Chapter 2286 - 1143: Pursuit in the Void

Chapter 2286: Chapter 1143: Pursuit in the Void

The insect girl shut herself off.

Yes, ever since Dorothy explained the matter of the Spirit World’s projection to Shirin, this future Insect Queen has been downcast.

But this is understandable, after all, it’s not easy for anyone to accept that they are the disaster that led to their homeland’s destruction, it’s such a heavy blow.

Miss Shirin probably needs some time to calm down.

Meanwhile, Dorothy was sitting in the command hall’s high main seat, planning the route with the assistance of the otaku girl Zero, who was cosplaying as a warship girl.

At this time, the entire fleet had left the Border Great Wall, diving headfirst into the endless chaotic void, navigating through that piece of darkness.

Up to this point, they had thoroughly left the boundaries of the Witch World, arriving in the perilous outside world.

Clearly, when they assembled at the dock in the Shining Territory, this fleet was so vast and oppressive, yet now they entered the void and seemed like mere leaves in a vast ocean, insignificantly small.

Now if you looked out of the warship’s porthole, all you’d see is the boundless, profound darkness, a rather unsettling feeling.

Some people suffer from thalassophobia, because when you stare at the sea, you can’t see what’s below, unsure if there are mountain-sized terrifying monsters lurking beneath, watching you. This fear of the unknown is the most terrifying.

But the void outside this world is far scarier than the deep sea. In the deep sea, it’s only beneath you, on a ship, you can at least see forwards, backwards, sideways, and upwards, offering some safety. In the void, everything you see is just empty darkness.

Even though the fleet had all the lights turned to the brightest setting, lights that in the inner world could blind a person, not quite rivaling the sun but enough to light a city, in the void, these could barely illuminate a few hundred meters around the warship, beyond that distance, the light just dissipated, as if there was a monster in the darkness capable of consuming brightness.

This fear wrapped in the unknown is truly unsettling.

However, Dorothy wasn’t as afraid, as fear comes from the unknown, and before departing, she had a certain understanding of this chaotic void, knowing the surrounding darkness seems dangerous, actually...

Well, actually it truly wasn’t safe at all.

If the entire Western Universe were compared to an ocean, the various worlds within it are like bubbles appearing in the sea, bubbles arising and constructing little blank spaces in the water, beyond the bubbles is all water.

This chaotic void is like the sea water of the cosmic ocean, just like its name suggests, this void belongs to the physical reality, not the spiritual imaginary Spirit World, but in reality, the chaotic void is literally a chaos, only emptiness.

Everything here is chaotic, unlike the internal world with explicit world rules manifesting. Simply put, there’s no concept of time and space in the void, nor clear notions of up, down, left, right, water, soil, flesh, iron, etc.

This sounds somewhat similar to the Spirit World, but in the Spirit World, at least there are illusion dream scenes constructed from many belief intentions, even if everything seems absurd and bizarre, there’s still something there.

But in the void, there’s really nothing, only darkness and emptiness.

So, theoretically, the void isn’t a region normal life forms can reach or touch. It’s an absolute forbidden zone for life. Once life leaves the world’s shelter and touches the void, the only outcome is having their existential basis erased by the void, ultimately returning everything to nothingness.

Simply understood, it’s like a painting; the world is the canvas, living beings are the paintings on it. Without the canvas’s support, how could the painting independently exist?

Normally, independent existence is impossible.

But there are always exceptions, like if the painting materials were special. What if it wasn’t painted with ink but with candy painting?

Sticky candy paintings can exist independently even without the paper, meaning if a life form becomes powerful enough, its existence no longer relies on the world’s shelter, it can forcibly maintain its presence in the void.

According to witch standards, this is roughly the Peak Witch level.

A witch at the Peak Boundary has at least mastered the power of a major Magic Faction, although not as omnipotent as the Sage and lacking Authority, they at least partially understand the power of rules. With their grasp and understanding of rules, they can establish rules and order in the chaotic void to sustain their existence.

However, Peak Witches are rare; if the Witch World relies solely on higher-level leaders for support, how can it grow strong?

Fortunately, no one said survival in the void must rely solely on self-strength. Humanity’s strength over other animals comes from using intelligence to create tools, and the Witch Battleship is the vessel that can protect the witches as they cross the void.