Chapter 283悠悠 Green Grass and the Soul of Fusion (6000)

The news of Su Zhou's return quickly spread to everyone, and the large batch of spirit beasts he brought back from the Beast God Realm were placed outside the Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Constellation Formation, allowing them to use the surrounding trees and their own materials to build a camp.

Because all the spirit beasts in the Beast God Realm could speak Chinese, although with strange accents, they were understandable. Additionally, this mission was led by Zheng Country, so Zheng Country was responsible for the handover of these spirit beasts.

The people responsible for the handover discovered that the vast majority of these spirit beasts were production types, with only a small number being combat types. Even fewer were the servant and sacrificial types, referred to by the other spirit beasts as 'slave soldiers' and 'meat wombs.' Surprisingly, these slave and sacrificial types all retained their self-awareness and intelligence.

"Those were the spirit beasts demoted from the combat and production types to the lower tiers."

Sitting at the center of the central command room, Su Zhou was surrounded by the commanders of the multinational task force, but he wasn't nervous at all. Instead, he spoke eloquently, "When I was exploring the Beast God Realm alone, I used some methods to inquire about the situation from some friendly and unfriendly local spirit beasts. I happened to learn about a concentration camp where these demoted spirit beasts were imprisoned."

"After learning of this, I casually rescued the spirit beasts imprisoned in the secret rooms, who were about to undergo transformation surgeries."

As for how Su Zhou made the local garrison tremble with fear and flee at the mere sight of him during this casual rescue, he avoided mentioning it.

As for the reasons for the spirit beasts' demotion, Su Zhou didn't need to explain. The people present could roughly understand the situation based on their analysis of the Beast God Realm's civilization structure.

The Beast God Realm itself, aside from the Divine Beast tier where it was extremely difficult for new Divine Beasts to emerge, saw a few dozen cases of class transition between combat and production types every few hundred years. Moreover, the combat and production types had strong reproductive capabilities, and wars were rarely enough to consume their excess population. As a result, the population of these two classes would also rapidly expand over time.

Therefore, the Divine Beasts, whose population growth rate was extremely low, would always find excuses to select spirit beasts from these classes, demote them to lower classes, and then launch wars to consume large numbers of people, maintaining the absolute stability of the pyramid structure.

Su Zhou rescuing these spirit beasts was equivalent to saving their lives. In fact, these combat and production types, who were originally high-ranking members of the Beast God Realm, immediately swore allegiance to Su Zhou, honoring him as their new lord.

"They are all grateful to me, and because of their experiences on the Beast God Realm side, as long as we are willing to guarantee their intelligence and self-awareness, they will be very willing to assist us in any way."

As he said this, a cheerful smile appeared on Su Zhou's face. With his appearance, if an uninformed passerby saw him, they might be instantly charmed.

However, the thought that this seemingly cheerful and sunny young man had just bitten off the head of a Divine Beast, staging a 18+ B-grade splatter film scene, caused everyone present to feel an extremely strong and absurd sense of contrast.

He had just crushed the multi-tribal coalition of the Beast God Realm half a day ago, blasted the heads of several Divine Beast lords, and even gnawed on one... But now, he was perfectly normal. Not only was there no abnormality, but there was also no sign of the excitement that a young person should have after accomplishing something significant.

Someone thought this, feeling extremely puzzled: "Is this Professor Su's brain... really normal? Or is genius just this eccentric?"

Similar thoughts were actually growing in the minds of most onlookers.

"Very good, Su Zhou, this is very important. Through cooperation with these sincere native higher-ups of the Beast God Realm, we should be able to quickly understand this unfamiliar world. However, the issue of the spirit beasts can be postponed for now."

Dao Sheng unhesitatingly praised Su Zhou's achievements. As for what Su Zhou had discovered and done while exploring the Beast God Realm alone, he was naturally very concerned, but an action report could be given at any time.

Now, what this old man cared about most was Su Zhou's own problem.

He was somewhat cautious, careful not to provoke the other party, and said in a gentle tone: "Um, Su Zhou, do you really not think that your mental state might be a bit problematic?"

"You're saying I have a mental illness?"

Su Zhou blinked at Dao Sheng's question. He seemed stunned for a moment, then slapped his thigh and nodded with a serious face: "Isn't that right! I think so too!"

These words not only stunned Dao Sheng, but even the multinational onlookers on the side were taken aback.

You also know you have a problem?

Seros, on the other hand, was in the back with a look of enlightenment, recording this sentence in her notebook.

"—When faced with doubts from others, don't hesitate, admit it directly. This action can not only get rid of embarrassment, but even embarrass the person asking... As expected of Su Zhou!"

Writing quickly, Seros's hand speed was extremely fast. After finishing, she looked at her notebook with satisfaction, which now had another quote: "I learned another one—excerpted from 'Su Zhou's actions in the Beast God Realm.'"

At this time, Su Zhou didn't stop. He said in a natural tone: "Of course I know very well that I am impulsive, irritable, and have a certain degree of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Moreover, I have too much empathy and sympathy, and I will occasionally take action because of some things that seem inexplicable to others. And once I take action, I will definitely use heavy hands, deadly hands, and even have to kill the enemy in the same way as the enemy, otherwise I will feel extremely uncomfortable in my heart, and my obsessive-compulsive disorder will flare up."

As he said this, the young man shrugged: "But what does it matter? In the end, even if I am bloodthirsty, brutal, and like to torture enemies, I am still a good person."

Although it sounded like nonsense, it couldn't really be said to be wrong—at least for humans, Su Zhou had indeed never arbitrarily used his abilities to interfere with or harm the rights of any ordinary people.

You know, in this era of spiritual energy recovery, there are often people with stronger cultivation bases who openly or secretly use their power to oppress other weaker people... But Su Zhou has never had such a record. Unless the other party takes the initiative to test him, he has always been refined and amiable, gentle and reasonable, except on the internet.

When a mentally abnormal person clearly knows that they are very abnormal, and doesn't seem to intend to change... then the problem becomes complicated.

At least at this time, Dao Sheng immediately felt that this was not a problem that ordinary psychologists could solve. If an ordinary psychologist went over, they would probably be argued into a headache by Su Zhou.

"Professor Su, putting aside everything else, the scene of you eating that Guiche will definitely be spread."

In response, Sheng Sheng, who was sitting on the side, slowly opened his mouth. The silver-haired middle-aged man looked around at the cultivators from the Americas, the Europa Alliance, and the Ros State. He said in a calm tone: "Of course, it may be accidentally leaked—who knows what happened? In short, the fact that you ate a sapient spirit beast alive will inevitably lead to a lot of negative comments and condemnation of you in the current environment of promoting 'Nidao' and 'spirit beasts' as members of Earth's civilization. I hope you can accept this."

"Let them say what they want, I don't care."

In response, Su Zhou just waved his hand casually. He said rather indifferently: "They can eat other spirit beasts, so why can't I eat it? Besides, I transformed into my true form at that time, and it consumed a lot of energy. If I didn't eat it, I would still have to eat other spirit beasts."

"In that case, why wouldn't I eat my strongest enemies, but instead eat those weaker, non-threatening spirit beasts?"

Although this was obviously sophistry, distorting concepts.

But even the Europa Alliance cultivators, who were most sensitive to this aspect, did not make any refuting remarks in front of Su Zhou.

Nonsense, say bad things about him in front of a powerhouse who kills ordinary temporary leaders as easily as killing chickens?

Who has the guts!

Speaking of topics related to the true form, Dao Sheng also remembered that it was time to ask what kind of dragon Su Zhou's true form was. However, the abilities and essence of the true form of a Nidao cultivator of Su Zhou's level could be considered a state secret, so it was impossible to discuss it in this multinational joint fortress, so he could only regretfully postpone it.

At this time, Su Zhou began to prepare to arrange for those spirit beasts who were outside the fortress and followed him.

"Those seven hundred or so are all spirit beasts who are willing to follow me. I promised them that I would let them live a new life that is different from before."

As he said this, Su Zhou was very attentive to this aspect, and his expression was very serious, completely different from the indifferent expression he had when talking about Guiche and other Divine Beasts: "Most of these spirit beasts have some skills. I think we can let them open another temporary residence not far from the fortress. After all, in the future, as our power in the Beast God Realm gradually expands, there will definitely be more spirit beasts coming to join us."

"Instead of starting to build temporary structures at that time, it would be better to let these natives of the Beast God Realm build their own new homes from now on."

This suggestion was very reasonable, and the high-level officials of various countries happened to be here, so soon, under Su Zhou's advocacy, everyone jointly passed this decision.

"However, Professor Su, how can you be sure that there are no spies or scouts hidden among those spirit beasts by other Divine Beasts?"

Of course, although it was a reasonable suggestion, there were still some issues that needed to be clarified. The person who said this was Raphael, who had just returned recently. The high-level official of the Europa Alliance frowned tightly: "Although we can guarantee that information from the Earth side will not be stolen by these primitive spirit beasts, it would be quite annoying if spirit beasts secretly sabotaged the construction of the camp, or secretly incited our spirit beasts to rebel."

Because the spirit beasts of the Beast God Realm defected to the Earth side's high-level Nidao cultivators too quickly, humans did not believe that these spirit beasts could maintain any loyalty in front of other Divine Beasts.

"Don't worry."

And Su Zhou confidently replied: "My divine ability has some abilities that can discern evil thoughts. Early on, when selecting the spirit beasts to follow me, I had already screened out all the spirit beasts who might be disloyal or defect."

"And these Divine Beasts who are allowed to follow me are mostly from the bottom of their hearts dissatisfied with the previous Divine Beast rule model, or even spirit beasts who were demoted from their current class by the Divine Beasts and were about to become slaves and rations. They want to change, to change their fate through their own choices, and I believe them."

"What's more."

As he said this, Su Zhou smiled rather confidently: "In this Beast God Realm, is there any 'Divine Beast' stronger than me?"

"They probably wouldn't betray me, no matter who they betray."

That was indeed true.

Although everyone was quite curious about Su Zhou's divine ability, wondering what kind of bloodline could awaken a divine ability that could see evil thoughts, since Su Zhou himself had already guaranteed it, there was no need to refute him... After all, if something really went wrong, it would be the spirit beasts who would suffer, and the human fortress would not have any problems.

A celebration banquet to celebrate the perfect completion of the mission was set on Earth three days later. Su Zhou went to the Zheng Country's camp for a related physical examination to make sure that he did not leave any hidden injuries due to the previous battle.

Even though everyone saw that he was basically unharmed throughout the whole process, and he punched a Divine Beast head with every punch, killing all the enemies, the procedures that should be done still had to be done, and Su Zhou didn't care about this.

As a result, everything was naturally normal. After Su Zhou said that he wanted to be alone for a while, all the relevant testing personnel quietly left.

While lying alone on the bed in the camp, Su Zhou couldn't help but recall what he had done after killing Guiche and deterring the multi-tribal spirit beast coalition from collapsing.

At that time, the aggressive multi-tribal coalition had basically completely collapsed. Even the most ferocious dragon beasts of the Scale Clan were as docile and obedient as domestic rabbits when they noticed Su Zhou's gaze, and even expressed their desire to follow him on the spot.

Su Zhou naturally looked down on these evil beasts flashing red light all over their bodies. After casually pressing to death a few evil beasts who had obviously engaged in abuse and torment, he turned and left, returning to the vicinity of the Shengzhu Great Tree.

Facing this planetary-level super-giant plant wreckage that was as high as 200,000 meters even as a corpse, Su Zhou couldn't help but sigh at the strength of the Chuangzhu Celestial Venerable level.

"Was a creature with such strength really killed?"

Reaching out and touching the petrified trunk of the Shengzhu Great Tree, Su Zhou couldn't help but feel puzzled: "Although I cut down those Divine Beasts like cutting melons and vegetables, in reality, if they reached the Leader level with their own strength and fully mastered the power of their divine abilities, then even if it was me, it would take at least a few moves to kill them, and I would have to see through their flaws before I could determine the outcome."

"And there are also those who have had adventures like me, or those who have fallen from the 'Water Overlord' realm like the Water God. It is very difficult, or even a matter of luck, for me to defeat them..."

The higher the level of transcendent cultivation, the harder it is to kill.

Su Zhou felt this very deeply, especially since he had been to the Divine Wood World and seen the amazing vitality of the Mo Dynasty's magic soldiers, and he was even more impressed by the vitality of the plant system.

Even the Kailing and Awakening cultivators who had implanted Divine Wood roots could claim to be immortal, and the stronger National Teacher and Demon Emperor had a physical regeneration ability comparable to Su Zhou, who had Yara's immortal blood. Could the Celestial Venerable-level Divine Wood body, the Shengzhu Great Tree itself, really die so easily? Even if it was another Celestial Venerable who took action, it would be impossible to guarantee that the other party had no backup plans, right?

Even if Lin Chengde ensured that the Shengzhu Great Tree had indeed died, and it just happened to die recently, this proved that the Ximu Great Celestial Venerable had not completely killed the other party back then. If it wasn't for the interruption of spiritual energy, the Shengzhu Great Tree would probably have been completely revived in this fourth stage.

But even with the interruption of spiritual energy, Su Zhou felt that this drastic change in the environment could not kill a Celestial Venerable so easily.

Therefore, Su Zhou once again held a ceremony and explored it himself.

He didn't use the World Tree's soul, but only used his physique, which was quite close to wood energy after taking the Wisdom Fruit twice, and his strength at the Leader level to detect it.

The result was the same as Lin Chengde's.

"Strange..."

At that time, Su Zhou was always a little uneasy: "Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, based on my 'fate' with many Divine Woods, I feel that this matter is not that simple..."

"Don't worry about it."

Just as Su Zhou was muttering to himself, Yara shook his head. It lay on Su Zhou's head and sighed: "Your guess is actually correct. The Shengzhu Great Tree didn't really die completely. However, in its current state, it is impossible to threaten you for at least hundreds of years."

"Of course, you are unlikely to threaten it either."

"Yara, you saw it?"

Su Zhou still trusted Yara's vision very much. Unfortunately, the snake spirit was not an encyclopedia after all. It would not answer all questions. Therefore, in the face of Su Zhou's inquiry this time, it did not reply, but continued to lie quietly on the young man's head, transforming into a half-top black hat.

"Oh well." Frowning, knowing that Yara would not continue to explain, Su Zhou could only sigh: "Since you said that it is not a threat in hundreds of years... anyway, I might be able to reach the Chuangzhu realm in hundreds of years."

"At that time, I will come to see the situation in this Beast God Realm again and see where the Shengzhu Great Tree is hiding."

After making up his mind, Su Zhou turned his head to look around. He nodded: "There are quite a few spirit plants nearby. Is it because they have been immersed in the Shengzhu Great Tree, so the wood energy is particularly strong? It is a good environment."

Then, he swiped his hand and opened the space door of his personal space. Then, he smiled and said to the Wisdom Tree inside: "Tree, I will send other embellishments to you!"

While saying this, Su Zhou used his spiritual power to control the surrounding earth, like an unreasonable robber, directly peeling off pieces of land and throwing all the soil, grass, and trees into his personal space, placing them around the Wisdom Tree in turn.

He still remembered the Wisdom Tree's request.

The Wisdom Tree spirit, who was called 'Tree', was overjoyed and repeatedly said 'Good!' 'The best!'.

"Zhou, the, best! Like!"

It could even say a few short sentences to express its affection and joy. Su Zhou shook his head with regret and said: "Alas, it's a pity that I forgot to leave you a little when I ate Guiche. Otherwise, I could have poured some spirit beast blood on you... Next time, when I find a suitable spirit plant, I will bring you more embellishments!"

"Good! Embellishments, the more the better!"

The Wisdom Tree spirit was overjoyed.

After Su Zhou closed the entrance and exit of his personal space, it even controlled its main body, deriving roots to slightly sort out the grass and trees that Su Zhou sent into the personal space, making the environment more elegant and clear.

"Sort out!"

Shaking its branches and adjusting the angle of its leaves, after feeling that the environment was barely worthy of its style, the Wisdom Tree spirit controlled its body and shook it with satisfaction, just like a human nodding: "Beautiful!"

Outside.

"Quite clever."

On Su Zhou's hat, the small snake-like emblem seemed to flicker with its eyes. Yara said to himself: "Since it has realized that the greatest catastrophe of the Divine Wood Way is 'existence itself is a threat to others', so it simply changed its path and became the most subtle and indispensable thing for all living beings?"

"Different from 'existence itself is the reason for the existence of all things', 'existence itself is what all things need'... this is also a true Chuangzhu Way."

Thinking this, the little snake's eyes stared at the ubiquitous greenery in the surrounding world.

That was grass.

It was inconspicuous pasture that spread throughout the entire Beast God Realm.

In the vast and boundless Beast God Realm, from jungles to deserts, from mountains to sea abysses, from endless plains to rolling hills.

You can always see the ubiquitous and vibrant pasture.

The sacrificial species ate the green grass, the carnivorous spirit beasts devoured the sacrificial species, and the highest-level Divine Beasts devoured everything in this world.

But even if the order of the Divine Beasts collapsed, the civilization of the beasts was destroyed, and even almost all the creatures were extinct and ruled by the invaders from the outside world.

The most humble and lowest-level green grass remains unchanged.

Under the wreckage of the Shengzhu Great Tree that seemed to support the heavens and the earth, the green grass flew gently up and down in the strong wind.

Just like the past thousands of years.

Drifting with the waves, fluttering.

Returning to the present moment.

Lying on his bed, Su Zhou once again reviewed his memory, and he also understood a little about the current state of the Shengzhu Great Tree.

"Maybe it has changed its life form, giving up all its past cultivation achievements and starting from scratch... or even, simply reincarnated?"

This can also explain the strange observation results—as the existence of the Shengzhu Great Tree, it is indeed dead, and the last trace of vitality has been completely cut off.

However, 'He' may not be.

"Don't care so much."

Temporarily giving up those things that he couldn't understand, Su Zhou exhaled a breath. He raised his hand and looked at his palm with bright eyes.

Compared to the Shengzhu Great Tree, which has been determined by Yara to not be a major threat in hundreds of years, it is better to pay attention to the harvest of his trip to the Beast God Realm first.

That was also the reason why he sent everyone else away and stayed alone in the room.

"Evil souls and wish souls can actually be fused?"

Muttering to himself in his heart, the young man looked seriously at the dazzling thing that was in his palm, taking an inconspicuous 'grain of wheat' as the core, and was gradually being conceived and born.

That was a radiance that seemed to be mixed with hope and despair.

It flickered with a soft and bright light. In the dark background, thousands upon thousands of stardust-like light spots intersected and moved, appearing dazzling and magnificent... But the tone of this radiance was extremely dark, just like the chaotic darkness of the universe background.

Half of what made up this radiance was extremely thick resentment, and the other half was extremely thick wish power.

This 'soul', which was not known to be an evil soul or a wish soul, was now in Su Zhou's palm.

It was condensing with that small grain of wheat as the core.

Eh, success!

Recently, reality has been a bit busy, and the plot is also in the stage of ending, summarizing, and transitioning, so there is only an update of 6000 words. In a few days, when the new plot arrives, I will start adding more updates!