Chapter 1 The Boundless Dream Plane

The vast and boundless Dream Plane concealed endless secrets—and even more endless dangers. Hao Ren had received this warning from Raven 12345 as soon as he was dragged onto this pirate ship. And every time he thought he had encountered the biggest trouble in the Dream Plane, an even bigger behind-the-scenes crisis would suddenly pop out and scare him. So sometimes he wondered if Raven 12345 had a reliable side, at least when the goddess was scaring people at the beginning, she wasn't lying—she even understated the horror of the Dream Plane.

Regarding this "Root of the Universe" that suddenly revealed the tip of the iceberg, neither the Guardian Giants nor the well-informed Vivian and Izhaks had a clear idea. But one thing was certain: the "Root of the Universe" was definitely not just a vague spiritual idol. The rebellious sons had suddenly "heard" the voice of this root and developed the idea of ​​killing gods. And the owner of this voice also gave them forbidden knowledge and some power. At this point, Hao Ren had a question: if this "Root of the Universe" could allow a mortal race to gain the power to kill gods, then why didn't He do it himself?

He threw this question out for everyone to discuss, so Vivian took advantage of this topic to speculate on the essence of the "Root of the Universe": "According to the information we have now, the rebellious sons only 'heard' a certain voice, and then obtained some power from this voice. All these methods of contact are indirect, so we can assume that no one has ever really seen the 'appearance' of the 'Root of the Universe'. Perhaps that thing has no entity in itself. It is a great will, similar to a wraith. It can infect and corrupt ordinary races, but because it has no entity, it cannot attack the divine kingdom."

"A wraith erodes a mortal race, and then encourages this mortal race to kill gods..." Hao Ren pinched his forehead, "But this sounds too... cheap. The dignified Creation Goddess was actually plotted to death by a guy who doesn't even have an entity, and the other party didn't even take action personally. And what exactly is the origin of that 'Root of the Universe'? He can actually allow a mortal race to gain the power to kill gods?"

Lily sat next to Hao Ren, her tail wagging happily: "Listen to His name, 'Root', it sounds awesome. Maybe it's an old monster who survived since the birth of the universe? Doesn't this world have the Ageless Ones? The Ageless One of the Ageless Ones might be even more powerful than the Creation Goddess."

Izhaks crossed his arms and said with sarcasm: "People who bluff always like to fabricate all kinds of scary names for themselves. This kind of guy who doesn't show his true face will definitely not be the origin of a world. And if it is really the origin of a world, how can His power be limited to whether or not He has a physical form?"

Hao Ren looked at Izhaks strangely: "Listening to your tone, it seems like you are quite familiar with this kind of bluffing routine?"

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Izhaks's face: "Don't mention the past..."

As a result, the old demon wanted to save face, but his daughter was not polite at all. Elizabeth immediately babbled and revealed all the embarrassing things her father had done when he was young: "My dad was also young and energetic, I heard from the old demon butler, when my dad was a kid, he often let his shadow crawl out of the fireplaces of humans, pretending to be the Fire King who was going to burn the world. At that time, all the urban-rural fringe areas of the Nine Kingdoms were afraid of my dad..."

"Those are all things of the past, all things of the past," Izhaks pressed his daughter's head hard, "After all, I was too young at the time, I just wanted to show my power, and I thought it would be good to make a resounding name for myself in the human world - but a real name does not need this kind of bluffing. Later, I directly said my name in front of a king's city, which was enough for the people of the whole city to offer the city and kneel."

"Nonsense, at that time you were about to smash through the entire world, even if you changed your name to Zhang Da Chui (Zhang Big Hammer), they would have to respectfully engrave the name on coins," Hao Ren waved his hand, "Let's get back to the point. Just like Lao Wang said, that 'Root of the Universe' cannot be the real Great Universe Will. I have seen the real Great Universe Will. Even if you scold Raven 12345 across the void, it can strike you with a thunderbolt. It can't be like this now, we can discuss it at will without any reaction. But since this 'Root of the Universe' dares to make its name so loud, then He must have some tricks."

Nangong Sanba opened his mouth: "However, He hasn't made any movement in the past ten thousand years. It seems that His only purpose for appearing was to arrange for the rebellious sons to kill gods."

"Could it be that He has already been backlashed to death?" Vivian speculated, "After the rebellious sons killed the gods, they were punished by the gods and their entire race was exterminated. The mastermind behind them could not have been unaffected."

"It is also possible that He is in a deep sleep, or like the Creation Goddess, He has fallen into a bizarre state of life and death..." Hao Ren had a headache, "I really don't want to get involved in events of this level. When gods fight, the sky and the earth will be torn apart, and it is too difficult for ordinary people like us to be caught in the middle."

The scene was quiet for a moment, and Nangong Wuyue wrapped her tail around from under the table and poked Hao Ren: "Landlord, how can you have the nerve to say that you are an ordinary person?"

Hao Ren gave a dry laugh, and at the same time a sigh popped up: "Hey, I really didn't expect that the God-killers of the past were not the real masterminds, and there was another real culprit behind them. After a long time, those guys were just a bunch of people being used as guns..."

Before he finished speaking, a rumbling sound like muffled thunder suddenly came from the side: "This can't exonerate them either. And I don't think those rebellious sons were completely controlled by that so-called 'Root of the Universe' to do such rebellious things. They obviously have their own ambitions. For the sake of becoming gods, for the sake of that so-called 'Promised Land', for the benefit of their own selfish desires, their crimes are conclusive."

Hao Ren turned his head and saw Muru's big face behind him, with the heads of Lementusa and Sif side by side. He nodded to the three giants: "Of course I know, I'm just sighing."

The place where everyone is staying now is actually the central control hall, but it is a new facility added to the control hall: it is a suspended platform located several meters above the ground, and the suspended platform is equipped with long tables, chairs and some projection equipment. The reason for building such an aerial platform is actually to make it more convenient to discuss issues with the three giants. After all, the average height of the three of Muru is more than ten meters. If you want to say a few words to them face to face, you either have to fly up, or climb to the third floor. And Hao Ren's usual method is to stand on the ground and crane his neck and shout - over time, the space station host feels that his master is too egg-painful, so he took the initiative to build such a "conference platform" for Hao Ren and the giants to discuss issues together...

But Hao Ren is not very used to this platform, because he feels that it is a very shocking thing to see a head bigger than his whole body standing next to him when he looks up. It is even more shocking when this head starts to speak. When he stood at Muru's feet and talked to the giant, he could still hypnotize himself that what he saw was actually a building, but after being level with the other party's head, he couldn't hypnotize himself like that.

And there is a more important reason, that is, the "wind" is too strong, yes, the wind is too strong. Last time, when Lily climbed onto Sif's shoulder to chat with the female giant, the latter accidentally sneezed, and the unlucky husky flew from the center of the hall to the corridor...

A cool feeling suddenly came from his hand. Hao Ren came back to his senses and found that Nangong Wuyue's tail tip was poking the back of his hand. The siren girl looked over curiously: "Landlord, are you distracted again?"

"Oh, it's okay," Hao Ren quickly waved his hand, erasing the picture of Lily being blown dozens of meters away by Sif's sneeze from his mind, "Then let's leave this matter as it is for now. Anyway, that 'Root of the Universe' won't suddenly pop out. Let's go back to Earth. I want to meet the Siren Queen and discuss letting the Ark go to Aioi temporarily."

At this time, Lementusa, who had not spoken all the time, suddenly spoke, his voice like thunder: "I want to go back to Surun."

"Surun?" Hao Ren was a little curious, "Isn't there only ruins left there?"

"But there are things that can be recycled in the ruins," Lementusa said with a serious expression, "It used to be a gateway to the divine kingdom, a place where materials and information gathered. I want to see if there is anything left."

"Well, that's right," Hao Ren nodded, "It just so happens that the autonomous machinery has also built an initial哨站 (shao zhan - outpost) there, so you have a place to stay when you go there. Then I'll give you... and Sif and Muru, I'll give you a teleportation permission, you can freely travel back and forth between the Crystal Core Research Station and the Gate of Surun."

The three Guardian Giants said in unison: "Thank you."

Hao Ren held down Dou Dou, who was blown around on the table in the three-fold gale, while discussing with Vivian: "So this platform is indeed missing something..."

"Yes, it's missing a windshield..."