Chapter 437 Let Brother Zhou Hear It! (First Update, 5200, Seeking Monthly Tickets~)

When Su Zhou arrived in the South Sea, both Sheng Sheng and Yan Sheng were already waiting near the Tianchi Realm portal.

The matter of Jiu Ming's disappearance hadn't spread yet, after all, the disappearance of a True Dragon Dragon King was a big news event for the entire world.

But the most troublesome aspect was that Jiu Ming had recently been promoted by the Zheng Guo (lit. 'Proper Nation', referring to China) government as part of a large-scale publicity campaign for traditional dragon totem worship.

As a handsome dragon-person youth, Jiu Ming, like Jin Qiong, was a leading figure for the Ni Dao (Simulated Path) faction—Su Zhou was too strong, already beyond that concept. He had many female fans, explosive online popularity, and every appearance was guaranteed to draw a massive crowd.

If he really disappeared, it would be impossible to hide, and difficult to downplay.

Therefore, to avoid chaos, only Sheng Sheng, representing the Ni Dao faction, and Yan Sheng, as Sheng Sheng's personal confidant, knew the most about this matter, while the other Holy Seats only knew about the 'Jiu Ming disappearance' event.

As the strongest person in Zheng Guo and a member of the Ni Dao dragon transformation group, Su Zhou was notified immediately and invited to the South Sea to use his Earth Immortal-level methods to assess the situation.

"I'm here."

A shooting star fell into the sea, but didn't cause too much of a disturbance.

But when Su Zhou entered the sea, the water elemental power separated the seawater around him and automatically calmed it. The youth arrived at the side of the two Holy Seats and asked directly, "What's the situation now?"

"The situation is very complicated, Chongwen (Yan Sheng's real name) should have told you before."

A magnetic voice sounded, and it was Sheng Sheng who spoke first.

This was a middle-aged man with a refined appearance and no beard. He had bright eyes, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and a head of silver-white hair that was different from ordinary Zheng Guo people.

Although he couldn't be described as having a youthful appearance with white hair, Sheng Sheng's appearance and demeanor were so good that at first glance, he looked just like the true immortal that everyone imagined. It was hard to imagine how handsome he was when he was young.

In terms of personal image, he was perhaps the best of all the Holy Seats.

But in reality, not to mention this superior appearance, this leader of the Zheng Guo Ni Dao faction who possessed Bai Ze bloodline was essentially a true mad scientist.

Su Zhou remembered the terrifying scene when he last met Sheng Sheng in his laboratory and saw him conducting live experiments on his own clones... It was truly memorable, and even Su Zhou, who had no problem eating a Gui Che (mythical bird), felt a little uncomfortable.

And now, this silver-haired Holy Seat frowned slightly, and he seriously explained the current situation to Su Zhou: "It's not just Jiu Ming. We've learned from various sources that similar disappearance cases have occurred all over the world, whether in Zheng Guo or other countries, from large forces to civilian armed groups, there have been similar events."

"But the problem is that the missing people have no pattern. There are strong and weak, rich and poor, and it's impossible to know the conditions for this disappearance."

"That's right."

Yan Sheng's humanoid prosthetic body also spoke. It was difficult for this Holy Seat, who had actively converted himself into an electronic soul form, to have emotional fluctuations, but even so, his tone revealed a hint of doubt: "For example, among the several confirmed disappearance cases, there is Jiu Ming, who is at the transcendent high-level; and Ma Jing, who is only at the awakened mid-level and comes from a Weiwu (Martial Only) martial arts school."

"The two people's strength, identity, personality, experience, everything is completely different, and it's impossible to find even the slightest similarity."

While saying this, Yan Sheng's tone was more serious than ever before—as the leaders of Zheng Guo, a modern super political entity in the era of spiritual energy recovery, the Holy Seats found it hard to believe that such a thing could happen in the country they led.

Especially since the large-scale spiritual network monitoring system that Yan Sheng had promoted some time ago had officially started running. This was an ultra-large array cluster that could theoretically monitor all spiritual energy fluctuations within the country. Even if someone used a dust removal spell on the street, the network could easily detect it and identify who released the spell through the spiritual energy characteristics.

But now, this large-scale array cluster was of no use at all, and had not discovered any clues.

Some time ago, the Soul Abyss server originating from Qingqiu (mythical land of foxes) made him very happy, and the existence of the Ice Fox will aggregate itself also delighted Yan Sheng, who exclaimed that he had gained inspiration for the road ahead.

But before he could be happy for a few days, this disappearance case occurred on Earth. At that time, his political enemies within the committee would definitely question the ability of his spiritual network system again.

Therefore, as a last resort, Yan Sheng could only invite Su Zhou, this Earth Immortal, to come and personally investigate what was going on.

"I see, I understand roughly."

After listening to the explanations of the two Holy Seats, Su Zhou nodded, with an expression that said he understood: "In any case, let's take a look at the situation first."

Of course, his heart was very calm.

Because Su Zhou already knew the cause and effect of this matter.

As early as when he returned from the Divine Dragon World, when the Pioneer and Yala were at odds with each other, Su Zhou was very clear that the Pioneer's actions would inevitably affect many worlds. The youth had already anticipated this, and now it was just that fantasy had become reality.

Therefore, his performance at this moment was much calmer than Sheng Sheng and Yan Sheng, and this in turn gradually calmed the two Holy Seats down, while secretly nodding in their hearts.

"As expected of a genius who can advance to the realm of Immortals and Gods far earlier than us old fogeys!"

"This kind of state of mind, harmonious and unified, as solid as gold, is truly remarkable!"

Even while praising in his heart, Sheng Sheng couldn't help but seriously examine Su Zhou again.

Then, this silver-haired middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Too perfect!"

——Perfect body, perfect appearance!

And this unheard-of talent, the cultivation speed of achieving Immortality and Divinity in three years, the rock-solid willpower, and the almost instinctive but extremely practical combat skills.

"If the talent conditions of all human beings could be like Su Zhou, then our human race would certainly achieve far higher achievements than the Immortals and Gods of the past!"

Although he didn't say a word on the surface, Sheng Sheng couldn't help but think when he stared at Su Zhou: "Unfortunately, it's a bit difficult to collect his body materials. His blood and hair become inactive too quickly after leaving the body, and it's impossible to conduct experiments..."

"...If I were a woman, and a little younger..."

Dangerous thoughts surged in the heart of this Holy Seat who had no ethical morality, only progress and technology.

"Cough cough..."

Although Su Zhou, who could hear thoughts, didn't actively try to eavesdrop, he could roughly understand what the other party was thinking. He couldn't help but look a little stiff, and took a small step back, away from Sheng Sheng.

Afterwards, the youth coughed lightly and said seriously, "In short, let me see what the situation is first."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand, reached into his personal space, and drew out the Blade of Annihilation.

"Wait, Professor Su, what are you..."

"Calm down, calm down, let's talk nicely, don't draw your sword!"

This scene immediately made Yan Sheng and Sheng Sheng exclaim in alarm. The two stepped forward, trying to get Su Zhou to put the sword back.

It wasn't surprising that the two Holy Seats reacted so strongly.

Because not long ago, when Su Zhou was in the Beast God Realm, and accepted the official test to demonstrate his overlord-level strength, he used the exact same action to draw out the Blade of Annihilation and directly shattered a mountain in a remote area.

To put it this way, it's a bit inappropriate—in fact, at that time, Su Zhou, who had unleashed his full strength, merely by drawing the sword, caused the clear sky within dozens of miles to suddenly turn cloudy, with churning dark clouds, thunder, and hail falling. And his subsequent sword slash was like a heavenly punishment, endless heat with blue-purple demonic fire burning everything, directly enveloping the entire mountain.

With just one strike, the entire mountain was split into two, and the lava rolled down from the mountain-shaped ice cream like melted cream, eventually turning into a boiling lake of magma... And this lake was then frozen by the rain and hail that Su Zhou stirred up, and now it had become a flat ground where an airport could be built.

Sheng Sheng and Yan Sheng were also present at that time, and were shocked. Now, seeing Su Zhou adopt the same starting stance, they naturally subconsciously tried to stop him.

——Who knew what he was going to cut?!

However, something unexpected happened.

This time, after Su Zhou drew out the Blade of Annihilation, he didn't grip it tightly. The youth simply threw it away, causing the divine blade to fly out of his hand and float in the sea.

"Clang!"

At that moment, after the divine blade left his hand, it was as if it were a wild horse that had broken free of its reins, or a husky that had escaped its leash, and let out a long cry—then, it dragged its scarlet sun flame spiritual energy and began to wander around in the surrounding sea area.

"What, what does this mean?"

For a time, Sheng Sheng and Yan Sheng didn't understand what Su Zhou and the Blade of Annihilation were doing, after all, this scene looked a little too strange.

But soon, they discovered that the spiritual light of the Blade of Annihilation was flashing, and it was faintly outlining a dragon-shaped hollow shadow in the sea water!

That seemed to be the silhouette of Jiu Ming's state before he disappeared?!

Regarding the surprise of the two Holy Seats, Su Zhou stood with his hands behind his back, smiling without saying a word.

The Blade of Annihilation had made considerable progress since the battle on Qingqiu Star.

Although its intelligence hadn't improved much, its spiritual sensitivity was now almost comparable to that of Su Zhou, who was a Hegemon Earth Immortal.

Why should he personally take action for such a trivial matter as searching for the spiritual energy traces left by Jiu Ming? It was perfectly fine to leave it to the Blade of Annihilation, which could also maintain his high status, killing two birds with one stone.

Soon, in the midst of clangorous sword cries, one phantom of Jiu Ming after another was outlined.

It could be seen that the True Dragon was very well-behaved for a long time. He stayed here, without moving even half a step, as if he were sleeping.

However, at some point a few days ago, Jiu Ming suddenly raised his head. After spacing out for a while, the entire dragon completely disappeared.

"This, is perplexing..."

Although still somewhat immersed in Su Zhou's extremely agile 'sword control technique,' Sheng Sheng shook his head. He reacted and said in a deep voice, "To forcefully take away a True Dragon so silently? What kind of method is this? It's simply unbelievable!"

Yan Sheng also nodded slightly. He looked at Su Zhou and said sternly, "Professor Su, you are a Hegemon. Do you think you can silently capture Jiu Ming and whisk him away before he can send out a warning?"

"I can do it, but it's a bit difficult. After all, Jiu Ming is a True Dragon. Just whisking him away, not killing him, is a hundred times more troublesome."

In response, Su Zhou first nodded slightly, then shook his head. He said calmly, "And the problem is that this may not be a forceful action."

Perhaps Yan Sheng and Sheng Sheng didn't know, but Su Zhou himself was very clear that the reason Jiu Ming left was definitely because of his own choice.

The Pioneer didn't forcefully take away members of the dependents—like Shao Shuangyue. According to Shao Shuangyue's description, she had left the Pioneer's pop-up window open for several days, but until the end, the Pioneer didn't forcefully take Shao Shuangyue away, but simply attracted her attention, allowing her to notice its existence.

The Pioneer's plan was actually very simple, that was to directly seduce the pure desire for exploration in people's hearts. After this desire reached a certain level, it would be recognized by it, and then it would give the other party the right to choose.

This choice must be from the heart, sincere, it doesn't need to be induced, doesn't need to be deceived, and doesn't need any coercion.

Because, if it wasn't for an existence that innately wanted to explore the unknown and head towards the distance, the Pioneer wouldn't bother to waste energy selecting them as a dependent—even if that person was strong or talented.

After all, if the route is wrong, the stronger the power, the more of an enemy they become. If they don't embark on this path because of spontaneous exploration and curiosity, then they are not worthy of being called his dependents.

"Sheng Sheng, Yan Sheng, I don't know, do you still remember the 'Ancient Overlords'?"

Without any hesitation, after the Blade of Annihilation finished detecting Jiu Ming's aura, Su Zhou turned his head and said seriously to the two Holy Seats: "Those powerful existences that are vaguely mentioned in the ancient Immortal and God classics."

To this, the two Holy Seats both nodded slightly.

Of course they remembered.

Throughout the world, in the ancient classics left by the Immortals and Gods, some strange and powerful existences often appeared.

They were called 'Fate,' 'Heaven's Way,' 'Irresistible Force,' and 'Torrent'… Faced with these forces, even the most powerful Immortals and Gods would be troubled, and even perish because of them.

They speculated that it was a force above the world, and that this existence's power, although invisible, could affect countless worlds, and that they had been carrying out various secret purposes and plans.

'Ancient Overlords' was the collective name given to those existences by the ancient Immortals and Gods, and the Order Array on the entire Earth was created to guard against the power projection of the Ancient Overlords.

"Doesn't what's happening now feel very similar to the classics?"

Saying this, Su Zhou's tone carried a hint of subtle sincerity: "This kind of power that even Immortals and Gods can't see through, whose source is unknown... Isn't that precisely the characteristic of the Great Overlords?"

——Spiritual energy has revived, and the Ancient Overlords have also revived.

The power of Fate, the Way of Heaven, the Irresistible Force and the Torrent, has once again descended upon our world.

"So that's it..."

Hearing this, the two Holy Seats fell silent, their expressions extremely solemn.

Whether it was Sheng Sheng or Yan Sheng, they were no strangers to the rumors of the Ancient Overlords, it was just that they hadn't thought in that direction at first.

"In that case, what should we do?"

Sheng Sheng couldn't help but mutter to himself—Ancient Overlords, a power that even the Immortals and Gods of the past couldn't resist, how could the humans of today contend against it?

——Just deal with it as best as you can.

Although that's what he was thinking in his heart, Su Zhou smiled heartily on the surface.

He put on an expression of 'I'm not pretending anymore, I'm being honest, no one knows the Great Overlords better than me,' and directly revealed his cards to the two Holy Seats: "As far as I know, among the Ancient Overlords with similar event records, I only remember that one—and that one probably won't do anything to Jiu Ming, at most they'll just set up a little test."

"Don't worry, if nothing unexpected happens, Jiu Ming should be able to come back from time to time—although he can't reveal the specific situation over there, he's definitely safe."

While saying this, it was actually Yala who was explaining in the soul space, and Su Zhou was repeating it in reality. He roughly described Jiu Ming's current situation, comforting the two Holy Seats.

"Oh, right." And in the end, Su Zhou seemed to have suddenly realized something, and he solemnly emphasized, "I got all this information from the Immortal and God Relic—that Immortal and God Relic."

——Immortal and God Relic? I don't believe you.

Although that thought flashed through his mind, Sheng Sheng and Yan Sheng immediately understood Su Zhou's implication.

——Su Zhou's abnormally rapid advancement in strength, and the guesses they had long ago, as well as the Immortal and God Relic that he repeatedly emphasized, and the various inheritances and technologies obtained from the Immortal and God Relic…

Indeed, he knows a lot about them? Information about the Ancient Overlords.

Although they already had guesses in their hearts, Su Zhou was now an Earth Immortal, a Hegemon Immortal and God.

The information he revealed now and the information he revealed when he was a Transcendent were not the same concept at all.

Therefore, Sheng Sheng didn't continue this topic. Having roughly understood the situation, he nodded slightly and said, "If Jiu Ming is fine, then that's good."

"But the next thing is a bit troublesome... After his disappearance, we have to give an explanation to both the fans and the media."

However, at this moment.

Suddenly, in front of the entrance of the Tianchi Realm, to the side of where the three of them were.

Along with a warning sword cry from the Blade of Annihilation, the space in front of everyone suddenly twisted for a moment.

In a flash of time and space, a dragon-person youth with dragon horns on his head appeared in the sea.

"Eh—I can actually come back! 10 exploration points a day, I accidentally exchanged for 10 days' worth... But it's good that I can come back!"

One could hear the blue-haired dragon-person youth happily talking to himself. He seemed very happy to be back in the water, and his mentality was much more relaxed: "As expected, the sea is still more comfortable. Although the pool inside the space is big, it just doesn't have the same flavor... Eh?!"

However, before the dragon-person youth could prepare to happily wander in the sea.

Jiu Ming suddenly discovered that three huge spiritual energy reactions were overwhelmingly pressing down on him.

——Boom!

In an instant, Su Zhou, Sheng Sheng, and Yan Sheng appeared in front of him as if they had teleported, with rolling sea tides, their faces expressionless.

"W-what are you going to do?!"

Startled, Jiu Ming subconsciously squatted down and hugged his head—this was also an instinctive reaction after a long period of combat, because this posture could indeed block and withstand the most attacks.

"What are we going to do?"

Su Zhou and the two Holy Seats looked at each other, then revealed gentle smiles. The youth kindly reached out to the returning Jiu Ming and said softly, "Of course, we're going to ask you about your situation recently."

"Don't be afraid, tell Brother Zhou all about it, let me hear your troubles!"

Jiu Ming: "???"

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