Chapter 161: The Hunt Arrow With No Return
（This book was written before Long Night Moon came out, so theoretically the protagonist doesn’t know that March 7th has Long Night Moon. Additionally, many anime adaptations didn’t show Karl’s ability settings, which are taken from the official Xiong Bing Lian novel and comic, so the protagonist doesn’t know.）
“Zhixin, have the angels stationed near the Styx Galaxy observe the stars that just annihilated nearby, and check if there is life in their galaxies.” Kaisa’s projection turned her head and instructed.
“Yes, Queen.” Zhixin replied.
After a moment, Zhixin replied: “Queen, according to the report from the sisters stationed near the Styx Galaxy, a total of 23 stars annihilated unnaturally, and there is no life in their galaxies.”
Kaisa relayed Zhixin’s words, and the train crew all breathed a sigh of relief.
“What do we do now? Given the tricky nature of the divine body, it’s hard to kill him in one strike.” Dan Heng returned with a cold face and said through mind communication.
Meng Huaifeng pulled Kaisa into the mind communication.
“It doesn’t have to be a one-strike kill; continuous attacks in an instant without giving him time to recover can also kill him.” Welt said.
“But once he’s injured, he’ll hide.” Dan Heng said helplessly.
If there had been an attack target just now, adding two more shots might have killed him.
Unfortunately, there was no attack target after the first shot.
“Can Uncle Yang do it?” March 7th looked at Welt expectantly.
“As I said before, I only have some knowledge of spiritual bodies, not expertise. Entering the void dimension to deal with him is no problem, but if he wants to escape, I’m not confident in resolving him in an instant.” Welt frowned.
“I have a question: Karl knows we have the ability to deal with him, so why doesn’t he run away and hide completely, instead jumping around in front of us?” Meng Huaifeng asked suspiciously.
“Yeah, if he hides, it would be hard for us to catch him, right?” March 7th said.
“I’ll ask him.” Star looked at Karl.
“Don’t remind him! What if he hasn’t thought of it?” March 7th hurriedly pulled Star back.
“Death God Karl isn’t that low in intelligence; he must have thought of it.” Meng Huaifeng said speechlessly.
“Regarding this issue, I know some things in general.” Kaisa spoke up.
“Sister Kaisa, tell me quickly.” March 7th asked impatiently, and the others also looked at Kaisa.
“After I failed to kill Karl, Huxi conducted some research on Karl’s phantom body. After Karl abandoned his physical body and modified his soul to merge with the void, he has basically become equivalent to a void creature.”
“And before the void descends, void creatures cannot descend and interfere with the known universe. He can now interfere with the universe through projection because he has an anchor point in the universe, which is most likely his abandoned original body.”
“Since he used the anchor point to interfere with the universe ahead of time, he also has to pay a corresponding price. He probably cannot leave the anchor point too far; this distance is roughly the planet where Death Song Academy is located.”
“Beyond this distance, it would require massive energy consumption to maintain the phantom body, and the farthest it shouldn’t exceed the Styx Galaxy.”
“Any farther, and his phantom body would become unstable, at risk of collapsing at any time. This is Huxi’s general speculation based on his activity range over these years and stellar energy consumption.”
“Besides these, there should be other flaws. Even with the risk of being attacked, he has to maintain the projection, which shows that closing the projection would also come at a cost; we just don’t know what that cost is. His phantom body is far from the perfection others see.” Kaisa explained.
“Hey, what if we destroy his anchor point?” March 7th glanced at the planet under her feet and had a sudden idea.
“Karl would be exiled to the void dimension and unable to interfere with the universe again before the void descends.” Kaisa said.
“No, such an evil guy must be dealt with.” Star said viciously.
The train crew all nodded in agreement.
“I thought of a way.” Meng Huaifeng said.
“What way?” Star asked.
“Do you know about the flying star of the hunt?” Meng Huaifeng asked, narrowing his eyes.
“What’s the flying star of the hunt?” March 7th scratched her head.
“The flying star of the hunt is the firelight gathered by the sea patrol rangers. It only falls on the longest night. When its light appears in the universe, it means the fall of a giant star, and the direction it falls represents that justice still needs to be upheld.”
“This flying star can be seen no matter where one is, in the past or present. When they rush there without stopping, it is exactly the moment the signal is sent. Sea patrol rangers will come from all directions of the galaxy, without asking reasons or counting costs, just for the dawn to come.” Dan Heng said.
Kaisa glanced sideways slightly; does the unknown universe have such an organization?
“So romantic, I want to become a sea patrol ranger!” Star raised her baseball bat and announced.
“Bang!”
March 7th gave Star a knuckle rap on the head.
“We agreed to be the train crew for life; are you abandoning everyone?” March 7th asked fiercely.
“I was joking.” Star lowered her head in repentance.
“We need to deal with Karl; what does it have to do with the flying star of the hunt?” March 7th asked puzzled.
“When the sea patrol rangers arrive, it is exactly the moment the signal is sent. Why? It means the hunt has the power to penetrate time and space.” Meng Huaifeng said.
“You want me to use the hunt power to concentrate attacks at one point in time to kill him instantly?” Dan Heng realized, then smiled bitterly: “Sorry to disappoint you; the distance I’ve walked on the pioneer destiny of the hunt is not enough to do that.”
Dan Heng had walked the farthest on the immortality destiny, from the legacy of constant reincarnation, then the pioneer destiny, and finally the hunt destiny.
“As long as the hunt has such power, that’s enough. With a real foundation, aether editing energy consumption will be greatly reduced. I should be able to edit the power that spans time and space onto you.”
“Using void aura as the trigger, hunt power as the base, aether editing as the auxiliary, borrowing March longbow, first arrow shoots toward the heavily injured Karl in the future.”
“Second arrow shoots toward the injured Karl in the future.”
“Third arrow strikes Karl directly.”
“To be safe, we can shoot a few more arrows. And aim at Karl’s remnant soul, gene.” Meng Huaifeng said resolutely.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and excitement showed on March 7th’s small face.
“Feasible.” Welt nodded heavily.
“Dan Heng, here.” March 7th shoved her bow into Dan Heng’s hands.
“Wait, I, the mighty Galaxy Bat Man, don’t need any of my help at all?” Star asked.
“This time you just win without effort.” March 7th said; she had contributed her weapon after all.
Star looked at Meng Huaifeng expectantly.
Meng Huaifeng pinched his chin, thought for a moment, and said: “How about you sing a song to boost everyone’s morale?”
Star pouted and turned her head away.
“When do we start?” Dan Heng asked.
“I need to recover a bit.” Meng Huaifeng said.
Six hours later, Meng Huaifeng’s imaginary energy recovered.
Welt isolated their location, and the dark information was also erased by Meng Huaifeng to prevent Death God Karl from spying.
First arrow, shoots toward Karl’s remnant soul to prevent him from rekindling from the ashes someday in the future.
The moment the light arrow was shot, it merged into spacetime; the next time it appears will be when Karl has only his remnant soul left.
Editing rules involving space and time, and on someone whose strength far exceeds his.
Just one arrow consumed more than half of Meng Huaifeng’s energy.
Another six hours.
Second arrow, shoots toward the heavily injured Karl.
Six hours.
Third arrow, still shoots toward the heavily injured Karl.
After the train crew blocked all of Karl’s detections, a sense of unease rose in Karl’s heart.
And it grew stronger and stronger.
Karl’s projection approached the train crew.
“Perhaps you’ve already found a way to kill me instantly. For the sake of my little life, and for peaceful coexistence between us, I think there’s one thing I need to inform you.”
“To research the void, I built void devices in 200,000 civilizations to collect their fear and despair, monitoring their despair index.”
“I’ve preset instructions in the Great Clock: once I lose contact, it will immediately activate the void devices in 200,000 civilizations, release void aura, and reset their civilizations to zero, like the Shenhe Civilization that mysteriously disappeared in the past.”
“Are you sure you want to eliminate me? With 200,000 civilizations as collateral.” Karl said the most evil words in a gentle tone.
Based on the information obtained from Blue Star, he was certain the train crew wouldn’t disregard 200,000 civilizations.
They weren’t Kaisa.
He had already said he was in an invincible position.
The fourth arrow about to be shot stopped, and the train crew’s hearts shook violently.
“This demon!” March 7th gnashed her teeth; it was the first time she knew how truly evil an evil god could be.
“Demon is far from enough to describe him.” Dan Heng said gravely.
Meng Huaifeng’s face was extremely ugly, his voice slightly trembling: “The hunt arrows have already been shot.”
Easy to shoot, hard to recall.
The hunt arrows had already merged into spacetime and couldn’t be recalled!
That means, no matter why Karl becomes heavily injured now.
The three hunt arrows shot out will appear one after another and take his life.
Along with 200,000 civilizations!
Meng Huaifeng’s mind was in chaos.
“Don’t feel pressure; this isn’t your fault. An evil god like Karl must be eliminated. For those 200,000 civilizations, we can think of another way to save them.” Welt saw the confusion in Meng Huaifeng’s heart and comforted him.
March 7th looked at Meng Huaifeng’s somewhat pale face with worry and tightly gripped his cold, slightly trembling hand.
“Look at Karl’s research: void close to the power of nothingness, phantom body similar to a memory weaver, void insectoids similar to propagation.”
“If we compromise, when we link the two universes, I have no doubt the Aeon of Knowledge will glance at him.”
“After contacting destiny power, I can’t imagine how dangerous Karl would be; perhaps no less than an emperor war.” Dan Heng said.
“He’s now binding us with 200,000 civilizations. If we retreat one step, next time it’ll be 300,000; do we retreat? One step back leads to endless retreats, and the cost to eliminate him will only grow.” Star also became serious.
Everyone spoke of the necessity to eliminate Karl; no one blamed the three hunt arrows for losing the chance to choose another option, easing Meng Huaifeng’s unease.
“Rationally speaking, whether or not there’s a way to save those 200,000 civilizations, eliminating him as soon as possible is the optimal choice.” Kaisa said somewhat cruelly.
If she had the power to thoroughly kill Karl, she wouldn’t hesitate; what Karl has shown is far more harmful to the universe than these civilizations.
Sacrifice a small part to save the majority is acceptable in Kaisa’s absolute justice.
Perhaps the sacrificed small part would curse Kaisa for talking big.
But if Kaisa herself were in that small part to be sacrificed, she absolutely wouldn’t hesitate.
Meng Huaifeng’s heart eased a bit; now wasn’t the time for self-pity. He had to quickly find a way out of the predicament.
Karl binding 200,000 civilizations relied on the Great Clock.
If he could seize authority over the Great Clock…
No, even fully seizing authority over the Wings of the Demon took him more than two days.
Fully seizing authority over the Great Clock would be even more troublesome, and Karl could make these civilizations collateral at any time.
No need to seize authority; just seizing control of the 200,000 void devices would do.
But he couldn’t even invade the Great Clock now…
If technology isn’t enough, practice and improve!
Meng Huaifeng steeled himself inwardly.
The train crew’s shielding was lifted, and Meng Huaifeng summoned the virtual keyboard with a stern face to invade the Great Clock.
Karl received the alert that the Great Clock was being invaded, instantly understood Meng Huaifeng’s plan, smiled slightly, and said indifferently: “When your invasion progress reaches 99%, I’ll assume you’re about to put me to death and make them collateral for me in advance.”
Karl didn’t dare directly threaten Meng Huaifeng not to invade the Great Clock; too much buffer room if using the trump card directly.
It might make the other side think he’d use the trump card to force more concessions, which isn’t conducive to reaching an agreement and mutual compromise.
Meng Huaifeng’s typing paused for a moment, then he silently continued, his speed subtly faster.
Regardless of whether it would succeed in the end, at least reach the point where he could invade 99% first.
Otherwise, even if there’s a chance, he wouldn’t have the technical ability to seize it.
“Death God Karl, your bottom line exceeds my expectations.” Kaisa said.
“I just want to live; is that wrong?” Karl said indifferently.
“You want to live; that’s not wrong. But making countless lives unable to live for your survival is a grave error.” Welt said.
“In the past, the ultimate fear was the void. To survive, I believed in the void, researched the void, merged with the void. The void will descend sooner or later; I just speed it up a bit as a token of allegiance.”
“Now, if you can kill me, then you are my ultimate fear. I can believe in you, join you, as long as you let me live.” Karl said sincerely.
“No, I despise you.” March 7th refused without hesitation.
“Being emotional is a person’s greatest flaw. You don’t like war; I can restrain my subordinate civilizations from invading. You like acting as knight-errants; I can make my subordinates do good deeds across the universe.”
“Whatever you like, I’ll do; whatever you hate, I’ll stop. What’s wrong with that? All you need to do is let go of a little resentment toward my past.” Karl persuaded.
“If you can lift the threat to 200,000 civilizations, perhaps we can talk.” Welt said.
“Then I’m afraid there won’t even be a chance to talk.” Karl sighed.
It seems they still hold the thought or confidence to save 200,000 civilizations while killing him; only when they fully realize there’s no way can negotiations continue.
