Chapter One Hundred: Zi Yan's Assistance

  "It seems that according to some information provided on this screen, what we are going to do next is a bit too stimulating." Li Ling's eyes only had various uncertainties, but he helped Mandrake up.

  Mandala was helped up by Li Ling, and simply shook her head dazedly: "Junzhi, perhaps... this matter is not as bad as we imagined."

  "Do you think that's just a lucky guess? Ah... perhaps this matter is worse than we imagined. It's not that I'm pessimistic, it's just the reality of the situation." Li Ling looked at Mandala with a helpless gaze and shrugged his shoulders.

  "Never mind, let's explore the lower hold first!"

  The two had no direction and could only rely on their feelings to find the location of the hold.

  In the pitch-black passageway, it was as if they were in an endless black hole, and also like a giant monster's throat, about to swallow them whole.

  Here, people with slightly weaker nerves are probably scared to death.

  Perhaps it was a divine intervention, but there was a faint warmth in the passage, with some purple light burning quietly.

  "I advise you not to go to the hold, and get close to the wheel." The purple flame in the air spoke inexplicably.

  Li Ling's eyes vigilantly swept towards the purple flame, which was the same as the cold container in the inner cabin before. It was the owner of this spaceship.

  The purple fire was surprisingly able to speak, and without the quiet 'diplomat', they were also willing to engage in linguistic exchanges with Li Ling.

  Mandala also became vigilant after seeing the purple fire and cautiously looked at the purple fire floating in the air.

  Li Ling blocked Mandala, patted Mandala's shoulder, and signaled Mandala to relax. His eyes told Mandala that the sudden appearance of this purple flame should not be malicious.

  The purpose of Zihuo is quite obvious, it's like coming to negotiate or discuss things. Because everyone has a common enemy, Taotie!

  "To be honest, we don't want to go to the bottom cabin either." Li Ling said with a sincere and very frank expression, after all, the survival rate of going to the bottom cabin can be said to be extremely low.

  And don't doubt the power of a neutron star's magnetic field pulse, it can crush anything instantly, when you die, I estimate that not even a single cell will exist, directly crushed into molecules.

  "But we must know the way to eliminate the Devourer, I think you don't want the Devourer to eat your spaceship before it takes off and leave only a pile of wreckage. Or, as the Devourer eats, it will destroy your propellers." Li Ling was actually still quite calm in his heart, at least, the fact that Zihuo could send a representative to negotiate with Li Ling also meant that they had realized the severity of the problem.

  "Where is that girl?" Zihuo seemed to have looked around and asked a questioning sentence.

  That girl, naturally refers to An Jing. After all, An Jing is the only human being who can communicate with aliens.

  "Yes, she should be safely off this ship by now." Li Ling said.

  The purple fire floating in the air fell silent.

  But Li Ling and Mandala were always concentrated with a millionth of their spirit, and no one knew if this purple fire would suddenly do something terrible.

  It takes only a split second for flames to destroy something.

  During the period of Purple Flame's silence, the burning of Purple Flame was calm, as if it were communicating with other purple flames, only Li Ling and Man Tuo Luo couldn't hear it.

  "We agree to cooperate with you, but we have a prerequisite: you must help us stop that monster from continuing to devour our spaceship." Zi Huo suddenly spoke up.

  Li Ling and Mandala both slowly let out a breath of relief.

  With the help of the owner of this flying ship, it will be much easier to deal with those bandits.

  "We'll try our best." Li Ling said with a slight smile, as long as they weren't enemies, he felt it was worth relaxing himself and giving the other party some slack.

  "What kind of help do you need us to provide?" Now that the door of cooperation is open, Zihuo can openly assist Li Ling.

  Li Ling sank into thought for a moment, nodding his chin as he began to ponder.

  "Can you use your energy, that is, the power of the wheel, to destroy the Gluttony? Perhaps this is the only power that can destroy the Gluttony." Li Ling looked at the purple fire with a probing gaze, his eyes carrying a hint of uncertainty, because after all, Li Ling did not think that the purple fire, this strange alien creature, would agree.

  As expected, Zihuo fell silent as soon as he heard Li Ling's answer, seemingly engaging in some sort of remote communication with other Zihuos.

  "We're really sorry, but we can't oblige you. If we could have eliminated the gluttony with the roulette wheel, we would have done so long ago. We wouldn't have waited until now." What Zihuo said was also true.

  "Why? You brought the Devourer to Earth, you should take responsibility for it. And besides the power of the roulette, there is no other force that can instantly destroy the Devourer." Li Ling was getting a bit angry.

  "I'm terribly sorry, but the power of the wheel is extremely unstable. Once it's out of control, it will cause an even greater disaster. You wouldn't want the Earth to be swallowed up in an instant, would you?" Zi Huo said without exaggeration.

  Li Ling heard such a conclusion and almost collapsed. It seems that neutron stars can only be used as energy sources, not as weapons.

  However, apart from relying on the power of the roulette, there is another method worth trying. Although this method may be a bit difficult." Zi Huo thought for a moment before saying these words.

  It seems that Zihuo also doesn't want the gluttony to continue wreaking havoc.

  Li Lingzheng mustered up some spirit and forced a smile: "What kind of method?"

  To be on the safe side, Li Ling couldn't fully trust Zihuo; otherwise, he would be sold out and still have to count money for someone else.

  "In two days, it will be the day our spaceship sets sail. At that time, we will leave Earth and bring this glutton into space. Then, we will abandon half of the ship's cabin to self-destruct, expel the glutton into space, and annihilate it in the absolute vacuum environment of space." said Purple Fire.

  "Why didn't you do this before you came to Earth?" Li Lingdao said.

  "Abandoning the general cabin means giving up half of our resources. At that time, we hadn't found a perfect planet and couldn't act rashly, so we could only use force to seal away the Gluttony." Zi Huo said.

  "I'm afraid by the day after tomorrow, your spaceship will be eaten up completely." Li Ling said with a smile.

  "So, we need your help." Zi Huo said in a rather friendly tone.

  "What you call helping won't be asking us to stall the bandits for two days on your behalf, will it?" Li Ling wasn't stupid.

  "Yes."

  "What makes you think I have the ability to hold off the Glutton for two days? The ferocity of the Glutton is probably clearer to you than it is to me." Li Ling said with a scowl.

  "You don't have to get angry, since we asked for your help, we won't let you go to certain death." Zi Huo said.

  It seems that Zihuo still has something to offer Li Ling and Mandrake.

  And these purple fire civilizations are far more advanced than Earth, they must have some kind of special method.

  "What kind of help?" Li Ling furrowed his brow, listening carefully to Zihuo's words. After all, every word that followed would be related to the life and death of Li Ling and Mandrake.

  "Unleash the potential of the cell nucleus." said Zi Huo Dao.

  Li Ling's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, releasing the power of the cell nucleus. This kind of thing can't be understood with common sense.

  "I don't understand." Li Ling could only respond with this.

  "Humans are made up of cellular tissue, and most of the potential power within humans comes from cells. The power of cells originates from the cell nucleus. Due to the relationship between human cells' intensity, the power of the cell nucleus is in a dormant state. As long as you unlock the power of your cell nuclei for two days, you will possess what humans call divine power." said Purple Fire.

  It sounds like Zihuo wants Li Ling to be a god for two days.

  Li Ling tried his best to keep himself clear-headed, but when he heard this strange point of view, the views in his mind began to blur.

  "Just like this young lady, she herself has also relied on changing the genetic arrangement in her body to release a small part of the potential of cell nuclei, thus possessing enhanced physical qualities and repair capabilities. And what we provide for you is to release again on the basis of releasing." Zi Huo said.

  "It won't work." Mandala said suddenly.

  "Because of the physical endurance, releasing excessive cellular potential will inevitably put a burden on the body. My own physical strength is only maintained at A-level." Mandala immediately stopped him.

  Mandala has incorporated the genes of the Arm of God and is also using the cell nucleus to its limits, which the flesh can withstand.

  "Of course, before releasing you, we will strengthen your physical functions." Zi Huo said.

  "In our view, humans are the most mysterious life in the universe because they are the only life with cells in the universe. In contrast, we, the purple fire, are not so lucky. We are non-cellular life and just simple fire spirits. Therefore, we cannot unlock our own potential, no matter how high our intelligence is, we can't infinitely enhance our own power." The purple fire sighed.

  According to Zǐ Huǒ, humans are still particularly fortunate living beings.

  "What kind of life form is that gluttony, isn't it a cell?" Li Ling asked.

  "Gourmands are metal life forms, and part of their blood composition is a substance similar to what you humans call engine oil. As they consume objects, they supplement their own metallic needs." said Zihuo.

  "It makes some sense." Li Ling heard it for the first time that fire and metal also have life. However, to think about it, even the sun and the universe have life.

  The sun will burn out and expand into a black hole, and the universe's life will shrink to a point at its end.

  It seems that whether it is an inanimate object or a living thing, everything follows a rule: where there is life, there is death.

  "Alright, I promise you." Li Ling felt that in his lifetime, it was worth taking a gamble for something magnificent.