thenovelthief Chapter 638 12: Omens of the Stars Returning to Their Places
Chapter 638 12: Omens of the Stars Returning to Their Places
Bottomless Abyss.
After clashing with that Old God, Su Ziyu's spirit suffered significant damage, but fortunately, he had a Space-Time Guardian by his side, allowing him to recover with peace of mind.
However, during that brief Divine Descent ceremony, the moment Su Ziyu faced the incarnation of that Old God, the Space-Time Monitor System also retrieved a substantial amount of data from the Wasteland Plane, some changes of which surprised him greatly.
——"Coordinate 5: Civilization Level 3, Energy Level 3, Wasteland Apocalypse, inaccessible." [Civilization Advancement] [Unstable Mechanical Ascension] [Genetic Ascension: Prelude] [Spiritual Ascension: Enlightenment] [Profane Whisper] [Alien Invasion] [Old Dominator]
This time using Divine Descent to incarnate into the Wasteland Plane, the changes Su Ziyu felt were remarkably astonishing.
The past Wasteland was a plane without any additional suffixes, although its Civilization Level reached level 3, its Energy Level was only level 1. In other words, back then, the Wasteland Plane had the technological level of modern civilization but severely restricted supernatural abilities. With an Energy Level of 1, the plane barely had some entities mastering supernatural abilities, but their numbers were exceedingly sparse, almost impossible to encounter in human society.
But now, the Energy Level of the Wasteland Plane is level 3, even the Demon Hunter Plane's Energy Level is only level 2. Among the worlds Su Ziyu has experienced so far, only the Dream Plane and Black Soul Plane reach this height, even the previously experienced Lost Empire Plane merely had a Civilization Level of 4, with a regional Energy Level barely reaching between level 2 and level 3. Yet, what kind of world is the Dream Plane? It is the last refuge plane established after the twilight of the gods, the outside real world is a dead world post twilight.
The Black Soul Plane is even more dire, almost on the brink of absorption, with scarcely any living soul visible within the entire plane.
——"[Civilization Advancement]: The civilization of this plane is in a state of explosive technological development, a sign of plane civilization ascension. If successful, the current plane's Civilization Level will rise to the Interstellar era. Any accidents during the process could lead to unpredictable cataclysmic changes." [Note! This plane has experienced civilization discontinuity! Success rate of Civilization Advancement diminished!]
Civilization Advancement.
Su Ziyu encountered it several times before, presumably due to the technological development of the Wasteland Plane. According to the system's classification, the pre-catastrophe era of the Wasteland Plane, which was the Cold War period in the Old World, was also amidst a Civilization Advancement process, though it probably failed.
Uncertain if this time's Civilization Advancement is due to technological side or supernatural side, because too many new suffixes emerged for the Wasteland Plane.
It's like a veil has been lifted, revealing the truth behind the Wasteland Plane.
——"[Unstable Mechanical Ascension]: The plane has begun the process of Mechanical Ascension, but due to past civilization discontinuities and various external interferences, the current plane's Mechanical Ascension process is extremely unstable, likely to fall into the trap of Mechanical Ascension."
——"[Genetic Ascension: Prelude]: There has been some breakthrough in gene research on this plane, and ascension in the genetic technology side has begun to germinate, the code of the genetic lock is being unlocked." [Alert! The decrypted genetic lock code of the current plane involves forbidden entities, and is not a complete deciphering of the human genetic lock ascension state!]
Genetic Ascension.
This is the third type of ascension status Su Ziyu once learned about, the Ook Orcs are the result of Genetic Ascension.
But frankly speaking, Su Ziyu never saw a true Genetic Ascension creation in the Wasteland Plane, he only encountered super mutants with great power and recovery ability, though they lacked reproductive capability, unable to split and proliferate like the Ook Orcs.
The appearance of this suffix in the Wasteland Plane likely indicates that the Genetics Faction has achieved some breakthroughs, they probably obtained some genetic codes from the creations of the Old Gods.
This is dangerous.
After all, Su Ziyu once had a pollution level, he is well aware of the dreadful consequences this pollution can bring.
The Academy's Genetics Faction's ascension might result in widespread mutation, and although it might grant resistance to radiation pollution, the cost is incredibly high.
Humanity's true genetic lock has not been completely unlocked.
The reason behind Genetic Ascension likely has to do with the Antiradiation Potion, since most people in the Wasteland Plane have received the Antiradiation Potion.
If there is a trigger, it could ignite the accumulated pollution value in everyone's body from Antiradiation Potion injection, then the unstable Genetic Ascension might begin, leaving everything to the natural laws.
——"[Spiritual Ascension: Enlightenment]: The Old God's faith in this plane is reviving, some sects are researching the power of Spiritual Energy, due to the appearance of Profane Whisper, under the influence of the whispered desecration sound, all humans on this plane have heightened inspiration, with some awakening the powers of the Mind." [Alert! The enlightenment of Spiritual Ascension stems from the influence of Profane Whisper, this whisper forcefully elevated the inspiration of all humans on this plane, this Spiritual Ascension process is extremely dangerous! Extremely unstable!]
Spiritual Ascension is the most dangerous.
Because the Spiritual Ascension of the Wasteland Plane is entirely passive, this plane previously lacks a corresponding Spiritual Energy technology tree, the whole Spiritual Ascension comes from the influence of Profane Whisper. It is more akin to forcibly elevating the inspiration value of all humans in Wasteland Plane.
Only when their inspiration value is sufficiently high can they hear the whispers of the Old Gods.
——"[Profane Whisper]; The Old Dominators have begun to awaken, they are in the prelude to awakening. When the stars align, it will be the moment when the Old Dominators fully awaken and break free." [Alert! Profane Whisper has already enveloped the entire Wasteland Plane]
Su Ziyu knew it the moment he descended.
The Wasteland Plane has fallen into the trap set by the Old Gods, now the entire sacrificial ritual has already started, and the Old Gods are waiting for the moment the ritual is completely launched.
——"[Alien Invasion]: Alien species have invaded this plane."
This one is quite straightforward.
But the implications are vast, as Su Ziyu only now learns that the Wasteland Plane still has alien species.
The crucial point is the last suffix.
——"[Old Dominator]: In ancient times, before the birth of mankind on this plane, some ancient Old Dominators were sealed. They were once the rulers of this Crystal Wall Element, legend says the dinosaurs' mass extinction was caused by them. Now these gigantic entities are sealed deep within Earth, only when the stars align will the Old Dominators awaken anew from Earth's depths." [Alert! Alert! Alert! The final sacrificial ritual has begun, when the planet symbolizing death descends, the stars will begin to align, the Old Dominators will awaken from Earth's depths!]
Honestly, the information Su Ziyu gathered from the Wasteland Plane this time somewhat exceeded his expectations.
Especially the existence of the Old Dominators, he now realizes that the Earth of the Wasteland Plane has ancient Old Dominators sealed within, and he always thought the Old Gods came from cosmic space, but now it seems they have been lurking on Earth all along.
Tricky.
Quite tricky.
After understanding this information, Su Ziyu immediately felt very troubled; all of this had somewhat exceeded the scope of his personal ability.
Maybe he, in his prime, could single-handedly challenge some of the Old Gods, but if he's facing a group of Old Gods, especially with some Evil Gods from outer space, then everything is beyond his capacity.
Under such circumstances, he must rely on other forces.
So, without hesitation, Su Ziyu revealed everything about the Wasteland Plane to the Space-Time Guardian beside him. Only by using the power of the Space-Time Hub could he cope with this immense crisis.
"This plane is really nice." Lord Stephen's first words surprised Su Ziyu a little.
Because Lord Stephen actually commented on the Wasteland Plane, he looked at Su Ziyu before him, and slowly said, "Young man."
"You need to understand."
"The Space-Time Hub is a whole; we never rely solely on our personal power to fight."
"Almost every Space-Time Guardian has their own Source Plane."
"My Source Plane is Crescent Moon, which was once an independent planet, but now it is part of the Space-Time Hub and my greatest personal support."
Saying this, Lord Stephen paused for a moment and said, "This civilization is really remarkable."
"It possesses the ability for Mechanical Ascension."
"It equally has the potential for Genetic Ascension, and simultaneously a large-scale Spiritual Awakening has occurred."
"From a personal assessment, the developmental potential of this plane is quite astonishing, far exceeding most other planes."
"You can absolutely consider making this plane one of your Source Planes."
After saying this, Lord Stephen pondered for a moment and said, "Of course. This kind of plane is difficult to conquer with sheer power; you might consider cooperating to guide them into becoming part of the Space-Time Hub."
"In the past, some civilizations became Guardians of the Space-Time Hub through their own strength."
The current Space-Time Guardians are all extremely powerful individuals.
But in the past, the Space-Time Hub also had Space-Time Guardians that acted as a collective unit; they were a unique civilization, sharing a conceptual consciousness collective, where all individuals could gain knowledge and power, depending on their potential.
Therefore, only when this civilization entirely integrates does it count as a true Space-Time Guardian.
Unfortunately, such civilizations also have the same weakness; once they are internally breached, the entire civilization's power quickly collapses.
This is also the reason later Space-Time Guardians are all powerful individuals because powerful individuals are not easily completely eradicated.
Lord Stephen did not wish to discuss that civilization too much, he merely pondered and slowly said, "Old Gods."
"I have some impressions of this title."
"Seems to be a group of strong ancient evil beings that once contended with Ancient Gods, born from the True Void, absolute sources of chaos. You can understand them as a second generation of Obelis demons, possibly even stronger."
"If the Old Gods awake."
"The Space-Time Hub will provide you with all the assistance it can offer, but as a Space-Time traveler, your primary goal should be to prevent their awakening."
"If there's truly no way to stop them, we must prepare for a direct confrontation."
"But I need to remind you."
"Ultimate God level battles bring astonishing destruction; during the Ancient God Era, their battles tore planets apart not just once."
"At that time."
"The Earth of the Wasteland Plane might not be preserved."
"When situations reach a certain point, I might personally deploy Planet-Killer level Conceptual Assembly."
"Because many of the Old Gods are sealed within a planet's core."
"They wandered between star systems during the Ancient God Era, devouring the flesh or energy of planets when hungry, even causing many Ancient Gods to fall at their hands."
After pausing for a moment, Lord Stephen proposed again, "This plane is truly exceptional."
"Its developmental potential is enormous."
"I personally suggest you consider deeply involving yourself in this plane's civilization advancement, assimilating its pan-consciousness, converting it into one of your Source Planes."
"You can simply understand it as signing a contract with the pan-consciousness of the Wasteland Plane."
"Becoming its Guardian."
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