Chapter 2558

2558 - The New Nihari

Above the Northern Region, dozens of layers of arrays were piled atop one another across various parts of the region, their boundaries and fields of influence overlapping in a complex manner.

At the same time that the efficiency of the old arrays was being raised and their capabilities enhanced, new arrays were constantly being planted and installed—among them protection arrays, arrays for cutting off and preventing the penetration of Soul Sense, arrays for monitoring sources of Soul Sense and attempts at infiltration and reconnaissance, others dedicated to jamming imaging and recording, alongside a massive number of tremendous arrays recently developed in the Sky Opening Cities.

The work was not limited to erecting a single barrier or covering a specific location; rather, it was being carried out across the entire Northern Region, where the layers were reviewed and tested for their ability to work together, then additional layers were added atop them whenever the experts finished installing those before them.

The Northern Region was also preparing to show off before all the invitees—but not with its beauty, the splendor of its buildings, or the ornaments and visible treasures it contained. In truth, what had been prepared for the wedding of His Highness Richard was enough to put the event on every tongue.

The Northern Region would boast, but with its solidity and its ability to protect its secrets—so much so that the appearance intended to be presented to guests was not something that could be admired through direct looking, but something they could not see no matter how hard they tried.

The Northern Region would be an open challenge to every guest who arrived at Nihari, no matter how high their status or how great their standing... If you are strong enough, then try to discover what is happening inside, and attempt to extend your soul sense through those layered arrays, or to infiltrate by any method you can devise into the Northern Region, whose area alone reaches the size of dozens of ordinary planets!

Merely imagining the quantity of resources and efforts required to isolate a region of this size was enough to demonstrate the enormity of the project, the extent of the labor expended upon it, and the extent of the resources poured into it.

Indeed, the planet itself... was a cause for boasting.

For Planet Nihari was not an ordinary galaxy heart in terms of size or structure; rather, it was wondrously massive, far larger than could be expected even from the ancient galaxy heart of a behemoth—so much so that its various regions seemed as though each one of them was an independent world with its vast expanses, its cities, its mountains, and its seas.

Every city was the size of an empire, every mountain reached heights surpassing the atmosphere of other galaxies' hearts, and every sea could swallow entire planets within itself without anything changing in it.

What was even more astonishing was that the land itself was oozing with Primordial Energy. Yes, it was not the ordinary natural energy that could be found on energy-rich planets, but true primordial energy flowing from the depths of the soil and spreading into the surrounding environment with remarkable density, to the point where it seemed as though the planet possessed its own mass of Primordial Chaos in its depths, supplying it with energy without interruption. This phenomenon was not confined to a particular spot or a fortunate region to the exclusion of others; rather, it had become a clear characteristic of the planet itself, such that merely standing upon its ground was enough to feel the vast difference between it and other worlds.

On Planet Nihari, World Calamities and Nexus States could train with ease, and they can do so now without waiting for promotion to the Middle Belt. They can absorb energy and fill their cores without worrying about depleting the planet's reserve or causing its crust to collapse as a result of the immense quantities they require; even the energy in their immediate surroundings will not easily run out no matter how long their training continues.

Anyone who feels this will have to ask... what will happen when the restrictions of the Young Belt are lifted?!

Any ordinary planet in the Young Belt could be destroyed by a single powerful attack from a Nexus State, as its land and crust cannot withstand such force. But here, on Nihari, if that person can shatter several stones from the ground or create a clear fissure in its surface, it would be considered a great achievement for him—a difference that alone reveals the extraordinary hardness the planet's structure has reached.

The nature-devastating attack with which Helen annihilated an entire sea on Planet Jura would not be able to bring down a single one of those giant trees on the back of Nihari.

The reason behind all of this was that Nihari had been fed a massive quantity of Space Beast Cores, similar to what had happened previously on Donara, but in greater quantity and higher quality.

Donara had originally been fed those cores so that it could withstand the attacks of Space Beasts without collapsing or disintegrating under the weight of their power. After witnessing the tremendous developments that had occurred as a result of that process, it was decided to apply the same experiment here to Nihari, but on a greater scale, by digging a deep chasm in the northern border mountain and dropping the cores directly next to the domain of the old Planet Spirit.

Over time, the planet became far larger than it had been, its gravitational field expanded, its surface grew immensely harder, and its spirit became stronger, while the density of Primordial Energy spreading throughout its reaches rose to levels difficult to imagine for a planet in the Young Belt. The changes that had occurred to it were no longer mere scattered improvements, but a comprehensive transformation that affected its size, power, structure, and energy all at once.

Nihari had not yet risen to the Middle Belt, and yet it was no longer comparable to any other galaxy heart, for it had surpassed by a massive margin what could be expected of a planet still belonging to the Young Belt. Its sheer size, solidity, and abundance of energy alone were enough to make it one of the greatest manifestations of the True Beginning Empire's wealth and power, even before considering the cities, facilities, and arrays constructed upon its surface, even without looking at all those planets bound in its orbit.

And upon the back of that colossal planet, specifically beneath the hundreds of protective and insulating domes that covered the place in overlapping layers of protection and isolated it from what was happening outside... Zara smiled.

She stood before something enormous, covered by a large sheet that hid its details from sight. Her eyes were fixed upon it as a clear smile carrying a great deal of pride and satisfaction spread across her face.

A few distinctive features were visible from that covered thing—features that suggested it looked... like a spacecraft.