Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Hu Qi found himself in a vast, boundless space.

Beneath his feet was soft, black earth, tinged with a hint of moisture.

All around him was a star-filled sky, as black as ink. It was vast and profound, like an endless bolt of black silk.

Amidst the darkness, a few faint points of light occasionally flickered and danced.

Not far away, a massive, deep-blue planet rotated slowly. Its familiar silhouette and color clearly identified it as Ocean Star.

It was as if he were standing on a celestial body without an atmosphere.

However, Hu Qi knew he hadn’t traveled through space to arrive in the cosmos.

He was inside some kind of pocket dimension.

At that moment, his gaze was fixed straight ahead.

There, seated atop a massive boulder, was a figure.

The figure was pitch-black, as if cloaked in endless darkness, its features completely obscured. It was as if the figure itself was the personification of shadow.

Any light that drew near seemed to sink into a quagmire, distorting violently as if devoured and assimilated by the shadowy form.

Just then, black spots began to appear on the surface of the Forbidden Mecha Hu Qi was piloting—the Eclipse Hermit—as if it were suffering from an Erosion of dark mold.

It looked as if the Mecha was about to be completely consumed.

The next second,

with a flash of light, Hu Qi’s physical body materialized.

He glanced at the spots on his Mecha, and an image he had previously seen in the memory banks of the Spirit of the Sun’s Radiance Mecha flashed through his mind.

And so, he was the first to break the silence.

"Touch of Solar Eclipse? Interesting. I hadn’t even started looking for you, yet you found me first."

"Should I call you the master of the Eternal Night Council, or the will of this world?"

"Heh heh... Outsider, you truly are aware of my existence!"

The figure let out a low chuckle. The sound echoed through the silent space, tinged with an eerie quality, like the whisper of a Demon from the shadows.

Its gaze fell upon Hu Qi.

It looked him up and down.

"You can call me Black Erosion."

"Outsider, I have a deal to propose. I wonder, are you interested?"

The figure named Black Erosion got straight to the point, not beating around the bush in the slightest. It exposed Hu Qi’s status as an outsider in a single breath, as if it knew his origins like the back of its hand.

"Oh? And what deal might that be?"

Hu Qi’s expression remained calm upon hearing this.

He didn’t seem surprised by the proposition at all.

"If I’m not mistaken, you’re trying to gather the twelve Sunstones."

"You want to obtain the Sun Core Stone that will be nurtured within the sun upon its rebirth."

"If you help me eliminate the world’s primary consciousness, I can help you get the Sun Core Stone!"

Black Erosion said coolly.

"That stone is the key to this world’s rebirth. You’re willing to just hand it over to me?"

Hu Qi’s gaze flickered.

’As far as I know, of the two remaining Sunstones, one is in the hands of the Pope of the Holy Cross Church.’

’And if I’m not mistaken, the other is in the hands of this mastermind behind the Eternal Night Council.’

’Previously, when my true body appeared and I used the Celestial Destiny Core, I detected a few clues.’

’These two are on opposing sides, which must be related to the will of this world.’

’The only thing that surprised me, though...’

’...is that this world’s will has actually developed a self.’

’And not only that, but before I could even go looking for it, it came to me and offered to cooperate.’

"That stone is of little use to me. Besides, I’ve grown tired of this endless cycle of Reincarnation..."

Black Erosion shook its head, seemingly sensing Hu Qi’s doubt, and began to explain.

"To be precise, I am merely the consciousness of this world’s dark side, a sort of pan-consciousness. Rebirth offers me no benefits whatsoever..."

Soon, according to its explanation, Hu Qi learned the full story.

The world’s Lifespan was depleted, and its will was unwilling to simply perish.

It found an unconventional path: igniting the great sun to destroy the world and create it anew.

Through Reincarnation, it could achieve a transformation from death to rebirth.

During this endless process of Reincarnation, annihilation, and rebirth, the original world will split into two.

One was the sun’s original primary will, while the other was a will formed from the sunspots that represented Erosion—the entity now known as Black Erosion.

The former represented Vitality, while the latter represented death.

The two were originally one and the same, yet also polar opposites.

But during this process, at the thirty-five thousand, four hundredth cycle—twenty-one Reincarnations ago—Black Erosion, the pan-consciousness of death, developed its own individual will.

For it, continuing the cycle of rebirth was, to be precise, a process of constant weakening.

This was because it was the incarnation of the world’s dark side.

What it truly desired was for the sun to be extinguished forever.

Therefore, in all subsequent Reincarnations, it constantly sought to devour the primary will, stop the cycle, and plunge the world into eternal, silent darkness.

Unfortunately, its counterpart was, after all, the world’s primary will. With its own power, no matter how hard it tried, success was simply impossible.

But in this Reincarnation, the arrival of an outsider—Hu Qi—gave it a glimmer of hope.

"So, what do you think?"

Black Erosion’s gaze fell on Hu Qi.

"It’s an excellent proposal!"

Hu Qi nodded.

He appeared to be in complete agreement.

However, his tone shifted in the next moment.

"While it seems like a win-win deal..."

"...why should I make a deal with you? The things I want... I can just take them by force!"

As his voice fell, a massive, pale serpent materialized behind him.

The pale serpent let out a deafening hiss, and an invisible ripple spread rapidly outward from its body, tearing what looked like fine cracks into the very air.

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