Chapter 2719: Deep Consideration (New Year Extra Update)

Countless days and nights of calculation, countless times exhausting energy in deduction, finally today received perfect verification!

His hypothesis was correct, the Earth Mother would indeed return to her birthplace, to this deep pit left by the meteorite impact, before the final deadline!

Over the past three years, even though Dongmu Heng had great confidence in his theory, he ultimately lacked factual support.

For such a mysterious creature as the Earth Mother, existing records were already scarce, and the era was too ancient, so Dongmu Heng could not verify his conjecture.

The more the Heavenly Gods valued his hypothesis, the greater the pressure they exerted on him.

Until today, the dream came true!

He observed the Earth Mother carefully through his heavenly eye for a while, then tightly shut the doors and windows, and began to request an audience with Helu Tian.

Hearing of the Earth Mother's manifestation, Helu Tian's liaison naturally arrived with utmost speed, not the slightest bit of delay.

He saw the image of the lamp spirit's illusion, and his voice also carried a rare excitement:

"Come closer to look at the details, see what the Earth Mother is doing!"

Dongmu Heng issued the order, and the image immediately switched to the heavenly eye nearest the lakeside.

The Earth Mother plain was almost level with the ground of the Kunlong Moat, but near the lake it was raised, with a drop of about two zhang. Dongmu Heng speculated that it did not want lake water to flow back into the plain behind it, possibly because there were farmlands on the plain, and many humans and livestock lived there.

The water of the Kunlong Moat is highly harmful to outsiders.

Afterwards, it seemed as if some gate on the Earth Mother plain had opened, and torrents surged down the two-zhang drop, pouring from the plain into the lake, for a time filling the air with water mist.

"Is it draining water into the lake?"

Dongmu Heng answered: "This is likely the last bit of salt and alkali it brought out from the sea."

The Kunlong Moat lake was never pure fresh water; the surrounding land's salt and alkali also flow into the lake. Although the Earth Mother plain discharges salt here, it also discharges many high-nutrient substances, which are extremely beneficial to the Kunlong Moat's ecology.

"Why is it only now discharging the last bit of salt?" The Earth Mother, having crossed the ocean to arrive here, should also be utterly exhausted, and would not deliberately retain salt to discharge here.

"The most likely possibility is that it previously could not discharge it." Dongmu Heng pointed a finger at Panlongcheng, ordering the heavenly eye, "Look at the city wall, yes, the base of the wall!"

The outer wall base at the south gate of Panlongcheng is almost level with the ground of the Kunlong Moat, also located at the edge of the Earth Mother plain, making it the best observation point.

After several magnifications, the wall base became clear, and even the stains on the boulders and the color of the earth clods could be seen distinctly.

"Here!" At the wall base, several streaks of ochre red appeared.

Very fine, very faint, inconspicuous.

Yet Dongmu Heng still discovered it.

"When the Earth Mother first rose to the surface, it began absorbing the special nutrients of the Kunlong Moat, which gave it the strength to discharge the last bit of salt outward. This shows it is now very fatigued and needs proper rest and recovery."

"Can it rest in the Kunlong Moat for twenty days?"

"It should be longer." Dongmu Heng inferred, "Given its fatigue level, I estimate more than twenty-five days."

"Excellent, the longer it stays, the more leisurely we can be." Helu Tian was satisfied, "Since the Earth Mother has arrived as promised, let us promptly launch the follow-up plan."

The gods had long been impatiently waiting.

"Also, are you sure it won't directly escape underground?" The encirclement plan was about to begin, and even Helu Tian felt a bit uneasy, "No mundane means can create such a great prohibition against escape."

No matter what barrier or formation, ultimately there are area limits, impossible to expand infinitely. The Kunlong Moat and the Earth Mother itself occupy too vast an area, already exceeding the effective range of barriers and formations.

The Heavenly Palace has tried countless times in the Kunlong Moat, whether using point barriers or combined barriers, it cannot create a barrier to stop the Earth Mother from escaping underground, not even composite formations work.

That is to say, in the early stage of the plan, if the Earth Mother senses something wrong, it can escape underground and flee, letting the years of hard work by the Heavenly Palace and Dongmu Heng go to waste.

This is also the most difficult aspect of dealing with the Earth Mother.

"As long as we arrange things well, it won't happen." Dongmu Heng had long pondered deeply, having basically filtered every detail, "First, after the Earth Mother arrives at the Kunlong Moat, it is already very fatigued; as long as it does not sense a threat, it will not easily move. This is like a soldier who has marched seven days and seven nights, finally sitting down to rest. As long as you let him sit a little while, he will say he does not want to stand up, his whole body seeming to fall apart, the more he rests, the more tired he feels."

"Second, after the Earth Mother settles in the Kunlong Moat, it will likely be in a relaxed state, possibly even closing off to hibernate."

Helu Tian asked: "Are you sure?"

"This is my inference, but seven-nine is not far from ten." Dongmu Heng knew now was not the time for modesty, the more decisive and confident he was, the more the Heavenly Gods could relax, "The Kunlong Moat was formerly named Liaotian Plain. When the Earth Mother last returned to Liaotian Plain, it was still under the control of Shangguan Biao, and its own divine soul was in slumber. But several monsters in Yujing City have mentioned that at that time, the operation of the Earth Mother plain would occasionally malfunction, sometimes even talismans of passage could not open the door; some roads were inexplicably blocked by giant stones bursting from underground, becoming dead ends; most absurdly, once the water flow from an ocean secret realm emerged, flooding the neighboring secret realm, and only afterward did they know it was two secret realms devouring each other, while the Earth Mother's heart gave no warning to Shangguan Biao. Each time returning to Liaotian Plain, Yujing City would encounter some problems, even Shangguan Biao, who held the Earth Mother's heart, could not fix these flaws. Heavenly Venerable, what do you think?"

"Indeed, the Earth Mother's body is also in a state of closed cultivation. Before the great battle of overturning the sea, Miao Zhantian had collected detailed materials on the True Person Qianqian, which also included similar scenes: during Qianqian's closed cultivation, disciples of the Huan Sect living in the Overturned Sea would occasionally encounter some unreasonable events. Even a true immortal's body cannot avoid these problems."

"Yes, therefore Liaotian Plain is indeed our best choice for ambushing the Earth Mother. From past experience, we know the Earth Mother looks down on humanity. As long as we act properly, we can effectively paralyze it until we achieve our goal!"

"According to my knowledge, there are Cangyan people active on the Earth Mother plain, most of whom are clever individuals planted by the Nine Abysses. They may also go out."

"I have arranged everything, you just rest assured." Dongmu Heng said softly, "Even in the outside world, or even in Longxi Town, they cannot dig out the truth!"

Speaking to this point, he finally countered:

"Only one point: Heavenly Venerable, can you confirm that the Nine Abysses Great Emperor is indeed in Jucheng without error?"

The last time the Heavenly Gods cooperated with Shangguan Biao to scheme against Panlong Ancient City, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor outwardly claimed closed cultivation, but silently arrived at Panlong Wasteland, dealing both sides a heavy blow of surprise.

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