Chapter 38: Self-sustaining Infinite Flow
Seeing the flames burning more and more fiercely, devouring the corpses of numerous beasts, Zhou Chu then said: “You should have seen those novels or movies about the descendants of Crystal Wall aliens, set against the background of the Magic Universe, reminiscing about the glory of their ancestors, right?”
Lu Rang nodded repeatedly: “Seen it, seen it! ‘Succubus Princess and Her Eighteen Orc Guardian Knights’.”
Yuan Zhu’s ears twitched. Judging by the name, what kind of otherworld magic Little Liu Bei is this?
Zhou Chu ignored Chicken Comb Head and continued: “Among numerous magic novels, the ‘Grasping Root’ trilogy is the most famous, remade multiple times, and adapted into stage plays. In ‘Grasping Root’, it detailed a terrifying outer layer plane named [Abyss, Endless Abyss]. In the Crystal Wall Universe, the essence of the [Abyss] is eternal chaotic evil, the negative pole of the universe, breeding infinite demons to engage in endless irrational slaughter. They not only fight among themselves but also wage endless bloody battles with another evil plane called [Hell].”
“[Filthy Bone Holy Mother], it is said to be a projection of a small portion of [Abyss Consciousness] that arrived at Du Ling along with the plane fragment, combined with a local ‘Pollution Root’ of similar nature. Therefore, Filthy Bone System demonic creatures always exhibit the essence of chaotic evil irrational killing. [Filthy Bone Holy Mother] can be seen as Du Ling’s version of ‘Abyss Consciousness’. And Filthy Bone Demonic Creatures are alternative local demons. Once discovered, they must be eradicated at the root!”
Although Yuan Zhu hadn’t read the local ‘Grasping Root’ trilogy, he had played Dungeons & Dragons and was very familiar with the terror of [Abyss Mother], so he couldn’t help asking: “Is Du Ling’s [Filthy Bone Holy Mother] as terrifying as the [Abyss]? Then isn’t the situation we’re encountering now equivalent to the ‘Abyssal Invasion’ in novels? Captain, let’s flee!”
The captain shook his head and pointed out: “There are quite a few similarities between the two, but the differences are even greater. [Filthy Bone Holy Mother] is not as terrifying as the [Abyss] in the Crystal Wall Universe, nor has it given birth to its own ‘Abyss Plane’. It only occupies and transforms quite a few small worlds as nests in the Bubble Layer, frequently invading the [Spirit Layer], and infiltrating toward the Present World. Filthy Bone Demonic Creatures can infect any flesh creatures, yet they haven’t formed a racial lineage like ‘demons’…… In short, the differences are still very large. But they can be treated as degraded demons, anyway Du Ling doesn’t have the demon species either.”
Yuan Zhu thought to himself: These Filthy Bone System demonic creatures don’t seem much like demons; the description sounds more like Biohazard. Fighting them also gives a BT pleasure like slaughtering mutated zombies. This is the demonic creature version of G virus!
He sighed in his heart: “This Du Ling is truly an innately evil Filthy World! In just two short days, I’ve seen too much pollution and evil. I beg for a pair of unpolluted eyes.”
Game Sprite: “Who says otherwise! Too evil, it’s practically a Demon’s Den! I want to go back to my hometown, I want to do proper cultivation!”
Meng Xi, who had burned the midnight oil reading ‘Grasping Root’ during middle school, curiously asked: “Du Ling has no demons? Weren’t the plane fragments that descended on Du Ling suffering from Abyssal Invasion back then? During history class, a professor said they launched a continent-level teleportation spell to tear apart the plane fragment and flee to avoid being devoured by the Abyss Plane, only to inexplicably crash into Du Ling Star.”
Yuan Zhu perked up his ears: So that’s how it is? Strange knowledge increased again! As expected of the almighty university monk, knows everything.
Captain: “Of course there were back then, but demons need to rely on the [Abyss] to breed and hatch; they evolve from magic worms. How many can you get just from demons mating? Du Ling Star has no Abyss will, no magic worms, and no high-magic environment suitable for demons to survive. Those demons left on the plane fragments also quickly croaked due to the drastic environmental degradation (plummeting magic elements) (suffocation from magic deficiency). The few remnants were either captured in laboratories for slicing or taken by ancient doctors for medicine. If you go to an old-brand pharmacy now, you should still be able to find irreplaceable out-of-print signature demon materials.”
Yuan Zhu, as a Tiger Demon, couldn’t help but feel a chill in his crotch. He knew Traditional Chinese Medicine all too well!
The most wicked Traditional Chinese Medicine insists that all things can be made into medicine by whipping…… The more powerful the creature, the more abundant its yang energy. An Abyss flame demon born so robust, after crossing to Du Ling, must be especially nourishing, right?
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A big fire burned up the ‘waa waa’ crying green meat chunks, and the squad dragged the reluctant lamb along, continuing toward the young monk’s gathering place.
In the subsequent journey, they encountered no more attacks. Probably the nearby green-blood version of Filthy Bone Demonic Creatures had been killed clean by them. Until they arrived at a chaotic and dilapidated gathering place, they didn’t find a second living person, not even severed limbs.
After searching around, the young monk found a letter in a rock cave. The letter recorded that two days ago, Na Ye Buddhist Kingdom sent a squad of warrior monks, who repelled the demonic creatures flowing with green blood and led the survivors back to the Buddhist Kingdom to take refuge.
The letter also recorded a major event in the Buddhist Kingdom: the new abbot had found power sufficient to seal and suppress the Buddhist Ghost, and was about to hold a large ritual to thoroughly ferry the souls of the dead in the city, returning everything to normal.
Therefore, the abbot needed to gather all summonable devout believers, especially ordained monks like Ku Cao, to borrow everyone’s power to call upon the true Buddha to descend Magic Power, and destroy the Ghost King in the city in one fell swoop, saving this world.
After reading the letter, Yuan Zhu and the others sneered at the new abbot’s actions. The old abbot had already croaked; could a backup really quell the [Yellow Springs] disaster?
Even if you quelled [Yellow Springs], [Filthy Bone Filthy Blood] has suddenly popped up here, already infecting a large number of large animals—who knows how much it has spread? This stuff is like G virus, with infectivity far stronger than [Yellow Springs], rightly called the natural enemy of flesh creatures.
Even if Buddha Lord quelled the Yellow Springs disaster, how much strength would be left to fight the Filthy Bone Demonic Creatures tide?
“Captain, is this world done for? Are we really not fleeing?” Meng Xiyue, who had read the most books and knew the most, couldn’t help urging the captain to lead the flee on the side.
“This Buddhist Kingdom, I say we might as well not go! Safety first, safety first!”
The captain shook his head: “No rush, let’s go to Na Ye Buddhist Kingdom and take a look. If this new abbot really has the ability to quell [Yellow Springs], then it’s not impossible to contend with [Filthy Bone Filthy Blood]. Even if it fails, we can record the intelligence and sell it to the [Filthy Bone System] Demon God. Applying for a Bubble World exploration qualification from [Mao Mao King] isn’t cheap. I don’t expect you to profit for the team, but at least break even, enough to support the next exploration.”
Yuan Zhu: “Ha? [Happy Home] exploring Bubble Worlds isn’t a public welfare activity funded by [Happy Paradise of Gods] behind the scenes?”
The captain rolled his eyes: “How could it be? Even [Happy Home] was bought by [Mao Mao King] by spending money. All exploration activities must be self-sustaining, so we need to earn more to leave.”
Yuan Zhu: This isn’t infinite flow at all!
He quickly followed up: “Then after this mission ends, how long is the rest time, and when does the next mission execute?”
Captain: “Hard to say, probably a long vacation. It depends on when [Mao Mao King] has time and has accumulated enough Divine Power to penetrate the Bubble World before summoning you again.”
Yuan Zhu: ????!
Is your [Happy Home] this casual? Where’s the urgency of infinite flow? The wipes? Team members constantly traversing, difficulty continuously increasing, nine deaths and one life to gain reinforcement? Actually have to wait for [Mao Mao King] to have time, leisure, money, and enough Divine Power to start.
Seeing Yuan Zhu’s baffled expression, the captain added a couple more sentences: “[Mao Mao King] also has his own work and business. Exploring the Bubble Layer is just preparing an extra path. Our main business is luxury children’s wear sales in other time-spaces; we [Happy Home] are a formal clothing enterprise invested in by deities.”
Yuan Zhu: emmm…
