nights, he would return to the eroded town to collect supplies. Broken mining tools, daily necessities and mechanical parts are always in short supply in this place.

But as he went deeper, the more he felt that the rift erosion here was not simple.

Even if ordinary monsters are killed, when Yao Luo comes again next time, they will always appear in an endless stream, just like the goods filled in a vending machine. They can’t be killed anymore, and they will reappear again when blown away.

Killing ordinary monsters is not the most difficult thing. Yao Luo has been exploring the deepest part of the rift erosion in the past few days. On the fourth night, Yao Luo saw the deepest erosion that plagued the city.

"This is?"

A pitch-black crack about several stories high appeared in front of Yao Luo.

The broken crack stayed in Yao Luo's vision like a broken mirror. It was not on any visible object, but stayed quietly in the space before his eyes.

Like a young child's imaginative paintbrush, it draws traces on this space.

Yao Luo made various attempts, throwing a stone, or attacking it, but it was as if he jumped out of the layer and passed through the crack.

Not only is this crack invulnerable to attack, but it will also corrode everything it touches.

Roads, skies, robots without controls, dead or alive, organic or inorganic, carbon-based or silicon-based.

The dark erosion will cover all forms, and finally even space itself will turn into a dead zone, making it impossible for humans to survive.

Like a natural phenomenon, the Rift is disintegrating the planet itself, like a cancer that cannot be suppressed.

"The cancer of all worlds. What an apt metaphor." Yao Luo frowned. If the problem of the world rift could not be solved, there would be no way to save the vitality of this planet.

"I can't suppress it, I can't stop it. If I want to change everything, I have to solve that one thing."

"Star core."

But the suppression of the star core was carried out by Walter and Jizi. Yao Luo himself did not stop the star core. No, even the expansion of the small rift in front of him could not be solved.

Yao Luo was in deep thought. Standing still was not his usual style. The rift was right in front of him. If he couldn't stop the rift, then he would be powerless even if the core of the star was right in front of him.

"It's worth a try." Yao Luo thought it over again and again, closed his eyes, slowly walked to the front of the crack, and stretched out his hand to reach forward.

"hiss--"

Just standing in front of the crack, the physical discomfort made Yao Luo a little daunted, when Yao Luo's body actually touched the erosion of the crack.

The invisible object found a place to possess, and the energy of the split world flowed along Yao Luo's arm, like a slippery parasite, and began to move deep into Yao Luo's arm.

Yao Luo calmed his mind and put his consciousness deep in his heart.

Ji Zi once said that when Yao Luo stepped onto the Starry Sky Train, his inner recognition of the pioneering journey would be connected with the pioneering destiny. When Yao Luo recognized his behavior from the bottom of his heart, the power of destiny would naturally emerge.

“Explore. Understand. Build. Connect.”

The universe is incomparably vast, but when the aspirations of all living beings overlap with the destiny of God, then the path of destiny is followed.

The erosion of the rift continued to extend to Yao Luo's arm, and half of his arm had already grown ice-blue crystals.

If the erosion is allowed to continue like this, it may be difficult to save the arm.

"Open up...open up..."

Yao Luo didn’t know what pioneering was. The principles he learned from paper alone could not become his own will.

However, curiosity is part of human nature. I have never seen the sea of ​​stars, and I have never seen what the universe looks like.

Yao Luo believes that humans can tolerate the unknown, but once a knowable answer appears before them, humans will not stop.

“You can tolerate the unknown, but you can never accept the unknowable.”

Human beings have never stopped exploring the starry sky. The innate desire to explore prompts humans to light the first flame, to light the first lamp, and to raise the sky that belongs to humans higher and higher.

The sky is a protective layer that limits the atmosphere, but it is not the limit of human exploration.

When an ape on the plains looked up at the stars, when the seeds of curiosity were planted.

The rest is just a matter of time.

Yao Luo believes that his journey will take him across the starry sea and he will see all the scenery he wants to see.

"No way, stop here!"

The erosion of the crystals suddenly stopped, and Yao Luo, whose half face was covered, opened his eyes!
Starry sky-colored energy erupted from deep within his arm, expelling all erosion from Yao Luo's body.

[Open up] the power of destiny.

In the mirror space, around the memory fragments, a tiny star with a subtle but indelible light descended here.

"call--"

Yao Luo let out a breath. He really didn't expect that he could actually possess two kinds of destiny powers.

Although the pioneering power is low now, it can protect Yaoluo from interference and erosion by various environments, disasters and phenomena.

Let Yao Luo not be hindered on the road of "exploration".

Yao Luo did not intend to contact the rift erosion right away. Even if he could not awaken the power of development, his backup plan was enough to ensure his safety.

With a thought, the power of memory of destiny was activated, and black and red power surged out of Yao Luo's body. The invisible gravity caused Yao Luo's body to float slightly in the air.

In Yao Luo's hand, the power of the Star of Eden emerged, forming a pea-sized ball at the tip of Yao Luo's finger.

"Now, the big head is coming." The previous test was just an appetizer, and now, Yao Luo wants to try what he can do.

"First rated power, gravity wave."

A little bit of energy emerged from a small ball in Yao Luo's hand, expanding and expanding until it became a small black hole.

Use an invisible big hand to cover the crack in front of you and squeeze it.

The cancer of all worlds, the scar engraved on space, made a squeaking sound under the pressure of gravity, and seemed to be healing.

Veins bulged and beads of sweat the size of beans kept appearing on Yao Luo's head. He stretched out his other hand and pressed it on the wrist of his right hand, and his fingers kept closing together, trying to completely seal this rift.

The more it was suppressed, the more violently the energy surged out of the Rift, like a beast forced into a desperate situation. Even though Yao Luo already had the power to develop and protect himself, the dark crystals reappeared on Yao Luo's body.

"We can't let all our efforts go to waste." Yao Luo gritted his teeth. He was not yet proficient in using this power. If Uncle Yang were here, this rift would have been sealed.

"combine!"

With a sudden contraction, the crack was shrunk and wrapped by the black and red energy, and finally disappeared into thin air.

"Success!" Yao Luo was overjoyed. Even if he only sealed a small part of the rift, his hope of resolving the rift on this planet would be greater.

Holding his knees with both hands, Yao Luo gasped for breath. Using the first rated power of the Star of Eden for a long time was still a bit strenuous for him.

"You, you can seal the rift?!"

A female voice filled with surprise and astonishment came from behind Yao Luo.

"who!?"

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