481: Accelerate progress

Chapter 481: Speeding Up the Process

The map belonging to Eagle Country was collapsing.

It was constantly collapsing under Lu Ran's attacks.

The wilderness was the first to be cleared.

After all,

under Lu Ran's Wither Curse, everything with HP was weakened by 99%.

Coupled with Lu Ran's undead creatures and the all-encompassing Bone Storm,

almost nothing could withstand it for a minute.

The hardest to deal with were the various main cities.

But even those protective shields, under Lu Ran's undead scourge, shattered like eggshells.

Once the protective shields disappeared, the Wither Curse could spread in.

Destruction was instantaneous.

Lu Ran didn't even pay much attention to it.

He just looked at Thor, the God of Thunder, in front of him.

"I have a few questions that need your answers, but you don't seem to be able to speak?" Lu Ran asked.

That was indeed the case.

Thor, the God of Thunder, showed no signs of speaking.

But at the same time,

a hoarse, ancient voice echoed in Lu Ran's mind: "I can answer any of your questions."

Oh?

Lu Ran's eyes lit up.

This reminded Lu Ran of Yamata no Orochi.

Yamata no Orochi also couldn't speak, but it could communicate with Lu Ran's mind.

They communicated through mental transmission.

Similarly, Thor, the God of Thunder, was the same. He naturally wasn't speaking Dragon Xia language; it was just that his thoughts, through mental communication, were automatically converted into meanings Lu Ran could understand.

"The descent of gods shouldn't be part of this world's rules, right? Or rather, it wasn't the original arrangement of this Datafication World," Lu Ran asked.

"Yes," Thor, the God of Thunder, affirmed directly.

Then,

he continued, "I cannot explain the specific reasons. My plane traversal has limitations. These limitations do not come from the Datafication World, but from the Hall of Valor."

"Hall of Valor? What is that?" Lu Ran asked in surprise.

However, he could understand Thor, the God of Thunder's concealment, or rather, his inability to speak.

It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but that another set of rules was restricting him.

Because Thor, the God of Thunder's descent was not normal data processing by the Datafication World.

Therefore,

that set of rules also didn't apply to Lu Ran's skills.

Lu Ran couldn't use the rules of his skills to forcibly break through the other set of rules on Thor, the God of Thunder, to make him answer any questions.

"You can understand it as a gathering place for gods," Thor, the God of Thunder, said.

He even explained it in a way that was easier for Lu Ran to understand.

In short,

the world where Thor, the God of Thunder, resided was also called the Hall of Valor, but it was not merely a palace; it was a world.

That world was larger, larger than the current Datafication World Lu Ran was in.

All living beings within it could be called gods.

Of course,

Thor, the God of Thunder, didn't think so himself.

They didn't consider themselves gods or immortals; this title was merely bestowed by the people of the Datafication World.

In Thor, the God of Thunder's words, it was merely a deified title given by lower-plane, lower-tier beings to higher-plane, higher-tier beings.

It was like there was another even lower-plane world now.

Any professional who went there and cast a few skills might be called an immortal.

But a professional wouldn't consider themselves an immortal.

In their own world, professionals were just ordinary professionals, needing to scheme, grow, socialize, and so on.

Gods were the same.

Thor, the God of Thunder, originated from the Hall of Valor; he was just an ordinary god within the Hall of Valor.

In the Hall of Valor, there were also divisions of rank and power, with a strict system based on the gods' combat power and so on.

However,

Thor, the God of Thunder could explain these things, but he still couldn't bypass the rules and tell Lu Ran the purpose of his coming to the Datafication World.

"Other gods have the same purpose. The so-called 'summoning gods' quests were added by the Hall of Valor through special interference with the Datafication World. Their purpose is to use professionals to bring about the descent of gods, and such quests will become more and more common," Thor, the God of Thunder, told Lu Ran.

It could be considered a warning.

Currently, Thor, the God of Thunder, was completely under Lu Ran's control.

That was control at the rule level, affecting his thoughts.

Although he couldn't interfere with the other set of rules, for now, it was enough.

"What about my quest? My godhead shard collection quest? Could it also be the Hall of Valor behind it? Do they want me to gather the godhead and go to the Hall of Valor?" Lu Ran asked thoughtfully.

"No," Thor, the God of Thunder, shook his head directly.

"Then what is it?" Lu Ran asked.

"Before this, I had no idea of your existence, nor of your quest's existence. In my opinion, your quest has nothing to do with the Hall of Valor; instead, it was generated by your Datafication World to counter the Hall of Valor's data interference and invasion," Thor, the God of Thunder, speculated.

In other words,

Lu Ran was specifically chosen by the Datafication World to counter the things the Hall of Valor was doing.

Lu Ran frowned deeply.

The more he listened, the more confused he became.

The original Datafication World didn't seem so indestructible.

The Datafication World was actually unable to stop the Hall of Valor's invasion with rules and data.

Instead, it had to go to great lengths, such troublesome means, to make Lu Ran trigger quests.

Moreover,

the first god appeared at the end of the quest series between Buddhism and Taoism.

Could this also be connected?

Was there any correlation between them?

Lu Ran couldn't quite figure it out. Many things about the Hall of Valor, Thor, the God of Thunder, himself couldn't explain, or rather, couldn't due to the second set of rules.

Helpless, Lu Ran could only temporarily give up.

But for now, the gains were quite substantial!

"Do you know how to find other gods?" Lu Ran asked.

"Other gods have not yet descended. The quest scrolls generated by the Hall of Valor's data interference have not yet been discovered by anyone. However, one has already been discovered, and preparations for collecting materials and the process are underway," Thor, the God of Thunder, said.

Oh?

Lu Ran's eyes lit up.

He asked, "How do you know so clearly? Can you sense the location and progress of other god summoning quest scrolls?"

Thor, the God of Thunder, nodded, "Yes, if a god is successfully summoned and descends, I can also sense the location of other gods."

That's great!

That's exactly what Lu Ran wanted!

Now that the second quest was complete, both godhead shards were in hand.

Only three more were needed to form a godhead!

Since Thor, the God of Thunder, could sense the location and progress of the quest scrolls, why not just go there directly?

In fact, Lu Ran could even help them speed up the process!

The three remaining god shards, he believed, could be dealt with very soon!

"My quest to kill gods hasn't been triggered yet, which probably means the materials haven't been fully collected. Since you know the location, let's go there now. Maybe we can even help them speed up the process. Where is it?" Lu Ran asked.