Drifting town.
Time here seems to have stopped. The gray sky can always be seen outside the window. Dust is floating quietly in the air. Only the occasional flapping sound of wings outside the window breaks the silence in the house.
Without any warning, silver light suddenly appeared in the air, and they quickly outlined a pair of full and folded wings. The silver wings seemed to open slowly but actually opened quickly. Under the silver wings was an illusory ancient arch.
The double arched door opened inward, and a figure came in. It was Tianyang.
Snapped.
Tianyang snapped his fingers and closed the 'Gap Door'. He hadn't been to the collection room for a while since he last came to get the media materials.
Now that the Crack War was about to begin, he could only temporarily stop his expansion plan in the Scavenger City. He asked Redding and a few others to look after the house, and asked Xingluo to protect Xitong and Hongxiu. He came to the Crack alone.
"I brought the Ice Soul Blade and the Blood Drinker. As for weapons, a Black Thunder will be enough."
"As for the relics, I already have the 'Eye of Replica', which records the four abilities of 'Ice Substitute', 'Blood Mist', 'Killing Troll', and 'Revenge'. With the 'Mist Ghost Amulet', combined with the abilities of the Sublimator and the Obsidian Furnace, it is enough."
"Of course, we still have to bring the 'Energy Storage Ball' with us. It can replenish the Star Essence. Although the gap inside won't suppress the Star Essence as much as the tomb, the recovery speed of the Star Essence here is not as fast as that in the outside world."
Tianyang brought all the necessary items, put the "Blood Drinker" on his back, hung the "Ice Soul Sword" on his waist, then snapped his fingers, opened the "Gap Door", and came to the underground palace.
This time, he went straight into the hall and saw Youhua sitting high on the throne.
The purple magic light under the Yama King's visor flickered like ice chips, and he uttered a hoarse and low voice: "You are here."
Tianyang nodded: "When will the gap touch?"
Gu Hua said in a flat voice: "According to your human understanding of time, in about three to four hours, the two gaps will make initial contact."
Tian Yang found a place to sit down casually: "In that case, there is still time. Since the war is about to start, tell me the common sense of the gap."
"For example, why do different gaps come into contact, what should we pay attention to in the gap war, how can we win, etc."
There are not many opportunities like this to obtain hidden knowledge. Tianyang believes that if he asked about it under normal circumstances, Youhua would probably not bother to answer him.
But now, he is Yan Mo's ally, helping him fight the war in the cracks, so Youhua can't hide it.
Youhua sneered in his mask, as if he knew what Tianyang was up to, but he still said: "The inner gap is always in a state of motion. After several gap wars, I think that there should be a phenomenon of aggregation or repulsion between different inner gaps."
"Some inner cracks naturally attract each other, resulting in a convergence phenomenon. When two inner cracks border each other due to the convergence phenomenon, the crack war begins."
"Some inner cracks naturally repel each other. They will never meet. Even if they get close, they will separate. I have sensed several inner cracks approaching before, but they left very quickly, as if they were bounced to other places by an invisible force."
Tianyang whispered: "Aggregation and repulsion
, just like the two poles of a magnet, it’s amazing.”
"When two inner cracks come into contact due to the aggregation phenomenon, the inner cracks will begin to merge, and the range of the inner cracks after fusion will be relatively expanded. However, even if another inner crack is fused, even if the range will expand, the expansion is still very limited."
"Even if the range increases a lot at the beginning, the area at the edge of the gap will quickly collapse in the following period of time. When this phenomenon stops and the gap stabilizes, you will find that the range has only increased slightly compared to before."
Youhua snorted in his visor and said, "This may be the rule of the gap space. It does not allow the appearance of a gap that is too large. Because of this, the two sides of each gap war are basically evenly matched opponents."
Tianyang took note silently without saying anything, waiting for Youhua to continue to teach him about the cracks.
Youhua glanced at him, changed his sitting position and continued: "As for the key to the war in the gap, it lies in the 'king weapon'."
"You should have known that every king in the gap has a 'king weapon', which is something that controls the black people under his jurisdiction. The 'king weapon' has no fixed appearance and may not even be material, but the 'king weapon' must be controlled by the king in the gap."
"If you seize the opponent's 'king weapon', you will control the creatures in the gap and win the war."
"Based on this principle, after the two sides begin to make contact, both sides will send out their black civilians in order to consume the opponent's strength to the greatest extent. The king will usually stay in the rear, firstly to command his subjects to fight, and secondly to prevent consuming too much strength before facing another king."
"This is the rule of war in the cracks."
Tian Yang nodded after hearing this: "I understand. In simple terms, as long as we kill the opponent's king and seize the 'king's weapon', we can end the battle."
Youhua said: "That's right. After obtaining the opponent's 'Royal Weapon', I can integrate it into the 'Royal Weapon' I control. In this way, I can seize control of another gap and transform the residents of that gap into Yama."
"Of course, it is only their characteristics that are transformed, not their appearance."
"Characteristics?" Tianyang cast an inquiring look at the King of Yama.
"Every resident in the cracks of a building has his or her own characteristics. We become an independent group because of our common characteristics."
Youhua said in a deep voice: "You should already know the characteristics of our Yan Mo clan. We are difficult to be eliminated in the darkness. When the residents of other gaps are transformed, they will also have this characteristic, and the original characteristics will disappear."
"I understand." Tianyang nodded slightly. After understanding the rules of the Crack War, he already had some clear directions on how to win this war.
He glanced at Youhua and said, "Do you mind attacking the other king?"
The purple magic light in Youhua's visor flickered obviously, as if he had not expected Tianyang to ask such a question. After a moment, he said, "I don't mind, but it's hard to do, just like me. After the Crack War begins, I will let the guards stay by my side, so there is almost no possibility of a sneak attack."
"As long as you don't mind, I just want to know your attitude towards war so that I can formulate a strategy." Tianyang said indifferently.
Time passed by little by little. After about three hours, Youhua suddenly stood up and said, "Here I come!"
Voice
As soon as it fell, Tianyang felt a "vibration". This vibration did not come from under his feet, but from the space itself.
He looked around and was sure that the palace and even many objects were not vibrating, but he could sense that the frequency of the 'vibration' was increasing.
"This is the aftermath of the collision when the inner and outer cracks come into contact. Later, the passage between the two cracks will open."
"At this moment, the gap is just a contact with the outside space, but as the aggregation phenomenon intensifies, the materials in the two gaps will begin to blend." Youhua left the throne, "Go outside, and you'll see more clearly."
They came to the large square outside the palace, where they could see a colorful, blurry, distorted and irregular light curtain appearing on the square.
Light curtains like this also appeared in other places, some appeared above the abyss, and some appeared in the middle of a slope.
"Those are the passages that lead to the other crevice."
Youhua pointed at the light curtain on the square and said, "Next, we can choose to attack or defend. The passage is too narrow now, and the number of troops that can be transported each time is limited. It would be very disadvantageous to launch an attack rashly."
"I hope that this time the opponent will be a little stupider and send his residents here to die. This will reduce a lot of pressure on me."
As he spoke, the crown on Youhua's head, which was condensed from black mist and flames, began to burn fiercely, and an invisible pressure spread out. At that moment, a tyrannical demon in the square walked towards the light curtain.
This heavily armored creature dragging a heavy halberd has high attack and defense, making it very suitable for guarding the goal. What's more, it has three very simple but practical abilities.
There are similar high-level Yamas guarding the other light curtains. It seems that Youhua plans to defend first and then launch an attack after the passage is expanded.
Tianyang strongly agreed with this tactic. If sending troops to the other side when the space in the passage is limited and the number of troops is limited, it would only push one's own residents out to die.
After a moment, a devilish light flashed in Youhua's eyes: "Something is coming."
Tianyang looked at the light curtain on the square, and saw a blurry shadow appearing in it. Suddenly, something rushed out from it. With Tianyang's eyesight, he could see clearly that it was a giant lizard-like beast. It was nearly four meters long, covered with scales, and looked thick and rough.
It has seven or eight thick limbs like human arms, and bones that grow inward in its abdomen, protecting its weak parts like a piece of armor.
It has a wolf-like head, but without hair, and seven or eight eyes of different sizes flashing red light. It can be seen that its lower jaw is a hinged joint, which allows it to open its mouth very wide, big enough to swallow a person.
Its mouth was full of canine teeth, and the two longest canines on the upper jaw were at least 15 centimeters long. When the monster rushed out of the light curtain, it opened its mouth and let out a demonstrative roar towards the surroundings.
A red and white tongue emerged from its mouth. This tongue was made up of more than a dozen tentacles dripping with mucus. When the monster roared, the tentacles of the tongue spread out and trembled constantly. Then Tianyang saw that deep inside the tongue, there was actually a mouthpart covered with fine and sharp teeth!
At this time, the tyrannical demon guarding the light curtain raised his heavy halberd without any hesitation. A ball of black-blue flame was wrapped around it, and suddenly chopped it down at the monster's head...