Chapter 80: God of the Heartnet

Very few people know that the banquet venue is called Creation Star City.

This place was rebuilt from several wrecked giant spacecraft hulks, its outer defenses almost fully restored; according to top scientists' research, even if a Beast Emperor attacked, it could hold out for a long time.

No one could have imagined that such an impregnable defense would be easily breached without anyone noticing, and the entire Creation Star City was violently devoured clean.

By the time Luofeng and Hanmudesan arrived at Fuoluoji Dishi, they could only catch a distant glimpse of the devouring beast's departing silhouette.

Strangely, the central city's Creation Star City district had become a wasteland, while the ordinary areas outside Creation Star City, though also affected, seemed not to have aroused the appetite of the space beast again.

Hanmudesan and Luofeng both had memories from the illusion realm, were not unfamiliar with the devouring beast, and the devouring beast indeed seemed to have the habit of resting after a big meal.

Hanmudesan said gloomily: "The vast majority of the Defection Faction's leadership and their families live in Creation Star City."

The implication is that the World Tree has decided to master the means of controlling the devouring beast.

However, Babata, who had long been dissatisfied with the World Tree, suddenly stood up to explain:

"The Golden Horn Beast is a space beast that specializes in eating metal; with such high metal content here, it's not unreasonable for it to come seeking the taste."

Luofeng and Hanmudesan both remained silent; indeed it was an explanation, but it could also be seen as a form of control.

"Luofeng, judging from the recent situation, that Golden Horn Beast probably hasn't broken through to Star Level yet; it likely was just born not long ago."

"But even so, trying to seize this body for you is still not easy; if you want to increase the odds…… the most suitable secret art to use now……"

Babata was scheming over there, Luofeng was about to give chase, but just as he took a step, Hanmudesan stopped him.

"Wait, just the two of us chasing after it doesn't guarantee a chance of victory."

Luofeng's urgency is not without reason; he already knew from the illusion realm data about space beasts that a juvenile space beast's strength increases very quickly in the period after birth (for Earthlings), and it might cross into Star Level at any moment—each extra second waited adds danger.

The reason he rushes to act is also because Luofeng knows that, since this task was entrusted to him by Chén Chén, it means he has no further support……

No.

Should say, no support from the World Tree?

Luofeng suddenly thought of something, looked at Hanmudesan, and waited for him to continue speaking.

"I've already contacted Yisite and Atejing, plus two capable subordinates; they'll be here shortly."

Luofeng: ……

The "Liu Mang" secret skill, a secret art that erupts soul power in a short time by burning the souls of sacrificial victims.

Moreover, this secret art is known not only to Luofeng and Babata, but also to Hanmudesan, because he has died once because of it.

At this moment, Babata's voice timely reminded:

"Luofeng, this is not a test."

"This is a gift."

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Although such an earth-shattering event occurred in America, people elsewhere are paying attention to an even more important matter.

With artillery fire erupting simultaneously worldwide, the counteroffensive war formally began; the shallow sea region was completely cleared in just one day, and while overall morale surged, it also meant the second stage of the war officially commenced.

Relying on the shallow sea continental shelf to establish a "bridge" into the deep sea, which also serves as a wall blocking monsters from re-entering the shallow sea area, the action named 【Great Wall Plan】 is officially launched.

【Great Wall Plan】 mainly consists of two parts; the first is the already ongoing mid-section war, which, as the name suggests, is the friction between monsters in the deep and shallow seas.

Monsters are not mere beasts; they once organized a war that swept the whole world, and although they retreated due to the deaths of many Beast Emperors, their organizational strength should not be underestimated.

Sea beasts cannot possibly remain indifferent to human activity in the shallow sea zone, and the boundary between the shallow and deep sea zones will become a battlefield where humans and monsters are ground up.

If monsters let humans occupy the shallow sea and expand step by step, that would naturally be best for them; but if they become slightly smarter and launch an offensive against the shallow sea, the advantage of using the ocean as a barrier would be infinitely reduced.

This is an unavoidable overt plot for the monsters.

Perhaps the monsters have not yet reacted; for now, the fighting in the mid-zone has not fully erupted, mainly relying on martial practitioners carrying specialized deep-sea combat gear to enter the mid-zone to hunt monsters, which seems to have returned to the situation of one or two years ago when they went to the wilderness area to hunt.

However, this time only those with strength at the War God level or above are allowed to enter the mid-zone; martial practitioners of lesser strength can only remain in the shallow sea to clean up the leftover small fry.

And the second part of the 【Great Wall Plan】 is not known to be limited to the battlefront.

【Great Wall Plan】 is called that because it naturally aims to build the mid-sea strategic "wall" between deep and shallow seas.

The construction plan for the mid-sea strategic wall needs to follow the shallow sea continental shelf encircling the entire ocean, turning the ocean into a fishpond.

Such a massive project, if placed in the past, even if a national government said it would sound like a joke, but now that the World Tree has said it, it seems truly possible.

And what no one expected even more was that, in Heartnet's public announcement to all, a simple sentence ignited the entire Heartnet world.

"We will jointly create a new era and become the heroes of this new era."

The wave of national war surged.

In the Heartnet world, a call went out for all humanity to join this war together, to contribute their own share toward opening humanity's new era.

And the way to contribute is naturally not by having everyone enlist at the front, but by supporting the ongoing 【Great Wall Plan】 at the front via Heartnet.

Heartnet, a virtual network constructed with each human, Nature Spirit, and all friendly creatures as nodes, although most people still cannot understand its principle, this groundbreaking basis has gradually been accepted by everyone as it spreads through Heartnet.

Just as ordinary people cannot understand cell phones or see signals, yet they can accept the existence of telephones and computers, the same principle applies.

In the Heartnet world, everyone can transform their own effort into "computing power"; this computing power projected into reality can control machines to work.

Based on this principle, the controlled 【Heartnet Intelligence】 will become the executor of building the "Great Wall" in the 【Great Wall Plan】, directing the Heartnet-controlled robots to undertake construction in the shallow sea region.

Of course, these construction machines have not yet been manufactured, and the production line for making them can naturally rely on Heartnet Intelligence to assemble a line from existing machines, slowly producing them.

Once the national war announcement was issued, countless people rushed into Heartnet during their limited work hours, just as the announcement's slogan urged, to contribute their own share to the opening of the new era.

An Earth-exclusive intelligent system driven by Heartnet Intelligence was thus also established.

The statement that biological entities serve as Heartnet nodes is no joke, and the claim that biological nodes can be converted into "computing power" is not fictitious; these are all true facts.

However, as the creator and main entity of Heartnet, Chén Chén naturally could not tell humanity that using human "computing power" requires no consent; whenever Chén Chén needs it, he can simply draw upon it.

Of course, Heartnet's daily operation also does not require everyone to exert maximum power; even if this execution of the 【Great Wall Plan】 truly involved mass participation, a large amount of "computing power" would be wasted as useless loss.

The reasons for launching the mass participation plan are many: to ingrain Heartnet's concept and meaning into people's hearts, to share the glory of inaugurating the new era with more people, and to test and develop Heartnet as an intelligent tool, etc.

Chén Chén's spiritual connection with all intelligent life on Earth, using Heartnet as a medium, will become one of the most powerful weapons of Chén Chén and Earth's life.

Of course, the operation of Heartnet is also something that gives Chén Chén a great headache.

Chén Chén could indeed control the Heartnet himself, but the Heartnet will inevitably run the tedious and massive data, making Chén Chén very worried; being washed by the "computing power" of countless beings, will it affect Chén Chén's nature?

The power of all beings is a very dangerous thing, just like the inspired Mending Heaven established by the newly built Heartnet; it is also a truth that, in getting along with the Monster Clan, one will gradually acquire feelings for the Monster Clan.

Once Chén Chén cannot repel this influence, he is very likely to become a 'faith god' under the influence of the power of all beings.

To prevent this from happening, Chén Chén used his own life to create and nurture a third biological child through his innate talent, similar to an intelligent life, a deity of the Xin Wang Shi Jie: Xubi.

In the Xin Wang Shi Jie, Xubi already had its own consciousness, had a concept of this world, knew its own name, and sensed the existence of Chén Chén, its creator.

Through the Heartnet, in just an instant it received all comprehensible information on Earth, received all human 'computing power', and began to let the Heartnet operate in a regular and orderly manner.

After becoming familiar with everything around her, she slowly tried to express:

"Xubi?"

"Father?"

"Hmm."

Chén Chén replied with a smile.

———

On Luofeng's side, after waiting for the reinforcements summoned by Hanmodesen, everyone together chased into the cave left by the Gold-Horned Beast without any concealment.

As Luofeng expected, Yīsītè and Ātèjīn also fell under the same illusion, seeing the same illusory world.

If it weren't for Ātèjīn, Luofeng would even somewhat suspect that this might be a world conjured from the soul fantasies of himself and others after he used the Six Mang and before his death, burning their souls.

After all, the point in this world he returned to was precisely the moment when he killed the Gold-Horned Beast and then himself died.

Ātèjīn was not among the six-person team in the illusion, and Luofeng clearly remembered that after he sent out news about the Six Mang, the people who responded did not include this person.

Although Ātèjīn also said he had been caught in the illusion after arriving, his understanding of the Gold-Horned Beast shows that the illusion he experienced was somewhat different from that of the three.

This actually lets Luofeng, Hanmodesen, and Yīsītè feel a bit more at ease, as this at least indicates that the possibility of this world being real has greatly increased.

Ātèjīn did not mention his name in the illusion, which made Luofeng's impression of him not improve like that of Hanmodesen and Yīsītè.

In outside rumors, whether in other countries or in the EU nation where Ātèjīn is located, Ātèjīn is not considered a person of good reputation.

If Hanmodesen and Yīsītè were renowned heroes in the old era, then Ātèjīn at most is just a strong individual; although not like those beasts in the Groundnet, it is also difficult for him to bear the title of hero.

Ātèjīn's coming this time seems to be with a death wish, as if he had already prepared himself to become a sacrifice for the Six Mang in this world, which greatly surprised Hanmodesen and Yīsītè, these two old-timers.

Luofeng's mental power can probe several hundred kilometers, and with Babata's assistance, he can clearly discern the order in which the underground tunnels were formed within a certain time, thereby confirming the escape route of the Gold-Horned Beast.

However, while Luofeng and the others were tracking the Gold-Horned Beast's movements, Babata, who was responsible for assistance, received the first external signal source in several months.

Moreover, this signal source is not a simple information transmission, but a visit request.

Without Babata actively connecting to the outside, an active visit request was made to Babata—just like pressing a doorbell and intercom; only Babata's peers, intelligent life forms, could do this.

After informing Luofeng, Babata's intelligent consciousness allowed the visit of this unfamiliar signal.

In the signal space unique to intelligent life, this place is like Babata's sea of consciousness. The one who kicked the door in was a rude fellow.

However, after this fellow entered, his attitude did not seem to be looking for trouble.

"Hello."

Babata had no mind to make small talk with this stranger, for he was currently busy with a matter concerning the future upper limit of the Moyinxing inheritors, the first important thing in Babata's instructions.

"What kind of intelligent being are you?" Babata asked directly.

"Xubi."

This mysterious intelligent life replied.

"Xubi, that's my name."

Upon hearing that name, Babata immediately understood.

Babata had deliberately remembered this name; the fellow named Chén Chén had said that the Gold-Horned Beast was sent as a return gift for 'Xubi'.

In other words, the fellow who needs all of one's knowledge is precisely this intelligent life before us.

Babata got straight to the point and said:

"How are you going to take your gift? Let me first explain that reading me is impossible, because my existence contains the secret of Moyinxing, and this part was not within the scope of what was originally agreed upon."

"Hmm." Xubi's expression was very concise.

"You just need to upload your existence to the Heartnet; before uploading, just protect the things you cannot give me."

"But I before..."

Babata suddenly recalled that Dongjun had previously said that the Heartnet does not allow him to enter because he is too dangerous to the Heartnet, and this fellow...

"I see, you are the central intelligence of the Heartnet?"

"Yes," Xubi answered truthfully.

"Then can I log into the Heartnet from now on?"

"Yes."