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“What speculation?” Yue Xiuzhi could now clearly hear every beat of his own heart.
So the Heavenly Way is indeed declining…
He had some suspicions before because he couldn’t form a domain in the spiritual world at all. It made no sense that in modern times, he could directly master the field in his Transcendence realm.
But this was just a vague suspicion. After all, it could be considered that his spiritual consciousness had increased.
It wasn’t until he used the domain in front of Lan Lan that he realized… the rules of this world seemed too easy to manipulate. It was like… without the control of the Heavenly Way.
Coupled with the increasingly thin spiritual energy and the so-called ‘coming from nowhere’ black shadow beasts…
Yue Xiuzhi’s premonition grew stronger and stronger. So when he went to see Liu Ye, he didn’t even imprint his spiritual consciousness on him, but let Liu Ye pass on the information about him to others.
Firstly, the small-scale transmission of his information wouldn’t immediately alert the Heavenly Way, so his risk wasn’t very high. Yue Xiuzhi had been cultivating for so many years; he had some guts.
Secondly, if things really went as he guessed, then no matter how much he was exposed, the Heavenly Way should have been too preoccupied to care. And indeed, he guessed right.
But this matter was far from over. He felt like he had only unearthed a root from the ground, beneath which lay a terrifyingly massive root system.
The system was even more astonished than Yue Xiuzhi; it hadn’t expected the Heavenly Way of the source world to be so weak.
How much energy has the main system stolen from the source world?
Qin Xun didn’t directly reveal the specific content of the speculation to Yue Xiuzhi. Instead, he answered Yue Xiuzhi’s second question, “Regarding your second question, the black shadow beasts… actually, they are not from Earth, or even from this universe.”
“They come from another world.”
“About a hundred years ago, it seems like our world collided—or you could say, ‘merged’—with another world. Cracks began to appear, but no one noticed at first. It wasn’t until recent decades that more and more monsters walked out from them. Along the way, they have gradually evolved from random intrusions into purposeful invasions…”
“The cracks became more and more numerous and even larger, and more and more monsters came through. We didn’t pay attention at first until they invaded massively, about forty years ago, and then we realized the severity of the situation.”
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“Aren’t you surprised why the government can gather so many cultivators? Even many cultivators from the major cultivation families have joined the government. Cultivators staying in the civilian world receive better treatment than staying in the government. Why do we have to rush to join? It’s all because of this crisis.”
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“Of course, we cannot just sit back and wait for death. The country has devoted its efforts to researching this matter, trying to find solutions or reasons.”
“Have you found any?” Yue Xiuzhi asked softly.
“We have conducted a lot of research and found that the period of active Spiritual Qi was 5,000 years ago. It began to decline continuously from 2,000 years ago and started to recover nearly a hundred years ago. Five thousand years may not be too long for some predecessors in cultivation. At least, their ancestors lived during that time. When this crisis came, they also emerged. Combined with their oral accounts and some ancient records, we have discovered something.”
“They said that 5,000 years ago, during the most prosperous era of the cultivation world, there were 3,000 small worlds in the cultivation world. However, due to certain reasons, these small worlds were destroyed. With the recovery of Spiritual Qi, it seems that many small worlds have been born again. Through our research, we found that they… are stealing the energy of our world. That’s why even though the Spiritual Qi is recovering, the progress is so slow.”
“These small worlds, born from our world, are not weaker than our world. The Heavenly Way of this world can only withstand cultivation up to the Unity Realm, but in other small worlds, there may be countless numbers even beyond the Tribulation Crossing Realm!”
“Most people in these small worlds have never discovered the existence of other worlds. Only the Spiritual Worlds that overlaps with ours knows about them. So they covet us more than we do. They are a hundred times stronger than us and, if this continues, we can say that we have no chance of winning.”
Yue Xiuzhi let out a sigh. Things were even more complicated and thrilling than he had imagined.
Those black shadow beasts actually came from a Spiritual World, and that Spiritual World collided with the source world!
Therefore, the source world is now facing a crisis of destruction.
What’s even more unexpected for Yue Xiuzhi is that he learned about the origins of these novel worlds at this moment.
It turns out that there were originally 3,000 small worlds in the source world. They were destroyed due to certain reasons, but the energy may have remained, waiting for a trigger… Maybe the recovery of Spiritual Qi acted as this trigger, or maybe the highly developing entertainment industry acted as this trigger. Anyway, these energies created new worlds once again.
But why are these small worlds steal the energy from the source world?!!
Yue Xiuzhi’s heart beat like a drum. He felt like he was just one step away from the truth, but he couldn’t quite grasp it.
He looked up at the man in Tang suit, his gentle and calm demeanor, and felt a slight tremor in his heart.
“Do you know… where these small worlds come from?” Yue Xiuzhi’s voice was low and probing.
At these words, a faint smile seemed to appear on the man’s calm face. His expression became deep and inscrutable as he looked at Yue Xiuzhi, saying, “Mr. Gu seems to know?”
“In that case, let me throw out a guess first.” Yue Xiuzhi chuckled lightly. “These worlds are derived from various film and literary works.”
Seeing a slight stupefaction in the man’s expression, as if he was surprised, Yue Xiuzhi continued calmly, “Boldly speculating, it should be that some of the film and literary works have gained a certain influence in our world, thus becoming a ‘trigger’ and inducing the creation of various small worlds. After these small worlds are formed, they have no connection with our world anymore. Because we are just a ‘trigger.'”
The man’s gentle expression finally showed a hint of surprise, but he quickly suppressed it.
“You know much more than I expected,” he said slowly in his deep and soothing voice, but his eyes were as unreadable as deep pools, hiding his emotions.
“These matters, even within the Heavenly Guard, are known only to very few.”
Suddenly, the metal door was violently opened, and a woman in a white coat rushed out from behind the door, shouting, “Minister, we detected fluctuations similar to Codename A on him!”
“Capture him!”
At the words, Qin Xun’s pupils contracted, and in an instant, Yue Xiuzhi found himself stepping into a pitch-black world, facing Qin Xun.
He also mastered a domain… Are the rules of this world so fragile?!
Yue Xiuzhi tried to break this domain but finally found that, with his abilities, he was helpless against it.
After realizing that struggling was futile, Yue Xiuzhi gave up. He asked Qin Xun in a relaxed tone, “What is Codename A?”
Qin Xun made a grabbing motion with his hand, then Yue Xiuzhi heard the system in his mind shouting: “[F**CK once again! AHH#%*… Stop him *%￥…!!”
The system was on the brink of collapse. Why is there another jerk who just grabs it without a second thought??
Now it doesn’t have any face left!
In the blink of an eye, Yue Xiuzhi understood that the so-called Codename A probably referred to another system… He didn’t have time to dwell on it deeply, swiftly using his consciousness to contend with Qin Xun for control of the system.
However, anyone who could physically pull the system out must have terrifyingly strong consciousness, much like Pei Ming back then. Although Yue Xiuzhi’s consciousness far exceeded those of the same level, the difference was still significant.
Seeing that the system was about to be yanked out, Yue Xiuzhi shouted, “Alright, I know Codename A refers to the system. Can we finish the conversation before snatching people away?”
“You have something I want to know, and I have something you want to know, so why not exchange information?” Yue Xiuzhi proposed.
Qin Xun seemed somewhat tempted and ceased using his spiritual consciousness.
“Speak of what you know,” Qin Xun said.
Since Yue Xiuzhi knew about the decline of the Heavenly Way in the source world, he felt no hesitation: “I was originally a person from the source world, named Yue Shize. I died from electric shock. After my death, I encountered the system, who told me to go to a novel world and complete a mission to be resurrected.”
“I completed the mission, so I was resurrected. But there was a slight mishap along the way—my original body was cremated, so I borrowed this body… Rest assured, the owner of this body had passed away before I took over.”
Qin Xun’s expression grew even more profound. “Did the system tell you why you had to do the missions?”
“The system said that particularly popular works of film and literature in the source world would give rise to derivative worlds in the collective human consciousness. However, due to the instability of consciousness, these derivative worlds often deviate from their trajectories, causing disturbances to the source world. I do missions to maintain the stability between the derivative worlds and the source world,” Yue Xiuzhi explained everything he knew to Qin Xun.
“Heh.” Qin Xun suddenly let out a cold laugh.
“What are you laughing at?” Yue Xiuzhi asked.
“I’m laughing at how stupid you are,” Qin Xun replied.
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Author’s Note:
Qin Xun: Idiot, fooled so thoroughly without even realizing it.
Pei Ming: Upstairs, I’ll give you another chance to organize your thoughts.
Qin Xun: …
Silly Author: A warm welcome to the most amateur system in the whole book!
System: Alright, I’m probably the worst system on the entire internet… Being caught, being tricked, being scammed for money QAQ, it’s uncomfortable, I don’t want to talk.
Let’s be nice, Qin Xun. Yue Xiuzhi has been nothing but polite and helpful. No need to insult him when he didn’t have experience to know better. Not everyone of the unity level is a cranky and jaded old man.