The Era of Gods - Chapter 552

Chapter 552: Chapter 552: Curiosities

She approached Lin Xiao and stopped a short distance away, giving a deep bow, and said,

“Tianyang Li’s Li Mei, I thank you for your grace in saving my life!”

“Lin Xiao.”

He did not introduce his own background.

It was clear that this woman named Li Mei, as well as the other children of the Divine Realm from this world, were not elite students from a high-level college like him, but rather the most common children of the God realms from various civilizations, including various clans, corporate consortiums, and all sorts of teams, even individuals. It was a mixed crowd, and it was better to keep a low profile.

Li Mei took no offense at his aloofness but continued,

“There is no way I can repay the debt I owe you, Lin Xiao. Here are one hundred units of Godforce Crystals as a gift for you; in addition, all the spoils within this Son of the Void’s God realm should belong to you, I will not take a single penny.”

“Hmm!”

Lin Xiao nodded, undisturbed by the fact that she had actually given out only a hundred units of Godforce Crystals.

Although both children of the God realms, people were different. To the elite from Radiance, the annual supply from their family alone was in the tens of thousands of units of Godforce Crystals, and to someone ultra-rich and beautiful like Shen Yuexin, producing a hundred thousand units of Godforce Crystals would not make her blink an eye. However, to a lesser family member not in the mainstream, a hundred units might represent their entire wealth.

It was just like Lin Xiao’s father having difficulty immediately producing several hundred units of Godforce Crystals.

Without any formalities, he took from her hand an exquisite silk pouch embroidered with a large lotus, did not count it, and put it away. Then he looked up and said,

“I have some questions to ask you.”

“Please ask!”

Li Mei did not underestimate him for his seemingly youthful appearance. Once a God realm’s child becomes a demigod, their appearance is fixed; who knows if this apparent youth was, in fact, an old fellow who had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao couldn’t hear her thoughts; otherwise, he would certainly have shown off his great treasure to prove he was still quite young.

“I’m new to this world. Tell me about the basic situation of this world and which God realm civilizations are here.”

Li Mei paused, then thought for a moment before she organized her words and said,

“This Crystal Wall Universe is located on the edge of Human Forces, at the tri-junction of the Void Sons, Nightmare civilization, and our own. Children from all three God realms have entered this Crystal Wall System. The plane we are on now is the main plane of this world. Many children from the three tribes are descending here, and it is very easy to encounter them in big cities.”

Lin Xiao asked in surprise,

“So many? Wouldn’t that make battles frequent? Seems too dangerous relative to your strength, right?”

Li Mei laughed and replied,

“Theoretically, yes, but in reality, this world has been discovered for a long time. At the beginning, it was indeed so, but later on, the three races, realizing that continuing like this would result in too many casualties and wasn’t beneficial for exploiting the advantages of this world, signed an agreement over a thousand years ago. It was agreed that the children of the God realms from the three tribes, barring disputes over Strange fragments, could refrain from fighting to the death. This has also been recognized by the wills of the three civilizations.”

“Of course, if the other party provokes you, you can slap them to death.”

“Do you absolutely have to abide by it? Also, what are these Strange fragments?”

“Not necessarily.”

Li Mei shook her head and said,

“Rules are dead, but people are alive. Although the agreement doesn’t allow fighting to the death, it doesn’t mean that plundering is not permitted. That Son of the Void earlier didn’t say he’d kill me, but he could plunder my God realm and take everything.”

“I see. So I shouldn’t have killed him?”

Li Mei nodded,

“If you had killed him, you’d have been marked. If you don’t want to be chased and killed by the more powerful Void Sons in the future, it’s best not to kill him. Just plundering his God realm is sufficient; it makes no difference from killing him!”

“Hmm…”

Lin Xiao fell silent for a moment, considering he might have to come back to this world again in the future. To avoid trouble, it’s better to follow the rules.

No need to kill people, but well, a God realm of the Void was fair game.

Though many things within the Son of the Void’s God realm weren’t of use to him, some things were always useful, such as Ancient Treasures, Godforce, etc. These were universally valued in any civilization.

With a mere thought, Najelanmu withdrew the Dragon Breath that was about to be unleashed and loudly ordered his subordinates to focus on surrounding and killing the underlings of the Son of the Void.

The remaining Void Monsters were slain one by one, leaving only the creature that resembled a meteorite, covered in tentacles. It was not the true body of the Son of the Void but the strongest among its monstrous subordinates, equivalent to heroes like Slarda in Lin Xiao’s God’s realm.

This fellow’s combat power was average, but it could devour corpses to regenerate new Void Monsters, functioning much like a maternal nest among Void heroes.

The tentacles grabbed and swallowed the carcasses of the many fallen Void Creatures and even the corpses of the Supreme Naga, spawning new and enormous Void Creatures, some of which were covered in scales and bore a resemblance to the Naga.

However, these transformed monsters only possessed about seventy percent of the combat power of a real Supreme Naga, and some of their talents were not inherited, so they were still no match for the true Supreme Naga.

But Lin Xiao’s eyes lit up upon seeing this, and he ordered Najelanmu to capture it alive.

The Black Dragon King quickly adjusted his strategy, summoning huge wind blades to sever all the tentacles of this mother nest-like Void Monster. Without its tentacles, it could do nothing.

Then, the Star Spirit Mage Group began casting spells to forcefully move this enormous maternal nest, several kilometers in size, revealing the central core entrance of the Void Divine Realm.

Even as the Big Naga Legions rampaged and slaughtered throughout his Divine Realm, the Son of the Void did not intervene using his true body. He knew very well he was no match for them; using his true form would not only fail to change the situation but might also risk severe damage. He simply relinquished resistance and allowed them to plunder.

Lin Xiao certainly didn’t hold back. After killing all who resisted and finding nothing in the massive Void Divine Realm but floating meteorites, he ordered his troops to push away these floating rocks.

These were not mere meteorites; they were all various types of minerals.

There was no earth in the Void Divine Realm, so all the minerals plundered by the Son of the Void turned into meteorites floating in the void.

From beginning to end, the entire Void Divine Realm was plundered empty, and the Son of the Void never showed himself.

Once the plundering was finished and the troops withdrew, Lin Xiao opened his eyes. A beautiful woman, Li Mei, materialized from a white and black orb along with a shadowy figure. The Son of the Void itself is like a ghostly spirit; even its appearance is not fixed. Lin Xiao merely sensed a cold gaze sweeping over him as the shadow gradually blurred and vanished from sight.

It had to be said that the Son of the Void’s talent was truly formidable, no wonder it was able to infiltrate the human heartland in the Crystal Wall Universe and even enter planes under the noses of many True God Level powerhouses without being detected.

Even now, except for the initial glimpse, once it blurred and disappeared, there was absolutely no sense of its presence anymore, and it was unknown whether it had truly left or was lurking nearby.

However, he paid it no mind; it was no match for him anyway.

Li Mei thanked Lin Xiao once again and invited him to visit the Tianyang Li’s clan’s stronghold in this world.

But he declined, not wanting to complicate matters for the time being.

He then asked her about the situation in this world, and she spared no detail. Among the things she mentioned, the Strange fragments, which she and the Son of the Void had just fought over, caught his interest the most.

The so-called Strange fragments happen to be one of the most valuable things in this world.

According to her, this Crystal Wall Universe was currently being eroded by a Chaotic Tide from the Chaotic Void Sea, which was causing the underlying rules of the world to be twisted. These twisted rules, buffeted by the Chaotic Tide, occasionally got stripped away and mixed with Chaotic Power, resulting in a peculiar, cryptic space.

This was an indescribably bizarre space with extremely chaotic rules, inhabited by terrifying and twisted oddities. Ordinary people entering would surely perish, and even for Extraordinary Professionals, the mortality rate was incredibly high once inside, including for Sons of the God’s realm.

Within this cryptic space, it was impossible to unfold a God’s realm; Sons of the God’s realm could only rely on themselves. Moreover, displaying too much Godforce in this world could attract the attention of the native deities, so many Sons of the God’s realm who descended in incarnations preferred to adopt professions of this world to conceal their true identity.

But as the saying goes, with great risk comes great reward. If the cryptic land could be deciphered, the stripped and twisted rules inside would coalesce into an object known as a Strange fragment. Once the Chaos twisted power within is purified, the fragment becomes a treasure containing fundamental rules.

Any Son of the God’s realm who refined it could not only significantly increase the size and strength of their God’s realm but also enhance their mastery over rules. It was beneficial even to True Gods and of considerable value.

Lin Xiao found this extremely interesting and wanted to see it for himself, but the treasure was not in her possession. When she was chased by several Sons of the Void, she and her clan members scattered. The Strange fragment was with another clan member, not on her.

For now, he had to let it go as it was not feasible to procure one for himself; these cryptic lands rarely appeared.

After exchanging personal contact information and imprints with Li Mei, who had to rush back to her clan’s stronghold, Lin Xiao continued deeper into the wilderness.

Deep in the wilderness, he opened his God’s realm and summoned a Legendary Supreme Naga, a dozen Extraordinary Nagas, as well as a dozen Star Spirits, a dozen members of the Crimson Furnace Clan, and hundreds of Lesser Nagas. He ordered them to build a small base in the depths of the wilderness to serve as his future point of descent.

These clan members would remain in this world, and when he attained Divine Enthronement in the future, he would return to this world. By that time, these clan members would be coordinates he could use to directly descend.

The Strange fragments that even the True Gods found useful were of great interest to him.

Two years later, Lin Xiao, now incarnated as a Supreme Naga, sat in the underground chamber of a newly built stone castle. He waited for two Star Spirits to seal the chamber, then slowly closed his eyes. His body emitted a transparent flame and quickly melted into a golden light that burst through the roof of the stone chamber and disappeared.

In the Chaotic Void Sea, a Star Realm Battleship emerged from an incomparably large glowing sphere.

Lin Xiao stood on the bridge of the gigantic Void Battleship, gazing at the World Crystal Wall, which resembled the sun. The endless Chaotic Tide was in sight, magnificent and boundless.