Chapter 1 "Lord of Love..."

Gu Shen looked at the withered bones on the throne. A Fu's language was simple, but with just a few words, he seemed to have seen the scene that took place on the Initial Ship many years ago.

Perhaps...

It was the extinguished shard of the Gospel Box that still lingered with the last bit of spiritual power.

"What should your master be called?"

Gu Shen turned to look at the small cuboid.

A Fu's tone was full of boastfulness at this moment: "The great 'God of Molten Iron and Craftsman'. In that era... everyone called him that."

"Indeed, very great."

Gu Shen nodded earnestly.

Gu Xiaoman blinked and asked curiously, "Since the Lord of Love sacrificed her fire and life, was the 'Sword of Concepts' that could extinguish the chaos finally created successfully?"

"..."

At this question, A Fu fell into a brief silence again.

It hesitated several times.

But Gu Shen and Gu Xiaoman already knew the answer.

In the era when chaos descended, everyone boarded starships for a long voyage... Only A Fu stayed here, and the continuation of human civilization had nothing to do with it anymore.

"I think it should have been created successfully, right?"

After a long time, A Fu smiled and said, "With the master's great wisdom, plus the enlightenment given by the Lord of Love burning her life, he must have succeeded in the end... It's just that I don't know what the final result was. I've been waiting in the Initial Ship for so many years, actually waiting for this answer."

"The transcendents who set foot in the Ice Sea Ruins before, after they died, in addition to the gene samples in their blood, there are some incomplete spirits that can..."

A Fu said slowly, "It's hard to believe that you actually come from the north. And the technology of this era seems to be even more backward than back then..."

Hearing this, Gu Xiaoman scratched her head a little embarrassedly.

Yes.

No matter how fierce the internal strife within the Five Continents was.

Today's technological civilization is far inferior to the time of the escape...

Not to mention starships.

Today's source energy艇 (yuanneng ting) technology is just the remnants excavated from the [Old World] mystic realm.

"In that great escape, human civilization sacrificed a lot in order to preserve the fire." Gu Shen said to A Fu, "Being able to survive is already a kind of luck. You can understand it as we found a temporarily safe home. Although it is not an oasis, there is also the possibility of multiplying and living... The current level of civilization is the level after the reset."

"Is that so?"

A Fu nodded.

For it, it didn't matter whether human civilization had progressed or regressed, or what stage it had reached.

It could see "humans," which was already a long-cherished wish fulfilled.

This was enough to prove that the starship escape was a success.

"I have a question."

Gu Shen looked at A Fu, "What kind of defense mechanism exists around the 'Initial Ship' that allowed you to survive in the chaotic storm back then?"

This was a very important question.

The power of the source matter chaotic storm could not be resisted even by a God Seat.

Back then, Gu Changzhi, at the peak of his power, in his prime, encountered an unprecedented chaotic storm in the [Old World]... When he returned to the Five Continents, he was already on the verge of death.

The power of the fire could ignite the long night.

But this world was too big, and the night was too dark.

No matter how much a fire burned, its power was limited.

"Your focus is very interesting." A Fu smiled, "Do humans now have similar ideas?"

"Yes."

Gu Shen didn't avoid anything.

The Ancient Text Society once proposed a "Project Star Cluster," which was to build an underground fortress when the final disaster struck and humans could not avoid it, allowing a portion of the lucky ones to hide underground and avoid the erosion of the source matter storm... It was a pity that this proposal could not be truly implemented, because current human technology could not stably resist the storm.

If the "Initial Ship" could be created, then Mr. Jing Shanyan's Project Star Cluster would no longer be a fantasy.

However... at that time, there might be some changes.

The ancient civilization of that year chose to abandon the "Initial Ship" because they had the ability to build starships that could outrun the storm.

If they could escape, who would be willing to live underground?

"The materials for the Initial Ship were all made by my master. In your words, this ship was cast from a large amount of divine silver... And another great leader also took action. That leader controlled a portion of the 'power of time.'"

A Fu recalled the distant past and said in a low voice, "So even if the Initial Ship is submerged ten thousand miles below the ice sea, there is no need to worry about being corroded by time, because that leader's 'power of time' will automatically identify chaotic power above the authority level. Once an uncontrollable power of authority appears, the area outside the Initial Ship will automatically undergo 'time disorder.'"

"Time disorder?"

Gu Shen's expression was solemn.

Whether it was the Lord of Love or the God of Molten Iron and Craftsman... Now another leader who could control time had appeared.

He could already be sure that the ancient civilization that escaped back then was unprecedentedly powerful.

"As far as I know, the power of time cannot be completely controlled by humans. Even if you control the power of the Gospel Box shards, you can only touch a little bit, and every time you use it, you need to pay a price."

A Fu said seriously, "That leader who controlled part of the 'power of time', although powerful, could not 'play with time'... Fortunately, the defense of the Initial Ship does not need to precisely control time, it only needs to carry out 'disorder' to deal with the trouble."

Gu Shen immediately thought of the Storm God Seat descending on the Ice Sea and then returning after six years.

"The meaning of disorder is..."

"Time randomly speeds up, randomly slows down, and no one can predict the final result."

A Fu said calmly, "This defense mechanism prevents the Initial Ship from being attacked by overly powerful forces... Because too powerful existences entering this place will immediately trigger 'chaos'. You should also know that this kind of thing is difficult to repair."

It's easy to spill water, but hard to collect it.

For ordinary people, spilt water cannot be recovered.

For transcendents, mental power can be used to recover it.

This is a kind of "dimensionality reduction strike."

However, most transcendents cannot repair "black holes" or "black spots". Even with strong logical materials, they can only be suppressed and inhibited...

But Gu Shen's Blazing Fire, as well as the Gospel Box shards of the God Seats, can repair "black spots" and "black holes."

But if a God Seat in charge of the power of fire comprehends a field related to time and insists on creating "time chaos," then even a God Seat of the same level would find it difficult to repair.

God Seats are already the highest-dimensional apex in the perception of all beings.

The chaos they create is also the most difficult to repair.

"The time chaos restriction is only activated on the periphery."

A Fu said with a smile, "So you don't have to worry... the three authority items that Little Man is carrying will not trigger chaos inside the Initial Ship."

"Since 'time chaos' has already been set up, why not be more direct?"

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Aren't you afraid that transcendents carrying 'authority power' will enter the Initial Ship and use the power of authority to wreak havoc?"

"A very interesting question."

A Fu still smiled: "But the answer is exactly the opposite... Not only am I not afraid of them wreaking havoc, but I am looking forward to their arrival."

Gu Shen was stunned for a second.

"The outer restriction of the Initial Ship is to block those irresistible 'great existences', or the overly powerful 'forbidden powers' in the chaotic storm. Neither of them can conceal the power of authority on their own, because they are too strong, which is the price of their strength."

A Fu said meaningfully, "But those 'apostles', what 'saints', 'titled'... I'm sorry, I have limited access to the mental information, so I know very little about your names. To be honest, it doesn't matter how many of them come. As long as I want to kill them, they will definitely die on this Initial Ship."

Gu Xiaoman and Gu Shen were both silent.

They had seen a large number of red shadow robots along the way.

Although A Fu said that not all of them were combat-type red shadows.

But so many... were enough to launch a crush.

"As for the power of authority."

The small cuboid laughed and floated to Gu Xiaoman, saying, "Little Man, please take out those three authority items."

Gu Xiaoman looked at Gu Shen.

Gu Shen nodded.

She took out [Tide], [Cloud Mirror], and [Child of Blazing]...

"In our era, to launch [Authority], the approval of the leader, as well as the same source of spirit, source matter, was needed."

A Fu laughed softly, "Presumably, this is something that will not change over time, right?"

Launching authority was not easy.

It was not something that anyone could easily activate just by getting it.

If the strength was not enough, the qualifications were not enough, launching authority even required paying a price—

Some people burned their spirits, some people burned their lives...

Because these were artifacts created by the divine power infusion of the God Seats.

No matter who it was, wanting to use power that did not belong to them always required taking this risk.

But those who were recognized and qualified to use authority could ignore this restriction.

This was also why, in various forces, only the top transcendents, the core transcendents who were most favored by the gods, were qualified to obtain [Authority Items].

"But the power of authority, even if it has not been used, exists in reality."

A Fu continued to laugh and said, "You two, why not check now... to see if these three authority items still possess power?"

As soon as these words came out.

Gu Xiaoman was stunned for a second. She had always had these three authority items with her and had never used them...

She quickly squatted down and picked up the conch.

At this moment, the conch was just an ordinary conch. Rubbing her fingers, the skin was peeling off.

In fact, before it was infused with the divine power of the Storm God Seat, it was indeed an ordinary conch.

After the divine power receded.

These magical authority items returned to their original simple appearance.

They no longer possessed divine power, nor did they possess legendary colors...

The cloud mirror was just an ordinary mirror.

The Child of Blazing was transformed from the stone above to remove the inscription binding, turning into an ordinary stone-plastic eyeball, without any essence.

"Stripped of divine colors, they are nothing."

A Fu turned to look at the throne in the bronze hall, and said with emotion, "Look, that is where the 'Lord of Love' died. No one knows whether this is real or a dream, but the only thing that is known is that the shadow of the 'Sword of Concepts' still exists... All the power of authority will be weakened again and again."

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(There is another update tonight! I will try to release it before one o'clock, don’t wait if you don’t stay up late!)