Chapter 796: Should We Just Burn It All?

Looking around, the entire world was a mess. At least a ten-kilometer range had turned into scorched earth, and a large pit had sunken in the center, filled with lava that hadn't hardened yet.

The atmosphere in the sky had been burned through a hole, and all the clouds had been steamed away to hundreds of kilometers away.

The War Treants, Treant Herders, and other treants looked back at this scene in horror. If they had stayed where they were, they would probably be charred by now; the power of the Ancient Black Stone had exceeded their imagination.

The same tragic scene stunned Negris and the others even more, because it knew very well how much black stone had been used. Was such terrifying power caused by just that tiny bit of black stone?

It couldn't help but suspect whether it had seen wrong, and confirmed by asking Ang, "How much black stone did you use just now?"

Ang said, "Twenty grams."

Ang's gaze could weigh all things, and for control experiments, accurate weight and mass were necessary; otherwise, if Field No. 1 used one hundred jin of seeds and Field No. 2 used one hundred and twenty jin of seeds, the results obtained would be completely different.

Previously, because of divine power, Ang only turned it on occasionally; now that divine power was no longer a bottleneck, the Ring of Balance was basically always on.

"Pfft—twenty grams? Such great power, only twenty grams of black stone?" It saw that Ang had used a piece the size of a finger, and the volume wasn't large, but compared to the accurate weight, it was still too shocking. Twenty grams was about the same weight as a Goblin gold coin.

Goblin gold coins were the most value-preserving gold coins on the main plane. Although Goblins had the reputation of being unscrupulous merchants, they had an unusual obsession with the quality of currency.

Their gold coins were never adulterated and were absolutely pure gold, each weighing twenty-one point one three grams, plus or minus zero point zero three grams. As long as it exceeded this value, it was absolutely scraped or a fake.

As for why it was this value, according to the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, it was because their first gold coin had this weight. Using the first gold coin as the standard, it was the standard gold.

However, you would absolutely never see such standard gold on the market, because as long as one circulated on the market, merchants would collect it, either to use as various financial reserves or to adulterate it with other metals to make fakes.

Just twenty grams of black stone released such vast energy; this was too ridiculous, right?

"Also, this." Ang first pointed to the small sapling, then held his hand out, and a dazzling light spot immediately appeared in his palm.

What was released was not only energy, but also the small light spots transformed by the small sapling, a kind of light spot with very high energy intensity that could make Ang feel full, but which Negris couldn't see.

"How strange. We can't see it. Is it belief meta-power? Can burning stones burn out belief meta-power?" Negris asked, puzzled.

Ang shook his head. "Higher."

"Higher level than belief meta-power? Then what kind of power is that? How strange. Should we just burn all these black stones?" Negris suggested.

Ang hadn't spoken yet, but Anthony and Du Luo Ken had already shouted, "No, are you crazy? What a waste."

"If we don't burn them, what are we keeping them for? To pollute everyone's consciousness?" Negris said.

"Of course, keep them to burn... er, keep them to burn at the appropriate time. This is super fuel. A small piece can release such vast heat. If you ignite it all, wouldn't that be Ancient Divine Light... Could this thing really be the remaining part of the Ancient Divine Light?" Anthony exclaimed as he spoke, unable to help himself.

Everyone couldn't help but have their eyes light up. "Ancient Black Stone, it's possible. When the Ancient Divine Light exploded, it couldn't have all been blown away. There must be remaining parts, and this is very likely the remaining part of the Ancient Divine Light."

"So that's why the World Tree let the treants look for it, wanting to find it and re-ignite it, thereby letting the Void restore balance?" Negris said.

"Right, treants, treants, let's ask them."

The three War Treants were called over, and after a round of questioning, they reached a conclusion: they didn't know either.

"We don't know. The Tree God only let us come to find the Ancient Black Stone, and didn't tell me what its function was. How would I know what the Tree God is looking for it for?" the Treant Herder said with a blank face.

That was also true. What the World Tree needed to do naturally couldn't be explained too clearly to these treants, and even if it were said, they wouldn't understand.

As for whether it was part of the Ancient Divine Light, it was even harder to say. Perhaps there were originally a large number of Ancient Black Stones in the Void, but only a portion of the black stones burned and became the Ancient Divine Light.

There were even more Ancient Black Stones scattered in the Void that didn't have the opportunity to burn. If the World Tree could collect them, it might be able to re-create an Ancient Divine Light.

There was too little information, and everything was speculation, so everyone had to helplessly stop this topic and turn the topic back to these Ancient Black Stones.

"Then how do we solve the consciousness pollution problem?" Negris asked, puzzled.

"This is too easy to solve. Isn't it enough to let things that get close to it have no consciousness?" Anthony and Du Luo Ken said in unison.

"Pfft—low-level undead creatures?" Negris spat blood and said.

Low-level undead creatures had souls but no wisdom, and everything followed instinct to act. Generally speaking, they would be regarded as dead objects without consciousness. It didn't know if consciousness pollution would pollute low-level undead creatures.

"Pollution doesn't matter either. As long as you establish a soul connection with the lord and put the lord in another place, it's easy to detect if it's polluted. Even if it can't be detected, low-level puppets can't do any damage. Throw a few more God-Guarding Constructs down, or use mechanical puppets directly. Mechanical puppets don't even have souls, so it's useless even if you want to pollute them," Du Luo Ken added.

"Makes sense. Without consciousness, there's no way to pollute. Good idea." Negris was greatly moved; sure enough, there were always more solutions than difficulties.

"Then what do we do now? Should we put them away?" Negris asked.

"No need, just withdraw other creatures. These black stones occupy one-quarter of the plane's volume, so just treat this plane as a container for it," Anthony said.

Du Luo Ken also said, "Later, forge a large net, net it directly, let the Ancient Gods drag it away, and then fish some out to burn when needed."

"A large net to drag the entire plane? Can you forge it?" Negris felt that Du Luo Ken hadn't been seen for a while, so why was his tone so big?

"Of course I can. Just find the Old Tree and Small Tree to grow some tree vines," Du Luo Ken said with full confidence.

Of course, he couldn't forge a large net to drag the plane, but who told him he had a tree behind him? Just the roots of the World Tree, if woven together, could pull it, but it wasn't as convenient as tree vines. Later, just use the Ancient Divine Light to guide the God Tree to grow a circle and wrap the plane.

Negris felt like spitting blood listening to this. Yes, he couldn't forge it, but who told him it grew on the ground?

Moving the creatures of the entire plane was originally an almost impossible task, but now with a vast dimensional space, this matter was just a piece of cake for Ang.

Even the place to settle them was ready-made, such as the three Demon Abysses and the plane in the space channel.

However, after settling these creatures, Xiludi and Diluni brought everyone an unfortunate piece of news.

"According to our calculations and verification, the distance between the main plane and the Chaos Plane is rapidly closing, and they will collide in a few years or decades. My lord, we must think of a way, otherwise the billions of living beings on the main plane will die." ===== CHAPTER 797 =====