Chapter 365 The Last Era
"Boom..."
The sound of wind and thunder filled the Bagua space, and all the totems focused their attention on the face of the Ox Totem.
His ox face was stretched out, and the innocent look gradually faded, and a rare heaviness appeared in his ox eyes.
"I have no ill intentions towards the Fire Totem."
As soon as these words came out, it almost meant that he had something to hide.
The totems looked at Diwu Xuan in a hurry, but saw that he had a cold face, without any extra emotions.
"Whether there is any malicious intention or not, I will judge."
Diwu Xuan's voice resounded from every wisp of thick mist, layer upon layer, majestic and full of oppression.
"Hmm..."
The Bull Totem took a breath, and white smoke came out of his nose, which was a manifestation of his anxiety.
"It was Chu Sheng who asked me to enter the Fire Tribe to see if there was anything wrong with the Fire Totem."
The Sun Totem raised his eyebrows. He really didn't expect that the Bull Totem, who looked stupid and silly on weekdays, actually had a problem.
There was surprise and anxiety in the eyes of the Stag Totem.
"Who is Chu Sheng?"
This name was the first time that Diwu Xuan heard it. He didn't recognize this person at all in his memory.
"He is the master of the power of heaven and earth."
The Bull Totem gave an answer that surprised everyone.
Diwu Xuan forgot to ask for a moment.
He had thought that there might be a totem behind the power of heaven and earth, but that was just a bold guess. When the guess became a reality, he was in a trance for a while.
"That towering tree with knots is called Chu Sheng?"
Niu Tuteng nodded: "That tree was once his holy body."
"Is he Chu Totem, or Chu Sheng Totem?"
The title of holy body made Diwu Xuan feel that the word "holy" might not be a name, but a description.
"He was once a Chu Totem, and later became a holy totem, so he abandoned his body and spread his spirit between heaven and earth."
Niu Tuteng's explanation surprised all the totems. Their understanding of the realm is still stuck at the divine totem.
After the three realms of spirit, light, and god, there is the realm of the holy totem.
Spirit, light, god, and god are the four known realms, and Diwu Xuan has only glimpsed the door of the divine totem, and the holy totem is the first time he has heard of it.
"Is the Chu tribe strong?"
He had never heard of the Chu tribe on this continent, so Diwu Xuan had this doubt.
"The Chu tribe has been destroyed."
Niu Totem said with a sad tone.
"Destroyed?"
Yue Totem was the most surprised. She stepped forward and asked doubtfully.
"Will a tribe with such a powerful totem also be destroyed?"
Niu Totem nodded, and his eyes looked into the depths of the thick fog, where eight totem pillars could be vaguely seen.
Through the gaps in the totem pillars, there were sleeping tree totems.
"They encountered a stronger enemy." Niu Totem said.
"You mean these big trees?"
Diwu Xuan asked, waving his hand to disperse the thick fog, revealing eight totem pillars and the big trees with round crowns inside them.
"They are just the vanguards used by the enemy to determine their position. According to the Fire Totem, they may not even be vanguards, but spies at most."
The Bull Totem looked at the big tree with a sad look, as if there were many stories between him and the big tree.
Diwu Xuan nodded slowly. He had made a guess about this big tree at first. At that time, he thought it was a signal tower. The big tree flying in the starry sky and rooted in three planets seen through this tree might be the real enemy.
"They don't belong to this world."
Diwu Xuan's voice was quite heavy.
Although he himself did not belong to this world, he was different from these big trees. He was a soul traveler and had lived with the natives for many years, so he had already established a deep emotional bond.
And those big trees were more like invaders. Thinking of the scene of roots that could penetrate a planet and shoot down from the sky, Diwu Xuan felt that he could not resist at all.
The Ox Totem looked up at Diwu Xuan and nodded in affirmative response.
"Why did Chu Sheng ask you to come? Why didn't he communicate with me himself?"
When he was almost promoted to a divine totem, the power of heaven and earth, that is, Chu Sheng, had communicated with him, but there was no contact after that.
"Chu Sheng is sleeping, and only wakes up occasionally. He was seriously injured in the last battle."
"When was the last battle? How many years have passed using the years I taught you?"
Niu Tuteng lowered his head and thought for a while, then shook his head: "I don't know how many years it has been. Because of my sleep, most of my memories have been lost, and I don't remember too many things, but I'm sure it was a long time ago."
"How long has it been?"
Diwu Xuan couldn't help asking.
"I have almost no memory of that battle, but I remember that I was also a totem close to the Saint Totem realm, and was buried underground by Chu Sheng because of my injuries."
Niu Tuteng's eyes were filled with memories, and his expression did not seem to be hypocritical.
Moon Totem's eyes widened in surprise. She really didn't expect that the timid and stupid Bull Totem could reach such a high realm.
Diwu Xuan was also a little surprised, but he said nothing. He just stared at the Bull Totem quietly, waiting for him to continue.
"When Chu Sheng buried me, he told me that humans were almost extinct. The war made the living environment extremely bad. Animals have undergone large-scale mutations. Humans have no living space... According to what he said at the time, perhaps humans will be extinct and the totem will no longer exist."
Sun Totem frowned and looked at Diwu Xuan.
Diwu Xuan also had doubts in his eyes: "You fell asleep, didn't you start from the previous ice age?"
"That was just a recent sleep. For some reasons, I need to fall asleep frequently."
The cow totem showed a human expression on its cow face, and Diwu Xuan could actually see the bitterness in it.
"What's the reason?"
Diwu Xuan asked.
This silly cow has too many secrets and is quite good at pretending. Since he has opened his heart today, there is no reason for Diwu Xuan not to ask to the end.
Facing Diwu Xuan's questioning, the cow totem smiled bitterly: "I am not a totem originally."
Diwu Xuan was puzzled. Sun, Moon and other totems didn't quite understand what he meant. The cow totem also knew that he didn't explain it clearly, so he told the story himself without waiting for anyone to ask.
"If my memory is correct, in the era when I first lived, there was only one totem, who was in charge of the sky, the earth, the mountains, the sea, and all living things."
The Bull Totem shook his head, frowned, and had a painful expression on his face.
"When I think about this, my head hurts a lot. I don't remember many things, including who the only totem was. I don't know either."
"Isn't it Chu Sheng?"
The Stag Totem asked.
The Bull Totem shook his head: "No, I remember that Chu Sheng was just a tree in front of the tribe. Because it didn't grow well, it couldn't be used as firewood, nor was it suitable as a pillar to support the house, so it kept growing in front of the tribe, and was finally given wisdom by the totem."
The Fifth Xuan frowned. This description reminded him of a story in Zhuangzi's book, where there was also a Chu tree that lived a long life for the same reason.
"When did you first wake up after Chu Sheng buried you underground?"
Diwu Xuan shook off the thoughts in his mind and asked.
"A long time ago, I remember the first time I woke up, there were still beasts with high altars living on the earth. They used to be the masters of this world. There were very few humans, and even if you could see some occasionally, they were all very stupid."
It was really long ago... Diwu Xuan couldn't help but think of the Jurassic period.
"Later, I fell into a coma intermittently. After waking up once, I found that the beasts had disappeared, and humans began to ignite totem fires, and Chu Sheng also woke up. He helped me become a totem, and then there was the Bull Tribe."
Diwu Xuan nodded. He couldn't confirm that the Bull Totem was telling the truth. This guy was very good at lying, maybe it was related to his living too long.
The old man becomes a demon, which may be used to describe people like him... awesome.
"Why did Chu Sheng ask you to follow me?"
Diwu Xuan brought the topic back to the topic and asked.
"Watching you, mainly to see if you have any collusion with these big trees."
The Bull Totem looked quite honest.
"What if there is collusion?"
Diwu Xuan's question made the Bull Totem's face turn ugly. He hesitated for a long time, and finally told the result under the coercion of Diwu Xuan.
"The next time Chu Sheng wakes up, he will contact me. If you have any contact with the big tree, I will tell Chu Sheng. As for what he will do to you, I don't know."
His eyes flashed when he spoke, and he obviously knew the result.
In fact, without him telling him, Fifth Xuan knew what the result would be. Either the power of heaven and earth would be added to his body, or a destructive blow would be sent down like a heavenly punishment.
Perhaps, he could not destroy me?
Fifth Xuan was suddenly full of doubts, because in his feeling, Chu Sheng seemed unable to destroy him.
"Why do I feel that Chu Sheng will not destroy me? There were several times when I felt that he would attack me, but in the end he stopped."
Fifth Xuan directly asked the doubts in his heart.
The Bull Totem was stunned and thought instinctively. Then he hugged his head with his hooves in pain, making a painful sound.
The sudden change scared the totems. The Stag Totem stepped forward to support him, and the Bull Totem's condition gradually eased.
"I seem to know the reason, but I can't remember it. My head hurts when I think about it."
Niu Tuteng said painfully.
Diwu Xuan saw that he didn't seem to be pretending, so he didn't dwell on it.
"With the help of Chu Sheng, why are you still advancing so slowly?"
Giving up the previous question, Diwu Xuan raised a new question.
"Because I'm not a totem. I was deified by the totems of my time. I'm a bit out of tune with this world."
Niu Tuteng answered this question straightforwardly, without any headache.
Diwu Xuan nodded, and at the same time sorted out the information Niu Tuteng said in his mind.
In the era when the Bull Totem was first born, there was only one totem between heaven and earth, and it was the sacred of all things. The Bull Totem was also dominated by this sacred existence, and was even deified...
Deification felt like the Investiture of the Gods, and also like the godhood in Western mythology.
Because of the battle with the aliens behind the tree, that great existence either collapsed or was injured... Maybe it was just injured, Chu Sheng could survive, let alone the supreme existence... It's not certain, the greater the ability, the greater the target, the enemy may have targeted actions against him...
Various speculations flashed through the Fifth Xuan's mind, and in the end there was no definite answer.