Chapter 1064: First Meeting

Beneath the dark, deep blue ocean, a rudimentary stone castle gradually emerged.

“Who built a stone house here?” Meduola's expression instantly became wary. Instead of properly evolving, a species had started building houses?

In fact, the War of the Abyss Blue Divine Domain and the War of the Fallen Civilizations had gradually begun in full force outside. Slowly escalating within the Buddhist sect, with small-scale skirmishes, this was likely an unimaginably vast mythical war within this nebula... It would probably become intensely urgent in just a few hours. Of course, these hours were hours in high-dimensional space-time.

At this time, with the front lines preparing for war, those in the rear, though relatively idle exploring opportunities here, were actually quite anxious. Because once the war truly began, the enemy would surely flank them and attack the rear supply and maintenance units. Unlike individual transcendent beings, their mechanical civilization required supplies, maintenance, and had logistical forces. When transcendent life forms were injured, their flesh could self-heal, but what about their mechanical warships, Dao implements, Dharma artifacts, super-divine artifacts, and super-spiritual artifacts? Some damaged parts and gears were terrifyingly precise components that twisted laws, requiring a large number of ordinary Ninth-Tier Dao Attainers to warp laws for repairs.

“I hope we can find some opportunities here,” Meduola said, taking a deep breath. “After all, whether the tall building collapses or not, we, the weakest, will be the quickest to die.” Facing a formidable enemy and imminent death, no one could remain calm. This mysterious encounter before them was their only hope.

“Should we go in? This is too strange,” Naisera said, her face serious.

Xu Zhi glanced at the large spider, a faint, unreadable smile on his face. She was truly a drama queen.

Naisera, at this moment, was actually very surprised by these players and utterly stunned by them. A cesspit, and they dared to play like that? Normally, she wouldn't dare offend an exalted Dao Attainer, still holding a trace of fear and reverence, but these players? They simply captured Dao Attainers, treating them as utterly insignificant. This kind of outrageous maneuver completely dumbfounded her! Was this the power of a higher central civilization? They were truly merciless towards these provincial bumpkins! Naisera felt very fortunate. Fortunately, she had also observed the concept of the God of Creation and even gained unimaginable opportunities. Otherwise, she would truly be just a country bumpkin spider in their eyes... After all, even if a civilization was powerful, if it didn't know the God of Creation, it was still a provincial, unsophisticated one.

Splash. Before they could react, two beings emerged from the constructed stone house fortress.

“SpongeBob, let’s go jellyfishing!” a thick, muffled, and simple-minded voice echoed. “Catch jellyfish to make Krabby Patties... This is our secret recipe!”

“I’m ready! I’m ready!”

Two strange treants, arm in arm, holding hands and carrying a small vine net, walked out of the castle.

“Oh, jellyfish!” The two strange treants' eyes gleamed, and they quickly lunged forward.

“Enemy attack!” Seeing this, several people quickly counterattacked. Little Shiji's iron-based lifeform was instantly sent flying. After all, while the iron-based lineage was powerful at higher levels, its lower-level forms lacked strong close-quarters combat abilities and were no match for these professionally evolved treants. This was also why the native transcendent species of powerful transcendent Dao Attainers were no match and were instantly beaten to tears. At lower levels, where no one had transcendent powers, what good was being a powerful transcendent species? On the other hand, Meduola and Vina quickly began to resist, managing a surprisingly tough, evenly matched fight.

“Old Tree Roots!” The two treants unleashed a combination of punches, but their usually unstoppable offensive was blocked, instantly startling them. “Holy crap, they’re that fierce? Someone has already reached this level?” They hadn't expected anyone to be able to resist them. “According to our estimations, we should still be far ahead. After all, they don’t communicate with each other, they’re all fumbling around on their own, working in isolation, evolving creatures in the dark. How could this happen?” “Could it be those guys we just eliminated? Did they secretly observe some clues of our evolution here, pick up a few tricks, re-evolve species specifically to counter ours, and come back to trouble us?” “Aren’t they afraid to die a second time? So bold as to seek revenge right away?” “Did humiliation make them stronger?”

The players were utterly shocked. What the hell was this? Did humiliation really make one stronger? They thought it might be the group of Dao Attainers they had just eliminated, coming back to cause trouble for them, as those resentful gazes were hard to forget.

A full-scale battle erupted between the two sides. “They didn’t expect there was a spy among them,” Naisera chuckled, secretly observing the players. She thought to herself, “Although I can’t enter their civilization anymore, when I did, I saw their networks and memorized all their evolution knowledge, strategies, and even the culmination of their experience systems.” How could she possibly shortchange her own team? The two Dao Attainers by her side had followed her for a long time! She had previously told them this evolutionary knowledge, claiming she had gained it from a “lucky encounter.” The two greatly benefited, gaining a head start. Although they had only just begun learning and weren't capable of direct confrontation, they could at least put up a meager resistance.

“So?” Naisera looked at Medusa and said, “The evolutionary knowledge I gave you is quite powerful, isn’t it?”

Medusa nodded, watching the battle. She thought, “These strangely shaped treants are just like those I saw in the God of Creation’s dimensional courtyard. So, they truly came from there?” She recalled some beings from the Cosmic Garden at that time, who had a similar appearance. “Heh, from the side of the Ancient Gods…” Medusa vaguely had a guess. “However, it truly surprised me that Naisera, a mere weakling, managed to obtain this evolutionary knowledge through some ancient fortuitous encounter!” Naisera had told this knowledge to Meduola and Vina, and naturally, she had also told Medusa and her companions. Medusa herself had spent centuries evolving in the dimensional courtyard before, making her an experienced evolutionary life form. She certainly wasn't starting from scratch, but evolving based on this new knowledge proved to be greatly beneficial. After all, she had never truly studied systematically.

“Very good,” Medusa smiled. “I never would have thought you’d have such an opportunity and level of skill. It’s truly impressive. This knowledge is enough for us to seize opportunities and rise here.” Before, Medusa had thought this casually encountered trio was just ordinary. She considered them mere passing acquaintances on a journey, but now that they possessed such good fortune, perhaps if war or battle truly broke out, she could save them and bring them into the Cosmic Garden's faction.

“Yes, it seems our lineage is about to rise,” Naisera said, her face earnest and excited. She continued, addressing Medusa, “Even though you’ve just joined us, I won’t mistreat you. We’ll advance together, and in the future, our group has the potential to become Inspectors!”

“Yes, we can definitely become Inspectors,” Medusa said, smiling. Medusa smiled, thinking she could help them if necessary, as survival was difficult.

Xu Zhi watched the two women's acting contest, finding it quite amusing.

Boom! The two sides battled fiercely underwater. Although Meduola and Vina's species were not weak, they were only so-so, and certainly no match for a PVP fighting champion. After a few struggles, they quickly showed signs of defeat, entangled by an overwhelming number of vine-like species. The two instantly fell, ensnared.

“Eat shit!” The two treants shook their bodies, looking at the remaining few people in front of them, thinking it wouldn't be difficult to defeat them.

“Shiji, go up and punch.” Medusa frowned. Seeing this scene, she knew she definitely had to save them. However, she had no impulse to join herself, as she wasn't evolving her original Evil God species. After all, her Evil God species had already undergone a major, highly perfected evolution, so there was no need to evolve it further here. At the moment, she had another idea: re-evolving other, non-combat-oriented creatures.

“Me?” Shiji looked bewildered. “I can’t beat them.”

“It’s not that you can’t beat them; it’s that you only want transcendent power and don’t use the combat methods of ordinary creatures. You just need to punch.” Medusa smiled. “Bring out the feeling of your daily billion punches... Even though you’re currently a first-tier life form without transcendent powers, you possess the combat strength of a mortal martial arts grandmaster. If they’re fighting like mortals, like ordinary grassland creatures in hand-to-hand combat, would you be afraid of them? You come from a martial arts system forged in the martial world!”

“Yes!” Shiji stepped forward.

Instantly, the two sides resumed fighting. During the exchange, the players gradually felt intense pressure. They were the Thirteen Battle Gods of the Asura Path, PVP fighting champions selected from among the players, the most formidable fighters, and even they felt intense pressure. This was a powerful offense that required no skill, nothing but continuous, straightforward, furious punching, assaulting them like a torrential downpour. The two sides fought fiercely, exchanging blows. Although they were evenly matched, the players’ expressions completely changed. They finally recognized who this little iron girl was and what martial art she was wielding.

“Evil God, Renimansga!!” Their hearts churned with tumultuous waves, as if they had been utterly stunned. In that moment of surprise, their movements instantly slowed, and exploiting that brief lapse, they were sent flying. They cushioned their landing for a moment underwater before stopping, then looked at the group behind them. It was the Evil God, Renimansga! How did these powerful figures suddenly appear? They might not fear those bumpkin Dao Attainers, but facing a civilization of equal standing, from the same cosmic center, who also understood the concept of the God of Creation, they naturally had to be on high alert. The opponent was a terrifying true overlord capable of fighting against Ancient Gods! Moreover, this was the Destroyer God's dimensional courtyard, and the Destroyer God was none other than the Evil God before them, who had observed the existence of the future through the terrifying Dao technique "Genesis."

“Stop, we surrender, boss, we’re on your side.” Their two treants retreated violently, moving away from Little Shiji, utterly intimidated.

“Why are you running?!” Shiji pressed her advantage, thoroughly enjoying the fight. She had been punching inanimate objects before, but now she finally found her rhythm.

“Little princess, we were wrong!”

“We were so wrong!” They forced smiles, scurrying away with their hands over their heads, unsure whether to fight or retreat. Her father was watching nearby—a terrifying taboo being comparable to an Ancient God. How dared they be so presumptuous? Were they tired of living?

“Hmph! It really is you. How boring,” Shiji realized.

“Their own people… they’re scared?” Meduola and Vina, knocked to the ground, felt utterly bewildered. When they started fighting the treants, they instantly knew they were in trouble! How powerful were these treants? Their species were incredibly perfect and unbelievable! In a realm without transcendent powers, they were almost unstoppable! They were probably terrifying existences that struck fear into everyone, and countless Dao Attainers on the forum called them dreadful. They feared that encountering them now would mean their extremely precious lives would end right here. But they hadn't expected things to turn out like this. “They know each other, so why do they look so scared? Does that mean we don’t have to die?” Meduola and Vina stood frozen, their faces filled with disbelief. They hadn't expected that the trio who had just joined them, whom they had assumed were weak, actually knew such powerful beings? Weren't those beings an unknown, ancient, powerful civilization that had once entered the "Court of Nirvana" in ancient times? How could they know each other? And they called her “Little Princess”?

On the other side, inside the round, rudimentary stone house, Liu Si watched this scene, slightly surprised and very confused. He frowned and said, “How did they suddenly back down? They were so arrogant before, even daring to defy Dao Attainers, not treating them as powerful beings, calling them all country bumpkins...” It must be known that he was the Sixth Inspector! Renowned as one of the strongest Ninth-Tier combatants below the weak Tenth-Tier, and those players weren't even afraid of him. Now, they suddenly went soft? And they were bowing and nodding obsequiously? He felt completely bewildered. If they truly couldn't win, bowing their heads wouldn't be an issue, but that wasn't the case. Even if their two treants couldn’t win, they still had their ultimate weapon, the strongest PVP combat species, the Reaper, which had already been initially refined... Who could be a match for such a powerful dueling creature? This was what they called the “Ruthless Feces-Making Machine”! Even the punching little iron man before them was far from being a match. A splash of its ruthless, potent venom would instantly corrode, making it a truly cruel and evil super life form. Even though the other side clearly couldn't defeat them, they instantly conceded and groveled? “This is not the personality these unbridled guys should have!” His expression instantly turned solemn. He muttered, standing by the window and looking outside at the group, utterly captivated by this inexplicable sight. “What exactly is going on? Who are these people?”

Beside him, the giant octopus’s face turned numb. It screamed, “You are my ancestor, and I will still help you! Run! Don’t let them see you! They’re here to kill you, the traitor!”

To kill me? Liu Si was utterly stunned, completely unaware of what was happening. Looking at this Bodd descendant who scorned him, he was utterly bewildered: When did I become a traitor?