Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

The damp and dark environment almost forever lacks bright and steady light sources, enveloped everywhere by a cold, melancholy atmosphere. The water here is utterly toxic to mortals.

Excessive acidity is secondary; the main issue is that the water here isn't dihydrogen monoxide at all... but some kind of hydrogen-helium compound, half as light as regular water, utterly unusable for consumption by living organisms.

Alright, since the so-called 'water' is this abstract, the environment and physical laws here are even more outrageous.

The thermometer Long Yuqiong carried exploded directly — the lowest temperature at Layer Abyss, absolute zero, is minus 275°C.

As for Border Abyss's absolute zero...

Border Abyss does not have an absolute zero.

This abstract hydrogen-helium compound of Border Abyss is utterly unable to serve as a reference standard, so they can only use the water brought over from Layer Abyss as a reference.

Then, they watched as pure water poured into a container quickly condensed, blending with the surrounding air molecules, then grew arms and legs... Wait, how did it stand up taller than a building?!

The trio almost got eaten by the water that they originally planned to boil for cooking.

However, top players are top players, and elite is elite, after all.

A brief setback and defeat didn't result in complete failure, because the thinking that truly drives their success and strength remains with them.

Compared to ordinary players, the biggest advantage of professional players and others isn't in their proficient game operation or stronger talent, but rather their understanding of the game and systematic thinking, which is drastically different from players who play for entertainment purposes.

Even for the natives of Border Abyss, they couldn't compete in mindset with these game-world problem solvers honed through trials and tribulations.

Finally, after a series of tests, Yutianxiao roughly figured out the physical laws of Border Abyss using magic:

"First: The speed of light in Border Abyss is not constant and carries random mass, which means you can use silicon crystals—no, anything transparent to store light, and information can be directly transformed into light."

Yutianxiao held up a gold ice shard, illuminating the entire campsite cave:

"Based on this principle, we can use ice to create lightsabers, possibly our most advanced weapons."

"Second: Border Abyss seems devoid of light's wave-particle duality. Here, we perceive light not as electromagnetic waves; light is light, electromagnetic waves are electromagnetic waves... What the hell is this? No wonder our communicators and electronic equipment failed; in such an environment, only visual-range combat is possible."

Long Yuqiong directly pulled out the electronic devices and prosthetic plugins from his body, smashing everything except for the common metals like gold, silver, and copper.

"Third: There are thermodynamic issues at Border Abyss; if what we see isn't an illusion…"

Yutianxiao said as he stabbed the golden ice lightsaber into the ground.

Crack-crack—

The spot the sword tip touches rapidly spreads frost at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Heat from objects transfers from lower places to higher places but can simultaneously transfer from higher places to lower places—put another way, if the temperature isn't sufficient, fire can't melt ice but freezes instead!"

Yutianxiao wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Thankfully, I'm specialized as a mage; if I had mastered too many secondary professions or schools, they would almost all be scrapped for re-cultivation upon coming to Border Abyss—yet the main pathway remains unaffected and has even been enhanced."

He lightly waved his hand, and the surrounding elements immediately activated, resembling clusters of fireflies that voluntarily surrounded him, fluttering closely with intimacy.

"The energy here is not only terrifyingly plentiful but has already developed self-awareness... Rather than saying these hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, and boron are elements, it'd be better to call them elves!"

Yutianxiao took a deep breath, speaking in shock:

"I understand why it's called Border Abyss (bleachbyss)."

"All of Border Abyss is a living world, truly all things have spirit. Just by being here, you become part of this realm; you must harmoniously coexist with the natural environment."

"Border Abyss will bleach everything clean, making you part of it—this... is simply 'society', isn't it?"

"No, it has nothing to do with 'society'. Border Abyss formed billions of years before 'society'. It's just a unique mechanism here."

Long Yuqiong said:

"Possibly, it's the so-called Will of the Starry Abyss that created it."

"The Will of the Starry Abyss... is it possible that each layer of Starry Abyss has its own will?"

Long Yuqiong narrowed his eyes slightly and said:

"I think so."

"Truly strange..."

Yutianxiao murmured:

"If each layer of Starry Abyss has its own will, then the existence of narrative hegemony is perhaps also authorized by the Will of the Starry Abyss?"

"Highly likely, narrative and Starry Abyss are originally mutually beneficial relationships?"

Long Yuqiong said slowly:

"Despite exploring the universe, the three narratives of Layer Abyss have not united civilizations. Border Abyss has four, forming a solid union; maybe for Starry Abyss, the more narrative civilizations, the more cumbersome they are. It's best to leave a powerful unified narrative civilization to aid it..."

Yutianxiao's eyes lit up:

"You're saying—"

"However, at least we can consider the energy problem solved."

Night Fighting Sword abruptly interrupted the two's exchange, picking up a tree branch from the ground, circulating Qi energy, and extracting energy directly from it.

Snap!

The branch wilted rapidly and cracked, turning into fragments scattered by the wind; in contrast, Night Fighting Sword watched as his health bar increased slightly.

"Truly bizarre, Border Abyss."

Night Fighting Sword clicked his tongue in wonder:

"This is already beyond violating thermodynamics; even energy conservation doesn't exist here."

"At least, momentum is conserved."

Long Yuqiong picked up his homemade bow and arrow, opened it steadily, watching the bow bend, nodded in satisfaction:

"I'm not sure what principle it is, but elastic potential energy can still be transformed. Not only that, but pulling the bow feels clearly much easier."

"Because there's no energy transforming into waste heat—entropy increase in this damned place is as fickle as a woman's mood, with no constants."

Yutianxiao tossed a batch of arrows made with light-accumulating ice cone:

"In this place, you have to use cold weapons, spear, slingshot, javelin, get them all up; this world makes you understand why the four narratives of Border Abyss had to unite. Internally within the Inherent Time Domain itself, the environment is harsh, external environment favors wild animals, not civilizations..."

"Civilization is not life's only path forward, or dinosaurs would already have evolved civilization."

Long Yuqiong released the bowstring directly; in this place, there's no worry about blank discharge leading to bow explosions—the elastic potential energy stored by the bending bow can directly transmit into the air.

Bang!

A shockwave swept forward, transforming into a breeze that stirred the grass leaves.

"Looks like we'll need to spend some time adapting to this environment." Night Fighting Sword mused: "But I must say, it's quite fun here—"

"Sorry, very sorry to disturb your gaming atmosphere."

Before Night Fighting Sword's voice fell, a steady female voice suddenly sounded.

"That voice…"

Long Yuqiong's pupils shrank, turning around immediately, only to see a tall woman with short brown hair had somehow emerged from the woods, arriving at the edge of their cave.

Yutianxiao frowned:

"There's an ID above, it's a player. How did you—"

"Lai Anding Crown—Planner!" Long Yuqiong, exclaiming in surprise: "Why are you here? You shouldn't be able to enter the Starry Abyss—game."

"I used some private methods, just a shell, no combat capability, and I myself... tch, preface skipped, Oshen, I have something to entrust to you all."

Lai Anding crossed hands over chest, unreservedly commanded the three:

"Immediately find Land Loyd for me, bring him alive here."

"I'll repeat, alive, not a single hair missing."

"If you dare let him shed a drop of blood, I'll have all players come over to transfuse him blood!"