The three of them broke through the space barrier and stepped into a space gap filled with gray fog. When Lin Yin really stepped into the space gap, she found that the space gap was not filled with a vast expanse of gray fog, but with tiny dots of light in the gray fog. Those dots of light were large and small, like the stars in the sky. In addition to these dots of light, strong winds would occasionally blow in the gray fog, constantly weakening the barrier in front of the three of them.
"Every spot of light here is a fragment of space in the sky." The high priest explained to the two people while using his staff to hold up a barrier to resist the strong wind.
Lin Xi's eyes widened in surprise. These tens of thousands of light spots were actually fragments of Tianyu. She was not surprised by the hugeness of Tianyu, but was surprised that Tianyu collapsed so completely.
"After being shattered so thoroughly, can it really be reunited?" Chen Chu asked the question that was on Lin Xi's mind.
"If it was shattered by external force, then of course it's not allowed," said the high priest.
External force? Chen Chu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Didn't you notice that the arrangement of these light spots is actually regular?" the high priest reminded.
After hearing this, the two carefully looked at the light spots in the gray mist, and found that the distances between these light spots seemed to be the same. Although they didn't know the purpose of this arrangement, they could see that it was deliberately arranged. If it was a natural collapse, the space fragments would not be distributed so evenly.
"Is it for recovery?" Chen Chu guessed.
"That's right." The high priest led the two of them through the gap in space and explained, "The collapse of the world actually consumed the energy of this world. Xingyue calculated that Tianyu had a chance to revive, so she wanted to preserve Tianyu's energy, so she took the initiative to decompose the world."
"Actively decompose the world?" Lin Yan was shocked. "This can also be done."
The high priest said with a little contempt: "You humans on Earth are too weak to touch the origin of the world."
Lin was not angry, but hummed: "The earth is indeed weak, but you still need to rely on the earth to save you."
The high priest paused for a full second without saying anything, and then continued the previous topic as if nothing had happened, except that the person he was talking to changed. He looked at Chen Chu and said, "You are also a venerable now, you should be able to sense the power of the world."
Chen Chu replied: "I didn't feel it very obviously when I was on Earth, but I did feel it a little bit when I arrived in Tianyu."
The high priest said: "That's because there are too few people like you on Earth. When the power of human beings is strong enough, they can control the world in turn."
The high priest was very tactful and changed his way of saying it. It was not because he was afraid that Lin Xi would rebuke him, but because he still relied on her for help and did not want to get into an argument.
Lin Xi also heard it, so this time she just glanced at him and said nothing.
Chen Chu couldn't help but ask: "All creatures in this world are nurtured by the world, but why can human power restrict the world?"
High Priest: "It is not the world that is constrained, but the order of the world, that is, the world consciousness."
Chen Chu frowned, still not quite understanding. Lin Xi had heard the system mention this matter, but she didn't know the specific reason.
High Priest: "An empty and desolate world will not have world consciousness. Only when life is born in this world will the world have consciousness. Fundamentally speaking, world consciousness, like humans, is born from the world. Therefore, the power controlled by humans is the same as the power controlled by world consciousness, and their origins are both world power. So when one side becomes stronger, the other side will naturally become weaker."
After hearing what the high priest said, both of them understood.
Lin asked curiously, "Why do you want to weaken the world consciousness? For immortality?"
The high priest was silent for a long time before answering Lin Xi's question: "I don't know what others think. I practice cultivation just because I don't want to be bound by constraints."
Chen Chu suddenly thought of what the Blue Flame leader had said, and said, "When you can see the shackles, you can't help but want to break free."
High Priest: "Yes, who is willing to be bound willingly?"
What you want to break must be what you can see. It's like you live in a cage that is wrapped in layers. At first, you know nothing and think that your world is only as big as this cage. But by chance, you break the innermost cage, and the world becomes bigger, but you can also see the second layer of cage outside the cage. You will wonder if this layer of cage can also be broken, so you try your best to break the second layer of cage, and then you can see the third layer. Then you will start to think about how many layers of cages are restraining you, what the outside world will look like after all of them are opened, and who is locking you up in a cage?
The cage is the rules, and what holds them captive is the world consciousness.
"But there is no order without rules." Lin Xi suddenly said, "If there were no laws and rules in the world, what kind of chaos would this world be in?"
The two were stunned when they heard this. They were the ones who could see these rules and broke them, so they were also the ones who were unwilling to be bound. But Lin's words hit them hard. There is no absolute freedom in the world. Looking at history, even in the era when there was no writing, the system must have existed. A world without a system will not last long.
"It's hard to believe that we didn't understand such an obvious truth until the sky collapsed." The high priest said self-deprecatingly, "Xingyue once said that humans should not fight against the world consciousness, because the purpose of the world consciousness is to protect the world. As long as the world exists, humans will exist. But we didn't believe it at the time. We just thought that astrologers were the spokespersons of the world consciousness, and their words were not trustworthy."
Chen Chu concluded: "So, the destruction of Tianyu was caused by you yourselves."
The high priest glanced at Chen Chu and did not refute him. He just said, "You are also from Tianyu."
Chen Chu took a look and was too lazy to argue.
After hearing what the high priest said, Lin Xi was surprised and said, "So, we Earthlings are still smart."
The high priest looked at her and said, "You Earthlings just can't touch the rules. If you could, I don't believe you would still be so smart."
"That's not what I'm talking about." Lin Yu looked at Chen Chu and said, "Yan Mingxuan once said that the world of immortal cultivation really exists."
Chen Chu remembered this incident, but still didn't understand what Lin Xi wanted to say.
"The world of immortal cultivation is actually very similar to the sky before the collapse. Becoming an immortal can lead to immortality, and human power has also affected the world's consciousness, but the earth has not collapsed." Lin Nan said excitedly.
"That only proves that the world consciousness was stronger at that time." said the high priest.
"No, it's because of the rules." Lin Xian shook her head. "The immortal world on Earth is different from your Tianyu. According to legend, if a mortal cultivates immortality and achieves enlightenment, he will eventually ascend. The so-called ascension means leaving the mortal world and going to the immortal world. I suspect that this immortal world is no longer on Earth."
Chen Chu continued, "If you are not on Earth, you will not affect the world consciousness. Therefore, on Earth, the world consciousness is always stronger than humans."
Lin Xian had a bolder guess: "You said, could this ascension be deliberately created by the world consciousness? The old man Tiandao noticed that human consciousness was becoming stronger and stronger, and was afraid that he could not deal with it, so he simply opened a back door, sent all those powerful guys out, and left the weak ones to slowly suppress them. In the end, he completely wiped out the era of cultivating immortals and created the current earth?"
Chen Chu looked at her and for a moment thought that Lin Yan's imagination was really wild, but for some reason he couldn't find any reason to refute it.
The high priest was shocked when he heard this: "The world consciousness of the earth is so sinister."
Lin Xi was unhappy: "Tianyu's world consciousness is upright, but he was almost killed by you guys?"
The high priest was silent again. He could not refute this statement.
Lin Nan: "What do you mean by breaking free from the shackles? You want immortality? What immortality do you want? Aren't there only twenty-eight constellations in the whole sky? There are only twenty-eight immortals among billions of people, but you want billions of people to die with you. Don't you feel guilty?"
The high priest took a long time to reply: "But we are the ones who will save the world."
Lin: "Without you, Tianyu wouldn't have collapsed. Why do I have to thank you?"
Chen Chu just felt that Lin Xi's logic was extremely strong, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to give her a thumbs up.
Lin raised her head proudly.
The high priest stopped talking completely. He did not speak again during the rest of the journey until the three of them arrived in front of a point of light. Then he said, "We're here."
"Is this the Miao village?" Chen Chu asked.
The high priest corrected him: "This is Wuhen Valley."
Chen Chu did not get hung up on the difference in addressing, and simply pointed to a crack and said, "That's the crack you entered last time."
The high priest nodded: "Yes, Miao Geyun knew that I would come again, so he did not use the world dragon to repair the space barrier."
As he spoke, the high priest raised his hand and pointed at the crack in the space. With a flash of light, a passage wide enough for one person to pass through appeared. At the other end of the passage, there was a scene of spring flowers in full bloom.
"You go in first." The high priest turned sideways and motioned for the two to go in first.
Chen Chu didn't hesitate, holding Lin's hand, stepped out of the barrier and into the space passage. The other side of the passage was the mountain range where they met the high priest last time. The only difference from the last time was that the Miao village this time was very strange. The scene was exactly the same, but it was eerily quiet, and there was not even any wind.
"Look." Lin Nan suddenly pointed at a flower at her feet and motioned Chen Chu to come and have a look.
Chen Chu looked down and found a drop of dew dripping from the petals of the beautiful little yellow flower. However, the dew had clearly fallen off the petals and remained still in the air.
"Time and space have stopped." The high priest also walked out of the wall at this time, and explained, "Tianyu's energy is running low. Every time Wuhen Valley is opened, it needs to accumulate energy again."
Chen Chu thought of the starry sky just now: "From other static fragments of space?"
The high priest nodded: "Not bad."
Chen Chu understood. It was no wonder. The connection between the subspace and the earth was active. Even though many of the superpowers on the earth would fall into the subspace, to be honest, the energy carried by these fallen superpowers was far from enough to open the space gate. So the space gate was maintained by those light spots that were stationary in the gaps in space. And the area that was connected to the earth was the area that they had deliberately selected to help save the world.
"Let's go and find Miao Geyun." The high priest strode forward.
"Miao Geyun didn't keep quiet?" Lin asked.
"She is the Venerable." The high priest explained everything with just one word, the Venerable.
No wonder the Venerable can resist the will of heaven. In a space where all time and space are still, the Venerable can still move freely. It can only be said that the Venerable's strength has already transcended this world.
The three of them walked very quickly and arrived at the Miao village in just a few minutes.
Because the entire time and space were in a state of stillness, Lin Xi did not encounter any spirits. The entire village was empty, and only the sculpture in the center of the village remained intact.
The high priest walked over without saying hello and smashed the statue of the King of Dragons with one palm. Under the statue, in the exquisite sarcophagus, Miao Geyun's beautiful face had long eyelashes trembling slightly, and her eyes slowly opened.
"How long have I slept?" Miao Geyun sat up from the sarcophagus and asked the high priest.
"Less than half a year." The flow of time in the sky is different from that on Earth, and the high priest was talking about his own estimated time. After all, most of the space in the sky is in a static state, so he can't calculate the time accurately.
"So short?" Miao Geyun was a little surprised. According to her estimation, even if the high priest successfully found and convinced Chen Chu, he would not come to her so soon.
As he spoke, Miao Geyun looked at Chen Chu, and suddenly his eyes moved slightly, and his gaze fell on Chen Chu's chest.
Chen Chu's heart tightened, and he subconsciously turned sideways to block Lin Xi's sight.
Lin Yu was suddenly stopped and was stunned. She didn't understand what Chen Chu was going to do. Was he afraid that Miao Geyun would hurt her again? But Miao Geyun was clearly looking at him.
Miao Geyun seemed to understand something immediately after seeing this. His eyes naturally moved upwards and looked into Chen Chu's eyes: "How many props have you collected?"
"The only things missing are 'plague' and 'war'." Chen Chu said.
Four items have been collected? Miao Geyun was even more shocked this time. In just half a year, the salvation of the world will be completed?
"Is the Earth willing to help Tianyu recover?" Miao Geyun asked hesitantly.
"They have to help now whether they want to or not." The high priest spoke.
"Why?" Miao Geyun was puzzled.
"Sense the movement trajectory of Wuhen Valley." The high priest reminded.
Miao Geyun had been sleeping for years, and the Miao village was in a state of stillness, so her perception was not as sharp as the high priest's. But if she tried to perceive, she could still sense it. So when she closed her eyes slightly and perceived for a moment, she immediately understood what the high priest meant: "Wuhen Valley is crashing into the earth, how could it be?"
"I don't know, but it happened," said the high priest.
Miao Geyun did not delve into it and nodded, "Yes, these are not important. You are here to get the Plague, right?"
Chen Chu nodded: "Yes."
Miao Geyun glanced at Chen Chu, then moved his gaze to Lin Yan who was standing next to him. Chen Chu's heart skipped a beat, and when he was about to stop her again, Miao Geyun spoke up: "You're stopping me, don't you want me to take back the plague from her?"
Chen Chu then remembered that Lin Xi still had some of the plague on her body, and he immediately said, "Please take it back."
Miao Geyun glanced at him and said, "You didn't even say thank you. How rude of you!"
Miao Geyun and the Lord of Wind are good friends, so when he looks at Chen Chu he always feels like he is looking at a younger generation and can't help but say a few words to him.
Chen Chu did not appreciate it and said coldly: "It was originally left by the senior."
Miao Geyun was stunned. Was he blaming himself? He was right. Miao Geyun smiled faintly, raised his hand and grabbed Lin Nan. Lin Nan felt a chill on her wrist. Miao Geyun took back all the plague on her left hand and melted it into her body. The plague was taken back, but Miao Geyun did not put down his raised arm. Something on the white arm was slowly crawling down the arm, and finally reached the wrist, biting through the skin and drilling out.
It was a emerald green insect, about the size of an adult's fingernail, and looked very much like a beetle on Earth.
"This is the Gu King, and also the 'plague'." Miao Geyun dragged the emerald Gu King with her white hand and handed it to Chen Chu.
"Alive?" Lin Xi exclaimed.
"It's alive." Miao Geyun nodded.
"It won't run away when it's activated, right?" Lin Xi was worried that she wouldn't be able to catch the Dragon King. After all, this thing seemed to have wings.
Miao Geyun smiled, raised her hand and grabbed the air. A green bamboo flute flew out from the bamboo house and landed in her hand: "This is the Gu flute. Blowing it once can summon the Gu King. Blowing it twice can seal the 'plague'."
Chen Chu heard this and reached out to take the two things. The Gu King was placed in the metal box where he had put the key before, and he was quite obedient and did not move.
"Okay, you guys go now. It's time for me to sleep forever." Miao Geyun said.
The three of them said nothing, because they knew that this long sleep was a real long sleep. They were not familiar with Miao Geyun, but maybe they could send her off.
Seeing that they were not leaving, Miao Geyun smiled and reminded them, "You are not leaving? When I disappear, I will turn into thousands of insects, which is still a bit dangerous."
Hearing this, the high priest couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to walk away. Since he left, Chen Chu and Lin Xi naturally wouldn't stay and followed him out. However, when they walked out of the village, a large number of insects suddenly emerged from the center of the village, covering the sky and the sun and flying out. However, the moment they flew out of the village, they turned into green spots of light and returned to the world.
"No wonder the women in Wuhen Valley need to snatch men home before they can get married. It's really disgusting." Although they were clearly words of disgust, the two of them heard resentment in the high priest's tone.
"Let's go. I'll take you back." The high priest said without much regret, "We have to return to the previous space. If we are any later, it will be quiet there too."
"Don't bother." Lin said, "We can just leave from here."
"Can you get out?" The high priest was stunned, and then seemed to have thought of something, his eyes fell on Lin's head, "Your hair. I didn't look closely last time, but this time I feel that the spatial force on your hair is somewhat familiar."
Are you familiar with this? All the props in the system belong to you, Tianyu.
"Go ahead, we'll see each other again soon." The next time they meet will be to go to "war".
Lin Xi held Chen Chu's hand, consumed eight thousand energy stones, and returned to Earth through the space gap.
Lin Xi looked at the remaining two thousand energy stones and wondered silently, the reason why Zhenzi only gave a discount to Chen Chu's long hair was because of Chen Chu's face, or because Chen Chu came from Tianyu?
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