Chapter 408: The World Boils Over, Great Earthquake in the Ancient Babylonian Myth Realm

The previously quiet conference room grew even quieter, the dust in the air seeming to stop moving.

The entire conference room fell silent.

The next second, Director Takahashi and the others gasped heavily, exclamations bursting out one after another.

The Ashiya family changed their surname to Kamikawa because the descendants of Ashiya Douman migrated to the area near the Seto Inland Sea, and the terrain of that place belongs to a strait-mountain-land region.

They changed their surname to Kamikawa based on the terrain.

And the origins of the Chuan surname in Hua Nation also involve terrain, as well as the San-Chuan clan of Chi You's remnant forces.

Director Takahashi and the others looked at Yoshimura Murakichi.

They finally understood why Yoshimura Murakichi was so certain the Ashiya family were descendants of Chi You—there were simply too many pieces of evidence confirming the Ashiya family were descendants of Chi You.

With only scattered clues, everyone would still have doubts.

But with so much evidence, no matter what anyone said, they wouldn't believe the Ashiya family had nothing to do with Chi You's descendants.

"So... the Ashiya family didn't just randomly migrate to the Seto Inland Sea—it was purposeful, meant to remind themselves not to forget their identity as descendants of Chi You."

Professor Nakata pushed up his glasses with trembling hands.

He was trembling with excitement, thrilled to have learned the true origins of the Ashiya family, wondering whether other famous Japanese clans, celebrities, and yokai might also have migrations and unknown origins that are actually connected, coming from Hua Nation mythology or other mythologies.

If they weren't still in a meeting, Professor Nakata would want nothing more than to go back and look through the records and history.

With shock, everyone chatted enthusiastically.

Kamikawa Mitsu being a descendant of Chi You would absolutely be earth-shattering news worldwide; if it got out, it would surely cause an uproar and astonish all under heaven.

"No wonder Kamikawa Mitsu is so extraordinarily talented, reaching the Third Step among the Divine at such a young age—it's because he's of Chi You's bloodline; he probably fully inherited Chi You's bloodline."

Tian Wu sighed with emotion that he had actually eaten takoyaki with a descendant of Chi You, and even had a meal at his home.

Although the two don't keep in frequent contact now, they do occasionally reach out, chatting on Line, and sometimes even going out to eat together.

He had originally thought he had befriended an outstanding person from an ancient clan of Japanese mythology.

Now he realized he hadn't befriended an outstanding person from Japanese mythology at all—he had befriended a descendant of a great figure from Hua Nation mythology, one of the four great mythologies.

This friend also has the potential to achieve his ancestor's illustrious name in the future, or even surpass his ancestor's accomplishments.

"What do you think, should we spread the word about Kamikawa Mitsu's identity as a descendant of Chi You?"

Director Takahashi suddenly spoke frankly without waiting for anyone to ask:

"Kamikawa Mitsu didn't change his name back to the Ashiya family, which clearly shows his stance—proving the Ashiya family no longer intends to hide their connection to Chi You. Otherwise, out of fear of enemies, Kamikawa Mitsu should have changed back to the Ashiya name to avoid being linked to the Ashiya family.

Even we were able to find out that Kamikawa Mitsu is a descendant of Chi You, so I think those enemies would certainly figure it out too."

Chi You was a great figure of the primordial era—how could the enemies of such a great figure be ordinary? They must be extremely powerful forces or great figures.

With their methods, finding out the connection between Kamikawa Mitsu and Chi You wouldn't be too difficult—at least easier than the investigation by the Transcendent Response Department.

"The Ashiya family not intending to hide means they're no longer concealing the identity of Chi You's descendants, unafraid of exposure, wanting to step onto the great stage of all under heaven as descendants of Chi You.

In that case, why don't we give it a push, spread the word about Kamikawa Mitsu's identity, and build a good relationship with the Ashiya family—oh, no, with the Kamikawa family."

After discussion.

Everyone agreed with Director Takahashi's suggestion.

……

A short day passed.

Various countries, the internet, and major TV stations received the news of the Ashiya family's true origins.

The next moment.

The whole world boiled over.

Upon learning the news, everyone was shocked; some were so startled they screamed, and one used so much force his jaw dislocated. Different industries were surprised in different ways—for instance, authors were so startled they stopped updating, blacksmiths were so startled they broke their iron.

Hua Nation was even more of a sensation; on every street, in every alley, from one end of the street to the other, no one wasn't talking about Kamikawa Mitsu being a descendant of Chi You.

Who could have imagined that Kamikawa Mitsu was actually a descendant of Chi You.

Hua Nation's internet was the most heated, with posts on major forums and Tieba all about Kamikawa Mitsu and Chi You.

In less than half a day, the top three trending searches on Zhihu and Weibo were also all related to Kamikawa Mitsu and Chi You.

Online.

Tianzun Old Dog: "My heavens! Kamikawa Mitsu is actually of our Hua Nation bloodline, shocked. jpg"

An Lan: "Me too. Even though I hold up the Emperor City on my hand and carry the Heaven Abyss on my back, I, An Lan, remain invincible in the world, but upon hearing this news, the Emperor City in my hand fell off in fright."

Dong Huang: "Geez, that's so cool? I just woke up early in the morning and saw such explosive news."

Rascal Rabbit: "To the one above, it's already 1 PM now, not early. But honestly, I didn't expect Kamikawa Mitsu to be a descendant of Chi You. I hope he's safe and sound right now."

Kamikawa Mitsu led away the gods, demons, and immortals who invaded the Initial Realm, his life or death unknown. People of all countries have never given up scanning the cosmic starry sky, trying to find him.

The situation was not ideal.

So many days had passed, and there was still no news of Kamikawa Mitsu.

Heavenly Dao White: "Do you think Kamikawa Mitsu might have already... sigh, I heard earlier that satellites captured footage of the Ashiya family's gods and demons heading into the starry sky, and they later returned empty-handed."

Group Activity Initiator: "Before I knew Kamikawa Mitsu's true identity, I might have thought something happened to him. Now that I know he's a descendant of Chi You, I don't think the probability of something happening to him is too high."

Black Guys Carry Coffin On Call: "Yeah, no matter what, he's a descendant of Chi You, and the kind who inherited Chi You's bloodline. I don't believe the Ashiya family wouldn't give him some life-preserving measures. It's not very likely that mere immortals and demons could kill Kamikawa Mitsu."

Pipi Mouse Doesn't Die From Electric Shock: "Then why do you think Kamikawa Mitsu hasn't come back for so long?"

Jing Wei Fills the Sea: "Maybe after dealing with the immortals, demons, and gods, he happened to have some insight and broke through his realm on the spot. After all, he's of Chi You's bloodline—breaking through all the way to Immortality wouldn't be too hard."

……

Boom!

Two days after the gods, demons, and immortals entered the altar.

On this day.

A great earthquake struck the world of ancient Babylonian mythology.

The earth shook and mountains swayed, death qi surging skyward like waves and howls, as if billions of storms were churning, the wind roaring like a bellow, shaking heaven and earth.

Even the Earth itself quaked violently.

If not for the mysterious power shrouding the Ancient Babylonian Mythic Heaven and Earth, the overflowing shockwaves would not have been small, and if not for Ashinya Ushi and the others hastily intervening to stabilize the Earth.

It probably wouldn't take a single second before the Earth, in this violent shock and tremor, would have the entire azure planet deviate from its orbit.

The world's people were horrified, all turning their gaze toward the Ancient Babylonian Mythic Heaven and Earth.

With the altar as the center, an incomparable force surged from within the altar, piercing through the vault of heaven, shattering the nine skies, and the light barrier shrouding the Ancient Babylonian Mythic Heaven and Earth rippled intensely, like boiling water on the verge of evaporating.

The incomparable force transcended immortal and demon, transcended immortality!

Ashinya Ushi and the others' expressions turned solemn.

The situation was worse than imagined, utterly dire—the terror within the altar of the Ancient Babylonian Mythic Heaven and Earth had transcended immortality; it was at the very least a Supreme.

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