[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-443":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1563461,2028,"Chapter 443 - Pluto: Close, Yet Distant","divine-path-system-chapter-443",443,"\u003Cp>Pluto\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on how you felt about Pluto, one could guess the era you were from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancient humans before Blink only viewed Pluto with light curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The humans during 0-300 YAB, humans were confined to Earth and went through nuclear wars, Murloc crisis, fatal pandemic, and asteroid crisis. They had no time or resources to care about Pluto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the golden age of the 300s. Dungeons appeared in 300 YAB, not just on earth, but on every planet, including Pluto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a few years, humans were threatened by the magic beasts that broke out from dungeons and slaughtered the masses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, humans turned the situation around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They started using beast cores to manufacture powerful star treasures—a new generation of weapons that vastly outmatched everything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They discovered the treasures dungeons had to offer—special aura-rich fruits, herbs, liquids, and many more natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the third, but a most important factor was that they used the aura to train. Only the privileged got aura crystals. Only the geniuses got aura concentration formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until then, normal people—the majority had no other alternative. But now, they did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They entered dungeons in massive groups, cleared out areas, and started practicing under the rich aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they got stronger and went deeper into the dungeon. And the deeper one went into the dungeon, the higher the aura concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This created a positive feedback loop that enabled everyone to grow. But it also created a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the 8 billion earthlings at that time, there were only so many dungeons. The competition turned fierce and internal conflicts broke out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the solar system was still not colonized, all the major powers contended for resources, and that included the prime families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xanders, Nials, and Carons all fought each other, and the government for the dungeons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it only lasted until they found out that other planets also had dungeons. Since these planets were not hospitable, magic beasts couldn't break out except for a few locations where they used their strength to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could've scared the faint-hearted, but to the powerful people, this meant unlimited resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, they used the latest technology, including the ones taken from ruins, and entered the dungeons in large numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since those planets weren't habitable yet, they simply lived in the dungeons. With unlock of more dungeons, the slowing progress skyrocketed and humanity as a whole grew stronger at a tremendous rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few more years, humans have located and explored the ruins. They all found some special treasures that were limited but helped terraform the planets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, in the second phase, the planets were made hospitable and mass migration began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was new properties, new lands, and new resources. To help them manage the scarcely populated planet, people began to have a lot of kids while the migration from earth continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last to be terraformed and colonized was Pluto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanity wondered if there were dungeons beyond the solar system. They were also full of curiosity towards the existence of other intelligent species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, with the rising economy and military power, Pluto took the role of the furthest outpost of the human race in the new frontier of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of the golden age saw Pluto as a new frontier. The next generations increasingly viewed it as a home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the wars and losses that followed the abyssals' arrival, Pluto always remained an integral part of the human federation. In fact, these wars only increased humans' attachment towards Pluto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Living on Pluto meant being proud and happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Till six years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, every man, woman, and child on the planet was killed. A billion lives were erased in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Neptune Sovereign who was stationed on Pluto was also killed, though he injured his archenemy Thunder King gravely, causing the latter to recuperate for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if being blessed by heavens, Ares reached Sovereign state and saved Neptune from the same fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abyssals quickly launched a two-front war against Neptune from both Pluto and Thunder Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was once the furthest outpost of the human race turned into a new front of a prolonged and deadly conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, Pluto only elicited pain and rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even uttering its name touched the scar in the heart of every human. It even made some breakdown, particularly the ones that lost their loved ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's precisely why Red Pluto day was treated with such seriousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In everyone's mind, Pluto was a land of war and only war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why, when Boo said that the message was intercepted at Pluto, almost no one believed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even Blue Flash who was an expert in abyssal affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can it be Pluto?\" Blue Flash tapped her chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Varian took a moment to digest the truth and asked. \"Any more on information? Where exactly on Pluto?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boo smiled with unconcealable pride. \"Others might not be able to do it, but Boo did it—backtracking the interceptor. Here you go, master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a pop, Pluto's hologram appeared in front of them and a particular location was marked with an X.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Flash tapped her comm and accessed some seemingly confidential files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pluto planetoids deployment]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Abyss Patrol Records: Pluto]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Estimations of Pluto powerhouses]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she browsed through the files, her eyes flashed from time to time and a plan started to brew in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Enigma browsed through her comm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, Boo helped safeguard her comm or it would've been under constant monitoring of the government. There would've been a danger of tracking everyone contacting her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, no one else but a select few people knew it, yet her comm was flooded with messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only good thing was that none of the messengers used their original identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enigma suppressed the turmoil in her heart and checked the messages of the last survivors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Shadow Guardians on Earth was wiped out, there were members on other planets, though relatively, they were far fewer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And most of them were condemning her for trying to contact her species and invade the solar system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Enigma noticed that some powerhouses were using anonymous comms and expressed their support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them was Seth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'While I don't know the truth, I don't trust the military guys. Rather, I'm willing to believe in you, leader. Once I finish my advancement, I'll help however I can.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enigma shook her head at the irony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing that he was going to be on ghostship with Varian, she didn't trust him completely and had him take the neutralizer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was essentially saying. 'I don't trust you enough, so take this poison so that I can rest assured you'll not betray.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seth was understandably angry at first, but after seeing they saved the cluster cities, Uranus, and even the life of Sovereign Irene, he thought Enigma's actions were justified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he held no resentment against her and his respect for her increased greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the mission was done, Enigma fulfilled her end of the promise and gave him the 'miracle potion'. Since then, he was in the middle of advancing to level 9 in both paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two women got busy with their own works, Varian asked Boo a simple task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send a few million messages and try to locate all those interceptors.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Boo happily agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes, Varian saw the twenty-five targets. All of them were on Pluto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, he turned to Enigma and Blue Flash.. \"We're going to Pluto, and grab one of those things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1260,"2026-06-06T07:58:11.288Z",1,"novelbin.me","31cd0d6774572523ce113dfd8a3d82642aeccc96cf075b59c0881e65a65426ea","divine-path-system-chapter-97","divine-path-system-chapter-96",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]