[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

During my last hibernation process, when I was cleansing my body of demonic energy poisoning, I was fully unconscious until the process was complete.

This time, it's a little different.

While my fully alert and conscious decision-making mind is asleep, my passive perception abilities and the absurd rise in power keep the back of my mind semi-aware of my surroundings.

The dark red plunderer aura grows in size, filling the entire boss room and seeping into the very fabric of the labyrinth itself.

Trillions of MP flow through my body every few seconds, drained from the entire 52-floor structure, and channeled directly into the activation of my mythic-grade hibernation skill.

Every few minutes, I feel the odd sensation of an entire labyrinth floor collapsing beneath me, its essence disappearing from reality, much like those dungeons out in the desert vanishing into thin air when I was farming them months ago.

There's an initial click that vibrates in my mind, like a breaking point, then a woosh as all the stored-up mana is greedily absorbed by my passive plundering.

While the quadrillions of MP flow through me, I'm not actively using this mana. Only a small percentage is being applied to my mana control. However, even that small percentage is enormous and will more than double the amount of mana control I gained during my entire battle with the true cores out in the desert's dead zone.

These calculations are an afterthought, as my mind is running on autopilot while the clicks and whooshes of floors being collapsed and absorbed race through my mind one after another.

I can't tell how much time is passing or how close I am to the final hibernation goal, but I know it's working, and there's no longer any reason to worry.

The rhythmic sounds echo in my consciousness as my body fills with a warm light, healing from the inside out with hundreds of quadrillions of MP.

Everything seems to be working perfectly—until the clicking and whooshes stop.

The final floor of the labyrinth is absorbed, yet the hibernation bar that continues to tick up is only at [238.40/276.95 Quadrillion MP], and the boss room itself begins to fade out of existence as my aura of plundering does not slow down.

[Use Absorption]

Skill: Telepathy

Upgrade: Mythic

[YES] [NO]

[Use Absorption]

Skill: Body Double

Upgrade: Mythic

[YES] [NO]

[Use Absorption]

MCP: 6,023,954,200,642

[YES] [NO]

As the labyrinth fully collapses, the demon linked as its guardian dies as a result, leaving behind only an Arch Demon's core with absorption text floating above it, waiting for me to accept.

I would instantly press yes on all three of these options if I were fully awake, but the only thing my mind wants to do right now is gather these last few dozen trillion MP to finish my hibernation process.

The red aura continues to grow outward, now centered in the dungeon hub of Vice City, and it starts to creep throughout the city, triggering catastrophic events.

All the mana-powered streetlights, crosswalks, and public transportation are instantly drained of the mana that keeps them running.

My aura seeps deep into the structure of the dungeon hub itself.