NABC Chapter 935 The Deep Sea Era (4500 words, please refresh)
Chapter 935 The Deep Sea Era (4500 words, please refresh)
Chapter 935 The Deep Sea Era (4500 words, please refresh)
The deep alarms blared incessantly, and hellfire erupted from the depths of the shattered mountains.
The giant beasts left behind in the mortal world had long noticed the signs: a long, harsh winter lasting three seasons had brought the progress of civilization to a standstill, with snow falling and no sunlight.
The universe became chaotic, and the stars disappeared.
The fifth-tier ascendants, possessing the marks of the God of Light, the Sun Goddess Sul, and the Eastern Lord, took up the authority left behind by the gods and took turns hanging in the sky.
The fire giant Surtur created a sea of fire surrounding Midgard, maintaining a temperature suitable for most life forms.
But this routine lasted for less than ten years.
Vanaheim, the once-gone ocean paradise of the Vanir gods, has fallen into chaos. The ocean and winds carry a pungent, nauseating stench of decay, and the sea of life, where all things thrive and reproduce, has been transformed into hell overnight. Countless marine creatures with dragon scales and dragon eyes are swept into the mortal world by the backflow of the dark sea.
Immediately afterwards, Hela, the creator of the Land of the Dead, sent word that the Six Paths of Reincarnation left behind by the Heavenly Court and the dead of the Underworld were being eroded by the abyss rising from the Land of Mist; and that the Land of Fire, south of the Golden Ring, the world that provides heat to the earth, was gradually cooling down.
Finally, the stars reappeared, but with a burning light, falling from the sky.
"I thought a miracle might happen."
Huai Shi stopped running, paused, and looked back at the shadows of the gods that had transformed into the gods flying out from the various kingdoms of the mortal world.
Even though most of them were slightly inferior to the originals, their numbers were more than ten times greater than the original gods. Moreover, there were a few exceptionally talented individuals who surpassed the limits of the Holy Mark and truly became incarnations of gods.
"A large number of them has nothing to do with the end of the world, and they don't have the level of creation like the Primordial Celestial Venerable. In a game, they would be considered elite monsters."
Fu Yi said, lying inside the bell.
"Elite monsters are going too far. Without special attacks, I might not even be able to beat them," Huai Shi said.
"That means the geniuses or bosses from the lower realms have changed dungeons and can't keep up with the inflation of their combat power levels, so they've been eliminated."
Fu Yi casually said, "Why don't you hurry up and level up so you can ascend with us?"
That makes sense.
Huai Shi actually hopes that the World Tree can hold on, because once the sledding journey plan is launched, it means facing the unknown and uncertainties in the abyss.
If we compare Nidhogg, the element of this level, to cancer, then the things in the abyss are viruses.
The explorers have given all the help they could, but now, with Nidhogg gnawing away at one of the World Tree's main roots, the entire tree's barrier has been breached, like an immune system defense line collapsing, allowing the virus from the abyss to enter and spread wildly inside.
The world is almost finished.
"Then let's get ready to switch dungeons," Huai Shi sighed, and continued running.
He arrived at the top of the World Tree, where Liu Dongli, the driver of the Rainbow Bridge bus, was busy with a group of scholars operating the Rainbow Bridge, allocating resources, and transporting Ascended to the Mist Defense Line to fight Nidhogg.
So much so that Huai Shi had to run all the way back.
"Can we eat this tree?" Squirrel Hang jumped down from the top of the tree upon seeing this.
"Soon," Huai Shi said. "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've had vegetarian food."
The only food that Huai Shi can eat is hell itself: the creatures of hell, the air of hell, the water of hell, and even hell itself.
When he prepares to devour the World Tree, it means that this universe is already halfway into the abyss and is about to be destroyed.
"I heard from DouDou that occasionally supplementing with dietary fiber helps with intestinal cleansing."
Squirrel Hang glanced at the top of the world beside him: "Uh, where do you start taking a bite?"
It's true that the Huai Pond is exceptionally large, but it's still too small compared to the World Tree.
It's like a husky that not only destroys your house, but also eats your furniture, ceiling, and floor tiles.
How long will it take to eat?
"do not know"
The speed at which the Locust Tree devoured the Heavenly Court cannot be used to calculate the speed at which it consumed the Heavenly Court. The former is a condensation of miracles, while the World Tree is a world itself.
When everyone suggested that Huai Shi should eat the World Tree, he even doubted whether the plan could actually be implemented.
Even a pig couldn't eat that!
But the scholars meant to eat as much as they could, because the more of this living hell he devoured, the more stable the surrounding laws would become, and perhaps it could even block the signals emitted by the abyss through the remains.
At that time, even if we were to wander in the abyss carrying the entire civilization, the internal depth could still be maintained at the standard of 0.
"I'll do my best," Huai Shi said, intending to speak first.
"It doesn't need to be that complicated."
Seven-colored rainbows filled the air, and in the dissipating rainbow light, Odin, a god as majestic as a giant, appeared on the spot riding an eight-legged steed only a few sizes smaller than the phoenix.
Just then, Huai Shi smelled a fragrance on him.
"You've been corrupted by the abyss?"
Everyone looked at Odin, whose azure cloak, as blue as the sea, was now burned, and a third of his face was contorted into a ferocious dragon-like grimace, with his right eye, a crimson-gold, vertical pupil typical of dragons.
"Isn't this just common sense?"
Odin smiled:
"I am the only god who was not made into a stigmata. The World Tree is being corrupted, and I will definitely be affected."
As he spoke, his dragon-like features began to expand, making him look even more terrifying. Fine black dragon scales even grew below the corner of his right eye.
The aura of the abyss permeated the air, and even Sleipnir beneath him trembled uncontrollably.
“I gave one of my eyes to Nidhogg, and in doing so, the World Tree, He, and I were once again fully connected.”
Odin reached out and placed his hand on the nose of the giant wolf, which was struggling to control its instincts and baring its teeth while drooling.
"Looks like that guy is a bit too eager to eat me, but it doesn't matter. Before that, you'll eat me and that black dragon together."
"I'm starting to lose control, Huai Shi."
"You know what to do, right?"
At the location of the first phase of the 'Hall of Heroes' on the giant wolf's back, Chu Hongchen and the others gazed at the living god who was in dragon form and whose resonance with the World Tree was being detected by the instruments.
"The World Tree Yggdrasil is the very beginning of the world."
"Nidhogg symbolizes the end and the beginning of the next cycle."
"And then there's the Trinity, including Odin?"
Norse mythology is permeated with the idea that all things perish and new life will be formed again, and everything in the world is cyclical.
Therefore, if the Trinity is established, then when the three are connected, consuming Odin, who has been corrupted by the Abyss, is equivalent to consuming the World Tree, which has been transformed into Hell.
"Sakura-senpai"
Huai Shi stared at the god whose face was half gentle and half cold and stern: "Eating me in human form would be too much of a burden."
Odin paused for a moment: "Do you think I see lions in my eyes?"
"Uh"
Huai Shi only saw himself reflected in the other person's eyes: "There's a husky."
"Then why are you calling me by your stage name, you stupid dog who sells his ass?!"
Odin roared, and a dragon's roar came from his throat, and the whole world responded to his commands sung in the language of dragons.
Enormous dragon-bone wings burst through its spine, blotting out the sky and radiating light and flames. The surviving supreme god had transformed into a complete monster.
Its shape is a sacred cross, but its appearance is ferocious and terrifying. The Spear of Destiny in its hand is aimed at the giant wolf in front of it as it turns its wrist.
"If this is what is called destiny, then let us drink this poisonous spring of fate to herald the coming of twilight."
His entire body was covered in scales that made a clicking sound. The World Tree began to collapse from its top and roots. Countless dazzling light particles converged on the scales, and a seven-colored luster flowed. But his face was not beautiful at all. It was cold, numb, and almost frozen everything.
"The records and descriptions in the Book of Destiny have taken on an even stronger dragon flavor."
Huai Shi took a deep breath, no longer suppressing her instincts: "Has anyone said you're imitating Lu Mingze's way of speaking?"
no answer.
This proves that the other party has completely lost their rationality.
Looking up at the setting sun, amidst the mournful roar of the dragon, Huai Shi ran towards the light of day, baring his fangs.
The charred ground swayed and sank into the turbulent seabed, where only towering waves could be seen.
As the youngest and closest ascendant to the prototype of a god in modern times, Gao Xuanwu looked at the nightmare that had appeared countless times in his memory, the world-destroying black dragon Nidhogg, and let out a weary sigh.
He flew over the battlefield, his wings making a terrifying sound, and then a group of dark shadows, like wild beasts, emerged from the seabed.
Their quantity appears to be infinite.
Gao Xuanwu was already used to this, and even felt a little tired. Admittedly, this restart was the longest he had ever lived, and the world had been extended for quite some time, but the end of the world was always unavoidable.
Odin said this was the last time he would restart, perhaps because the ending could no longer be changed.
Is there any point in doing this?
do not know.
But at least I can still wield the Taibai Sword, formed from holy marks, and slay more demons. If there's anything to regret...
Thinking about it carefully, he originally only wanted to inherit his family's Taoist temple and wait for the two pie-in-the-sky promises from the official 'Witch's Night' game: one was the Greedy Wolf Star Wedding skin, and the other was the landing of the Heavenly Emperor's Son's satellite.
As a result, after getting into Odin's Maybach, his life changed dramatically.
"That's all."
The longsword, condensed from the Geng metal energy, trembled, leaving only black and white, as if the world was being destroyed. However, after the strange phenomenon disappeared, it only gave the ascendants present a few moments to catch their breath before the area within a thousand miles showed signs of solidification again.
Darkness surged and bubbled like a tide, rising in wisps of decaying and ominous mist.
The front lines of the Dead Kingdom may not be able to hold.
Gao Xuanwu raised his sword expressionlessly, and before he could even recover his strength, he charged once again toward the sea of monsters.
"Barely acceptable." A mocking voice rang out.
Gao Xuanwu paused. Before him, the all-too-familiar Three Truths Under the Moon Token floated in mid-air, reflecting a panda munching on bamboo.
The panda, amidst a bamboo forest of green hills and clear waters, looked this way and said, "This immortal lord will accept you as a disciple of the Three Truths Sect, even if it's a generational disciple."
???
"Why haven't you paid your respects to this immortal lord yet?"
Who are you?
Gao Xuanwu rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things, while the other ascendants around him even thought he had gone mad during this protracted battle.
"The ancestral master that your family worships every day is this immortal lord."
"The Ancestor of Chaos Gods and Demons???"
Those are chaotic gods and demons that are even more ancient than immortals and gods, existing before the creation of the world, and are even rarely mentioned in historical myths.
Aside from the Three Truths in the Same Month Order, he thought that thing was something the old man had made up after reading too many online novels.
"Alright, then cross the barrier of time and ask this immortal for help."
The panda's thick lips curled up: "In this degenerate age, where there's no punishment even for the law of cause and effect, this immortal lord can do whatever he wants!"
For no apparent reason, Gao Xuanwu felt an extremely sinister sense of unease.
But time was of the essence, and he didn't even have time to think before he immediately bowed down.
"Grandmaster, please lend us your strength!"
"Oh, you're very polite, Turtle Boy."
"turtle"
With the words stuck in his throat, Gao Xuanwu suddenly turned around, only to find a panda standing behind him, looking with great interest at the other end of the Three Truths in the Same Month Order.
His heart stopped, his pupils dilated, and he experienced a long-absent sense of terror.
"After we go back, should we live straight into the future like we are now, and give those unfilial grandchildren a little surprise?"
The panda rubbed its chin, revealing the same sinister smile as in the scene: "Never mind, let's deal with these minions first."
Jiang Mingzi snatched the Three Truths of the Same Moon Token and cast a spell simultaneously with his counterpart from another timeline. Suddenly, a loud bang was heard.
At the same time, cracks appeared in the sky, instantly shattering into countless fragments.
The void contracted, light bent, clouds and smoke swirled, and countless scales shattered and flew about. Under the world's watchful eyes, the one-eyed god was bitten by a giant wolf whose eyes and nostrils spewed flames.
Not long after, Odin's body suddenly disintegrated and was sucked into his belly by the gaping maw.
The spear of destiny fell, creating a vacuum in the Black Sea, much like the legend of Moses parting the sea.
After a two-second pause, the black dragon plunged into the dark sea without looking back.
Odin, the only surviving supreme god and ruler of the nine realms, has fallen.
Before the stunned Gao Xuanwu could recover, it was as if by a huge gravitational pull, everything that had not yet been corrupted by the abyss flew towards the giant wolf with its eyes closed, its body constantly expanding until it supported the heavens and the earth.
Both the lands of earthly civilizations and the lands of artisans are rapidly packaged using spatial folding technology.
Black mist filled the air, thick with filth. It seemed that after the disappearance of the lord Nidhogg, a rotting goat shrouded in deathly aura suddenly pounced out of the darkness. Some demonic shadows, carrying malevolent energy, emerged from the endless abyss and launched an even more ferocious attack on the giant wolf that had fallen into slumber and evolution.
"Stop them!"
High-level Ascendants followed one after another, but they could not keep up with the massive amount of abyssal monsters, and there was also a kind of demonic erosion that rapidly twisted their minds.
Fortunately, at every crucial moment, it was as if someone pulled them up from the depths of their souls, keeping that little bit of spirituality from being tainted.
"You can leave now," Jiang Mingzi said from the side.
Two different times and spaces have been connected.
"Thank you all for your help."
Hydra, the fire giant Surtur, Sunu, and the god of fertility—the gods before they were sacrificed to become Stigmata—emerge from another side of time and space.
Furthermore, since they have been defined as 'dead' in this spacetime, the hell that the World Tree has transformed into has been largely devoured by the Locust Poetry. Without Nidhogg's influence, they are no longer easily corrupted.
Then, Jiang Mingzi made a hand seal and went back to the Immortal Era, which was still considered to be this era, during the time of the Heavenly Court's fall.
Do the same thing.
"Sooner or later, you will walk with God into twilight."
Gao Xuanwu looked in the direction Odin had disappeared, his expression indescribable: "Did He foresee this all along?"
The giant wolf slowly stood up, glanced back at the monsters chasing after it, its eyes widened, and it ran towards the Kinggaren Abyss: "Damn! Monsters are attacking the city again today?!"
“You’ve escaped with your life, Gray Turtle,” Jiang Mingzi said. “If you don’t leave now, you’ll be caught.”
"And you, Ancestor?" Gao Xuanwu asked.
“The door opened in two different time and space, so naturally someone needs to send these fellow Daoists back.” Jiang Mingzi patted the bewildered Gao Xuanwu: “Let’s go.”
The bear paw landed on Gao Xuanwu's back, and with a bang, he was sent flying like a cannonball.
In the darkness, a burst of multicolored divine light erupted, its radiance vibrating and ripples spreading continuously, suppressing the abyss even though the time was extremely short.
"..." The past version of Satomi Kohaku glanced at the hastily fleeing Kaito and muttered, "Good luck, Legend-chan."
The immortals and gods, who had long since passed away at this point in time, subconsciously turned around and glanced at the giant wolf that carried the world as it ran.
Watching the future generations go
Head into the darkness.
Dusk has already faded.
After the initial fire has faded, darkness will soon descend.
That was an era when no flames illuminated the world, a time as dark as the deep sea.
(End of this chapter)