Chapter 403 Torch Light
Little Jin Jinghua's words stirred up a storm in Xia Zuo's mind.
He paced around the desk and thought for a full ten minutes before he calmed down in the shock of the truth about the world.
"Melina, I have two more questions. Please answer them for me."
Xia Zuo suppressed the excitement in his heart, sat down at the desk and asked:
"Why don't you make this truth known to the public? For example, in this mission, take advantage of the appearance of Kama Hebrain, the guardian of the Fate Tree in [The Resting Place], to tell the Holy Spirit the truth about the world. For everyone in the palace, I think it will have very good results.”
Little Jin Jinghua shook her head slightly, "Xia Zuo, we have already tried it. You have just heard the truth I told you for the first time at this moment, which just reveals the attitude of those who already know the truth towards the truth."
Xia Zuo was stunned, "How many people knew the truth before me?"
“There used to be a lot, but now there’s almost none.”
Little Golden Wattle continued:
"Golden Wattles are the longest-lived group among grass and tree creatures. Like humans and strange demons, we have survived since ancient times. We have always been a neutral camp between humans and strange demons and will not favor one side.
"For creatures with limited mobility like us, spreading our descendants widely and gaining knowledge by observing flexible creatures like humans and strange demons is the safest way to survive. Therefore, our inheritance has been passed down from ancient times to the present. Never broken.
"My tribe and I have shared the truth of the world with humans and strange demons in the past. But except for groups like the Golden Wattle Alchemist Association, which study grass and trees, and are willing to believe us, most other people and strange demons are not interested in us. We scoffed at what we said was the truth. Since then, we have stopped publicizing the truth about the world.
"Perhaps, until the smoke of creation is closed and Vasaksat truly arrives, humans and strange demons will wake up and believe the truth that they are just 'fermentation' tools."
to be honest…
If Xia Zuo hadn't mastered [Breeding Cysts] and his understanding of Sodik Black Flag was as superficial as other temple members, then he probably wouldn't have believed Little Golden Wattle Flower's story when he first heard the truth about the world. Tall story.
It was precisely because Little Golden Wattle Flower's description of Sodik Black Flag was consistent with the specific effect of [Breeding Cysts] that Xia Zuo accepted Little Golden Wattle Flower's statement in a short period of time.
"There is another reason why we blocked the information about [The Resting Place]."
The little golden vitex flower waved its branches and leaves, attracting Xia Zuo's attention:
"On the corpse of the Yuanjie tree, there are extremely powerful laws of time and space.
"Any creature that comes into contact with this power has only one ending, which is to quickly experience the three life stages of [fate], [encounter] and [end] in one second, and finally end its life in the [end] stage. Unless you have the ability to resist [End], there is only one way to die.
"In order to prevent humans from making worthless sacrifices, and to prevent creatures from successfully 'fermenting' the 'food', we can only try our best to block the information of the [Long Resting Place]."
Xia Zuo nodded slowly, pondered for a moment and asked, "I have one last question, Melina."
"Well, just ask."
"What role does the Creation Crystal play in the fermentation vessel we are currently in?" Xia Zuo asked.
"It's native to this land."
"Aborigines?"
"Yes, Aboriginal people, you can also understand it as the incarnation of the will of the planet." The little golden vitex stretched out its branches and leaves and made a circle:
“Because human civilization often breaks down, you have no impression of the original appearance of this land.
“We plants still have this memory.
“In the beginning, the land under our feet was a barren planet with no signs of life, with howling winds, dusty sky, acidic soil and harsh weather that were not suitable for the growth of any living things.
"Vasaksat used its magical attainments and the planetary device dedicated to practicing the way of Sakuma to transform the planet into a place suitable for the reproduction and growth of living things. The creation crystal has been hidden deep in the planet until It was only when the time was right that he emerged from the ground from the large volcano."
"Wait a minute..." Xia Zuo interrupted Little Golden Wattle's speech, "So, the nature of this planet is actually the masterpiece of Vasaksat?"
"That's right." Little Jin Jinghua said:
"Everything you know now, except for the creation crystal, was created by Vasaksat, including pure water, fresh air, mineral-rich land, etc. Although we hate Vasaksat very much, Saxart, but it is indeed what creates the natural world as we know it.”
When Xia Zuo controlled the hemogen servants to infiltrate the Church of the Strange Demon, he heard an impassioned speech made by Nukoalov at the scene of a mandatory piety ceremony.
What Little Golden Wattle said is close to what Nukoalov said. It is estimated that the relationship between the Strange Demon Church and Sodik Black Flag is relatively good, so Sodik Black Flag revealed a small part of the truth to the Strange Demon Church to enhance the Strange Demon Church's loyalty to Vasaksat.
Of course, the ultimate goal of Sodik Black Flag is still to achieve the mission of "fermented food". Everything it does is to provoke a war between "microorganisms".
Little Golden Jinghua asked:
"You must have heard of the [Law of Corruption], right?"
Xia Zuo nodded, "I've heard of it. I think this law is very strange. According to the nature of human beings to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and to avoid danger, when you know that falling into a strange demon is a path of no return, you should take the initiative to avoid doing it again. It is only right to fall, but the reality is obviously contrary to human nature..."
Little Jin Jinghua explained:
"These are the shackles that Vasaksat deliberately buried in human will when he created humans. The purpose is to balance the strength between humans and strange demons. Without the [Law of Corruption] to restrain humans, the strange demons would have long been defeated by humans. Weapons wiped out. There are similar things in other ethnic groups."
Xia Zuo rubbed his chin, "I understand, you can continue talking about Vasaksat's creation of nature."
"The recorded history of our tribe begins when the first Golden Wattle plant was planted on the earth by Vasaksat."
Golden Wattle signaled Xia Zuo to pour some potion into it, and after resting for half a minute, it told a mythical story similar to the one in which the Creator opened up the world.
The origin of Vasaksat is unknown, but the planetary device it used to transform the planet and the emblem of its Vasaksat Pioneer Army stronghold all bear the same symbol:
[In the center of the logo is an octopus with eight tentacles. The eight tentacles are evenly distributed around the octopus's head and are symmetrical. There are four tentacles on each side of the octopus's head.
[The end of each tentacle is wrapped with a symbolic pattern. In clockwise order, these patterns are: vegetation, minerals, animals, monsters, monsters, humans, strange demons, and light groups. (Note ①)]
(Note ①: A monster refers to a creature that has greatly improved its physical fitness after a mutation, but does not have the ability to cast spells. A monster refers to a creature that has the ability to cast spells after a mutation. The spellcasting ability of a strange devil comes from training and promotion rituals, not mutation. )
The order of these eight patterns is exactly the order in which Vasaksat transformed the desolate planet.
The first step is to plant plants that can transform the harsh environment of a deserted planet.
These plants were planted on this planet earlier than the golden wattle, and they are all dead now.
Plants that can transform harsh environments must survive in harsh environments. When the environment continues to improve, they will slowly wither and finally die amidst the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.
The second step is to transform the continental plates and terrain and bury minerals.
This step is critical.
By controlling the distribution of water resources, mineral resources, and agricultural land resources, Vasaksat planned in advance what civilizations would appear in which areas.
Just like where the Kingdom of Wildhammer is located. In the past tens of thousands of years, no matter how different dynasties changed, the countries there have always relied on mineral resources for their livelihood.
The third step is to release animals and build a complete biological chain.
Starting with animals with the simplest growth habits, after confirming that nature can withstand the growth pressure of animals, gradually release more complex animals, including apes that evolved into humans, animals with mutant abilities, etc.
All animals will evolve freely in nature, and eventually, certain animals will evolve into humans, monsters, monsters and strange demons pre-designed by Vasaksat.
At this point, the transformation of the planet is basically completed.
The next step is to put the corpse of the Yuanjie tree waiting for "fermentation" into the planet.
The tree is a spirit creature that does not possess flesh, metal, or vegetation. Putting its carcasses directly into the newly modified nature is as terrible as dropping lethal poison into the pond.
In order to protect the "tiny creatures" that have not yet grown up, Vasaksat used plane devices to create a sub-plane on this planet - which is equivalent to installing storage space on the planet.
The first sub-plane created by Vasaksat was [The Resting Place], which was used to store the remains of Kamasilbia.
The power of the laws of time and space emitted by the corpse penetrated the blockade of the plane wall and affected the natural world.
In Vasaksat's original design, everything in nature had no spirit.
But when Kamasylbia's corpse was placed in the [Land of Rest], the overflowing power of the law of time and space immediately "infected" Vasaksat's creations, attaching spiritual bodies to a small number of creatures. Vasaksat then arranged more sub-planes, stacking them between nature and the [Place of Rest], in order to weaken the power of time and space emanating from the corpse of the Fate Tree.
When the story came to this point, Little Golden Wattle paused for a moment, and came up with a speculation that the Golden Wattle group had been discussing:
"Xia Zuo, the spirit body connected to our body, is probably Kama Silbia's means of resurrecting himself."
"Why?" Xia Zuo asked curiously.
"The realms of time and space that Kamasilbiya controls are [Fate], [Encounter] and [End]. It can draw power from these three biological growth stages. The spirit attached to the biological body is Kamasi Erbia is a medium for collecting the power of time and space.
"While we are alive, the spirit body will witness our growth and reproduction, and when we die, the spiritual line between the spirit body and the body will be broken. The body will be buried deep in the dust or burned to ashes in the flames, and the spirit body will Then he will go to the [Land of Rest] and deliver the power of time and space rich in his body to Kamasilbia."
Little Golden Wattle waved the branches and leaves, "My ancestors clearly remember that when Vasaksat put the corpse of the Fate Knot Tree into the [Resting Place], there was no Fate Knot Tree guarding Kama Hebrain. It's the white trees we saw in the smoke."
Xia Zuo thought and said:
"You mean, Kama Silbia is the product of Kama Silbia collecting the power of time and space, right?"
"Yes." Little Golden Wattle shook the flower up and down, "We guess that Kama Silbia is resurrecting, and the appearance of Kama Silbia is just one of the evidences. It should be an existence similar to reincarnation."
The little golden vitex flower lowered its "head" slightly, opened its petals, and seemed to sigh:
"Xia Zuo, the plant community is not an iron plate. We Golden Wattles and other long-lived plants that have witnessed Vasaksat's transformation of the planet, all know clearly that this planet is used to 'ferment' corpses, and we have chosen to block it together. News about [The Resting Place].
"But those plant groups with a relatively short history and no impression of the original appearance of this planet have always wanted to open the [Resting Place] after discovering that they had spiritual bodies, pursuing the power of time and space beyond their control.
"It was this group of greedy plants that revealed the way to the [Land of Rest] to the Shaman School."
Xia Zuo recalled the whole process of the sacrificial ceremony. The scene of accelerating the burning of meditation spices flashed in his mind. He pressed his forehead and suddenly realized:
"I understand.
"When plants are made into spices, the plants actually do not die. Their bodies change from complete vegetation to scattered particles. At this time, the plants' bodies are still connected to the spirit body.
"Gather these granular plant bodies together to make incense, and then burn them. Only then will the plant body die, and the spirit body connected to it will go to the [Place of Rest] after the spiritual thread is broken.
"The more spices are burned at one time, the greater the flux of spiritual bodies. The plane rift between nature and the [Land of Rest] will be opened by a large number of spiritual bodies flowing into [Land of Rest], and it will become Plane rift."
"Yes, you are right." Little Jin Jinghua nodded, "I can tell you another secret."
"What secret?"
The little golden vitex points to each other with its leaves:
“When a creature can move freely, think and grow continuously, and has an almost infinite lifespan, the more [destinies] and [encounters] it has experienced, and the accumulated power of time and space will far exceed that of other creatures. The power of [end] time and space contained in this kind of biological spirit is extremely huge. When his spirit enters the [Land of Rest], it will create a larger plane rift, and even directly open a gap that can cover a residential area. A large plane rift that can exist for a long time."
Xia Zuo's expression changed...
Little Golden Wattle Flower then said:
“There are many long-lived creatures in the world, but most of them have obvious flaws.
"For example, although we Golden Wattles live long lives, we cannot move freely. Some monsters carrying heavy stones also live long lives, but they have low intelligence and do not understand what [fate] and [encounter] are. It is difficult for us to accumulate time and space in this regard. We can only use the number of individuals to make up for the gap.
"Only you pure-blooded mages meet all the conditions and are the most suitable key to open the [Land of Rest].
"This is why you were targeted by that mysterious cloaked man."
Xia Zuo looked solemn, "Since we want to use our spiritual bodies to open the [Land of Rest], then our physical bodies will"
The little golden vitex flower spreads its branches and leaves, "Your physical body will be ignited, lighting the way to [the resting place] like a burning torch."