"Indeed, this ancient barrier only obstructs beings from the Great Wilderness, it has no effect on beings from Earth."
Xu Mo felt the sensation of passing through the ancient barrier. For a moment, some kind of restriction swept over his primordial spirit, as if it were appraising him.
Ultimately, he passed the appraisal of the ancient barrier's restriction and successfully crossed.
If it were anyone else from the Great Wilderness, they would definitely not pass this appraisal and would be stopped directly.
The Chaos Furnace within him stirred. Xu Mo frowned slightly but still released the drifting bottle.
As soon as the drifting bottle appeared, it began to shriek!
"What the hell? You didn't use the Crossing Tribulation Mark and you could still pass the ancient barrier? Are you not a native of the Great Wilderness!?"
It was thrown into the Chaos Furnace by Xu Mo, but Xu Mo hadn't blocked its senses. Therefore, when Xu Mo passed through the ancient barrier, it had sensed it.
At the same time, it also discovered that Xu Mo's Crossing Tribulation Mark had not been used just now!
This meant that this guy had passed through the ancient barrier by himself!
This was too abnormal. The drifting bottle had never encountered such a situation since its birth, and it was utterly shocked!
The ancient barrier was quite mysterious, its history even predating the Crossing Tribulation, and it even involved an ancient emperor who severed the connection between heaven and earth.
Without the Crossing Tribulation Mark, even a Saint realm cultivator could not force their way through, not even an Extreme Saint!
Therefore, Xu Mo was a person with significant issues. The drifting bottle's suspicion about Xu Mo's origins grew.
"Who exactly are you, where are you from? Why are you impersonating a native of the Great Wilderness? Do you have some conspiracy?" The drifting bottle became intensely interested. It felt that Xu Mo must have a great secret!
If nothing else, the Chaos Furnace that coexisted with Xu Mo gave it a feeling of being irresistible, only capable of looking up to it.
It even suspected that this furnace that kept burning it had not been activated or revived, and was currently in a dormant state, like a dead object. Once it revived, the might of the Chaos Furnace would be terrifying!
Xu Mo knew this matter couldn't be hidden, and he had never intended to hide it. However, explaining it to a bottle was not something he was interested in.
The drifting bottle persistently questioned him, and finally, Xu Mo became impatient. He directly summoned the Chaos Furnace, intending to throw the bottle into it.
"Wait a moment!" The drifting bottle panicked. It didn't want to continue being burned inside that furnace. It quickly shouted, "You've entered Earth. You're unfamiliar with everything here. With me guiding you, anything you want to do will be much easier. Earth is a civilization of technology, and its national systems are different from the Great Wilderness. You won't get used to it."
It quickly demonstrated its usefulness, as it had come to understand.
Xu Mo would let this guy out when he needed it, and throw it back into the furnace when he didn't. In Earth terms, this guy was a complete scumbag!
The drifting bottle slandered it in its mind.
Xu Mo turned his head and quietly looked at the drifting bottle, a smile appearing on his face.
He was an Earthling. This bottle actually claimed it would guide him. Xu Mo found it amusing.
However, the drifting bottle didn't know it was an Earthling. It only knew that its origins were problematic and it didn't belong to the Great Wilderness. So, saying this was quite normal.
But Xu Mo somehow felt that these words were not quite right.
Guiding him? Did this bottle want to be a collaborator, a traitor to its own planet?
In the end, Xu Mo still agreed to let the drifting bottle stay outside. He wasn't worried about it escaping, as the Chaos Furnace kept it locked down at all times.
The drifting bottle clearly knew this and had to abandon its petty thoughts, focusing on guiding Xu Mo.
"Which country on Earth do you want to go to? Cough, cough, let me introduce you first. The strongest countries on Earth now are the United States, China..."
The drifting bottle floated in the air, explaining some basic knowledge about Earth to Xu Mo.
After listening, Xu Mo directly waved his hand, "No need to explain these. I know all of them. They are all in my memory fragments. Just tell me how many old zombies have awakened on Earth now?"
Without the memory fragments, he already knew this information because he was an Earthling himself.
Compared to this irrelevant information, he was more concerned about the old zombies who had failed the previous Crossing Tribulations and chose to hide on Earth to slumber.
The moment he passed through the ancient barrier, he had already sensed the spiritual energy of Earth recovering.
At the same time, he sensed that there were beings of the same realm on Earth, and they were active, seemingly making arrangements in advance?
"Old zombies? Let this bottle communicate with the main will."
The drifting bottle began to emit a strong light. Xu Mo saw countless threads entwining around the drifting bottle, with the other ends connected to the void of Earth.
"This Crossing Tribulation doesn't seem simple. Not only are there consciousnesses formed by partial rules, but even the main rule has given birth to consciousness. Does this mean that the Crossing Tribulation might be biased, and will favor those it watches over?"
Xu Mo was somewhat moved. Upon careful consideration, he found it terrifying.
At the same time, he wondered if the consciousness of the Crossing Tribulation was born innately or acquired later. There was a significant difference between the two!
Soon, the drifting bottle finished communicating and said solemnly, "The main will informed me that six old zombies have currently awakened. They are already making arrangements and racing to cross the tribulation. This action has indirectly triggered a butterfly effect, and other worlds anchored to Earth may appear ahead of schedule."
"Appear ahead of schedule? How much earlier?" Xu Mo was astonished, his expression also becoming solemn.
"The specific time is unclear, at the fastest three months, at the slowest half a year," the drifting bottle replied.
More than half a year early!
Xu Mo frowned, a sense of urgency rising in his heart. It was one thing for these old zombies on Earth to race to cross the tribulation, but they had also triggered a butterfly effect, causing him to lose over half a year of preparation time for no reason.
He felt very displeased and silently took note of these old zombies.
"What is their current strength? Have they all recovered?" Xu Mo asked again.
If these old zombies hadn't recovered their strength, he wouldn't mind sending them on their way now.
"They should have recovered. You want to hunt them? I advise you to abandon this dangerous idea. As far as I know, once the Crossing Tribulation begins, these old zombies will unite to deal with you new Saints!" the drifting bottle warned him solemnly.
When the Crossing Tribulation began, dozens of worlds would descend upon Earth. The Saints from these worlds would, upon entering Earth, first clear out the 'old zombies.'
Because these 'old zombies' were too cunning, hiding in dark corners and ambushing people. They would occasionally pop out and deliver a heavy blow to the new Saints. Who could stand that?
"Moreover, these lingering Saints are not weak. Their strength is at least mid-Saint realm. You, a nascent Saint, are no match for them," the drifting bottle added.
After listening to the drifting bottle, Xu Mo put away his thoughts and decided not to settle scores with these old rats for now.