"You don’t have that much time. I heard from the aliens that you’ve been having them gather Black Fog prisms. What do you need the Black Fog prisms for?"
"Hehe, of course, it’s to leave this place, Fang Heng. I have a plan," Emery licked his lips and continued, "Once the Seed of Ouroboros reached Tier 3, the resources required to continue leveling up would be massive—this world simply couldn’t sustain it. So, we needed to expand."
"How to expand? Using the Black Fog prisms?"
"Exactly. Once the Black Fog prism is completed, it will fully activate the real-world passage sealed by the Federation. When the Black Fog Game descended, we’d be able to leave this place with the Seed of Ouroboros."
Fang Heng looked at Emery and nodded, "I’ll try to delay the Federation from finding this place, but make sure you cultivate the Seed of Ouroboros as soon as possible."
Fang Heng spoke, turned around, and quickly left.
As he watched Fang Heng’s back fade into the distance, a trace of gloom flickered in Emery’s eyes.
Trying to teach him how to do things?
He was nothing but a puppet of the Seed of Ouroboros.
So what if he was powerful? Wasn’t he still being manipulated in the palm of Emery’s hand like trash?
Until Fang Heng returned to the entrance of the black crystal, Charlene once again emerged from the spiritual barrier and appeared beside him.
"The mutation intensity of the Seed of Ouroboros is very high, and it’s still gradually strengthening."
"Not enough," Fang Heng gently shook his head and continued, "We’ll split up. I’ll keep an eye on the Federation’s side. As for that idiot Emery, with you monitoring him the whole time, I’m at ease."
Western District Federation – Star Map Control Center, underground research zone.
Augustine was quite frustrated.
The investigation had already lasted three full days.
Due to the extreme dangers in each Black Fog crystal world, there had been constant casualty reports from both the invited players and Federation soldiers.
Yet the investigation into the Seed of Ouroboros yielded nothing.
Not a single trace—it was as if it had vanished into thin air, plunging into an eerie calm.
The more peaceful it was, the more unsettling it felt.
A researcher broke the silence and said in a deep voice, "Report, Sir. The crystal pillar in the Black Fog crystal zone, code F-283, suddenly shattered. It is determined that the shattering was initiated from inside the game. The entrance and exit of the crystal game have been completely sealed."
Augustine’s pupils suddenly contracted.
Was the shattering of the Black Fog prism related to the Seed of Ouroboros?
This was a critical time. Any disturbance could put the entire Federation on high alert.
Augustine suddenly stood and ordered, "Immediately inspect and seal off the F-283 Black Fog spatial node! Evacuate the surrounding civilians and send a team to secure it!"
Augustine dared not take any chances.
If it truly was related to the Seed of Ouroboros, then destroying the passage could be a terrible signal.
Late at night, the Federation military acted swiftly, surrounding the only existing F-283 Black Fog zone exit spatial node in the real world.
The Pillar of Black Fog had yet to condense—only a closed spatial link remained.
Currently, with the latest spawn technology, the Federation could temporarily open or seal spatial nodes, and even perform limited teleportation of nodes.
Due to the inability to accurately assess the situation and the potential risk of Ouroboros leakage, the Federation’s high command decided to execute emergency safety procedures, teleporting the node to a Federation backup safe zone: an uninhabited island.
The Federation launched an overnight operation, spending over five hours to complete the teleportation and fully secure and control the island.
Following an emergency high-level meeting, the Federation quickly constructed a game prism at the island’s Black Fog node to actively open a passage to the Black Fog Game, linking the Black Fog spatial node with the entire world.
Waiting any longer would only worsen the situation.
At the very least, they had to find out what was happening inside the Black Fog.
Once the Federation team was ready, Augustine gave a small nod.
As energy surged, the ground trembled slightly.
Thick Black Fog blossomed from the black spatial node suspended in mid-air.
Dense crystals rapidly condensed from within the black spatial crystals, expanding outward to form a pure black prism pillar.
A visible black aura radiated outward from the center of the prism.
Two players standing beside Augustine exchanged glances and nodded. They simultaneously tossed out two runes.
The rune papers exploded midair, one to the left and one to the right, pulling the central space apart until it tore open a black entrance.
"Let’s go! Take a look inside."
Augustine immediately led the crisis management unit, along with elite teams from the military and investigative departments, into the Prism World.
If this really was connected to the Seed of Ouroboros, they needed to get inside the passage as quickly as possible.
They had to crush it before the Seed of Ouroboros could fully develop!
They entered the Prism World.
Thick Black Fog condensed around them.
The player team quickly sensed something was wrong.
"Sir! Look over there!"
Following the direction indicated, Augustine saw a stretch of deep purple swarm covering the ground.
It was the Seed of Ouroboros!
What was he thinking?
Didn’t he know that spreading the Seed of Ouroboros into the real world could destroy everything?
"Focus fire! Attack them!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"
The Federation team immediately raised their weapons and began long-range attacks. The swarm originally hadn’t initiated aggression, but after being heavily hit, it stirred into a frenzy and surged toward the Federation team!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!!!!"
From the blasted blood and flesh of the swarm struck by the energy weapons, strange pale purple mist burst forth.
Not far away, Emery was manipulating the fusion creature formed by the Seed of Ouroboros to create an insect nest, preparing to construct a Prism Tower in the area to open the world passage.
The cocoons and fusion creatures with the Seed of Ouroboros were under his control. He could influence the Seed of Ouroboros to a certain extent.
But as the Seed of Ouroboros grew stronger, his ability to control it was rapidly weakening.
Controlling it had become extremely difficult for Emery.
At that moment, seeing the Federation appear, Emery’s expression changed slightly.
How did the Federation suddenly appear here?
Everything had been progressing smoothly these past few days. The Seed of Ouroboros had already matured to Phase 2 and was even beginning to spread to the edge of the Black Fog spatial passage under his control.
Emery had been hiding in the Western Federation for years and was intimately familiar with all data related to the Black Fog.
He knew exactly how to open a crystallized passage to the real world from inside the Black Fog World.
According to his original plan, he only needed to activate the Black Fog passage while the Federation was off guard. With the power of the complete form of the Seed of Ouroboros, he could easily catch the Federation unprepared and break through the Federation’s defenses at the passageway outside the prism.