Chapter 327 Things to be Sung (6200, Shenmu World plot ends, seeking monthly tickets~)

——To the moon.

At first hearing, it sounds like an impossible task.

The technological level of the Shenmu World is roughly equivalent to that of Earth (this story's Earth) around 1900, that is, the point where industry has risen but has not yet begun to enter the electronic age.

Now, the Tiance Alliance already has airships that can fly at subsonic speeds, but that is the most advanced airship dedicated to the Demon Subduing Bureau. Moreover, the manufacture of that airship is not purely mechanical technology, but uses high-level spiritual power arrays to drive it – of course, this is also a kind of technology, and the technology of the Shenmu World itself is built on Zhenqi.

But even with Zhenqi, the Shenmu World is still extremely far from the highly technological endeavor of lunar landing—they have not even launched a satellite.

It was precisely because of this that Zhou Buyi didn't understand what Shao Qiming was saying at all. He touched his chin in confusion, and then said, "Sorry, what do you mean by going to the moon...?"

At this time, Shao Qiming showed his patient nature as a teacher: "The literal meaning—the only way to solve the bug that you and the Panrong Undying Tree cannot be compatible on the same planet is to send your main body to another planet."

"Theoretically, it would be best to send you to Mars, which has much greater development potential than the moon, but this technology was only realized in our world more than twenty years ago, and I don't think you can do it."

This time, Zhou Buyi vaguely understood. He stood on the edge of the top of the Shenmu, overlooking the land and city beneath his feet, and then slowly said: "So, if I want to survive and not be swallowed by the Panrong Undying Tree, I must leave this homeland?"

At this moment, Su Zhou, who was communicating with the Panrong Undying Tree, vaguely heard the anger in Zhou Buyi's tone. He remembered very clearly how helpless and grieved Zhou Buyi was when facing those migrants who fled their homeland—although Qiming didn't mean it that way, in Zhou Buyi's ears, going to the moon was equivalent to leaving Shenzhou to escape the Demonic Dynasty and go to other foreign lands.

Regardless of whether he will actually go or not, the very act of doing this was an act of escape for Zhou Buyi.

So Su Zhou stepped forward and patted the other person's shoulder from behind: "Broaden your horizons, you old geezer over a hundred years old, don't be swayed by emotions – look at it from another perspective, you're paving the way for your world."

Then, Su Zhou winked at Shao Qiming on the side, signaling him to speak next. Shao Qiming shrugged and stood aside.

"Listen, friend, let's not talk about the essence of this matter. Don't you want to lead the Tiance Alliance to continue its development? But in reality, this will inevitably fall into a bottleneck."

Ordinary trolls simply refute, but as an epic-level troll, Su Zhou is best at finding what a person cares about most, and then wholeheartedly using sarcasm in this area, repeatedly questioning, enough to make people fume with anger, half-dead. Of course, this ability is also a unique skill when used to persuade people: "Civilization has inertia. After developing to a certain level, without stimulation, it will not progress quickly, but will fall into stagnation."

This is certainly not Su Zhou's nonsense, but the truth – the Earth's immortal civilization is a typical example. Their technological explosion stage appeared during the war with the Divine Beast clusters, and the second technological explosion appeared in internal factional struggles. After the various forces stabilized, their progress slowed down greatly. Moreover, the lack of new blood due to extremely long lifespans and zero updates made them stagnant.

The Shenmu World is the same – in a civilization where the masses can get enough to eat, most people will not think about rebelling and overthrowing the existing regime, and naturally there will be no large-scale chaos, but a stable state of just getting by. The same is true for technology, which in turn presents a serious involution.

Zhou Buyi himself is well aware of this, so he wants to create a threat to advance civilization.

So, Su Zhou gave a better suggestion: "First of all, if your main body goes to the moon, it doesn't mean that your clones need to go – and, don't you think that the sense of stimulation that 'space demons' from the moon bring to the Tiance Alliance is far greater than any demons that appear on Earth?"

This almost instantly moved Zhou Buyi. His brows furrowed, then relaxed. The man pinched his chin and suddenly realized: "That's right!"

In fact, before this, he was still worried about how to fabricate the origins of the demons that would appear in the future. After all, the entire Earth had been roughly explored by the Tiance Alliance. It was okay to hide it from ordinary people, but the high-level members of the Alliance could not be deceived.

But, if it's a space demon from the moon... that's perfect! After all, who knows what space is like now? Even Zhou Buyi himself only knows, through the introduction of astronomers, that the moon is a desolate, uninhabited satellite with an extremely harsh environment.

In response, Su Zhou took the opportunity to press on: "Think about it! Since the demons come from the moon, the Tiance Alliance will have to develop technology to go to outer space in order to eradicate the demons, right? It seems like a crisis, but it's actually a guide to lead civilization to distant stars! This is also a way to promote social progress."

"What's more, I think that with your Shenmu body, going to the moon is not just to avoid the Panrong Undying Tree... Zhou Buyi, you can completely use your own power to open up the future for the humans of this world!"

When Su Zhou said this, even Zhou Buyi felt it was a bit too much: "That's too much, that's too much..."

But at this time, Su Zhou was immersed in his own thoughts. He lowered his head and pondered: "The Shenmu itself will transform a place into an environment suitable for its own survival. If a Shenmu is thrown on the moon, at least a large 'Shenmu ecosystem' will appear on the moon in a few hundred years. Ah, the Shenmu's change to the world's environment is not always a bad thing. They are natural interstellar colonization era engineers used to transform the planetary environment!"

Naturally, Zhou Buyi of the Shenmu World cannot understand what interstellar colonization and transforming the planetary environment mean, but he vaguely realizes that Su Zhou is becoming more and more interested: "If this Shenmu also has the will of humans and can spontaneously transform spiritual energy and local substances to create an ecological cycle within a certain area... then as it advances, transforming an entire planet and making it habitable will be easy!"

After finishing his muttering, Su Zhou raised his head and looked at Zhou Buyi. His eyes were full of eagerness: "Although Qiming started it, I really think it's a good idea to let you go to the moon!"

Zhou Buyi: "?"

Shao Qiming: "Didn't you think it was a good idea before?"

"Of course not!"

Knowing that he had said something wrong, Su Zhou quickly remedied it and explained: "What I mean is, in addition to the initial goal of letting Zhou Buyi survive, I realized that this unexpectedly fits well with Zhou Buyi's own thoughts and goals."

After explaining that he was not just casually agreeing, but sincerely agreeing, Su Zhou said with great interest: "According to the development of the Tiance Alliance, as long as it does not collapse on its own, it is foreseeable that a world alliance will be established within the next hundred years. Moreover, the population that explodes during this period due to the absence of a world war will be enough to fill the entire planet."

"At that time, even if they are unwilling, there will only be a few choices – family planning, world war, and opening up new worlds. The first two are to reduce the population, while the latter can allow Zhou Buyi to slowly guide them to the moon over a period of a century – and by then, the Shenmu that Zhou Buyi has transformed into should also be able to create ecological circles on the moon. At that time, whether it is starting from the moon to go to other satellites, or continuing to transform the moon and establish a lunar colony, it is a possible future development."

Hearing this, Shao Qiming followed this line of thought and thought about it: "Yes, and the Shenmu that Zhou Buyi has transformed into, the Successor Tree can separate clones, which is suitable for taking root in various parts of the moon, creating independent ecological circles, and then connecting them in sequence... The premise is that Zhou Buyi can go to the moon and survive on it."

This is a good question. In response, Zhou Buyi, as the center of the topic, could only smile bitterly. He looked at the Panrong Undying Tree under his feet with a complex expression for a while, and then shook his head: "Alright, I am indeed almost two hundred years old, so naturally I won't be as impulsive as when I was young."

"Since I and the Panrong Undying Tree cannot coexist on this planet, then it is almost inevitable for me to go to other planets – as for whether I can survive, don't worry about it. The toughness of the Shenmu is far beyond ordinary life. It's not like I haven't been to the top of the atmosphere. The most important thing is how to get there."

Whether he wants to go or not is a spiritual issue. How to go is a technical issue. In this regard, Shao Qiming was still hesitating. He felt that if he handed over some rocket-related technologies to the Shenmu World, would it be a kind of betrayal of the Earth? He also wanted to urge Su Zhou not to transfer technology arbitrarily just because the other party was his friend.

But his way of thinking is not open enough, at least not as open as Su Zhou.

"It's not that simple. After calculating the data yourself, just fly over there."

Saying that, Su Zhou stretched out his hand, and hundreds of Lan Seeds flew out of his body like fireflies, and then turned into illusory light patterns, which quickly condensed into a partial rocket propulsion model in the atmosphere with spiritual energy as the structural guide.

He controlled the rocket model to fly in mid-air, and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "With your spiritual energy, plus only needing to push yourself, and preparing some spiritual power arrays to assist in acceleration, and bringing more heaven and earth spiritual materials and elixirs to replenish spiritual power, it shouldn't be difficult to break through ten kilometers per second."

Zhou Buyi nodded thoughtfully: "That makes sense."

Shao Qiming: "?"

Although Shao Qiming was shocked by Su Zhou's overly transcendent answer for a moment, after thinking about it carefully, he realized with a dumbfounded expression that going to the moon was really not something that required too much consideration for a transcendent person.

The Earth's landing on the moon in the past was because the major forces around the world were competing with each other for the speed of space development. Taking Zheng Guo alone, not to mention the early research and development, launching satellites to explore the surface details of the moon, and selecting landing locations, the entire project cost hundreds of billions, involving tens of thousands of enterprises and departments in various industries, one hundred and eight A- and B-level academies, and all other academies of various levels fully supported it, and even the entire public opinion environment and the common people of Zheng Guo were willing to donate to it.

However, because spiritual energy was cut off at that time, there were many things to consider in this project – the safety of astronauts, the details of the landing, the thrust-to-weight ratio of the rocket, the selection of fuel, the trade-off of carrying capacity, repeated surveys of safe landing points, corresponding extravehicular activity training, etc... After all, humans are fragile species. They are not doing a one-shot deal. After sending people up, they must be safely sent back.

However, in the world of transcendents, things are much simpler – rockets? Although the output of a leader-level transcendent person alone is not as good as a rocket, they only need to transport themselves. In addition, with the help of some magic arrays and magic weapons, their maximum speed may even be faster than a rocket. Moreover, as long as their spiritual power control is high, they are more flexible than rockets. Breaking through the Earth's gravity to go to the moon is really not difficult.

Material resistance? Zhou Buyi can travel to the Earth's mantle. As long as he continues to cultivate and improve himself, and fine-tune the outer shell, it is only a short-term adjustment problem to be comparable to rocket armor.

Landing position? Don't be ridiculous, if Zhou Buyi crashes into the moon, it will definitely be the moon that is injured, not him.

As for vitality... if we have to compare the adaptability to the environment and vitality, even Su Zhou would not dare to say that he is stronger than the Shenmu lineage. There is light and soil on the moon, and there is also spiritual energy in space. This is enough for a leader-level powerhouse to survive.

These are also the reasons why Zheng Guo chose Su Zhou as the captain of the exploration team to explore the back of the moon – there is no other reason. Even if the rocket back explodes and everyone else dies, Su Zhou can survive until Zheng Guo sends a second spacecraft to pick him up. This stability alone makes him the best candidate for captain.

The only problem may be the calculation of the lunar orbit and the selection of the launch time and location. This must be calculated for a long time and found the most perfect answer through multiple trials and errors. After all, the Shenmu World is different from the Earth. Even if Su Zhou and Shao Qiming are willing to give the information to Zhou Buyi, Zhou Buyi cannot use it.

But Zhou Buyi himself also expressed that he didn't care about this: "I have more than one hundred clones. I can try them one by one. Even if they are all used up, I can just create them again... In fact, those are all my main bodies, but the 'main body' I am using now has the greatest strength."

More than one hundred trial and error opportunities. As long as it succeeds once, it can be declared a complete success. Shao Qiming has never heard of such a simple and convenient method that can go to the moon without being very troublesome and tiring.

Although many things are just an idea now, the general framework has been built. Whether it is the future guidance of the Shenmu World civilization or the incompatible contradiction between Zhou Buyi and the Panrong Undying Tree, a general solution has now been found.

Su Zhou couldn't do more about this. This is ultimately a matter for Zhou Buyi and the Shenmu World themselves. As a friend from another world, he has done his best to this point.

In response, Zhou Buyi also sincerely thanked Shao Qiming and Su Zhou several times.

"Although it's just an idea, ideas are the most important thing to me."

Saying that, he raised his head, looked at the sky, and smiled quite vicissitudes: "Guiding a civilization to the stars, to the moon... this kind of thing is really romantic to think about."

An old man of nearly two hundred years old was ignited with fighting spirit because of a seemingly absurd suggestion and plan.

In response, Shao Qiming shook his head: "Su Zhou's thinking is always too romantic, so he forgets the difficulties and obstacles in the middle... Zhou Buyi, going to the moon is a very lonely thing. Even if you really succeed, the construction on it is very boring and tasteless. Moreover, the development of technology may not be so fast. Maybe it will take decades or even hundreds of years before they can barely reach the moon."

"Lonely?"

Muttering in a low voice, Zhou Buyi looked at Su Zhou. The two 'undying' people looked at each other.

Su Zhou could see that in the other person's eyes, there was a fire burning that was very similar to the fire that burned in the eyes of the young man who was determined to eliminate the Demonic Dynasty when he first met him more than a hundred years ago.

Difficulties are never a reason to stop acting. It is just an adjective and will inevitably be overcome.

"Undying, undying... am I not lonely when I am in this bustling crowd?"

After looking at Su Zhou, Zhou Buyi laughed loudly. He turned around and walked towards the edge of the top of the Shenmu. The lonely man repeated: "Rather, this is something that only I, who possesses the power of the Shenmu, only an undying person, can do!"

The not-so-long conversation with Zhou Buyi ended.

The communication with the Panrong Undying Tree did not last too long either – the thinking of the Shenmu and humans are not on the same channel at all.

Through a brief exchange, Su Zhou knew that the Panrong Undying Tree had indeed completely taken root on this planet, and that no one had used the Shenmu power originating from it in the past one hundred years or so.

Zhou Buyi is different. He used a clever method to obtain those powers originating from the Demonic Emperor and the Demonic Dynasty that the Panrong Undying Tree had already distributed, so he also avoided the Panrong Undying Tree's detection.

After confirming this information, Su Zhou ended his call with the other party. Anyway, for this Shenmu, for whom one hundred and fifty years is just a moment, everything in the world is just a fleeting drama. They never care, nor do they ever observe these things, because all things exist by borrowing from them, and not the other way around.

This unconscious arrogance is perhaps the reason why the final fate of many Shenmu in myths is not very good.

"...Almost everything that needs to be done in this world has been completed. I have met my old friend, the situation of the Shenmu has been confirmed, the Extinction Blade is about to advance, my own cultivation has also been confirmed through the battle with Zhou Buyi, and there has been a slight improvement, not to mention the technology and information, which are even a great harvest."

Zhou Buyi's figure has disappeared into the distance. Presumably, he has gone to find his staff and astronomers to calculate the basic information such as the moon's orbit. Su Zhou, at the top of the Shenmu, showed off to Shao Qiming 'This is where I stabbed the Demonic Emperor on the pillar with one shot!' Then, he stood with the other person on the edge, overlooking the vast world around him.

Clouds were floating, and the weather in New Southern Capital recently was very good. From time to time, pure white clouds like snow came towards the top of the Shenmu like waves. Some flowing clouds could not touch the top and could only pass under it, but there were still some huge clouds that could engulf the towering top of the Shenmu. Coupled with the whistling wind in the high altitude, it really gave people a feeling of touching the clouds and waves.

After reminiscing about his excitement, Su Zhou also sighed. He turned his head with some nostalgia and looked at the Victory Memorial Hall on the side, and then stepped forward and slowly walked in that direction: "After a while, it's time to go back."

Shao Qiming followed behind Su Zhou. At first, he didn't understand what his friend wanted to do, but as Su Zhou put his hand into his arms and took out the group photo of himself and Zhou Buyi, he vaguely understood.

——Even if it is just a temporary acquaintance, a brief side-by-side battle, friendship is friendship and will not change color due to time and one party's death.

He followed Su Zhou's footsteps and saw him step into the Victory Memorial Hall. As the most famous hero in the entire Shenmu World and the one who is praised by the world, all the pioneers who participated in the fight against the Demonic Dynasty and fought against the Demonic Emperor and Demonic Generals, their ashes are here. Stone tablets recording all their deeds during their lives stand in the hall, just like telling all visitors about that history and story.

Su Zhou walked past all the stone tablets, all the tombstones. He remembered the names of most of them and also remembered what those people looked like – Grand Craftsman, Mo Ganxiu, Li Daoran, Wei Lie, Fang Hui, Liu Xizhao... Su Zhou remembered very clearly that his Lanjia Armor, archery, and thunder magic all came from this world, and the National Teacher was indeed the first tricky enemy he encountered.

Naturally, this is not something to be sad about. All the people here are heroes. They have achieved success, their ideals have come true, and their achievements are sung by the world and will last forever.

So Su Zhou just nodded to these stone tablets one by one with a smile, and then walked to the innermost row of stone sculptures in this memorial hall.

He found his name.

[Kunlun Martial Saint - Su Zhou]

[——In the first year of the New Calendar, New Southern Capital, the first month of winter, Kunlun Martial Saint Su Zhou held a divine sword and fought the Demonic Emperor alone at the Yongning Heavenly Palace on the top of the Undying Tree, fighting hard for a while. ]

[——Martial Saint used a secret method to summon thunder to strike the Demonic Emperor, causing the wrath of heaven, and then split his body into four pieces with a divine sword and beheaded him to show it to the public. ]

[——The Demonic Emperor was beheaded, and the Demonic Dynasty was destroyed. ]

[——The world, is at peace. ]

[Birth and death unknown, appearance unknown, only a monument is erected to commemorate]

Next to this stone tablet, there is also an empty space. Su Zhou knows very well that this is the position that Zhou Buyi reserved for himself – if one day he dies, his monument will be erected here to rest with these old friends.

Standing in front of his own monument, Su Zhou pondered for a moment. Then, he turned around and looked at all the stone tablets in the entire memorial hall.

He threw the group photo of himself and Zhou Buyi, the only two remaining 'undead', behind him. The floating photo fell according to a slow trajectory, and then it ignited a purple-green flame in mid-air and slowly turned into ashes, scattered on the ground.

"I'm back to see you – I hope that the next time I come, you will still be here, being sung by people."

Saying calmly, Su Zhou stepped out of the memorial hall again with Shao Qiming.

——Those things that should not be forgotten are the so-called things to be sung.

The day after tomorrow, evening.

Extinction Blade, completed advancement.

This chapter is a bit long, but the plot of returning to the Shenmu World has also ended. I feel very satisfied, but some points may be a bit obscure, for example, Su Zhou and Zhou Buyi's thoughts should be explained more clearly.