645: Devil, or God?

"Zero, do you think 'Zeus' will seek help from ancient beings of other civilizations?"

Yang Dian didn't know if that purple blob was Zeus.

Anyway, it crawled out of the Zeus statue, so he'd tentatively call it Zeus.

Zero heard Yang Dian's question and, after a brief calculation, replied:

"Based on mythological legends, combined with actual real-world information, the probability of Zeus leaving Greece to seek help from other ancient beings is 7%."

"That low?" Yang Dian reached out and picked up a section of a deliberately left-behind purple vine, examining it carefully. After confirming the vine had no active factors, he reiterated:

"The probability is that low?"

Sensing the doubt in Yang Dian's tone, Zero explained:

"Between civilizations, there is only self-interest."

"Your strength is a strength of absolute dominance. Those who have received ancient Legacies, or the beings who left those ancient Legacies, should know this."

"Based on Earth's current resources, it's impossible to cultivate a powerhouse like you."

"You have only grown to your current level after plundering the vast majority of resources from several planets."

"So, all those people combined are probably not your match."

"If they appeared before you all at once, there's a 95% chance you would wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"They should also know this, so the probability of them uniting with Zeus to fight you is extremely small."

"Unless they possess the strength to contend with you, or even crush you, they will not appear before you."

"To gain the strength to contend with you, or even crush you, if Zeus appeared before them, their first reaction would likely be to devour Zeus to gain growth, rather than to ally with him."

"Zeus should also know this, so the probability of him leaving Greece to unite with other ancient civilizations against you is extremely low."

After hearing Zero's analysis, Yang Dian nodded thoughtfully.

"The energy on a planet can be divided into three parts."

"The ubiquitous Spiritual Qi."

"The energy contained within the planet itself, condensed into mineral veins and Spiritual Veins."

"And the energy contained within the Star Core."

"Currently, the vast majority of Spiritual Qi is concentrated in Huaxia, and the Star Core Space is under my watchful eye."

"What those ancient beings and their inheritors can obtain in large quantities is the energy within mineral veins and Spiritual Veins."

"Tell me, if I go to the mineral veins and Spiritual Veins of other countries now, will I be able to find those guys?"

"Unknown." Zero couldn't give a definitive answer:

"You might find them, or you might not. This is something you'll only know after you do it."

"Yes, indeed~" Yang Dian nodded in agreement.

"You only know the result after you do it."

As he spoke, Yang Dian's attention returned to the purple vine in his palm.

He casually shredded the vine and, after repeated study, Yang Dian's answer was the same as before.

The vine was 'dead,' with no active properties.

It was just exceptionally tough; even an ordinary Star-Patrolling Realm cultivator couldn't tear it apart.

'I wonder if it's edible.'

'If it is edible...'

Thinking of the enormous purple blob when he first entered the spatial rift, Yang Dian let out a slight breath.

'If it's edible, perhaps a nation of superhumans isn't just a dream.'

With that thought, Yang Dian put away the shredded vine and stepped out of the spatial rift.

With a thought, the girl, deeply buried beneath the earth and half-dead from the aftermath of the battle, was found by him.

"Such a weak god."

"She couldn't even withstand the aftershocks of the battle."

"And this wasn't even the aftershocks from my full-strength battle."

"Tsk~"

The girl, just lifted to the surface by a large hand of mud and stone, spat out two mouthfuls of clotted blood and looked at Yang Dian with immense horror.

'This level of battle isn't even his full strength?'

Her peripheral vision caught Yang Dian's clothes, which showed no signs of impact, not even a wrinkle, and the girl fell silent.

'What he said... seems to be true?'

'Where did I get the courage to point a gun at such a being before?'

In her daze, the girl heard Yang Dian speak again:

"Since you are a god of Greece, I assume the remaining Greeks will listen to you, right?"

When the girl first heard Yang Dian's words, she was still a bit confused, not knowing what he meant.

Only after his words cycled twice in her mind did she guess a possibility, then showed a bitter smile:

"I received Athena's Legacy and am called Athena, that's correct."

"But you, who can casually defeat me, are the God King in their hearts."

"Your divine oracle should be far more useful than my words."

Yang Dian raised an eyebrow.

God King wasn't a good title.

Didn't a certain God King's favorite pastime involve his mother?

However, he was too lazy to discuss these things with the girl and simply followed her lead, saying:

"Then you tell them: the God King commands a mass migration of the entire race."

"You will go to a world without Machina chaos, without the shadow of war, where medical care is free, and everyone is equal."

The great migration plan was about to begin.

No matter what those ancient creatures and gods were planning.

Humans, or rather, intelligent life, were certainly a hurdle they couldn't bypass.

For example, ancient Qi needed to find a host, and if it was a god, it needed the faith and worship of intelligent life.

If all the people were migrated, Yang Dian wondered how they would revive.

Upon hearing Yang Dian's words, the girl instantly regained all her strength, scrambled to her feet, and looked at Yang Dian in disbelief:

"What you said is true?"

"You, or rather Huaxia, are so kind as to share such a world, which only exists in fairy tales, with us?"

Seeing the girl's incredulous expression, Yang Dian couldn't help but smile.

To the girl, or to the Greeks, the world Yang Dian described was indeed a fairy tale world.

But to Yang Dian, or to the people of Huaxia, it was also a world without Spiritual Qi, a world without hope.

"Hard to believe?"

"Your Greece only has a total population of ten million. How many will be left after the Machina rampage?"

"Five million? Three million? Or even fewer?"

"We in Huaxia have already conquered two life planets and are currently conquering the third."

"To show some humanitarian spirit, and to use a little bit of resources to help our fellow Earthlings, it's just a small effort."

At this point, Yang Dian's tone shifted:

"Of course, although we are about to conquer the third life planet, the total resources are still limited. If the population increases without restraint, the resources will eventually run out."

"So, those who wish to immigrate to the new world must abide by the laws of the new world."

Facing the girl's 'I knew you had ulterior motives' gaze, Yang Dian gave an example:

"For instance, family planning."

"I believe you've heard that term."

The girl's expression flickered, finally settling on a trace of helplessness:

"Do we have a choice?"

Yang Dian smiled:

"Of course."

As he spoke, he looked up at the cave ceiling.

As the faint yellow light in his pupils flickered slightly, the entire cave seemed to become an earthquake epicenter, beginning to tremble slightly.

Within a few blinks, a massive chasm inexplicably split open in the dome, and countless earth and rocks, defying the law of gravity, shot up from the ground like a geyser to the sky, blossoming into a 'Flower of the Earth' high above.

Greeting the sunlight shining down from the ten-thousand-meter-deep sinkhole, the girl heard Yang Dian's devil-like whisper again:

"But I forgot to tell you."

"Although I defeated the purple monster that humiliated you, I couldn't kill it completely; it escaped."

"Such an uncontrollable entity is not allowed to exist on Earth."

"I don't know where it fled, so I'm going to turn over the entire land of Greece to find it."

"If anyone doesn't want to leave, then let them be buried with this land, with your myths."

As he spoke, Yang Dian had already taken the girl and flown high into the sky. With a casual motion, he gathered the earth and rocks that had exploded in the sky, condensing them into stone spikes imbued with explosive energy, their tips pointing directly at the vast land below.

"15 days."

"After 15 days, these stone spikes will fall, completely pulverizing the entire land."

With that, he raised his hand again and touched the girl's glabella, forcibly injecting a large amount of information into her mind before taking a step and completely vanishing from her perception.

Looking at the stone spikes suspended upside down in the sky, the girl subconsciously touched the goosebumps on her arms.

The sense of threat from the stone spikes was simply too great.

She felt that once the stone spikes exploded, if she were too close, she would be blown to smithereens, completely erased from this world.

'So that devil-like being really wants to destroy the world?'

"Athena!"

Just as the girl's Divine Soul trembled, concerned voices drifted from afar:

"Are you alright?"

The girl, snapping out of her daze, looked towards the sound, and pairs of concerned eyes met hers.

She swayed slightly, and finally feeling that she was still alive, the girl hugged her shoulders and opened her mouth to say something.

But thinking of the 'judgment' hanging high in the sky, she stopped the words that were about to escape:

"Divine Oracle."

As these two words were uttered, the eleven people who had flown to the girl's side immediately became solemn.

"Earth is about to face its end; only by reaching the Realm of the Gods can one obtain a chance to survive."

"Everyone, whether or not they are my followers, must go to the temple to prepare to enter the Divine Realm."

As she spoke, she glanced at the stone spikes hovering high in the sky, which others seemed to ignore:

"We only have half a month."

"After half a month, those who remain on Earth will have only one choice: death..."