Chapter 375 – Shocking Turn, Luo Shuying Falls!
by spirapiraChapter 375 – Shocking Turn, Luo Shuying Falls!
Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu’s eyes could no longer hold back a stream of clear tears.
He bowed directly to Su Xing and spoke with heartfelt sincerity:
“Senior, thank you!”
“Everything you’ve done for the human race—our Xia’s military will remember it all!”
“Rest assured, from now on I, Lu Yuanwu, will follow your lead in all things. Wherever you need me, senior, just say the word…”
In Lu Yuanwu’s eyes, this single bottle of ninth-order Rebirth Pills alone was already a priceless treasure.
What’s more, Su Xing had also produced so many pills of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth orders.
Lu Yuanwu was confident that with these pills, the overall strength of the human race would multiply several times over!
The value these pills would bring made the exotic metals seem utterly worthless in comparison!
The human race had possessed so much exotic metal, and over ten thousand years, they were still being beaten down by the alien races.
In Lu Yuanwu’s view, that single bottle of ninth-order Rebirth Pills alone far exceeded the value of all that exotic metal.
Su Xing looked at Lu Yuanwu before him and felt somewhat moved.
This veteran Martial Sovereign… no, newly advanced Legendary, was truly devoted to the human race with all his heart!
The sincerity within—Su Xing could feel it.
But for Su Xing, those pills truly weren’t of much use. They were far less valuable than the energy obtained from converting exotic metals.
After a moment of deliberation, Su Xing said:
“Going forward, our trades will continue as before… but I hope you can gather even more exotic metal.”
“Great Xia’s accumulation over thousands of years—surely this isn’t all there is?”
Su Xing paused, then continued:
“The time left to us is running short… The human race’s strength must be further improved. These exotic metals are useless sitting in your hands… but they are a critical resource for me in fighting the alien races.”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu felt some confusion.
Though he didn’t understand what exotic metals had to do with fighting the alien races, Lu Yuanwu still asked:
“Senior, what do you mean by ‘time is running short’?”
Su Xing thought for a moment after hearing this, then said:
“As you mentioned before, the alien invasions are growing fiercer, and the human race can barely hold on… That’s because the alien races haven’t even committed their full strength to invading Earth!”
“The scale of the alien forces is beyond anything you can imagine… If they wished, they could probably conquer all of Earth in a single day!”
“What I can tell you is this—Earth is not the only world in existence, and nearly every world has the shadow of alien races!”
“The alien races are so powerful that they’re simultaneously invading every world… That’s the only reason Earth has held out this long.”
Su Xing revealed some things that Earth’s Class Users had no access to, yet held back certain details.
By now, Su Xing possessed the strength to protect himself across the entire Three Thousand Worlds.
It was indeed time to let Lu Yuanwu and all of Great Xia’s human race know certain things.
Giving Great Xia and even all of Earth a sense of urgency, putting some pressure on them…
Perhaps they would provide even more exotic metal to Su Xing.
After hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu’s eyes went wide. After a long pause, he asked:
“Senior, you mean… extraterrestrials actually exist!?”
Su Xing: “…”
“Extraterrestrials, hm… that term works well enough, since they’re not from our planet… or rather, they don’t even exist in the same world!”
“But the threat of the alien races is absolutely terrifying!”
“Slumbering beneath this land of Earth is an incredibly horrifying existence… one that even I am far from being a match for.”
“So you must improve the overall strength of the human race as quickly as possible… and explore as many dungeon worlds as you can.”
With Su Xing’s current breadth of knowledge, he had long known that all the dungeons on Earth were world fragments from the former Luotian Realm.
Red Moon had simply used its power to transform those world fragments into various dungeons.
Red Moon used a method akin to raising venomous insects in a jar, luring Earth’s Class Users into the various dungeon worlds.
It would cultivate sufficiently powerful Class Users, then turn them into nourishment for Red Moon.
This approach… was no different from raising gu!
Hearing Su Xing’s further explanation, Lu Yuanwu was utterly shocked.
He swallowed hard and said:
“Senior… does this information you’ve shared need to be kept secret?”
In Lu Yuanwu’s view, the information Su Xing had revealed was nothing short of earth-shattering.
Such astounding news naturally needed to be kept confidential.
But Su Xing merely shook his head slightly and said:
“There’s no need for secrecy. The sooner you all know about these things… the sooner you can prepare!”
“Remember, the stronger the human race becomes, the better!”
“But for every Class User who advances beyond Legendary, have them come find me. I’ll help them avoid the danger of Red Moon…”
“What I need from you is to gather all the exotic metal from across Great Xia as quickly as possible—even the exotic metal from other nations across Earth.”
“If your exotic metal reserves run dry, then go into the dungeons and mine more as fast as you can… Not just Fourth Rank and Third Rank exotic metal—I need First and Second Rank as well!”
Hearing Su Xing’s words, Lu Yuanwu nodded repeatedly and said:
“Rest assured, senior. From now on, Exotic Metal Ore will be classified as a national strategic resource. I will gather all exotic metal… for your use!”
Su Xing nodded slightly upon hearing this and said:
“From now on, our trades will be once a month… Oh, and take this. If there’s an emergency, you can use it to contact me!”
Su Xing handed over a communication jade slip, which Lu Yuanwu hurriedly accepted.
After that, Su Xing chatted with Lu Yuanwu for a while longer before hurrying back to the spirit field grotto-heaven.
Converting all the newly obtained exotic metal into origin energy, Su Xing’s energy surged dramatically once again.
It directly reached 8.5 million origin energy!
…
After returning to the spirit field grotto-heaven, Su Xing’s eyes carried a trace of worry.
“What Lu Yuanwu mentioned earlier—that problems have arisen within the Advent Cult… Could Luo Shuying be in some kind of danger?”
Su Xing couldn’t shake his unease. Without hesitation, he began divining Luo Shuying’s situation.
Su Xing performed three divinations in succession, each hexagram more dire than the last.
“Luo Shuying is in the midst of a life-or-death tribulation right now!?”
“How can this be… Everything was fine when I left…”
Su Xing had performed three consecutive divinations, all showing that Luo Shuying was in extreme danger at this very moment.
At the fastest, within an hour or two; at the slowest, within half a day—Luo Shuying would perish!
But fortunately, the hexagram showing this meant that Luo Shuying was at least still alive right now!
“So it must be because of things I’ve done that the future changed… and Luo Shuying ended up in danger!”
Su Xing had encountered similar issues before.
Because every simulation inevitably caused certain changes to the future.
But such changes, whether good or bad, had never been this sudden before.
“I must go rescue Luo Shuying at once and destroy the Advent Cult completely!”
Su Xing’s original plan had been to thoroughly deal with the Advent Cult after breaking through to Mystic Immortal, looting their treasury in the process.
But now there was no time to wait.
“However, I still have three simulation chances remaining… I might as well take a look at Luo Shuying’s current situation first!”
Su Xing didn’t hesitate and started the simulation directly.
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #133 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 8,564,396 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 2.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a gold legendary talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding, congratulations on obtaining the purple talent Dragon Tribe Affinity… Probability of drawing a gold talent next time: 80%…】
【Dragon Tribe Affinity】: Purple talent. You are born with a trace of Dragon Race bloodline, granting you tremendous affinity with the Dragon Race and making it relatively easy to earn their favor.
“Hm? This talent…”
Su Xing recalled that he had previously obtained the equally purple-ranked talent “Dragonslayer.”
Dragonslayer would cause the Dragon Race to harbor hostility toward him, while boosting his power against dragons.
Dragon Tribe Affinity, however, was the exact opposite.
“But regardless of the talent… I need to start the simulation immediately!”
Su Xing’s gaze turned to the simulation panel.
【Your talent Plus One has activated. Please select the talent to apply it to…】
“I choose to apply it to the Late Bloomer talent…”
Su Xing murmured. For him, the most urgent need right now was still to advance his cultivation realm.
【Spirit field grotto-heaven. You realize you are in a simulation.】
【Without the slightest hesitation, you begin searching for Luo Shuying’s whereabouts.】
【Your divine sense surges out like a tidal wave, blanketing all of Great Xia.】
【But no matter how you search, you cannot find any trace of Luo Shuying.】
【You begin following the karmic thread between yourself and Luo Shuying, searching for her current location.】
【Eventually, you determine that Luo Shuying is not on Earth at all—she has gone to another dungeon world.】
【You begin searching for Luo Shuying’s whereabouts across the various dungeon worlds.】
【After searching through two or three dungeons in succession, you head to the Spirit Realm.】
【This is Luo Shuying’s homeland… You suspect that in her most desperate moment, she may have fled back to her home for refuge.】
【Your divine sense sweeps out like a tide, covering tens of thousands of miles, and you begin rapidly searching for traces of Luo Shuying.】
【After several hours, you finally discover Luo Shuying at the Spirit Clan ancestral grounds… her corpse!】
【Luo Shuying is dead!】
【Before her body sits a deranged Old Dog Dragon!】
【In the end, you arrived one step too late… The search across the various worlds cost you nearly half a day.】
【Looking at Old Dog Dragon before you, you don’t hesitate for even a moment—you crush every bone in his body.】
【Then you perform a soul search on Old Dog Dragon…】
【From the information obtained through the soul search, you learn that Luo Shuying, hoping to gather more intelligence on the alien races and the Advent Cult, had been too obvious in her actions, arousing Old Dog Dragon’s suspicion.】
【On top of that, Old Dog Dragon had previously tasked Luo Shuying with investigating the puppet organization, but she had produced no results.】
【Furthermore, the various moles the Advent Cult had planted within Xia’s military had all been rooted out.】
【Under the weight of all these factors, Old Dog Dragon grew increasingly suspicious of Luo Shuying…】
【Old Dog Dragon finally made his move against Luo Shuying, hoping to eliminate the threat once and for all.】
【Luo Shuying fled desperately, hoping to escape back to the Spirit Realm.】
【But Old Dog Dragon pursued relentlessly and finally struck her down near the Spirit Clan ancestral grounds…】
【Old Dog Dragon sustained considerable injuries in the process…】
【Having obtained the intelligence you sought, you don’t hesitate for a single moment—you crush Old Dog Dragon’s skull with one hand.】
In the Real World, Su Xing’s brow furrowed deeply at the sight of this.
“Luo Shuying… Sigh…”
“Fortunately, all of this is just a simulation. There should still be time to save Luo Shuying if I go now. I must head to the Spirit Clan ancestral grounds immediately!”
“I can only blame myself for not being strong enough back then… The failsafes I left on Luo Shuying apparently weren’t enough to kill Old Dog Dragon.”
Su Xing took a deep breath. He knew Luo Shuying had always been a strong-willed person.
Even while being hunted by Old Dog Dragon, she never thought of dragging Su Xing into it.
“Sigh, I must get to the Spirit Clan ancestral grounds as fast as possible!”
Su Xing’s gaze returned to the simulation panel.
【After killing Old Dog Dragon, you proceed to the Advent Cult’s branch headquarters…】
【After slaughtering every high-ranking member of the Advent Cult, you deceive the ordinary cult members into heading to Demon-Sealing Pass to fight the alien races.】
【You then plunder the Advent Cult’s treasury, obtaining a staggering fortune.】
【With all of this done, you begin preparing to relocate the human race.】
【You begin constructing your Spirit Domain, and transfer the civilians and Class Users of Great Xia in batches.】
【In just two years, you successfully relocate the entire human population of Great Xia to the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm. Some civilians from other nations willing to affiliate with Great Xia are also successfully transferred.】
【Afterward, you inform the Celestial Secrets Pavilion in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm about Red Moon’s presence on Earth.】
【The Celestial Secrets Pavilion needs to verify the intelligence. You wait patiently for a period of time.】
【During this time, you travel to Azure Cloud City and contact Fairy Ziling, then proceed to the Azure Cloud Sect.】
【At Three Immortals Peak, you successfully negotiate a trade with Qingyunzi and obtain those two cups of Dao-Enlightenment Tea.】
【In the fifth year, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion discovers traces of Red Moon on Earth. Due to the mass exodus of Earth’s human population… Red Moon is preparing to revive ahead of schedule!】
【At your suggestion, the Celestial Secrets Pavilion dispatches two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals.】
【And so, five years pass swiftly…】
【In the tenth year, you receive word that of the two Supreme Unity Golden Immortals, one is dead and one is gravely wounded… The operation has failed!】
【The reason for the failure: Blood Three intervened!】
【The massive changes on Earth forced Blood Three to abandon his current task and appear on Earth!】
【Blood Three, having long lain in ambush, coordinated with Red Moon to kill one Supreme Unity Golden Immortal in a single strike. The other barely escaped with his life…】
【Absorbing the life force of a Supreme Unity Golden Immortal accelerated Red Moon’s revival, and its recovered strength is even greater than before!】
【Red Moon’s current power, even if not yet at the level of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, is likely not far off…】
【The humans remaining on Earth all perished without exception.】
【You remain in the Lesser Azure Cloud Realm, wanting to observe the chain reactions your actions have caused and how they affect the situation across the Three Thousand Worlds.】
【You then stay in Celestial Demon City, devoting yourself to cultivating the Heavenly Abyss Army.】
【In just ten years, the Heavenly Abyss Army expands to ten thousand strong, every one of them a cultivator at the Body Integration stage or above!】
【Spending every day on the front lines, your first impression is that the pace of the alien invasion has quickened!】
【Red-eyed aliens begin appearing on the battlefield…】