Chapter 143 Answer

That was the answer Zi Yu needed.

Conveying it was enough.

In the current Eastern Continent, few people possessed a greater "link" role than Gu Shen.

Only he could connect the previously irreconcilable North and South Super-Districts, as well as the intricate family relationships of Nagano.

"Legion Commander..."

Gu Shen was about to speak.

Zi Yu interrupted him, smiling, "No need to be so formal in the future. Just call me 'Aunt Wen,' like them."

"Them" referred to... Lin Chou, Lin Lin?

"Okay, Aunt Wen."

Gu Shen quickly agreed, smiling, feeling somewhat flattered.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

On the閣樓, a figure appeared at some unknown time.

Someone appeared here at just the right moment, and said with a meaningful sigh, "What a heartwarming scene. It seems I should spend more time with my sister."

His tone sounded a bit sour.

"Come down quickly."

Zi Yu said unhappily, "Xiao Gu has been waiting for a long time."

Lin Lin sighed helplessly as he walked down from the second floor, laughing and scolding, "Gu Shen, what kind of bewitching soup did you give Aunt Wen? During the Doru River incident, she frequently connected to the main ship to inquire about your safety..."

In his mental sea, Chu Ling whispered, "I can attest to that."

She couldn't enter the deep-sea disconnection zone of the Doru River Disaster Realm.

However, Chu Ling could clearly hear the Legion Commander's communications link.

It seemed that this Legion Commander... truly cared about him.

The move she made in the courtyard that day also showed that Aunt Wen's [Dragon Annihilation] didn't hold back.

Gu Shen looked at Zi Yu gratefully. The latter waved her hand, indicating that he didn't need to mind it, "Let's go, I'll take you to see Her Majesty the Queen."

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...

This was the second time he had come to the閣樓.

Standing outside the [Furnace] Divine Domain, Gu Shen still felt somewhat nervous.

He had come to the Northern Continent... to find the whereabouts of his teacher and senior sister. He had already gone to the Kumbu Fortress beyond the Great Wall mission and the Doru River Disaster Realm, but there was still no news of his teacher and senior sister.

Jin Suihua's search in the [Old World] had been fruitless, and relying on it would probably be a distant prospect.

Now... the last hope rested on the Queen.

He took a deep breath.

He exchanged a glance with Zi Yu.

"Rumble rumble rumble--"

The magnificent fire tide surged on the second floor of the pavilion. The Legion Commander's cloak absorbed the sea of fire spilling from the gaps. Her eyebrows, beard, and long hair were blown wildly by the scorching wind, transforming her into a flame deity in an instant.

Within the [Dragon Annihilation] domain.

Zi Yu made an inviting gesture. Once again, she opened the door to the閣樓 for Gu Shen.

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The core area of the [Furnace] Divine Domain was still cold.

But this time.

The mist floating in the air seemed to have dissipated a lot.

Perhaps it was because of the fierce battle with the Traveler that the "Meaning of Great Cold" had been depleted... Gu Shen even had the illusion that he could see the Queen's face on the throne from where he stood at the entrance.

But this illusion was fleeting.

Because the woman on the throne really cast her gaze over.

Thus, this short distance became the horizon.

As long as the Queen didn't want to.

Then all the mundane things in this world would not be able to see her divine appearance clearly.

"Your Majesty."

Gu Shen bowed deeply and got straight to the point, "I have come here to ask..."

In the Divine Domain, the Queen's gentle voice took over Gu Shen's words, "You want to ask about the whereabouts of the [Sky-Reaching Tree] and [Eye of Heaven]."

Gu Shen paused slightly.

He straightened his body and said in a deep voice, "Yes."

Actually, there was also Senior Brother Zhong Wei... but his cultivation realm and strength were far inferior to the other two, and Her Majesty the Queen probably didn't remember his name...

"You are a disciple of Qian Ye, a successor of 'Divination'."

The Queen said gently, "In that case, you should understand that there are some things that 'Divination' cannot divine..."

Gu Shen's heart was raised.

The Queen said, word by word, "For example, what happened in the [Old World]."

Yes.

There were many things that Divination could not divine.

For example, the Divine Throne that fused the seeds of fire was a "forbidden existence" where countless transcendent source materials gathered in large quantities. Once one tried to pry into it, one would suffer backlash.

And the [Old World] was also not included in the divination list.

If one used Divination to look at the [Old World], one would find that it was shrouded in a large amount of fog, making it impossible to see clearly. Everything one wanted to divine would be reduced to dim smog--

"I'm sorry, this is the Transcendent Iron Law... I can't violate it either."

The Queen's answer made the last bit of luck in Gu Shen's heart plummet. He had thought that perhaps the "Art of Foresight" created by Her Majesty was different from the Divination of Qingzhong.

"However--"

Before Gu Shen could respond.

The woman on the throne spoke again, "Some things don't necessarily require the use of 'Divination' or 'Foresight' to get the answer--"

Gu Shen suddenly raised his head.

The Queen didn't seem to want him to explore further.

But he knew that saying these words meant that Her Majesty the Queen had the answer!

For some reason, his heart did not feel relaxed when he heard this news, but instead became tense.

An ominous premonition suddenly spread.

"Are you sure you want to know?" The Queen looked directly into Gu Shen's eyes.

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He nodded.

"Da--"

The Queen tapped the throne lightly with her finger.

In the Furnace Divine Domain, ice and snow fluttered, revealing a "steaming" purgatory scene.

At this moment, the Queen used her divine power to evolve the [Furnace] scene of the underground research institute!

The interior of the [Furnace] that supported the floating of Central City was like a volcano.

Lava kept rolling and bubbles burst.

The "Traveler" lived in it... It curled up, like a hibernating bear, shrinking itself into a corner of the volcanic furnace. Divine power surged, and undercurrents surged. The Traveler was covered with a layer of hard shell. This temporarily generated skin was very effective against the erosion of the volcano.

But unfortunately, this thick armor could not stop the Queen from extracting power from its body and sending it to the reactor in the underground research institute.

These divine powers were constantly divided and extracted layer by layer by the research institute, and finally transported to the ground.

"Traveler..."

Looking at this frightening giant monster, Gu Shen couldn't help but recall the shocking scene he encountered in the underground research institute a few days ago.

"Don't worry, the matter of jumping out of the [Furnace] will not happen again."

The Queen glanced at Gu Shen and said, "This 'big guy' has completely fallen into a deep sleep."

"Sleep?"

"As you can see, in order to fight against the [Furnace], it is using a very stupid way to defend itself."

The Queen said faintly, "The Traveler can travel and survive in the [Old World] for many years, relying not only on the 'Power of Fire Seed'. All the living beings of their clan can quickly adapt to changes in the environment. Even the lowest-level 'Bone Winged Life' can evolve specifically for a specific environment in just a few minutes. In our opinion, this is an incredible thing."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes...

He had personally seen the ancient texts on the stone wall and knew that the Travelers were the ancient humans who were abandoned in the [Old World]. If they had not developed this incredible ability, they would have been swept away by the storm and annihilated in the extreme environment, leaving not even bone slag.

Gu Shen was a little puzzled.

[Traveler] was probably the closest thing to a perfect creature he had ever seen.

Even when imprisoned, it still evolved a thick armor that could resist the flames of the [Furnace], and entering deep sleep mode at this moment seemed to be a rather clever approach... It was reducing its consumption in order to resist for as long as possible.

But why did Her Majesty the Queen say this was a "stupid" behavior?

"I am not interested in the Traveler's body."

The Queen said calmly, "You will know soon enough that it doesn't matter how long it can last... I am very interested in its 'spirit'. For me, the most important thing is what's in its head."

Gu Shen was stunned for a moment. He didn't quite understand the first half of the sentence.

But he understood the meaning of the second half!

"Could it be... you invaded its mental sea?"

"That's right."

"Because of its perfect evolutionary instinct, this 'big guy' fell asleep in the [Furnace]... I successfully invaded its mental sea." The Queen said calmly, "If I can find out the Traveler clan's [Ancient Text], that would be the greatest gain. However, it's a pity that its mental sea is fragmented, and the information that can be obtained is very limited... The clues about [Ancient Text] are almost zero."

Those Bone Winged Life, as well as the high-level Transcendent Life, seemed to be communicating using the "Ancient Text."

This clan had wisdom!

The stone wall was also written in "Ancient Text"!

If he could scavenge the knowledge of "Ancient Text" from the Traveler's head... then the unknown, long-sealed history would be presented to the world!

"But... in the incomplete 'memory', I saw such a scene."

The Queen's eyes softened. She waved her sleeves slowly, and the ice crystals in the Divine Domain turned into mental crystal balls one by one.

Each of these mental crystal balls contained a fragment of the Traveler's memory.

The mental sea of this "Eighth Divine Throne" had suffered severe trauma... so the memory that could be scavenged was really limited, but after all, it possessed the power of the "Divine Level," and these memories were solemnly preserved by the Queen.

At this moment, a crystal ball slowly fell and landed in front of Gu Shen.

In that crystal ball, wind and snow gathered and swirled.

In the desolate, broken snow ruin, there were three lonely figures walking.

"This is a scene from the Traveler's memory. I have verified it..."

The Queen's voice was complex, "You can take your time to finish watching."

Gu Shen was stunned because he recognized it at a glance...

The three people in the Traveler's gaze were his teacher, senior brother, and senior sister.