Chapter 1041
Calm Down
Upon hearing this answer, Imhotep seemed to think of something.
Surprisingly, there was no surprise at all; on the contrary, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good."
"In that case, goodbye everyone."
Imhotep finished speaking and decisively transformed into sand and flew into the sky, disappearing from sight.
Afterwards, the Zhongzhou team members said goodbye to the O'Connor family and left.
The group, carrying large bags and small packages, arrived in Cairo once again, weary from their journey.
The hotel that they had initially marked as a key location has been rebuilt under the control of the Guardian Clan.
There was no other way; after all, this was the entrance to their world of mummies.
They're waiting here now, not intending to cause any further trouble by running around.
They were just waiting for the time to return to the Main God Space with those sacks of treasures; only then could they feel at ease.
If the harvest is small, everyone is resentful; if the harvest is large, everyone is terrified.
Not to mention Li Xiao, even Lingdian, who is usually stern and unsmiling, now looked on high alert as if facing a formidable enemy.
Unfortunately, none of these treasures can be stored in the spatial artifacts.
Now we're terrified of losing even one or two items, or of causing other unforeseen events.
Fortunately, they eventually arrived safely at the hotel and only needed to wait one more day to return to the absolutely safe God Space.
That's right, only one day remains of the initial twenty-day redemption period.
It was only after the Dragon Emperor led everyone out of the underground space and inquired that they suddenly discovered this.
Although they thought they had only been in the ancient tomb for half a day, twelve days had passed outside when they came out.
After calculating the dates, the Zhongzhou team hurriedly declined the invitations from the Dragon Emperor and Guo Lin, and bid them farewell.
Then, in a great hurry, they sent Evelyn and her group back to the seaside town, and only on the nineteenth day, before the last day, did they return to Cairo, where they had started.
At this moment, Chen Zilong, who was lying on the sack, looked exhausted and was in a lazy posture.
I didn't feel any unevenness inside the burlap sack at all; in fact, I felt quite comfortable.
Chu Xuan was finally awakened by Cheng Xiao when they arrived in Cairo.
At this moment, he has once again reverted to the appearance he had when he returned from the previous horror movie.
However, his energy and spirit are slightly stronger, so he is not so weak that he cannot even speak.
The reason for this was that Chu Xuan couldn't wait to start his research after seeing Li Xiao's results.
But it ended before it even began.
He fainted as if his energy and spirit had been completely drained.
Seeing this, everyone finally suppressed their intense curiosity.
Chu Xuan, who had just woken up, was not surprised to find himself in Cairo. Instead, he said a few words to Moss and then sent him to Hamnata.
Li Xiao and the others weren't surprised to see this; they probably wanted Moss to check on the situation of the guardian clan and the safety of the altar.
"I didn't expect that what you said, Chu Xuan, was actually true. Those white-skinned saints are so shameless. They don't give us any time at all."
"The entire Floating Continent collapsed right after we killed the First God. If it weren't for Brother Jie, the Dragon Emperor, and Imhotep buying us some time, we would have really suffered a huge loss this time!!!"
Saito looked furious as he spoke.
However, his expression turned strange when his gaze fell on the sack next to him.
It's fair to say that Saito Hajime is currently possessed by Jonathan Illusion; his eyes are practically glowing green.
I don't know what he was thinking, but he took several deep breaths before calming down.
Actually, it wasn't just Saito Hajime.
With Evelyn's help, they made a fortune this time, if not a fortune.
"If it weren't for the three of you, Brother Jie, we wouldn't have even gotten one-tenth of what we wanted this time."
"We might only have time to collect some scraps."
Just as everyone was preparing to have another enthusiastic discussion,
Chu Xuan, whose hair was gray and who looked like an old man, pushed up his glasses and suddenly spoke to everyone in the room:
"It doesn't matter whether the one who did the tampering was a white-skinned saint or a yellow-skinned saint."
"So...how about we go fishing?"
"It should be another day before we return, how about that?"
Upon hearing this abrupt suggestion, everyone in the Central Continent team looked over.
Everyone stared at him with surprise.
They could understand if Zheng Zha or Li Xiao said this.
But it was really strange that these words came from Chu Xuan.
However, with nothing else to worry about, everyone eventually agreed to this option.
Upper Nile River.
On the brand-new frigate, everyone in the Zhongzhou squad, except for Zhao Yingkong, stood in a row.
Each person has a fishing rod.
However, to Li Xiao and his friends' surprise, Lingdian, who was participating in the fishing activity for the first time, displayed extraordinary skills.
This taciturn assassin actually chose the right fishing rod based on each person's body size and arm length.
They even purchased and made special fish bait and floats specifically for the unique environment of the Nile River.
He even took the initiative to explain some basics when he noticed that Zhu Wen and Cheng Xiao were too unfamiliar with the material.
Upon seeing this scene, Li Xiao subconsciously glanced at Chu Xuan, then looked up at the sky and missed Zheng Zha somewhat.
Followed by.
Saito Hajime and Chen Zilong, already "veterans," pulled out a pre-prepared metal box from their pockets.
He slipped the bait onto the fishing hook amidst Lingdian's puzzled gaze.
Then began a performance that resembled magic.
The killer's "fishing philosophy" changed when he saw crocodiles being caught.
When Lingdian learned from Cheng Xiao that this thing was called super fishing bait, he couldn't help but curse out loud.
But it's not over yet.
After watching the two of them keep catching fish, Chu Xuan pressed a button on his fishing rod.
next moment.
A jolt of electricity, startling everyone, shot up the fishing rod and into the river.
Then, one by one, all sorts of fish automatically jumped onto the deck.
Upon witnessing this scene, Lingdian froze on the spot.
For a fishing enthusiast, this scene is nothing short of a worldview collapsing instantly.
Chu Xuan's actions inspired Zhang Jie, who was fishing for the first time, but before he could start "cheating," Chu Xuan's actions were completely out of the question.
Li Xiao quickly spoke up to stop him.
"Stop, stop, stop."
"Everyone, everyone!"
"Can we just fish normally? Otherwise, if we keep fishing like this, there won't be enough fish in the entire Nile for you guys to gobble up."
"Especially Chu Xuan, electrofishing is prohibited, you know that's illegal."
"And Brother Jie, I know what you're trying to do, but please stop."
"Today is either a competition or a leisure activity."
"Saito Hajime, Chen Zilong, you two put the props away." With Li Xiao's intervention, the fishing scene, which had gone off track, finally returned to normal.
Without the help of cheat codes, they were all brought back to reality.
It all comes down to luck.
As time passed, the group, who had been excited and thrilled after emerging from the ruins and ancient tombs, inexplicably calmed down.
As Li Xiao felt his heart finally recover, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
Actually, it's not just Li Xiao.
Zhang Jie, Chen Zilong, Saito Hajime, Cheng Xiao, Zhu Wen, and even Lingdian—none of them were not excited after realizing what they had gained.
This is the Main God Space, so they know what kind of changes these things will bring to them.
That's why they were so helpless and overwhelmed after they finally escaped.
Watching the buoy bobbing on the water's surface.
Li Xiao exhaled a breath of stale air.
I asked a question that I had just remembered.
"By the way, Chu Xuan, you just said in the inn that it doesn't matter whether a saint is white or yellow?"
"What does it mean?"
"Could it be that more than one group was involved in the tampering?"
"There are also saints with yellow skin?"
Saito Kazuya looked over, and having calmed down, he too resumed thinking and asked.
"But didn't the envelope say that the yellow-skinned saints and cultivators are of the same faction?"
Chu Xuan stared indifferently at the water's surface.
"The ruins where the golden mask was placed mentioned that a rare war took place between the yellow-skinned saints of the East and the yellow-skinned cultivators."
"What do you think the three sects—Jiejiao, Chanjiao, and Renjiao—represent?"
"One person has the genetic lock system of a saint, another has the cultivation system of a cultivator, so what about the other one?"
Saito Hajime, who was well-versed in ancient Chinese mythology, replied, "You mean the Human Education Movement? Isn't the Human Education Movement just...?"
Saito didn't finish speaking because he understood.
Chu Xuan continued, "The Chan Sect and the Jie Sect are fighting over their systems, while the Ren Sect is fighting over its ideologies."
"Just like how the golden mask eventually turned into a monster, and the first god we met not long ago, they had all transcended the realm of humanity."
"That is, it is different from the humanistic education system."
"The core concept of human education in mythology is to govern by non-action and follow the will of Heaven and the people, focusing more on maintaining order and ensuring the inheritance of civilization."
"The records and stories of the saints that were left behind should belong to the Humanist religion."
Li Xiao raised his hand to interrupt: "Let's not talk about these petty things for now. I want to ask why what I saw in the attic didn't look like something left behind by a cultivation civilization at all."
Li Xiao's words were also agreed upon by others.
Especially Chen Zilong, who used the shrinking space technique to visit the most rooms.
"Me too. Everything else was fine and pretty much as I expected, but there were a few attics that made me feel a little disoriented when I pushed open the doors to them."
"Whether it's the design or the presentation, it's like entering a museum of future technology."
Li Xiao shook his head and smiled wryly: "I thought at most it would be jade slips, futons, flying swords, ancient books and the like."
"result………"
Chu Xuan said, "The development of any civilization, whether it is technology or cultivation, will exhibit assimilation over time."
"You can understand it as technology becoming more and more like cultivation, and cultivation becoming more and more like technology."
"Of course, what I mean by 'like' is only the form of expression, not the underlying principles."
"The reason is simple: both technology and cultivation serve humanity."
"Human beings need food and water resources for basic life. Further, they need material security, food diversity, convenient transportation, timely information communication, and so on."
"Technological means include airplanes, high-speed trains, automobiles, aircraft, and shuttles."
“The methods of cultivation are magic carpets, flying brooms, and other magical devices with anti-gravity runes.”
"They will all eventually lead to the same future; they will inevitably arrive at the same destination by different paths!"
"Therefore you can assume that any civilization developed by humankind will progress and keep progressing."
"Because once a human society stops progressing and developing, either humanity will become extinct or the world will be destroyed."
"This is also the most common and ultimate result that has been tried in so many horror films."
Saito frowned and said, "Chu Xuan, are you trying to talk about the law of entropy increase?"
Chu Xuan nodded: "The second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy increase, states that the degree of disorder (entropy) of any isolated system will spontaneously and irreversibly increase, eventually leading to the most disordered equilibrium state."
This is not only a physical law, but also seen as the underlying logic explaining the universal trend of all things moving from order to disorder, from vitality to decay.
"You can view human civilization as an isolated system, just as the accumulation of knowledge and civilization will inevitably drive the development of science and technology."
Whether good or bad, as long as humanity is not extinct and the world is not destroyed, the population will continue to increase.
It's just a matter of speed, like entropy, which is spontaneous and irreversible.
"Of course, before reaching a certain limit, this process can be magnified indefinitely, for hundreds of years, thousands of years, or even a value close to infinity."
As he spoke, Chu Xuan suddenly felt a weight in his hand.
After watching the float disappear for a few seconds, I pulled hard with both hands.
A Nile perch, about half a person's height, was pulled out of the water and was struggling in the air.
Seeing this, Lingdian laughed and said, "What a huge Nile perch! This fish is very famous. It's one of the apex predators of the Nile River."
"Looks like I'll have to..."
Before Lingdian could finish speaking, the bait Chu Xuan had just dropped sank again.
With a strong tug, a large black tilapia was pulled up.
Chu Xuan removed the fishing hook, re-baited it, and then looked at Zero.
"Want to compete?"
Zero Point rarely showed a smile: "Of course."
"I can't speak for other things, but in the real world, I almost participated in a fishing competition. If it weren't for the time conflict with the mission, I might have won an award."
Li Xiao, watching Lingdian and Chu Xuan from the side, couldn't help but have a strange expression on his face.
I don't know if it's historical inertia or some kind of demonic force.
It's simply unbelievable that these two would start competing in fishing.
This time, things finally returned to normal. The size and frequency of their fishing were similar to those of normal people, instead of the exaggerated behavior they displayed last time.
With no cheating methods available, coupled with the performance of the two players this time...
Saito and Chen Zilong each caught two tiny fish, each about the size of a finger.
The two blushed and immediately gave up.
One by one, they took a sun lounger, laid it flat, and began to act as judges, giving their critiques.
And so, the last day.
The Central Continent Team members, who had been rushing around, finally quieted down.
He then returned to the Main God Space.
I snapped out of my daze.
Everyone looked at the burlap sacks in their hands and their bulging arms with a sense of unreality. (End of Chapter)