Chapter 183: Chapter 183: Fairy Tales Become Reality!
After arriving, what met the eye was an expanse of absolute blackness, with a particularly weak oxygen content in the air, surpassed even by the presence of hydrogen and helium.
In the Non-magic Universe, planets like this simply couldn’t give birth to intelligent life.
Take, for instance, Saturn from the once Solar System, a gas giant planet.
However, Shen Hao quickly realized that this planet also contained a unique kind of Extraordinary Power that was sufficient to sustain the operations of life.
It seemed vaguely similar to the “Life Element Environment” that the Human Mother Planet obtained during the last Trial.
“The Extraordinary World truly holds more possibilities,” Shen Hao observed his surroundings and had to acknowledge this point.
“President.” A Chosen One, quietly floating behind the Emperor’s Throne, respectfully said, “The coordinates provided by the Wing Sky Civilization Sage seem to be slightly off, he’s currently en route, about half a minute from our location.”
“Mhm,” Shen Hao nodded lightly.
He wasn’t surprised at this turn of events.
On a gas planet like this, the environment was extremely inhospitable, with chaotic magnetic fields, and especially now, when the sunlight was tremendously dim, there was no visibility at all.
With the technology of this civilization, it was indeed very difficult.
Shen Hao’s gaze shifted to another direction.
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Ordinary Chosen Ones might be blinded by the lack of visibility, but not him.
As a ray of light emerged in the darkness, growing more and more intense, a huge Floating Ship with a distinctive design appeared before everyone.
From the outside, this didn’t look like a thoughtfully designed Floating Ship at all, its hull was accumulated with too many random pieces of equipment. It seemed as if it had been patched together bit by bit, continuously adding various parts, filled with a wasteland style.
Even after coming to an abrupt stop, one could hear a clanging sound from inside, as if a multitude of things had collapsed.
Then, Shen Hao and the others saw a very old member of the Wing Sky people, along with a group rushing over, who thumped down onto the deck on their knees.
“Wing Sky Clan Sage Geta pays respects to the Divine Venerable,” they said.
Shen Hao could clearly sense their nervousness and excitement as he looked at this group of little beings, each averaging less than half a meter in height.
Though they were all Chosen Ones, their average Level was quite low; except for Geta, the Sage, who was at the Second Stage, the rest were all at the first stage.
Trembling in this environment with temperatures lower than one hundred degrees below zero and howling winds.
Some of the weaker ones were on the verge of not being able to persist, verging on being frozen into ice sculptures.
However, Transcendent Levels could be cultivated, what was important was the Alchemy Path.
“Rise,” Shen Hao’s voice clearly reached every Wing Sky person aboard the Floating Ship, “Since I have promised your admission, from now on you may address me as President. You…”
Suddenly, Shen Hao’s tone stopped.
He turned his attention elsewhere.
Over there, masses of Shadows were roaring towards them, all Undead, stretching as far as the eye could see, easily amounting to millions!
“Pr-President, those are the Undead that have been pursuing us relentlessly,” said Geta, who also noticed the changes over there, his old, little face filled with unease.
This shouldn’t have escalated to such a degree, but he had rescued too many of his people during this time.
Once the numbers grew to a certain point, it would attract the surrounding Undead, the greater the numbers, the more they would attract.
So they dared not stop.
They had to continue to fly at high speed across the vast skies.
They had halted now only to welcome the God of Human Civilization, otherwise, they would not have stopped.
Even now, there was no chance to accelerate again, to escape once more.
If at this moment, the Chosen One before them, who had easily overcome the evil civilization and ranked first among the nine Civilization Chosen Ones, even on par with Gods, were to leave, then their spaceship would only meet with destruction.
Though he had already informed Human Civilization of this situation, still he couldn’t help feeling nervous.
His death didn’t matter, but his daily broadcasts were all that remained of hope for the surviving members of his people.
The last hope of the entire civilization rested upon this individual before them!
The other Wing Sky people beside Geta understood this as well, everyone was extremely nervous.
Then, they heard a gentle voice.
“To have persisted until now, you’ve exceeded my expectations.”
Shen Hao was indeed somewhat moved.
Among those Undead, there were a plethora of Second Stage Undead, just a few dozen would have the potential to annihilate this Floating Ship carrying the last hope of a civilization.
Under these circumstances, their ability to hold on until now indeed had surpassed expectations.
It was a demonstration of struggling with all their might under deep and profound despair.
Compared to the Sky Spirit People, much stronger.
Shen Hao raised his Scepter high, and with just a light tap.
Boom! Thunderous lightning burst forth in an instant, golden light filled the eyes of all Wing Sky people, even illuminating the entire world! A great number of Undead were engulfed by the furious lightning in that very moment!
This power, never before witnessed, stunned all the Wing Sky people present.
Geta was no different.
When the dust settled, the Undead Army that had brought them endless fear vanished without a trace; the raucous screams of the undead disappeared, and the abyss of despair that had always been repressing their hearts seemed to be swept clean in an instant.
“Take your people and board our spaceship, then do everything in your power to save your species.”
Only when Shen Hao’s voice rose again did these people gradually come to their senses.
A massive transport spaceship suddenly appeared before them.
Geta couldn’t stop his tears, crying while he bowed deeply.
Although he always brought hope to the surviving members of his species with broadcasts akin to fairy tales.
He had always understood in his heart that fairy tales were just that, fairy tales, nothing more than lies.
Numerous members of his species had held onto their trust in him and their anticipation for the fairy tales he told until the very end, even in death.
The guilt and pain of this was unimaginable to others.
Yet every time, he had to broadcast in an upbeat, elevated tone.
And now, fairy tales had become reality!
All he had ever told was no longer a lie!
Shen Hao did not hurry him; he could tell at a glance that this Sage’s heart bore a despair and pain far greater than that of the others, but to bear the entire civilization’s hopelessness as much as possible on one’s own was exactly what a leader does.
Shen Hao still held great expectations for his future.
At this moment, he also took the opportunity to examine the alchemy technology on this Floating Ship.
His gaze was immediately drawn to a special device at the end.
This alchemy equipment constantly absorbed air and then converted it into a simple, edible food through a complex Alchemy Array!
Element conversion was one of the hallmarks of the Alchemy Path.
In Shen Hao’s view, the combination of this path and technology was perfect.
Resource conversion, equipment production, tool enchantment…
Theoretically, if one were a strong Alchemist well-versed in technology, they could possibly create an entire industrial chain with their bare hands!
“Save as many people as possible,” Shen Hao said to the Human Chosen One beside him, “I will leave you five transport spaceships and a multitude of Extraordinary weapons that can be used against the Undead.”
“Yes!”
Having done all this, Shen Hao did not linger in this place.
He had another place to visit.
Now, amidst the admiring and even fervent gazes of the Wing Sky people, he once again cast out the Scepter, this time arriving alone on Planet Senya.
At this moment, all Senya people on Planet Senya had been taken away; after all, they were the civilization most deserving of attention in this interstellar migration wave.
Their individual strength was formidable, and the abilities they controlled greatly helped in combating the Trial.
Shen Hao’s personal visit was to take away the Life Mother Tree from this planet.
To be more precise, it was to take the Consciousness that had been born within the Life Mother Tree.
The moment he arrived, countless branches surged from the ground, converging towards him, and the Consciousness of the Life Mother Tree excitedly communicated in a still immature voice.
“Pot-pot, lonely.”
“They all left.”
“…”
A large number of Senya people had already arrived at the Human Mother Planet, with most others on the way.
When Shen Hao had taken away those Senya people, he was overseeing the Desert Tower Planet and was too busy to leave. Many Senya people, no matter what, did not want to leave the Life Mother Tree alone on this planet. It was only after Feng Ping promised in Shen Hao’s name that the Life Mother Tree would indeed be taken away, along with the cooperation of many leaders, that the situation was barely resolved.
Even so, a large number of Senya people decided to die on this planet, dedicating their souls and Life Force to the Life Mother Tree.
Currently, the Life Mother Tree contained many newfound forces of souls.
Moreover, without outside attacks, the whole Life Mother Tree was actually healing slowly.
Realizing this, Shen Hao changed his initial plan of only taking away the Consciousness of the Life Mother Tree.
“Contract your Consciousness and those forces of souls into a piece of wood, then sever the rest,” Shen Hao communicated with the Life Mother Tree. “I am here to take you away.”
“Where to?”
“To my home, where your offspring are as well,” Shen Hao replied patiently.
While the Consciousness was still confused, he deepened their connection and, with the influence of the Sovereign, it would become the most loyal Divine of Human Civilization.
“Okay.”
It was not a pleasant thing for the Life Mother Tree to equate to cutting off its own limbs, but faced with Shen Hao’s command, it still proceeded without hesitation.
Clearly, the help provided by Shen Hao, combined with their connection in status, had made this newly born Consciousness hugely dependent on him.
What finally appeared before Shen Hao was a tree that was not very large.
The trunk and roots were filled with abundant Life Force, even giving off a clear, crystalline texture, with every sway conveying the clear perception that it was “alive.”
It even possessed a clear sense of the divine.