Global Game: AFK In The Zombie Apocalypse Game

Chapter 3589: Fusion ItemEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

”I need to get a closer look.”

Wei Qian said as he stepped into the cavern, moving step by step toward the central Source of the Void.

Fang Heng watched him, frowning slightly.

His strength was impressive!

The Origin Orb sat right in front of the Source of the Void, continuously radiating visible ripple waves of coercion.

Yet Wei Qian completely ignored these waves.

Fang Heng could do the same, but it would be extremely exhausting.

Wei Qian stopped over two hundred meters from the Source of the Void, focusing his perception for a moment before shaking his head and saying, ”The situation isn’t good.”

”Oh? What do you mean?”

”Crimson Feather is a special type of pollution. Once the source of the pollution enters the main body of the Source of the Void, it gradually fuses with it. It’s not just absorption—it slowly devours the power of the Source of the Void and merges with itself. Once the two forces are fully fused, the main body of Crimson Feather will completely awaken.”

”Right now, it has reached the late stage; it’s only one step away from complete fusion.”

Wei Qian continued observing the state of Crimson Feather and said, ”The Void Clan realized they couldn’t control Crimson Feather, which is why they used sealing power to maintain its state.”

”The best option I can think of is to find a way to reseal it, keep it in its current state, and awaken it again once we find the corresponding solution.”

Wei Qian looked around at the surrounding seals, frowning. ”The seals set by the Void Clan were destroyed by those two just now, and the stimulation from the orb has awakened Crimson Feather, making it very active.”

”Fang Heng, although I understand some alchemy and sealing arts, I’m completely unfamiliar with the language and alchemical system of the Void Clan. Restoring the seal will require your help... we need to act quickly, or there will be even bigger trouble.”

”Don’t rush.”

Fang Heng stepped forward a few paces as well, examining the Source of the Void, and asked, ”You mean there’s some creature growing inside the Source of the Void that’s devouring and fusing with its power? I can understand it that way, right?”

”Yes, exactly.”

Fang Heng stroked his chin and glanced at the Origin Orb beside him.

He had come for the Origin Orb.

The orb was intact, so taking it would suffice.

Whether he could claim the Source of the Void itself was less important—just a bonus.

If he could get it, great.

If not, fine.

”Isn’t there any other way? Like completely destroying that creature?”

”It’s already in a highly fused state. If it’s destroyed, the Source of the Void would be affected and might dissipate entirely. That would be counterproductive.”

”Heh... fusion...”

Fang Heng chuckled lightly.

Fusion, absorption?

Crimson Feather sounded formidable, but in reality, Fang Heng knew it hadn’t evolved self-awareness yet. Compared to the Seed of Ouroboros, which evolved over a long period, it was low-level.

Fusion in this basic form was leftovers from Ouroboros.

Fang Heng knew its weaknesses best.

”I sensed the power of hell in it. Is Crimson Feather connected to hell?”

”Crimson Feather’s origin is a mystery, but I believe it’s a form of monster fused with the abyss of hell.”

”That makes it simple,” Fang Heng shrugged and continued, ”If that’s the case, since it’s rooted in hell power and wants to absorb the Source of the Void’s energy to complete its transformation, we might as well feed it some bait.”

”Huh?”

Wei Qian blinked, puzzled. ”Feed it bait? What do you mean? How would we do that?”

”The fused state is a balance. Crimson Feather spent so long to maintain this state. If we inject more hell-origin power or origin power into it, we can completely disrupt its current fusion balance.”

”Ah...”

Wei Qian had never heard this approach before. It felt like opening a door to a new world. He pondered, muttering to himself.

”Theoretically, yes.”

Following Fang Heng’s thought process, Wei Qian considered it carefully and said, ”But Fang Heng, the Source of the Void’s power is already extremely thin. We can’t find enough origin power to feed it, and we don’t know how much void energy Crimson Feather needs to absorb to break the fusion balance.”

”No, it won’t need much void energy,” Fang Heng had anticipated this and said calmly. ”We just need to add something into the bait that it won’t be able to detect with its abilities.”

Wei Qian opened his mouth.

Right, there was this method!

Crimson Feather hadn’t evolved to have self-awareness yet. Once placed in the Source of the Void artificially, it would instinctively keep absorbing and fusing with the power of the Source of the Void.

In other words, it couldn’t distinguish whether the absorbed fusion energy was problematic.

Normal minor issues could be handled by its strength, absorbing and fusing slowly. But if they deliberately introduced a larger problem, the fusion progress would be greatly delayed, and it might even collapse completely.

A very good strategy.

To think of this, Fang Heng’s understanding of creatures like Crimson Feather was far beyond Wei Qian’s.

Wei Qian quietly admired it.

In just a few thoughts, Wei Qian quickly transformed Fang Heng’s idea into an executable plan.

He scratched the back of his head, looked at the Origin Orb, and said, ”Fang Heng, I understand what you mean. We just need to mix in some energy with strong negative effects into the Origin Orb and try to let Crimson Feather absorb it. Even if it doesn’t completely collapse, the fusion time will be extended.”

”Uh... wait a moment.”

Fang Heng raised his hand to interrupt.

Wei Qian looked puzzled and asked, ”Huh? Did I misunderstand?”

”The Origin Orb can’t be used as bait. I came here for the Origin Orb itself.”

Fang Heng glanced at the Origin Orb beside him.

The one who caused the Void Clan’s crisis was likely the creator of the Black Fog Game, Ymir.

Ymir had plundered part of the power from the Source of the Void to make the Origin Orb.

It was true that the orb contained void energy...

But risking the orb?

No!

It wasn’t worth sacrificing the orb for a bit of the Source of the Void.

”Oh.”

Wei Qian didn’t seem very interested in the Origin Orb and nodded. Then, after a moment’s thought, he said, ”That makes it difficult. Origin Power is special; it can’t easily exist directly as energy bodies. I can barely condense some, but it’s not enough to mix into other layers of energy.”

Fang Heng looked at Wei Qian in surprise.

Could this guy condense Origin Power into energy bodies?

His control over Origin Power was even stronger than Fang Heng’s.