Chapter 1416: The tunnel worlds

In the wilderness.

A martial artist.

A young man.

And a dark-skinned tall lanky man wearing a gra.s.s skirt and three skulls for a necklace.

All three of them were kneeling in front of Gu Qing Shan.

A gust of wind blew past, the air exuded a clear sense of vicissitude and age.

—–this world had been in existence for who knew how long.

Gu Qing Shan sighed, pulled back his gaze, then looked at the three of them.

“It’s tiring to talk while kneeling, and it also harms one’s self-esteem, I actually don’t prefer things to be like this”

He awkwardly said: “So—-”

“Can I have them stand up?”

A second later.

The mechanical voice replied: [The grace of G.o.d can naturally grant mortals unique privileges, if you so authorize, they can naturally stand up]

Gu Qing Shan said with satisfaction: “Then, stand up”

Gu Qing Shan walked forward to help the martial artist stand up.

The other two also followed.

Gu Qing Shan made a surprised expression, pointing to the young man and the dark-skinned man: “Ah, I didn’t tell you two to stand up”

The two of them froze.

The mechanical voice sounded again: [So that was the case. Mortals who weren’t granted G.o.d’s grace, kneel!]

The young man and dark-skinned man stood still.

The mechanical voice became frigid: [Your mission rewards have been cancelled, if the both of you do not kneel, you shall be cancelled with it]

Shu!

Shu!

The young man and dark-skinned man swiftly knelt down.

Between life and death, the choice was very easy.

Gu Qing Shan didn’t care to look at them, he simply looked at the martial artist and clasped his hand: “May I know, which world from the void did you come from?”

The martial artist looked at Gu Qing Shan and answered as if he was in a trance: “G.o.d above, I’m from the #7961 tunnel world”

A screen immediately appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan’s vision.

At a certain part of the dark tunnel, the Reality Wall was displaying a certain world.

In that world, there were various giant beasts as well as martial artists that possessed a special bond with those beasts.

Lines of small text appeared:

[A total of 36,000 worlds have been thoroughly explored and are under control]

[The world codenamed #7961 among the tunnel worlds is a Savagery-type world, its civilization is built on the foundation of martial arts]

Observing that part of the Reality Wall, Gu Qing Shan recalled what he saw when he entered the tunnel.

At the time, after he removed the Life Talismans that covered the wall, he saw an ocean world, worlds destroyed by the Apocalypse, as well as a giant who was trekking across a dead barren world by himself.

—-so there actually existed so many worlds inside the tunnel.

But no one even knows about this fact at all!

The Wraith realm had hidden the entire dark tunnel away, making it impossible for anyone to know the secret of the tunnel!

Countless years ago, this was where the Four Evil G.o.ds ruled.

——were they the ones who constructed this place?

Gu Qing Shan looked at the martial artist, then continued to ask: “What did you find out? You may tell me now”

The martial artist replied: “We’ve examined the corpse and arrived at a certain conclusion through a.n.a.lysis”

“As usual, this corpse fell at the beginning of the Era of Apocalypses, when countless Apocalypses rushed inside at the instant when the Reality Gate was opened. Before this corpse died, it managed to fend off a total of 31 Apocalypses but was completely annihilated by the 32nd Apocalypse”

Gu Qing Shan asked: “Were there any other findings?”

The martial artist reported: “Before it died, the corpse seemed to have attempted to flee, we have deduced from its posture that it was heading in a certain direction, but to know more about the circ.u.mstances at the time, further exploration must be conducted”

As soon as he finished, a screen of light appeared.

The screen flew down in front of Gu Qing Shan and displayed a line of small text:

[Your excellency Matriarch of Myriad Earths, in consideration of your direct presence, the exploration authority has been transferred to you directly]

[Everything will now be under your command; you may personally issue the next mission]

Gu Qing Shan silently read these words as his thoughts were let loose.

Without any hesitation, he understood a certain crucial fact.

—–the dark tunnel wasn’t created by the Four Evil G.o.ds.

Because they are still exploring this place even now!

Gu Qing Shan slowly exhaled.

What exactly is this tunnel?

At least 36,000 worlds were hidden in this tunnel; furthermore, there were even some Apocalypses that rushed through right as the Reality Gate was opened.

As well as the ruins of that past era!

Even without thinking, Gu Qing Shan knew that the moment of the Reality Gate’s opening was when the Awaitings came through.

But what sort of civilizations did these ruins belong to?

Who knows?

Does anyone even know?

Even the Four Evil G.o.ds are still constantly recruiting fodders to explore the clues bit by bit.

Lady Fusi once attempted to peek into the Wraith realm, but she was prevented from doing so by some sort of mystical power, unable to even reach this place.

At this moment, Gu Qing Shan felt like he was standing under a boundless sea of stars, with each star representing a secret, not only was it impossible to adapt to, there was also no way to avoid seeing them.

He closed his eyes, deeply inhaling and exhaling twice.

“You’ve done very well. You may take your corresponding rewards and return”

He told the martial artist.

The martial artist was in disbelief: “I’m allowed to not partic.i.p.ate in the follow-up mission?”

Gu Qing Shan put his hand on the screen of light and before he declared: “Change the number of partic.i.p.ants in this mission to two, the martial artist from the #7961 tunnel world may return to his world, concluding this mission”

[As you wish] the mechanical voice spoke.

A flash of light descended from above, enveloping the martial artist.

He disappeared right away.

Gu Qing Shan then turned to the other two, continuing: “Issue a new mission, continue to explore along the corpse’s fleeing direction, only stopping when results are achieved”

“If the mission failed… then they are definitely dead”

“If the mission succeeds, reward them—— right, what’s the usual reward?”

The mechanical voice spoke up in response: [Normally, the reward would time that they were allowed to continue living, but if the mission was completed exceptionally well, they would be rewarded a certain amount of World Origin power. The World Origin power would help their world become more powerful, capable of producing more treasures]

Gu Qing Shan glanced at them, then said: “Follow this same rule”

[As you wish]

The mechanical voice told the two kneeling people: [A new mission has been issued]

It repeated Gu Qing Shan’s words.

After it finished, Gu Qing Shan told the two of them: “Very well, I am a very fair person. If you are able to do your job well, I would not hesitate to reward your effort”

The two of them stood up.

The dark-skinned lanky man said: “Even if what you said isn’t true, we would still have to follow your words, don’t we?”

He stared straight at Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan nodded: “Indeed. While you were a.s.suming power, one of you wanted my soul, and the other wanted my corpse, so now that I’m a.s.suming power, I want the two of you to work for me—- that is completely fair”

The dark-skinned lanky man couldn’t say anything to refute that, so he silently turned around and went back into the wilderness.

The young man followed behind him.

They quickly went far away.

Gu Qing Shan continued standing in place.

A screen of light appeared in front of him, displaying the scene of them speeding through the wilderness.

They returned to where the corpse was, then continued to head deeper into the ruins.

Suddenly, the ground began to slant down.

A deep downward cave could now be seen.

[We’ve discovered a cave] the dark-skinned man reported.

His voice was relayed to Gu Qing Shan through the screen of light.

“Continue exploration”

Gu Qing Shan ordered.

The dark-skinned lanky man and the young man cautiously made their way into the cave.

On the screen, their surroundings turned dark but slowly became clear in front of Gu Qing Shan’s eyes.

After observing them for a while, Gu Qing Shan suddenly had an idea.

“During the next mission, I want to specifically pick out the partic.i.p.ants myself, will that be possible?”

The mechanical voice responded: [Naturally, among the 36,000 worlds under the four excellencies’ control, your excellency is free to choose any of them]

Gu Qing Shan nodded: “Very well, I want to choose a few people from the Wraith realm”