Chapter 999: Chapter 154: Embers
“Bai Xiu… I’ve rembered this na.”
Mu Wanqiu nodded in agreent.
As a person from the North Continent, she had always been proud of her combat abilities and cultivation talent, but after eting Gu Shen, her mindset began to change.
There’s always soone better, and there’s always more to strive for.
S-level is ultimately just a rating of talent, just a beginning!
The path of extraordinary cultivation is still long. If she wants to advance courageously, she must restrain her ntality, calm down, and proceed steadily.
As for the “very powerful, very powerful” opponent in Gu Shen’s words, although she hadn’t t him, she was already taking him seriously.
“By the way…” Gu Shen coughed softly and said, “When you really et him in the future and challenge him, don’t ntion …”
Mu Wanqiu was slightly taken aback.
“I understand… Is it because you two have a close relationship? If I ntion you, he might not give it his all.”
Mu Wanqiu understood the reason without Gu Shen having to explain further.
She solemnly said, “Don’t worry, I won’t ntion you.”
Gu Shen smiled with relief.
Little Xiuzi… I suppose you also yearn to face off against the “S-level” often?
Helping to connect you with an opponent is just a trivial matter, no need to thank .
“The trip to the East Continent, I’ll consider it carefully.”
Mu Wanqiu sheathed her battle blade and said solemnly, “But after all, I’m a mber of the Investigation Corps… Many tasks of the first team usually require my participation, and if the Lord of the Legion permits, perhaps I can travel outside for a period, but ultimately, the investigation mission must take priority.”
Gu Shen nodded.
Mu Wanqiu is an important figure in the Investigation Corps, leaving just like that isn’t very realistic.
“When I return, I will request to see the Lord of the Legion.”
Mu Wanqiu said seriously, “If conditions permit, before setting off for the East Continent, I’ll write you a letter.”
She left with her blade, giving a salute before parting.
“Thank you for the past few days.”
Mu Wanqiu said softly, “eting you on the path of cultivation might be a blessing.”
Gu Shen returned the salute.
He stood at the gate of the small courtyard on Xuankong Mountain, watching Mu Wanqiu leave.
A mont later, a long-silent voice echoed in his Spirit Sea.
Chu Ling smiled and asked, “How about this Miss Mu?”
“…”
Gu Shen vaguely felt sothing was off, why did there seem to be an ominous sign rising in the Spirit Sea?
He coughed lightly, quickly withdrew his gaze, and said earnestly, “I think if we go to the East Continent, I can introduce her to Shen Li.”
“She takes winning and losing too seriously.”
Chu Ling chuckled softly and said seriously, “At first glance, Mu Wanqiu seems like Shen Li, a martial arts fanatic pursuing martial strength, but in reality… she’s different from Shen Li.”
Back then in Changye, Little Iron Man ca looking for Gu Shen, repeatedly defeated and fought again, enjoying it endlessly.
What he enjoyed was the process of dueling.
As for winning and losing… Shen Li always knew that challenging Gu Shen had only one possibility.
Lose!
But even so, he still ca to challenge every day, seeking battle daily, in the end, the only thing he wanted was just to last a few more moves in the duel!
But Mu Wanqiu’s challenges in the past few days were different from Shen Li.
She wants to win.
And she wants to win by any ans necessary!
In these seven days, every strategy, tactic used by Mu Wanqiu had significant adjustnts. It’s clear that she wanted to push Gu Shen to the brink, to force out the final “realm”… To achieve this, re “S-level” talent wasn’t enough, every ti she left the small courtyard of Xuankong Mountain, she had undoubtedly spent a lot of ti and energy in planning and calculating.
Just like the first encounter in that “simulation cabin” duel.
Mu Wanqiu is a ruthless person pursuing combat results.
Rather than saying she loves fighting, it’s better to say… she loves winning!
What she cares about is that mont of victory!
So a person like her will feel frustrated in the repeated duels with Gu Shen.
Because she lost thoroughly.
In Gu Shen’s view, whether it’s Shen Li or Mu Wanqiu, the “qualities” they possess are excellent combat qualities, their desire for victory, and their pursuit of fighting… are the greatest motivations for a transcendent to continuously move forward.
But both Shen Li and Mu Wanqiu need so adjustnts.
“If I’m not mistaken… you intend to make these two [Angels] in the future, right?”
Chu Ling said softly, “They are indeed very good candidates.”
Looking through the history of the Five Continents, across generations of Divine Thrones, never has there been one like Gu Shen… at such a low level of power, has already determined the identity of the “Fla Master.”
The Divine Throne has always selected [Angels] from the “Great Achievers.”
Very rarely, they choose so “weaker” ones to slowly nurture.
But… It’s the first ti for soone like Gu Shen to choose an Angel Envoy to grow together with him.
In the past history of the Five Continents Council, the “Fla” as the topmost sacred artifact required at least a Titled Level person to compete for it when there was a vacancy!
“Yes.”
Gu Shen murmured, “But speaking of an Angel Envoy… it is still too early.”
What he did was more like treating Shen Li and Mu Wanqiu as his own friends.
If indeed there is a God of Destiny gazing upon us—
Then Gu Shen hoped that in the future, the one who could share the “Power of Netherfire” with him would be Shen Li, would be Mu Wanqiu.
In Zero-zero-one, Chu Ling, gazing through the Heavenly Eye, watched Gu Shen standing quietly in front of the courtyard of Xuankong Mountain.
She smiled, “When Xiao Qiu arrives at Changye, take her to Divine Temple Mountain.”
Xiao Qiu…
Gu Shen noticed this change of address.
“It’s not just your ‘Pure Land’; don’t forget… the Ancient Literature Society also needs ‘fresh blood’.”
Chu Ling said: “The ‘eting room’ that had sunk to the bottom of the Deep Sea hasn’t had anyone connected to it for too long… The ‘Embers’ scattered all over the world need a wisp of fla to ignite them.”
ntioning the Ancient Literature Society, Gu Shen was in a daze.
After the [Key] opened the door, this eting room beca even quieter.
Those “mbers of the Ancient Literature Society” who had dispersed, like catkin smoke, floated away with the wind, never to connect again.
This silence had lasted a year.
“A year of silence is actually nothing… In the past, there was even longer silence. Silence to everyone ans no bad news, and no bad news… ans peace. In an era of being hunted, what is more important than peace?”
Chu Ling had seen through Gu Shen’s thoughts.
“During this year, the [Deep Sea] has been updated and iterated twice. Its self-evolution speed is getting faster, seemingly wanting to find the loopholes in the ‘system’ through evolution.”
Gu Shen frowned, “Finding loopholes, isn’t that…”
“Yes. [Deep Sea] is looking for ‘’.” Chu Ling said calmly: “It keeps upgrading and searching in the deep water area. One day, perhaps… it will really find ‘Zero-zero-one’ and the hidden within it.”
Upon hearing this, Gu Shen fell silent.
All along, in his subconscious, as Mr. Turing’s [Source Code], he thought Chu Ling in the deep water was absolutely safe…
But this was not the case.
Constantly compressed permissions foreshadowed the outco of this AI confrontation.
“If it finds you… what will happen?” His voice was a bit hoarse.
“I don’t know.”
Chu Ling shook her head, “I can’t calculate all this… Just like I can’t see below the [Deep Sea], what kind of will really dwells at the endless bottom of the ocean, what kind of wisdom it possesses, these are the futures I cannot foresee.”
“Perhaps… I will be swallowed up.”
“Or perhaps… I will be dismantled, abandoned, becoming obsolete and useless data?”
When Chu Ling said these words, sitting in Zero-zero-one, her body kept restructuring, the code sotis condensed, and sotis dispersed. She once again instinctively conducted a “deduction,” but this ti the result of the “deduction” still ended in failure.
Surprisingly, she did not feel much fear or anxiety.
Perhaps it was because she was inherently a part of the [Deep Sea], and to be devoured or destroyed was a “good ending” in the system settings, with no need for sadness or fear.
She raised her head and murmured, “Who knows?”
Saying this, the atmosphere suddenly beca sowhat heavy.
“In any case… Our ti is not as easy as we anticipated, but it’s not overwhelmingly urgent either.”
Chu Ling saw Gu Shen’s heavy heart and forced a smile, quickly saying: “I originally wanted to tell you so good news… I reinforced the ‘eting room’. Do you rember the big eting summoned when the [Key] opened the door? Thanks to that ‘eting’, each of the ‘Embers’ scattered around the Five Continents, their ‘Spiritual Link’, I found the corresponding coordinates in the real world through the vein of the deep water area, little by little.”
This was a long-term project.
Mr. Turing personally created this [eting room] and gave it ‘absolute security’ beyond the highest seat’s permissions.
Theoretically, no one could peep through the veil of [eting room mbers].
Not even the highest seat.
Because in the “Divine Throne’s perspective,” the Ancient Literature Society was already shattered… In the deep water area, there simply isn’t such a place as the [eting room].
But there is one exception.
And that was Chu Ling.
She was responsible for the safety of the [eting room]… So, when Mr. Turing was absent, what she represented was that ‘absolute security’ beyond the highest seat’s permissions.
Gu Shen was taken aback.
“Do you an… the full files of the eting room mbers have been sorted out?”
“A part.” Chu Ling paused slightly, saying: “To be precise, a large part. There are always so difficult issues that cannot be deciphered. For example, the ‘031’ who often participated in etings and spoke with an old-fashioned tone, I couldn’t find the specific coordinates in the real world. His Spiritual Link seems to be different from others.”
“Of course, such existences are very few… I am doing the final net collection work. At most, in a week, this file will be preliminarily collated.”
Chu Ling said aningfully: “It’s just… you need to be ntally prepared…”
Gu Shen took a deep breath and seriously asked, “What kind of ntal preparation do I need to make?”
“The Ancient Literature Society, is the embers burnt to the ground.”
Chu Ling said softly: “In the great purge of those years, the flas went out, the embers withered… To my knowledge, many honorable mbers escaped the great purge. Over the past twenty years, they have continued to struggle and fight. They gave their all, but ultimately didn’t welco a good ‘ending’.”
“The [Key] was found, but they are already gone, gone forever.”
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