The hover car drove alone on the barren land, its headlights slicing through the darkness ahead.

Yan Luo leaned against the driver's seat, one hand on the steering wheel, the other resting on the window.

Even for him, driving constantly would become boring.

To maintain a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, Yan Luo needed to be fully tense and focused, so he slowed down to 240 kilometers per hour.

This allowed Yan Luo to relax his spirit.

A speed of 240 kilometers per hour was within Yan Luo's comfort zone. At this speed, even if he occasionally became distracted, there would be no problem, as his reaction time allowed him to respond adequately in a very short time.

The Forbidden Demon Abyss never could resolve Yan Luo's doubts; no matter how far he drove, he could not see the boundary of the abyss.

This time, Yan Luo was determined; he wouldn't return to the fortress until he found the boundary of the Forbidden Demon Abyss.

No matter how much time it took, he was going to find the boundary of the Forbidden Demon Abyss!

The hover car undulated over the hills, heading towards the nearby mountains.

Driving up the slope onto the mountain, it wound around the midsection, crossing over the peak.

Flying demons in the sky noticed the hover car, intending to swoop down, but it suddenly vanished from their sight.

The flying demon was stunned, letting out an incredulous "Gah."

What exactly was going on?

Yan Luo sped the hover car across the wasteland, driving, when suddenly he spotted a cliff ahead.

The cliff extended to both sides, its edge jagged and unsightly like it had been gnawed by dogs.

Was it yet another sea?

Yan Luo drove the car over.

Just as he was about to reach the edge, Yan Luo grew wary, slowing down.

Once he actually reached the cliff edge, Yan Luo stopped the car, opened the door, went over to the edge, and poked his head out to look down.

In the next instant, his eyes widened—

The world seemed to end there; below the cliff was a dense array of uneven stones, whose quantity was impossible to determine at a glance.

The planet had shattered, half of the celestial body blasted into fragments by some mysterious force, scattered as stones across the void, while still warm lava flowed between the pieces, forming thin red lines.

The core still emitted heat; even with countless stones and inverted columns from the planet's fracture blocking the view, Yan Luo could still glimpse bits of light through the gaps.

Time on this planet appeared frozen at the moment of cataclysm, unfolding the doomsday spectacle before Yan Luo's eyes.

Staring blankly at the fractured celestial body, Yan Luo's eyes trembled incessantly.

"What is... this thing?"

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"The Forbidden Demon Abyss has, compared to other abysses, a far richer species relationship."

At the Lingquan City Government's 'Forbidden Demon Abyss Investigation Report Meeting,' the specialist in charge of the presentation projected the collected intelligence, spreading it out as a relationship web.

"When we remove the bone plates covering their bodies, we see all animal types, excluding fish that can't walk on land; even primates exist," the specialist said, pointing to a photograph of a Bone Armor Giant.

"While other abysses resemble patchwork jigsaw puzzles, the Forbidden Demon Abyss looks more like a complete world."

Min Jinglan and other committee members sat together, quietly listening to the specialist's presentation.

They would need to assess how much resources handling the Forbidden Demon Abyss would consume and decide what facilities were necessary to support the battle to conquer it more effectively.

Thus, the specialist's opinions were crucial.

"This abyss is different from others; given sufficient time, we hope to conduct more investigations and research on this abyss."

At this moment, the specialist was ready to delve into the main topic but was interrupted by an urgent call.

Min Jinglan and the other committee members received the message, quickly glanced at it, and then exclaimed in shock.

"What?!"

What appeared before their eyes was a photograph.

A photo depicting a star with half shattered while the other half remained intact.

This photo wasn't AI-generated; the sender was none other than Yan Luo!

He found the boundary of the Forbidden Demon Abyss, but the state of the boundary was absolutely something nobody anticipated.

The sky—that was the boundary of the Forbidden Demon Abyss!

The Forbidden Demon Abyss was half the celestial surface; within the delineated area, over half the space was occupied by star fragments.

Seeing this photo, the committee members were astonished, then turned to look at the bewildered specialist.

The specialist had just mentioned that the Forbidden Demon Abyss was more like a complete world.

Indeed, from the intact half of the celestial body, it truly looked that way!

"This, this… isn't right..."

But by this time, the specialist was already lost in confusion and self-doubt.

An abyss couldn't possibly have such vast space; the Forbidden Demon Abyss essentially equated to another planet, albeit with only half remaining intact.

Upon seeing this photo, the specialist realized that scholars worldwide dedicated to abyss-related studies would apply to Lingquan City to research the Forbidden Demon Abyss.

The Forbidden Demon Abyss differed from other abysses; from it, they could perhaps unravel some mysteries associated with abysses.

For instance, 'where do abysses originate from!'

Other abysses seemed like haphazardly pieced-together puzzles; seemingly complete, yet internally complex and chaotic.

Unlike other abysses, the Forbidden Demon Abyss, factoring in its shattered half, constituted an entire celestial body.

They needed to comprehend what made the Forbidden Demon Abyss unique, why a broken celestial body would become an 'abyss'; both the 'Abyssogenic Theory' and the 'Abyssal Weapon Hypothesis' could potentially be validated here.

Yan Luo didn't realize what a stir he had caused; he only knew the Forbidden Demon Abyss was unique. To better eradicate this abyss, he sent the photos and videos he captured to the commander, hoping he would make it public.

As for disseminating this news across the abyss's front lines, that would be overstepping, akin to challenging the commander's authority; Yan Luo wouldn't do such a thing because he needed the army's assistance next.

Upon receiving Yan Luo's message, the commander was at a loss.

The Forbidden Demon Abyss was so mysterious and bizarre that its importance was once again elevated, and at this rate, it would inevitably be preserved for scholars to thoroughly investigate and study.

The commander couldn't make a solitary decision, so he passed the dilemma to the committee, leaving them to decide.

Simultaneously, he shared Yan Luo's findings with scholars stationed at the abyss front lines, letting them assess the significance of these findings.

As anticipated by the commander, the scholars, upon receiving the messages, reacted with exclamations and roars of astonishment.

Many couldn't believe what they saw was real; the Forbidden Demon Abyss was actually half a fractured celestial body.

If this were the case, it explained why the Forbidden Demon Abyss occupied so vast an area, why a deep pit once filled with oceans existed, and why the species within the Forbidden Demon Abyss appeared so richly diverse with unified abilities and outward characteristics.

They could imagine that prior to the celestial body's fracture, the Forbidden Demon Abyss must have been a complete ecosystem, a fully structured food chain, akin to Blue Star—a habitable planet for Blue Star People.

But something inexplicable happened to cause half the celestial body to fracture, while the other half remained unscathed.

This occurrence certainly couldn't be natural; such an anomaly wouldn't defy physical laws.

It had to be some immense artificial power that damaged the original body of the Forbidden Demon Abyss, causing the celestial body to lose half its mass, expelling its waters.

By studying the Forbidden Demon Abyss, they might learn how abysses formed and find ways to prevent new ones.

Thinking about this made the scholars almost giddy with happiness.

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