Chapter 137 Command

"Command..."

Deep Sea stared coldly at the young man before it.

It had witnessed Gu Shen's growth. Long ago, it had sensed the threat emanating from him.

But never before had its sense of crisis been as intense as it was now!

The spirits of the Dead Sea Zone were still under its control.

But it couldn't attack Gu Shen.

The Pluto Fire Seed was still a Fire Seed. The moment Gu Shen melted the Fire Seed, he had become one of the seven masters of the Dead Sea Zone.

The carefully planned assassination attempt had not only failed to kill Gu Shen... but had instead led to his ascension to the God Seat!

Gu Shen didn't waste words with Deep Sea. He knew it wouldn't obey his commands, so he attacked directly.

*Boom!*

Countless blazing flames surged, illuminating the entire Pure Land!

The raging waves of the Dead Sea were separated by the blazing fire, and a sea of fire nearly ten thousand meters long brewed, expanded, and then transformed into a long sword within the Dead Sea's belly!

Just like when the Cage of the Netherworld awakened ten years ago.

Gu Shen brushed his two fingers across the blade.

A streak of dazzling light slashed down from above!

Deep Sea raised both hands, the Dead Sea churning wildly. It tried to resist the sword, but due to the basic permission settings, the Dead Sea couldn't attack the highest seat. Therefore, these spiritual forces couldn't cause any substantial damage to Gu Shen's blazing sword.

Thus, the long sword effortlessly and smoothly cleaved through Deep Sea's body!

*Sizzle!*

The main system's vitality was extremely tenacious. Defeat in the spiritual world didn't mean anything. The consciousness it had gathered in the Dead Sea Zone was merely a part of the entire sea. Therefore, it wasn't burdened by this battle.

Its body shattered by the blazing fire.

The main system actively scattered its consciousness, transforming into countless swimming fish.

Since the spiritual forces of the Dead Sea Zone couldn't be mobilized, it would have to find another way to hinder Gu Shen.

*Whirr...*

Gu Shen pressed two fingers to his brow, releasing his Mind Stream power.

The heavily descending blazing sword suddenly trembled finely.

With a single thought, Gu Shen dispersed it, shattering it into thousands of slender streams of fire.

After breaking through and standing anew, after comprehending life and death, Gu Shen's Mind Stream power had surpassed the limits of mortality in the spiritual world...

At this moment, he tried to capture the consciousness of Deep Sea scattered in the Dead Sea Zone, and also tried to find the "Permission Center" that Mr. Turing had mentioned.

Throughout the sea, countless hidden places of darkness.

Deep Sea's scattered consciousness fragmented and fled, attempting to restore its body, but the moment it coalesced, streams of fire would immediately sweep past, cutting it apart.

Restoring, then cutting again!

Explosions echoed throughout the Dead Sea's spiritual sea!

Those watching outside the Red Gate saw the incomparably dark Dead Sea suddenly erupt with countless dazzling lights.

That was Gu Shen's countless strands of Mind Stream power, detonating with the blazing fire in various parts of the Dead Sea, producing fireworks.

This scene was beautiful.

Countless fireworks exploded, extinguished, and exploded again.

The Dead Sea was constantly illuminated, and the separated and independent consciousnesses of Deep Sea scattered in all directions, being ignited and cut apart several times in a matter of seconds.

*Buzz!*

A wisp of ink shadow appeared at the bottom of the Dead Sea Zone.

This wisp of Deep Sea's consciousness fell onto this seabed, immediately triggering a vibration of cyan runes. When Turing created Deep Sea, he used the power of ancient text to outline three sea areas. After the Code War ended, the main system continuously iterated to protect itself... It worried that Turing was still alive and would one day come with the ancient text to settle the score.

So... the permissions of the Dead Sea Zone had to be well hidden.

However, no matter how well hidden.

It didn't have the ability to erase or modify them.

The Dead Sea was pitch black, but once the ancient text of permission was touched, brilliance would surely bloom.

*Rumble!*

A circle of cyan runes was uprooted by the spiritual power of the Dead Sea. The seabed within a radius of ten meters was cut by the spiritual power of the Dead Sea. The main system, holding this land stone wrapped in cyan runes, quickly swam upwards.

But at the next moment.

A big foot appeared in its face.

*Bang!*

Gu Shen stomped on Deep Sea's face, smashing it back to the seabed. Without pausing, the blazing fire spread from the sole of his foot, burning this wisp of ink shadow to nothingness!

Gu Shen glanced at the falling and cut Dead Sea land, not giving it a second look.

This boulder did indeed emit the aura of unknown ancient text.

But...

This wasn't the "Permission Center" he was looking for.

If touched, the ancient text within this boulder would likely erupt... Although the spiritual power of the Dead Sea Zone couldn't attack the highest seat, carving ancient texts containing killing intent in the Dead Sea Zone wasn't within the scope of the program's rules. Gu Shen could guess what Deep Sea was planning with just one look.

From beginning to end, tonight's Dead Sea battle wasn't about determining who was superior.

It was about Lion's Awakening.

Everyone was fighting for Lion's Awakening.

And what Deep Sea had to do... was to stop Lion's Awakening.

The Dead Sea boiled once more.

Deep Sea abandoned the idea of directly attacking Gu Shen. It used all the spiritual power it had absorbed on "reproducing" itself.

Thus, within the sea, the ink shadows that were constantly being cut by the blazing fire, multiplied. In a matter of seconds, they became densely packed, almost filling the entire sea.

The blazing fire cut and slashed frantically.

But Deep Sea, which had mobilized the computing power of the three sea areas, had spawned too many main system consciousness clones.

Those ink shadows that escaped from the blazing fire's cutting and slashing, sank one by one to the Dead Sea floor. They did the same thing as the previous wisp of ink shadow... In the chaotic sea, thousands of cyan ancient text brilliance shone and erupted. This was the last resort that Deep Sea had buried in the Dead Sea Zone for thirty years.

It had engraved ancient texts on every piece of land in the Dead Sea.

The Permission Center was hidden among them.

*Rumble rumble rumble!*

Thunderous roars rang out on the ground. These ink shadows, like flying ants, lifted the stones of the Dead Sea Zone, stirring up thousands of cyan lights. The entire Dead Sea was illuminated by the rune brilliance of the ancient text, and even the light of the blazing fire was suppressed at this moment.

"Is this your last resort?"

Gu Shen expressionlessly looked at the cyan illuminated land floating above.

He smiled, "Are you underestimating us a little too much?"

Chu Ling extended her finger.

She slowly pointed to a certain spot in the cyan light.

To others, the thousands of lights might all look the same.

But not to her.

The thousands of lights were different.

Because she truly understood the ancient text.

Gu Shen didn't hesitate. He drew his bow and nocked an arrow. [Truth. Extinguish Candle] was summoned effortlessly in the spiritual world. His main purpose in summoning this great bow was to use [Achilles' Heel]. The blazing fire vision shrouded the Dead Sea Zone.

This arrow wasn't very flashy.

It was just a very light sonic boom.

The entire Dead Sea was cleared of a narrow, straight arrow trajectory.

Immediately after, there was a violent explosion that was about to shatter the entire sea. A dull, thunder-like sound rang out, and the ancient texts that Deep Sea had painstakingly outlined for thirty years were shot and exploded in an instant.

The ink shadow holding the "Permission Center" had its pupils shrink. Before it could react, its chest was torn apart by the scorching arrow, and its entire spiritual body was instantly annihilated into nothingness.

*Whoosh.*

Gu Shen instantly arrived at the location of the Permission Center stele. He reached out and grasped the stele, pouring his spiritual power into it amidst the grand explosion.

Lion's Awakening code spread at this moment.

……

……

*Rumble rumble rumble!*

The grand explosion shockwave spread, and Lu Nanzhi closed the [Red Gate] at the last moment.

This was the result of Gu Shen's spiritual reminder.

After melting the Pluto Fire, Gu Shen had achieved a leap in his life level in a certain sense. Although his spiritual power was already unmatched below the God Seat before melting the Fire Seed... Before shooting the Extinguish Candle arrow, Gu Shen had separated a wisp of Mind Stream power to remind the Madam outside the [Red Gate] to close the gate.

Now that he had ascended to the God Seat and become the highest seat, he had countless ways to safely leave the spiritual sea area of the Dead Sea Zone.

But Lu Nanzhi and the others were different.

[Deep Sea] wouldn't die because of his Extinguish Candle arrow, and wouldn't even pay too great a price.

This battle wasn't over.

[Deep Sea] would definitely shatter the Red Gate and even look for opportunities to invade the Array Box sea area.

The Permission Center had been found, so this battle had already been won.

The Red Gate probably couldn't be preserved.

If the gate was closed in advance, at least all members could safely evacuate.

In the depths of the Huazhi Building, the high-level officials of the two continents who had collectively entered the Array Box sea area woke up in shock. Everyone's face was covered in sweat, and their eyes still held lingering fear, because the battle just now was too shocking...

Song Ci and Lu Nanjin supported the Madam.

Those fortress guards of the Northern Continent were also unsteady on their feet, some unable to stand still.

Even as viewers... they felt dizzy.

It could be seen how much spiritual power it took to immerse oneself in the Dead Sea Zone.

"Gu Shen, did he succeed?"

Gong Zi's voice was hoarse, and he rubbed his forehead. As soon as he returned to the real world, he quickly spoke.

This was the problem that everyone was concerned about!

At the last moment, the exploding brilliance that almost rushed out of the Red Gate was too dazzling. No one could see the scene after the explosion.

*Buzz!*

Lu Nanzhi took a deep breath. She called up the current scene of the Great Capital in the real world.

A drone hung in the sky.

What entered everyone's eyes at this moment was the auditorium in the core area of the Great Capital. The night was gentle, and elegant classical music flowed in the auditorium. However, the streets surrounding the auditorium seemed to be frozen in silence like an oil painting. Time seemed to stand still at this moment... To be precise, the people were still.

The screen switched and zoomed in.

One after another, images poured into the Huazhi's underground meeting room.

The river beach, the old city, Ying Hai, the entire Jiangnan, plus Jiangbei... even the remote towns of the Tundra, all presented the previous scene.

"They've fallen into a dream..."

Fisher muttered, a series of bubbles splashing in his fishbowl head.

He leaned against the wall and slowly slumped down, his mood agitated and extremely complicated.

Silence.

The meeting room was extremely quiet.

Everyone knew what this scene meant.

The entire Eastern Continent had fallen into an extremely tranquil dream.

This meant that the Lion's Awakening code had spread through the Dead Sea Zone's Permission Center.

Gu Shen had successfully completed the hypnosis at this moment.

This was the largest-scale hypnosis in history.

"What about the Northern Continent... what about the Northern Continent's images?"

Fisher suddenly thought of something very important. The hypnosis of the Eastern Continent had been successfully implemented, so what about the Northern Continent?

The Underground Research Institute and Huazhi had already established a secret cooperative relationship.

The data transmission at this moment was bypassing Deep Sea, so it would take some time... After a moment, the scene of the Northern Continent appeared on the projection screen.

The source energy boats flying across the sky in Central City froze at the same time.

Those transcendents were still free to travel, but the airships were controlled and forcibly ordered to stop.

Although the Lion's Awakening code was only released to mortals, in order to ensure the smooth order during the "hypnosis time," Gu Shen used his authority as the highest seat to issue a no-fly order. So those transcendents looked at the extinguished airships below them with blank and puzzled expressions.

The news about the Awakening Act promulgated by the Central Continent... had already spread in the transcendent world.

So, after only a few seconds.

The eyes of these transcendents changed from blankness to shock.

They had realized... what this stagnant scene meant.

Central City, Falling Silver City Fortress, Cicada Wing City Fortress, Dragon Bone Fortress, Gu Fort...

A large number of images fell into the Huazhi underground meeting room.

These images were all taken by the "Deputy Adjutant of the Garrison" and transmitted in real time.

On the giant wall of the Cicada Wing City Fortress, sat a figure. Wei Cheng stretched out his [Jade Hand] and gave a thumbs up to the silent fortress behind him.

Snowflakes flew in Gu Fort. When Deputy Adjutant Zou transmitted the picture, he photographed the backs of Lin Lin and Gu Nanfeng.

"...It succeeded."

Fisher's voice was extremely hoarse.

The data of Deep Scale City was also transmitted to the screen.

Seeing those people he had silently protected also entering the Lion's Awakening dream at this moment.

Living Fish suddenly felt his eyes were a little moist, and subconsciously reached out to wipe his fishbowl, stirring up a burst of splashing water. He quickly retracted his palm.

Fortunately, he was wearing a fishbowl, so no one saw this scene.

The iron-blooded garrison of Deep Scale City couldn't help but burst into tears, but that wasn't interesting news.

The garrisons of the Northern Continent were not much better than Fisher.

They had paid too much for the fortresses and the borderlands...

Deep Sea's "harmonization" could certainly process some information, but the Northern Continent Legion was so large that each fortress had to regularly hypnotize the mortal soldiers to maintain the order of the transcendent world... This long-term hypnosis was not a good thing for mortals, and they certainly didn't want to do it, but there was no choice before.

Now, there was no need.

Lu Nanzhi watched the silent scenes being projected onto the giant screen.

At this moment, the emotions in her heart could not be described in words.

She had lost count of how much effort she had put in to protect the Red Gate in the past thirty years.

But without a doubt...

All the efforts, all the investments, were worth it.

Lu Nanzhi stood firm with the support of Song Ci and Lu Nanjin. She tried to control her voice, so that it wouldn't tremble so much.

"Everyone, congratulations... you have witnessed history!"

"From today onwards... humanity will enter the transcendent era!"

"A transcendent era... of our own!"

(End of chapter)