abnabooks Chapter 2518 The Backup Plan That Was Mentioned
Chapter 2518 The Backup Plan That Was Mentioned
Chapter 2518 The Backup Plan That Was Mentioned
Just then, Dong Rui, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke:
“I’ve examined them. These starfish are the Hidden God… well, at least a part of Him.”
He Lingchuan paused for a moment while digging with his hoe.
Aunt Zhu pressed on his behalf, "Are you sure?"
"With me taking action, what is uncertain?" This confidence comes from the expertise of the profession. "Remember the two demon brothers, Xi Yu and Wu Yao, whom Jiu You and the Earth Mother killed in Yujing City? It is known that Wu Yao's fully divine appearance was taken from the Hidden God Lord."
"I know, so what?"
“I brought several samples of the skin with me on this trip. I just compared them with those starfish, and wow—” Dong Rui said excitedly, “Essentially, they are the same thing!”
A silence fell over both the cardamom garden and its surroundings.
After a long while, Immortal Mingke finally spoke:
"You mean, uh, you mean the Heavenly Demon actually tore the Hidden God Monarch to pieces and planted him in the terraced fields?!"
Even for the Heavenly Demon, isn't this method too outrageous?
"I didn't say that!" Dong Rui scoffed, shirking the responsibility. "I'm only certain of one thing: these starfish are part of the Hidden God, or rather, small pieces of flesh and blood scraped off its body!"
What's the point of doing this? The mirror told a lame joke:
"Does the Heavenly Demon want to slice up the Hidden God and cook him in hot pot?"
But no one laughed.
Limited by his surroundings, He Lingchuan only whispered one sentence:
"As a second-best option, break the whole thing down into smaller parts to reduce risk."
Aunt Zhu scratched her head: "Risk?"
"You mean the risk of the Hidden God's body causing trouble!" Ling Jinbao reacted the fastest. "Birds of a feather flock together, and they're more likely to cause trouble when they're all together! If we separate them all in order, it will be easier to manage them and we'll also isolate the risk!"
The Heavenly Demon knew that the "Yangguan Road" was unreliable, but the body left behind by the Hidden God Lord always had a new consciousness causing trouble, just like wildfire, extinguishing one place and igniting another, making people exhausted and unable to defend themselves.
This problem is an objective reality that has been troubling the Divine Descent Plan. Without the "Yangguan Road," the Lingxu Clan must find another solution.
Therefore, the terraced fields in front of us are their backup plan.
The Hidden God's body was too enormous, and each of its smaller units was too active, making it easy for new consciousness to arise. So, the Heavenly Demon simply broke this behemoth down into countless fragments, separating and isolating them for cultivation. This eliminated the Hidden God's body's "cohesive" nature, so how could such tiny units give rise to new consciousness?
Even if they exist, they are just weak individuals. What can they use to fight against the Spiritual Palace?
"It seems that the changes at Lingyun Palace occurred after the Lingxu Clan's defeat in the Battle of Yujing City. The Lingxu Saint Venerable finally made up his mind to build terraced fields."
In other words, these terraced fields were mostly promoted after the Battle of Yujing City.
Everyone suddenly realized: "No wonder the demand for labor in Yanxia Bay has increased so much recently, and Lingyun Palace is also extremely busy. It turns out the root cause lies with us."
"Holy crap!" Aunt Zhu couldn't help but swear. "You mean, the Heavenly Demon's plan to descend into a divine form can still proceed smoothly?"
It also thought that obtaining the "Yangguan Road" would be a major blow to the Lingxu Gods' plan and could effectively prevent the Heavenly Demons from corrupting the human world.
Thinking about this, it felt slightly frustrated.
The foreman happened to walk by from behind, and He Lingchuan remained silent.
Immortal Mingke said, "If this method works, why would Venerable Lingxu prioritize the 'Yangguan Road' and even try to cooperate with a fickle demon like Shangguan Biao? Even if they also covet the Great Square Pot, it shows that there must be something wrong with using the terraced field method as a backup plan."
"Of course there is." Dong Rui, who had been fiddling with something, finally spoke up, "The body of the Hidden God Lord was originally a whole, containing powerful life force. As the saying goes, only by gathering hundreds of rivers can one have the power to overturn mountains and seas. The Heavenly Demon has now cut it into pieces. Although this is to prevent rebellion and make it easier to manage, it is like a drop of water that is easily dried up under the sun. The life force of these starfish is far inferior to that of the original body."
"So what's the problem?"
"The key point is how the Heavenly Demon plans to use these starfish to create the Divine Descent Body." Dong Rui now explained to the group of laymen, "As I said, the vitality and abilities of these starfish are incomparable to the original body. Although I don't know exactly how big the Hidden God's body is, judging from the scale of these terraced fields, it's impossible for them to contain all of the Hidden God's fragments. Unless the Spiritual Palace has other small worlds that can store the starfish, or continues to expand the mountains, this is just an experimental field."
After the supervisor walked away, He Lingchuan's voice was barely audible: "There are two possibilities. Either dismembering the body of the Hidden God is a massive undertaking and not easy, after all, the battle of Jade Capital City has only just ended, and the Heavenly Demons do not have enough time to turn to their backup plans; or, the Holy Venerable Lingxu is also cautious about this method and can only conduct experiments first."
Ling Jinbao grasped the key point: "In other words, besides the starfish being kept in the terraced fields, the remains of the Hidden God Lord might also be hidden somewhere in the Spiritual Palace?"
He Lingchuan summarized: "Yes, we have three tasks right now. First, obtain the seal for access to Lingyun Palace so that you can move freely."
This is a prerequisite for any other action. Otherwise, let alone fighting, the crowd wouldn't even have their feet touching the ground.
"Second, find out how the Heavenly Demon used these starfish, that is, the fragments of the Hidden God Lord, to create the divine body!"
"Third, if the remains of the Hidden God Lord are still there, we must find them."
The words were concise and to the point, and everyone understood them.
Dong Rui continued, "Regarding the second point, cough, these starfish still retain the property of devouring and adhering to each other. I estimate that the Heavenly Demon combined them as needed when creating the divine body; otherwise, I can't think of any other use for them. But there is a huge difficulty in this: how to transform the form of these fragments of the Hidden God Monarch from the sea chariot into a human body?"
Aunt Zhu asked him, "Don't you have any clue either?"
“We’ve raided several of the Heavenly Demon’s testing grounds, and I’ve traced the thought processes behind several Heavenly Demons’ creation of divine bodies, including Xi Yu’s divine body creation, but none of them are like the Lingyun Palace.” Dong Rui took a light breath. “The Lingyun Palace is probably conducting entirely new research here. Just by looking at how it’s placed next to the Hidden God Lord, you can tell how much importance the Heavenly Demons attach to it. But no matter which method they use, there’s a barrier that’s hard to overcome.”
"That's because the difference between the sea chariot and the human body is too great." Everyone in Doukou Garden could see that his brows were almost knotted together. "The human body has tendons, bones, skull, skeleton, muscle cells, blood vessels and meridians, which the sea chariot has none of."
(End of this chapter)