Chapter 304: Final Fantasy: Kidnapping the Planet's Soul Plan

Can the planet's will of Final Fantasy VII be considered a planet's soul? After all, this planet's will can protect itself.

It is equivalent to a Gaia consciousness, and can even mobilize the river of souls on this planet, gathering all departed lives to further strengthen itself.

After billions of years of evolution, this planet should have given birth to its own soul, making it a true planet's soul.

Luode had an idea: if an entire planet were pulled into the Warcraft universe, could it become a new Titan there?

This method is totally feasible! Compared to having a body that can move on its own, possessing godlike power, or staying on a planet unable to leave or move, any living being would know which to choose.

Moreover, the planet's will in the Final Fantasy VII world is quite selfish; in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, it even teamed up with Sephiroth.

Let Aerith follow her original fate, return to the planet's soul's origin river, to help itself resist the impending meteor strike.

Speaking of which, is the place I came from the world of the original Final Fantasy VII, or the Rebirth version?

In the Rebirth version world, Aerith knows future events, and many new elements appear as well.

"Sir, I apologize on behalf of my friend, but could you tell us how you know our identities?" Aerith clasped her hands in front of her chest, made an apologetic gesture toward Luode, and said with a smile.

In my memory, they shouldn't have encountered this kind of existence!

Could it be in this newly converged world? What new changes have arisen? Who exactly is this mysterious person? Is it Sephiroth, or what does the planet's will intend to do? What am I, then?

I must say, the girl's smile is very healing! Aerith's smile is truly full of healing power.

No wonder she's the top-ranked female protagonist across all Final Fantasy works! This pitiful appearance truly evokes pity.

(Xiaorizi has a Final Fantasy ranking: female lead, Tifa second, Aerith first.) "It's fine, just explain it clearly. As for why I know your names, I'll keep that secret for now." Luode chuckled and said.

What's good in the Final Fantasy VII world? Riding chocobos? That thing exists in Quel'Thalas! Collect some materia; it's not as good as Azeroth's magical weapons! Train some SOLDIERs! That's completely unnecessary—super soldiers and such, I already have plenty of ways to train them here.

Whether it's chakra power, the six great forces of the Warcraft universe, various special professionals, or Haki from the pirate world, all can cultivate strong warriors.

Moreover, SOLDIERs consume mako, the planet's life energy; in Azeroth that energy is called azerite, and I won't develop such things—Azeroth is my stronghold.

I also don't need mako extraction technology; Luode has a Divine Tree, which can only extract from planets with life consciousness, while the Divine Tree can cleanse planets lacking planetary consciousness.

Furthermore, the success rate of training SOLDIERs is appalling; Shinra Company's technology, to Luode, is utterly useless.

The only valuable thing in this world seems to be the planet's soul; if we bring it into the Azeroth world, it could become a powerful ally.

Stealing a planet from the Final Fantasy world sounds fun; I stole the whole planet—doesn't everything on it belong to me then?

However, Jenova, this biological virus, must be cleaned up. It has benefits, but the harms are greater; for me, the harms outweigh the benefits.

Jenova is an extraterrestrial organism; it is a "disaster from the heavens."

This is a highly evolved perfect parasitic lifeform; they travel through space via meteors, and once they land on a life-bearing planet,

they revive and, by parasitizing the local inhabitants, develop themselves until they drain all extractable energy and life from the planet.

Only then do they leave satisfied, heading to the next planet.

Jenova does not originally belong to the planet of Final Fantasy VII; rather, it is an intelligent lifeform dwelling in the universe.

About 2000 years ago, Jenova crashed in Nibelheim (near the present-day Snow Village), bringing a terrible disaster to the planet; the ancient Cetra that still existed then feared it and called it a "disaster from the heavens."

This is essentially the same as the Old Gods and the Otsutsuki clan—they all consume planetary energy.

Therefore, Jenova must be cleaned up; only after eliminating this biological virus can I bring this planet into the Azeroth universe.

For now, the first thing I need to do is make contact with this planet's will.

While Luode was thinking, Tifa and Aerith had already helped Cloud and Barrett into chairs, and Aerith began casting healing magic to treat their injuries.

Those two had just taken two blows from Luode; their injuries were severe, with several ribs broken and even internal bleeding.

If it weren't for Aerith, this super nurse, those two would have been on the brink of death.

"Aerith! This guy's power is terrifying; we never felt this desperate even when facing Sephiroth." Tifa spoke.

"I don't know either; this guy is very strange, but we must be careful!" Aerith said with a somewhat heavy expression.

"You're Aerith, right? Let Tifa take care of those two; come over, I have something to ask you." Luode beside them waved, gesturing for Aerith to come over.

"Okay! Tifa, you deal with those two idiots."

"Sure! Leave it to me; I'll take care of them, you be careful, Aerith."

"Being careful is useless; if he wants to harm us, we can't resist. I'll go see what he intends to do." Aerith waved at Tifa and walked toward Luode.

"Sir, what do you want from me? The misunderstanding is cleared; we don't want to pry further into your secret—can we just leave?"

"You're one of the Ancients, right? Can you communicate with this planet?" Luode asked bluntly.

The Final Fantasy world also has a very peculiar race, the Ancients Cetra, a remarkably powerful ancient special tribe that can communicate with the planet.

Upon hearing this, Aerith's face visibly darkened: "How could that be? Sir, I don't know what you're talking about; I'm just an ordinary girl."

"You're not an ordinary girl; you're a very special little lass, even linked to the fate of the whole world."

"Don't rush to refuse me; this is good for your planet and good for your clan."

"I can help the planet's consciousness destroy its enemy, Jenova."

"And give it a new evolutionary path, bringing it to meet its kin, other planetary consciousnesses." Luode said.

"Come on! Planet's soul, my bait is already cast—hurry and bite!" "??? You actually know about Jenova? Can you really help the planet's consciousness fight Jenova?" Aerith exclaimed in surprise.

Sometimes her mission weighs on her so heavily she can't breathe; although she remains optimistic and cheerful, the burden she carries surpasses ordinary imagination.

The mission of the Ancients! Guard the planet! Defy Jenova's heavenly decree! None of these are things a girl her age should bear.

"You must first help me communicate with the planet's consciousness, relay this message to it, and guide me and the planet's consciousness to hold a meeting." Luode said.

"Really sorry! Sir, I am indeed an Ancient, but I'm only a half-blood."

"I cannot autonomously communicate with the planet's consciousness; I can only vaguely sense some of its thoughts, completely passive." Aerith sighed helplessly and said.

"Her talent is still awakening; to truly communicate with the planet's consciousness, she still needs some time."

"Although she is the last surviving Ancient, she is merely a half-blood, and the Ancients' talent is also slowly awakening."

"How do you awaken your ability?" Luode asked.

"I don't know about that! However, sir."

"We've talked this long, and you still haven't told me your name! I can't keep calling you 'sir' forever." Aerith narrowed her eyes, smiled, and asked.

My name is Luode, my identity is that of a wild demigod; in another world, I have a very close relationship with the planet's consciousness.

And with an already awakened planet spirit, the mighty Titan is also a cooperative partner. Luode said.

Since we need to figure out how to lure the planet's consciousness and the entire planet to my world, Luode also didn't intend to hide anything.

Ah! Ah! If that's the case, Mr. Luode, you, you are not a person of this world, you come from another world, and you are also an ancient race, right? What does 'wild demigod' mean? And what does the awakening of the planet spirit mean? Ailis's face was full of question marks.

This wild demigod can also communicate with the planet's consciousness; could it be the Saitela race from another world?

The person before me, could they be of the same kin? Another world's kin.

Also, can the planet's consciousness awaken? What does this awakening refer to?

You can understand it this way: I possess immensely powerful strength, I command the life force, I have eternal lifespan, and even after I am killed, I can be revived with the help of the planet's will. Luode explained to Ailis what a wild demigod is.

How amazing! This is almost like a god! Ailis exclaimed with a look of astonishment.

This is also almost like the gods in legend! For this, Luode did not deny it, because his combat power is indeed not much inferior to that of a true god, only his life level is slightly lacking.

However, this gap will soon be filled, because Aizelas will grant me Asgard's divine power, and over there Sagelas also has the power of order!

After the planet's spirit awakens, it can possess mighty divine power; such life forms are called Titans, they possess unimaginable power.

They can easily destroy worlds, create worlds, create life, reshape planets; they are the architects of order in the universe.

Luode roughly gave Ailis a popular science overview of some of the Titans' abilities, which are sufficient to reshape an entire planet, alter cosmic laws, and create life.

Mr. Luode, if the planet's spirit awakens, does it truly, truly possess such terrifyingly immense power? Can it arbitrarily reshape the planet, even create life? Ailis seemed extremely shocked.

That's right, I know a Titan named Sagelas; if you don't believe me, after a while I can take you to meet him. Luode said.

How amazing! Mr. Luode, please be sure to let me see such a powerful being.

By the way, Mr. Luode, I have an important question I want to ask you: can such Titans prevent a meteor from falling? Ailis said.

If that's possible, then can I break my original fate? My originally destined death fate?

Although the planet's consciousness had once told her that there was no need to fear death, she merely returned to her mother's embrace and would continue to exist forever in another way.

But as long as one is a life, who wouldn't fear death? 'Of course, not to mention Titans, even I can easily block a meteor from falling, and I can even summon several meteors.' Luode said.

I myself possess the Samsara Eye; Yuzhibo Ban's Eternal Mangekyo can summon two giant meteors, let alone me.

Mr. Luode, if what you say is true, then I, I can try to help you communicate with the planet's consciousness.

But, but my current abilities are still limited; you may have to wait a while, but I will strive. Ailis's eyes were full of brilliance, she said excitedly.

I have finally! Finally! Found someone who can break fate, someone who can break my inevitably death fate.

I must firmly seize the opportunity, seize my own destiny! 'No problem, I still have this time; for this period, I'll first travel with you all!' Luode said with a smile.

According to the plot, Ailis will soon be able to awaken her ancient race's abilities and make contact with the planet's consciousness. (End of chapter)