Chapter 1165 - Awaken (2/2)
“Black Iron Calendar Year 555: Chosen one Shaun 502 discovered a rare mineral vein—Black Hole Stone…”
“Black Iron Calendar Year 560: The Black Hole Stone vein was attacked. Casualties of three chosen ones Above Abyss. The Great Destruction God was dispatched to deter the Outer God Riug…”
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“Black Iron Calendar Year 750: The Uyguklais conquered the Blue Rainbow Galaxy…”
“Black Iron Calendar Year 779: The Creator Space birthed its first Netherheaven Demon God— Whitney Abbot 23! ”
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“Black Iron Calendar Year 999: A new Netherheaven Demon God—Raymond 208! To date, there are a total of 327 Demon Gods and 33 Netherheavens!”
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Black Iron Calendar Year 1000: A fully armed research vessel approached the shores of a certain island.
“After the cataclysm, we humans are finally able to continue our progress into the deep sea!”
With a face filled with pride, a professor led his students. “Thank the great Creator. With his blessings and the efforts of the chosen ones, the Ruined Continent has been completely cleaned up and returned to the embrace of humanity once again…”
Although the Ruined Continent and deep sea housed all kinds of strange and mutated life forms, they did not amount to much before the chosen ones that were becoming increasingly stronger.
Even though the majority of the powerhouses above Demon God were out conquering other planets, there were still some chosen ones who were willing to contribute locally.
Most of the monsters remaining on Planet Stael originated from the contamination of the Outer God progeny.
Although these monsters were very ferocious and powerful in the past, the strongest among the chosen ones were now Netherheaven Demon Gods. They were on the same level as the Outer God progeny and naturally did not fear these remnants.
The only things hindering humanity from exploring the deep sea were the Outer God progeny entrenched in the deep sea that had formed from the contamination of the Outer Gods themselves in the last war.
But recently, one of the thirteen heroes had eliminated the last of the Outer God progeny that dwelled in the deep sea, and all of Planet Stael had finally returned to the control of humanity—if the true master did not say anything about it.
“So, is this the Island of Rebirth?” A few graduate students looked around curiously. “It doesn’t seem to be any different from other islands.”
“No! According to my research, this is the center of this sea area’s magnetic field!” The professor shook his head and looked at a man with an unruly expression that was wearing an open shirt, boardshorts, and a straw hat and holding a toothpick in his mouth. “We’ll be counting on you for our safety.”
“Relax. As long as I’m here, there won’t be a problem!” the man replied confidently.
As a chosen one who had advanced to the Demon God level, he was naturally confident.
In fact, if he was not in a good mood due to narrowly passing the last nightmare mission and successfully advancing to Above Abyss, he would not deign to protect a research fleet, even if the country asked him to.
The professor looked around with binoculars and made his decision. “Prepare to lower the boats. We’ll have a look around the island…”
A few boats lowered, and the crowd rowed toward the shore.
“This kind of island might still have demonic remnants… Truly bold!”
The man with the toothpick twitched his lips in disdain. Red flames erupted in front of him and transformed into a hound whose entire body was aflame.
“You watch over them. Make sure nothing happens!”
Afterward, he laid down on a sun lounger, his expression relaxed and peaceful. “Blue sky, white clouds, and warm sunshine… I really hope this moment will last forever. If there were no damned missions from the Creator, it would be even better…”
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“Okay, let’s continue!”
The professor’s expression relaxed when he saw the fire hound approach. He then led the students further inland.
The island was not that big. After walking for a while, they arrived at the center of the island.
There, tens of impressive stone pillars stood tall and imposing, seeming to reach into the heavens, leaving the group momentarily awestruck.
“This kind of formation is definitely not naturally formed. Is this a relic of a civilization?”
The professor was very experienced, and instead of being intimidated by the pillars, he approached them.
At the center of the stone array, he saw a statue that seemed to be a human figure sitting cross-legged.
“This statue should be the style of the White Continent during the middle-ages of the Black Iron Calendar…” the professor said to himself. When he tried to approach it, he suddenly heard a few cracks.
In front of him, the statue started to crack from the top, and a figure emerged.
“Have about five hundred years passed?” Fang Yuan said to himself after waking up from his meditation, completely ignoring the ants around him.
“Extraordinary!” exclaimed one of the researchers.
But the next moment, they watched in terror as the flaming guard hound whimpered and vanished.
“Leave!” A voice sounded in their minds. Eyes unfocused, researchers and laborers alike returned to the ship in a zombie-like manner.
Even the Demon God-level man had the same vacant expression as he helped sail the ship away from the island.
Only an entire day and night later did he suddenly awaken. As he looked at the ship full of zombie-like people, his face revealed horror. “How is this possible?”
After reaching the Above Abyss realm, he thought that he could flaunt his power on the planet, but only now did he realize that he was nothing more than a joke!