Chapter 856 - 40: The Moon, Outer God
Since his condition has returned to normal, his strength is back to its peak, and has even greatly improved.
Next, the restoration of operations across multiple Dungeon Worlds naturally needs to be put back on the agenda. After all, in the past, Gu Mo had halted almost all activities of his Clones across Dungeon Worlds in order to concentrate all his power as much as possible.
Now, it’s time to continue using multiple accounts to farm resources...
——Efficiency!
——Efficiency is the most important thing.
If he doesn’t create more small accounts, how can he efficiently accumulate experience, and how can his skills level up? Although he has acquired a mechanized Holy Body, this time he didn’t get the collective skill upgrade benefit that came with the last Human Intelligence Integration, which usually leveled up skills by one or two levels in one go.
Although he clearly obtained a more powerful computational capability, it is just the capability itself.
It doesn’t bring "wisdom."
Human Intelligence Integration may have been overtaken by the computational abilities, but its advantages in critical experience, insights, perspective on problems, even personal cultivation, and different kinds of inspiration are aspects the mechanized Holy Body cannot match.
So, although he significantly upgraded his hardware, Gu Mo still hasn’t abandoned the old Human Intelligence Integration software, nor is it anywhere near being obsolete. In fact, he’s still considering how to mount Technique programs onto the mechanized Holy Body.
After all, combining strong software and hardware should definitely take his performance to the next level.
Restarting operations for the corresponding Dungeon Worlds is both simple and somewhat troublesome. Gu Mo built a magical structure named Rain Swift Tower on the island, transferring the previously fixed teleportation devices from the Moon, placing them one by one into this Magic Tower.
Then, he opened the corresponding Teleportation Gates one by one to enter and clean up the aftermath or messes.
After all, these Dungeon Worlds have been managed for some time, and with his abilities, he can naturally make a name for himself, doing things he might consider basic operations but that are seen as incredible achievements by Dungeon World inhabitants...
Since high-level Dungeon Worlds are ultimately in the minority, it’s the mid to low-level Dungeon Worlds that offer the most choices. Perhaps in the void, infinite worlds also follow the pyramid structure.
Standing at the pinnacle of Divinity are surely the structures at the top, tier by tier, permeating downwards, with the ordinary and countless planes increasing more as you go lower, which is easy to understand. And for an existence like Gu Mo, gradually growing into a Mortal Python, he’s certainly going to stir up waves within.
Even just the Clone or projection will not have a negligible degree of interference with the world.
When an existence like this suddenly disappears from the corresponding world, it does tend to cause chaos and even gives rise to numerous rumors or strange tales...of course, Gu Mo does not feel nostalgic about this, as he grows more knowledgeable and well-traveled, these situations no longer move him.
——Just like in some strange world, as an existence of a "Dragon," he doesn’t mind if four Azure Stars team up to hunt him down...
——He can even switch forms with interest, blending into their outpost, confidently mooching meals and drinks, and by the way, openly inquiring about their plans, listening to how they plan to deal with him next...
Usually, he does this just with a playful mindset and doesn’t really need to investigate the Hunters’ tactics; the fun-seeking mindset is evident.
The renewed operation of the explored worlds needs to be put on the schedule, and the exploration of new worlds must not be left behind, as it’s an equally important part.
If possible, Gu Mo would like to enter the Time Gem world to see if there’s a chance to acquire the Reality Gem and Mind Gem. However, even if products can be indirectly inferred from store searches to be worlds closer to the real dimension in the void, it doesn’t mean one can easily enter the corresponding world.
Past examples cannot be used as references, and can only be considered low-probability events.
So after making Hiri, the navigator, spend several days opening and closing doors repeatedly, using brute force to try and test, and getting no results, Gu Mo reluctantly gave up on this idea. Since fate hasn’t arrived, it’s better not to force it.
Perhaps it’s just as well, that world is probably even more chaotic and particularly dangerous, and this risk also needs to be considered.
However, speaking of which, the damn system is still not humane enough...
When will it eventually return to normal? Such a stupid function and design really affect the user experience.
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——A new dimension.
——Unknown time.
The gloomy sky is overcast with dark clouds, lightning flashing, the white-clothed Daoist who suddenly appears on the strange land slightly raises his eyebrows in surprise, and then looks up at the sky. His gaze instantly confirms the enormous tree, as if birthed before the dawn of time, seemingly supporting heaven, earth, and world.
Glittering like gold, the branches seem sculpted from gold, the leaves also seem to be shimmering, as if they are imbued with a golden light...
The golden divine radiance twinkles, making the whole enormous tree’s existence appear illusory and unreal, like twisting the view of reality. The life essence contained within rolls with intensity, rich and long, emitting an aura of mysterious antiquity and grand magnificence...
"Yo, isn’t this coincidental?!"
He gazed at this scene for a long time, then slowly lifted the corners of his mouth and began to smile happily.
This Golden Tree spanned across the sky, its branches stretching far beyond the horizon, disappearing from sight, majestically covering the sky itself. It blocked out the sun and moon, as well as the stars of the night sky, monopolizing all authority and interpretation in the mysterious domain.
Such distinct characteristics were indeed too obvious. Gu Mo, who had just projected his image into this place, naturally recognized what world this was right away.
Indeed, the King Elden should be me...
Ah, no, what King Elden? That’s too small-minded.
What’s the point of working hard on the chessboard to become the strongest piece? It’s naturally more interesting to directly confront the chess player. In the depths of his Divine Star Pupil flashed a significant light, Gu Mo stretched hard with a yawn, suddenly becoming eager to try.
He thought this world would be ordinary and unremarkable, not interesting at all. But he didn’t expect it to be such an intriguing world, which immediately made him raise his attention level... However, with just such a ghostly image, it’s unlikely to make any big moves.
To show respect, more resources need to be used—
At the very least, send a true clone from the main body, or dispatch the "Past·Gu Mo" as a reappearance on the timeline to join the game... He thought seriously, humming a strange tune softly, thinking this way while stepping forward.
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This land called the Boundary Land has undergone tumultuous eras, with many races, civilizations, and reigns succeeding one another, producing numerous heroes, each crafting grand epic tales, which ultimately evolved into the current structure.
The result was naturally the Golden Tree’s side continuously defeating other opponents, which eventually established its absolute dominance in this land. After that, time flew by, and until now, there haven’t been any changes, the stabilized order morphed into an incurable yet miraculous existence.
As of now—
Another new player sits down opposite, leisurely preparing to make a move...
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Measuring this unfamiliar yet familiar world with his steps, Gu Mo marveled at the vastness and grandeur of the Boundary Land; the scale of this map is unimaginably vast.
However, his speed in gathering information was also very fast, very efficient indeed, extending endless spiritual will, spreading across the distant horizon, taking strides as if the earth moves beneath his feet supporting his walk.
Adding to that, as he gradually developed and utilized the power of time, he began employing various methods, like walking in another time dimension, accelerating his own time, making every action at high speed.
As rumors about a ghostly image circulated in the Boundary Land, he only took a very brief time to accurately explore this vast land shrouded in mist, not daring to say he walked every corner, but the entire map was basically explored, lighting up the fog of war.
In this process, Gu Mo also confirmed his time segment.
He was neither early nor late; the Elden Ring had shattered, and the "Shattered War" for the Magic Ring Fragments had already happened...
"Arriving early isn’t as good as arriving at the right time, I guess it’s decent enough..." muttering to himself, standing on the desolate and jagged Thousand-Ren Mountain Peak’s cliff, the white-clothed, black-haired youth gazed down at the land below and the distant world, finally his gaze slightly fixed on the Golden Tree at the far end of the sky.
While mapping, he was also gathering information, searching for the whereabouts of those demigods holding the Great Rune, yet he didn’t plan to use great to bully small...
That would be too boring, it’s better to clearly challenge openly and square off fairly.
Speaking of which, the origin of the Golden Tree was initially the Supreme Will—the defending champion of continuous wins in the chess game of the Boundary Land—which borrowed a foreign object from the Star Sea via golden meteors, cutting through the sky to deliver it into the Boundary Land, marking the beginning of the Golden Tree’s power.
If I issue a challenge letter, I’ll use this rule too...
Speaking of which, many of the behind-the-scenes forces that have appeared one after another in the Boundary Land seem to be Outer Gods, the local gods really are a bit shameful...
Raising his hand, he snapped his fingers with a "pop".
Like a signal, or the sound of hitting the lamp switch, it was like turning off a light, as the night sky suddenly descended, an ominous gigantic white full moon hung high in the sky, reflecting with the giant tree at the end of the sky seeming to support the heavens and the earth.
As if a scene from before was replayed, only this time, Gu Mo did not thoughtfully limit the mutation range to a corner—
He created the night sky, manifested the moon, and allowed the entire land to see it clearly.
At this moment...
Such a phenomenon left people exceedingly astonished, countless humans or creatures, full of wonder, raising their heads to gaze at the sky, witnessing the long-lost... bright moon appearing in the night sky.
They saw it very clearly, almost as though it was just overhead, because the caster considerately placed the moon in the primary axis position.
Under the moonlight, a dazzling flame was burning, like a meteor streaking across the night sky, a meteorite coming from beyond the heavens, frictioning straight through the atmosphere, heading towards the Boundary Land...