Blue Star The Void, Dusk Wasteland dungeon, edge plaza.

The spiritual dirge of the Yisi People gradually faded, eventually falling silent. But the pervasive sorrow did not dissipate with it.

Qi Ye stood silently, about to say something.

The The Void above the plaza rippled violently without warning.

A doorway with blurred and twisted edges was forcefully pried open in the The Void above Qi Ye's head.

Immediately after, a Divine Might carrying the aura of withering and the end of all things surged out from the door like a collapsing mountain, instantly enveloping the entire plaza!

The intensity of this pressure was on par with that previously emitted by the Deep Sea God, and it even carried an added sense of decay that pointed directly to the essence of existence!

Every living being, whether human or animal, felt their breath hitch at this moment, as if their life force was about to be sucked away and withered by this aura.

The translucent energy bodies of the Yisi People present shook violently, pointing toward the doorway from which a figure was emerging.

The same sentence echoed simultaneously in the consciousness of all humans:

"God of Decay! It is the High God commander under the God of War!"

...

The Yisi Leader's mind was filled with incomprehensible astonishment.

"And the God of Gateways, her ability is to open directional passages, ignoring most barriers, specifically used for ultra-long-distance delivery of the God of War's elite combat forces. We once witnessed her directly teleporting three High Gods into our hinterland; this is the key support that allows the God of War to deploy quickly and launch long-range raids."

"This cross-border teleportation gate was created by the God of Gateways!"

He then immediately focused all his attention on the figure emitting the aura of withering:

" 【Decay】... His Authority has an almost absolute restraint against races that have lost the protection of their civilization's will. But according to the final deduction before the Yisi Brain collapsed, we would indeed die under his Authority, but that was after the God of War's main body descended and full-scale war began! That was after the Blue Star defense line was breached and we lost stable protection!"

"According to the Yisi Brain's prediction, the God of Decay should have descended with the God of War's main force as a 'cleaner' to sweep the battlefield, not as a lone vanguard to launch an attack ahead of time while the God of War's main body has not yet set foot in this realm!"

"No, impossible, the prediction actually failed? This does not fit the God of War's operational logic!"

He could not understand.

The Yisi Brain had aggregated the wisdom and data of the entire civilization, conducting millions of simulations on the behavioral patterns of the God of War and his main Subordinate Gods.

Although the brain had collapsed, the remaining memories and analytical conclusions were deeply imprinted in the consciousness of every surviving Yisi Person. Sending the God of Decay in advance was equivalent to playing an important strategic card alone while the situation was unclear, exposing it to unknown risks.

How could a cold and efficient conqueror like the God of War change his plans on the fly?

Unless there was a more urgent reason, or a major variable had appeared that even the Yisi Brain had failed to calculate?

The Yisi Leader fluctuated violently, almost unable to maintain the stability of his form.

They had long been prepared to die, but one of the cornerstones that supported their understanding of the world, the cornerstone named "Yisi Brain," had developed cracks.

This made them feel more bewildered and uneasy than death itself.

Qi Ye muttered to himself in his heart.

After losing the shared brain, why were these Yisi People acting like idiots?

"Hehehe~"

The God of Decay's withered body, like rotting wood, stepped completely out of the doorway and floated in the air.

His turbid, dark green gaze first swept over the dense crowd of Yisi People below, whose auras were decaying, and a trace of natural cruelty and pleasure flashed in his eyes.

These ghosts who had lost their civilization's Foundation were no different from crops waiting to be harvested in his eyes.

Besides the Yisi People, there were also large groups of animals, as well as the Blue Star humans in this The Void.

They all looked up vigilantly at the God of Decay floating in the air.

Immediately, the God of Decay's gaze fell upon the inconspicuous deity in front of the plaza.

A bird.

It was not large in size, but it radiated a rich aura of life.

Was this the God of Life who had killed the Deep Sea God?

A trace of imperceptible contempt flashed through the God of Decay's mind. The aura was indeed not weak, reaching the level of a Powerful God, but there was no particularly sharp or heart-palpitating pressure.

At least, it was not as pure and destructive as the God of War, nor as sharp and revealing as some Powerful Gods who specialized in combat.

"Deep Sea God... truly a waste. Occupying the home-field advantage, yet he was killed by such a newborn deity."

The God of Decay sneered inwardly, and the trace of caution that had arisen due to the God of War's attitude dissipated for the most part.

It seems the Powerful Gods of this The Void are only of this standard.

Although he was not good at direct frontal assaults, dealing with a god who relied on life and dependents, and perhaps had some special burst methods, should be worry-free as long as he did not fall into the battlefield preset by the opponent.

His goal was clear.

The God of War's order was to clear out the remnants of the Yisi People and avoid variables.

Then, he would only clear out the Yisi People.

As for the God of Life?

As long as the other party did not actively try to stop him, he had no intention of causing extra trouble at this moment.

Completing the order, harvesting these ownerless resources, and then welcoming the God of War's legion was the optimal choice.

On his withered face, a mouth like a crack in tree bark grinned slightly.

He said no more.

The God of Decay raised an arm like a withered tree branch, pointing at the entire relic sector where the Yisi Civilization was located below and all the Yisi People's phantom images on the plaza.

" 【Authority Manifestation — Decline of Civilization】 "

"Hehehe, witness how the final embers of your civilization are extinguished"

Dark green, almost invisible lines, like threads of fate or decaying mycelium, radiated silently from the God of Decay as the center.

They pierced through space, ignoring distance, ignoring any ability or item protection, and precisely connected to every translucent energy body of the Yisi People, and even to the light-and-shadow outlines of every building and street in the massive metal city area.

The moment they were connected, the change occurred.

The bodies of those Yisi People phantoms began to dim and become transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the edges of their outlines, like weathered sand sculptures, flaked off and dissipated in large patches, turning into the finest light dust.

Inside their originally stable energy structures, subtle but dense cracking sounds were heard.

The light-and-shadow buildings in the city area, those precise and complex runes and structures, began to extinguish and collapse in large areas, as if they had experienced the erosion of ten thousand years, completing the process of extinction in an instant.

"Urgh..."

Many Yisi People looked down, watching their own arms and chests dissipating rapidly.

On their illusory faces, the featureless outlines clearly conveyed a despair that went deep into their souls.

Without the Yisi Brain to assist with calculations,

facing this kind of rule-based strike that acted directly on the Foundation of existence, they did not know how to effectively resist, and could only rely on instinct to contract their energy and delay disintegration, but this had little effect in the face of the Authority of Decay.

Another group of Yisi People phantoms dimmed and vanished in swaths, like candle flames being blown out.