Chapter 1500: The Grand Finale (Part Two) [Requesting Monthly Tickets]
Lin Feng didn't expect Lin Su to contact him a second time in such a short time.
The moment I entered the dream, I realized something was wrong.
"Lin Anzhi, come out!"
The action of wiping the blood off the sword also stopped.
Having just come from the battlefield, he was still filled with lingering killing intent.
Lin Su came across the river: "You should call me elder brother."
Lin Feng remained noncommittal: "I don't have time to chat with you right now. If you're here to deliver intelligence, then stay."
Other content can be postponed.
"This time, I'm not here to deliver intelligence; someone wants to see you."
Lin Su's scholarly methods, once effective on someone, could mark that person and, within a certain range, guide them into a second descent into the depths of a dream. He used this method to notify Lin Feng. He didn't use the Bluebird messenger because airspace was restricted during wartime, and the unfamiliar Bluebird would be shot down by the Kang Kingdom's troops. Lin Su didn't want to walk into a trap; he lured Lin Feng here, then shook off Gong Xichou, and could retreat.
Lin Feng's vision blurred, and a feeling of weightlessness spread throughout his body.
When he opened his eyes again, the sword he had just wiped clean was still covered in blood.
She sent a message to Chu Yao and went to see Lin Su alone. Upon arriving, she saw Lin Su with a knife to her neck and Gong Xichou, blindfolded and threatening her with a knife. The latter had already heard the rapid sound of approaching hooves.
"Lin Xiaoma, it's been a long time."
"It's only been two or three months, what are you doing here?"
"Well, it's a long story. Let Mama tell you the story in a short time so we don't have to repeat ourselves." Gong Xichou was in a weak period after molting, which, in scientific terms, meant his hormone levels had plummeted. He had no energy to do anything, was lazy and didn't want to move, and just wanted to sunbathe and sleep.
Lin Feng didn't even dismount: "Alright, let's go back."
Gong Xichou sheathed his knife and yawned.
Like a snake preparing for hibernation: "No need."
He sensed his elder brother's presence approaching.
Taking advantage of the fact that the two men were not paying attention to her, Lin Su made her escape first—Lin Feng did not stop her, and Gong Xichou, noticing her attitude, also chose to let her go. Although he was unaware of the subtle change in Lin Su's stance, he knew that the Central Allied Forces had run out of options.
How long can grasshoppers hop around after autumn?
It's like a toad crawling on your foot—it's harmless, just disgusting.
Lin Su can run away if she wants to; when it's her turn to die, she'll still die.
Lin Su had barely fled when Lin Feng spotted two figures flying towards them from afar. One of them was none other than their lord. As soon as Shen Tang landed, she asked, "Is the Qu Kingdom finished?"
Excitement mixed with a touch of regret.
Gong Xiqiu discerned Shen Tang's direction and laughed, "No, not at all. Zhai Xiaofang's prediction was correct, not missing a single word."
Zhai Le said that the first thing Shen Tang would ask him upon seeing him was whether the Qu Kingdom was finished. Gong Xi Chou said that was impossible; the first thing Mama would say to him would be about her best friend Gong Xi Chou, not Zhai Xiaofang. Mama's reaction disappointed him greatly!
Shen Tang's cough relieved her heart palpitations.
It's embarrassing when your old friend sees through your unethical little scheme.
"If the Kingdom of Qu were not facing a life-or-death crisis, why would you have come?"
Normally, Gongxi Chou should be in Qu Kingdom helping to defend against foreign enemies. If the zombie epidemic isn't controlled, it could spread exponentially!
Gong Xichou didn't answer, but instead transformed into his Martial Courage Totem form. Under the horrified or astonished gazes of Shen Tang and the other two, he performed a difficult maneuver—he inserted his tail into the python's mouth, rummaged and rummaged, and pulled out a wooden box covered in liquid.
Shen Tang: "..."
Lin Feng: "..."
Ji Moqiu: "..."
Gong Xiqiu coughed twice and muttered, "I feel a bit nauseous."
"No normal person would put their foot down their throat?"
"Mama, what you're saying is disgusting. Where would a python's body get its feet? If my claws in totem form could reach them, I wouldn't need a tail." If Gong Xichou was only feeling a little physiological nausea just now, Shen Tang's words made him imagine himself in human form stuffing his toes into his mouth, and he felt mentally nauseous.
And this is his big tail!
It's not just a snake's tail, it's a dragon's tail.
"Zhai Xiaofang didn't trust anyone else, so she asked me to make a special trip to deliver something to you." Gong Xichou used his tail to curl up a small wooden box and handed it to Shen Tang, but Shen Tang didn't take it immediately. Firstly, she found the saliva disgusting, and secondly, she guessed what was inside.
"How could this happen so suddenly?"
Why did Zhai Xiaofang send the Imperial Seal here?
Yes, even without opening it, she didn't sense any special connection between the national seals, but Shen Tang was certain that it contained the national seals that Zhai Le had conquered over the years. Given Zhai Xiaofang's competitive nature, he wouldn't easily give up on the Qu Kingdom until the very last moment.
Zhai Huan left behind few possessions; the Kingdom of Qu was his greatest treasure. How could Zhai Le, a brother-obsessed man, easily admit defeat?
Gongxi Chou transformed back into human form.
"Well, that's a long story."
Zhai Le wasn't really admitting defeat.
——
[I was only considering the bigger picture. If Shen Youli still has any will left, when the day comes to Qu Kingdom to settle the score, she shouldn't use the power of the Imperial Seal!] If Shen Youli uses the Imperial Seal, Zhai Le will win, standing invincible on the moral high ground—he offered the Imperial Seal for the sake of all living beings, this was the world-ending disaster he trusted Shen Tang had spoken of, and Shen Tang had betrayed his trust. Shen Tang would forever be the villain who won unfairly. [...It was Gui Long who discovered it when he went to the Mountain and Sea Holy Land; the sky there had cracked!]
Gong Xichou slightly opened his eyes: [The Sacred Land of Mountains and Seas?]
Who would understand? It's like being suddenly told that the sky has fallen in your hometown.
Furthermore, with the war raging now, does the Qu Kingdom still have the energy to oversee the opening of the Mountain and Sea Sacred Land? Gong Xi Chou hadn't heard of this news either, so how did Yu Hai know that the sky of the Mountain and Sea Sacred Land had cracked open?
[…Guilong possesses a special ability: he can enter the Sacred Land of Mountains and Seas regardless of whether it's open or not.] Zhai Le vaguely mentioned his companions' repeated wanderings into the Sacred Land of Mountains and Seas—he and Yu Hai first met Gong Xi Chou's elder brother, Ji Mo Qiu, while secretly crossing into the Sacred Land of Mountains and Seas, and learned that the Gong Xi clan had a secret, close relationship with the Sacred Land. [Guilong originally intended to find a way to completely quell the ancient monster plague in the Sacred Land of Mountains and Seas, but instead witnessed the sky cracking open in all four directions, a world-ending scene of collapse and sinking earth.]
[Is the Sacred Land of Mountains and Seas doomed?]
He hasn't been back to his hometown yet.
Zhai Le corrected: "It means the whole world is going to end."
【……oh. 】
His tone was indifferent, as if the death of everyone in the world had nothing to do with him.
Yu Hai: [Let me finish the rest.]
Rewind a bit, and Yu Hai had been wandering around the Sacred Land of Mountains and Seas like it was his own backyard for what felt like the umpteenth time. He'd just entered, still reeling from the shock of the collapsing sky, when a somewhat familiar female voice sounded beside him: "Little visitor, you're here again? Isn't this scene spectacular?"
The sky has fallen???
Shouldn't the woman stay in the "tribal land" that Ji Moqiu mentioned?
How did you end up in this sacred mountain and sea place, just a mountain away from your clan's territory?
From the woman's voice, Yu Hai learned part of the truth.
The other person told Yu Hai a myth from ancient times: after the creator goddess mended the sky, she cut off the legs of a giant tortoise to prevent the sky from collapsing, thus establishing the four poles. Yu Hai: [What are you trying to say? That the crack in the sky is due to a problem with the tortoise's limbs, and you have to cut off another one?]
No, that's not it.
This is beyond the limits of human capability.
Then, the female voice, previously devoid of emotion, gained a slight tremor: "Whether the sky in ancient mythology was supported by the legs of a giant tortoise is hard to say, but the continent today is indeed supported by pillars of the four cardinal directions."
This was the first time Yu Hai had heard this statement.
He couldn't help but recall the doomsday crisis that Shen Tang had tricked Zhai Le into believing. The latter had also said that the continent beneath their feet was supported by something, and that once it broke, the continent would sink into the sea, and the seawater would submerge the land. The problem was that it was the sky that was about to crack, not the earth.
Who told you the Four Pillars of Destiny are underground?
So, it's in the sky?
"Heh, let me tell you a story."
According to her, humanity had a glorious civilization thousands of years ago. However, humanity was too reckless, throwing extremely destructive weapons at each other and waging a massive viral war. In addition, some greedy politicians, in their pursuit of immortality, developed a monstrous zombie virus, which was then leaked.
The female voice seductively asked, "Do you know how it was leaked?"
Yu Hai's brain was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, and he repeated somewhat awkwardly, "How did it leak out?"
The original strain was brought under control, but later the lab wanted to develop an advanced version. The assistants in charge of the project were a couple who argued and tore each other's lab coats because of relationship problems. They lost control of the monkey and it escaped... and things spiraled out of control.
The original diseased plant was born out of greed for longevity.
Semi-finished products are used in competition between major powers.
Later, when the global environment exceeded the limits of human survival, the project was restarted to develop a vaccine that would allow humans to adapt to the environment, solely for the sake of survival. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.
War, natural disasters, and man-made calamities.
Ultimately, this incurred Lu Chen's divine retribution.
[...Even without land and life, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the moon waxes and wanes, but nothing changes. This planet still stands in a corner of the universe; there is no question of its destruction.] The planet beneath its feet not only doesn't feel regret, but also feels a sense of peace and tranquility.
These little fleas on His body are too much trouble.
Yes, it was Him.
The land that can give birth to life is itself a "life" that ordinary people cannot perceive or see, yet it truly exists.
The female voice then used "He" as a substitute.
The fleas conceived by "He" have a strong will to survive.
The intensity was so great that even their mother (Her) softened for a moment. Of the fifty great principles, forty-nine are derived from the heavens, and humanity escapes one of them. It was precisely this moment of leniency that allowed the little fleas to grasp a glimmer of hope. The accumulated fortune of humanity over millennia erupted completely at this moment.
Just as in ancient mythology, after the Mother Goddess mended the sky, she cut off the legs of a giant tortoise to establish the four corners of the earth, and the sunken continent was forcibly pulled up by four forces. The female voice gestured for Yu Hai to look up at the center of the four cracks: "There, all the fortune of humanity gathers."
Upon hearing this, Yu Hai looked up.
A cloud of light and mist quietly appeared in the sky, which had previously only been cracked.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't fog at all.
It was clearly countless densely packed, floating characters!
These characters strung together like rays of light, coiling around a core into a "ball of yarn," the other end of which connected to a hundred towering mountain peaks reaching into the clouds. At the summits, one could vaguely discern streams, palaces, and pavilions—the Hundred Families' Temples. The female voice continued: "Humanity's fortune comes from 'inheritance.' As long as inheritance continues, fortune will be abundant, sustaining the four corners of the world and providing humanity with a place to dwell."
Yu Hai remained silent.
He could tell that the ball of light was struggling to stay afloat.
So, the celestial thief star descended to earth for... the restoration of the legacy?
The legacy of our ancestors should be inherited by future generations.
Yu Hai fell silent once again. Whether his descendants had inherited the legacy of their ancestors was unknown, but he certainly ended up with a dog head _(:з」∠)_
He pursed his lips and asked softly, "Why has it become like this now? Is it because...too many people have died in the chaos of war?"
The vast territory has a population of less than 200 million.
Compared to its land area, the population is indeed pitifully small.
That's only one of the reasons.
Yu Hai: [One more? ???]
There are three main causes of sky cracks.
One reason is that too many people died in the war, and the evil energy impacted the human race's fortune, causing instability in the four pillars. Another reason is that some little brat has dug out the remnants of the previous civilization, and the consciousness here feels that the little fleas are beyond saving, so it's better to drown them all. The last reason is that a little flea sneaked in many years ago and threatened to blow up the four pillars.
Yu Hai: [Who??]
The woman's voice replied playfully, "I don't know."
How do you know there is...?
Female voice: [I saw it.]
[Are you just going to stand by and watch?]
Yu Hai snapped out of his reverie, sighing more in a few days than in years, and said to Gong Xichou: "In short, the four pillars are now cracked, like the worn-out weights on a balance scale. Once it breaks, the pan, which is the continent beneath our feet, will naturally fall into the sea. I think Shen Jun should know about this too. I asked that voice how to break this deadlock—"
The female voice did not answer, but simply said that Zhai Le was not suitable.
When Yu Hai returned and told Zhai Le the news, Zhai Le also felt that he was not up to the task, so he handed the task over to Shen Tang, who knew something about it.
——
Shen Tang, upon hearing the news, was left with the question: "???"
I almost choked on my breath.
He swore: "I know nothing!"
Shen Tang knew who that little flea who wanted to blow up the four poles was. Who else could it be but the old madman Yun Da? The thought of Yun Da made her even angrier: "Old Deng has no martial ethics! Didn't he give me twelve years to unify and collect the national seal? Why did he start ahead of time? Is he playing me for fools? Shouldn't the normal procedure be that I unify the continent and collect the national seal, and then the national seal guides me to find his consciousness left in the human world? Old Deng would be very pleased to see me arrive as promised, wave his hand and give up his old chuunibyou ideas, and die smiling in the afterlife?"
Just thinking about watching Lao Deng ascend to heaven is exhilarating!
As a result, Old Deng didn't show any martial ethics!
She counted on her fingers to make sure that twelve years hadn't passed yet.
All things considered, it's less than eight years, rounded up.
Isn't there still four or five years left?
Back then, Old Deng didn't say that the process of destroying the world would be like this! After her blood pressure soared and she was extremely angry, Shen Tang quickly calmed down: "According to what Yun Da said back then, I need to collect all the national seals. The part that Zhai Xiaofang sent him is useless."
There are still quite a few pieces missing from the puzzle.
Gong Xichou: "Zhai Xiaofang has a portion of the Northeast mainland on her side, and Mama has also conquered several central countries, hasn't she? Ninety percent of the Imperial Seal of the World is in your hands, so... it should be usable, albeit barely?"
Zhai Xiaofang couldn't spare the energy to help Shen Tang attack the remaining countries.
I don't know if the four poles have completely broken off.
A few days?
Which month?
Or a year and a half?
In any case, we still have to struggle.
We can't just lie down and wait to die.
Shen Tang waved her hand, conjuring a spray of water to wash away the drool on the small wooden box. She opened it, and inside lay a gleaming, square imperial seal. Her expression was complex, yet she was at a loss. No, wait, she seemed to have overlooked a crucial detail.
"...Since Yun Da's original plan was to sink the continent and destroy the world by blowing up the Four Extremes, how did he find the Four Extremes? Or rather, how did he get to the Four Extremes? How could he have all the national seals in the world? He couldn't possibly have them, yet he was still able to go and cause trouble. Why do I have to collect all the national seals? How exactly did Yun Da get there? This is the core question!"
It took Gong Xiqiu a while to understand the meaning of her words. The honest boy asked, "But isn't this being tricked?"
Collecting all the national seals is not a necessary condition.
Approximately equal to, therefore, unification is not a necessary condition.
What does it mean that the US has been forced to rush and destroy other countries all these years? Does it mean that the US is good at scheming? Or that those countries are just unlucky?
Shen Tang seemed to have been hit in the head with a hammer, completely stunned: "..."
Gradually, her facial features began to twist and become grotesque.
An overwhelming rage surged up from his throat.
"Yun-Da-"
I curse your ancestors for eighteen generations!!!
Shen Tang's face was gloomy. Only Gu Chi peeked out when he heard the noise, then quickly withdrew and whispered to Yun Ce, who was completely unaware of what had happened, "No, what happened? Why is the master suddenly so furious and cursing so rudely?"
Yun Da is Yun Ce's master.
The man has been dead for so many years, yet the Lord still curses him?
It's not even Qingming Festival yet, time for visiting graves and tearing up the tombs of the deceased.
"Is the lord angry?" Yun Ce thought blankly for a moment, then answered in a low voice, "The Allied forces heartlessly abandoned 70,000 to 80,000 refugees and fled across the river, leaving us to deal with this mess. This is indeed disgusting. The lord is probably getting angrier the more he thinks about it after calming down?"
The Allied forces in the Central Region suffered heavy losses of elite troops, and their tricks of calling in reinforcements were ineffective. Spreading plagues, creating locust plagues, and sowing discord... all these tactics were useless. The Allied forces were on the verge of collapse, but the Allies were stubbornly clinging to life and refusing to give up, continuing to be a nuisance.
The Lord is angry; he must be disgusted by it.
Gu Chi's eyes were subtle: "The Allied forces can't take the blame for this."
The source of this outburst was not the Allies, but Wenda.
What are the Allied forces in the Central Region? They're nothing but a bunch of grasshoppers after autumn. Even if they all self-destruct in the final battle, it won't reverse their current decline. Taking over the entire Central Region will only take a year. Once the Allied forces are wiped out, the rest will be as easy as turning one's hand.
Before Kang Kingdom launched its attack, the lord's avatar, Zixu, who was operating in the central region, had already taken a bite out of the central kingdoms. As Kang Kingdom tied down the elite forces of the central region, the power of the avatar on the other side was also rapidly expanding. If one had a map of the central continent, one could clearly see that the central kingdoms, which were originally as round as apples, had now been bitten into a "slender waist," leaving nearly half of the fruit and the core.
"Not allies? Then I can't imagine."
Even with his wildest imagination, Yun Ce never imagined it would involve his own teacher.
Gu Chi shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, forget it. If you can't believe it, you can't believe it. General Yun, don't go near the Lord these days. She's too angry right now, I don't even dare to provoke her."
That's terrifying.
Yun Ce didn't understand, but he was obedient.
(￣▽￣)o╭╯
The finale will take a while to write.
I've outlined the content I'll be writing for the side stories (IF scenarios, side stories for various characters, a governance arc, a post-apocalyptic arc, Tang Mei's return and beating up her blood relatives, etc.), and it feels like the side stories alone could keep me serialized for another month or two. I'll take a "rest" while serializing the side stories, writing them while adjusting my mindset.
P.S.: I've been feeling really down lately, and I just can't seem to get motivated for anything. I seriously wonder if it's because I'm over thirty and entering middle age. But listening to PvP battle anthems for half the night yesterday really got me fired up again!!! I just wanted to get up and storm into King Wu's City right then and there (▼皿▼)!
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