Chapter 754 The Mystery of Henggu (5200)

In the void, Su Zhou was sitting cross-legged in a ball of silver space light, looking rather bored. He was with his two companions, who were also spacing out, waiting for the moment of arrival at their destination.

Because he was carrying too many passengers, the Pioneer Transmission, which was theoretically supposed to instantly reach the target world, had become incredibly slow. Although it was still a bit faster than the speed of the Celestial Scale, for Dechimus and Jiu Ming, who were used to instantaneous teleportation, this slow and drawn-out transmission process was torture.

But Su Zhou was already used to it—after all, he had spent more than half a year traveling between the Twilight World Cluster and the Sealed Universe.

However, unlike the Pioneer Explorers who could only space out, he always had something to do.

For example, remotely controlling the power he had lodged in the dragon scales to blast a few bad guys who dared to attack his little sister.

"It seems we're arriving just in time."

Opening his eyes and nodding slightly, Su Zhou's tone was a bit subtle: "Shuangyue and the others are trying to escape the pursuit of the Founding Dao and other god systems, but they just ran headfirst into the Yuheng Dao... Well, it's not a big deal, but it's indeed troublesome."

"But that Chengdao Dragon Girl, Xingying?"

"The problem with her is indeed very big... Or is 'she' the center of the conflict?"

Long ago, Yala had said:

The holder of the [Celestial Scale], a multiverse treasure, would naturally fall into the center of conflict, like a vortex stirring the entire world, pulling everyone and everything to their side.

This was a fact. Since Su Zhou began traversing many worlds using the Celestial Scale, he had never not been at the 'center' of the world.

In the Divine Wood World, Zhou Buyi was the chosen one. If it weren't for him, Zhou Buyi, after waiting for the national teacher to ascend to immortality, could have used the divine blade to destroy and ascend to the Martial God, sweeping across Shenzhou and slaying the Demon Emperor, who had transformed into the Heavenly Calamity Wood Dragon, restoring peace to the world.

In the Reincarnation World, Elias also demonstrated extraordinary abilities. If it weren't for him, Nesser City might have been severely damaged, but he and the Wind God, working together, might have been able to contain the Water God's city-slaughtering actions, ultimately transforming the already dead old world into a new era where humans could survive.

As for the Dragon God World, it was harder to say. Without him, all seven summoners were protagonists of conflict, and any outcome was possible—although Matvey was the strongest, Mikhail and the hunter boy who had signed a contract with the Feathered Serpent God all had the strength to join forces with others and end the war.

Then, whether it was Qingqiu Star, the second entry into the Divine Wood World and the Reincarnation World, or the Perfect World, he was naturally at the center of the conflict, encountering one 'Child of Destiny' after another.

Child of Destiny.

This was Su Zhou's name for those at the very center of the world's conflicts.

They might not be the strongest, they might not be alone, and they might not be the planners of the conspiracy, just like Ming Zhengde, who was not the Heavenly Emperor and did not scheme everything, but his fate, his choices, would cause extremely significant changes to the entire world.

Gasha and Loya in the Aean World, these two little fellows, also had the qualifications of 'Demon King', and the decisions of all exploration team members, including Lyudmila, could also affect the future of the entire world regarding the exploration results of the First Radiance Ruins.

Since that was the case, Su Zhou felt that the Creation World was no exception.

And the Chengdao Dragon, Xingying, her experiences, origins, and actions all seemed to fit this point very well.

Putting aside other things, Su Zhou might sometimes overlook many problems, but at least he could see where the problems lay.

If the Zhuzhou of the myriad worlds were being hunted, it was likely because he and the Leader of the Void Sect had wreaked havoc in hundreds of worlds using the power of the Celestial Scale, including several extremely powerful great universe forces. They had noticed the power of the Celestial Scale and Su Zhou's special status as a Yala covenantor, so they wanted to figure out exactly what Zhuzhou was.

Then, the reason why the Chengdao Dragon Girl, Xingying, was being hunted had nothing to do with all of this.

Why?

It was very simple—she had already been attacked and captured by the Founding Dao before Su Zhou and the Leader of the Void Sect fought to the end of the world!

And now, it was just that a group of cosmic god systems, led by the Founding Dao, had torn off their masks and were directly using force to capture her.

Obviously, the Chengdao Dragon Girl did have a secret. Just her name, 'Chengdao' (Bearing the Dao), was definitely not casually chosen. Whether it was a divine name given at birth or bestowed by the god system master of the Combined Dao Armed Force in the Ruins of Creation, it was enough to show Xingying's extraordinary nature.

In a world without Combined Dao realm experts, the Great Dao might still be discussed casually, but if there really was a Combined Dao expert, then the meaning and power of the word 'Dao' itself would not be the same as in other universes.

"That little girl has secrets in her body, even in her soul, that I haven't been able to see through yet."

Standing up, Su Zhou paced in the silver space bubble. His actions startled Jiu Ming and Dechimus, but the youth didn't care: "Sure enough, I still need to meet her in person and examine her carefully."

"The center of conflict, the Child of Destiny... As long as I use the Prajna Scroll to see her future, I might be able to find out the answers to many questions that are troubling me."

Thinking this way, Su Zhou roughly calculated the time and found that he estimated he would still need a day or two in Earth time to reach the Creation World.

So, he simply closed his eyes again and tried to observe the current situation of Shao Shuangyue and the others by using the power contained in the self-destructed scales.

And just one look made the youth slightly stunned.

Even the three great beings—Double Divine Wood and Yala—who were huddled together and chattering in Su Zhou's soul space turned their heads to look at the other side of time and space.

[Eh?]

The World Tree let out a strange sound: [My眷属*juàn shǔ* (dependents)? And a very pure kind at that?]

[Also my眷属*juàn shǔ* (dependents)] The Great Dao Tree also shook its banyan-like long beard, its tone carrying curiosity and incomprehension: [Strange, isn't it said that there are no remnants of our power in the Creation World? When did this appear?]

[Is it possible that you saw it wrong before?] The World Tree questioned.

And the Great Dao Tree retorted: [It's as if you didn't check too, did you also see it wrong?]

[Oh, right]

[Yeah]

"Enough, stop talking nonsense here!" Yala was obviously fed up with chatting with the Double Divine Wood, who were reasonable monsters and lovers of two-person routines. He also turned his head and said with a puzzled tone: "Actually, I also sensed it just now. There are indeed no derivatives of your power in the Creation World. You didn't see it wrong."

"The problem is, those two little fellows over there are indeed your眷属*juàn shǔ* (dependents)... How strange, how can there be existences who become眷属*juàn shǔ* (dependents) without your response?"

"Su Zhou, see what the situation is!"

Without needing others to say it, Su Zhou was already observing carefully.

At this moment, in the youth's vision, the 'Divine Wood Battleship', which was originally being chased by a group of Star Beasts led by the Steel Feather Lord of the Yuheng Dao, had approached the Flying Rainbow.

This spaceship had no weapons. All places that could be used to place weapons had been changed into thrusters, or special modules that could accelerate subspace jumps, hyper-space teleportation, and other abilities.

This was a starship that had no offensive capabilities other than its own accelerated impact, and its overall image was very simple and natural... One could even say that it didn't look like a biological spaceship cultivated by a civilization, but rather a real cosmic tree!

[Unknown powerful travelers, I'm very sorry for dragging you into our trouble]

Approaching within the range of the Flying Rainbow's firepower, the spaceship stopped instead, as if to show that it had no malice, showing Shao Shuangyue and the others its softest belly: [As you can see, we have no malice and no offensive capabilities]

[The reason we are approaching is just to tell you apologetically that you have probably been locked on by those crazy gods of the Yuheng Dao because of your resistance just now—Steel Wing Machine God Boranli is just the vanguard. After him, there are more Machine Gods and Star Beasts chasing us. They are still taking action]

[Don't go forward anymore. All the directions you are going are enemies. Even if you are much stronger than us, it is impossible to defeat half of the Yuheng Dao's evil gods]

[If you don't mind and are willing to believe us, we can share a route for you, taking two paths. This way, some of the forces chasing you will be attracted to us, and for us, at least some of the pursuers will be diverted. This should be a mutually beneficial thing!]

A soft, tender, almost little boy-like gentle tone rang out: [If you are unwilling to believe us, please don't continue forward. There are really all pursuers and fortresses of the Yuheng Dao over there. They are completely crazy and cannot be communicated with!]

This voice was naturally heard by everyone on the Flying Rainbow.

Shao Shuangyue and Xingying looked at each other, their eyes showing doubt.

What the controller of this Divine Wood Starship said was indeed true. There must still be pursuers ahead. Driving the Flying Rainbow directly over there was simply courting death, like driving in reverse on a highway. They certainly wouldn't be so stupid.

As for being targeted by the Yuheng Dao—hey, anyway, six god systems were already chasing them. What was one more Yuheng Dao?

But... was the other side really so friendly? Did they come to specifically remind them?

In any case, the fact was so.

The Flying Rainbow now had the ability to smash this spaceship with one shot, or capture the other party and send it to the Yuheng Dao—don't say it's impossible, what kind of people are there in the Pioneer Space? There are plenty of people who can do this kind of thing.

Although Shao Shuangyue wasn't such a person, and Xingying wasn't either, they weren't naive either, so they naturally felt that the other party's overly kind choice was obviously a bit problematic.

Either they were really stupid, or they were confident and had a trump card.

"Forget it, for the sake of your kindness, I'll also tell you a message."

After thinking for a while, Shao Shuangyue turned on the communication channel and directly called the Divine Wood Starship: "I suggest you don't continue forward either—to tell you the truth, we are also being chased, and the people chasing us are six great god systems. They are all crazy people, and there are even more of them than the people of the Yuheng Dao!"

[...?]

Obviously, this answer was a bit beyond the expectations of the people in the Divine Wood Starship. After he conveyed a confused soul fluctuation, he fell silent, seemingly communicating this information with others.

But they had to believe it.

The Divine Wood Battleship and the Flying Rainbow met by chance, and they were not enemies in the first place, but more like two unlucky people meeting each other.

Moreover, thinking about it carefully, it was quite reasonable!

The Flying Rainbow clearly had the power to repel the Creator Machine God, but it was still being chased and fleeing in a mess. Then, the people who could make them have to escape must also be incredibly powerful.

Compared to the Divine Wood Battleship side, which had fallen silent, Shao Shuangyue was, after all, a Pioneer Explorer. Her Pioneer Soul was burning fiercely at this moment.

To be specific, she smelled the scent of a 'mission'!

"We are being chased because of 'Zhuzhou' and Xingying—then the other side must also have a reason for being chased!"

At this moment, the black-haired girl held her hands in front of her chest. She stood in front of the captain's seat, muttering to herself with bright eyes: "Before, Dechimus once told us that he met a Yuheng Dao Lord, even the next successor to the Combined Dao Armed Force, and the other party seemed to have encountered some trouble and even wanted to leave this universe."

"That Lord was very easy to talk to. In fact, the眷属*juàn shǔ* (dependents) of Balance should be so easy to talk to. On the contrary, those guys who suddenly attacked us just now were abnormal and didn't look like the Balanced ones who 'don't take action unless necessary'!"

"I have reason to speculate that there have been major problems within the Yuheng Dao, even infighting! And the people in this Divine Wood Battleship have the power to sway the advantage of both sides in the civil war, or the key item!"

"...You're guessing and saying it like it's real. I suspect the accuracy rate is no more than thirty percent!" Listening to Shao Shuangyue's confident deduction, Xingying supported her cheeks and complained from the side: "Putting aside other things, if it's really a civil war, wouldn't the side with the Combined Dao Armed Force win for sure?"

"And if the other party really holds the key to swaying the civil war, how could there be only one Creator Machine God chasing them?"

Xingying knew the Creation World relatively well. She shook her head and said: "I think the other party probably doesn't even know the reason why they are being chased, otherwise, they would have said a word just now."

"Hmph, thirty percent is enough! Look, the Pioneer Space has already given me a mission!"

Shao Shuangyue didn't care about her good sister's complaints.

Because, based on her speculation (brain-filled guesswork), the Pioneer Space had already responded and issued her a mission!

[Optional World Mission (Club): The Mystery of Henggu]

[The Yuheng Dao is one of the important forces that maintains the balance of the many god systems in the universe. They were once one of the most powerful god systems and were also the coordinators of many conflicts. But now, the former conflict coordinators themselves are also trapped in many difficulties. Many unsolved mysteries surround this god system group, which has been self-enclosed for tens of thousands of years.]

[Find out the truth behind the Yuheng Dao's abnormal actions, and obtain three s-level pioneering permissions, exploration points]

When the Pioneer Space issues missions, it rarely gives instructions actively. Explorers must find, discover, and even actively induce and create relevant clues themselves in order to obtain mission rewards.

Therefore, one of the exchange currencies is called 'pioneering permission'. The road from the unknown to the known requires pioneering to move forward.

In short, this ability to speculate and piece together fragmented clues is the ability that every Pioneer Explorer must have to piece together the world's exploration progress.

Whether it is right or not is another matter, as long as it is roughly plausible, as long as they continue to piece together clues, they will eventually turn the unknown into the known and know the truth and essence of the world!

It sounds very grand, but Shao Shuangyue feels that it is basically based on guessing—bold assumptions, careful verification.

And now it seems that her previous guesses were not all right, but some of them were right, so the Pioneer Space降下*jiàng xià* (bestowed) the mission.

Without hesitation, Shao Shuangyue turned on the communication channel again and repeated her guess.

[This... there may be some fallacies, but the general situation is similar]

Again, a gentle, little boy-like voice sounded, even seeming a little timid: [We probably know why we are being chased... In fact, we can also guess why you are being chased]

[You must have also come into contact with the 'Source Point Key' and obtained extremely powerful power from it, right?]

Although the tone was gentle, the tone was quite affirmative.

And his words made Shao Shuangyue and Xingying slightly stunned.

"The Source Point Key... wasn't that the mission that Ansonte carried out? The only one who came into contact with it was him, and he is probably still recuperating in the Pioneer Space..."

Although she could understand the word, Shao Shuangyue couldn't help but scratch her head: "Xingying, have you ever been in contact with it before?"

"No."

The Chengdao Dragon Girl shook her head full of white hair blankly. She had only occasionally heard this word from the members of the Light of Hope, and also knew that this thing was indeed a divine object that major god systems were fighting for...

But what did this have to do with her and Zhuzhou?

It had a lot to do with it.

[But] a confused voice with a strange tone came from the Divine Wood Battleship side: [The aura of the Source Point Key on you is so strong that it is about to overflow, isn't it?]

[Ah, maybe it's more baseless to say that, and you can't feel it... but my sister and I can prove it to you]

At this moment, Shao Shuangyue and Xingying, as well as Funia, who was driving her collective back to the Flying Rainbow, all saw it.

A faint fluorescence emerged from the Divine Wood Battleship, and then, in front of the rather large Divine Wood Battleship, it condensed into the ghost of a girl.

[Be good, stay where you are, and I'll go and negotiate with them]

[Mmm]

After the ghost appeared, she affectionately touched the outer shell of the Divine Wood Battleship, and the entire Divine Wood Battleship trembled slightly, making a comfortable sound like a cat being scratched under the chin.

Then, this soul in the form of a young girl spread out her arms to show that she had no malice, and then slowly approached the Flying Rainbow.

Shao Shuangyue widened her eyes and stared blankly at the other party.

Of course, it wasn't because the girl's ghost was very beautiful, a dignified beauty with long cyan hair of a refined lady.

The reason she was stunned was because of the aura coming from the other party.

She was very familiar with this aura. Every time she went to Su Zhou's personal space to wander around, the girl had to feel it countless times.

She had even tasted the taste of the other party's fruit!

"This, isn't this the aura of that Wisdom Tree guy!"

This long-haired ghost beauty was actually the精魂*jīng hún* (spirit) of a Wisdom Tree!