Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 8 A World Changed by Su Zhou (Part Two)
"Huang昏 (Huanghun)?"
Hearing this, both Yala and Su Zhou were slightly stunned.
Although they had heard the name of the great being known as Huanghun many times before, this was probably the first time they had heard something genuinely related to Huanghun.
Similarly, since the revival of spiritual energy and the shattering of the Great Seal, this was probably the first time they had seen a great being proactively reaching out to communicate with them.
Moreover, the one taking the initiative to communicate was actually the 'Sacred Tree,' which should theoretically be the most silent and immobile!
As expected of Huanghun! To be able to make even trees that aren't good at moving take action, just how much did he have to push people?
Thinking this in his heart, Su Zhou calmed down. He raised his head and seriously replied, "So... what's the matter regarding Huanghun?"
To this, the voice in the verdant totem carried a hint of solemnity.
[In short, the World Tree is gone.]
[And He is likely influenced by Huanghun, which is why I can't find Him.]
The World Tree, the Great Dao Tree.
The twin Sacred Trees.
In Yala's words, they were like conjoined twins, inseparable great beings.
Although that's what was said, according to the Great Dao Tree himself, they were both independent and different beings, simply completely acknowledging each other's correctness and both happening to be Sacred Trees, thus forming the first great being alliance in this infinite multiverse.
This indeed brought a great deal of quiet time to the twin Sacred Trees. After all, most of the time, great beings act alone and wouldn't be bored enough to bother two great beings at the same time. Even Yala knew that even a keyboard warrior couldn't win against a duo that comprised of a teaser and a straight man, it was just asking for trouble.
But this also brought a disadvantage.
That was, when they were sealed, the Great Dao Tree and the World Tree were essentially suppressed by the same seal.
If one didn't move, the other couldn't move. If one wasn't unsealed, the other couldn't either.
[Besides my connection, the World Tree also has entanglements with Huanghun - now, I can't find the World Tree, so this must be related to Huanghun.]
Speaking of this, the Great Dao Tree's tone was certain. He was deeply convinced of this, or rather, had some evidence: [Although I have the ability to sense where there is an abnormality, I have no way to project power over there due to the Great Seal.]
[Only you, the original inhabitants of the 'Sealed Universe' holding fragments of the Great Seal, who can freely travel the multiverse, and the Chaos that is half-detached from the seal... Only you can traverse this multiverse and help me see what's going on.]
"So, this is a commission?"
The Snake Spirit opened its eyes at this moment, its scarlet serpent pupils staring at the totem. Yala looked seriously at the representative of the Great Dao Tree in front of him: "Commissioning us to find the truth behind this?"
"You believe us?"
The Great Dao Tree's answer was also swift.
[Of course I believe you - you exist, and have reached this point - Reincarnation and Perfection both acknowledge you.]
[Chaos, why can't I?]
In Yala's silence, the Sacred Tree replied faintly, his tone still gentle: [Moreover, this time, you have indeed made the right choice. Your plan is indeed a good way for all of us great beings to safely escape the seal.]
"Wrong because of existence, so it's right?"
[Positive words seem contradictory. What sounds like something wrong is not necessarily what we see and perceive.]
Regarding the Snake Spirit's words, the 'Great Dao' Tree said softly: [Don't care about right or wrong, and don't care about good or evil.]
[Existence and continuation are correctness and reason. This is the true meaning of the Great Dao and the world.]
"Alright, logic loop."
Letting out a long sigh, Yala returned to his lazy state of lying on the branch. He turned his head and said helplessly to Su Zhou, "See, that's what happens when you talk to wood - it's always the same old thing, nothing to say."
To this, Su Zhou nodded thoughtfully. The young man said seriously, "I think He's quite right."
Yala: "?"
Then the young man changed the subject and asked with some doubt, "So, are we taking on this commission?"
The Snake Spirit flicked its tail. He said indifferently, "Why not? The Sacred Tree is the first great being to accept our plan, and if He accepts, so will the World Tree. This is beneficial to us - moreover, this guy has never been stingy."
[Then thank you in advance.]
At this moment, the totem slowly dissipated, long and gentle, as if the sound of the forest sea tumbling resounded: [Speaking of which, have you and Perfection temporarily suspended hostilities? That's all good, you were originally...]
Before dissipating, the Great Dao Tree seemed to want to say something, but Yala interrupted him in a half-annoyed and swift manner: "Here we go again, here we go again, here we go again!"
"So, Great Dao, don't always be a peacemaker. You were sealed because you were trying to mediate between two sides, and they got annoyed and stuffed you in together, right?"
[I was just invited to rest, not beaten up.]
Saying leisurely, the Great Dao Tree's voice gradually dissipated: [So, I'll wait for your good news...]
[See you next time.]
The fruit totem condensed from the green light in the sky dissipated at this moment, and countless dense strands of spiritual energy turned into light rain, falling in the personal space.
And in this rain filled with pure wood energy, the young man's will and Yala were silent for a while.
"Quite... easygoing?"
After a long time, looking at the location of the original verdant totem, Su Zhou finally squeezed out such a sentence: "Easygoing to the point where it's hard to feel that He's a great being?"
Compared to the great beings he had seen before, the Great Dao Tree was indeed like the old grandpa next door, with a gentle and easygoing tone, refined and calm. Even when facing Yala's words, he seemed calm and said, 'All right', 'That's how it is', 'Very reasonable, not surprising'.
It was as if he had seen too much, so nothing surprised him.
"He likes being easygoing, so He is easygoing - great beings have all kinds of personalities."
Yala shook his head slightly. He had obviously dealt with the Great Dao Tree often in the past, so he was used to this personality: "The World Tree really has a problem with Huanghun. I guessed it before. If They were to awaken, it should be around the same time as me, or even earlier - but now, only the Great Dao Tree is active, and They are both gone. This is obviously not right."
"What should we do next?"
"Wait, the Great Dao will come again when it's time for us to act."
The matter about the Great Dao Tree and Huanghun was almost over.
Coming back to his senses, Su Zhou turned his head again and continued his previous actions, focusing on his batch of kindred born from evil souls.
The forms of the Emu (Evil Wood) varied, and their appearances were strange, but most of them were plants rooted in place, and it didn't seem like they had the possibility of moving on their own in the future like the Ancient War Trees.
However, in Su Zhou's view, the true value of the Emu was not in being some kind of defensive plant for guarding the house... Its ability to take root anywhere, and its lack of brains, might allow it to parasitize on people and become some kind of transformation item for the parasite, or an external plug-in extraordinary organ!
Imagine.
If a person was parasitized by several Emu, improving his physical fitness - this was almost without any side effects, except that it might be a little painful when activated - and all he needed was to hunt evil people from time to time, obtain evil souls, and provide the evil souls to the Emu, then this parasite could use high-level supernatural powers such as the Four Extremes Divine Light Cannon even when his cultivation realm was very low!
At the same time, the Emu would also compete with the number of evil souls hunted, and become stronger and stronger, providing more and more benefits to the parasite.
And the Qiling (Praying Spirit) was the same.
As a spirit that lived with the Emu, it looked like a round, colored ball of light that made a 'ding-ding' sound, which could provide various special benefits to the parasite. For example, speed becomes faster, strength becomes greater, luck becomes better, defense increases, and so on...
To make the Qiling grow, it didn't need evil souls, but wish souls.
Completing wishes for others and bringing innovation could reap the gratitude of others, which was the driving force for the growth of the Qiling.
Indeed, they were all very practical abilities.
But for Su Zhou, they were useless.
After all, the Devouring Demon Lord, the prototype of the Emu and Qiling abilities, was his fundamental supernatural power.
"This is the difference between kindred and dependents - kindred are born because of you, holding some of your power characteristics, but they may not be useful to you."
"And dependents are special individuals you personally select. They may not be your kindred, and they may not have any origin-level similarities with you, but they are of special value to you."
This was Yala's evaluation: "These two kindred, Emu and Qiling, are actually very good. At least they won't interfere with the normal operation of the personal space - look at the Undead Lord and Nether River Worms on the side of the Lonely Master. Those kindred even interfere with the normal operation of the Underworld reincarnation."
"It's not that they're completely useless - I think when I transform into a warship form in the future, these little guys might be able to serve as automatic defense facilities inside my warship."
Su Zhou didn't have such a utilitarian mind. He looked at the Emu wriggling happily in front of him, and the Qiling ringing all over the place, and felt that they were quite pleasing to the eye and quite cute.
The young man nodded slightly, revealing a smile: "This trip to the Perfect World was really fruitful."
Not only did he witness the correctness of perfection, but he also went a step further and became a Celestial Immortal.
Now, Su Zhou has also made up for the defects in his system in the Perfect World, supplementing his personal space and even his cultivation method to the point where there are no loopholes.
Then, the earth-attribute cultivation method brought by the Zhenyuan Gold Chapter of Heavenly One Qi, and Ming Zhengde's Five Virtues Divine Light, made all of Su Zhou's fundamental cultivation methods basically complete - although there was still some blank space in terms of gold, he could completely top it up with thunder magic, or make up for it with the Nirvana Blade.
Next, the Undying Soul originating from the Underworld Lord Hongming, although Su Zhou had only just begun to cultivate it, it was after all one of the Lonely Master's supreme inheritances. Just entering the door made Su Zhou feel that his soul body had become much stronger, and even the Dao wounds caused by the Heavenly Star Unity Dao Integration Method could heal quickly.
Finally, there was the gift that Perfection had just left behind not long ago.
A book... shimmering with a faint light.
This book was formed by the condensation of golden brilliance remaining in Su Zhou's personal space after Perfection left. After opening it, the pages were all blank, and for a while, he didn't know how to use it.
But according to Yala's reminder, this book seemed to have some of the power of 'Prajna runes'. As long as it was placed outside, and not in overly private areas such as soul space and personal space, it would start to operate.
According to Yala's speculation, it was probably some kind of strange object that could collect surrounding information. Su Zhou planned to try it himself after his injuries healed.
Now, Su Zhou is using his Celestial Immortal body to transform into a Sacred Tree warship form to heal his injuries.
Cosmic space can directly receive the spiritual energy torrent of the sun, and can also freely absorb the mass of the moon's soil for self-transformation, so he will not leave the lunar surface in a short time.
In addition... the almost endless wreckage of alien spaceships on the back of the moon can provide Su Zhou with a large amount of information and samples to repair his warship true body.
Moon, lunar surface.
The huge warship Sacred Tree is constantly expanding its root system.
In lunar orbit, several reconnaissance ships are overlooking Su Zhou's location from tens of thousands of meters in the air. The Zhengguo (Proper Nation) Sacred Seat, led by Dao Sheng (Dao Sage) and Li Sheng (Li Sage), and several directors of the NW Foundation are solemnly watching this scene.
On the back of the moon, a large number of blue-black roots, like vines and ropes, are traversing and spreading in the lunar crust like a tide. It crushes lunar rock, dissolves minerals, and absorbs the nutrients of the planet to supply the main body.
The 'Zhenyuan World-Shifting Imperishable Body' controls the mass of matter, and the resulting room-temperature nuclear fusion ability of heavy elements is one of the energy sources of the warship. In a sense, Su Zhou can provide himself with a constant stream of energy by burning rocks, which also makes him almost omnivorous. Any substance will become part of his body structure and fuel.
Such absorption, if it happened on Earth, would be enough to destroy the geological structure of a province, and mountains would collapse because of it.
In addition, the blue-black Sacred Tree root system has also spread to the 'spaceship graveyard'.
There, the root system gently entangled all the spaceships, and derived a large number of more subtle tentacles - these tentacles wrapped every corner of many spaceships, exploring the structure of each spaceship, and feeding back its internal structure and analysis of materials to the main body, making the main body more confident in the construction of its own form.
In short, in such a short period of time, by analyzing and imitating the spaceship graveyard on the moon, the materials and modules related to warships in Su Zhou's body changed from 'zero' to more than 'ten thousand'! Even if they are compared with each other to select the optimal structure, there are also hundreds of extremely meaningful spaceship parts!
This kind of efficiency is something that only the power of an Immortal Celestial can achieve.
At this time, Dao Sheng, who was overlooking all this and watching the countless vines and tentacles dancing wildly on the back of the moon, suddenly vaguely heard a hearty young man's voice.
"I'm back, everyone!"
That was the voice of Su Zhou, who had regained his energy and sent information to the outside world for the first time since his return.
After hearing this sentence, Dao Sheng, who had been worried and anxious in the spaceship, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.
——He hasn't changed.
"...Welcome back, Su Zhou."
Thinking so, he said with some relief, and then asked with concern: "What exactly happened? According to our judgment, you seem to have had a conflict with an otherworldly Celestial Emperor - is everything alright?"
"Well, it's okay... As for that Celestial Emperor, he probably only feels that a few seconds have just passed."
Responding with a chuckle, Su Zhou's tone carried a hint of a smile: "That's a very wonderful story, but if you want to tell it completely, it will probably take a long time."
And just as Su Zhou was telling Dao Sheng and others about his experiences in the Perfect World.
Several explorers who had just returned from the Pioneer Space were now dumbfounded by the news that was going viral on the Internet.
Zhengguo, Hongzhou, Hongcheng.
The Shao Family Mansion.
"What, what's going on?!"
Shao Shuangyue, who had returned from the [Heavenly Light Realm], was now popping out a big question mark on her head, looking at the computer screen in front of her with a confused look.
The current girl's dress and appearance are completely different from when she first went to the Pioneer Space. She is now wearing a spotless white tights, looking like she walked out of a science fiction scene. In the black silk-like long hair, you can vaguely see metal structures that look like signal fulcrums. At first glance, it looks a bit like cat ears.
Vaguely, the obvious flow of information can be seen flowing in Shao Shuangyue's left eye.
The Heavenly Light Realm is a huge interstellar era world where spirit-energy wielders drive huge mystical god-machines across the starry sky, ruling star countries and galactic nomads.
The Venerable behind the Heavenly Boundary Veil holds power that surpasses the gods, and invaders from outside the galaxy are eyeing this world, while the Pioneer creations slumbering in the ancient star clusters are still sleeping, but they are about to wake up and unleash their incredible destructive power, showing why they were sealed.
And in that world full of war, exploration, and chaos, Shao Shuangyue and several other explorers in the Pioneer Space joined forces and became a member of a large cosmic empire, participating in their war with their ancient enemies, and gaining many benefits from it.
Of course, not the war in the universe, but a raid on the database of an important planet.
And there, she even met an acquaintance of her older brother - the South Sea Dragon King Jiu Ming!
The adventurers in the Pioneer Space are selected from the entire multiverse. Although there are more adventurers from some special worlds, it is indeed a real fate to meet fellow villagers from the same world and the same planet in the space.
So after the mission was over, at the Pioneer Space gathering, the two simply concluded a teammate contract, formed an adventurer team, and adventured together.
Shao Shuangyue and Jiu Ming, who had just returned from the Pioneer Space, thought they had witnessed the universe-level war and would no longer be surprised by any news on Earth.
But now, both of them were stunned.
The appearance of a huge sacred tree stretching its branches and releasing endless spiritual light on the back of the moon, and the image of the nine dragons pulling coffins are not things that would be very surprising... What is really surprising is the meaning represented by the two words Su Zhou.
"Sister Shuangyue... this, this, Minister Su, your brother, what's going on?!"
The reason why Jiu Ming calls Shuangyue sister is actually very simple, that is because Shao Shuangyue is really older than him - the current Jiu Ming is just over fifteen years old, an underage little dragon, and Shao Shuangyue is already nineteen years old and an adult, so it is a matter of course to be called sister.
And now, through the teammate communication that comes with the Pioneer Space, Jiu Ming, who is far away in the South China Sea, is looking at the mobile phone in his hand with an incredulous expression: "And look - the space mission is out!"
"Even if you ask me... I don't know!"
Of course, Shao Shuangyue was also confused - what the Candle Sun is, even her own brother Shao Qiming doesn't know, how could she know!
Moreover...
The silver light in her left eye flickered, and at this moment, the girl saw the report provided by the Pioneer Space.
[Optional Exploration Mission: Candle Sun's Body]
[Explore the true body information of the original Candle Sun in the main world. For each form obtained, you will receive a B-level development permission and 7500 exploration points.]
[Optional World Mission: Gate of Myriad Worlds]
[Assist the local forces in opening all the dream realms located on Earth. The first explorer to open a door of time and space and explore the world behind it will receive an A-level development permission and exploration points.]
The second mission is a collective world mission that all Earth explorers have. Every Earth explorer will receive this world mission when they return to Earth for the first time.
But the first mission was an extra one this time... Obviously, even the Pioneer Space is very curious about her brother's form!
"This is outrageous - the Candle Sun bloodline in the space doesn't have so many changes!"
Shao Shuangyue muttered to herself. Because she cared a lot, when she completed the mission for the first time and opened the space exchange list, she could go and see the information and prices about the Candle Sun bloodline... That was just a very ordinary high-level dragon bloodline. Apart from the life force and destructive power being relatively strong, there was nothing very special about it.
But now it seems... that's not the case?
At this time, there is already an online forum for explorers of the Pioneer Space on Earth.
Here, the space explorers from Earth will share information about various worlds with each other, or use the space as an intermediary to conduct online material exchanges.
Opening the space forum, Shao Shuangyue can clearly see that the entire space forum is full of information about the Candle Sun mission routine and analysis of what exactly 'each form' means. ,
[Could it be that the Candle Sun is a divine beast with many forms?]
[Speaking of which, I often encounter Candle Suns in other worlds, but the Candle Sun of Minister Su in Zhengguo is obviously different!]
[Exploration friends, one thing to say, this mission should not be limited to camps or numbers, we can join hands to explore...]
[Stop it? That Minister Su's advancement speed is outrageous. We have explored several missions and only barely advanced to the Extraordinary level. The strongest of them are only at the Lord level. This Su Zhou is a good guy, and he is already a Celestial Immortal now! Even if we join forces, what can we do? If we all go together, we will probably be blown into outer space in one breath!]
[Is this reasonable? Is this reasonable? Is this reasonable?! We are already considered cheaters, how can his speed be faster than us cheaters?!]
Shao Shuangyue can see from these post titles full of curiosity and confusion that the Pioneer's kindred are now in great confusion like herself.
However, the girl is not worried about this.
"Don't worry, Jiu Ming, this mission is actually very simple!"
Although she was very curious at first, after figuring it out, Shao Shuangyue stretched comfortably and lay down on her familiar bed for a long time. She said lazily: "This kind of small thing may be very difficult for them, but for us, isn't it just a phone call?"
This is probably the benefit of having connections! Thinking so, Shao Shuangyue was very relaxed and even began to imagine going to the Tianchi Realm for tourism in a while to soothe her girlish heart that was damaged in the tragic three-month war.
But unexpectedly, Jiu Ming's tone on the other side of the communication did not become relaxed.
On the contrary, the True Dragon boy's tone became more solemn.
"Sister Shuangyue, haven't you received it? That's right, you are not an official member of Zhengguo."
"This time when I returned to Earth, in addition to the exploration mission and the world mission... I also got a third 'camp mission'!"
Hearing this, Shao Shuangyue couldn't help but cheer up when she heard the word mission. She asked curiously: "Oh, what is that mission?"
Then, she saw the information Jiu Ming shared with her appearing in the prompt box in her modified left eye.
[Optional Camp Mission: Resist the Xuan Devil Realm Invasion]
[Assist the forces you are in to resist the Xuan tribe invasion from the 'Nine Xuan Realm'. No fixed amount of reward, exploring the Nine Xuan Realm information has a 1 + exploration percentage bonus to the final reward.]
"Resist... invasion?"
Seeing this mission, Shao Shuangyue's expression could not help but become serious: "Xuan Devil, Nine Xuan Realm... what level of world is that?"
"Actually..."
"Actually dare to invade our Earth?!"
Today is the wedding day of You Meng Zhi Yu, the author of "Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue".
May your love be like fire, like a sun that never sets, vigorous and hot, strong winds cannot shake it, and many waters cannot extinguish it.
And from then on, it will be a long road, a long time.