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Chapter 947: 769 Themis: That's Quite Strange, Huh_2

Chapter 947: Chapter 769 Themis: That’s Quite Strange, Huh_2

“Here, this is my Avatar.”

Shi pointed at the bio-mechanical Judgment and said.

The Judgment indeed looked exactly like him, dressed in a light golden medieval robe. Long waist-length golden hair flowed loosely behind, and it stood there silently with its eyes closed.

Shi explained, “Normally, the Avatar stays here. Once the defensive line detects the presence of an Abyss Demon, it will automatically act to suppress it. I don’t need to control it.”

“Just like a program,” Xu Shuo said while observing the Judgment.

“Hmm, that’s accurate.” Shi nodded.

“I heard from Los… Aside from you, the Judgments in the Tower of Judgment are all just like programs?” Xu Shuo’s gaze flickered slightly.

“Is that so?”

Shi countered with a question instead.

This immediately left Xu Shuo speechless.

He turned his head to look at Shi, who appeared genuinely curious. For a moment, he felt at a loss, not knowing what to say.

You’re a Judgment.

The Judgment personally designated by the Tower of Judgment.

And yet, you understand less about this than an outsider?

Are you a fake Judgment?

Shi, feeling a little embarrassed, said, “I rarely visit the Tower of Judgment because Script Space usually just assigns tasks directly to my Player’s Handbook. There’s never been a requirement for me to learn anything at the Tower of Judgment… However, when I went there recently, the seniors there seemed quite approachable.”

Xu Shuo earnestly nodded his head on the surface. In reality, he started mentally auto-playing his response: “I see.”

At this point, he felt that directly questioning Los from the Sixth Palace would yield more reliable information than depending on this rather unreliable Judgment.

Originally, he had been pondering—

Since Judgments are fixed programs,

could the program possibly…

“Oh, by the way, I can also project my consciousness into the Avatar. So if there’s an extremely tough situation, you can call me via the Player’s Handbook. That way, we can skip the spatial traversal process,” Shi said abruptly.

“Oh.”

Xu Shuo immediately abandoned his previous line of thought.

He looked at Shi. “Will a Judgment Avatar affect your true body in any way?”

Shi replied matter-of-factly, “Of course. Right now, while the Avatar is dormant here, there’s no effect. But if it starts moving, our states will synchronize.”

Xu Shuo maintained a calm expression, nodding his head.

“By the way… you’ve seemed like you’ve been up to no good since earlier,” Shi suddenly said.

“You’re right. I was thinking if you could give me a magical item with similar functionality to a Divine Compass for free, so that I could monitor the Abyss’s movements in this world anytime,” Xu Shuo said evenly.

“Is that so?”

Shi scrutinized him suspiciously.

But perhaps unable to detect anything unusual, Shi soon gave up and instead answered the question: “There is one.”

Before Xu Shuo could respond—

Shi continued, “But if it’s a tool capable of covering the entire world, it requires an extremely high level of spiritual power to activate. It also has to be linked to the world’s defensive lines. This functionality is available, but with your current spiritual power, it’s impossible for you.”

“My spiritual power isn’t enough at this stage?” Xu Shuo raised an eyebrow.

“The world isn’t limited to just Earth.”

“Oh, never mind then.”

“If you only want to detect nearby Abyss Darkness, the item on your left hand is actually sufficient,” Shi said, pointing at the object on Xu Shuo’s left hand. “The reason the Divine Compass can detect defensive line energy is mainly due to proximity. The closer the Abyss is to a defensive line, the stronger the reaction, with slight energy overflow occurring.”

This explained why the Divine Compass only warned of Abyss occurrences in surrounding regions of the country.

Thus, the entire world wasn’t exclusive to such Abyss appearances. It was just that people could only see these limited events nearby.

So when Shi arrived in this world—

he concluded, “Only six months left.”

The very first time Shi came to this world,

the space barriers outside were still quite clean.

The second time he came,

the outside had started to darken.

By the third time,

it was completely black.

And after that,

he even glimpsed a chaotic dance of demons…

Nonetheless, given how many worlds were consumed by the Abyss recently, and with Xu Shuo being part of this world, Shi wasn’t too surprised about the situation.

At most, he just found it a bit unexpected.

…

After showing a certain someone what the Avatar looked like, Shi intended to leave and attend to his tasks.

However, after glancing at the young man’s expression, he noticed the other party seemed slightly dissatisfied, especially with occasional, peculiar side-long glances toward the Judgment Avatar.

It was clear someone had bad ideas brewing!

But it was quite strange.

Shi didn’t actually worry that the man would create trouble.

Why was he so indifferent to the risk?

He couldn’t figure it out either.

After another brief discussion regarding the defensive line and the Abyss, Shi finally waved goodbye. His figure phased through several illusory spaces, appearing moments later at a certain Abyss Battlefield.

The sky here was a gloomy gray-red.

The gray came from the swirling, rampaging storm.

The red came from a spinning storm’s eye.

This kind of sky resembled a gigantic, twisted, chaotic eye that bore down with an extremely oppressive atmosphere, sinisterly watching the pitch-black ground below.

Standing on the earth, Shi opened his eyes.

Without sparing a glance at the storm above, he directly lifted his foot and started walking forward. Before long, he saw a glowing Defensive Line Tower.

“Where did you go.”

A cold voice rang out beside him.

Shi looked up at the hovering figure dressed in a military uniform. His pale golden eyes reflected the man’s expressionless visage.

Shi replied with equal detachment, “A friend asked me to handle some matters. How are the allocations for this world coming along?”

“The Miracle Guild has set up in Zone 39; the other guilds’ fortresses are also completed. We can start now,” the man hovering mid-air said.

“Understood. I’ll stabilize the world first. Soon, I’ll let this Abyss Battlefield connect to Script Space.” Shi spoke as he walked toward the Defensive Line Tower.

This world had just been consumed by the Abyss.

The process was swift.

But several worlds were consumed at the same time.

That, too, had been swift.

The assigned task brought Shi here to salvage this world.

Though most of the living beings in the world were gone,

as long as the world itself wasn’t fully destroyed, it could still serve as an Abyss-resistant battlefield.

First, the guilds within Script Space established forts to anchor themselves in.

Next, they let the Abyss Battlefield link with Script Space, allowing players who failed critical missions into the battlefield to assist with defense.

It didn’t matter how long they held out.

Every moment of holding back the Abyss from invading other worlds counted.

Even if only for a second.

Every second mattered.

…

Shi entered the Defensive Line Tower. Standing in front of the tower, he pulled up the Judgment interface invisible to other players to check the defensive logs.

The man in the military uniform beside him said, “During your time away, even more Abyss Rifts have collapsed.”

Shi nodded, “Currently, there are a total of 1,396 Abyss Rifts—875 primary ones, 132 intermediate ones, and 389 advanced ones. Too many. I fear Abyss Nightmares will emerge soon, and your guilds will likely be even busier.”

Speaking, he adjusted the defensive line’s energy allocation.

After a long while, he managed to strengthen the world’s spatial barriers a little and then contacted the Tower of Judgment to request connectivity for the Abyss Battlefield.

The procedure was always very swift.

The defensive log displayed a sub-screen.

The screen quickly updated with a list of players entering the world at that precise moment.

Ah, the players who had failed their main storyline missions.

After completing these steps,

noticing the unusually quiet person beside him.

Shi curiously turned his head to look: “What is it, Helian?”

“Nothing.”

Helian replied indifferently, “Just curious what kind of friend had you leave such a busy schedule to carve out time to meet.”

After hearing this,

Shi exhibited a serious expression of contemplation.

Then, as if seeing a kindred spirit, he looked at Helian Mian with heartfelt acknowledgment: “Really? You think so too? I also found it rather strange!”

As expected of a true confidant!

Even their thoughts aligned perfectly!

Helian Mian: “…”

The Capital Commandant, accustomed to this, was left speechless once more.

Fortunately, he was so expressionless that his exasperation was hidden entirely.

…

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