Chapter 1016
The Suspended Pavilion
Perhaps they knew what this person was thinking.
Zhang Jie quickly said, "Don't look at me, I didn't do anything."
"If it were me, I would already be notified of the points deduction, and there's no point in me making this kind of joke."
Chu Xuan nodded to indicate that he understood: "So Jonathan, do you still have this map with you?"
Jonathan nodded stiffly, then turned and took a silver metal box from a suitcase in the corner.
Chu Xuan didn't touch it with his hands, but instead used λ-drive to convert it into telekinesis, and the silver box flew up directly.
After opening in the air, a piece of scrap paper that was severely damaged but had been 80% repaired appeared before our eyes.
The members of the Zhongzhou team, who had been scattered, had somehow gathered together.
Each one had a more serious expression than the last.
Compared to the topographic map below, which has been clearly artificially added, the text above, for some reason, is fine.
Chu Xuan's gaze swept quickly across the area.
Upon seeing the familiar characters, Cheng Xiao, perched on Chen Zilong's shoulder, subconsciously read them aloud in a low voice:
"The Reincarnation Squad side quest map: After seeing this map or any part of the Buddha statue, collect all the Buddha statues within seven days, enter the Suspended Pavilion, and kill the initial experimental subject 'God': Hao Yi."
"If the Buddha statues are not collected within seven days, or if the participants do not enter the Hanging Pavilion..."
As Cheng Xiao silently recited this, Li Xiao reacted and immediately began, "Stop, Cheng Xiao, don't..."
Unfortunately, it was too late.
As Cheng Xiao also sensed something was wrong and stopped, a voice that everyone was all too familiar with resounded in the minds of every member of the Zhongzhou team.
If the first god, Hao Yi, is killed, all participants will have 10,000 reward points deducted.
Upon completing the mission, everyone will receive one Rank B side quest; defeating Hao Yi will grant two Rank B side quests.
Hearing the prompt from the main god in their minds, along with this extremely special reward, everyone was taken aback.
Zhu Wen looked at the map and immediately spoke:
"Is this the first time I've completed a quest that only has side quests and no reward points?"
"And if I remember correctly, the reward points we have..."
Actually, Zhu Wen didn't need to remind him.
Apart from Zhang Jie, the others had only a few hundred reward points, and some probably had already reached zero.
After all, in the last horror movie, everyone only received a thousand reward points, and they all used them to exchange for time to enter the mummy.
The members of the Zhongzhou team hadn't forgotten their purpose in entering the horror movie: to earn side quests and reward points.
As a result, before they even made a profit, each of them ended up with an additional debt of 10,000 yuan.
Even though they have runestones that can exempt them from negative score penalties, they only have three.
Cheng Xiao's expression was serious: "I'm sorry everyone, I didn't expect this map to actually..."
Chu Xuan reached out and grasped the map, saying calmly, "No, even if you hadn't said it just now, we still wouldn't have escaped this mission."
"It was destined from the moment I received Jonathan's letter, no... perhaps even earlier..."
Chu Xuan clearly thought of something but didn't say anything. Instead, he changed the subject and looked at the others.
"Is there something else you haven't noticed?"
Chen Zilong and Cheng Xiao looked at Chu Xuan.
Zhu Wen also asked, "What is it?"
Li Xiao frowned: "No points were deducted!"
“We just used a lot of forbidden words, but the main god didn’t give us any warning.”
"For example, the sentence I'm saying now has clearly exposed the main god, but there's been no hint about it."
As they spoke, the group realized what was happening and looked at Imhotep, who had been standing in the room, and Jonathan, who was under hypnosis.
It's understandable that Jonathan didn't react when hypnotized.
However, Imhotep is a real character in the story.
Judging from his expression, this person had clearly figured something out, in addition to some information he already knew.
The high priest's gaze toward the Central Plains team was incredibly strange.
Finally, Imhotep spoke:
"You don't need to look at me or explain anything to me. I came here to help only to find the power of immortality for Ansu-na."
"And this ancient tomb, no, it should be called the Hanging Pavilion, judging from your appearance, it must contain what I need. Since I have already agreed, I will not go back on my word."
As a high priest in the ancient Egyptian civilization three thousand years ago, Imhotep could not possibly be stupid.
So he roughly understood some things, but he didn't care.
The reason they were able to protect Jonathan at his request was because of the special power within this mysterious ancient tomb.
Now that Li Xiao and his teammates from the Zhongzhou team are helping, they definitely won't have any objections.
After all, compared to others, only this former enemy truly understood just how powerful they were.
Even without Zheng Zha, it is still powerful.
Saito Hajime looked at the serious-looking crowd and said with a smile:
"Since there are no points deducted, let's talk openly. I think this task is pretty good."
"Although there are no reward points, this way the nine of us can obtain a lot of side quests."
"As long as we keep up with the reward points, even if we don't revive the others, at least we can continue to exchange for enhancements. Maybe the captain will wake up by then."
He had been staring at the zero point on the map when he suddenly spoke:
"Wait, the words here seem different from the God's instructions. It's not over yet!"
His gaze fell.
Only then did the Zhongzhou team members see it.
As Chu Xuan held the map.
Lines of black text reappeared.
It's as if someone is holding a pen and writing.
Everyone stared intently at the emerging characters, not daring to miss a single detail.
"...This message is only visible to members of the Reincarnation Squad, and is left to those who are destined to see it..."
"...The Main God Space began construction 'three hundred years ago' and is now nearing completion. During these three hundred years, the relationship between sages and cultivators has been greatly harmonized, at least no longer one of confrontation."
"Although we still can't accept each other's beliefs, we are both human beings..."
"...We, who were once all human beings, shared a common understanding: that we did not want humanity to perish after our disappearance..."
"The last battle for the Investiture of the Gods has already exhausted too much of our strength... In order to fight against those... even our deaths are not an option..."
"...That's why we joined forces to create this space called the God's Domain...and also for the resurgence of humanity..." "...Now that the God's Domain is nearing completion, we can finally join forces to fight against..."
"However, no one is perfect, whether it is a saint or us, who may seem great."
"But no matter how powerful we are, we are still human beings, biological beings, and therefore have instinctive flaws and inherent weaknesses..."
That is the division between factions and their respective, unspoken selfish motives.
"Among the human race, the black race only has saints, not cultivators, so the black race has the lowest probability of being selected for the main god space."
"This arrangement is not honorable, but it is the only way to ensure the continuation of the race."
"Although there are cultivators among the white race, we consider them to be practicing heretical and unorthodox methods. They release their true essence or other types of energy into spells, which are very effective in attack, but they are of low quality."
“Cultivating only the external and not the internal is not the way of life. Lifespan is only a few hundred years at most. Generation after generation of life cannot accumulate enough, let alone accumulate power.”
"If this final battle hadn't come unexpectedly, at most three more eras, the power accumulated by our yellow race through orthodox cultivation and immortality would have been enough to completely transform this place."
"There are no people of other races besides yellow skin in ...".
"Therefore, they should only be called magic, not Taoist magic."
"Because of this, fair-skinned cultivators are ultimately no match for us yellow-skinned cultivators."
"But I only regret that they have more saints."
"They not only surpassed us, but also surpassed the saints of the yellow-skinned group."
"Fortunately, however, this number does not exceed the sum of our number and that of the yellow-skinned saints."
"Overall, we are still in the lead."
"But I wonder if these fair-skinned saints, who are adept at latent genetic inheritance, have also tampered with the system, leaving some kind of genetic secret for the fair-skinned race, so that their future generations might surpass us..."
"But you must remember, no matter what, this is just an internal struggle within our human race..."
"Therefore, I hereby admonish my descendants that regardless of whether your skin color is mainstream or whether you are not well-known, you must never betray your human identity and side with foreign enemies..."
"Even if you want to strengthen your own faction, you must never annihilate the other two factions, otherwise... you will be enshrined as a god... Remember this well..."
"All of the above are nonsense. In fact, we, the saints and cultivators of the three systems, all understand this clearly in our hearts."
"Therefore, at the beginning of the design, the three types of saints and orthodox cultivators among mankind left their respective inheritances in it and hid them in unknown secret places."
"However, there are inherent rules within the God Realm, making it difficult to act."
"And this, the Suspended Pavilion, was left behind by us yellow-skinned cultivators. Only members of the yellow-skinned reincarnation team can see this map and the messages on it... As for the other two places..."
The text only reappears after a long stretch of distorted black lines.
"We have a total of 138,476 cultivators..."
"...Store your respective cultivation manuals, magical treasures, and elixirs in the Floating Pavilion. As long as you have the strength to defeat the First God Hao Yi, you can take all these cultivation manuals, magical treasures, and elixirs..."
"Later generations should remember to follow the rhythms of nature, maintain a pure and simple heart, and live in harmony with all things, so that we may endure."
"...Hongjun, a cultivator of the yellow skin type from the East, left these words three days before the main god completed..."
Looking at the last message and that piece of advice.
Everyone on the Zhongzhou team held their breath.
This map reveals far too much information.
The origins of the God Space, its construction time, and the people who created it were all suddenly revealed before them.
This information also answered some of their previous questions that had puzzled them.
The problem is, whether it was intentional or a coincidence, the map contained a lot of information.
However, like the previous ruins, this information is missing many important key details.
It's like an itch through the skin, making you feel uncomfortable all over.
However, this is not the case for everyone.
For example, Cheng Xiao, Chen Zilong, and Zhang Jie are all getting excited now.
Because after so much time in the God Realm, we finally saw the cheat code.
Moreover, it's a cheat code left behind by their ancestors.
Although they would repeatedly emphasize to newcomers that this was not a game world, deep down they had to admit it.
The entire God Realm is essentially a game existing in some unknown region.
And they are the chosen ones.
Zhu Wen lowered her head and looked at the only name that was displayed, and said with emotion:
"Hongjun? Is this the being I've been thinking of?"
"Or is it simply a case of having the same name?"
Saito shook his head: "The cultivation system has even come out. I'm afraid this person is really the Taoist ancestor Hongjun, the teacher of the Three Pure Ones."
"First there was Hongjun, then there was Heaven, tsk tsk tsk!"
Saito smacked his lips, seemingly lost in thought.
Chu Xuan rubbed the map and muttered to himself.
"It is not difficult to see from these words that cultivators only show superficial respect to saints who have unlocked the fifth stage of their genetic lock."
"Deeply proud, will the accumulation of time eventually surpass the strongest power of the gene lock system?"
"According to previous information, the strongest cultivators are immortals, who possess power comparable to a fifth-stage gene-locked saint."
"This led to conflicts between different systems, which in turn triggered the Great War of the Gods in ancient times..."
Li Xiao said, "Wait, Chu Xuan, the words on this aren't finished yet!"
Chu Xuan lowered his head and continued looking.
After a space in the middle, another type of handwriting appeared again.
"With a formidable enemy at hand, we, as the strongest among those of the yellow skin type, have actually advised the cultivators more than once not to..."
"But they forgot one thing: knowledge is also contained within everything in the universe, but it is not usually revealed to people."
"Our sages have reached the ultimate with great courage and strength. This is itself a manifestation or condensation of all things in the universe. Therefore, in this world, cultivators are ultimately weaker than our sages!"
"At least until their accumulated knowledge and cultivation reach their limit, cultivators will ultimately be no match for us sages..."
"As fellow yellow-skinned humans, how could we not understand what cultivators mean? But the saints' control over energy far exceeds their imagination."
"We already knew the cause and effect the moment they prepared their backup plan. Now it's just that the three saints and cultivators are all making moves in secret."
"They check and balance each other, which is why they can't act out, but they can still subtly manipulate things in certain areas..."
"Therefore, it is a warning to the descendants who have received this mission that the Suspended Pavilion has probably already been discovered by the saints of the other two lineages."
"Especially the fair-skinned saints... (End of Chapter)"