Chapter 138 Discovery

Contact... and integration.

The Abyss of Abandonment has been moving in its boundless dark world.

In addition to the spots of light that appeared, it could also 'see' something that was not black.

That is itself.

It can feel the size of its own 'body' in the darkness, which is usually much larger than those spots of light.

These spots of light kept approaching it and then were swallowed up.

Until a team member appeared here and approached the Abyss of Abandonment.

This team member appears as a large ball of light in the Abandoned Abyss, and does not change at all as they approach it.

It remained fairly bright as it approached the Abyss of Abandonment, and finally touched it.

Then, it merged with the Abyss of Abandonment.

This team member became a part of the Abandoned Abyss, and the Abandoned Abyss also felt that its "body" became larger after merging with it.

But after that, nothing changed, and the Abandoned Abyss still lived in its own dark world.

If there must be any change, it is that the range of the light spots it swallows is now larger.

It can also be said that its 'horror' impact range is stronger than before.

Caiyun told Lin that this was mainly because after the Abyss of Abandonment merged with the team members... it could transform the abilities of the team members into a terrifying part.

The ability of the recorder to record useless information and send it to living things has become part of the Abyss of Abandonment.

However, not all abilities can be integrated into it. It is said that it can only integrate abilities related to "forgetting and abandoning".

The one who understands all this is the builder of the Hanging City.

It was just as Abu had guessed before, the builder was also a team member.

The builder believed that he came here by chance, and when he arrived he became very curious about this place.

The original reason for the establishment of the Hanging City was mainly because it wanted to come up with a way to extract energy from the waste on the ground.

Later, the builders had other purposes.

Because it discovered... the Abyss of Abandonment.

Caiyun told Lin that before the builders arrived, there was an organization called the Forgotten Guardians here.

They have been hunting various creatures on the ground that have some knowledge of the Abandoned Abyss, and these creatures usually come here by chance.

This organization posed a considerable obstacle to the builders' construction of the Hanging City, and later the builders came up with a way to stop them.

That is to say, using the "hint signal" that Lin discovered before.

This signal has an impact on all members of the Forgotten Guard, restricting them from approaching the Hanging City.

The builders also showed great interest in the Abandoned Abyss, which the Forgotten Defenders have been "holding on to". In fact, any creature that comes here, as long as it is not too weak, will be interested in it.

This is also the reason why they have never been able to eliminate the creatures in the Abyss of Abandonment of Light Cognition.

The Builder studied the Abandoned Abyss in many ways, and it learned many things bit by bit.

It did not approach the Abandoned Abyss casually, because the Builder knew that the Abandoned Abyss itself was quite dangerous...it studied the place bit by bit.

It slowly came to understand many characteristics of the Abandoned Abyss, and also learned a lot of things.

For example, there was an incident where a team member was close to the Abyss of Abandonment.

It investigated a lot of information about the team members and learned about how this team member was finally integrated.

Of course, the integrated team member is the recording body.

The builders discovered that although team members could get closer to the Abyss than other creatures, they would still be completely swallowed up by the Abyss the moment they came into contact with it and become part of it.

However, even team members cannot approach the Abyss of Abandonment at will.

To approach the abyss of abandonment and be completely absorbed into it, one must first abandon oneself.

Or rather… associate yourself with abandonment.

In fact, it is just like the record.

It stores a lot of useless thoughts about itself, and it is always recording useless information.

This characteristic of being full of abandonment made it quickly approach the abyss of abandonment and was absorbed into it.

The builder itself believes that it does not have the abandonment characteristic. It does not feel that it is useless, and of course does not want to abandon itself.

Being in its current state, it cannot approach the Abyss of Abandonment and be absorbed into it.

In other words, it would be like Abu. If it did not abandon itself and stayed here, it would slowly... feel the horror of the Abyss of Abandonment, and eventually become unable to approach it, or be killed by terror like an ordinary creature and would not be able to blend in.

In order to get closer to the Abyss of Abandonment, the Builder transformed himself into a creature with the characteristics of abandonment.

It transformed its own...body.

The Builder's body that Lin sees now is the result of its transformation.

It has many layers, and the degree of horror increases from the top to the bottom.

This kind of horror was created by the builders to imitate the Abyss of Abandonment, an effect that makes creatures feel "abandoned".

Simply put, the deeper a creature goes, the greater the terror it will feel. When it reaches the bottom, it will feel as if everything around it is moving away from it, as if it is floating in an endless, dark void.

And it's not just the feeling of floating in the void, but it forces the creature to believe that it will continue like this forever, and will never be able to leave this state, making the creature feel that it has been completely abandoned by everything.

This sense of silent despair is the greatest horror, and it is also the terrifying effect that the builders believe is closest to the abyss of abandonment.

It transforms its body to create this horrific scene of abandonment, just to get closer to the abyss of abandonment.

Then the builders began testing.

The builder does not want to make itself feel terrified or abandoned like the recording object, otherwise it will be unable to do anything.

It believes that this can be replaced by accumulating a large amount of abandonment feelings from other creatures.

Finally, it chose colorful clouds as the test object.

The colorful clouds themselves are part of the energy generated by the Hanging City, and these creatures often exist in excess numbers.

Because they would continue to multiply while enjoying themselves, the builders caught the excess colorful clouds and placed them on their modified bodies, inducing them to go deeper and deeper layer by layer.

As they go deeper, Caiyun will feel an increasingly profound fear of being abandoned. They will find that their perception is being wasted bit by bit, and finally disappears completely, leaving only darkness.

The Builder collected the emotions that these colorful clouds felt as they traveled deeper, and decided to use these emotions to bring himself closer to the Abyss of Abandonment.