Chapter 843 - 30: Interview, Passageway, Actions and Attitude
"Yeah..."
Gu Mo was quite certain in confirming this fact.
"You... you... um, no, not quite..." Yakumo Zi felt that something about all this was a bit unreal, her brows almost knitting together as she tried to understand and believe this answer, but it still lacked some convincing power, making her head a bit jumbled.
Fortunately, this shock was still within an acceptable range, especially after the baptism of strange information in recent days, her resistance in this regard had greatly improved, and she did not lose her ability to think calmly.
She paused for a moment and asked, "Let me just ask, how strong exactly is your true form? Can you show it now?"
Directly cutting into the strength of the true form—
Probably can confirm the credibility of this matter, right?
"Zi, if you ask like that, it’s hard for me to answer..." The black-haired youth in white smiled slightly, "And the situation was different then compared to now; so much time has passed since, I’ve made some progress since that time, though it’s only a little."
"Hmm..."
Golden hair shimmered with golden light under the sun, the monster maiden continued to raise her fan to cover her face.
She half-closed her eyes, staring at him intently, seeming quite dissatisfied with such an answer.
"Alright, let me tell you; my current basic attributes are: Power 28, Agility 18, Constitution 30, Intelligence 18, Spirit 44, Perception 25..."
Gu Mo thought for a moment and reported his panel data sincerely.
"Of course, these are just basic real values; they may fluctuate when using skills or spells. For example, now using the ’Monster Strength’ skill, power should temporarily increase to 30+; if in dragon form using ’Super Monster Power’ skill, power might temporarily approach 40."
—Eh?
Yakumo Zi was first stunned, then immediately realized what she heard, and a row of black lines appeared on her forehead.
What the hell is this! Does he think life is a game, and the world a dungeon?
"Be serious, this isn’t playing games with Kaguya..." she said rather exasperatedly, letting out a cold grunt. This person always likes to say strange things. However, being interrupted like this, she seemed much more composed, with her attention much more focused.
"I am serious..."
Stopping his explanation, Gu Mo blinked innocently. What could be more convincing than panel data? He was planning to explain the corresponding situations of various data and numerical values in detail to give her a very intuitive general understanding if she listened carefully to his words.
It seemed, however, that Zi didn’t consider this serious.
Putting down her folding fan, she extended a slender fair finger, gently rubbing her brow, "No more joking, just say something more straightforward... If it’s your true form, regarding your strength, what extent can you achieve?"
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"This... under normal circumstances, it should be able to tear this planet apart directly." Gu Mo pondered aloud, his gaze moving down a bit, making a small gesture, speaking words that sounded alarming, instantly sending a chill down almost everyone’s spine.
After an increment in spirit power to the extent of 40+, his mind power reached a level of extraordinary to saintly, probably on par with the divine function of Machine God Zeus at that time.
Plus, having acquired the opponent’s Great Thunderbolt Power, along with their authority, the ability to once more rend the stars was only natural.
—After all, Zeus amalgamated the authority of all machine gods, possessing the authority of the Twelve Olympian Gods, Titan Gods, and numerous lesser deities.
—And in the glamorous explosion afterwards, all these abilities fell into Gu Mo’s hands, meaning he too was now in a kind of "God Fusion·Gu Mo" state, holding tremendous composite authority, being a collection of an entire pantheon in one person.
Disregarding others’ reactions, Yakumo Zi shrewdly grasped the key: "Normal state... does that mean there’s also a non-normal state?"
"That’s right, if I fuse with Tamamo, I can directly control the power of the sun for a relatively short period. But it’s really very brief, and the burden of using this power is enormous..." Gu Mo thought and answered, taking the opportunity to mention Tamamo’s name as well.
Sooner or later it had to be said; it couldn’t be kept hidden any longer.
"Tamamo?!" x2
Aside from the demon sage, there was also Miss Shinki; the two raised their voices simultaneously, their reactions closely aligned.
Raised eyebrows.
Wide eyes.
Raised voices.
"Phew..."
Across from them, Hieda Akyu exhaled softly, silently lowering her head, organizing her notebook by herself, truly reluctant to get involved. Besides, since earlier, she several times wanted to speak up but hadn’t been able to seize the initiative from start to finish, leaving her shaking her head helplessly with a wry smile.
Forget it, nothing could be done...
After all, just as Keine said, the reason Lord Dragon God agreed to this interview request, was actually more a chance for reconciliation rather than to reveal secrets to her, but to explain to them, so much could not be asked for.
With this change of thoughts, Miss Akyu also relaxed, calmly organizing her notebook. She intended to ask a few more questions later to complete this interview satisfactorily.
As for what might happen along the way, it’s completely out of her concern. Her small arms and legs can’t handle such things.
"That Tamamo... it’s one of those three people, right?" Miss Shinki, who hadn’t spoken all along, couldn’t help but grind her small canine teeth a bit, sounding slightly unhappy.
"Yes..."
"Sounds like a fox elf..." Yakumo Zi gently hummed, mentioning the name Tamamo, which indeed easily leads one to think of a famous fox demon. She wondered whether there was any connection. Beside her, Yakumo Lan kept observing her nose, appearing thoughtful.
"Not sounds like, actually... Tamamo’s full name is Tamamo no Mae." Gu Mo pointed out directly. He didn’t want to cause any more misunderstandings about these matters.
"Oh... it really is..."
Zi suddenly froze in her movements.
"It actually is Tamamo no Mae? Probably not from this world... So, does that mean your world is really that similar to this one?" Kazami Yuuka, who had stayed silent, started showing some interest, her crimson eyes gleaming with peculiar brilliance.
"Yes, very similar, including mythology and legends, the evolution of thoughts and the history of faith, religion, and culture changes... My acquaintance with Tamamo is quite convoluted. By the way, we have known each other for a very long time, even before I projected my thoughts into this world."
Gu Mo sighed and quickly took this opportunity to say in one breath:
"It’s just that my situation is somewhat special. I’ve done things that might resonate between worlds... The specific display is interference with world lines and historical processes. In fact, I didn’t necessarily do such things in the current world; it’s just that memes spread like time viruses..."
Although the essence may not be exactly explained this way, the expression is roughly similar, and it’s best to make things clear first.
"Okay, okay, let’s leave this topic here for now. No need to discuss your acquaintance with Miss Tamamo no Mae anymore..."
The demon sage snorted softly, decisively changing the subject, not wanting to waste more attention on this annoying aspect, roughly pulling the topic back to the previous part: "If you can directly control the sun’s power, isn’t there no longer any threat that can harm you?"
She had a basic understanding by now; this person might really not have deceived her much, at most hiding something about his origin, which is his biggest secret...
This discrepancy in understanding caused so many problems.
Although it’s not direct deception, it’s equally frustrating.
And now, being so candidly told, the matters should indeed be the truth... It’s precisely because of the truth that she finds it frustrating, worse than if this guy had messed up in normal current world history lines, involved in historical issues hundreds of years ago.
At least she would be the first to know...
"Not exactly, beyond the skies, beyond humans... Just a few days ago, while mastering fixed star power, I encountered a terrifying existence and nearly got killed." Gu Mo shook his head lightly, frankly expressing it.
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At this moment, the atmosphere suddenly solidified.
"It’s true. That monster is called Chaos, the God of Chaos from Greek mythology, capable of traversing the universe and devouring fixed stars..." The white-clothed, black-haired young man said sincerely, "It’s the most terrifying enemy I’ve encountered so far. Just recently, after a collision with him, it took hundreds of years just to heal..."
Indeed, because of this matter—
Encountering such a terrifying monster and getting injured, his presence has been low-key over these years! But this is due to force majeure, not intentional avoidance or hiding from them.
That’s it!
Gu Mo surveyed the reactions around him, feeling a bit emotional. It truly is a ripple effect, but now, it all seems to have come together!
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The feast concluded satisfactorily.
For Reimu Hakurei, a poor witch mainly here just to eat, and other fairies and demons not overly concerned about things, it was indeed very satisfactory. Unlimited supply of fine wine and delicacies, and no one competing with them...
Simply paradise.
For others, it was a somewhat peculiar conclusion; many left with heavy hearts and different thoughts... But at least on the surface, the previous disturbance seemed to have settled, and Fantasy Land regained its calm.
This is the pattern they all got used to; the red mist incident, eternal night incident, spring snow incident... Regardless of how tumultuous and intense they were at the time, once the battles ended, it was immediately all harmonious and joyful.
Compared to those, this time’s commotion was indeed quite big.
By the way, the tree of the imaginary world wasn’t chopped down.
After all, strictly speaking, it also has the effect of maintaining the stability of the current world, not only harmless to Fantasy Land but also the second insurance after the Great Barrier.
Meanwhile, Gu Mo started constructing the plane gate at the roots of a giant tree in the Magic Forest, preparing to establish a two-way passage with the real world, and fix it... Alice declined his previous proposal, but he planned to do some preparations, expressing his stance through action.