"Ah no… still can't finish up work!"
Entity 303 was just about to finish up work, but then remembered, there was still a Wither Storm left unattended.
Just as he was about to head to the location of that Wither Storm, he saw in the distance the group of players who had been accompanying his livestream waving at him.
Seeing this, Entity 303 also came over to the players.
This group of players had been arranged by Pengpeng and Black Blade, their purpose was to record the footage of Entity 303 fighting.
The group only had two things in their backpacks for livestreaming in this area: golden apples and totems of undying.
Luckily, Entity 303's fight was fairly quick, they barely managed to endure it.
Seeing Entity 303 approach, the leading player ran up and said:
"Uh… um… Third Bro?…"
"Are you going to find that lone storm monster?"
Entity 303 nodded and said, "Mm."
Seeing this, the players looked at each other. The leading player hesitated for a long time and finally said , "Um, how about… you go help the Ender Queen instead…"
"There's already someone fighting over there…"
Entity 303 couldn't help but feel curious. "Our king returned?"
He thought Xu Yuan had returned.
The lead player shook his head and said, "Rookieis over there…"
Hearing the word "Rookie," Entity 303's heart suddenly skipped a beat. He instantly recalled the fear of being dominated by the salted fish. But Entity 303 didn't show it in front of the players.
He had just finished showing off, if he broke character now, wouldn't that be pointless?
Entity 303 lightly coughed twice and said, "Since the GM stepped in, I don't need to go."
"Then I'll go check on the Ender Queen."
With that, he left.
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[At this moment, in another area of the game world.]
Null and the Dread Lord, after battling the Wither Storm for a while, were both a bit exhausted.
"This isn't going to work. Although he can't really hurt us, we also can't break through his body to find his core…"
"These blocks keep multiplying! It's endless!! Just as the main body shuts down, the symbiont starts absorbing more blocks again!"
Null and Dread Lord had also received lessons from Entity 303 on the process of killing a Wither Storm.
But clearly, the method Entity 303 told them was useless.
Though Null had the power of annihilation and could use fear power to cause large-scale destruction, he still couldn't out-damage the Wither Storm's absorption rate. The two of them were now struggling.
Just as they were running out of ideas, they suddenly realized something wasn't right.
Logically speaking, the two of them were mage-types, skilled in mental control. But they had been using physical attacks this whole time.
Thinking of this, Null immediately used Soul of Fear on the Wither Storm.
Soul of Fear could see through the enemy's heart and deliver a fatal blow from deep within. Basically, it was a mental attack.
After Null used the skill, the inner world of the Wither Storm appeared before him. When he saw the scene in front of him, he was shocked.
'This is… the red consciousness entity's back?!…'
Come to think of it, the last time Null used the Soul of Fear skill was on the Dread Lord.
Back then, the Dread Lord was still under Void control. At the time, Null saw in the Demon King's heart a bunch of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple color blocks, and the image of HIM from the Void whom he feared.
Later, Null figured out that those color blocks represented levels within the Void.
The Dread Lord had said before that the Void's hierarchy was extremely strict, he only knew about those levels, but had never seen anyone from levels above his own.
So his inner world only showed those color blocks. Because he had never seen them, he couldn't materialize them.
Later, when Null followed Xu Yuan, he gradually came to understand the Void's operating model.
Those colored blocks didn't have concrete forms because they appeared in the main world in a parasitic form. Basically, they fused with other lifeforms along with Ender Eyes representing each color level.
After gradually understanding the Void, Null never again used Soul of Fear on any Void consciousness.
This time, Null remembered it suddenly, he thought the Blue Consciousness Entity's inner world would be the same as the Demon King's back then.
But unexpectedly, he got a surprise.
Appearing before Null now was a void-like space. Inside, just like the Demon King's inner world before, there were six color blocks scattered throughout, except no purple ones.
But that was normal, after all, it's a Blue level entity, so naturally it wouldn't fear the Purple level.
What shocked Null was that the red level block in this space looked different from what was in the Demon King's inner world.
These blocks actually represent vague impressions.
Though the Dread Lord was ordered to deal with Xu Yuan, he had never actually seen the one who gave the order. So his inner world showed only blurry color blocks.
But now, inside the Blue Consciousness Entity's mind, the red block was no longer just a fuzzy blob. It had evolved into distinct shapes, or rather, three human figures.
Two of the figures looked like shadows, just silhouettes, their features completely indistinct.
But the one in the middle had a much clearer outline. It looked like a back view.
Seeing this, Null moved closer, trying to see who this outlined figure really was. Strangely, no matter which direction Null looked from, all he ever saw was a back view.
After a while without results, Null finally gave up.
His discovery made him more alert. From the Blue Consciousness Entity's inner world, it showed that he could already partially materialize the Red Consciousness Entity.
There were two possible reasons for this:
One, The Blue Consciousness Entity had truly encountered the Red Consciousness Entity before, just didn't see clearly.
Two, The Blue Consciousness Entity was created, and could resonate with its creator in a certain way.
After thinking for a moment, Null temporarily ruled out the first.
He had previously learned that for a Void Red Consciousness Entity to become materialized or parasitize, it needed to gather huge amounts of power.
If the Blue one had contact with the Red one that led to a fear becoming materialized, that would mean the Red one had already become real.
But from the current state of the world, that clearly wasn't the case.
If the Red Consciousness Entity had already materialized, would the Void still rely on sending minions to invade the main world?
When the Void was discovered in the Nether, it immediately transferred Wither Storms and Withers into the main world.
Clearly it was going all out, trying one last time to harvest more player power.
If the Red entity were truly materialized, why go through all this trouble?
So the only possible explanation for the Blue Consciousness's inner world materializing that red figure, was resonance with the creator who gave it its mission.
Thinking this through, Null finally had some insight.
"Logically, he should resonate more with his creator, that's why he materialized the creator's back."
"And those other two figures… not the creator, but interfered with his actions… could they be the ones who gave him his mission?!"
Finally, Null understood. Previously he had only seen the Demon King's inner world. His color blocks were all blurry. That's because the Dread Lord wasn't created. He originally existed in this world. He only lost his physical form because of war.
So the Demon King wouldn't resonate with the Red entity, because he wasn't created by the Void. His soul was simply gathered by the Void.
But the Blue Consciousness was created by the Red entity, they had close contact and resonance. So his inner world could materialize the Red entity.
And that materialized back figure was not even his own memory, but the memory of the Red Consciousness Entity. Only the Red one would remember what it once looked like!
"So… what he fears most is his creator… Looks like this back view is the way in…"
Soul of Fear could see into the enemy's heart, find what they feared most, and deliver a deadly blow.
So far, it seems what the Blue Consciousness fears most… is its creator, this materialized back view.
Null studied the back carefully.
It looked plain and ordinary. Wearing a brown short-sleeve shirt, gray pants, and black shoes.
The hair was fairly thick, and from behind, you could vaguely see a bit of stubble on the face.
Null carefully observed the materialized back figure before him, then slowly closed his eyes.
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