Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 21 Laying Out a Grand Game (4600, Short Chapter)
The Mech-God body of the Weaver of Worlds had no time to dodge the dragon that had warped directly in front of it and self-detonated without warning. The speed of the Zhuzhou (Candle Sun) bomb, completely in phantom spirit form, exceeded its imagination.
So, in the next instant, an unbelievable explosion occurred.
*Rumble!*
In the silent universe, shockwave ripples appeared, seeming to cause auditory hallucinations of thunder.
Like a supernova, visible spiritual fluctuations tore the space of Emperor Yutian apart, like a shattered phone screen.
Ansonte stared in astonishment at the chaotic mess of space. There, an unbelievably terrifying tide of karma fire was burning fiercely, engulfing everything tangible and intangible. Horrifying spirit energy collisions whipped up hurricanes of energy, and this merciless flame even burned the illusory winds.
In that instant, the eight eyes of the Weaver of Worlds contracted, but the attack was too fast. The powers of the Mech-God body didn't even have time to fully activate, and the layers of space-time distortion that were opened were all penetrated by the formless karma fire.
Instantly, the revolutionary karma fire began to invade its soul and will, and the tidal wave of scorching karma engulfed its thoughts.
As a result, the spider Mech-God, originally stern and cold, like a spokesman for the end, was blasted, losing three of its legs on the spot, its entire body tumbling and spinning like a ball in the vacuum of space.
Of course, this was not a fatal blow.
In the World of Creation, all gods need a 'God Ascender' to create a brand new 'Mech-God Body.'
Although it is called a Mech-God, it is not necessarily a true machine. Biotechnology is acceptable, elemental magic technology is acceptable, and even immortal heavenly craftsmanship is acceptable.
Most importantly, the 'God Body' is a brand-new body armor 'created' by the 'God Ascender' with their own intelligence, and even the intelligence of an entire civilization. When the God Ascender is completely integrated and sublimated with this body, the brand-new Mech-God is born.
In other words, the power of the Mech-God is equal to the power of the sublimated God Ascender, plus the power of the Mech-God Body!
In the burning karma fire, the Weaver of Worlds roared, actually shattering a part of its body with its powerful strength and unparalleled will, breaking free from the shackles of the revolutionary karma fire.
Although severely injured, it did escape from mortal danger.
Afterwards, the Mech-God did not hesitate at all. It directly plucked the strings of space-time, and the huge spider God Body disappeared, leaving the Emperor Yutian universe of the Luotian Dao.
It could not stay any longer. As a Mech-God of the Myriad Manifestation Burial Ground, if its existence was captured and confirmed by the Luotian God System, it would undoubtedly bring disaster to the Burial Ground's plans.
At that time, even returning to nothingness could not make up for it.
If that's the case, it's better to retreat immediately. As long as other God Systems are prevented from continuing to study the 'Key of Origin,' there is no problem!
However, the most important thing was not this.
As the Weaver escaped this small universe, the Mech-God's gaze was filled with surprise and uncertainty as it looked at the Zhuzhou, which was left with only a thin layer of phantom after the self-detonation.
[What exactly is it?!]
Having been severely injured by a single blow from the Zhuzhou, there was unexpectedly no anger or unwillingness in its heart, only disbelief and deep fear: [To have such strength after crossing space-time – very similar to the Dragon of Bearing the Dao, but not Him.]
[Could this kind of powerful existence be the 'final trump card' lurking in the Ruins of Creation?!]
[Must... report to the Burial Ground.]
This guess was obviously wrong.
Su Zhou was clearly not some final trump card, and knew nothing about the Ruins of Creation or the Myriad Manifestation Burial Ground.
In fact, Su Zhou, who now only had a thin layer of phantom left and was about to completely turn into nothingness, had only one thing on his mind.
"Strange, why would a Twilight Affiliate run away instead of self-detonating?"
The youth pondered in confusion, "I thought they would fight me head-on, self-detonating together! Aren't they unafraid of death?"
Clearly, even ordinary Twilight Affiliates were not as crazy as Su Zhou. Even Yala shook his head and complained, "No matter how little a Twilight Affiliate cares about their own life, they wouldn't play a one-for-one trade with a trans-boundary projection, right?"
"Be a bit reasonable!"
But Zhuzhou didn't care.
At this moment, the huge Zhuzhou phantom dissipated.
Before dissipating, it used its last strength to send Ansonte and his spaceship once again into the hyperspace channel of the Road of Glory.
This time, Su Zhou could sense the Twilight aura coming from Ansonte's side, and actively attacking was not an accident or coincidence.
It was entirely because Ansonte himself held the aura of a supernatural power granted to him by Su Zhou, as well as the 'Myriad Worlds Zhuzhou System.'
Based on the 'Book of Prajna,' plus some data-based measurements, and Su Zhou's fundamental supernatural power, the 'Power of Myriad World Innovation,' the power called [Zhuzhou System] was exactly the reward Su Zhou gave to Ansonte, and it was also an attempt he used to try to enter the Pioneer Space.
And this attempt, without a doubt, was successful: as long as it was not harmful to the explorer, then the Pioneer Space would not expel the power originating from the natives of this world, even if this power contained the aura of multiple great existences.
The Pioneer was indeed completely returned to its seal, without the slightest sign of revival, and was not sensitive to this aspect, or perhaps did not care.
As for why Su Zhou could quickly detect that Ansonte was in danger, the main reason was also very simple.
Before this, the youth happened to be testing the new version of the Zhuzhou System, preparing to carry out a new version update.
"Ansonte, what exactly did you do to provoke a Twilight Affiliate of this level?"
Even though the incarnation had self-detonated, and the protective scale given to Ansonte along with the Zhuzhou System had shattered, Su Zhou could still communicate with the other party remotely through the connection on Ansonte's soul: "And where exactly is this?"
[Lord, I didn't do anything, just ordinary mission completion!]
In response, Ansonte immediately cried out his grievances: [I originally thought it was the mission publisher trying to double-cross me, which would have made a bit of sense, but this Weaver of Worlds, heaven knows how it got my coordinates, was able to directly warp in!]
[Who would have thought that when on the highway, I would be robbed by a Mech-God who suddenly appeared?]
At this moment, the Ant-Man Lich was also completely baffled.
He couldn't figure out if this was part of the mission, or simply a random intrusion by a Twilight Affiliate.
As for what world this was, Ansonte directly packaged all the knowledge in his mind and sent it to Su Zhou.
"Hmm... so that's how it is?"
At the distant end of time and space, the youth, who had not been away from his home for long and was now floating in near-Earth orbit, frowned slightly.
He had not been away from his home for long when he sensed the crisis warning coming from the other end of the Zhuzhou System.
Ansonte was an important perspective for him to observe the Pioneer Space, and even more so an important test tool for the Myriad Worlds Zhuzhou System, so without the slightest hesitation, the youth directly transformed into a projection through a trace of power bestowed in the past, condensing at the other end of space-time.
And now, after knowing the specific situation of the world at the other end, he felt a bit of a headache.
"The Primal World of Creation... this isn't the first time, I remember, Jiu Ming went to this world, and Shuang Yue also went to the lower subordinate world of this world."
At this moment, Su Zhou murmured, obviously: "The Pioneer has actually sent its Affiliates deep into the Primal World of Creation – this kind of power, it seems that the strength of the Pioneer Space has increased a lot."
"But the situation in the World of Creation is also very strange! These Ten Divine Systems, no matter how you look at it, seem to have been established by the Affiliates of many great existences."
Browsing Ansonte's memories to this point, the youth couldn't help but change the subject: "Yala, why do you great existences all feel so kind? Both Perfection and Twilight have reasons to be tolerant, why can 'Creation' also allow so many Affiliates of great existences to run around in its Primal World?"
"There are even Twilight Affiliates – why are there so many Twilight Affiliates who have been bewitched, like the Nihilism Order?"
Su Zhou's complaint was quite genuine.
The Primal World of a great existence should have been a special great world shaped primarily by the concept of that great existence, nurturing countless Affiliates and Clans to prove the correctness of their path.
But as a result, from what it looks like now, neither Perfection, Twilight, nor Creation have done so.
Actually, it's not impossible to understand.
Perfection didn't manage these things because it wanted to redeem everyone, including other great existences.
Twilight felt that everything was meaningless, so naturally it acted as a hands-off shopkeeper, wanting nothing to do with anything.
Su Zhou could even guess that the Primal World of the Divine Tree wouldn't expel the power of other great existences either – after all, existence is reasonable, how could They care?
And the Lord of Silence goes without saying, He can't wait for someone to come and help His beloved children break the cycle of reincarnation.
But why is Creation like this?
In particular, the Ten Divine Systems and the Four Forbidden Zones, so many great powers, if they were all Affiliates of great existences, wouldn't that mean that all the great existences that Su Zhou now knows have been resurrected, and even more?
What does Creation want to do? Stack buffs or collect stamps?
"It is indeed very strange."
Yala narrowed his eyes, having noticed this earlier than Su Zhou.
Wagging his tail, the Snake Spirit said in a deep voice, "And, don't forget, Su Zhou."
"Creation is very likely to be one of the creators of the 'Monster'."
Su Zhou naturally wouldn't forget.
Since returning from the Aeon World, he had always been vigilant in his heart, which was that the backer of the Nihilism Order was likely not the real Twilight, but other great existences.
It was precisely because of this that almost all Twilight Affiliates in the entire multiverse seemed to have undergone tremendous changes. They had become less reclusive, completely abandoning waiting, and instead became a kind of complete, terrifying nihilism.
"The Wheel of Reincarnation System is the representative of the Affiliates of the Lord of Silence, Ansonte's mission to steal the Key of Origin. He took it from them, and the Lord of Silence's faction is an allied faction with us – this is clearly a conflict between major forces."
"It seems that the struggle spanning many times and spaces has already begun to show signs everywhere in the multiverse."
From the fact that Ansonte was attacked by the Myriad Manifestation Burial Ground while transporting the Key of Origin, Su Zhou had already seen the whole picture from a corner, knowing that in the distant void, in the World of Primal Creation, there were surging undercurrents, about to cause a vast tide of the times.
The Ten Divine Systems are just like the great existences they each represent, with different concepts and different powers, destined to be constantly in conflict in the great tide.
And what made Su Zhou even more solemn was a fact.
The Gate of Final Radiance where the Seal of the Final Ring of Suppression is located, that huge living star, happens to be connected to the Realm of Heavenly Light.
The Realm of Heavenly Light is originally a subordinate world of the World of Creation.
In other words, the World of Creation could very likely directly reach the 'sealed mouth' of the Earth Sealed Universe, this 'sealed multiverse', through a few jumps through the opened Gate of Final Radiance, seriously affecting the safety of the entire sealed multiverse!
"It's too much of a coincidence, so it's impossible for it to be a coincidence – the Myriad Manifestation Burial Ground and the Nihilism Order have no relationship? How could I believe that!"
In this way, many clues were linked together.
Su Zhou believed that the World of Creation definitely contained many unknown secrets. If he had the opportunity, he must go to that world once to try to find out all kinds of clues.
As for now...
"Well, Ansonte, your strength is not bad."
Scanning the Ant-Man Lich up and down from afar, Su Zhou nodded slightly, then shook his head: "This is indeed quite good Overlord-tier strength, presumably you have never slacked off in your cultivation."
"However, no matter how powerful the means of an Elemental Lich are, it is difficult for them to have any effect in space."
[Y-yes, indeed...]
Hearing this, Ansonte couldn't help but nod slightly, the soul light in his eyes flickering, looking quite emotional.
In fact, what's more than an Elemental Lich?
In the vast environment of the universe, various martial arts systems, magic systems, and cultivation systems have been greatly restricted.
This is mainly reflected in destructive power and mobility.
Lineages that did not appear for space combat, if they were on the surface, would be enough to contend with an entire space fleet assault.
But in space, with astronomical units and light-seconds as the basic unit of distance, those who lack effective counterattack methods would be suppressed by two fully armed ordinary destroyers.
And when facing a fleet, even an Overlord-level Earth Immortal, they would probably be blasted into fireworks in a chaotic world before they could get close to the effective killing casting distance.
This was also why he was so desperate when facing the Weaver of Worlds – in space, facing an Immortal with a Mech-God Body, Ansonte didn't even have a chance to run.
However, this was just an Overlord-level Earth Immortal Lich.
The youth was very clear – if it was an Overlord-level Earth Immortal Netherworld Battleship, that would be a different story.
So, just as Ansonte was shaking his head with emotion, Su Zhou's voice rang out again.
"Therefore, I will pass on to you a set of 'Mech-God Body' cultivation methods that are adapted to the World of Creation, so that you can better complete my mission."
Hearing this, the Ant-Man Lich was stunned in place.
[Mech-God Body cultivation method?]
[The Way of Immortality?]
He spoke in surprise, then turned to disbelief, and even laughed – Ansonte thought Su Zhou was joking.
But Su Zhou never joked.
The youth stretched out his hand, and a point of green light lit up, as if crossing time and space, floating in Ansonte's soul fire.
The Mech-God Body of the World of Creation, in essence, has the same ingenious workmanship as the youth's warship form.
They both use their own technical capabilities to create a complete and terrifying cosmic combat form, self-integrate and sublimate, to fight against strong enemies.
Because from the beginning it was for fighting in the universe, the Mech-God Body is naturally huge, hideous, and possesses various powerful supernatural powers.
It's just that the consumption is very heavy, so it cannot be maintained all the time.
However, if another set of power equipment is installed in advance in the Mech-God Body, perhaps this weakness can be made up for.
Therefore, Su Zhou, who was very experienced in this area, quickly came to a conclusion and created a brand-new cultivation method.
A kind of cultivation method suitable for Ansonte, allowing him to easily become a powerful Mech-God, so that Ansonte could act as his spokesperson and do the preparatory work before he went to the World of Creation.
"This method is called 'Zhuzhou Star-Reaving Divine Warship Body', which can cultivate the 'Corpse Star of Extinction Body'. Although it is only the basic version, it must be a first-class Mech-God Body!"
Without hesitation, he said with incomparable confidence, Su Zhou could sense Ansonte's suddenly excited emotional reaction, and then laughed: "Although you are only in the Overlord Earth Immortal realm, you are enough to cultivate a second-class Space Mech Armor to improve your space combat capabilities."
[...Yes!]
Although Ansonte had been Lich-ified, his emotions could not be too excited.
However, when he answered Su Zhou's instructions, he could still hear the throbbing and firmness from the bottom of his heart: [Please instruct me, Your Excellency, what exactly is the mission?]
And Su Zhou shook his head.
"It's very simple."
He said with a light smile: "Go, complete your current mission, send the Key of Origin in your hand into the hands of the Wheel of Reincarnation Dao, and follow the general trend of this era."
"Then, start spreading my Daoist method, my supernatural power, and laying down chess pieces."
"Then, wait for my arrival in the near future."