As Bai Qi was having a cordial and friendly exchange with Gatanothor, a voice came from behind Gatanothor.
"Little Jie, I have something to discuss with the Holy Lord. Can you go play first?"
Gatanothor, initially displeased at being interrupted, changed his demeanor instantly upon seeing the speaker. A brilliant smile spread across his terrifying face.
"No problem. Holy Lord, I'll see you later."
With that, Gatanothor walked to an empty space nearby, not forgetting to coil a tentacle around Naraku, who was reading by the side.
"You play with me, and I'll give you tasty things."
Naraku wanted to resist, but he was no match for Gatanothor, who had devoured vast amounts of fear. He could only be unceremoniously dragged away. Soudan Novel Network.
However, given Naraku's characteristics, he was perhaps the only one interested in the materialized fears created by Gatanothor. Although playing with Gatanothor could leave Naraku in bed for weeks, the thought of obtaining some fear from Gatanothor made it a painful yet joyful experience.
After sending Gatanothor away, Karl and Bai Qi came to the round table and sat at a separate small table for two.
"Your Excellency, Holy Lord, I am aware of your situation. I can tell you responsibly that the so-called Gate of Destruction is indeed my work from years ago."
As expected.
After Bai Qi stepped through the Gate of Destruction onto an unknown planet, he received a system prompt clearly informing him of the world and its precise coordinates.
The planet Bai Qi was on was the Super Seminary world, a remote planet in the Jade Galaxy.
That's right, it was the Jade Galaxy where the death god Saint Kashya was killed by Karl's detonation.
Upon learning it was the Super Seminary world, Bai Qi had already guessed that the creator of this teleportation gate was likely Karl.
Now, with Karl's confirmation, there was no room for doubt.
"Alright, tell me your conditions. I need the technology to permanently charge and control this teleportation gate. What's the exchange?"
Hearing Bai Qi's words, Karl's lips curved slightly as he shook his head. "There are no conditions. It was just an experimental product I casually created back then. If Your Excellency, the Holy Lord, is interested, feel free to take it."
"You would be so kind?"
Bai Qi didn't know Karl very well, but he knew there was no such thing as a free lunch. If there were, the price would be immense afterward.
Karl shook his head again, took out a metal sphere from his sleeve, and placed it on the table. "This metal sphere contains the detailed usage and charging methods for the teleportation gate."
Bai Qi looked at Karl suspiciously. After confirming there were no issues, he reached out and took the sphere.
After Bai Qi took the sphere, Karl's smile widened. He then raised his right hand, and three particles emitting a deep blue light appeared in his hand. With a gentle wave, the three particles floated before Bai Qi.
Before Bai Qi could speak, Karl began to explain.
"Those who can come here have all come into contact with the void and know of its existence. In my youth, I was extremely fascinated by the void. Later, after coming here, I even more so..."
Karl rambled on to Bai Qi for a long time, finally concluding that.
Karl, upon discovering and confirming the existence of the void, began to research it. After days and nights of study, he finally gained some understanding of the void and its characteristics.
To use an imperfect analogy, each world is like an egg in the deep sea, and the seawater is the void.
The void has no self-awareness and constantly exerts pressure on the egg. The reason the egg doesn't shatter is because there is a special shell on its surface. This shell can resist the pressure from the void, and this shell is also called the world barrier.
The world barrier can protect a world for a time, but not forever. Under the constant pressure of the void, the world barrier will eventually be broken. Then the void will enter, and weak worlds will be torn apart, mostly absorbed by the void, with a small portion of fragments drifting in the void.
The most direct way to avoid annihilation by the void is to continuously strengthen the world barrier to resist more pressure, and the strength of the world barrier is directly linked to the strength of the world itself.
Every world has its own cultivation system. Just like Bai Qi's world, it improves through the struggle between yin and yang. In addition, there is a more violent and direct method: plundering from other worlds.
This is what Karl did at first. He established teleportation gates across the universe. The Gate of Destruction that Bai Qi saw was one of Karl's many creations. However, due to angelic intervention, Karl had to abandon this plan. Most of the teleportation gates were sealed or dismantled by the angels. The one Bai Qi saw survived for various reasons, but also due to the angels, problems arose with the energy supply for teleportation.
However, Karl soon discovered the drawbacks of this approach.
Facing continuous pressure from the void, to avoid being breached, one had to continuously strengthen the world barrier. This was a seemingly endless process.
As the saying goes, it's better to let it flow than to block it. Why not find a more permanent solution?
After hundreds of years of contemplation, Karl found the answer.
Since the void is so powerful and unconscious, can one's own world be integrated into the void, like those world fragments floating in the void? However, what Karl wanted was not to exist as a fragment after destruction, but to exist in the void in a complete form.
After arriving at the round table hall and communicating with Belial and others, the feasibility of Karl's plan was confirmed. However, transforming a world from an independent entity into a void world would require a long period of preparation.
To this end, Karl was actively preparing, detonating stars to form black holes and obtain void particles, thereby increasing the void's affinity with his own universe, which was also a precautionary measure for his own universe.
The three particles Karl now produced were the core of the teleportation gate. With these, a teleportation gate that could traverse two different worlds could be easily constructed.
Bai Qi reached out to touch the particles but was stopped by Karl.
Bai Qi frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Your Excellency, Holy Lord, don't be so hasty."
"These particle cores must be stored in specific containers, and furthermore, this is a paid service."
Well, after all that talking, he was waiting for him here.
"Alright, tell me, what do you want?"
Bai Qi was quite relieved about Karl. After all, Karl was a renowned overlord in his own world, known as... the God of Death, leading the Styx civilization with countless subordinate civilizations. He had no reason to covet Bai Qi's small Earth.