pertwk Chapter 98 Decay Period
Chapter 98 Decay Period
Chapter 98 Decay Period
Through continuous observation using his mental powers, Chen Yuan finally confirmed the identities of the other party—these five people were indeed space adventurers!
From their conversation, Chen Yuan gleaned a crucial piece of information: they both came from a planet called "Dark Blue Star".
"But how could a space adventurer appear in the Purple Radiance Secret Realm?"
Could there be other entrances to the Purple Radiance Secret Realm?
Chen Yuan was puzzled and vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he separated a wisp of his consciousness, entered the virtual universe, and made a call to Shi Lan.
This was the first time he had taken the initiative to communicate with his teacher. In the past, in order not to delay his teacher's cultivation, he had always sent emails.
The communication was quickly established, and Shi Lan, appearing in the holographic projection, asked with a grave expression, "What happened?"
According to their agreement, they would only contact each other in case of emergencies or at critical moments.
Therefore, as soon as Shi Lan saw Chen Yuan's communication request, she knew that the other party must have encountered trouble.
"Teacher, I've discovered something unusual," Chen Yuan briefly explained his findings. After listening, Shi Lan frowned slightly.
"Adventurers from Dark Blue Star have appeared within the secret realm?"
He quickly retrieved the relevant information: "Dark Blue Star—found. This planet is very close to Purple Star, only 60.7 light-years away. It is a resource star and belongs to a cosmic-level being."
Upon seeing this, Shi Lan's brows immediately relaxed. She looked at Chen Yuan and smiled, "I already know what happened."
Chen Yuan looked curious.
"It's actually very simple; the Purple Radiance Secret Realm has entered its 'decay period.'"
Shi Lan smiled faintly.
"Decayation period?"
Chen Yuanyi was pleased and couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, this word doesn't mean—the secret realm is about to collapse, does it?"
"You can understand it that way."
A faint smile appeared on Shi Lan's face.
Chen Yuan remained calm. He noticed his teacher's expression, thought for a moment, and then said in a calm tone, "Teacher, this secret realm must have collapsed quite some time ago."
"Haha, I knew I didn't scare you." Shi Lan laughed loudly.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan knew he hadn't guessed wrong.
Sure enough, Shi Lan then said, "The so-called decay period of a secret realm is like a person entering 'old age'."
Over time, some unhealthy symptoms will appear.
"Just like the adventurers from Dark Blue Star that you discovered, it must be because a rift to a secret realm appeared on Dark Blue Star, and they entered the secret realm by following this rift."
"These cracks are a sign of decay."
"In fact, given the timescale of the Purple Radiance Secret Realm, it should have perished long ago. The fact that it has lasted until now and is only now showing signs of decay is already a miracle."
After a pause, Shi Lan added, "But don't worry, although it's in the decay phase, it's still a long way from complete collapse by human timescales."
"Generally speaking, it takes at least 10 eras for a secret realm to go from showing signs of decay to completely collapsing."
"So, you don't need to worry about it affecting this training."
Upon hearing this timeframe, Chen Yuan was completely relieved.
However, he still had a question.
"Teacher, I don't think the interior space of the Purple Radiance Secret Realm is very large."
Chen Yuan asked curiously, "How did its spatial rift appear on Dark Blue Star?"
According to his understanding, the entrances and exits of secret realms are generally not too far from the secret realm itself.
The Purple Radiance Secret Realm is only 80,000 kilometers in diameter, so how could a rift appear 60 light-years away?
"This problem is very simple."
Shi Lan smiled and said, "Because of the existence of the Dark Universe."
"Dark Universe?"
Chen Yuanwei's evidence.
"That's right."
"Generally speaking, there are two ways to enter the dark universe."
"Either exceed the speed of light, or tear space apart."
Shi Lan explained, "The secret realm is located in a spatial interlayer, with one end connected to reality and the other end possibly connected to the dark universe."
"The Purple Radiance Secret Realm is an example of this."
"Over time, this secret realm has entered a period of decay, and cracks have appeared."
"And this rift, through the dark universe, eventually reached the dark blue star 60 light-years away."
"Ultimately, this attracted adventurers from this planet."
Hearing Shi Lan's explanation, Chen Yuan finally understood: "So that's how it is."
"I have already reported the situation of the realm's decay to the branch's higher-ups."
Shi Lan said, "I just received a reply. The higher-ups will arrange for the garrison of Ziyao Star to enter the secret realm, find those adventurers who accidentally entered the secret realm, and obtain the exact location of the Dark Blue Star Rift from them."
"Chen Yuan, you stay where you are and keep an eye on the location of those people. The local garrison will contact you soon, and you'll need to cooperate."
"Okay." Chen Yuan nodded.
"Um."
Shi Lan smiled and said, "You don't need to worry. I just spoke with the commander over there. As my student, they won't dare to make things difficult for you."
"Understood."
Chen Yuan sincerely thanked him, saying, "Thank you, teacher."
Shi Lan smiled and nodded, then closed the communication.
Back in reality, not long after, Chen Yuan received a communication request from an unknown number.
Upon answering the call, a burly warrior clad in golden armor appeared on the screen.
"Chen Yuan, I am the commander of the Purple Radiance Army." On the screen, the golden-armored warrior grinned, appearing quite polite: "You can call me by my name, 'Bell'."
"Lord Bell," Chen Yuan replied politely, mentioning the other party's strength.
"The situation is urgent, so I'll be frank."
The golden-armored commander's expression turned serious: "We just received intelligence that the Purple Radiance Secret Realm has entered a period of decline. The higher-ups have ordered us to send people to find the adventurers who have strayed into the secret realm and obtain the location of the rift from them."
"Chen Yuan, are those adventurers still with you?"
"Still in the same place." Chen Yuan nodded.
"Very good. Where are you now? I will immediately dispatch a Star-level squad to you."
Chen Yuan told the other party his location coordinates.
"understood."
The golden-armored commander nodded, then smiled and said, "By the way, due to the special nature of the secret realm's teleportation, my subordinates will be teleported to various parts of the secret realm."
"They will automatically gather at your location, arriving no later than 30 minutes later."
"So before that, could you please keep an eye on those adventurers and prevent them from wandering off?"
On the screen, the golden-armored commander rubbed his hands together, a smile on his face, seemingly a little embarrassed.
"no problem."
Chen Yuan readily agreed.
"Then I'll have to trouble you."
The golden-armored commander grinned: "By the way, I have some news for you."
"The company has just lifted the restrictions on mining cosmic crystals, and we can now mine underground deposits."
"The restrictions have been lifted?" Chen Yuan's eyes lit up. "Thank you for letting me know."
After shutting down the communication, Chen Yuan continued to use his mental power to observe the adventurers.
"Huh?"
Chen Yuan's expression shifted. "They're leaving?"
Through telepathy, I saw that those people seemed to feel they couldn't handle this group of Crystal Clan members and were preparing to leave.
He listened carefully for a while and discovered that these people were preparing to return to Dark Blue Star to report the situation of the secret realm to the planet lord in exchange for a reward.
"Leaving? That won't do."
Chen Yuan moved swiftly, flying towards the opponent's location.
Before long, he approached the area where those people were.
"Who goes there!"
Being a Hengxing-level being, the group of adventurers quickly spotted Chen Yuan.
Although Chen Yuan had no intention of hiding it.
Sleep well.
A silent wave invaded their brains, and with a few 'thumps,' the five star-level adventurers collapsed to the ground one after another.
"Hypnosis is definitely the fastest way."
The illusion technique Chen Yuan used was still the hypnosis technique he learned on Earth.
Although it was relatively simple, with his second-tier cosmic-level consciousness driving it, influencing these star-level martial artists was not a problem.
To prevent these people from waking up midway, Chen Yuan knocked them unconscious one by one, and then waited for the local garrison to arrive.
About twenty minutes later, a figure flew in from the horizon. It was a ninth-level star-level expert wearing a purple Force battle suit. It was clearly the "Purple Radiance Army" mentioned by the Golden Armor Commander.
Chen Yuan looked over, his expression quite surprised.
He recognized the figure; it was the same guard from the secret realm he had spoken with before entering it.