It was a giant tree with an appearance similar to Eve’s true form, rooted in a nebula.
The leaves had long since withered, and the trunk had a huge and terrifying rupture.
The rupture seemed to have existed for a very long time, surrounded by remnants of the tree’s debris and countless metal ruins along with crystal fragments resembling glass, as well as wreckage suspiciously similar to starships in science fiction novels.
In the center of the rupture was nested a massive steel structure, its size even greater than the planets orbiting the decaying world tree in the distance, akin to the "star gate" from a science fiction novel.
The "star gate" was divided into upper and lower parts, nested at each end of the great rupture, each end shaped like an open base plate, extending three gigantic mechanical claws, both parts converging with a continuously rotating vortex in the middle, or in other words...a wormhole.
When observed closely, this "star gate" appeared more like a gigantic container inserted into the decaying world tree, its two ends sealed together.
The container carried that continuously rotating "wormhole," but the transparent part in the middle was already shattered.
The floating crystal fragments were the shattered parts, a newly sprouting branch extending from the vortex-like wormhole exposed by the container’s break, none other than Eve’s true form.
Undoubtedly, this "wormhole" was indeed the real Segis Universe.
Or rather, this gigantic container once held the Segis Universe.
Of course...it is broken now, but more accurately speaking, it was not broken by Eve.
Although the majority of the floating fragments seemed damaged by the branches of the world tree breaking out, there was still a substantial portion of wreckage that looked even more ancient...
Eve merely further tore it apart completely.
Looking at this already almost-destroyed gigantic structure, Eve felt shock as well as endless doubt arose:
"Is this...the body of the creator?"
This...isn’t this a gigantic artificial container?
Eve’s heart was filled with astonishment and uncertainty.
But soon, she was astonished again by an even more surprising discovery.
Within the universe world much like the Blue Star Universe in Eve’s perception, she astonishingly sensed the rule power originating from the same source as the Segis Universe!
No, that’s not right, more accurately, it’s similar but more complex than Segis Universe...or rather, more advanced, more real.
Not only that, Eve also sensed the ubiquitous void energy capable of transforming into various energies in the Segis Universe.
However, unlike the easily absorbable void energy in the Segis Universe, the void energy here seemed deeply hidden, unobservable, and not easy to capture.
But even so, Eve was able to capture it with her vastly improved perception.
Upon successfully capturing their existence, her feelings were even more shaken.
Because in her keen perception, the Void Power here seemed larger, more vast, more viscous...
It seemed as if over eighty percent of the universe’s material consisted of it!
It’s just that it wasn’t easily discovered, detected, or perceived.
This left Eve profoundly shaken.
Needless to say...although Void Power permeated the Segis Universe, it was as thin as bubbles and smoke...
Void Power created everything in the Segis Universe, but it wasn’t the main component of the entire universe.
The Segis Universe’s main material was still composed of countless planes.
Following this, another astonishing phenomenon was discovered by Eve.
This discovery...even made her begin to doubt whether the universe outside the Segis Universe was truly the Blue Star Universe...
Contrary to Eve’s imagination that the time flow rate would restore to the Blue Star’s pace after leaving the Segis Universe, upon further perception, Eve astonishingly found that here...the time flow rate hadn’t changed!
It wasn’t the quarter speed Eve was familiar with; it was synchronized exactly like the Segis World!
The time flow rate outside the Segis Universe...was still the time flow rate of the Segis World!
While Eve was in shock, a series of obscure energy fluctuations came from a distance, exceedingly weak but remarkably clear in the dead space.
Eve’s attention was quickly drawn to that fluctuation, discovering it came from the nearest satellite orbiting the decaying world tree.
That energy fluctuation...seemed to be an encrypted electronic signal.
Eve was surprised to find that the encryption of this electronic signal appeared exceedingly simple in her consciousness.
By merely touching several fundamental laws manifested in the Law World with her consciousness, the message was instantly decrypted...
She heard the message content.
It was a dull mechanical voice.
But hearing this mechanical voice, Eve couldn’t help but be astonished once again.
For she recognized it as the same voice she had heard upon just crossing over and entering the Land of Origin!
The voice’s content was cold and merciless:
"Detected abnormal energy fluctuations, initiating detection..."
"Detection failed... according to ’creator’ protocol Article 28, marked as Breaker No. 31..."
"Warning! Warning! Target energy has exceeded the maximum alert threshold! Target energy has exceeded the maximum alert threshold!"
"Initiating judgment procedure..."
"Judgment failed...reassessing..."
"Reassessment failed...speculation: target energy at maximum threshold standard star level × 10＾3■NlcOÉTklωʷΔm..."
"Error...error..."
"Initiating Level 1 Eradication Procedure..."
"Procedure error...failure to initiate..."
"Initiating backup plan..."
The mechanical sound of the electronic signal was dull and mechanical, repeating again and again.
Moreover...it was in bilingual English and Chinese.
Very, very standard bilingual English and Chinese!
The electronic signal resonated one round after another.
Accompanied by the cold electronic sound, satellites orbiting the decaying giant tree began to show anomalies, their cratered crusts slowly opening to reveal metallic-glossed cores inside.
Deep barrel guns extended outward, targeting directly at the world tree’s body in the "wormhole."
"Anti-matter...annihilation cannon initiated...charging...attack..."
Accompanied by intermittent electronic tones, eerie small black holes gathered at the gun muzzles, gradually tinged with a ghostly blue light.
Soon after, the ghostly blue light was unleashed, with deep-glowing attacks hurtling toward the World Tree.
In the next instant, Eve, with half of her branch protruding from the wormhole, was submerged in terrifying energy...