Chapter 261 Musings on the Great Seal (6400)

Just as Su Zhou was in Southern Zhengguo, tinkering with his supernatural powers and spells.

The entire world was roiling with undercurrents.

Leaving aside the magical reforms stemming from the Citizen Points system and the impact and shock of various spiritual energy industries on normal industries, the mere appearance of the Gate of Space and Time was a major problem.

Earth, called the Immortal Realm by the ancient gods and immortals, was naturally connected to many different worlds. The severing of spiritual energy had sealed these natural space-time channels, turning Earth, once the hub of all realms, into an isolated island in the universe.

Now, with the resurgence of spiritual energy, the continuous opening of space-time channels was akin to directly opening the doors of new worlds to humanity – but the humans of today were not like the immortals of the past, able to utilize these new worlds.

They even needed to be vigilant, wary of possible 'invaders' from other worlds.

In the North Mariana Sea, the True Dragon Jiu Ming was solemnly swimming and patrolling in the deep sea. Not far from him, a huge space-time rift, a full three hundred meters wide and nearly a thousand meters long, connected the sea areas of two worlds. Like a door, it caused two worlds to overlap here. The surging spiritual energy currents even formed fierce whirlpool zones, turning the originally calm sea area into a death trap, leading to the closure of shipping lanes.

Even the most skilled marine beasts could become lost here, or even be dragged by the currents to another world.

That was the Tianchi Realm, a vast marine world where even overlord-level divine dragons could swim freely.

The other world seemed to be a vast treasure trove of resources. Just the Tianchi Realm alone, even purely based on resources, could serve as a brand new fishing ground, a new marine research base. No matter how it was utilized, it could bring immeasurable gains to the Earth side.

But problems also arose.

Were the water qualities of the two sea areas the same? If microbial clusters from the other world and the Earth's oceans intermingled, could they hybridize and mutate into new superbugs? Could the exchange of organisms between the two worlds cause species invasion?

These issues hung over the heads of all insightful individuals like a sword. Similar to the Tianchi Realm's space-time gate, there were a total of five large space-time gates on Earth that had been confirmed to lead to large other worlds, and not small secret realms!

The 'Beast World Realm' gate in Slovenia, Europa, had spewed out hundreds of thousands of magical beasts, causing millions of casualties.

The 'Dead Silence Realm' gate in Antarctica, a desolate and icy place where no signs of life had been found.

The 'Tianchi Realm' gate in the Mariana Sea, once the territory of the Tianchi Dragon King, a paradise for marine spiritual beasts.

The realm gate located underground in Central Asia, leading to an unknown other world.

And finally, the 'Rainforest Realm' gate in the South American rainforest, leading to a jungle world. The specific situation was unknown, but there were even signs of civilization.

Of course, as everyone knew, with five gates there was bound to be a sixth – the space-time gate in the Kunlun Secret Realm, leading to the Beast God Realm, was the sixth, currently unpublicized.

Not only were national forces interested in this, but many ambitious transcendents, leaders of organizations who wanted to establish their own foundations, were also eyeing these other worlds – even the well-known mysterious organizations, the Descending Spirit Society and the Prayer Society, regarded them as ideal places to expand their influence and make a comeback.

Therefore, even if they could not be utilized for the time being, the major forces around the world would strictly guard the space-time gates to prevent them from being entered by those with ulterior motives.

Jiu Ming, who had obtained the true inheritance of the Tianchi Dragon King, advanced to the peak of transcendence, and transformed into the body of a True Dragon, was jointly entrusted by multiple countries to be responsible for guarding the Tianchi Realm channel.

June 3, 2016.

"Another guy trying to sneak in."

The giant True Dragon opened his eyes. He was currently using 'Grievance Detection', a 'restricted high-level spell' he had recently learned, to look at the red light that suddenly lit up not far away.

There, a seemingly ordinary stream of water, with nothing unusual about it, was flashing a red-black radiance full of resentment in Jiu Ming's eyes.

This transcendent's actions were actually very stealthy. Through some secret method, he had transformed himself into a stream of water, completely stopped his mental fluctuations and interference with the outside spiritual energy. The whole person was drifting with the flow, attempting to mix into the ocean currents between the two worlds and enter the other world.

However, under 'Grievance Detection', without a special shielding method, any hidden person would have nowhere to hide – and this was why the Zhengguo official allowed Jiu Ming, this gatekeeper between the two worlds, to learn this spell.

The Zhengguo officials were very cautious about the 'Grievance Detection' spell developed by Su Zhou. Currently, only a few transcendents who needed to guard important areas were allowed to practice this method to strengthen their defenses.

"This should be the nineteenth stowaway I've caught this week."

Controlling the power of the ocean currents to form a vortex, Jiu Ming captured him without any ripples – this stowaway seemed to want to resist. At the moment of being captured, a powerful, dark, and filthy force erupted from his body, spreading with poison, attempting to contaminate Jiu Ming's spiritual energy, forcing him to let go, so he could take the opportunity to enter the other world.

But how could such a method work on a True Dragon? Jiu Ming only slightly circulated the Mingxing Transformation Dragon Method, and compressed all the filthy force and the contaminated seawater into a dark, poisonous water column, and poured it all into the stream of water that the transcendent had transformed into.

Later, he would send this transcendent of unknown origin to the Zhengguo official located not far away, who were expanding an unnamed island.

Of course, the official explanation was the miraculous craftsmanship of nature – as for the fact that the original island, which was only a few square kilometers in size, had become several times larger in two months, and that a small port and airport had been built on the island, that was purely luck, and the fact that the South Sea Fleet often patrolled the surrounding area was to maintain the stability of the world.

"There are more and more people sneaking in recently... What's so good about the other world? The aura there is extremely mysterious, and I don't dare to go there, for fear of danger."

Thinking like this, True Dragon Jiu Ming subconsciously swayed his body. His gaze towards the Tianchi Realm gate was extremely wary: "Who knows what kind of inheritance the immortals left behind there, or what kind of demons they sealed. What powerful indigenous alien beasts will be bred there?"

"I was originally just a sea cucumber, and I can achieve True Dragonhood after obtaining an opportunity. If there are natural alien species who obtain the inheritance of immortals, and cultivate by seizing opportunities, how powerful would they be?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Su Zhou, who was a bit ridiculously strong – in the eyes of the True Dragon, the other party was a standard natural alien species.

Not only was he strong, but he could actually develop such a peculiar spell...

"Compared to that kind of guy, I'm still far behind!"

Immediately, his heart was filled with the thought of working hard to cultivate. Then, Jiu Ming continued to patrol the sea, completing his mission while sensing the endless spiritual energy in the ocean, experiencing the feeling of Mingxing, and accelerating his transformation and improvement.

He had always been diligent in cultivation.

Similar scenes were happening all over the world – around the gates of other worlds, fortresses and barbed wire heavily sealed them. Powerful transcendents and armed forces were dispatched to garrison them, completely isolating them from the outside world, and blocking the actions of all those who attempted to cross the border from both inside and outside.

Even the Dead Silence Realm gate in Antarctica had transcendents jointly dispatched by multiple countries to guard it. In the midst of the endless ice and snow, a huge steel fortress rose from the ground. The transcendents who went there to garrison it gave up everything wonderful in the modern world in order to guard the territory of mankind.

Even in the mysterious Kunlun Secret Realm, elite transcendents from major countries around the world were gathering to prepare for the upcoming exploration plan of the Beast God Realm.

On the surface, the entire Earth was calm and peaceful.

But everyone knew that behind this calm, a storm was brewing – whether it was the mysterious organizations eyeing the resources of other worlds, or the various countries.

Of course.

All of this had nothing to do with ordinary people who did nothing but go to school and play games, and usually just stayed at home.

Under the protection of many active transcendents and armed forces, they could enjoy the convenience brought by spells, absorb the increasingly dense spiritual energy, and improve themselves while living a simple and comfortable life, without having to care about the undercurrents surging behind the world.

Game otaku Shao Shuangyue was a representative of this kind of person.

Shao family mansion, second floor.

--Parents went out on a trip to see whales in Beihai for a sweet world of two, while her brother hurriedly rushed back to the Xijing Diligence Academy half a day ago after being in seclusion for half a week, saying that he was about to break through to the transcendent level and needed someone to help protect him.

As a result, Shao Shuangyue was now alone in the huge mansion, watching game compilation videos with a hundred times the energy, enjoying the cool breeze in the air-conditioned room.

--Lonely? What a joke! How could modern humans be so fragile? You know, the most comfortable and free time is when you are alone! Of course, provided there is internet.

It could be seen that in the girl's room, which was full of various hardcore game peripherals, there were many more souvenirs compared to a year ago, and the most eye-catching of them was undoubtedly the black, straight sword model of the Dark Wolf - Undying Calamity.

If Su Zhou saw it, he would definitely find it familiar, because the style of this long straight sword was exactly the same as the original Blade of Annihilation!

Of course, the Blade of Annihilation located in Shao Shuangyue's room was just an ordinary peripheral that had not even been sharpened, and it had no magical properties other than continuing to add exorcising power to the room, so it was not worth mentioning.

"This can also be in the compilation? I feel like I can do it too!"

Wearing headphones and watching the screen, Shao Shuangyue made the voice of a cloud player when she saw a relatively bland segment in the compilation - in fact, because the current e-sports industry has now been almost occupied by transcendents, and high-end games have become a superpower showdown for various cultivators, so she really hasn't played for a long time.