Chapter 866: Arriving at the Free Federation

"The world is crying out to you for help?"

Upon hearing Rahil's words, Zhou Huai frowned with a solemn expression.

Fierce winds howled outside the dragon pressure barrier, and Rahil's emerald eyes revealed a hint of compassion.

Zhou Huai did not reply immediately.

In his mind, the words once spoken by Mr. Duan emerged.

World version replacement.

Heavenly Dao System purge.

The destruction and Rebirth of the era.

Mr. Duan had once explicitly stated that once the Heavenly Dao System detected that the power of human Professionals exceeded the control threshold, it would descend a world-destroying divine punishment, wiping out the entire world like clearing away garbage to initiate the next era.

The Seventh World and The Eighth World had both perished in this manner.

"Could this be… a precursor to this world about to usher in a replacement?" Zhou Huai guessed to himself.

The current situation of the real world had collapsed to the extreme.

Mr. Duan had broken free, absorbed the Sea God Origin, and further completed his high-dimensional divine persona.

The coordinates of The Eighth Ruin were exposed again in the Far North, and the lingering souls of top powerhouses from the old era were about to revive.

Had all these changes already touched the nerves of the Heavenly Dao System?

Therefore, did this world feel the crisis of destruction and thus send out a "cry for help"?

To figure out what this so-called "cry for help" actually was, Zhou Huai's thoughts stirred.

"Return."

Swish!

Rahil turned into a streak of green light, sinking into Zhou Huai's glabella and returning to his body.

Zhou Huai closed his eyes.

He tried to perceive that so-called "world's cry for help" through Rahil's perspective, utilizing the method of this SSS-Rank World Tree Clone.

His Mental Energy spread outward.

One layer, two layers, three layers…

He expanded his perception range to the limit, even utilizing the spatial detection ability of Void Lawkeeper Victor to capture abnormal fluctuations at the dimensional level.

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

The result…

Nothing.

Zhou Huai opened his eyes, his brow tightly furrowed.

Besides the muffled wind in his ears and the roars of the low-Rank alien beasts in the deep sea below, he could perceive nothing.

There was no sound, no picture, and no feeling of the so-called "cry for help".

"What is going on?"

Zhou Huai was somewhat surprised.

"Could it be… that only with Rahil possessing independent consciousness can one perceive this kind of world-level fluctuation?"

The more Zhou Huai thought about it, the more alarmed he felt.

Rahil seemed even more special than he had anticipated.

Yasuo, Victor, and Li Er from before, although each controlled extremely tyrannical powers of Law, ultimately felt more like sharp weapons in Zhou Huai's hands.

Wherever Zhou Huai pointed, they struck.

But Rahil was different.

He not only possessed an independent personality, but could also perceive world-level abnormalities that even Zhou Huai, a Half-step Transcendent, could not detect.

"The value of this World Tree is likely even higher than I estimated."

Zhou Huai silently opened the Clone panel.

Currently, Rahil's Rank remained at Level 1.

Following past practice, upon just drawing an SSS-Rank Clone, Zhou Huai would definitely smash down a huge amount of Karma value to pull him directly to max Rank and unlock all skills.

But this time, Zhou Huai suppressed the urge to level up.

He was not in a hurry.

Although there were currently tens of billions of Karma value.

It still had to be used sparingly.

For no other reason, the consumption of raising Ranks with Word of Law was too terrifying.

Now, the state of the Saints Domain had ended.

The cooldown time of this skill was a full 24 hours.

That was to say, if he wanted to once again ignore the Rank limit and forcibly max out the Clone's combat power, he had to wait until after 24 hours.

If it was forcibly used during the cooldown period, or without the blessing of the Saints Domain, relying solely on Karma value to hard-stack Ranks and forcibly modify High-Dimensional Laws…

Then the consumption of Karma value would be an astronomical figure.

One billion Karma value sounded like a lot, but in front of a Transcendent like Mr. Duan, it might not even hold out for a single encounter.

"Good steel must be used on the blade's edge."

Zhou Huai closed the panel, regaining his calm.

Before figuring out the specific situation of the Free Federation and locking down his mother's absolute location, he must never easily expose his trump cards.

Unconsciously.

The massive body of the Abyss Dragon Xiao Hei had already crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

The violent sea breeze gradually subsided.

Replaced by it was a completely different terrestrial aura.

Zhou Huai stood on the dragon's back, looking down below.

At the end of his vision, a new continent appeared on the horizon.

The wreckage of steel buildings, huge rifts, and the faintly visible neon lights in the ruins.

This was the continent where the Free Federation was located.

It was also the region in the current world where technology and extraordinary power were most closely combined.

Zhou Huai did not rush to let Xiao Hei land.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness connecting to the hive network in his mind.

"Di—di—di—"

On the holographic star map, a few red dots were flashing.

Those were the Alien Parasite he had previously planted inside the Ancient Remnant Clan.

Zhou Huai carefully sensed the distance.

It was already less than two thousand kilometers.

For an Abyssal Magic Dragon of Xiao Hei's level, a distance of two thousand kilometers would take less than half an hour at full speed flight.

However, Zhou Huai suddenly pulled the invisible reins.

"Stop."

Roar—

Xiao Hei let out a low dragon roar, its fleshy wings spreading in the air to forcibly halt its forward momentum, hovering in the clouds.

Zhou Huai did not intend to continue riding Xiao Hei forward.

This was the Free Federation after all.

It was the base camp painstakingly managed by Mr. Duan, and also the old lair of Dawn.

Even if the situation was intricate and complex, even if the intelligence transmitted by Anubis said that The Eighth Ruin opened in the Far North, Mr. Duan's attention was most likely already attracted over there.

But Zhou Huai still did not dare to be careless.

Now, if he swaggeringly rode a Quasi-God Level Abyssal Magic Dragon across the Free Federation, it would be no different from seeking death right under Mr. Duan's nose.

Its body was huge, its dragon pressure unmasked, and its target was too obvious.

Even if Mr. Duan was not present at the moment, as long as the informants and high-dimensional detection instruments left in the old lair detected Xiao Hei's traces…

Zhou Huai's infiltration plan would go down the drain.

Once he alerted the enemy, making the upper echelons of the Free Federation prepared or even moving the target in advance.

Then his hope of rescuing his mother would be completely shattered.

"Now is probably my only chance to rescue my mother."

Zhou Huai's gaze sank slightly.

The Eighth Ruin was about to open, and the abyss prison Throne of Despair in the Far North had become the biggest storm eye in the real world.

All eyes and top combat powers were converging over there.

No one would expect that Zhou Huai would not go to the Far North at this critical juncture, but instead single-handedly slaughter back to Mr. Duan's old lair.

This was right under their noses!

It was the most perfect infiltration timing!

"Xiao Hei, find a place to hide first."

Zhou Huai patted the dragon scales, issuing instructions through the mental connection.

"Restrain your aura, dive into the deep sea or underground rifts. Without my summons, you are absolutely not allowed to show your head."

Xiao Hei let out a dragon roar, but absolutely obeyed Zhou Huai's command.

It nodded its huge head, then retracted its wings, and its massive body silently plummeted toward the deep sea trench below.

And at the moment Xiao Hei fell.

Zhou Huai directly leaped down from the dragon's back!