Chapter 1701
Chapter 1701 - 1697: The End of the World
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While humanity was preparing for war, the visitors from the Foreign Domain were not idle either.
In fact, a massive number of high-level forces were fleeing... They truly knew what would happen if one gets too close to a Child of God.
"....Today, we have over two thousand clan members who vanished without a trace."
"No matter, send out a call to the other lords, just say the Blood Offspring of the God has issued a summoning order."
"How could that thing possibly initiate a summons... Ah, I understand now, but will they respond to the call?"
"Yes, they understand very well that if they do not come, we will suggest to the Divine Son to put them first on the menu..."
Perhaps, those who least want to see that monster are not humans, but the high-level lords among the visitors from the Foreign Domain.
The Octopus itself is an existence of beyond the Eleventh Tier, and how powerful it truly is might be unclear to humans; as Its Clone, the Divine Son also inherited a portion of Its core power.
Those seemingly instant-killing white lights have actually occurred a few times, and humans have always been unable to discern what they are, yet the high levels on this side are very clear.
"That guy’s hungry again..."
One of the Octopus’s core rules is "gluttony"; it is an existence that will never be satisfied, a perpetually famished being with no concept of being full.
As Its "Clone," the Divine Son is naturally the same way.
Those white lights aren’t even its ability, they are merely the "thought" of "Ah, I’m hungry, give me something to eat."
An existence of the Tenth-order is the world itself; if there’s one thing in common among the Eleventh Tier, it is the transcendence of the world... They can truly rewrite and command the world with just a thought.
Even Lu Ping’an’s Eye of Truth could not see clearly the process of the white light devouring, because there is no process to begin with.
It’s hungry, it wants to eat, its thoughts become reality, and those unlucky ones become the result consumed by its belly.
It doesn’t need to act or hunt, it just "thinks" and the world naturally delivers the prey to its mouth.
This is a rewrite of reality and truth, a crushing dominance of the mighty over the weaker; it has never been about reason.
"...Do not expect that the brutality of that monster might lead to the disbanding of the Legion; such an existence can use force and fear to control everything."
Indeed, the conjecture was proven: after the appearance of that monster, the previously passive or complicit lords from the Foreign Domain suddenly became very active and eager.
The battles over the Pacific Ocean became increasingly fierce, regardless of whether there were interdiction battles or counter-interdiction battles erupting, just the sheer existence of this monster stirred the entire world.
".....I’m a bit hungry."
And soon, everyone noticed something was off.
Hunger seemed to accompany everyone, not just the ordinary people who got hungrier more easily, even the high-level life series, which theoretically do not need food, also felt a sense of hunger they haven’t felt in a long time.
"Is it rewriting the world? But what is it doing this for?"
"Its existence is radiating throughout the world; there may be no reason.....but it’s us, the weaker ones, who need to adapt to the environment, who need to consider what it can bring."
Soon after, more experimental results were out.
What seemed to be an inconsequential "sense of hunger," after professional calculations, turned out to be a catastrophe capable of destroying the world.
"Food consumption has increased by twenty to fifty percent, and the hunger of high-tier professionals cannot be satisfied by food alone; they need to ingest sufficient ’contaminated’ materials that can provide nutrition. Strangely enough, mortals have become stronger, and those professionals can actually enhance themselves through feeding..."
It seems that this entity has introduced new "rules" to the world, a path that allows professionals to become stronger more quickly?
"...How could strengthening come without a cost? How can the normal digestive system of the stomach and intestines bear the excess food, and what’s more important, how can the body bear and digest the excess nutrients?!"
Lu Ping’an and other members of the life series share similar doubts. Several advancement experiments have yielded very poor results.
The metabolism of life has clearly accelerated a lot to be able to bear this "gift," but...
"Uh, forcing an increase in metabolism, hastening the process of life, wouldn’t that lead to an early death?"
"The lifespan of the mice has been significantly shortened... only one-third of the original."
"About that, according to the experimental model I made, if this situation worsens, humans will likely have their lifespan directly cut in half."
"Developing forehead wrinkles at the age of twenty? What a joke?!"
"Heh, you should first live to be twenty... Does this world have enough food? Famine began a few years earlier, didn’t it?"
Even after greatly overestimating the beings of Tenth-order or higher, Lu Ping’an never imagined it would be so outrageous. Merely one avatar embedding part of its body into this world has led to the destruction of the entire world.
All life will fall into a state of hunger, this call from the basic instincts of life cannot be resisted... With massive consumption of food and a significant reduction in lifespan, it won’t take thirty years for human civilization to possibly degrade straight into wasteland.
"We have no way back, we must resolve it in a short time to avoid permanent impact."
"A proper stimulus is actually a good thing... but we absolutely can’t let it embed completely into this world. The significant reduction in human lifespan and the famine might directly cause our civilization to break."
The Tentacles embedded in this world are merely catching a few Fishmen by chance, seeming quite "peaceful," but in reality, they are dragging the entire world into the Abyss.
"Uh, the pathway for gourmets to grow stronger has increased a lot..." Since such an existence forcibly linked to the world, it actually caused the pathways related to "gluttony" to directly gain a significant enhancement. Several related Deities even provided new Professions."
New "powers" have entered the world, bringing evolution to the entire world, but if it continues, it is likely a disaster of destructive magnitude.
𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
"The problem is, how to fight it?"
War and probing have never stopped, but the results of the last probe were quite subtle.
The intelligence provided by Lu Ping’an has been confirmed to be true. Every time the other side emits a white light, its Tentacles consume a lot, and the Octopus probably only has enough to use it continuously eight times... However, the range and limitations of this ability are completely beyond human analysis.
Sometimes, the human Legion has already reached Ben Island in Australia, even starting to occupy camps, and that monster couldn’t care less.
Sometimes, just a flock of seabirds flying by gets mysteriously wiped out.
The human side must fight, but with the power at hand, they really dare not go forward to give their lives away carelessly.
"Why doesn’t It attack Dragon Moon Island?"
Naturally, someone asked this question.
There are many answers. Some think Elder Liu has blocked the power limitations, some think it’s because Dragon Moon Island is outside of its range (which has been disproven), but Lu Ping’an has vaguely grasped the truth.
"It might not fancy eating stones... Perhaps, we can take advantage of that."
— End of Chapter 1701 —