Chapter 1237 - 541: Ferocious Solitude Descends

In the Moon Bridge Airport of the Reverse Flow Sea, pitch-black flames are blazing fiercely.

This is the authority from the Corrupted Phoenix.

In this possibility, the Hero, as a Beast Spirit Mage, absorbed everything from the Corrupted Phoenix.

The reason that led her to make this choice completely different from reality, besides not having received the blessing of the Phoenix Avatar, was also due to the Corrupted Phoenix receiving the power of the volcano thanks to the dying struggle of the Bomber, fully recovering from the Weak State it was in after escaping, and displaying terrifying power far surpassing reality.

In another simulation, upon regaining its original Strength, it easily incinerated everything on the Highland and incidentally shattered the Four-winged King attempting to descend.

Even this time, though the Undying authority and the world-burning flames were suppressed by the dark veil of Dark Matter, the Corrupted Phoenix still exhibited life force so persistent as to be almost frightening. No matter how many times the two Heroes suppressed it, the dark flames would unyieldingly attempt to rekindle.

Precisely because the Hero personally felt the primal Strength of this Ancient Great Demon, she decided not to leave it any chance, completely devouring everything of it.

Otherwise, perhaps just a single leftover spark could allow the fallen Magic Phoenix to make a comeback on some distant day in the future.

However, this complete devouring also brought about serious side effects.

Beast Spirit Mages are inherently susceptible to the influence of Transformations, and if their own rationality is insufficient to suppress the beast nature of the Transformation, they might even be completely dominated by instinct after transforming.

The Hero had once lost her rationality after Transforming into a snake, and similarly lost her voice due to the influence of Humanoid Transformation.

And the Corrupted Phoenix Transformation undoubtedly possesses both of these adverse effects.

After transforming into the Black Phoenix, the Hero would completely lose her intellect; even while maintaining a humanoid form, she would occasionally be dominated by the corrupted counterpart.

Even if the Hero in this possibility wasn't cursed by the Devouring Curse Demon, another self had quietly been born within her spirit.

And at this moment, facing the submarine that could not be activated no matter what, the helpless Hero went through long contemplation and repeated attempts. Hence, her weary mind was finally infiltrated by the other self.

However, the Depraved Hero is not simply a curse driving the main body toward destruction.

She, a two-sided aspect of the same self, is not entirely opposed to the Hero from a standpoint.

Suppose the Hero fell in love with a member of the opposite sex, then the corrupted self wouldn't reverse and love the same sex because of this.

Although sometimes these orientations do not conflict, corruption is not a simple inversion.

If the opposite-sex person the Hero likes already has a sweetheart or explicitly rejected her, then she would feel sadness and loss but still choose to accept reality and leave obediently.

But the corrupted self wouldn't do this.

She would go to all extremes to seize the person, even transforming into a Succubus, grabbing the sweetheart of the person as well.

This is what is called corruption.

Therefore, when the Hero was helpless before the submarine's privileges, she never had any idea of causing destruction.

Yet the other self decisively took extreme measures—burning the entire home port with the Depraved Flame, forcing the submarine's Magic Guide intelligence to set sail by itself.

Although this was just a last resort, not guaranteed to succeed, the poisonous blazing black flames indeed successfully triggered the submarine's emergency escape measures.

Despite embodying the pinnacle of Moon People's technology, the submarine's Magic Guide intelligence hadn't awakened a true soul.

In the absence of human control, when faced with sudden events, it could only act according to its programmed procedure.

The emergency broadcasts in Moon Language sounded inside the cabin, with the red alert lights flashing continuously.

Though it was a High-level Language, the mechanical broadcast sound didn't contain Magic, so the Hero couldn't understand its meaning.

Despite feeling strangely familiar with those tones, she had no time to delve into where this familiarity came from.

She simply didn't know what she had done, nor what was happening outside.

Feeling panicked due to the sudden accident, the Hero stood up, trying to leave the submarine.

However, the hull in emergency mode had been completely locked; no matter how she infused Magic Power, she couldn't open the exit.

Unable to do anything but stare blankly inside the cabin, the Hero was naturally unclear about where the submarine was heading.

In the port gradually engulfed by flames, accompanied by vibrations and low hums, the submarine started sinking slowly toward the water surface below.

Though it looked like a surface of water, it was actually the materialization of space fluctuations.

Once the vessel submerged into it, it would detach from the physical world, enter the dimensional crevice, and begin a space jump aiming for another beacon as its destination.

In the primary material plane where world structures are stable and Space Equipment is extremely rare, dimensional transmission is inherently risky, especially with greater distances.

Instantly crossing too great distances brings many uncontrollable risks.

Even the Moon People had to rely on fragments of the Divine Domain to safely complete transmissions to span the vast void between the Moon and the Earth.

Without this level of security, even being swallowed up by space turbulence and smashed to pieces wouldn't be the most horrifying outcome if a mistake occurs.

Finding oneself able to see behind after the transmission, it turns out an eyeball got embedded in the back of the head; or suddenly finding lambs looking particularly enchanting, actually colliding with Goblin data fragments in Subspace during transmission, causing the soul, along with cognition, to get distorted...

More tragic space transmission accidents are everywhere.

Therefore, the Kingdom has yet to release the long-distance transmission space array for commercial use among civilians, and still primarily relies on airships for transportation. Only in the most urgent situations is the use of ultra-long-distance transmission arrays permitted.

And the Antarctic civilization that has perished once tried to escape the Netherworld's inversion, mobilizing the entire country's power and spending a century to develop a continent-crossing large-scale transmission array. Unfortunately, in the end, they failed.

In summary, the reason why space magic is difficult to master is not only because its knowledge is profound and obscure, but also because the risks associated with it are equally daunting.

The Black Gate's space prowess surpasses that of the Kingdom. The reason could be attributed to their inherent vision intertwined with the concept of "gate," but it's also likely because they are a group of daredevils and mentally unstable lunatics.

Faced with risks that ordinary people avoid, they dare to try them personally. If they survive, naturally they attain corresponding gains.

The Moon Shadow Submarine, although condensing more advanced space magic than Black Gate, cannot guarantee stability during a hasty dimensional jump.

In an emergency, its chosen destination wasn't any other mother port that might also face erosion, but directly aimed for the Moon City for return.

In an emergency, its chosen destination wasn't any other mother port that might also face erosion, but directly aimed for the Moon City for return.

This further exacerbated the instability of the space jump.

Violent spatial turbulence swept through the submarine, and even the internal stabilizing array couldn't filter out the intense vibrations, making the Hero scream and fall to the ground.

Despite having previously experienced the epic battle with the Corrupted Phoenix, at this moment she was alone, and only possessed Second Transformation strength.

Faced with this unknown alteration, she was almost helpless, hurriedly crawling under the table in the living room, hugging her head and trembling.

However, the turbulence came quickly and departed quickly. After all, space transmission involves jumping distances, and regardless of length, it's a momentary affair.

However, its brief duration does not mean the extent of destruction is minor.

Within the vessel, magical electric lights and sparks erupted everywhere, overloaded arrays and the damaged hull could no longer sustain the voyage, even the most basic directional control had failed.

In the severely jolting, even continuously flipping interior, the entire world spun.

[Has the Hero responded? Y/N (otherwise loses consciousness)]

D2=1

Yet, before being completely flung by the runaway vessel, the Hero managed to react in time.

She instinctively activated the Phoenix Avatar, instantly transforming into a black fur ball, ricocheting around the cabin.

Perhaps because her corrupt self didn't want to experience this dizzying whirl, the Hero retained clarity at this moment.

However, she did not dare to recklessly release magic power, fearing it would trigger a chain reaction, causing the already precarious submarine to completely collapse.

Finally, feeling her head turning into a mush before, with one last intense collision, surroundings finally settled into complete calm.

In such a state of complete ignorance of what transpired, the Hero arrived on the Moon.

However...

Good fortune never comes in pairs, misfortune never comes alone.

Long before, the White Moon had begun preparations to re-engulf the Gray Moon.

Even though due to the city's inherent traits, and the absence of the final Divine Domain key, these preparations seem exaggeratedly prolonged on a human time scale.

But after years of pulling, despite the physical distance between the two remaining remote, for the Moon, spatial distance was never an absolute.

From the perspective of magic and mysticism, White Moon and Gray Moon were now separated by a mere sheet of paper.

Just like how condensation water immediately freezes with a gentle stir, or how a spark in a gas-filled enclosed space triggers an explosion.

And the arrival of the Hero's refugee ship became the final fuse.

[Moon Priestess's status (alive +20, Moon City -30)]

D50+20=(50)=100(Critical Success)

[Priestess's status is perfect!]

1.5. The Many-Exiled Cocoon of the Moon

2.6. Rebirth: I Am the Moon High Priest

3.7. Convergence of Self-Sacrifice Possibility

4.8. Super Intelligent Mechanism of Moon City

9. I gradually understand everything

10. Great Success/Great Failure

D10=5

♛: The Many-Exiled Cocoon of the Moon