Su Mo's expression grew increasingly uneasy as he listened. Fearing the old man would be found collapsed in the lab again, he said in a deep voice,

"What if I insist on seeing him?"

"Su Mo, don't go too far! We usually turn a blind eye to your antics, but this time, the Master has made it clear that he won't see anyone. If you dare to barge in, don't blame us for being impolite."

Kature warned Su Mo angrily, and the subordinates behind him drew their weapons.

Beside him, Corett narrowed his eyes, his gaze flickering as he pondered something.

Su Mo's expression shifted as he weighed the situation, and then he shouted loudly,

"Old Man! Old Man!"

"What are you doing!"

Kature's face turned green.

Just then, the door to the study opened, and the old man walked out in loose clothing, coughing as he said hoarsely,

"No need to shout."

Kature and Corett were horrified to see the old man and quickly replied,

"Master, Su Mo is going too far. He won't listen to reason and is disturbing you..."

The old man raised his hand to interrupt them and said hoarsely, "Su Mo, stay. Everyone else, leave!"

"Yes, sir."

Kature was slightly stunned but quickly replied respectfully.

Although Corett was unhappy, he still left with Kature and the others in a hurry. Soon, only Su Mo and the old man remained in the building.

Su Mo carefully examined the old man, noting his tired expression. He really did seem ill. He quickly asked,

"Master, are you feeling unwell?"

"So-so. Speak your business."

The old man asked as he coughed.

"Let's talk in your study."

Su Mo looked around and said cautiously.

The old man raised his head, glanced at Su Mo, and walked towards the study without expression.

Su Mo immediately followed.

Soon, the two arrived at the study, and the old man said hoarsely,

"What is it? You can speak now."

"This is for you."

Su Mo placed the mechanical box on the counter, a smile on his face.

The old man looked at Su Mo suspiciously, then reached out his aged hand and opened the box. The moment he saw the stone slab inside, his pupils contracted.

His old body trembled slightly, and then he raised his head and laughed.

"Haha! Haha! Heaven helps me! Haha!..."

It was the first time Su Mo had seen the old man so out of control. He hadn't realized the old man was so fixated on this stone slab.

The old man laughed for a long time. His laughter gradually changed from excitement and joy to sorrow, a sense of a hero in his twilight years.

After a long while, the old man slowly calmed down.

Su Mo asked with some concern,

"Master, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. You did well."

The old man replied hoarsely.

"This stone slab should be the one you were looking for, right?"

Su Mo asked tentatively.

"That's right. How did you get it from Icaroya?"

After calming down, the old man looked up at Su Mo. He knew Icaroya's temperament better than anyone else. She wouldn't give it up easily.

"I found the stone slab that Icaroya wanted and brought it to her, and she gave this one to me."

Su Mo simply explained to the old man without hiding anything.

"Well done."

The old man nodded emphatically.

Su Mo hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Master, what exactly is recorded in this stone slab? Is it really that important?"

"Don't ask about that. In short, this stone slab is extremely important to me. Unless it's extremely important, don't disturb me during this time. I need to study this stone slab carefully and decipher the hidden information inside."

The old man said hoarsely to Su Mo.

"Okay, I understand. I'll be going now."

Su Mo didn't stay any longer and turned to leave.

Soon after, Su Mo walked alone on the street. There were many people on the street at this time.

But everyone's expression was unusually frightened and uneasy.

They were like headless flies, not knowing what to do, filled with confusion.

Su Mo was surprised by everyone's reaction. He had originally thought that after Icaroya's declaration, everyone would be extremely angry and protest, even immediately leaving Star Ring City, but the result was not like that.

The number of fleets leaving Star Ring City had decreased, and the voices on the forum calling for people to leave had also become quieter, which seemed particularly ironic.

Su Mo looked at this scene and sighed slightly.

Creator Devourer said in a low voice, "I don't understand something."

"What don't you understand?"

"You were worried about Icaroya and didn't want to take out the stone slab before. Why did you suddenly change your mind after Icaroya's crazy declaration?"

"I can't explain it, I just acted on my heart and intuition."

"Don't you think that's stupid?"

"It is quite stupid, but there's something I can't figure out. Since negative energy pollution is unsolvable, and the Negative Universe is a gas chamber, then why would Icaroya, who knows the inside story better than anyone else, insist on going all the way to the end, risking her life and facing rumors? What is she after?"

Su Mo asked faintly.

Creator Devourer fell silent, and after a long while, he replied,

"She also wants to become a god."

"Do you believe it?"

Su Mo sighed helplessly and walked forward quietly.

......

Several days later.

Far away in the center of the Negative God Universe, the Negative God Star suddenly fluctuated violently, shaking rapidly like a heart.

The huge Negative God Star was like a blood sphere, becoming unusually enchanting and blood-red. In an instant, countless red halos burst out and swept towards the surrounding starry sky.

The Migake Star Sea.

Looking over, the entire star sea was densely packed with countless Spirit Touched, Wind Shuttle-class ships, Dandelion fortresses, etc., in unbelievable numbers.

It could almost be said that all of the Everlasting Sleep Clan's forces in the Negative Universe were concentrated here.

At this moment, a very spectacular scene could be seen. Countless transparent threads linked all the Spirit Touched, as well as the ships and fortresses. All of the Everlasting Sleep Clan's forces were in a neural network-linked state.

Just then, a terrifying negative energy tide surged, and red light swept across the Everlasting Sleep Clan's forces throughout the starry sky.

At this time, the nerve lines inside the bodies of the Spirit Touched began to turn red, and their eyes turned red.

At this moment, the invisible neural network burst out with brilliant spiritual energy and began to flush all the Everlasting Sleep Clan members.

It could be seen that after being flushed, the originally polluted nerve lines of the Spirit Touched immediately returned to normal.

Of course, some of the Spirit Touched were too severely polluted, and the spiritual energy flush could not completely take effect. Pollution bloodstains continued to seep from their bodies, and their bodies kept struggling and trembling.

At this time, the closest Spirit Touched to them directly disconnected the link.

The next second, the disconnected Spirit Touched instantly burst into flames and were directly executed by spiritual energy.

In fact, the reason why the Everlasting Sleep Clan dared to vigorously develop the Negative Universe was largely because they could rely on the spiritual network to perform spiritual energy flushes, minimizing the impact of negative energy pollution. If the outer shell was polluted, they could also directly replace it.

Soon, they worked together to block the surge of negative energy.

……