Chapter 938: Chapter 936: Climbing the Mountain
Reagan had been analyzing Yi Chen’s state ever since he entered,
although the Death Aura permeating the entire room was quite intense, containing a different kind of dampness, this Death was not emanating from Yi Chen, but from some unknown space.
Yi Chen, who returned to his original form, showed no significant difference from a week ago based on data analysis. His strength values had not seen any substantial increase despite a week of seclusion.
Yet, there was a feeling that something had changed,
If all perception and detection methods were turned off, scrutinizing Yi Chen with the naked eye felt entirely different from a week ago. It seemed there was something extra on Yi Chen, something that couldn’t be detected or analyzed, unrelated to strength, but quite significant to the individual.
Just when Reagan was puzzled about what Yi Chen had gained, the Great Emperor beside him provided the answer,
“King… Have you already understood the concept of King in just a week?
Back then, it took me hundreds of years between the embrace of a million subjects, amid the blood-red city, and through countless battles to understand what it meant to be Emperor.”
Yi Chen humbly replied, “It’s not the same. Great Emperor, you relied on your own insights, whereas I merely took a shortcut.”
“Taking shortcuts is also your skill, worthy of being my rival. I look forward to an all-out war with you again.”
“Let’s wait until all this is over.”
Listening to the conversation between the two, the Golden Lung Venerable remained silent while inwardly overjoyed.
In His perception, the so-called “King” referred to by the two patients was a kind of heart realm,
which was unrelated to power but could influence it, allowing the original 100% strength to be exerted to 120% or even more.
This heart realm also provides mental support in special circumstances, immunizing against various illusory effects. Few can reach the king’s heart realm.
Evidently, Yi Chen had arrived at the sealed Sunken Death Temple and comprehended the heart realm of the Hanging King.
‘This kind of talent, even if not placed in the sick focus or simulated world, would soon attract the attention of numerous gods… In this light, the talent cultivation in the simulated world is indeed successful.’
“Yi Chen, do you need to rest a bit or shall we head to the seventh-layer Heaven right now?”
“I’ve been resting all along, let’s go.”
…
Body City,
In the center of this world-scale city, a peak far exceeding the surrounding buildings stood tall, showing clear signs of human modification,
the entire mountain is cylindrical, standing straight over ten thousand meters high.
It has multiple names “Gyro End,” “Divine Mountain,” “Connecting Column.”
Beings chosen and allowed to go to the upper plane, known as the Divine Domain, from different worlds, all come here to climb the mountain. Upon reaching the peak, they can proceed to the upper plane and then to their respective Divine Domain.
The group also followed the Heavenly Venerate to the foot of the mountain,
“According to the rules, if you wish to go to the seventh-layer Heaven, you must climb the peak yourself.
The gravity, spatial viscosity, and energy density of the Divine Domain differ from the Main Material Plane. The climb will allow you to gradually adapt.
Especially in the latter half of the journey, the environmental conditions will be very harsh, simulating the environment of extreme Divine Domains like the Great Hell and Underworld. It’s advisable to climb the mountain gently throughout to ensure there’s enough stamina for later.”
Unexpectedly, the Great Emperor walking in front did not heed the Heavenly Venerate’s words at all,
or rather, such meaningless nonsense did not deserve to enter his brain, being driven out by the Forbidden Army before the sound reached the cochlea.
“Yi, want to compete who gets up first?”
“Okay, I just haven’t gone out for activities in a week. Wait a moment, I must retrieve my physical body first.”
Yi Chen, being a concept, sat on the ground and made a motion of fishing.
However, this motion was not virtual, but really fished out a ‘fish’.
The ground before Yi Chen, along with the roaring sound of waves, got partially overlaid with a black ocean, both real and illusory, difficult to discern.
The faint sound of the fishing line being reeled in could be heard,
as Yi Chen made a forceful tugging motion, a fresh physical body leapt from the water and fused with Yi Chen’s true self, returning to a physical entity.
This operation of virtual and real combined had captivated many top individuals from the Source Epidemic Area on the scene.
No Start order, no eye contact,
A red and black ray directly shot up the so-called Divine Mountain, reaching above the clouds in seconds, not only without slowing their speed but rather constantly increasing.
The squad members under the Great Emperor followed suit,
Original Skin – Grimman Brent directly used his tombstone shield as a skateboard, with the hand embedded on the shield surface quickly moving, carrying him up the mountain.
Yousef Master simply used the insect-like lower body to quickly crawl, performing internal surgeries instantly whenever environmental factors changed to quickly adapt his body.
Musa, with lantern structures hanging at the back of his head, released a shimmering blue light from between the lanterns, even made a diving motion, swimming through the mountain itself.
As if the areas illuminated by the blue light were transformed into his swimming pool, even this special Divine Mountain was no exception.
Lene, already skilled in running, leapt up a hundred meters vertically with a single hoof jump.
Finally, Reagan had yet to make the climb.
“Can I not climb but directly fly up?”
“Of course, as long as you are within a hundred-meter range from the Divine Mountain, you can reach the highest peak by any means.”
“Alright.”
He crouched down,
Air-generated ripples spread from beneath Reagan, even the Heavenly Venerate was slightly startled.
In the process, Reagan’s hair gradually stood up,
A certain “field” for fighting against gravity had formed,
Boom!
A huge blast wave spread around, even the ground felt slightly sinking, Reagan instantly vanished from sight, and an enormous cavity structure had been pierced through the clouds above.
“I wonder what sort of scene this group of special individuals will encounter when they meet that ‘Disaster’.”
The Heavenly Venerate couldn’t hold back his laughter anymore and laughed heartily,
No need for him to climb, just waiting ‘up there’ for this group of juniors.
Laughing as if he disconnected like a machine, the Heavenly Venerate’s exterior and attire disappeared with the dispersing divine power, leaving only a doll grinning upward at the sky.
Both the red and black figures arrived at the mountaintop almost simultaneously,
However, the two did not distinguish who won or lost because there already stood one person at the peak, who was later than both, Reagan.
Subsequent team members gradually arrived,
Also present on the mountaintop were four doors, though three were completely sealed, only the door with the seven-layer tower relief structure emitted a platinum glow.
Yi Chen’s expression became unpleasant when bathed in the white light, “Great Emperor… You go first~ My body is having a rejection reaction, perhaps related to Death, I’ll adjust a bit and catch up.”
“Alright.”
The Great Emperor led the squad inside, Lene scratched the horns intending to care for Yi Chen but realized approaching might bring adverse effects, pursed her lips, and followed the Great Emperor through the door.
Once the squad was fully inside, Yi Chen returned to his original form.
He wasn’t unwell but had other matters to discuss with Reagan, with others around earlier making it inconvenient. Discussing such matters on the mountaintop bears exposure risks but is safer than discussing amidst Divine Domains.
After confirming no surveillance here in detail, Yi Chen extended his hand, “Hand William over to me for safekeeping.”
“Oh… okay~”
Reagan almost seemed to have forgotten this matter, when retrieving the videotape, the rotating gears emitted human-like sounds and blended mechanical laughter.
“Ha~ haha… Didn’t expect Mr. Yi to act too! Even I almost believed Mr. Yi’s Evil God Attribute was being rejected by Heaven.”
Yi Chen didn’t respond, swiftly putting the videotape into his attire. He needed to ensure that William wouldn’t carry out any other actions in the upcoming plans.
Yi Chen changed to another question, “Any news from Lorrian’s side?”
“Not at the moment, yesterday the liaison department arranged another emergency passage, still no response.”
“Hmm… ignore him.”