My Infinite Cultivation System-Chapter 84: Understanding Existential Nullity in a deeper level
Alex did not move immediately.
His gaze remained fixed on the flashing red tunnel eighty meters above the ground while Rafael’s last words echoed in his mind.
Thirty minutes.
Under normal circumstances that amount of time would have meant very little to him. Alex had spent weeks waiting in hostile environments before. Compared to that, half an hour was insignificant.
However, the problem was not the time.
The problem was the ruin itself.
This place was clearly constructed by a civilization whose technological level was far beyond anything Alex had previously encountered. Every system inside this structure functioned automatically. Every sensor was likely hidden deep within the walls and ceilings. The entire ruin behaved like a living machine that constantly monitored its surroundings.
If the defense system decided to perform another wide area scan, Alex would instantly become the primary target again.
He slowly exhaled.
"Rafael."
[Yes.]
"If those cannons start firing again, can you accelerate the hacking process?"
[No.]
Alex rubbed his forehead with a tired expression.
"Of course you can’t."
He lifted his head and looked around the massive underground chamber again.
The chamber was enormous. The ceiling disappeared into darkness far above. The cliff wall containing the ruin gate stood like an ancient monument carved into the heart of the mountain. Scattered across the ground were countless craters created by the earlier bombardment.
At the moment everything was quiet.
Only the faint red warning lights inside the maintenance tunnel continued blinking slowly.
Alex raised his hand slightly.
Space around his body began to distort.
A faint ripple spread outward through the air like transparent water disturbed by a falling stone.
Spatial Stealth.
His body gradually blurred as if his physical form was slowly slipping into a separate layer of space. Light bent around him and his presence became increasingly faint.
Within seconds Alex’s figure had almost completely disappeared.
Only a vague distortion remained in the air.
He carefully stepped forward.
His movements were slow and controlled as he approached the cliff wall again.
"If their sensors rely on conventional detection systems," he murmured quietly, "this should be enough."
He rose into the air again and drifted toward the tunnel entrance.
Ten meters.
Eight meters.
Five meters.
The moment his body crossed the invisible boundary of the tunnel’s sensor field—
The red lights exploded into full brightness.
"Unauthorized presence detected."
Alex’s eyes widened slightly.
"What?"
Even though his body was hidden within folded space, the defense system had still detected him instantly.
The tunnel walls opened again.
Dozens of metallic panels unfolded with frightening speed. The mechanical movements were so precise that they produced almost no sound.
Energy cannons extended outward from the walls.
Every single barrel rotated and aimed directly at the empty space where Alex was floating.
"Exterminate intruder."
Alex’s pupils contracted.
"So they can perceive spatial distortions," he muttered.
"This ruin can detect dimensional fluctuations."
The next second the entire tunnel erupted with light.
BOOM!
A massive beam of condensed energy shot directly toward him.
Alex’s body vanished.
Teleportation.
He reappeared nearly three hundred meters away just as the beam tore through the air where he had been standing.
The explosion shook the entire chamber.
Stone fragments rained down from the cliff walls like meteorites.
Alex had barely stabilized himself when more weapons extended from deeper sections of the tunnel.
Another volley began charging.
His expression darkened.
"They locked onto my spatial coordinates."
The second wave fired.
Alex teleported again.
BOOM!
Another explosion ripped open the ground behind him.
But the attacks did not stop.
Every time Alex shifted locations, the defense system recalculated his position almost instantly.
Dozens of energy beams rained down continuously across the chamber.
Explosions erupted everywhere.
The ground rapidly filled with massive craters as if a storm of artillery had descended upon the entire battlefield.
Alex’s breathing gradually became heavier.
Even with teleportation, avoiding these attacks was extremely difficult.
Their targeting system was terrifyingly precise.
"Fine."
A cold light flashed in his eyes. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
"If stealth doesn’t work, I’ll fight them directly."
He closed his eyes briefly.
The next moment a vast invisible pressure spread outward from his body.
Mental Domain.
An enormous sphere of spiritual force expanded across the entire chamber.
Every rock.
Every grain of dust.
Every vibration of energy.
Everything within a radius of several hundred meters instantly entered Alex’s perception.
The world slowed.
He could now see the charging sequence of every cannon. He could sense the formation of every energy beam before it was fired. He could even perceive the tiny mechanical movements inside the defense panels.
Nothing escaped his awareness.
Another wave fired.
Alex moved.
This time he did not rely purely on teleportation.
His body began weaving through the battlefield like a ghost dancing through a storm of lightning.
Sometimes he teleported.
Sometimes he moved using pure speed.
Sometimes he twisted gravity around incoming beams to slightly alter their trajectories.
BOOM.
BOOM.
BOOM.
The chamber transformed into a chaotic storm of explosions.
Several beams grazed Alex’s body.
His shoulder was burned.
Another beam tore through his sleeve and scorched the skin beneath it.
Blood slowly dripped down his arm.
However his regeneration ability activated immediately. The damaged flesh began repairing itself at visible speed.
Alex gritted his teeth.
"This is insane."
The attack frequency continued increasing.
More cannons extended from deeper sections of the tunnel.
The ruin was escalating its defense protocol.
Alex could feel the pressure rising with every passing second.
Even his Mental Domain was beginning to tremble under the relentless bombardment.
"How much time has passed?" he asked.
[Seventeen minutes.]
Alex cursed quietly.
"Only seventeen?"
Another wave of beams fired.
One beam nearly struck him directly.
Alex twisted his body in midair and barely avoided it.
However the shockwave still slammed him violently into the cliff wall.
The stone cracked behind him.
For the first time a dangerous thought crossed his mind.
"If this continues..."
"I might actually die here."
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
His mind raced rapidly.
Teleportation alone was not enough.
Gravity manipulation was not enough.
Mental Domain was not enough.
Every ability he possessed had already been pushed to its limits.
Another wave fired.
Dozens of beams shot toward him simultaneously.
Alex’s pupils contracted.
This time there was no safe escape path.
Even teleporting would not fully avoid the blast radius.
For a brief moment time seemed to slow.
And then something strange happened inside Alex’s mind.
A memory surfaced.
Existential Nullity.
His bloodline talent.
Until now he had always used it in a very simple way. He used it to suppress the abilities of other living beings.
It weakened bloodlines.
It suppressed talents.
It reduced the power of opponents.
However the name itself suggested something far more fundamental.
Nullity.
Not suppression.
Erasure.
Cancellation.
Alex suddenly realized something.
These beams.
They were not physical objects.
They were pure energy constructs.
"Energy..."
Alex’s eyes widened slightly.
"These beams... they are also made of energy."
At that exact moment a mechanical notification echoed inside his mind.
[Ding!]
[At a life and death situation, host has understood the deeper nature of his bloodline talent.]
[Host can now apply nullification to non biological energy structures.]
The world seemed to freeze.
Alex’s lips slowly curved upward.
"So that’s how it works."
The incoming beams were already less than ten meters away.
Alex simply raised his hand.
"Nullity."
A faint black ripple spread outward from his palm.
The moment it touched the approaching energy beams—
They vanished.
Not deflected.
Not exploded.
They simply disappeared.
Like candles extinguished by an invisible wind.
The entire chamber fell silent for a fraction of a second.
