Chapter 334

Ever since Li Yu woke up from the "script" of the Lord of the Veil, his cognition had been corrected and reshaped.

After leaving Wanfu City, everything he saw felt novel and greatly broadened his horizons.

At this time, the scene of the Ancient Magic Boat seen through the window was also like this:

This was both an ancient and strange continent!

And a giant magic boat floating in the void.

Its main body was shockingly formed by the fusion of continental rock layers and the corpse of what was clearly a powerful evil god; one could even clearly hear a terrifying heartbeat resounding like thunder, as if the evil god that merged into the magic boat had not died.

Pioneer was also an Ancient God train, but its shell was pitifully small compared to the magic boat.

Plus the bronze giant trees fused with flesh and blood that could be seen everywhere, the purple crystal river flowing in the distance, the rust clouds floating in the sky, the strange wind mixed with gold sand, the stardust permeating all space... all kinds of magnificent and horrific scenes seemed to be proving the extraordinary nature of the Ancient Magic Boat.

Just looking at the external scene, the Ancient Magic Boat had a bit of a meaning of beating Wanfu City.

And this didn't even count the great object that truly attracted Li Yu's gaze and almost made him unable to resist opening the "Truth Bubble".

World Tree!

This was a giant tree that was completely integrated into the entire continent and was incomparably magnificent.

Its whole body was black-gold and filthy.

It seemed to be interwoven from rotting flesh and some kind of star marrow; the purple-red light radiated from the star marrow crystals was astonishingly bright, completely replacing the functions of the sun and moon, and at the same time constantly releasing radiation of astonishing intensity.

Endless tentacle-like branches reached out in all directions and pierced through the Eternal Fog that shrouded most of the magic boat, heading into the depths of the void.

The surface of the bark was naturally engraved with a large number of text textures full of blasphemous and corrupt Qi, and the roots were like thick blood vessels, drilling into the continent, that is, the flesh and blood of the ancient god.

Since it was a root system, it naturally possessed the power of suction.

This made it so that besides the violent heartbeat, crazy screams that made the heart and soul tremble constantly resounded throughout the magic boat.

But these harsh environments did not seem to affect any of the residents living on the magic boat.

"Mortals, or slightly more fragile races, could not survive here."

"High-concentration pollution radiation is enough to kill the vast majority of living beings."

"To be able to adapt to this environment, one is either a special long-lived species or a True God Favored One."

"Or, both."

"Unexpectedly, such a special realm is hidden in the Present World."

In an instant, Li Yu made some basic judgments.

Because of his observation, the others also looked at the outside world through the windows one after another, sighing in amazement.

Even the Child of Taboo couldn't help but look sideways.

These God-Chosen Favored Ones were all knowledgeable, unlike Li Yu who was a genuine "bumpkin".

Even they had such expressions, one could imagine the special nature of the Ancient Magic Boat force.

The evil brain of Pioneer obviously had a bad taste, deliberately not describing it in detail in advance.

It was not until this moment that it transmitted the relevant background via babble whispers:

"As you can see!"

"The Magic Boat is actually formed by the fusion of an ancient continent and a powerful nameless ancient god."

"That ancient god did not completely die, but after being defeated by three Star Gods, was alive and refined into a continent fragment and cast into this radiation magic boat, so that their favored descendants could live and multiply here."

"Those three Star Gods are called 【Rotten Slough】, 【Spiral Abyss】, and 【Shadow Devourer】; they descended into the Present World in the ancient era and crossbred with humans, giving birth to three long-lived species."

"It's just that later they were defeated by the Six Great True Gods and expelled from the Present World."

"In order not to cut off their bloodline descendants, they united to refine the magic boat and dropped a seed of the Filthy World Tree... but when these were completed, the formed magic boat could no longer return to the Present World continent and could only be forcibly left in this void crack."

"For many years, the Filthy World Tree has grown by absorbing the flesh and blood of the nameless ancient god, while stealing prey from the traps of the Eternal Fog through some lucky branches and roots, and stealing nutrition from places like the Evil God's Intestines and the Underworld River, only then supporting the three major races whose members are increasing day by day."

"They are the Slough-Form Race that believes in 'Rotten Slough', the Bone Spiral Race that believes in 'Spiral Abyss', and the Shadow Scab Race that believes in 'Shadow Devourer'; their abilities are..."

"Because the realm they are in is special, the three major races all have legendary and demigod-level powerhouses, plus the three Star Gods supporting them from the outside, and the permanent neutral stance, only then could they survive for so many years."

"But now, the growth of the World Tree has reached a bottleneck."

"Those roots and branches that stole nutrition have also been cut off."

"The three major races are facing the predicament of sitting and eating until the mountain is empty, and once the World Tree loses nutrition and withers, the magic boat will also disintegrate, and they will all die in this void crack."

"For this reason, the three races secretly allied with my Wanfu Kingdom, which led to the birth of 【Magic Boat Station】."

"Everyone must have received their respective oracle orders!"

"Then, go and execute it, negotiate a deal with the three races, complete the mission, and help this World Tree pass through the world barrier so that the three Star Gods can be reintroduced into the realm."

"Once you successfully help the various races of the Magic Boat open up the external passage."

"Then 【Pioneer】 will take Magic Boat Station as the starting point and open up a route to the boundless Spirit Realm again; this train will no longer just shuttle through the Present World, but enter above the star dome, and can even go directly to your hometowns."

"Once this great cause is completed, everyone will receive a lifetime free ticket."

"Wherever Pioneer goes in the future, you can all go; once on the train, you will all receive the protection of the great Lord of the Veil's power."

Undoubtedly, this passage is actually the background introduction for the mission.

Very detailed, and very direct.

And at the end, it drew a beautiful big pie for everyone.

I have to say, an Ancient God train that shuttles through the boundless star sea and the multiverse... this scene, just imagining it, already makes one yearn for it.

After listening, everyone slowly got off Pioneer.

And on the bronze square inside the station, they saw the long-lived species roughly divided into three groups.

Li Yu's curious gaze swept over without concealment.

No need to look too much, just stare at the three figures at the very front, with the strongest Qi and the most terrifying appearance.

The appearance of the first one already made Li Yu feel shocked.

His whole body was covered with a cuticle like rotting bark, and fluorescent green pus bled from the cracks; the intense radiation made the surrounding air somewhat distorted.

His face was like a melted wax figure, and his features were completely distorted and reorganized; a hideous gap cracked open on the top of his head, and a bloody new head squeezed out from it, and the old skin shed down like a wriggling cloak.

"Slough-Form Race!"

"A race that believes in the Rotten Slough Star God, a genuine long-lived species, can swallow radiation to become stronger, sheds skin once every hundred years, and only counts as entering adulthood after shedding skin nine times in a row."

"The new body is indestructible and can release radiation storms; the 'old skin' shed will also transform into a strange living thing that can be summoned to fight."

"Every adult individual is proficient in the art of cursing."

"This person is at least a legendary-level powerhouse within their race; what a terrifying Qi, if there is malice, with one curse, there are probably not many God-Chosen Favored Ones in the field who can resist without dodging."

"The most shameless thing is the so-called 【Old Skin】."

"It looks just like a so-called magic cloak; a mature Slough-Form Race member can summon nine at once, which is equivalent to shedding skin once and getting an extra excellent treasure."

After complaining in his heart, Li Yu looked at the representatives of the other two races.

One female and one male!

The female one had an appearance somewhat similar to a human woman, but it was a strange and horrific version.

Her exquisite and graceful body was actually completely like charcoal, pitch black as ink, the skin was covered with cracked patterns, and dark corrosive black smoke seeped from the cracks, exactly like a charred corpse just pulled out of a kiln.

But what truly attracted Li Yu's gaze was her shadow.

That constantly changing black shadow that looked like a "living thing".

Li Yu felt an extremely terrifying threat from it.

"Shadow Scab Race!"

"A long-lived species that believes in the Shadow Devourer Star God; when they are born, they are just a shadow that can hardly interfere with reality. The process of adulthood is to constantly invade the reality world and build an 'outer corpse' belonging to themselves through various secret arts, which is that charred body, usually taking eight or nine hundred years to completely achieve."

"Their entire race is female, which can be considered parthenogenesis."

"Their abilities are even more disgusting than the Slough-Form Race; their main body is a shadow, almost immune to most physical attacks, but they themselves can attack the enemy's shadow, thereby causing the enemy's main body to suffer the same damage, or be completely controlled as a puppet."

"The black smoke released from their outer corpse contains highly toxic substances; once excessive, it will cause the enemy's body to carbonize."

"Hmm, this race is almost the nemesis of most practitioners."

"However, if they encounter believers of the 【Lord of the Melting Furnace】, or 【Judgment Star Lord God-Chosen】 like Lady Ba, they will probably be countered to death."

While thinking, Li Yu looked at the representative of the third race.

This one's appearance was the most eye-catching.

And it could also be clearly seen!

He was a hybrid.

Because his exterior was exactly that of a snail-man.

His back was shockingly covered with spiral-shaped exoskeleton, the number of spiral layers symbolized age, and it was engraved with extremely abstract and polluted text.

His body was soft and transparent, and the blood vessels and intestines inside were clearly visible.

Especially the "marrow core" floating in the heart position, flashing with starlight that made people look sideways.

"Bone Spiral Race!"

"According to the description of the Pioneer brain, although this race is not very smart, their defense and combat power are the best among the three races."

"Needless to say about the defense, whether they are young or adult individuals, they can completely shrink into that spiral shell, and its hardness is unimaginable."

"And their combat power all comes from the heart born by completely simulating a star core."

"When activated, not only can it release radiation storms of unimaginable intensity to kill the enemy in an instant or force the opponent to alienate, but more terrifyingly, within a certain range, they can control gravity and gravitation, just like a god."

"The most critical thing is, at necessary moments, such as when the magic boat is in danger of survival."

"They can choose to commit suicide and fuse the entire race, thereby condensing into a 'super-large star core', and use this to forcibly drag the three Star Gods who are eyeing them from the outside into the Present World."

"Of course, to accomplish this, other conditions need to be met, such as the sacrifice of the other two races, the sacrifice of the World Tree, plus some timing."

"No wonder the Six Great True Gods would allow this 【Ancient Magic Boat】 force to get stuck in this crack and not simply eliminate it."

"These three races all look very tricky."

"If they were forcibly attacked, it might lead to disaster; it's better to silently wait for their World Tree to lose nutrition and wither to death."

Just as Li Yu was observing one by one and muttering in his heart.

Both sides had already started friendly contact.

This was originally a deal that had already been reached!

The three Star Gods, the City Lord's Mansion, and the divine entities behind these distinguished guests had already negotiated quietly behind the scenes.

They just needed to execute it.

Among the three long-lived species, the Bone Spiral Race had the strongest combat power but no brains, and the Shadow Scab Race was difficult to communicate with, so naturally, the Slough-Form Race took the lead.

What surprised Li Yu quite a bit was that the name of their race representative was quite ancient.

He saw the wax-like face pull out an ugly smile and greet them enthusiastically, the old skin cloak wriggling and blowing evil wind.

"My name is 【Slough-Form Daoist】, and these two are Lady Shadow and Venerable Spiral respectively; the three of us all serve as high priests within our races, and we welcome the distinguished guests to the Magic Boat."

"To avoid the Six Great Shameless True Gods finding an excuse to send troops to conquer, Pioneer can only stay here for one hour, so I won't be polite with you all."

"Our three races have each arranged some missions and corresponding rewards."

"Distinguished guests, please choose for yourselves."

"This time it is just a first attempt, and it is not required that you can immediately help our Magic Boat World Tree pass through the barrier and earn freedom."

"If it doesn't work this time, then next time."

"We and you are all long-lived beings, no rush, no rush."

The words of the Slough-Form Daoist sounded like there was no rush.

But his actions and those of the other two priests were not slow at all.

Just after speaking, they each moved.

The Daoist summoned a super-large human skin, on which were various missions, and Lady Shadow spat out a piece of black smoke, the content of which was also the same.

Venerable Spiral simply projected text with starlight.

The Child of Taboo, the King of Trolls, the Buck-Toothed Green-Skin... these passengers in the field were all heaven-proud children who were overlords in their hometowns.

Although there were oracles, they didn't have much interest in doing missions, especially since the time was as short as one hour.

But when they looked over casually, glanced at the mission content, and saw the rewards, they were all moved.

"Search for some small cracks existing in the 【World Barrier】 and guide the path for the branches and roots of the World Tree?"

"Reward: If successful, one tiny star marrow."

"Is it really there?"

Almost immediately, the sharp-eyed Skull-Hunting Rat Demon saw one of the missions and rewards and let out a surprised cry of excitement.

(End of chapter)