Chapter 788: Stars

Seeing the remaining Soul Points number displayed on the War God UI to be [3/600], Gu Qing Shan almost fell down from the sky.

There was an entire horde of monsters down there, even if Gu Qing Shan was currently reinforced by an Origin-grade concealment, he would definitely be discovered if he fell directly on top of the monsters.

He barely managed to regain his balance and calmly spoke: “System, just exactly how much Soul Points did you provide me in advance, tell me clearly”

The War God System remained silent without replying.

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask again: “At least tell me the number so that I can keep count and know how long until I can pay everything back”

A few moments later.

[Ting]!

The System finally answered him with a clear chime: [When providing your Soul Points in advance last time, the System used up a lot of its Soul Points, causing the System to be damaged to a certain degree. The System might require a long period of time and a constant flow of Soul Points to gradually heal]

A long period of time——-

A constant flow of Soul Points——-

Gradually heal——

Hearing these three keywords, Gu Qing Shan almost felt impressed.

He sighed: “Let me guess——– when I learnt how to act before, you also took a lesson, didn’t you?”

The System didn’t answer.

Gu Qing Shan waited for a while more, but still didn’t get a reply, so he continued flying forward.

He carefully thought about it.

All things considered, the System was still the one that saved me in the Apocalypse and brought me back to the past.

Furthermore, I can’t deny that the System did provide Soul Points for me in advance.

That was why Gu Qing Shan didn’t mind it too much.

——so you want some Soul Points?

As long as you don’t act like the bike chains that break in the most crucial moment, I’ll indulge your whims for now.

Gu Qing Shan continued to fly, occasionally looking down at the horde of monsters below and killing a few of them.

He didn’t want to kill too many, otherwise he might attract the attention of more powerful monsters.

Soon enough, his total Soul Points increased to [22].

Hm…

It’s a gradual but real improvement.

…

He kept flying forward.

And then finally reached his destination.

Even as a Void Beholder realm cultivator, it took Gu Qing Shan several minutes to get to his destination while flying at full speed.

Finally went past the sea of monsters and reached a high fortress wall.

This was a gigantic fortress wall made out of an unknown material that seemed like black stones, connecting one end of the horizon to the other without him being able to see the edge.

A warning plate was clearly attached to the wall, clearly aged, but he was able to make out the words written in Desolate Tongue.

[Do not climb the wall, do not stand on the wall, do not go past the wall. Violators will face the consequences of their own actions].

Gu Qing Shan took two steps back and looked up on top of the wall.

There was nothing above

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and tried throwing a piece of demon stone on top of the wall.

As soon as the demon stone approached the wall, a gust of gray wind lightly swept across it.

The demon stone was gone without a trace.

The grey wind also quickly disappeared.

Gu Qing Shan’s expression turned serious.

The Six Paths Great Mountain sword appeared from the void of space and turned into Shannu as she worriedly told him: “Gongzi, it’s Winds of Chaotic Tribulation”

Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded.

It turns out there were Winds of Chaotic Tribulation blowing on top of the wall.

This was a kind of wind that could destroy countless worlds, no one was known to be able to stop it.

As far as Gu Qing Shan knew, the only thing capable of blocking it was the Grand Tie Wei Mountain of the Samsara Huang Quan Path.

But here, this ferocious wind was being blocked out by this fortress wall.

Gu Qing Shan reached his hand out and pressed it flat on the wall.

A few glowing lines of text appeared on the War God UI.

Perhaps he was imagining it, but Gu Qing Shan felt like the War God UI’s text displaying speed became a bit faster after he stopped being concerned with the Soul Points…

[Discovered structure: Bygone Era War Barrier]

[Description: This is a fortress barrier created by the Bygone Era humans. Humanity used this grand wall to protect themselves against the Winds of Chaotic Tribulation and other things]

[Note: This barrier consists of materials from the greatest achievement and crystallization of human knowledge: The Bygone Era Samsara—– Huang Quan Path]

Shannu carefully observed the wall as she felt a sense of closeness to it.

“Gongzi, I think this wall was made from the Grand Tie Wei Mountain” she whispered.

Gu Qing Shan sighed: “That’s right, what a shocking thing”

He went silent and carefully considered this information.

The Samsara was the greatest crystallization of human knowledge?

I recall that the Samsara replica created by the Divinities was destroyed by the Lord of Desolation.

——why did the Divinities sneakily create the Samsara behind his back?

——and the Lord of Desolation was so furious with this that he killed the Divine King without question, this was also a point of concern.

Why?

Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes and recalled the words the Lord of Desolate had said when he killed the Divine King.

…

『 The Samsara cannot be controlled. You dared to imitate the power of the human race and created it means that you’re challenging my authority 』

『 You don’t understand, even though that thing is still incredibly weak right now, it will surely grow on its own, finally becoming a powerful tool of the human race, becoming so great that neither you nor I will be able to control 』

…

Gu Qing Shan opened his eyes.

He had a certain thought, but it would need to be confirmed with other clues.

As for now——-

Gu Qing Shan began to carefully feel the wall.

Perhaps Xie Gu Hong and the other two don’t understand Desolate Tongue, but as the top Combatants of humanity, they wouldn’t randomly risk their lives by trying to go over the wall.

———especially since I know Xie Gu Hong would return to humanity unharmed.

They must have found other ways.

After a short search, Gu Qing Shan noticed a place on the ground right in front of the wall that was clear of dust.

He came down, pressed his hand on the ground and tried knocking it.

The ground was solid with no clear reaction.

Seems like this isn’t the place.

Gu Qing Shan stood up and pressed his hand on the wall right above.

A voice suddenly came from the fortress wall:

[Begin verification]

[From lifeform structure, determined to be: human civilian, little boy]

[In accordance with wartime protection protocols, young children may seek refuge here]

The wall parted ways to reveal a small opening just enough for Gu Qing Shan to enter.

Gu Qing Shan was stunned for a while.

I’ve already lived two lives and went through countless battles and apocalypse, why did it determine me to be a civilian little boy?

If assuming the same procedures as testing for diseases and health…

Then it was my strength——

Gu Qing Shan didn’t want to think too deeply about it.

This was too embarrassing.

He forced the puzzled feelings in his mind down and quickly entered the fortress.

As soon as he came in, the wall closed behind him.

A flight of stairs heading downwards appeared at his feet.

Gu Qing Shan walked down this flight of stairs as his thoughts fluctuated.

——seems like Xie Gu Hong and the rest entered the inside of the wall through this place——— I wonder what age they were determined to be.

Considering how powerful Xie Gu Hong was, maybe he isn’t a ‘little boy’ but rather a ‘civilian teenager’?

With various thoughts on his mind, Gu Qing Shan maintained a level of caution as he continued walking deeper into the fortress.

After a while, he decided to walk faster.

The concealment only lasts for 2 hours, I don’t have time to waste.

He was almost flying down the flight of stairs at this point.

About 100 breaths later.

Gu Qing Shan reached the deepest part of the underground fortress.

He stood on the final step of the stair.

Walking off this step would place him in an endless void of darkness. It was similar to looking down a cliff of a mountain without seeing anything below—— or perhaps a bottomless abyss, no matter how far he extended his inner sight, he couldn’t sense what was at the bottom if anything at all.

Gu Qing Shan waited for a few moments.

If Xie Gu Hong found this place, then they wouldn’t have disappeared without a reason.

Time slowly passed.

10 breaths later.

From a distance, countless stars were heading towards Gu Qing Shan.

Almost immediately, Gu Qing Shan found himself being surrounded by stars.

These stars circled around him and formed a river of light within the endless darkness.

It was magnificent and unimaginable.

Gu Qing Shan regained his calm and glanced at the nearest moving star.

The star seems to have noticed his gaze as it turned into a card.

The card depicted a beautiful woman wearing a long white skirt, looking at him with an expression of grief.

The woman spoke: [This place was already close to being completely destroyed, fortunately, I can still provide you a place of shelter]

As soon as she started speaking, Gu Qing Shan noticed that she was the female voice that appeared in the chaotic tides.

The woman slightly shifted her body to allow Gu Qing Shan to see the background of her card.

It was a peaceful and beautiful small island.

Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the woman, feeling an uncontrollable sense of awe.

He had never felt this kind of emotion towards any Divinity.

He clasped his fist: “Thank you for your kindness, but I did not come to seek shelter”

The woman asked: [Then why did you come?]

“I came to find the way to win against the Desolate race and Divine race” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The woman told him: [Regretfully, you’ve come here too late. The 18,800 civilization subsystems of humanity here have all been destroyed]

She gestured for Gu Qing Shan to look around.

[Please look, the dim stars are the civilization subsystem worlds that have been destroyed]

As Gu Qing Shan looked around the sea of stars, he found that most of them had indeed become dim.

The woman continued: [There are also 5300 subsystem worlds that are in a state of energy deficiency, unable to operate. They are the stars that give off blinking faint light]

[Please take a look at the red star]

Gu Qing Shan followed where the woman pointed and found a star that was glowing red.

“This is?” he asked.

[The King of the Desolate race was currently rampaging within this final secondary defense subsystem world together with its kinsmen, attempting to destroy it] the woman answered.

She sighed: [The secondary defense subsystem is one of the two only operational subsystems left. If it is also destroyed, the subsystem I have will be the last one remaining]

“Secondary defense?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

[Indeed, I used to have many other defense subsystems, but they have all been destroyed by the Desolate race] the woman answered.

“Are the Desolate race stronger than these defense subsystems?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

[No. The subsystems require energy as well as human operation to show its true power, but no humans have been here for over a million years] the woman replied.

“In other words, the previous three people who came before me entered the final subsystem world?” Gu Qing Shan continued to ask.

The woman replied: [Indeed, that place is a cultivation-type subsystem world, as well as the final intact subsystem world. It is very suitable for them]

She then looked straight at Gu Qing Shan: [The gate into the cultivation-type subsystem world is still open and fully functional. You can take this time when the Desolate race have yet to invade that world to go in]

Gu Qing Shan went silent briefly before suddenly asking: “Would the concealment spell you used on us be able to deceive the King of the Desolate race?”

The woman replied: [I can increase the output of the Shadow Origin Power on your body to achieve this effect, but the time of your concealment will be halved]

“Very well, then please increase the output for me, and then——”

Gu Qing Shan pointed at the glowing red star: “Please send me into the secondary defense subsystem, thank you”