"What guess?" Luo Shu asked. Upon hearing this, Shim narrowed his eyes, stared at Su Jin and said: "Pond hypothesis, or...world upgrade hypothesis!" Chapter 398 Their Temptation "World Upgrade Conjecture?" Luo Shu frowned when he heard this term, which he had heard for the first time. He could understand the literal meaning, but he was curious about why the intelligence experts behind Shim made such a guess. At this moment, Xim leaned on the stone table, holding his chin with one hand, and looked at Luo Shu with his face tilted: "Shu Jun probably doesn't know yet, but the so-called warlocks only started to become active thirty years ago." "Before that, there were some people with special abilities or fighters with strong physiques, but in fact, according to the current semi-public rank of SDS, those people can only be said to be excellent at best."
"In the true sense, the earliest person who reached the heroic level or above was called 'Zero' 30 years ago." "Zero?" This was the first time Luo Shu had heard of this title, so he was somewhat surprised: "This shouldn't be a person's name, right?" "Yes, it's not a name." Shim nodded, then casually drew a line in the air, and then a transparent panel with white text on a yellow background appeared out of thin air~: "Well, the function during the test is indeed here. In that case, photos, photos... - I got it." When Luo Shu heard this, a blurry image suddenly appeared in front of him. The picture shows a dilapidated unfamiliar street with even the traffic lights hanging on the ground and broken in half. Also, in the middle of the street, there was a figure with a blurred face, wearing a tattered white robe, vaguely a female with long silver hair. Luo Shu looked at the blurred-looking woman on the street and frowned: "She is Zero?" "Yes." Shim nodded and explained: "It suddenly appeared and disappeared, and between its appearance and disappearance, it caused great damage to Manhattan, resulting in 30 deaths and 42 missing." "Because of its rare destructiveness and suddenness, it is called Life Form Zero." "It is the earliest high-level abyssal life form known to have entered this world." "Of course, because there was no evaluation system at the time, the Union generally called it Extraordinary Life Form Zero." "Based on the information we have now, this Zero should be at least a demigod level." "But it only took eight seconds for the other party to appear and cause massive damage. The most complete information left in the venue is the photos taken by the camera of this street cafe. Therefore, the intelligence of Zero is still unknown at present." "However, not long after Zero appeared, the first 'Taoist' who could be rated as a hero was born in the Religious Association of the Celestial Empire." "So, generally speaking, it is also generally recognized that the time when Zero appeared is the turning point of this world." "After Zero appeared, the invasion of the Abyss and the appearance of Abyss items, the frequency of the appearance of warlocks and extraordinary life forms beyond mortals increased. At that time, various organizations also formed a new extraordinary class based on the original organizations."
"About 30-25 years ago, the frequency of the Abyss's eruptions was so high that the Five Great Alliances were unable to control the situation at one point." "And 25-20 years ago, the frequency of abyssal eruptions dropped to only five or six per year, and they were all very small-scale." "But this level began to gradually increase from 20 years ago to 10 years ago, and has been steadily increasing from 10 years ago to now." "According to Dr. Shinonozuke's conclusion without any data, about thirty years ago was the first large-scale outbreak of the Abyss, and therefore many extraordinary races and various powerful Abyss items appeared in this world." "Almost all of the secret organizations today completed their initial accumulation at that time." "Five years after the Abyss erupted, the eruption suddenly passed its peak and reached its lowest point. From the lowest point, it began to gradually rise until recently, when it began to gradually become active again." When Shim said this, he slid the panel with his hand, and a document popped up in front of Luo Shu: "According to Dr. Wilde's guess." "Except for the peak period of the abyss's initial eruption, our world actually passively welcomed a certain evolution during the invasion of the abyss." "And the result of this evolution is the increase in various types of extraordinary individuals and the enhancement of extraordinary powers." "In the beginning, 'ordinary-level' were rare, and 'excellent-level' were rarely seen. Now, each country has a large number of hero-level masters, who possess all kinds of terrifying abyssal items." "This change has only lasted for 20 to 30 years, but according to the conjecture proposed by Emperor Wilder, this change will gradually increase in the next few decades until it becomes as frequent as the first large-scale invasion of the abyss. It is as if our world is constantly growing and can accommodate the birth of stronger beings." "Is this the so-called 'world upgrade hypothesis'?" Luo Shu murmured to himself, feeling somewhat subtle in his heart. Because the so-called Zero, the silver-haired girl whose face she looked down upon, seemed to be very similar in appearance to the 'Takamiya Mio' he had met before. The same silver hair, the same tattered white robe, then suddenly appeared and suddenly disappeared Haha, how could she not disappear? She was crippled by the God Group System and tied up deep inside the system, acting as a hanged man... So, the reason why Takamiya Mio, also known as Zero, suddenly appeared and disappeared was because of me? Realizing this, Luo Shu felt a little unwell. If this is true, then the origin of the system...could it be related to the abyss? In the early days of the Abyss, during those most chaotic five years, he brought with him a special high-level Abyss item that descended from another world? Just when Luo Shu was daydreaming, Lacus, Shim and even Ju Kirika all noticed that Luo Shu was absent-minded. However, they did not expose him, but instead tacitly accepted Luo Shu's distraction. Only Shim curled his lips in dissatisfaction, and then explained in a low voice: "Based on the conjecture of Wilde's world upgrade." "Our world should have only been able to accommodate excellent-level beings at the beginning, but thirty years ago, it was suddenly upgraded to heroic level, and since then, many heroic-level characters have been born one after another." . ...... ....... "But at that time, there was no existence far superior to the hero level. It was not until five years ago that a hero who could strongly suppress other heroes appeared." After Shim finished speaking, he suddenly said in a deep voice:
"And recently, the world has probably reached a level that can accommodate demigods." Having said this, the three girls all looked at Luo Shu. Because the only demigod known and proven by SDS is only one person! ——'Nightmare' Tokisaki Kurumi! The three of them also knew very well that Tokisaki Kurumi was promoted because Luo Shu recruited her into his clan. In other words, it makes sense that Luo Shu created the first demigod. Being stared at by three people like that, no matter how dumb Luo Shu was, he guessed something. However, he himself didn't know the situation clearly, so he didn't know how to explain it, and Lux and the others didn't ask any more questions. After all, everyone knows the identity of a certain god, and they all suspect that the upgrading of this world may be related to Luo Shu, but no one has any evidence, nor is anyone clear about the specific circumstances. It would be the same as saying nothing, so it is better to pretend that it does not exist. At this time, Tachibana Kirika almost explicitly said: "We are certain that this world can accommodate demigods based on the appearance of Miss Tokisaki Kurumi, but others may not know that." Hearing this, Luo Shu said with a somewhat subtle expression: "So, Abe Haruaki's resurrection this time is most likely a test of 'whether this world can accommodate demigods'?" "Is it some existence that is testing whether the world is being elevated?" Thinking of this, Luo Shu's mouth twitched. He just wanted to be promoted to hero level, why did things become more and more troublesome? This doesn’t make sense!! It's impossible that the messenger of disaster also has the function of a disaster receiver? ! ! Several. Chapter 399: Make More Preparations After Luo Shu doubted and said, "Abe Haruaki is a test of whether the world can accommodate demigods," Tachibana Kirika pondered for a moment and said thoughtfully: "In theory, it is possible." "According to the information currently available, even in the earliest days of the Demigod-level supernormal life forms appearing in the Abyss, there are only a few disaster records." “When do they appear, when do they disappear, and where do they go when they disappear?” “These things are still unknown until now.” "And if, for some reason, our world, this planet, could not accommodate the existence of demigods back then, and these descended demigods disappeared, it is indeed possible that this is the result we have now." Hearing what Tachibana Kirika said, Shim was puzzled: "Although the demigod only appeared briefly, haven't we discovered many demigod-level abyss items?" "If that's the case, why can't demigod-level beings appear, and why can demigod-level abyss items be safe and sound? This doesn't make sense, right?" Hearing this, Ju Kirika also frowned and said hesitantly:
"What you said is indeed an unsolvable problem. Individual demigods cannot exist, but demigod objects can exist. This is indeed a bit strange, right?" At this time, Luo Shu said quietly: "Could it be that those disappeared demigods have become so-called demigod-level abyss props?" The words fell. Shim and Tachibana Kirika's expressions froze. The two looked at each other, both guessed a possibility in their hearts, and subconsciously held their breath. If this is true...then the powerful abyss items in the hands of the major organizations... No way... Just as the two were stunned, Lux suddenly said to Shim: "Put this guess in the investigation file." "knew..." Shim responded, then turned his head and looked at Luo Shu curiously, saying with a sly look: "By the way, have you ever seen a real example before making such a guess?" Hearing this, Luo Shu thought of Takamiya Mio who was locked in the depths of the secret management area, and the 'Lucky Wallet' and 'Devil's Heart' that could 'communicate' with him. He thought for a moment and said: "Just pretend that I have seen it before." "Oh." Upon hearing this, Shim stopped asking further questions. Luo Shu was unwilling to elaborate, and she did not force him. After all, it was not information that had to be investigated thoroughly. Of course, if it was information that she really had to get to the bottom of, she could just crawl into Luo Shu's bed at night and ask him slowly, either with her mouth or her vagina. Luo Shu would have to satisfy her, right? Seeing Shim's smart and cunning expression, the corner of Ju Wuxiang's mouth twitched. As an old colleague, she knew this girl's character very well, and looking at Shim's expression, she knew that she was probably thinking of something bad again. However, if the person who did the bad thing was Luo Shu, Tachibana Kirika wouldn't care. Anyway, these two people will sleep in the same bed sooner or later, so just let them do whatever they want now, just as a try for Lux in advance (laughs). At this moment, Lux pondered for a long time and asked seriously: "According to what Luo Shu said, can I assume that there is an unspeakable force in the current world that is suppressing the emergence of demigod-level strongmen, and as long as they appear, bad things will happen, such as turning into abyss props?" As for this unspeakable power, both Luo Shu and Ju Wuxiang actually thought of the God Group System. If the purpose of the God Group System is really to cultivate and develop the God Group and let Luo Shu become the new leader of the God Group. Then the act of restricting "dangerous life forms" might really be done by this god group system. Thinking of this, Ju Wuxiang began to murmur in her heart: "Suppressing the old monster from attacking, but not guarding against the same level of existence attacking. Is this an artificial 'Colosseum'?"
'There is a reason why Luo Shu is so cautious and always grows stronger slowly and in the safest possible way.' In an environment similar to the Dark Forest, where all kinds of powerful beings are likely to appear in the future, the best way for people like Luo Shu to grow is to hide their existence and develop slowly until they can effectively protect themselves before showing up. According to the strength of this restriction, the level that Luo Shu can release is...hero level? Or demigod? Just as Ju Wuxiang was thinking, Luo Shu suddenly said frankly: "Let me tell you this. I happened to know about a being above the demigod level who was suppressed by 'some force'."