Chapter 893: The Times Have Changed Again?

God Demon Game is the manifestation of Source.

This is a speculation; this speculation is very close to the fact—let alone the Transcendents who have been researching the God Demon Game all along, even Tang Luo and his companions have discovered some clues.

For example, Gaiyin Site in a world obtained the manifestation of Source, thereby successfully escaping the God Demon Game.

Oh, the place that Gaiyin Site finds terrifying beyond words, which he fears, is called the Sinking Land in the words of the You Hun (Transcendents).

Yes, after the number of failed missions reaches the limit, God Demon Walkers are not truly dead.

Instead, they are thrown into the void space called the Sinking Land, where there is nothing, and God Demon Walkers are like rootless duckweed there, slowly sinking, going mad and dying until they cease to exist completely.

Why does the Sinking Land appear?

Transcendents uniformly call God Demon Walkers 'Trialists'; without a doubt, they believe the God Demon Game is a trial.

If a trial fails, it is natural to pay a price.

They believe the Sinking Land is a recycling plant, a process by which the God Demon Game recycles Source.

Transcendents believe that each Trialist (God Demon Walker), after being selected, becomes a carrier of Source, at least a 'Special One' possessing the aura of Source.

Source, as a special, mysterious and even more mysterious power, may exist in every world.

Only an extremely small portion will manifest into different things.

The God Demon Game entering various worlds to complete missions and return is actually a process of 'expansion'.

Expanding and perfecting the God Demon Game also expands one's own power.

You Hun said that in earlier times, the God Demon Game even lacked concrete rewards, and everything required the Trialists to do it themselves, to have enough food and clothing.

So far, Tang Luo has actually come into contact with not a little Source.

Putting aside other things, the Summoning Heart in Tang Luo's hand is Source, and the crystal ore that let Wenshu and Gouchen walk another path is also Source.

As expected, Qinglang's Heavenly Crystal Frost is also a manifestation of Source.

Manifestations of Source are not immutable; their appearance and disappearance leave no trace, and their abilities change endlessly without any pattern.

The few manifestations of Source known to Tang Luo have different abilities.

Even within the same kind of 'Holy Crystal', abilities differ, and they can even split into two opposing forces.

Besides these manifestations of Source, Tang Luo and his companions have actually also come into contact with the most primal Source.

Earth Store Bodhisattva, to be precise, is the demon-entering Earth Store; in the fusion of control, it is the non-manifested Source.

If it weren't for Tang Luo's sudden descent and intervention, before long the Earth Store would be able to fully master the Source.

Such mastery is different from that of God Demon Walkers and Transcendents who carry the aura of Source, and also different from using manifested Source objects.

For example, God Demon Walkers and Transcendents are like being able to board a train, use the things on it, and bring items in and out, because they have tickets and permits.

Manifested Source objects are equivalent to other means of transport, such as a car parked by the roadside, which fortunate ones can also find and use.

As for the Earth Store, what he has attempted is not mere use, but fusion and control.

Once successful, he can not only drive the car, but also drive, repair, modify it, and even build a car himself—not just a driver, but an engineer of that level.

No wonder he is acclaimed as the bodhisattva closest to the Buddha.

That is, after falling into demonhood and then meeting Tang Luo, his luck is truly not good.

Moreover, You Hun also said an important point: most God Demon Walkers come from Earth.

Before, it was most; now, it should be all God Demon Walkers.

That world is very special and very important.

After becoming a Transcendent, one can go to the Infinite World, but cannot return to Earth, and likewise cannot have direct contact with God Demon Walkers.

Only some Strong Ones can observe some changes on Earth through fate, legacy, etc., which counts as an indirect influence on God Demon Walkers.

Not all those with fate and legacy are harmful; some Transcendents simply leave behind a legacy, a power seed, rather than planting crops, awaiting future harvest.

Of course, the restriction has now been lifted, fully opened.

For God Demon Walkers, this is not necessarily a good thing.

The current gap between the two sides is still too large, and I don't know why this change occurred.

This kind of change has never occurred before.

Tang Luo also asked You Hun whether he had heard of the Tathagata, the Three Pure Ones, and such.

He said he had heard of them, but the Tathagata and Three Pure Ones here are not those of the Mountain and Sea Realm; they are beings with similar titles in some worlds.

Oh, the title Buddha that You Hun understands clearly refers to the Lord of Mount Sumeru.

However, whether that Buddha is the Tathagata, he does not know.

In the Infinite World, there exist many worlds closely related to Earth, seemingly but not actually.

Previously, God Demon Walkers speculated about the real world and illusory world; these have also been confirmed by You Hun.

Basically, You Hun is a good comrade.

He speaks of everything he knows, and says all that should be said.

Having received Tang Luo's five-star praise, although you are not a BOSS, you still faithfully performed the duties of a BOSS, responsible for explaining everything.

Most questions received pretty good answers; not necessarily all correct, estimated to have about an eighty percent accuracy rate.

Overall, the general direction is fine.

To express gratitude, Tang Luo straightforwardly liberated the You Hun avatar—after bidding farewell to Qinglang and Aoyu.

As for the true forms of those legislators, Tang Luo has no plan to immediately chase after them to liberate.

One, I don't know where the true forms of those legislators in the Scorching Council are hiding, and You Hun also doesn't know where others are; two, the Scorching Council, in the ensuing long years, can only barely survive, akin to vegetative states.

Q&A, farewell, crushing the Q&A machine—the You Hun avatar.

The task having been perfectly completed, Tang Luo and company soon returned to the real world.

All kinds of enlightening answers, however, did not stir up any great waves among Tang Luo and company.

Everyone was very calm.

Even if the ghost says that gods and demons walkers from beginning to end is a huge conspiracy, all gods and demons walkers and transcendents will eventually die.

What Tang Luo did was nothing more than calmly beginning to oppose the gods and demons game.

For example, the 'teleportation' when resisting the mission begins, and things like that.

Isn't everyone training to become stronger just so they can face various dangerous situations calmly and composedly?

Including the breaking of the Mountain Sea Realm, everyone remained very composed.

Ao Yu Lie was the same, because he simply didn't react at all.

A group of people who were calm and composed routinely took stock of their gains.

The most important of these was the Heavenly Crystal Frost that Qing Lang gave to Tang Luo.

At the farewell, Qing Lang decisively cut off her connection with the Heavenly Crystal Frost, indicating that she was giving it to Tang Luo.

In this situation, Tang Luo wasn't so pretentious as to insist on three refusals and three offerings, sticking to Chinese tradition to the end; he simply accepted it.

Tang Luo still quite liked the destructive power of the Heavenly Crystal Frost.

Although Tang Luo himself is already fierce, being a bit fiercer isn't a bad thing.

Next came the rewards from the gods and demons game.

Tang Luo remained in the Blood Sigils series, specifically the Substitute Death Sigil, meaning the Blood Sigils series might consist of only these six sigils.

After receiving the reward, the less-used Substitute Death Sigil rose from level two to level three.

Furthermore, with the time spent on this mission, Tang Luo had already practiced the originally level-two Swift Wind Sigil and Two-Sword Style up to level three, so now all six of his skills are at the stage three level.

Before long, he will be able to integrate and fully enter the 'skill-less' blank slate state.

Zhu Bajie obtained a piece of equipment, namely the 'genuine equipment' version of the Indestructible Armor skill he previously acquired.

The defensive effect is not bad; Zhu Bajie thought about it and felt it would be more suitable for Sha Wujing.

He directly gave it to Sha junior brother, letting him try to see if he could fuse the armor, extract its essence and discard its dross, or gain some insight into its properties.

Ao Yu Lie's reward was not a skill, but also a piece of equipment.

It is a very special piece of equipment, quite large, and is a vehicle.

It is not an ordinary car, but a batcar, not the elongated classic batcar from old comics, but more like the batcar from the final installment of the Arkham game trilogy.

But it can only be driven, with no other attack or related devices; for ordinary gods and demons walkers, it is a decent means of transportation in the mission world.

Ao Yu Lie imagined driving this vehicle and galloping about, which would undoubtedly be a very eye‑catching thing.

To Ao Yu Lie, it is just a big toy.

He likes it very much, has no intention of selling it, and wants to have his second senior brother modify the vehicle, for example enabling it to fly in the sky and installing a fire god cannon.

Being cold‑heartedly refused by Zhu Bajie, he then had no interest in helping Ao Yu Lie modify the toy.

Now there is a brand‑new task before him: to refine the Heavenly Crystal Frost, this embodiment of the source, into the Mysterious Transformation.

This is a completely new challenge!

That's right, it is completely new, unlike before in the mission world when those 'Life Artifacts' were fused into the Mysterious Transformation.

In that world, those subsequent Life Artifacts, even including the crystals that still exist, have over time and change actually ceased to be embodiments of the source.

They merely retained some characteristics that weaken cultivators.

If that were still the case, the war would certainly not continue slowly, strengthening itself through warfare.

Instead, it would rush to seize those embodiments of the source.

Now this Heavenly Crystal Frost is the true challenge.

"Wait!" Ao Yu Lie, after hearing Zhu Bajie's idea, widened his eyes and said, "Second senior brother, calm down, you're not just a tool for forging."

"Huh?" Zhu Bajie looked at Ao Yu Lie, wondering what he meant.

"Well..." Ao Yu Lie leaned in and whispered a few sentences: "Isn't this a love token? Next time we meet, if Qing Lang the Celestial Immortal asks, my master will say, oh, my second disciple has been refined into the Mysterious Transformation, look, the killing power is now strong, just a light thrust can kill an enemy, it's really useful."

"Think about it, in that scene the car flips over again!"

"..." Zhu Bajie fell into contemplation; after a while he said, "But I'm itching to do it, and moreover Master wants me to refine it in—how can I refuse?"

"Master used to not look so flirtatious, liking female bodhisattvas and female fairies, usually just female donors." Ao Yu Lie was somewhat confused.

"Probably after the car flipped over he didn't dare anymore." Zhu Bajie analyzed, "Wait, look, I could simply change the form of the Mysterious Transformation Sword into the Heavenly Crystal Frost—wouldn't that work?"

"Huh, that also works." Ao Yu Lie thought it over and felt this was a perfect solution.

At that moment, a loud booming sound came from outside.

When they had previously left, they were not on the Dragon King, but at Tang Luo's own home.

"What's going on?" Ao Yu Lie turned his head and stared blankly.

In his view, there was a person spewing fire from both hands, hovering high in the air, laughing loudly to the sky, then lowering his head and saying: "You old fogeys, why don't you understand? The times have changed!"

What's the situation?

How did the times change again? How do the times keep changing?