Chapter 288

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

"All indices normal, channeling Shen Wu energy now."

"Shen Wu energy ready, calibrating power."

The Herta Kong Jian Zhan sits on the horizon of the Shen Wu Xian Zhou; right now every terminal is busy preparing the Black Tower Lady's audience system.

Station Master Asta stands before the central command console, her voice overriding the buzz of all instruments.

"The energy provided by Shen Wu must not be too great."

No sooner had the words fallen than a researcher's screen flashed red somewhere.

Boom— it exploded.

"Quick, receive it immediately! Check the wounded immediately!"

Without turning her head, Asta's fingers flew across the control panel.

She didn't care about this explosion; after all, it had exploded many times already.

The energy provided by Shen Wu is too overbearing.

Calling it "energy" is just sugarcoating; in truth it is the hidden weapon-source power of the Shen Wu Xian Zhou: the Hunt.

The Hunt Aeon has been hiding ever since Xuan Ge became the Divine Might General; later Xuan Ge ascended, and the Aeon simply retired completely.

After devouring Order, the Hunt's Path concept broadened, and it finally understood one thing.

The mortal world will ultimately be entrusted to human hands.

A single "The Shen Wu Corps has arrived" is more effective than its light arrows.

Not to mention the one standing here now is the dual-Aeon chosen of Abundance and the Hunt, Xuan Ge, one person representing two Paths.

After the Star Sky Martial Exhibition, the Shen Wu Corps grasped seventy-three percent of the star-zone coordinates in the whole cosmos, able to deploy troops to suppress rebellion or save from fire and water at any time.

All the energy being infused into the space station at this moment comes from the true Hunt light arrow inside the Shen Wu Xian Zhou's hull.

That light arrow which can make the entire Shen Wu Xian Zhou jump instantly like a superluminal ship.

Inside the Hei Ta Laboratory, Hei Ta has made all preparations.

Asking is far more important than answering.

What is divinity?

No answer needed.

"How much longer?" She looks at Ruan Mei beside her.

Ruan Mei ignores the faint muffled explosions coming from outside the laboratory walls.

"Still a bit short. Just wait until the Hunt power docks."

"Analysis: Hei Ta, your previous audience with the Erudition Sovereign was gentle, whereas this time it is clearly in the Shen Wu style."

Screwllum withdraws its gaze from the data stream and looks at Hei Ta.

"Query: Would this not be somewhat inappropriate?"

"What's wrong with that?" Hei Ta raises a hand and flicks her chestnut long hair, chin lifted.

"I am the Wise Consort, after all."

Screwllum hesitates a moment, then nods.

Hei Ta is right—with this identity, she could even take a stroll under Destruction Nanuk's nose and nothing would happen.

The Xuan Emperor's consort is not titled by mortal decree; she truly bears the Xuan Emperor's power.

Who in the whole cosmos doesn't know the Xuan Emperor is the dual-Aeon chosen of Abundance and the Hunt?

Screwllum falls silent for a moment, an ill-timed thought turning in its mind.

Intellitron— should it also push someone out?

But it isn't sure....

The women around Xuan Ge are all carbon-based life....

Can an Intellitron work?

Maybe it can.

After all, the Xuan Emperor is the Abundance Aeon's chosen; transmuting life forms, reshaping bodies— such things may not be beyond him.

If that were truly the case...

"Energy docked. Hei Ta, get ready."

Ruan Mei watches the data needle finally jump to the preset threshold and speaks, cutting off Screwllum's ever-drifting train of thought.

"Good." Hei Ta takes a deep breath.

This is also the first time she has gone to find the Erudition Sovereign so violently.

If it were before, her audience method was equivalent to lightly patting the Erudition Sovereign on the shoulder from behind and saying "Hello there."

But today, what she must do is press a gun to the Erudition Sovereign's head and say "Hand over the money."

"Screwllum, we should go."

Ruan Mei looks at Screwllum, lost in who-knows-what thoughts.

"Right." Screwllum nods.

The two walk out of the laboratory.

In the corridor, staff are evacuating in order; the debris and wounded left by the explosion just now are also being transferred away together.

Only the thin hum of instruments powering down remained in the entire corridor.

"Indeed, this is merely a tiny ripple no one will know about."

Hei Ta strode toward that cluster of energy core emitting blue-gold light.

Casually, she pressed the final confirmation key for energy transmission on the control panel Ruan Mei had left behind.

"For a genius, the importance of asking questions even surpasses that of solving them."

She stood directly before the blue-gold light source; the radiance reflected on her face, dyeing her chestnut long hair into flowing platinum.

"So-called magic also has its principles. There exists no unsolvable problem in the world."

Hei Ta stepped into the light source.

The blue-gold light shuttle swallowed her whole, as if she were struck backward by a bolt of lightning into the deep universe.

She raised her head and saw that machine head surpassing all celestial bodies.

"Then—" Hei Ta gripped her staff, steadied her breath, "Omniscient existence, I ask you—"

The Erudition Aeon watched a Hunt light arrow graze past his head, the trailing radiance at its tail dragging a long-lasting arc across the distant void.

His red eyes flared violently, locking straight onto the newcomer.

"What is divinity?"

The Erudition Aeon's red eyes flickered rapidly twice.

He was confirming—whether this was his own emissary, Hei Ta.

Hei Ta sat on her staff, hands folded supporting the shaft, expression still the standard genius-style confidence.

But she was a little panicked.

Because she also saw that trailing radiance at the light arrow's tail still shining in the distance.

This couldn't be something she shot herself, right?

Would this time be playing too big?

The Erudition Aeon paused for a full two seconds. He had nearly crashed just now.

Then, he shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Xuan Ge!!!"

Hei Ta: "..."

Fine. Seeing the Erudition Aeon this worked up, she confirmed it.

That light arrow was indeed brought by her.

The moment the Erudition Aeon finished that shout, he immediately sealed off the entire space.

In that same instant, Hei Ta felt her connection with the Herta Kong Jian Zhan severed, no signal, all coordinates gone.

She subconsciously gripped her staff tighter.

Not understanding why the Erudition Aeon would do this.

The Erudition Aeon's red eyes gazed down at her from above.

This was his emissary, and also that person who had been secretly poking around the knowledge circle.

"The universe is blurred, chaos remains. Truth lies not in knowledge."

Hei Ta frowned slightly, not rushing to answer.

She had conversed with Kafka.

Kafka had once told her she might become the Third Emperor, opening the Blood Path.

But this hidden danger had already ceased to exist ever since the Void within Xuan Huang's body was completely resolved by Huang Quan.

But this sentence from the Erudition Aeon.....

She couldn't figure it out for a moment.

The Erudition Aeon spoke again.

"The Godchosen is empty."

"... Ah?" Hei Ta raised her head, blinked.

The Godchosen is empty?

Erudition's Godchosen, is empty?

The term Godchosen is still very new, created by Xuan Ge.

Below the emissary all are ants, merely Path walkers, ordinary people walking on Path concepts.

The emissary is one who has walked farther and been personally acknowledged by the Aeon.

And the Godchosen, stands above the emissary, is a person personally selected by the god.

One who drives a sports car speeding all the way on the Path, one who can influence the Aeon's will.

Once chosen, if the situation trends favorably, the Path will rise all the way, and even because of the Godchosen's humanity, broaden the Aeon's own Path concept in turn.

But everything has exceptions.

If Xuan Ge goes mad, the Hunt Aeon Lan would also be polluted by Xuan Ge's madness together.

This is the weight of the Godchosen.

"Xuan Yao isn't?" Hei Ta blurted out.

The Erudition Aeon's red eyes dimmed for an instant, then lit up again.

"Could have been."

Hei Ta opened her mouth, momentarily speechless.

In the Erudition Aeon's tone, she heard a trace of anger.

This is probably the result of the Hunt's forced interference.

So Xuan Yao ultimately remained merely a Double-Order Envoy's Identity, unable to become Erudition's true Chosen.

But the Destruction Prince Xuan Xing was different — he was a pure, pure second-generation Destruction Embodiment.

Xuan Ge's bloodline plus Xing Xiao's Path both grew from bone and blood.

Thinking to this layer, Hei Ta's mind started to get a bit chaotic.

What exactly does the Erudition Venerable mean?

Could it be.....

The Erudition Venerable's red eyes flickered once more.

"Strive a bit."

As the words fell, the Erudition Venerable directly sent Hei Ta away.