Chapter 165 The Truth of Extinction

The truth of the world's destruction was finally revealed, far exceeding everyone's imagination.

It turned out that the so-called Goddess of Creation was not a product of this planet, but an ancient being that scattered the seeds of life in the starry sky. And the so-called goddess's destruction was not actually done by this god herself – what truly caused that ecological disaster was the first season of life on this planet.

It made sense that the first pope of the Radiant Church called those powerful creatures born directly from the "First Seed" the Eldest Sons.

Hao Ren could almost use his rich imagination to outline the epic scroll of that ancient era in his mind: On a desolate and remote planet, a "seed" carrying a large amount of primordial life matter and magical power pierced the primitive atmosphere and fell on the barren surface of the planet. This seed may have fallen right by the water's edge, or even right into an ocean, so the seeds of life contained within it burst forth, creating the first spring of creation on this planet.

The supernatural power contained in the seed quickly filled this barren planet with vitality and created the earliest powerful creatures... Millions of years passed, and these powerful creatures fell into dormancy one after another, so the "seed" created a second batch of intelligent creatures to fill the void.

The second batch of creatures were weak but agile, and their vigorous curiosity led them to establish a brilliant civilization on this planet and embark on a path of constantly exploring the unknown. Finally, these audacious creatures became interested in the magical power from which they originated. They found the "seed" that had fallen on the planet millions of years ago and tried to find the power to control everything from it.

The First Season of Life was thus awakened and quickly enraged by the actions of their brothers. They launched a world-destroying war to reshape the ecology of this planet, vowing to cleanse their audacious brothers and everything they created, along with the short-lived Third Season of Life.

And at this critical moment, some kind of safety device in the "seed" was activated. It forcibly stopped the activities of the First Season of Life, accidentally preserving the "younger sons" who had already made a big mistake.

However, the Eldest Sons did not disappear. They merely slumbered deep in the earth, waiting for the day of awakening. When that day came, the ecological reshaping plan that had been delayed for ten thousand years would continue unhindered, and the entire planet would irresistibly turn into a pool of blood.

Hao Ren took a deep breath and slowly turned to look at the "heart" that was immersed in blood and slowly throbbing. He knew what the "Eldest Son" was.

At this time, the four ascetics were still immersed in the huge shock. The shock they received was far greater than that of Hao Ren, the "heretic." The bearded man was pale, and it took him a long time to mutter some secrets that had been forgotten: "It is said that the early popes of the Radiant Church were committed to integrating the countries of the world, trying to establish an unprecedentedly powerful kingdom, and vigorously developing lost ancient technologies..."

Another ascetic monk took over in a low voice: "But the fourth pope encountered huge resistance when promoting these policies and was eventually assassinated by extreme heretics."

The bearded man's eyes were scattered: "The fifth pope was elected in a hurry. Church history records that the fourth pope should have passed on a batch of manuscripts inherited from the first pope to his successor, but in the chaos, that manuscript was lost..."

Hao Ren looked down at the leather on the altar. He knew what that manuscript that had been lost more than two thousand years ago was – probably what was recorded here, and a detailed version. It was just that the things that the first pope was worried about were ultimately unavoidable. His inheritance in the present world went wrong, and in the end, no one knew the real process of the world's destruction, nor did anyone know what terrible power was hidden in this world!

Izhaks frowned. He looked at the huge "heart" in the center of the grotto, guessing whether destroying this thing directly here could kill it before the "Eldest Son" awakened, but he hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to do it. Becky pointed tremblingly at the messages: "According to what it says here... the Eldest Son is about to wake up!"

"According to these messages, we have a batch of ancient allies," the bearded man suddenly connected everything into a line. "This is the truth of the Chosen Spirits! The Chosen Spirits mentioned in the prophecy should be reinforcements who come to help when the Eldest Son awakens according to the schedule!"

Four pairs of eyes immediately looked at Hao Ren, and then everyone understood: The previous guess about the Chosen Spirits was wrong!

It was impossible for Hao Ren and the others to be aliens who made an alliance with the ancient magic emperors ten thousand years ago, and it was also impossible for them to be the reinforcements predicted by the first pope three thousand years ago. These guys were just cops who came here to check household registrations with temporary worker salaries!

And the real Chosen Spirits... didn't come at all!

"The promised reinforcements didn't come," Becky's voice trembled a little, "But speaking of which, this tree shouldn't wake up so quickly, right?"

"I'm afraid it's really about to wake up," Izhaks's voice was low. "Think about the various abnormal situations in the Dragon Spine Mountains, the stone giants wandering around the blood lake – if they were soldiers created by the ancient magic emperors, then what are they going to do now that they've awakened? Who are they going to fight with?"

Izhaks's words silenced everyone. Everyone realized that a countdown was approaching zero. The date of the "Eldest Son's" awakening was probably right now!

At this moment, the heavy "thump thump" sound that had been echoing throughout the grotto suddenly paused for a moment, and then sounded again, and it was obviously more powerful than before!

"Thump thump, thump thump, thump thump." Continuous heartbeats came from the huge tangled roots. The pulsating red light between the roots seemed brighter with each beat, and the roots connected to this heart also gradually exuded a trace of red light as if awakening from a slumber. Lily immediately gasped when she saw this situation: "We woke it up!!"

Hao Ren subconsciously took out his inspector's pistol from his dimensional pocket. This was the most powerful thing on the scene, but he pointed it at the heart for a long time without pulling the trigger: "Can this kill the 'Eldest Son'?"

The data terminal quickly performed a wide-range scan and shouted to stop: "No, it can't be killed – this unit has discovered many organizations with similar structures to it in the nearby caves. This is not its vital point."

Hao Ren's forehead was sweating: "Then how do we kill it?"

"...Immediately evacuate people! Leave the Dragon Spine Mountains!" After a short calculation, the data terminal formulated the only feasible plan. "This is a super life form that is hundreds of kilometers wide. No conventional weapons can kill it. It must be destroyed on a super scale to have a chance of winning – no matter what, the Beinz area will be completely destroyed in the end!"

Then it quickly detected the electrical signals surging in the surrounding roots: "It's waking up... but we still have two or three days! Get people out!"

There are still two or three days... only two or three days!

Hao Ren quickly pushed the bearded man: "Quick, go find Aufra and Gelton and tell them what happened here!"

"What about you?" the bearded man asked immediately.

Hao Ren gritted his teeth and looked at the "heart" that was visibly becoming active: "At least cause it some trouble! Delay it as long as we can!"

The bearded man took a deep look at Hao Ren and nodded vigorously: "Be careful... don't wake it up ahead of time!"

The bearded man quickly left the cave with the other three ascetics. Their deeply rooted worldviews had been almost shattered in the past ten minutes, so now they had a blind obedience to what Hao Ren said. And soon, the number of people whose worldviews were shattered like them would surge. But now Hao Ren had no time to think about these consequences. He only knew that he had to weaken the activity of this thing in front of him!

Thump thump... thump thump... thump thump...

The heartbeat was no longer as low and weak as before, but was constantly sounding with a vibrant and surging tone. Even a blind person could see that this ancient giant creature was rapidly waking up from its slumber, and Hao Ren could even faintly feel some mysterious things, feeling the ancient creature's anger that had lasted for ten thousand years.

Becky took out her long sword and gestured with it, then took out a few magic scrolls and gestured with them, and finally cried without tears: "You said it easily! How can we deal with such a thing!"

Hao Ren ignored Becky, who was already starting to get scared, and looked at Vivian: "Do you have any nerve toxins?"