This sent another chill down Zhou Ziwei's spine... A black hole really is a black hole... It even sucks in sound... But... why can't he sense the exact direction of the black hole? Seeing the dim beam of light shooting from above begin to be torn into pieces by a strange force not far from his body, disappearing in rays in all directions, Zhou Ziwei's pupils contracted. He muttered to himself: Could there be more than one black hole here? But how could that be? Even if there were originally many black holes here, they should have devoured each other long ago... How could so many black holes coexist at such a close distance...?
Volume 2: The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 376: Still Darkness
Terrifying tearing forces came from different directions, constantly pulling away all free energy.
However, Zhou Ziwei himself did not feel any suction force on his body, and he did not yet have the feeling of being helplessly caught in a vortex.
This is probably because there is too much suction from all around, and all the suction cancels each other out, which creates a micro-balance in this space!
What a terrifying place! I really don't know how the people who came from this hellhole survived the last two times.
Zhou Ziwei muttered to himself, in this godforsaken place where even light is swallowed up, he couldn't possibly find Wang Xuewei with his eyes.
But if he couldn't find Wang Xuewei, he would never be willing to leave this place.
Moreover, having ventured this far, he was completely surrounded by darkness. Even if he wanted to retreat the way he came, he might not be able to find the path he had taken.
Zhou Ziwei knew that he might have already strayed from his course, and that if he just rushed along in a daze, he might end up getting further and further away from Wang Xuewei if he didn't choose the right direction. And would he end up in the same place if he chose different directions?
Zhou Ziwei felt that the possibility was very small, so he had to find Wang Xuewei as soon as possible before he was completely swallowed by this terrifying black hole or entered another place through these inexplicable black holes.
Otherwise, he would find it hard to believe that even if Wang Xuewei had survived in the black hole by sheer luck, if the two of them had ended up in different places, Wang Xuewei would have had no chance to return to Kashgar.
Calculating the time, it should have been about six seconds since Wang Xuewei entered the black hole. That means... Wang Xuewei's life may only have four or five seconds left. If she cannot escape this space that is constantly devouring people's soul power within these four or five seconds, then death is inevitable for her.
However, Zhou Ziwei estimated that the possibility of Wang Xuewei dying in this space was not high. After all, Wang Xuewei was now stronger than ordinary elites who had received special forces training. Since there were precedents of ordinary people successfully escaping from here, Wang Xuewei should not die at this stage! Therefore, according to the calculation, Wang Xuewei had probably reached the edge of the black hole space and was about to leave this hellish place.
Even so, Zhou Ziwei dared not lose Wang Xuewei here.
Anyway, let's not worry about anything else and just go for it!
Endless spiritual power, as if it were free, suddenly surged out of Zhou Ziwei's sea of souls, shooting out in rays in all directions.
Normally, the soul power that Zhou Ziwei could control was severely out of control in this terrifying space. As soon as it left his body, it was torn to pieces by suction forces from different directions, and then with a "whoosh," it broke free from Zhou Ziwei's control and was sucked to an unknown place in the blink of an eye.
Under normal circumstances, the soul power that could extend at least sixty meters away could only extend to less than ten meters before it was completely out of control.
Moreover, this soul power, extending to about ten meters, only lasted for less than half a second before abruptly collapsing under the suction from all directions. In the blink of an eye, it completely transformed into a scattered mass of energy, which was then sucked and torn into this boundless darkness...
However, in that short half-second, Zhou Ziwei sensed the presence of three people, one of whom was Wang Xuewei, who was being pulled into a white light as if she had lost consciousness.
The other two were still stumbling and wandering in this dark world. Their auras were extremely weak. Zhou Ziwei knew that these two were probably the weakest of the twelve explorers besides Chu Qiutang. They had entered this place before Chu Qiutang. Since they had not yet found a way out of this terrifying black hole, their fate was undoubtedly death.
Zhou Ziwei naturally had no time to care about the life or death of these two people. He felt Wang Xuewei's figure flash by in the white light. Zhou Ziwei had no way of verifying whether that white light was a path to the outside world or a grave to death. At this moment, he had no other choice but to immediately mobilize the liquid soul power in his body and instantly fill all the nerves in his body.
In the next second, Zhou Ziwei, amidst excruciating pain, transformed into a streak of light and plunged straight into the white light where Wang Xuewei had disappeared...
Zhou Ziwei was speeding up so desperately not because he was worried about not being able to catch up with Wang Xuewei, but because he had just discovered that Chu Qiutang in his arms was breathing so weakly that she was almost dying. If he delayed for even a second longer, she would be completely dead.
After all, out of the fourteen people, only she accidentally fell into the pool, which delayed her for several seconds. As a result, she lost a few more seconds of her life than the others. If Zhou Ziwei had rushed out of this damned black hole space at the normal speed, Chu Qiutang would have had no chance of surviving.
The soul power distributed within the body's nerve pathways is not as terrifyingly consumed as when released outside the body, but it is still consumed countless times faster than when it is normally hidden in the sea of souls. However, in less than half a second, about half of that drop of liquid soul power, worth a total of one thousand, had already been consumed.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwei finally rushed into the white light at this moment, and the moment his body was completely inside the white light, the terrifying suction force that had been lingering around him disappeared without a trace.
Shouldn't this count as leaving?
Zhou Ziwei felt that the spiritual power and physical strength within his body had stopped draining away, and he immediately breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Although he still didn't know where the white light would lead, he figured his life was at least temporarily saved!
Just as Zhou Ziwei had this thought, the white light in front of him suddenly disappeared completely, followed by endless darkness.
No way! Did we get bounced back into that damn black hole space again?
After a slight pause, Zhou Ziwei tried circulating his soul power within his face, but he did not find any further loss of soul power. He was slightly relieved, as long as he did not go back there.
But... where is this place? Why is it so dark, without even a glimmer of light?
Just as Zhou Ziwei was muttering to himself, he suddenly felt his body and Chu Qiutang in his arms falling rapidly downwards at a speed that gradually increased.
Wow... is this supposed to let me experience the thrill of freefall?
Zhou Ziwei made a silent joke, and then naturally thought of using the force field to support his body.
However, just as he had that thought, he couldn't sense the existence of the force field space at all, which surprised him greatly.
You should know that ever since he unintentionally created this force field space, it has been like a shadow, closely following him. When he doesn't inject soul power, the force field space is basically just a cloud of invisible air, but it doesn't dissipate. Once he injects soul power, it becomes a small space that only Zhou Ziwei can control at will.
However, no matter how hard Zhou Ziwei tried to sense it, he could no longer detect any trace of the force field space.
That damn black hole, did it swallow up my force field space too?!
Although Zhou Ziwei was unwilling to believe this fact, the fact was the fact. His soul power surged out from his body again, searching around his body, but he could not find any trace of the force field space. It seemed that the black hole had really swallowed his force field space.
Fortunately, at this time, the nerve lines in Zhou Ziwei's body were filled with liquid soul power. One of the functions of liquid soul power is that it allows him to float on his own using the strength of his physical body. This gave Zhou Ziwei some confidence and prevented him from completely collapsing due to the disappearance of the force field space.
However, Zhou Ziwei immediately realized that Wang Xuewei had already come out of here before him. Since Wang Xuewei didn't have wings or any special ability to levitate, she was probably in even greater danger now.
In a panic, Zhou Ziwei immediately extended his soul power downwards as much as possible. Dozens of thin lines formed from liquid soul power, which were countless times thinner than a hair, shot down and caught up with Wang Xuewei about twenty meters away.
At this moment, Wang Xuewei was in freefall at a faster speed than Zhou Ziwei. Judging from the situation, if she were to actually crash to the ground, she would be instantly shattered to pieces. Even though the super equipment she was wearing had excellent shock absorption, it would still be difficult to avoid death.
Of course... this is all predicated on the existence of a "ground" in this godforsaken place. However, since Zhou Ziwei can now sense gravity, it seems that regardless of whether this godforsaken place is still on Earth, there must at least be a ground.
The Leaning Tower's constant law of two iron balls landing simultaneously made Zhou Ziwei clearly aware that even if he was holding a living person in his arms, his landing speed could not possibly be faster than Wang Xuewei's. Therefore, it was impossible for him to catch up with Wang Xuewei, who was more than 20 meters below.
Left with no other option, Zhou Ziwei tried to use the ejected threads of liquid soul power to tightly bind Wang Xuewei's body.
When Zhou Ziwei first used the power of liquid soul, he was surprised to see an object levitating in mid-air while wrapped in the power of liquid soul.
Hopefully, this effect will also work when applied to the human body!
To be honest, Zhou Ziwei wasn't really sure about this, because soul power always had a repulsive effect on living things. Unless a specific vibration frequency was used, soul power would be repelled far away as soon as it came into contact with a living being.
However, if that specific vibration frequency is used... the soul power will penetrate into the body of the living being, which is quite a contradictory result...
To Zhou Ziwei's great surprise, the thing he had worried about did not happen. In his perception, the liquid soul power seemed to have transformed into a tangible thing, wrapping around Wang Xuewei's combat suit in strands. Under his deliberate control, it did not penetrate into her body. And since it did not touch Wang Xuewei's body, it was naturally not repelled.
After a dozen or so strands of liquid soul power wrapped around Wang Xuewei's body, her descent slowed down noticeably. However, it was clear that the effect of this liquid soul power on Wang Xuewei was not enough to completely counteract the effect of gravity.
Despite this, Zhou Ziwei, who hadn't consciously controlled his descent speed, quickly caught up with Wang Xuewei in mid-air. Then, using the power of his liquid soul energy, he contracted slightly and forcefully pulled Wang Xuewei to his side. With a sudden movement, he finally managed to tightly embrace Wang Xuewei's slender waist.
"Ah—" Wang Xuewei let out a low gasp, then asked urgently, "Are you... Ziwei?"
"Hehe... It's me!" Zhou Ziwei replied in a deep voice.
"Thank goodness, we didn't get separated!" Wang Xuewei patted her chest in relief, then quickly asked, "Where are we? Why is it still so dark here? We...we seem to be in mid-air, right? We won't fall to our deaths, will we?"
Zhou Ziwei let out a bitter laugh. He also wanted to know the answers to Wang Xuewei's questions, but who could he ask? He never imagined that his seemingly foolproof adventure would end up like this. Putting aside whether they could survive here, even if this godforsaken place wasn't dangerous, finding their way back wouldn't be an easy task...
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwei was quite confident in answering Wang Xuewei's last question. After a moment's thought, he said, "I don't know where this is either, but don't worry... With me here, at least I won't let you fall to your death... Be careful, we're almost at the ground..."
After rescuing Wang Xuewei, Zhou Ziwei did not retract the liquid soul power he had released. At this moment, he naturally sensed through his soul power that they were rapidly falling towards a hard and flat ground below.
Whether we live or die after landing depends on this moment.
Zhou Ziwei had never tried using his liquid soul power to support the weight of three people and levitate them at once. This time, they were falling from a height of several hundred meters, and the powerful impact was not so easy to dissipate.
Zhou Ziwei estimated that if he only mobilized a small amount of liquid soul power, he probably wouldn't be able to support the three people's bodies. However, his nerve endings were now filled with liquid soul power, which indeed increased his strength in all aspects countless times compared to normal. But at this moment, his sensitivity to pain had also reached an outrageous level. He remembered that last time he jumped from a height of only two feet and almost passed out from the impact. This time, it was more than two hundred meters... If he couldn't control himself and couldn't completely counteract the effect of gravity, even if his strong body might not actually die from the fall, the intense pain alone would probably make him wish he were dead.
At this moment, Zhou Ziwei could no longer conserve his soul power. He roared and immediately mobilized the clear spring-like liquid soul power gathered in his sea of souls, desperately releasing it from every pore of his body, instantly covering every inch of space around him.
The power of the Soul Cover, formed entirely from liquid soul power, is beyond doubt. Last time, he used this move to control nearly a hundred missiles in the sky like toys. This time, although he only formed a miniature version of the Soul Cover within five meters of his body, it should be easy to reduce the force of their fall.
Sure enough, with this soul power completely surrounding him, Zhou Ziwei felt as comfortable as a fetus in the womb. The viscous liquid soul power was so tangible that it gave him the illusion of swimming in a pool. The huge downward momentum suddenly stopped under the magical force of this viscous liquid soul power and then disappeared without Zhou Ziwei feeling anything.
Although he was not attached to any force field at this moment, it was as if he was standing on a thick air cushion, holding the two beauties in the void.
However, while the effect of this soul coverage was excellent, the consumption of soul power was also extremely abnormal. As soon as Zhou Ziwei felt that his body was no longer sinking and that the three of them were now suspended less than two meters above the ground, he immediately and decisively withdrew all the released liquid soul power, and even with the liquid soul power flowing in his body at that moment, he withdrew it all back into his sea of soul power in one go.
In that instant, Zhou Ziwei completely lost control of his body.
Without the buoyancy of the liquid soul power, gravity once again pulled the three of them rapidly towards the ground, causing them to crash into a heap in a sorry state...
Volume 2, The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 377: A Forced Kiss of Chu Qiutang
After Zhou Ziwei regained control of his body using ordinary misty soul power, he suddenly realized that he had become the filling in a hamburger.
The two women who had been held in his arms in mid-air were now one pinned beneath him and the other lying on top of him, creating a rather erotic and sensual scene.
"Cough cough... You're... You're crushing me! Get off me!"
Hearing the people below coughing and shouting, Zhou Ziwei realized that the person at the very bottom was actually Wang Xuewei.
Fortunately, it was her. If Chu Qiutang, who was already on the verge of death, had been pressed down like that, she probably wouldn't have survived at all.
Zhou Ziwei carefully grabbed Chu Qiutang from his body, then awkwardly and reluctantly climbed off Wang Xuewei's soft frame. He gave an embarrassed chuckle and said, "Sorry... I made a small mistake just now, uh... you're not hurt, are you?"
"No..." Wang Xuewei responded softly, then exclaimed excitedly, "We're not dead... We didn't actually fall to our deaths... Ziwei, just now... what happened? Why did we suddenly stop in mid-air for a moment..."
Zhou Ziwei touched his nose, unsure how to explain to Wang Xuewei, so he mumbled, "I told you I wouldn't let you fall to your death... Just now... um, I'll explain in detail later! Now let's figure out what kind of place we're in!"
"Oh, right... why is it so dark here?" Hearing this, Wang Xuewei was successfully distracted by Zhou Ziwei. She reached out to turn on the switch for the overhead light, only to find that the switch was already on, but now there was not a ray of light. She guessed that it had either been replaced or the battery inside had run out of power.
"Ziwei... my light seems to be out of power, what happened... what kind of broken equipment is this? Wasn't it supposed to last for more than sixty hours after a full charge? How come it only lasted six seconds? How is your light? Can it still turn on?"
Zhou Ziwei took off his helmet, touched the light switch, and gave a wry smile. "My light has been on the whole time... Sigh... Isn't it that chaotic and strange space that's to blame? Even light is swallowed up by a mysterious force there, so the battery power must have been lost too... Hmm... We all had the overhead lights on, so the power must have been drained very quickly. But Chu Qiutang's helmet light was never turned on, so maybe it still has power!"
As Zhou Ziwei spoke, he touched the top of Chu Qiutang's head and gently pressed the light switch. With a "snap," a beam of snow-white light shot out and shone directly on Zhou Ziwei's face, making his face appear deathly pale.
"Ah—" Wang Xuewei let out a long scream, whether she was frightened by Zhou Ziwei or excited by the light.
Zhou Ziwei ignored him, casually put his tactical helmet aside, took a few deep breaths, and then said with a smile, "No matter what kind of place this is, at least there's air here, so at least we won't suffocate!"
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Xuewei also took off her helmet, and then exclaimed, "Wow... the air here is so fresh, which means there must be a lot of plants around here. But if there are plants, why is it so dark here?"
Zhou Ziwei shook his head and saw that the beam of light shooting out from Chu Qiutang's helmet shot straight into the sky, leaving a white mark in the endless darkness, but nothing else could be seen.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Ziwei unceremoniously stepped forward, removed Chu Qiutang's helmet, held it in his arms, adjusted the beam of light, and shone it around.
Just now, in order to find Wang Xuewei in that black hole space, Zhou Ziwei desperately unleashed the exploration function of his soul power, which almost exhausted the already limited amount of misty soul power in his sea of souls. At this moment, he could only barely use the remaining soul power to maintain the needs of his nerves in his normal state. Therefore, Zhou Ziwei dared not use his soul power to explore casually again.
As the beam of light swept across the area, Zhou Ziwei was astonished to find that the place resembled a boundless grassland, with the entire area illuminated by the light being covered by a flat expanse of vegetation.
The plants here are rather strange. They resemble vines, but grow close to the ground. Their leaves are dark red and round, like blood-red coins, which looks quite eerie.
"Heavens, where is this place...? These plants... I bet there aren't any strange plants like this on Earth. Could it be...? Have we arrived on another planet?" Wang Xuewei exclaimed, almost instinctively moving closer to Zhou Ziwei, grabbing his arm tightly, and snuggling into his embrace.
Zhou Ziwei shook his head slightly and said, "Who knows... Who cares where it is? Let's just look around and see if there's a way back!"