Chapter 532 - 493: Title: Descent of the Divine
Hm?
After entering the Tomb Star Realm, Shi Ming noticed that the Colorful Insect, suppressed beneath the Hundred-Floor Celestial Tower in his Sea of Spirit, seemed to have become active.
No,
it wasn’t just active.
The once-listless creature had become much more "animated." It was like a beached fish, not yet dead, touching the ocean once more. An inexplicable desire for "life" had awoken within it. Though the insect was being very restrained and not showing it too obviously, not the slightest clue could escape Shi Ming’s observation within his Sea of Spirit.
The Colorful Insect trembled faintly, holding back as it cautiously extended its calamitous aura. It was like a butterfly in heat, trying to release a unique signal.
’It has its own little schemes.’
’Looks like I haven’t squeezed it dry yet!’
Before arriving at the planet where the Red Wood Tribe was located, Shi Ming had hidden Da Yun and Ah Jian’s Three Eyes on an extremely remote, uninhabited planet to explore alone. However, the Colorful Insect sealed within his body couldn’t be separated, so he had no choice but to bring it with him into the Tomb Star Realm.
He hadn’t expected this additional development.
Shi Ming watched the Colorful Insect’s every move with great interest.
Since its birth, it had never left the Star Spirit Race’s ancestral land, the Banded Dream Realm. By the time it came into being, the First Civilization Cosmic Country had long since been destroyed. Logically, there should be no connection between them. Now that the Colorful Insect was becoming active, Shi Ming could tell this was far from simple, even without any prompts from the Eye of Destiny.
’Could there be a dead "Calamity" here?’
Shi Ming made a mental note of this.
’I can use this later.’
The final floor of the Hundred-Floor Celestial Tower had been constructed. His body was the most powerful seal, impenetrable. Even if the beached fish touched the ocean, it was still in a cage and could not escape.
It would only continue to be squeezed for all its worth. Or, it would become bait to catch even bigger prey.
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The normal scope of the Tomb Star Realm was far larger than the Thirty-Seventh Cosmic Country. Unfortunately, neither the Dark Cosmos nor the deep universe existed here. To explore this place, he could currently only rely on conventional flight.
And with conventional flight, he couldn’t maintain light speed for long, making it ridiculously inefficient.
Therefore, Shi Ming’s first objective was to find a dead, life-bearing planet.
The annihilation of the First Civilization Cosmic Country had happened in an instant. If he could find a life-bearing planet, he might be able to deduce a great deal of information from its state at the moment it was extinguished. The Eye of Destiny could also search for more valuable intelligence there and find other ways to enter the core of the Tomb Star Realm.
The former First Civilization Cosmic Country was not barren.
Life-bearing planets were not uncommon.
In just half a day, Shi Ming landed on a planet covered in crumbling ruins. As far as the eye could see, there was only dead silence. Furthermore, ever since he set foot on the planet, an eerie deathly aura, even more bizarre than the one in the Skeleton Sanctuary, had begun seeping into his body. Fortunately, as the possessor of the Divine Rune and the Heir of the Gods, Shi Ming had the highest level of immunity and could resist this strange power.
This must be the deathly aura of the god itself.
The Divine Rune granted him immunity. The deathly aura still tried to bore into his body, but it couldn’t affect him in any way.
There were three parts of Shi Ming’s body that the deathly aura couldn’t penetrate at all: his right arm, his brain, and his eyes. This made him suspect that even without the Divine Rune, his Arm of Power, Eye of Destiny, and Infinite Brain were also immune to the environmental damage. However, the body is a single entity. Merely having these three parts wouldn’t make him a complete person. If he stayed too long, he would become a creature like the Dusk Whale.
But now, there were no side effects at all.
He could focus most of his energy on exploration.
’This area should be a shopping district.’
’A residential center.’
’Is this... an outdoor park?’
Walking here was like walking through the ancient city of Pompeii on Earth. Everything had been annihilated, leaving only ruins as a testament to the past. To be worthy of the title "First Civilization Cosmic Country," and a Cosmic Country under the direct rule of a god at that, the civilizational progress of any given life-bearing planet here had far surpassed that of most intermediate civilizations in the Star Sea.
"Eye of Destiny, acquire intelligence!"
[BEEP BEEP~]
[Gathering intelligence.]
[First Civilization Cosmic Country]
[Once, after a god ascended, they overlaid their Divine Country, "Star’s Home," across an entire section of the real Star Domain, creating the foundation for the First Civilization Cosmic Country. This greatly accelerated the civilizational progress of this Star Domain, and countless lives were blessed... However, blessings and calamities go hand-in-hand. When the god fell, all beings born in this Cosmic Country were instantly annihilated. Visiting life-forms from outside were also unable to resist the deathly aura seeping from the Divine Country. Any who failed to leave within thirty seconds were likewise annihilated.]
[Now, the remnants of most civilizations have eroded over the past 120,000 years, but three major infrastructural facilities remain intact. As long as they are activated with a title and supplied with energy, they can still operate. They are:
[Teleportation Vortex]
[Divine Treasure Vault]
[Mercenary Terminal]
[Teleportation Vortex: This Star Domain is overlaid with the Divine Country "Star’s Home," so the Dark Cosmos and deep universe do not exist here, making travel through the Dark Cosmos impossible. However, the Teleportation Vortex can be used as a substitute to make rapid jumps. It is not free; like a so-called subway, a fee is required for each distance traveled. Of course, the Heir of the Gods is exempt.]