Zhou Yi rode the Hunter to the broken bridge at the sea floor.
Here, once again, grew the long-absent black hands, their wide and flat fingers slowly unfolding. This time, however, there were only eight fingers, as opposed to the previous twelve.
Zhou Yi activated consciousness synchronization.
It was Haruk.
He felt relieved.
The returning Breaker said, "Zhou Yi, I'm back! I ran into some trouble this time, so my return was delayed."
"No harm done."
Zhou Yi asked curiously, "But how come you have fewer fingers now?"
"The fewer branches on the energy projection, the higher and more concentrated the control over that energy, the stronger the original body."
"The strongest has only one finger?"
"Yes. At that level, you are no longer confined and can truly traverse the Boundary Gate to other worlds."
Haruk explained, "However, to achieve that level, one needs quite a few Life Cores, which is exceedingly difficult."
Zhou Yi now had a better idea.