Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 34 Thanks for the Invitation, the Fox is Better, and So Am I (8200, Seeking Monthly Tickets~)
Earth.
Since the second half of 2017, rumors about the Zheng Nation's official development of a super-large space-time boundary have been circulating in various fields.
Whether it's a small column in a professional newspaper, a headline in a tabloid, or a network news item and mobile phone push notification of questionable authenticity—various professionals, "uncle parties," relevant practitioners, and well-informed people are all vying to analyze and interpret these messages.
"Thank you for the invitation. I'm in Nanling, just got off the plane, relevant to the industry, know too many people, so I'll remain anonymous."
It must be said that although the official never expressed it directly, judging from the tone of everyone from all sides, everyone can guess that Zheng Nation is indeed developing a large otherworld.
Even, a large part of it is being pushed by Zheng Nation officials themselves in secret, carrying out subtle hints.
This is not surprising, because wanting to explore the Qingqiu Boundary and send reinforcements cannot be hidden from everyone—whether it is transport spaceships, or building a small city-level fortress base in Nanling, even if it can be hidden from others, the locals responsible for providing supplies to the base can never be fooled.
Moreover, in addition, Su Zhou's disappearance can even prove this from the side.
A globally renowned extraordinary person, the Minister of the New World Exploration Department of Zheng Nation, and also the number one explorer of multiple large secret realms and space-time boundaries, he has been to the moon, traveled to other worlds, and fought aliens, and is the pioneer of Zheng Nation in related fields—the fact that he has had no news in recent months is news in itself, proving that he did indeed go to perform some secret missions.
And what kind of mission could require Su Zhou to take action?
Therefore, regardless of whether they are fans of Su Zhou or pay attention to information on otherworld exploration, they are all looking forward to what surprises Zheng Nation officials and Su Zhou will bring to the world this time.
But who knew that from the second half of 2017 to March 2018, neither Su Zhou nor Zheng Nation had any news at all.
"Where did he go?!"
"Has Su Haiwang disappeared? I mean, it's been half a year, what task needs to be carried out for so long?"
"The last time in the Beast God Realm didn't take this long... could something have happened?"
Su Zhou's fans were worried, and Su Zhou's haters would laugh at first, saying that Su Zhou had finally encountered trouble this time, and that villains need to be tempered—but when half a year passed without any news, not to mention haters, even true trolls began to get a little nervous.
After all, no matter what, Su Zhou's strength is also the best in the world—if he encounters trouble, wouldn't others have even bigger problems?
What kind of difficulty could make Su Zhou spend half a year and still not be able to solve it?
Network fans were worried and helpless, and relatives and friends were also anxious.
Among all the people, only Shao Qiming and Jin Qiong's team knew a little inside information.
"He actually encountered a big trouble?"
Shao Qiming, who was using the Divine Wood Method to condense the spiritual energy organs in his body, interrupted his cultivation. He tidied up his slightly woody hair and slightly blue eyes in the mirror, and then seriously found Crosell, the leader of the Litany Society in the American Federation.
He wasn't particularly worried about Su Zhou's safety, because Shao Qiming 100% believed in Su Zhou's strength. After all, if it really didn't work, Su Zhou could still use the Heavenly God Scale to go to other worlds for refuge.
Now, what is more important is to contact Su Zhou and confirm the current situation—so he plans to find Crosell and let him try to contact Su Zhou using the secret method of the Holy Serpent Spirit.
On the other side of the earth, the golden-haired youth was also very anxious at this time.
As the leader of the Litany Society, Crosell's authority comes from the fact that he is the only one who can interpret the holy典 (dian - scripture) and perform rituals—but since Su Zhou left the earth, he has found that the void rituals, which should have become clearer, have become far more chaotic than before, as if the void has been stirred by something huge, making it impossible to communicate at all.
Su Zhou's existence was originally thought to be interference, but now it seems that it is more like a transmitter with too much power. If used improperly, it is naturally interference, but if used correctly, it can allow them to contact the Holy Serpent Spirit faster.
Now that Su Zhou has disappeared and Shao Qiming has come to him, Crosell thought of the ritual method of praying and calling to Su Zhou that he had envisioned before... but when he thought of the consequences of the last ritual, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
That mysterious voice. It seemed to be from Su Zhou, but it also seemed not to be Su Zhou...
But in the end, he had to try.
However, before Shao Qiming and Crosell were about to join forces to urge the ritual towards Su Zhou, good news continued to come from the other side of the space-time of the Qingqiu Boundary.
[Shocking! Major Discovery in the Qingqiu Boundary, Confidential Information Leaked! Will be Deleted at Any Time! Watch Quickly!]
[Never Expected, 10 Ancient Common Sense Facts You Never Knew!]
[Zheng Nation New World Exploration Department Officially Announces: Exploration Report and Future Prospects for the Qingqiu Boundary]
[Multinational Joint Fleet Dispatched—Silent Battle, We Return Victorious!]
In short, under the bombing of various formal and informal news, information about the Qingqiu Star successfully reached the entire Internet and triggered a carnival.
And among them, what attracted the most attention was the Qingqiu people themselves.
Unlike the divine beasts of the Beast God Realm, and unlike the giant fish in the Sky Pool Boundary, as residents of a large boundary located within the Zheng Nation, the Qingqiu people are humans with complete inheritance and wisdom, compatriots who belong to the rule of the former Central Divine Court, and also typical Mimic-Dao race.
But most importantly, they are too good-looking.
"Ah, spicy ears! Ah, spicy tails! Ah, spicy face!"
"Ah, I'm dead!"
The above netizens' comments are excerpts from a video clip of a Qingqiu couple and their children being interviewed.
It can be seen that the Qingqiu people are indeed humans. Their language only has a slight accent. In essence, they are all the proper pronunciation of immortals and gods passed down from the immortal and divine era. Therefore, there is no problem in terms of communication.
Among them, not only the appearance of the husband and wife was amazing to the public, but also the somewhat malnourished and very pure and cute appearance of the Qingqiu children also attracted a lot of sympathy from people all over the world.
It must be said that although nearly three years have passed since the public disclosure of the remains of the Heavenly Pool Dragon King and the complete disclosure of Mimic-Dao, most Mimic-Dao cultivators or Mimic-Dao bloodline families still cannot be accepted by the public.
However, this situation also depends on the type... not to mention dragon and phoenix divine beasts, in ordinary Mimic-Dao bloodlines, cats, dogs, wolves, and tigers are more acceptable, while bears, cows, elephants, and snakes are slightly less.
Not to mention alligators, wild boars, and turtles—in ancient times, these bloodlines were also considered outstanding, and the wild boar god in mythology was not uncommon and powerful. It's just that it's a bit difficult to be accepted now.
As for the Qingqiu Heavenly Fox... although theoretically it has been classified as an ordinary Mimic-Dao bloodline, it should not be treated differently from other bloodlines.
But their appearance, whether in human form or Mimic-Dao true form, is really too high.
"Want to rub."
"Want to suck."
"That big tail feels very warm—"
"Are you guys liking them? This is just being greedy for their bodies, how indecent!"
"I'm greedy, I'm honest, I deserve praise!"
This is the opinion of most people on the Qingqiu people.
Of course, in addition to these ordinary comments from sand sculpture netizens, some netizens are more concerned about the actual situation. Compared with most media who target the appearance of the Qingqiu people for traffic, this part of the population is more concerned about the current situation of the Qingqiu people.
"I heard from the official report that there seems to be a disaster in the Qingqiu Boundary? And it's a big one!"
"Su Zhou and the first exploration team are helping to eliminate the disaster there, right? I heard that they just completed the task recently and worked very hard."
"Well, according to my uncle who works in a related department, the Qingqiu Boundary is very similar to the Beast God Realm over in Europa. There are many brutal wild beasts, monsters, and demons. The Qingqiu people were almost wiped out."
"Yes, I heard that since the immortals and gods left, the Qingqiu people, who also lost their spiritual energy and lost their extraordinary powers, suffered a social collapse and were much worse than us. Moreover, the rampant demons destroyed many of their infrastructure. It's very scary!"
The discussion on the Internet gradually spread the fact that the Qingqiu people were very dangerous in the past and that there were many demons raging there.
And next, the interview talk shows conducted by various channels further deepened this news phenomenon.
In a very formal and modern program group, a formally dressed female host is interviewing an older researcher.
"Hello, Scholar Liu, you are a researcher at the Tao Discipline Bureau 13th Section. I am very glad that you are willing to participate in our program."
"I am also very happy to be interviewed."
"Yes, Scholar Liu, recently everyone has been very concerned about the news about the Qingqiu Boundary. As far as we know, the Tao Discipline Bureau 13th Section was the first research department to go to the Qingqiu Boundary with Minister Su Zhou. How much do you know about the dangerous demons on the Qingqiu Star? What is the current situation of the Qingqiu Star and the Qingqiu people? Are they still safe?"
Regarding this question, Scholar Liu hesitated appropriately according to the rehearsal, and then slowly said: "The demons on Qingqiu Star are very powerful and strange. Their essence has no shape, just like the evil spirits in supernatural events. They will possess the dead Qingqiu people to move. It is very terrible. In the early days of the exploration, Minister Su and those evil spirits fought very hard."
The host also expressed her surprise in an appropriate way: "It's actually like this! Even that Professor Su fell into a bitter battle... Then what happened in the end? Such a dangerous planet?"
Regarding this question, Scholar Liu was silent for a long time, and the camera gave three still photos.
Until the end, he said with a solemn face: "But, you have to understand, that's that Su Zhou!"
The implication is self-evident—the current Qingqiu Star and the Qingqiu people are already safe.
Of course, in addition to the intense discussion among netizens on the Zheng Nation side about the extent of Su Zhou's strength, charitable donations to Qingqiu Star have also been endless and have even become a hot search on major Internet search engines.
Because of this, many foreign netizens also began to express extremely sour and unfair comments about the Qingqiu Boundary.
"I don't understand!"
An anonymous netizen from the American Federation angrily said: "It's fine that they have Iron-Eating Beasts, why can they also have these foxes?! This is not fair!"
"I donated money, I want to rub too!"
"What about our Mimic-Dao?"
Netizens from the Europa Union also complained like this: "Why are they all these things? Oh, don't talk about the Ross Country, there are too many bears there, I'm tired of it."
And in response to these comments, an anonymous account replied like this: "Don't you still have fairies? Vampires and elves are also good."
And this comment undoubtedly detonated a hot topic on foreign forums.
"Someone actually likes fairies?!" Someone was so shocked.
"Someone actually doesn't like fairies?!" Someone was even more shocked.
"Are you a lolicon?!"
"Their age is older than your and my grandparents combined, you are the lolicon!"
April 5, 3018.
Su Zhou stood with a smile at the edge of the two-world teleportation gate on Qingqiu Five, holding his mobile phone and browsing these network information with pleasure.
It must be said that watching major network platforms around the world tout his achievements from the side and guide attention and assistance to Qingqiu is indeed a pleasant thing.
In this way, even the resentment full of jealousy from some people can be easily endured.
It can be seen that comments are still scrolling across Su Zhou's mobile phone screen.
"Su Zhou! That guy, he's staying on a planet with beast-eared girls! An entire planet full of beast-eared girls! For a whole half a year!" One comment was so indignant.
"Yes, he is treated as a hero there, I really can't imagine what kind of paradise that is... Damn, I really want to know!"
In this regard, Su Zhou was naturally very generous in telling them the truth.
New World Exploration Department - Su Zhou (svip Official Certified Account): "The ears and tail feel very good, very good. The Qingqiu people are very kind and friendly, and the children like me very much. I take them everywhere to play every day, they are very clingy, even a little annoying. You're welcome, you can't pet them, because all the local demons and evil spirits have been killed by me, you can't add any favorability points anymore, hahaha!"
"Why am I so strong? Maybe it's because I insist on exercising every day and pay special attention to health preservation."
After bragging, Su Zhou happily closed the mobile phone screen, put it back in his pocket, and then turned to look at the city behind him.
On Qingqiu Five, the logistics city of the immortals and gods in the past has now restarted a small part. By analyzing the local术法 (shufa -术法), as well as the life-sustaining technology that Earth has been researching for a long time, an area of 9 square kilometers has been restored to life and can provide normal walking and working conditions for staff.
And at the edge of the city, the ruins of the teleportation array connected to Qingqiu Star, although not completely repaired until now, at least a part of it has been activated, transporting key materials to Qingqiu Star.
Watching this gradually busy area, Su Zhou couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Although the current Earthlings do not have any concept of this, for him, who often travels through worlds and adventures everywhere, he knows very well that the current Earth is gradually recovering its former key position of 'Central Divine Court' and 'Divine Realm Immortal Heaven'.
At a time when no one knows, every time the Earth's forces take the initiative to connect with other realms, explore the worlds within them, and communicate with the remnants within them, it represents that Earth's civilization is one step closer to the immortal and divine civilization of the past.
Why?
Because of the location.
Earth sits in the center. Other realms connect to Earth respectively, and Earth connects to anywhere, but other realms do not connect to other realms. All must go through Earth to transfer.
Such a strategic location, the center of all worlds, brings absolute geographical advantages.
It's no wonder that the immortals and gods who lived here in the past were so arrogant and powerful.
"Oh, why think so much, after half a year, I can finally go back to a place with internet! I'm going to die if I don't have internet for so long!"
Stretching his waist, Su Zhou ignored Yala's complaint of 'Don't you often go to other worlds without internet?', he turned his head again, and his pupils looked into the direction of Qingqiu Star in the distant universe.
After the demise of the Heavenly Demons, Qingqiu Star returned to peace.
The new islands, and even the prototype of the new continent, are slowly spreading in the Lianyi Sea. The exploration of the Military Lord Seal is underway, but for now, the ancient seal is still relatively stable within three thousand years, and there will not be too many problems in the short term.
And under the leadership of the Zheng Nation Agricultural Saint and other professionals, the Qingqiu people on Qingqiu Star have also begun to work on the earth under the sunlight for a long time—although farming is hard, it is easier and more pleasant than planting mushroom moss in shelters.
The Zheng Nation medical team, which is inspecting many Qingqiu people to avoid large-scale epidemics due to the exchange between the two worlds, is also analyzing and evaluating the bloodline of the Qingqiu Heavenly Fox, trying to find relevant inheritance information in the Kunlun Secret Realm, but that is another matter.
"Son, your mother has been wanting to raise a fox recently..."
Some time ago, when Su Zhou was preparing to return to Earth to rest, Su Mu Ning Shiyu, who was still working on a physical examination on Qingqiu Star, secretly found her son. Ms. Ning made a clear statement: "Not a Heavenly Fox, just an ordinary fox—we'll raise one ourselves. Do you think it's possible?"
Because of the inspection work, she, the old lady, can openly rub her ears and rub her tail, which can be described as a great addiction, but when she thought that she would no longer be able to touch the furry ones after the work was over, Ning Shiyu suddenly felt a little reluctant, even panicked.
It must be said that it seems that there is really no difference in preferences between humans ten thousand years ago and modern humans.
"Look at what you said—"
Could Su Zhou refuse? It was rare for his mother to have a request, so he naturally nodded repeatedly and agreed: "Of course it can be done! Wait, next time I'll find the best one for you, old lady!"
"So, you suddenly became a filial good boy?"
At this time, representatives of the Qingqiu people, such as Gu Zechuan, were emerging from the teleportation array. The white fox youth noticed Su Zhou, who was waiting for them and waving to them with a smile, so he hurried over.
And at this moment, Yala teased in the mental space: "A terrifying killer who personally killed hundreds of millions of Heavenly Demons, the transformation of identity is really fast."
"What do you know, I have always been a good boy, no one knows good boys better than me!"
In response, Su Zhou scoffed, turned his head and said to his Qingqiu admirers: "Okay, Gu Zechuan, don't apologize, I just arrived early. You arrived on time."
"Let's set off now. The interview with the Zheng Nation Central Channel is waiting for you—do you remember the lines? Remember, your image represents the image of the Qingqiu people, so be careful."
"Yes, Venerable One!"
Immediately, Gu Zechuan raised his ears and replied seriously, and Su Zhou shook his head helplessly: "I told you not to call me Venerable One, just call me Su Zhou. If you have to use honorifics, you can call me Minister or Professor."
"Yes, Venerable One!"
"...Suit yourselves."
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Su Zhou was too lazy to care about this oral address. He turned his head and led Gu Zechuan and his party toward the two-world teleportation gate.
The feeling of passing through the space-time channel is like passing through a wall of wind. The spiritual energy of the two worlds intersect and conflict here, forming an almost solidified virtual spiritual pulse. If it can be used, it can be completely made into a "two-world tidal spiritual energy generator" or something. Taoist and technological creation, although the name is vulgar, it is indeed an almost perpetual motion machine of energy. As long as spiritual energy exists for one day, there is no need to worry about exhaustion.
Soon, Su Zhou and others left the Qingqiu Boundary and arrived at the Zheng Nation Nanling Earth, the two-world fortress of the Qingqiu Boundary.
At this moment, it was late at night on April 5th, and the weather in Nanling was very good. There were no clouds for thousands of miles, and there was no light pollution from the surrounding cities. The stars in the sky were extremely clear, and countless stars twinkled, turning into a bright cloud of milky ways.
"Welcome back!"
In front of the teleportation gate, a group of welcoming personnel were waiting and cheering when they passed through the teleportation gate—although it was just a ritual celebration of the 'Zheng Nation New World Exploration Department's' first exploration mission being successfully completed, it must be said that this is indeed a very commemorative good thing.
In this instant, countless photography flashes lit up. Although the technology of today does not require flashes, this is a kind of atmosphere and must be enjoyed.
Su Zhou could see Shao Qiming, Tang Yuan, and Jin Qiong, some acquaintances, in the crowd on both sides of the welcoming personnel. Su Zhou smiled and met the eyes of several friends one by one and nodded to show that his situation was indeed very good. The other party's concerned gaze, or an expression of 'look, the minister is indeed fine,' made everything clear without words.
"Minister Su, the reporter from the Central Channel is waiting next to the venue. After their exclusive interview, there will be several press conferences... What do you think?"
After the photography ended, a news officer from Zheng Nation official came to discuss the subsequent press conference order with Su Zhou, and Su Zhou already knew these procedures.
However, just as he was about to say, 'I have no problem, but you can arrange the situation of Gu Zechuan and the others.'
Suddenly, an abnormality occurred.
Boom—Boom—
In an instant, a tremor that resonated above the high sky and spread throughout the universe and all realms suddenly appeared throughout the entire Earth, even the entire universe, and even all endless time and space!
This sound is like a surging tide, and like thunder that rises and falls one after another. It has completely different and vastly different tones in everyone's heart, but the only thing that is the same is the shocking shock and warning!
Crack—
And in Su Zhou's ears, what he heard was the crisp whimper of something breaking, something being penetrated—like glass being shattered, glaciers breaking one after another, making him feel that something was being broken and opened in the distant time and space!
"Su Zhou, look up!"
And at this moment, the youth heard Yala's extremely serious voice. He frowned, raised his head, and looked at the dark and endless sky above where countless stars twinkled.
Then, a trace of astonishment appeared in his eyes.
Because, he saw it.
Cracks are lighting up.
The entire Earth, in spiritual vision, is as bright as the sun. Hundreds of worlds, multiple realms of spiritual energy converge and conflict here. These otherworld realms, which may be comparable to the universe, but at least comparable to planets, each possess unimaginable spiritual energy, and all of this spiritual energy is condensed on Earth, turning this place into a divine realm immortal heaven.
The spiritual light of the Earth is so dazzling that it can even exceed the atmosphere and illuminate the lunar orbit, like a true small sun.
And above this incomparably bright world, there are countless criss-crossing dark cracks spreading.
Those wounds and cracks as huge as tree roots span the entire universe. They are centered on the Earth and span countless realms. Even in the Qingqiu Boundary, the traces of the spreading boundless cracks can be clearly seen.
These cracks are the wounds left by the great seal, the cracks that span endless time and space.
Su Zhou already knew this. In the past, he was shocked by this and vowed to solve this problem with Yala, restore the great seal, and bring peace and stability to all worlds.
But now, he stared at these cracks that he was so familiar with, and couldn't help showing an incredible look.
Because... in the sky full of wounds, there is a dark crack that is lighting up.
It's like filling, like a deep rift valley gradually filling with water, becoming a long river... in the endless scars, there is one that lights up. It vibrates slowly, releasing a bright silver eye-catching spiritual light.
It's like a real Milky Way suddenly lighting up in the dark universe.
Not just Su Zhou, everyone, all Earth cultivators.
No.
The entire Milky Way, the entire universe, and even other time and space and other universe worlds, all cultivators who can look up at the sky and see these cracks have seen this scene of the Milky Way suddenly lighting up and appearing in the sky.
"What, what is that?!"
"Why did such a light suddenly light up in the sky?!"
"What is it? What is it that caused this phenomenon?!"
Suddenly, continuous noisy discussions sounded, making the scene that was originally festive and welcoming the Qingqiu people and the New World Exploration Department become noisy.
But Su Zhou didn't care.
Having suppressed the shock and confusion in his heart, the youth solemnly inquired about the snake spirit.
"Yala, what's going on?"
And the snake spirit crawled out of Su Zhou's personal space. It didn't care that its sudden appearance would attract the attention of others. It crawled to the top of Su Zhou's head and stared at the crack with a solemn look, with an extremely rare dignity and confusion.
"It's the Pioneer."
It murmured: "The Pioneer has given up his chance to break through the great seal—He has re-sealed himself back to his original world, completely giving up the opportunity to gain freedom in this era."
"What?! But why?!"
This news instantly shocked Su Zhou—Yala was the one who confronted the Pioneer before falling into a deep sleep. He thought that was one of the biggest opponents in his journey, at least the same level as Destiny.
And Destiny
But now, Yala said that the Pioneer self-sealed?
In response, the snake spirit was silent for a long time, and only after ten breaths did it sigh: "Yes, He gave up, but He didn't give up."
"The Pioneer has re-sealed himself back to his original world, filling part of the gap in the great seal—but this also means that He has returned to the system of the great seal."
"In this way, some of the things He established, some of the systems, and some of the dependents He screened out can be recognized by the great seal, travel through the worlds, and gain the freedom to explore the 'farther horizon.'"
Saying that, Yala actually laughed.
'Chaos' laughed with joy, changing from the previous dignity, and laughed happily—as if seeing the torrential torrent divided into tributaries, surging in a direction that no one had expected, therefore, a smile appeared.
In the snake pupils, the light was burning.
"Yes, this is the Pioneer—this is the 'Horizon' Lord I know."
"What if he is sealed? As long as someone is still exploring the distance, still exploring the end, pursuing higher, faster, and stronger—as long as correctness is still being implemented, what does it matter if He is sealed or not?"
"Exploration, as long as explorers and adventurers are still moving forward, then one day, even if He is in seals and shackles, He can still get a bigger world."
At this time, above the sky, the bright silver light gradually faded, and Su Zhou, who was still staring at the sky, vaguely sensed a trace of will from it.
[Do you want to go higher, set foot farther, and become stronger?]
[If you are dissatisfied with the present, bored with stagnation, want to explore the distant edges, and don't want to be confined to the present world... then prepare to set off.]
Endless worlds, infinite voids, hundreds of millions, or even more than this virtual number of worlds, and those who intend to change and intend to explore within them.
All those who were blessed by the 'Pioneer' sensed at this moment that as a certain substantive will fell into an almost eternal slumber, the shackles on their bodies also went away.
Because there is 'correctness' that opened a path to the root for them.
And at this moment, Yala also lowered its head, and it calmly said to its contractor: "It's not just me, or you, who will act..."
"Su Zhou, you have become an immortal and have gained almost endless life and the power to destroy civilizations and races. You have surpassed your original race."
"Even in the eyes of those ancient and powerful existences, you can be considered to have walked out of the greenhouse and gradually grown out of childhood."
Saying that, the snake spirit's voice rang softly in his ears: "The real arduous journey has just begun to raise the curtain—are you ready?"
"...Is there any need to say that?"
Sensing this trace of will and listening to Yala's words.
The youth, who originally had a solemn face, gradually showed a smile on his face after being silent for a long time.
Although he is temporarily unable to understand what the great existence, the existence named Pioneer, did and what sacrifices he made, and what impact he had on this weird multiverse.
However, since there are challenges, then those who are not cowards and those who are brave have no reason to retreat.
"Of course I'm ready."
Answering that, Su Zhou stretched out his hand and patted the shoulder of the news officer who was still in shock.
In the other party's still somewhat dazed eyes, the youth calmly said, with a calming tone: "Okay, don't be dazed—lead the way."
Then, he looked ahead, smiling confidently.
"The press conference and the new era are waiting for us."
End of the month, asking for monthly tickets~