Chapter 608: Forbidden zone

Inside the prison of the World Dead Zone.

Gou Lou displayed his Martial Dao Divine Intent.

That was… the history of an entire world, the glory of an entire civilization.

At first, there were endless fields, and hardworking farmers were harvesting their deserved fruits from their oceans. Gou Lou was an aquatic species; the kelp and algae farms of the sea, with yields increasing from dozens of catties to hundreds, then thousands, and finally tens of thousands of catties. Planting also evolved from initial manual labor by farmers to giant harvesters, and eventually to fully automated planting, cultivation, and harvesting. The planting methods also changed from relying on nature to finally being able to simulate and adjust water temperatures for all four seasons through Shaman Dao.

Next came transportation, from propelling themselves with four tentacles to riding ocean currents for fast travel, and even faster travel Formations after the cultivation System emerged.

Then came war, from tribal conflicts to mutual attacks between kings, finally evolving into world wars. After that great war, all wars ceased.

After conquering this planet, the civilization's gaze turned towards the endless Outer Void. The surrounding scenery began to change; it became a large launch site. Utilizing the power of water currents, a manned capsule flew out of the world with a tremendous roar.

Relying on their wisdom, perseverance, and courage, Gou Lou’s civilization gradually climbed to the Peak of this world.

Their first exploration outside the world greatly benefited them. These civilizations deployed numerous space stations and planetary environment control Systems on their world's barrier.

Through these, giant energy beams shot from the world barrier to the world's surface, and thus, rivers changed course, mountains became plains, and the proportion of oceans and land could be adjusted at will.

Next, they landed on other worlds, establishing their own bases on them, step by step moving towards the Void Realm, step by step expanding their foothold in this terrifying Universe in their own way.

The magnificent Martial Dao Divine Intent burst forth with a spirit, a vibrant and soaring spirit!

My civilization, my world, shall go from one victory to an even greater victory!

It was precisely this kind of spirit!

This was Gou Lou's Martial Dao Divine Intent, Gou Lou's Dao, the goal Gou Lou strove for his entire life!

However, in the next instant, the Martial Dao Divine Intent suddenly shattered.

Because… the civilization was destroyed.

Without a home world, his Dao path was severed, and his Martial Dao Divine Intent had no way to continue. His life, his lifelong persistence, was easily shattered after the arrival of humanity.

Martial Dao Divine Intent is the pride of a Martial Artist, a direct manifestation of a Martial Artist's heart. But it shattered so simply, so blandly. With just one outing, his home world had completely disappeared.

All the splendor of his civilization, all its legends, the miracles created time and again, the crystallization of all the blood, sweat, and wisdom, all the great and despicable people of the entire civilization, all disappeared so ordinarily.

Gou Lou witnessed all of this firsthand.

He was usually very calm and friendly. Among the People of No Return, there were many who were angry every day, and even those who numbed themselves in various ways, but Gou Lou was different. He was always calm and gentle, and would even counsel others.

However, all the sorrow he experienced, all the anger, all his regrets, all the beauty, all the memories, were condensed within his Martial Dao Divine Intent.

All his Martial Dao Divine Intent washed over, without killing intent, simply surging forth, pressing that human Cultivator firmly against the wall, leaving him speechless.

After a long while, the Martial Dao Divine Intent receded, and that Seventh-Rank human Cultivator fell to the ground, his eyes red, even starting to tear up.

Even when he was being tortured by the People of No Return, he had never shown such an expression.

Seeing this, Gou Lou sighed and released his gripped tentacles. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.

But—at this moment, he suddenly heard that Seventh-Rank human, sobbing out two words.

Even though he was a seven-foot man, he said with a choked voice, “Tragic…”

“What?” Gou Lou stared at him, pressing for an answer.

The human Cultivator covered his eyes, his voice sorrowful: “We were fighting for your light, we were pursuing the complete freedom of all civilizations, but you foolishly covered your own eyes and chose to become stumbling blocks on our path. Isn't that tragic?”

“We should all be united… This is our Universe, the entire Universe is our home… All people are our compatriots, why? Why!?” He pounded the ground with his fist, sobbing uncontrollably.

Gou Lou didn't know how to answer either.

He had originally intended to shake the other party's Dao Heart, but he never expected this outcome.

Gou Lou silently walked out of the cell.

The other People of No Return waiting outside immediately gathered around: “Your Excellency, how are things?”

Gou Lou returned to his usual nonchalant demeanor and said, “It will be very difficult to pry open the human's mouth here. Let Cha Xike focus on the detector. However, other matters cannot be neglected. If the detector can't find the reinforcements, we'll have to rely on ourselves in the end.”

“Everyone… are you afraid to face humanity directly?” Gou Lou scanned his companions.

The other People of No Return burst into laughter, one of them saying lightheartedly, “What's there to be afraid of? It's just death. It'd be better to die, at least then we'd be reunited with our families! I heard that the Shaman of Shaman Dao are skilled in sacrifice. Do you think we could get a public burial spot? If our Spirit Soul is lucky enough to survive and be reincarnated, maybe in the next life, we could truly be born with our families.”

“Let's talk about the next life in the next life.” Gou Lou waved his hand, then said seriously, “However, while death should not be feared, failure must not be. “

At this point, the others also became serious, nodding earnestly.

They could die, but they could not easily fail.

If they truly only sought death, they could have committed suicide on the spot, like others who couldn't withstand the blow, and perished with their world.

The reason they were still alive was for victory, for revenge, not for death.

To achieve something is harder than to die for it.

If death can achieve something, then death is truly not difficult!

If death is not enough to achieve something, then why would one lightly seek death?

How simple is death? But to use this life to accomplish something, that is the most difficult.

Gou Lou left here. Since humanity would definitely not relent, and methods like soul-searching would not be effective against people of such a great Dao Orthodoxy, they could only rely on the detector. He decided to convey this message to the madam's side.

— — — — — — — —

At this very moment, Shen Shuibi was controlling the stars, forming a phased array.

A phased array, in essence, controls numerous emitters arranged in an array. By manipulating the phase difference and timing between these emitters, energy that would otherwise disperse in space can be focused and emitted in a specific direction.

For example, to illuminate the background image of deep space in the Universe, one would need to build a giant dish emitter as large as the Earth.

But in reality, this is impossible. However, different telescope nodes can be placed in various locations on Earth, in different cities, to form an array.

This array is distributed across various parts of the Earth, allowing the emitted signals to combine, thereby achieving higher performance than an Earth-sized dish.

An Earth-sized phased array replaced the effect of an Earth-sized dish emitter.

And the one Shen Shuibi was building was even larger, so large that an Earth-sized planet was merely an insignificant component of it.

Her Divine Ability unfolded, dragging and pulling in the Void Realm, gathering countless materials to form spherical planets.

Below, many other People of No Return were helping, each casting spells and Divine Ability, moving mountains and seas, bringing more materials to Shen Shuibi.

And Shen Shuibi’s Divine Ability stood in the Void Realm, with a giant cauldron in front of her. This cauldron was so immense that it would take approximately five minutes for light alone to circle it.

Beneath the cauldron, three suns burned, which were the source of the cauldron's heat.

A three-legged cauldron, the Qi of three suns. In ancient times, there was a saying, 'Three Suns bring prosperity,' inscribed with three Yang hexagrams to match the extreme Yang.

This great cauldron swallowed all sorts of materials, and Shen Shuibi carefully manipulated her magic to fuse these materials.

Anyway, they were all readily available. The human Great Wall had shattered countless worlds, forming many World Dead Zones. Over ninety-five percent of the material was plundered by humanity to build their war fortresses, but the remaining scraps were enough for Shen Shuibi to use.

After all, she was only building a detector.

So many people moving worlds, combined with Shen Shuibi's refining, this scene was like the ancient Heavenly God forging countless wonders between flames and stars.

However, after a month, the manufacturing process was nearing completion.

Cha Xike was by Shen Shuibi's side, working and asking, “Gou Lou's message has come through. Humanity won't open their mouths, so we still have to fight. Once they're ready, we can activate the detector. But… Madam, can this really find the Shaman Dao reinforcements? Even if we find them, they must have a reason for not coming. Can we rescue them?”

“We only need to confirm the existence of reinforcements; we don't need to rescue them. Li Qi will handle that,” Shen Shuibi said calmly.

“If we only need to confirm, then why isn't Invoker willing to do this himself? That way, it would at least be less dangerous, and resources would be fully guaranteed…” Cha Xike said, seemingly reluctant to do this.

To be honest, he really wasn't willing. Once this detector was activated, its detection range would be extremely vast, almost capable of clarifying all situations near the battlefield within an hour, making it clear whether there were external reinforcements or not.

But correspondingly, this action was like turning on a flashlight in the dark; you see others, and others see you.

Humanity would immediately discover the situation here and would certainly rush over. The People of No Return would need to hold out for at least an hour before they could retreat. The battle would likely be fierce, and the casualty figures would not be pretty.

Who knew, Shen Shuibi glanced at Cha Xike and said expressionlessly, “Then who do you think sent me?”

This choked Cha Xike.

Indeed, this madam in front of him was actually sent by Invoker, the commander.

So, essentially, the actions here were also part of the Shaman Dao operations, which was very reasonable.

Fine. Someone had to do it anyway. Whoever built this detector would take a beating from humanity. Now it was just his turn to take the beating.

Someone had to take this beating anyway, so why couldn't it be him?

Cha Xike knew this was very useful for resisting humanity, so he only hesitated for a moment before accepting it.

It was nothing more than death, a small matter.

It was difficult to figure out how to do things, but to simply fight and die, that was truly too easy.

Thinking of this, Cha Xike also relaxed and quietly waited for the detector to activate.

A few more days passed.

The detector was completed, composed of dozens of giant rock spheres, like Earth, forming a phased array. This was also a type of Formation, which Shen Shuibi was very skilled at.

“Hmm… lighting this thing means the probing is over. We here should face the first impact. Is the front line constructed?” Shen Shuibi asked Gou Lou.

Cha Xike wasn't very good at these things; Gou Lou was more reliable.

“Everything is ready, Madam. Your Formation is very suitable for us, and it's already being used proficiently. An hour… we should be able to hold out,” Gou Lou said.

“That's good. I'm going to activate it,” Shen Shuibi nodded.

Then, she maintained the giant cauldron, but put away the three suns below it.

She gently clasped her hands together.

With a rumble, an invisible wave erupted. The detector activated, and a torrent of energy flowed violently, transforming into special waves that, through a special super-distance effect, instantly spread throughout the entire world cluster!

These waves would bounce back, revealing the hidden things.

Due to the special nature of these waves, almost no magic could block or conceal them. This was a wave based on Chaos Qi, theoretically capable of penetrating everything.

However, the inability to be blocked or concealed brought about super strong detection capabilities, and it also meant that others could see you at a glance. Using this move meant preparing for war with the opponent.

This was also what Shen Shuibi intended.

Wasn't it just to force human experts to return to defense? Then let's stir up trouble. We can also investigate the situation of humanity and find the location of reinforcements.

Zhu Fengdan said there were reinforcements, so there must be. If they hadn't arrived, it must be humanity's fault.

There was absolutely no other possibility.

Just about three minutes after the detector was activated.

In the Void Realm, the phantom of a 'Golden Dais' suddenly appeared.

Humanity had detected the anomaly and had arrived.

Shen Shuibi suddenly pulled out the hairpin from her head.

This hairpin was carved from a Sixth-Rank Shui Bi Jade that Li Qi had given her.

However, it had to be used.

She used the hairpin to draw a line in the Void Realm, and at the same time said calmly, “You—how dare you cross the line?”