Chapter 431: Artificial Paradise and the Decadent Gods of the Old World
"well"
Lu Wenwu seemed to hear a faint sigh of helplessness.
Suddenly, the sky and the earth changed color.
In just a blink of an eye, the night turned into day and the starry sky turned into the sun hanging high in the sky.
Invisible waves rose out of thin air, and enormous pressure suddenly emerged from the void.
A powerful will is about to descend here!
Sensing something, the Ancestral Dragon immediately crawled down, closed his eyes, recited prayers, and respectfully performed the ceremony of divine descent.
A few seconds later, there was an indescribable smell on Zulong's body when he stood up again.
It is so mysterious that it seems like the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, and also like a trace of the great way.
He just stood there quietly, in such harmony with the entire world, as if he himself was an unchangeable and established part of the natural world.
When Zulong opened his eyes again, an ancient and distant aura replaced the previous cold imperial majesty.
A brilliant azure blue appeared in his eyes, and his usual calmness and competence faded away.
These azure eyes without irises and pupils strangely present an astonishing divinity, making people unconsciously want to bow down and worship, to meet the gods.
But Lu Wenwu didn't feel that way.
He just felt that the person standing in front of him seemed to be an octogenarian who had been worrying and working hard for many years without getting any rest, or like a social animal who had worked overtime all night and bought an egg-filled pancake for breakfast on the way home.
The kind of decadence that cannot be described in words and the extreme mental fatigue cannot be concealed by any powerful force.
"Daoyou, why are you here?"
He, or rather He, looked at Lu Wenwu and spoke slowly.
The deep voice carries a sense of remoteness and ethereality, which makes people unconsciously think of some mythical existence full of religious connotations.
"Just wanted to ask something."
There was a hint of sincerity and enthusiasm in Lu Wenwu's smile.
Just a little.
More disappointment was revealed in his eyes without any concealment.
How come it came out like this?
You coward, why don’t you dare to fight with me?
As expected, I would rather fight with the real body of this guy in front of me, rather than him showing up and trying to make peace.
How boring.
The deep disappointment made "Zulong" shiver.
Just now, he felt a chill for no reason, as if something bad was about to happen and he himself was about to be in great danger.
It was not until Lu Wenwu slightly restrained his fighting spirit that the extremely uneasy feeling subsided a little and was no longer as aggressive as before.
He looked at the "ill-intentioned" big man in front of him with some helplessness, feeling helpless.
This guy is really dangerous.
"You look tired."
Lu Wenwu casually picked up a chair, leaned against the comfortable backrest, and sat down with his legs crossed.
A dark flame surged in front of him, and the shrunken larval version of Maomao appeared in his arms, curled into a soft ball of fur.
If calculated based on the four-dimensional attributes of the copy system, Maomao's four dimensions have now all reached 9999.
In terms of four-dimensional values alone, two of them are stronger than its true body.
It is enough to have Lu Wenwu as the boss, and at most Xiaobao can be included.
Maomao is still within the understandable normal range, and has only reached the top level of those who have ascended to godhood in the human world.
"I am indeed very tired. I haven't had a rest in many, many years."
"Zulong" also moved a chair for himself and sat down in front of Lu Wenwu.
Moreover, He didn't care about His image at all and collapsed directly into the soft sofa chair. He looked a little lazy, completely destroying the divine brilliance that had just appeared when He arrived.
"According to human etiquette, I should introduce myself."
"I uh."
"I'm sorry, I don't have much experience in this area. This is a little difficult for me. Let me think about how to put it."
"I didn't have a name when I was born. As time went by, I gradually had many titles, but those are not entirely mine."
"Well, there was an organization that gave me a name in the last few hundred years - Gonggong. This seems to be the name that truly belongs to me that is called the most frequently."
"Hello then, you can call me Gonggong."
Gonggong said this, leaning forward softly on the armrest of the sofa chair, and stretched out his right hand towards Lu Wenwu.
Faced with the other party's somewhat abstract painting style, Lu Wenwu fell silent for a moment and stopped his habitual dog-stroking action.
After hesitating for about two seconds, he extended his hand and shook hands politely with Gonggong twice.
"Hello, you already know my name - Lu Wenwu."
[Gonggong/Zulong (none)]: 500 0000/???
[Cultivation]: Half-step to Godhood/Second-step Godhood (incomplete)
Current Status: Divine Life, Will Descends, God's Descend, Law of Illusion, Mind Puppet, Exhausted, Mentally Weary, Data Incomplete, Data Corrupted, Helpless.
[Analysis]: The mind of the god Gonggong descended and occupied the body of Zulong. After taking over this body, it was able to complete temporary materialization.
The analysis provided by the Eye of True Vision contains a lot of information.
In addition to Gonggong's own decadent style, this is also the key reason why Lu Wenwu hesitated.
A simple will can elevate a puppet body equivalent to that of an ordinary person to the peak of the S-level. Gonggong's method is quite interesting.
But what is the incomplete second stage of ascension to godhood?
He could understand the sealing of cultivation, instability of realm, being on the verge of falling, strength regressing, and strength weakening.
Only this "incompleteness" made Lu Wenwu feel a little puzzled.
Can your cultivation still be incomplete?
If the core strength is damaged, shouldn't the realm be directly dropped or the strength be regressed?
For example, if a Nascent Soul cultivator had half of his Nascent Soul cut off by a sword.
Or he could find precious medicine to recover himself, at the cost of shrinking his Nascent Soul, losing potential, and losing cultivation, and forcibly stabilize his Nascent Soul and maintain his realm.
Either the Nascent Soul will disintegrate and fall back to the False Infant, Half-Step Nascent Soul, or Golden Elixir.
I have never heard of anyone being able to maintain the incomplete Nascent Soul stage with a Nascent Soul head or half of a Nascent Soul body, or using half of a Golden Core to maintain the true Half-Golden Core stage.
It's ridiculous.
"Alas, it's really hard for me not to know your name. You are the one who made the biggest noise among all the people from the other world. You actually destroyed the entire city and killed all the living things. You even wanted to completely destroy their core data. Others are not as extreme as you." Gonggong fell back into despair and said lazily.
"I think you have some misunderstandings about me. I'm not extreme. I just chose the fastest solution." Lu Wenwu shrugged. "Besides, this was forced upon me by your men. I was just forced to fight back, wasn't it?"
"Well, there's nothing wrong with what you said, but let me explain a bit. Essentially, the blame can't be entirely placed on A-Zu's head. He's a little wronged."
Gonggong still had that half-dead tone, so much so that even his eyelids were half closed.
"The matter against you was a collective decision made by your fellow villagers. A Zu simply consolidated their opinions and made the final decision. I did not implant any kill commands into the Zulong program that controls each city."
Lu Wenwu thought about it and agreed with this statement.
What the other party said does make sense, and the possibility of this happening is infinitely close to 100%.
Only those who have traveled through time understand how much trouble other people can cause.
As the vested interests of the ruling class, it is very normal for them to want to suppress the newly emerging unstable factors. It is so normal that after Lu Wenwu put himself in their shoes and thought about it, he did not think that this decision was wrong.
The only mistake was that they were too confident and their execution efficiency was too low.
Just like what Cao Xu said.
They had discovered me a long time ago, but because they didn't recognize me and underestimated my strength, they were wiped out.
If he had sent a large number of armed drones and giant steel wolves when he had just had a dispute with the carrion birds, he would have been the one to die.
"I understand the logic, but could you please stop calling him 'A-Zu'? That name makes me feel a little uncomfortable."
"Why is that? Doesn't this make it seem more intimate?"
"It's a bit complicated to explain, so you'd better not know."
"Okay, it's just a name anyway."
The two sides looked at each other and fell into a brief strange silence.
"So, you really don't plan to speak up?" Lu Wenwu, who suffers from social anxiety, was the first to break the silence.
"I'm tired and don't want to talk."
Gonggong slumped on the sofa with his eyes half closed, like a curled up puppy.
"Ask whatever you want to know, and then leave quickly. You're already one of the most historically successful visitors from other worlds. Not many people realize their true selves aren't actually here. This is another promising episode."
".You are really down to earth."
Lu Wenwu was a little confused by Gonggong's way of speaking.
He felt as if he was not talking to the indigenous BOSS in the dungeon, but chatting with a silly netizen in the group.
"Then let me ask the most important question first. Where is this place and who are you?"
"You'll naturally understand as you come into contact with more memories. If you're not used to it, I can switch back to Xiaolong's speaking mode."
Gonggong changed his posture and sat up slightly straighter.
"Although I really want to tell you that this is Coconut City and I am the god who controls everything, I'm afraid you'll burst out at me again, so I'll just answer what you want to know honestly."
"This is man-made paradise number 09, codenamed Coconut Juice. The guy in charge of this area at the time loved drinking coconut juice, so this place was named Coconut Juice City."
"Artificial Paradise was originally a virtual world developed by humans to connect with the spirit in pursuit of spiritual enjoyment. Later, thanks to my involvement, it has undergone some changes, becoming more realistic and closer to the real world."
“There are 98 more man-made paradises like Coconut Juice City.”
"Ninety-eight?" Lu Wenwu was slightly surprised. "All as big as Coconut Juice City, and crammed with souls? The people on your planet have abandoned the real world? And their souls... Wait, how many people are there in the civilization you rule?"
"That's a long story, but I should correct one thing: it's not the civilization I rule, but the one that created me to assist them," Gonggong explained. "My control over the outside world is already very limited. If we consider the virtual world, there are currently 1038,745,367 people, including 276,274 from other worlds."
"Fuck!"
Lu Wenwu talks about the quintessence of Chinese culture.
Currently, apart from him and Wang Banxian, who he had already kicked out, there were still about 300 players in the entire artificial paradise! ?
What a joke!
Is this place so outrageous that it can trap so many people!
What’s even more outrageous is that the more than 10 billion lives Gonggong mentioned were all humans, not some other miscellaneous life forms.
It’s terrifying when you think about it.
So this actually means that all the souls that he extracted in the process of refining the world just now were human souls?
The human soul is hidden in plants and animals!?
Lu Wenwu's eyes widened suddenly.
He suddenly realized one of the possible reasons why natural ingredients were extremely expensive and artificial synthetic ingredients were popular in Coconut Milk City.
This may be unbearable for many people who know the truth.
This is most likely an imperfect cycle of reincarnation!
"Are the souls in those non-human creatures and plants all human?" Lu Wenwu's expression turned slightly grim. "The reason you collected their souls after death was for reincarnation? Because you can't erase their memories of this life, so you can only install additional seals?"
"Bingo, that's exactly why I'm so tired."
Gonggong smiled bitterly, his face full of despair.
"I know your world has a complete cycle of six realms of reincarnation, but we don't have that here. We only have the human realm and the animal realm. Moreover, this reincarnation is mandatory and does not erase people's memories at first."
"One of the reasons these artificial paradises were transformed into their current form is because people tried to escape reincarnation by destroying their bodies and uploading their consciousnesses in the vain hope of achieving an alternative kind of rest and eternal sleep."
"Unfortunately, even in this artificial paradise, reincarnation still exists. That omnipresent force affects everything. We are completely unable to resist it and have nowhere to hide."
"At that time, people in despair united internally and externally. The divine servants of the old Lantern Festival sacrificed themselves, and together with many of humanity's top scientists at the time, they completely rebuilt the artificial paradise with the corpses of fallen gods, and created me with the incomplete souls of the gods."
Hearing this, Lu Wenwu's mood suddenly became a little subtle.
Now he knew why it was the incomplete second stage of the God Ascension.
P.S.: Weird, I clearly set the update to 12 noon on the 17th
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