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Chapter 1248 Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter

Chapter 434 Gaia

The strange voice of the stone statue of the goddess came from in front of him, "It seems you have many tricks up your sleeve."

"Well..." Jiang Xiao pondered for a moment, then said, "Yes... I've prepared a lot of things for Hopkins."

The stone statue of the goddess shook her head slightly, and said, "No, child, you and he are not on the same level as Star Warriors."

Jiang Xiao casually dispersed the Scorching Sun Blade and asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

The stone statue of the goddess said, "I see your skills, your Star Map, your Star Techniques.

For the Star Warriors in this world, even including me, these are powerful weapons for you to win.

Only... in this world, there is a Hopkins. Everything you have shown just now is meaningless to him."

Jiang Xiao's heart stirred. What Gaia was saying now was somewhat similar to what Jiang Xiao had experienced when he encountered Hopkins.

When Jiang Xiao first met Hopkins, he had launched attacks with Silence, Blessing, and various Star Techniques, but they had no effect.

The stone statue of the goddess continued, "Of all the things you've shown, only your mind and heart are of some use, but soft power alone is not enough.

I can see that you are an excellent young man, and you have not been crushed by Hopkins..."

As she spoke, a hint of recollection appeared in the giant eye embedded in the mountain above Jiang Xiao's head.

The goddess sighed softly, "However, Hopkins has the ability to erase the effects of all Star Maps and Star Techniques. Therefore, your efforts in blindly pursuing the effects of Star Techniques and Star Maps are misguided."

Jiang Xiao was delighted in his heart, but he remained calm and said, "He can erase the effects of all Star Maps and Star Techniques?"

"Yes, that is his Star Transformation into Weapon, it is a book." The goddess silently looked at Jiang Xiao, and said, "That book seems to be specifically designed to restrain the Star Warriors of this world."

As she spoke, the stone statue began to crumble piece by piece from the bottom. "Stay here in the Alps. It would be good to talk to me occasionally. Of course, I am not imprisoning you. If you want to wander around this Sea Ridge world, feel free." It seemed that Gaia had no interest in anything Jiang Xiao had shown.

Jiang Xiao's bait, Jiang Xiao's special Star Map, Jiang Xiao's powerful Star Techniques, Gaia didn't even ask about any of it...

Watching the goddess statue gradually crumble from the bottom, a Star Map suddenly lit up on Jiang Xiao's chest.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiao, holding a copy of *Star Warrior Chronicles*, stood in front of the goddess statue, and said, "Are you talking about this book?"

The constantly shattering goddess statue suddenly stopped.

From her stone head, Jiang Xiao seemed to see three huge question marks: ???

The legs of the goddess statue continued to piece together and grew back. She hissed, "You... why do you have his Star Map?"

Jiang Xiao shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have many tricks up my sleeve, such as copying his Star Map."

"Heh..." A slightly excited gasp came from the mountain above.

Her breathing was nothing, but when Gaia's main body became slightly agitated, the entire mountain trembled.

Jiang Xiao couldn't help but click his tongue. Looking at the shattered rocks rolling down the mountain, he couldn't help but take a few steps back.

From the hard stone ground, he retreated to the warm, soft skin of a human palm.

As mentioned before, 30% of Gaia's main body is still human skin.

The feeling of stepping on it was very strange. After all, in addition to the palm lines that resembled gullies, the relatively flat skin of the palm also had shallow lines.

No matter how shallow those lines were, they were still ditches and bumps to the tiny Jiang Xiao.

Amidst the rumbling sound of the landslide, Jiang Xiao looked at the stone statue of the goddess approaching step by step in front of him. He couldn't help but feel his Adam's apple bobbing and said, "You, uh... Akso told me that you know Hopkins the best. Maybe... you can help me understand his Star Transformation into Weapon."

Finally, in front of Jiang Xiao, the stone statue of the goddess shattered.

But it didn't start disintegrating from the legs, but from the cracking of the outer skin.

In an instant, a middle-aged woman stood in front of Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao was completely stunned...

He thought that after traveling north and south, nothing could surprise him anymore.

But today, he not only saw a Star Warrior whose main body was a high mountain, but also a strange woman.

This woman looked about 30 or 40 years old, and it was difficult to tell her exact age.

And her bright eyes seemed to contain spring, summer, autumn, and winter...

Such a pair of eyes would make people ignore her pupil color, the height of her inner and outer corners, and the depth of her eye sockets...

Jiang Xiao was sure that no one would pay attention to the external expression of these eyes.

That look, that radiance, at the moment of intersecting with Jiang Xiao's gaze, Jiang Xiao seemed to have experienced a cycle of the four seasons.

That was a shock from the soul, the awe of nature from the most primitive, hidden deep in the genes of human beings...

The woman's expression was gentle, and she smiled apologetically, slowly closing her eyes.

"Heh..." Jiang Xiao took a deep breath. The *Star Warrior Chronicles* in his hand had already shattered. It wasn't until Gaia closed her eyes that Jiang Xiao "returned" from another world.

Everything in front of him became incomparably real again.

Finally, Jiang Xiao saw Gaia's appearance clearly.

She was slightly shorter than Jiang Xiao, probably just 1.8 meters tall.

Her long hair was not real hair. A miniature version of a giant tree grew behind her head.

Well... it was hard to imagine that one day, Jiang Xiao would use "miniature" and "giant" to describe the same thing.

The thick trunk of the giant tree was like a high ponytail. The lush branches and leaves above hung down, spreading behind her head all the way down to her waist.

The left half of her body was a dense forest. Cliffs sat on her shoulders, and a rushing waterfall flowed down her left arm and chest.

It flowed through the forest, across the mountains, and even left traces of rainbows, but there was no sound of water flowing.

The right half of her body, however, gradually changed from green to yellow.

As if transitioning from spring to autumn, the trees became dry, and the leaves gradually turned yellow. Especially on her right leg, there was a mixture of various terrains, including cracked scorched earth, rocky wastelands, and deserts with yellow sand covering the sky...

Green, symbolizing life, and yellow, symbolizing death, divided her body into two halves.

Except for her gentle face and two hands, her entire body was pieced together from one natural landscape after another.

But... even though her entire body was made of mountains, rivers, and deserts, it could still outline her proud figure...

And Jiang Xiao's next move surprised Gaia.

He activated the spatial gate, rummaged through it, and then... took out his mobile phone and took a photo of Gaia.

"Click!"

"What is that?" Gaia asked softly, with her eyes closed.

After taking several consecutive photos, Jiang Xiao threw his mobile phone into the spatial gate and said, "Mobile phone."

Gaia: "What is a mobile phone?"

"Uh..." Jiang Xiao scratched his head and said, "A kind of communication device, um, a small trick of human society, not important."

"Mm." Gaia opened her eyelids and said, "You have Hopkins's *Star Warrior Chronicles*."

Jiang Xiao said, "You know the name of this book?"

As expected, she was Hopkins's ex-girlfriend, the one who knew Hopkins best!

Eh?

Come to think of it... Since she was a person of the same era as Hopkins, how could she be so young?

Jiang Xiao pulled out the *Star Warrior Chronicles* while wondering, "You look very young, only 30 or 40 years old."

Gaia's smile was gentle, and her voice was also very gentle: "I am old, child. However, my current appearance is indeed my current physical state.

My earth Star Map has given me enormous vitality, slowing down my aging speed."

Jiang Xiao: ???

Gaia changed the topic and said, "Therefore, Hopkins's imprisonment of me is even more terrifying."

According to her age, she must be over eighty years old, but her actual physical condition should be thirty or forty years old?

Damn... her Star Map!?

If we calculate according to a lifespan of 80 years, wouldn't this Gaia be able to live to 160 years old? Or even longer?

Gaia raised her hand and placed it on the *Star Warrior Chronicles* held by Jiang Xiao, gently stroking it: "Child, I am going to open my eyes."

"Oh." Jiang Xiao responded aggrievedly and obediently closed his eyes.

Gaia opened her eyes, looking at the opened book, and also saw the long-lost, familiar and unfamiliar mysterious writing symbols.

Her palm trembled slightly.

Along with it, the waterfall rushing down her arm sprinkled out like water droplets.

"Do you understand it?" Gaia asked softly.

Jiang Xiao: "Part of it."

Gaia looked up at Jiang Xiao and said, "You actually... understand it?"

Jiang Xiao shrugged his shoulders with his eyes closed: "I awakened at the age of fifteen and a half, and I'm twenty this year. What do you think allowed me to stand here, in front of you, in just four and a half years?"

Gaia silently looked at Jiang Xiao. After a long while, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You haven't answered my question before the battle. Why did Hopkins send you here?"

Jiang Xiao said, "He believes that humans live in the space of a god-level Star Warrior."

As he spoke, Jiang Xiao stomped on the ground and said, "Just like we are now. And Hopkins doesn't have the ability to break the shackles of space, so he wants me to grow up quickly.

He wants me to help him, to go outside the world to see, to pursue the ultimate secrets of this world."

Gaia was obviously stunned and said, "You can break the shackles of space and ignore the rules of spatial dimensions?"

Jiang Xiao curled his lips: "Who knows."

Gaia's palm slowly moved up and pressed on Jiang Xiao's shoulder, and said, "Look at me, child."

Jiang Xiao hesitated for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes.

That pair of bright eyes appeared again.

Gaia looked at Jiang Xiao with a serious expression, and asked, "Tell me, can you break the shackles of space?"

But Jiang Xiao's eyes were blurred. In his world...

He saw green buds in spring, fireflies in summer nights, red and yellow maple leaves covering the mountains in autumn, and frost and snow scattering all over the sky.

"Sorry, child, maybe I should give you some more time." Gaia showed a look of disappointment, sighed softly, and closed her eyes again.

Jiang Xiao came back to his senses and shook his head vigorously.

Damn it...

This Star Map is good!

I want one too!

But... after learning this Star Map, will I also become a big mountain?

Where am I going to put a 3000-meter body?

Well... where to put it doesn't matter. On the battlefield, it's definitely an explosive output!

I can probably crush a lot of people with my butt...