hsntnovel Chapter 438 Node Deployment
Chapter 438 Node Deployment
Lu Sheng did not rush over directly.
He carried Xuan Yin and floated for two hours at a location 5,000 kilometers outside the Old God Abyss.
It wasn't hesitation. It was observation.
The dragon's eyes remained fixed on Qingming Protector's every move.
Qingming's patrol routes were basically consistent with the data recorded by Luo Tianfei—a cycle of four hours, with three fixed routes alternating in turn. During patrol breaks, he would return to the rest point near the outer wall of the spherical space and stay for twenty minutes.
"He's taking the second route now," Lu Sheng whispered to Xuan Yin. "According to the pattern, this patrol will end in about an hour and a half. Then we'll head back to the rest stop."
"What should I do?"
"Don't move. Follow me."
Lu Sheng began to slowly approach the interior of the Old God Abyss.
It was moving very slowly. So slowly that it was almost like drifting space debris.
He activated "Law Disguise"—a technique he learned from ancient metal plates. Law Disguise could conceal his own law fluctuations, making him appear as an ordinary space rock within Qingming's perception range.
Xuan Yin followed closely behind him. Her initial-stage Spirit Saint's Law fluctuations were enveloped by Lu Sheng's Law Disguise—his disguise range was just enough to cover both of them.
It took the two an hour to traverse the fragmented area surrounding the Old God Abyss.
We are now approximately 1,500 meters away from the spherical space.
This is the location where Lu Sheng planned to deploy the first Eye of Law.
"stop."
Lu Sheng stopped behind a massive ancient warship wreckage. The wreckage was as large as a small mountain, enough to obscure the figures of the two of them.
He peered through the gaps in the wreckage at the direction of the spherical space.
Qingming was patrolling a kilometer away, with his back to them.
"Now."
Lu Sheng stretched out his right hand, and the first Eye of Law condensed at his fingertips.
The tiny spatial law structure, no bigger than a pinhead, flashed faintly at his fingertip, and then—he flicked it away.
The Eye of Law flew out silently and embedded itself in a spatial rift 1,500 meters away.
The moment it was embedded, the Eye of Law completely merged with the surrounding space.
Lu Sheng gained a new sensory node in his consciousness. He could "see" all the law fluctuation data within a thirty-meter radius of the Eye of Law.
The first node – deployment complete.
"One more." Lu Sheng counted silently in his mind.
He waited for three minutes.
Qingming did not react. He continued patrolling.
"He didn't notice."
Lu Sheng began to move.
Using the ancient ruins scattered throughout the Abyss of the Old Gods as cover, he slowly moved with Xuan Yin around the perimeter of the spherical space. At each designated location, an Eye of Law would pop up.
the second.
The third.
the fourth.
He would wait a few minutes after each deployment to observe Qingming's reaction.
Qingming didn't react at all.
The Eye of Law is indeed extremely well concealed.
There was an unexpected problem when deploying the fifth node.
There was a small area of turbulent flow of laws nearby. The chaotic fluctuations of laws within the turbulence interfered with the embedding process of the Eye of Law. Lu Sheng had to further compress the precision from 0.008 millimeters to 0.006 millimeters before he could steadily embed the Eye of Law into the spatial rift.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"The fifth one."
carry on.
sixth.
the seventh.
Time passed second by second.
Two hours later—all twelve Eyes of Law were deployed.
Lu Sheng hid behind a huge piece of debris on the south side of the spherical space, closed his eyes, and sensed the data transmitted back from the twelve nodes.
Data flooded into his consciousness like a tidal wave.
He can "see" all the law fluctuations and changes on 92 percent of the surface area of a spherical space.
The energy conduction path is clearly visible.
The primordial energy of the Ling Emperor's remains radiated outward from the core area of the spherical space, and was drawn by the gravitational pull of the laws of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable, converging along a specific path to a certain point inside the spherical space—that point is the location of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable.
"I've found you."
Lu Sheng marked the exact location of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable in his mind—about three hundred meters deep inside the spherical space, slightly to the north.
"Luo Tianfei, are you able to receive data from the Eye of Law?"
Seven minutes later, Luo Tianfei's reply arrived.
"Data is being received. There is a significant delay, but analysis is still possible."
"Help me analyze the energy conduction path. Find the most vulnerable nodes—I want to target those nodes with interference."
Another seven minutes of waiting.
Luo Tianfei's analysis results came back.
"There are seven main energy conduction pathways. The three weakest are concentrated in the northeast direction of the spherical space. The density of law threads in that region is slightly below average—about six percent lower."
"Six percent. That's enough."
Lu Sheng began to devise a plan to interfere.
He doesn't need to completely sever the energy transmission. That would immediately alarm the Celestial Venerable of All Manifestations.
He only needs to create weak, continuous disturbances to the laws on those three main channels.
This disturbance will cause an extremely subtle frequency deviation in the primordial energy transmitted through those three channels. When the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations is devouring it—if he doesn't carefully discern it—he might not notice this deviation.
However, the energy from these frequency deviations accumulates in the core of the spiritual source, much like a trace of impurities mixed into pure water.
It won't have much of an impact in the short term.
However, when the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations attempted to break through to the Spirit Immortal Realm—the reorganization of the laws required the absolute purity of the energy within the Spirit Source Core. Those impurities would trigger a conflict of laws at the moment of reorganization.
The more severe the conflict between rules, the longer the gap between rules.
"Xuanyin."
"exist."
"There's one more thing you need to do."
"What?"
"While I'm interfering with your energy, you'll use sound waves to monitor Qingming's location. Notify me in advance if he's coming this way."
"clear."
Xuan Yin found a spot on the other side of the wreckage and crouched down, using her sonic perception.
Lu Sheng took a deep breath.
Extend both hands.
The fluctuations of spatial laws spread out from the fingertips, precisely touching the three main energy conduction channels in the northeast direction of the spherical space through the twelve Eye of Law nodes.
It was not an attack.
It was just a very faint touch.
It's like gently plucking a string with your finger. The string is still vibrating, and the sound is still being produced. But the pitch is slightly off.
How much off? Approximately three per thousand.
A frequency deviation of three per thousand is almost impossible for the Celestial Venerable of All Things to perceive.
But this three per thousand will accumulate over time within his spiritual core.
"here we go."
Lu Sheng maintained this slight interference while simultaneously monitoring the fluctuations of the spiritual source of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable through the Eye of Law.
The rhythm of the Myriad Manifestations Celestial Venerable's devouring remained unchanged.
He didn't notice.
"very good."
Lu Sheng crouched quietly behind the wreckage, motionless.
Like a patient hunter.
Waiting for the prey to walk into the trap.