Chapter 690: Placement

Xu Zhi slowly opened his eyes, gazing at the crystal wall system diamond, and set down the magnifying glass beside him.

Medusa would naturally be unaware of his entry into the crystal wall system universe. This was not a world where the Three Pillar Gods could monitor every corner; in fact, due to its vastness and diversity, it was far more difficult to monitor than other transcendent worlds. She couldn't detect him.

This current situation was quite interesting, giving him some novel ideas. Xu Zhi sat in his study, a serious expression on his face, took another sip of tea, and mused, "This multi-crystal wall system universe was originally a cosmic model I built in my study to deduce countless possible world rules; what I see now is one of those myriad possibilities."

Why did the Mother of Insects die? Who knew! But it was indeed a possibility. Although Xu Zhi didn't want to interfere, he still had to be cautious to prevent other enemies from appearing.

Xu Zhi narrowed his eyes, observing Medusa, who was currently having a blast. She was completely unrestrained, restarting the universe, initiating new big bangs, and continually splitting and expanding. Xu Zhi clearly saw the sparkling tiny diamonds on the entire crystal wall bookshelf, with even smaller granular diamonds growing on the diamond walls, resembling salt crystals, each grain of salt arranged in a scattered yet orderly fashion. In the initial stages, they grew rapidly, on the scale of hours.

The crystal wall system universe had reached the Heavenly Emperor realm in just a few decades, which could be considered a monumental leap. This proved the world's potential was sufficient to surpass even the ancient Ishdal civilization. After all, the Ishdal civilization had taken over a century to reach the Heavenly Emperor realm, only to have its development abruptly halted and destroyed by a virus within two hundred years.

The era of the sandbox was progressing. From over a hundred years to reach the Heavenly Emperor realm, now down to decades. This indicated that the sandbox's rule model was continuously improving, maturing, and possessing greater potential.

This time, Medusa had started with twelve primitive universes, each undergoing division; she truly intended to play a grand game.

Xu Zhi glanced again at the young boy Medusa had created out of mischief. Having acquired resources from ancient civilizations in the fourth universe, he had already begun to grow, utilizing a portion of the prehistoric abyssal demon worm's spatial technology. Within an inner space on a sheet of paper, he was breeding abyssal zergs and constructing armories. Parallel universes had already begun to split.

*Pop, pop, pop!* Each crystal wall resembled a bubble.

One boy embarked on the path of technology, continuing the abyssal demon worm's civilization development. Another boy chose the path of the transcendent, utilizing bio-modification to instantly demonize worms, creating ancient abysses, and evolving by devouring others like in Gu breeding. Simultaneously, they faced two branching choices. One choice was to directly reveal their abilities, conquer the entire land, and become the king of the people. The other choice was to lie low, act as a scoundrel in a rural town, and quietly develop the technological space within the painting.

It looked quite interesting. Xu Zhi glanced at it but had no intention of continuing to observe in detail. This time, he didn't meticulously watch the civilization's progress as he had with other sandboxes. Because there was no need.

What was a multiverse? It was precisely because its development was too diverse, so much so that it was difficult to observe in detail. The initial process was too vast, filled with countless useless, failed universes. The best approach was to wait until the middle stage, let time filter out the dross, and then conduct actual observations. This was different from world lines; it was a world tree, a vast and eternal giant tree. Consequently, many branches would wither, most suspending useless universes heading towards destruction, with only a small portion growing splendid fruits.

The multiverse was both infinite and finite. By the mid-to-late stages, countless failed parallel universes would perish. Only a handful of mature, transcendent universes would successfully survive, capable of hanging on the tree, eternally evergreen.

Xu Zhi ordered, "Intelligent Sub-Brain, monitor the progress of this universe for me." He glanced at the girl in the glass bottle, who was completely engrossed, still squatting in a toilet-like posture, propping her chin, her eyes pressed against the glass wall, constantly observing. She was like someone frantically scrolling through Weibo in a public restroom, seemingly oblivious to being seen.

She was completely immersed. This left Xu Zhi somewhat speechless. For someone like her, this world was simply a dreamland, a treasure trove. She would probably wish to stay in that glass bottle in his study for tens of millions of years. Fortunately, demon gods didn't need to eat, drink, or relieve themselves. Otherwise, with that posture, Xu Zhi might have thought she was about to... in the bottle.

*Click!*

This scene was too hilarious; it was practically a black mark on her record. Xu Zhi pulled out his new Magic Core Ceramic phone and couldn't resist taking a picture. This was practically one of his greatest pleasures in the study: drinking tea, observing her posture, and taking a few photos. He felt his daily life was becoming increasingly comfortable.

Leaving the study, he entered the living room, checked on the development of Buddhism and Taoism in the Six Paths of Reincarnation world, and observed the war between the Six Realms and the ancient Lava Land. Xu Zhi confirmed that no major urgent events were occurring.

Medusa's arrangements were already complete. However, for his little phoenix, almost three days had passed, and he needed to settle her as well. Xu Zhi took a deep breath; the phoenix was the more urgent matter. After all, three days had almost passed since he began researching the new crystal wall world with Medusa. It was getting dark, and he needed to sleep soon.

Where should he put the phoenix? It was difficult to decide quickly! But now, Xu Zhi had made a decision. He had found Medusa's favorite and happiest place. Simultaneously, he had also figured out where the phoenix would be happiest... right by his bedside. With that thought, he strode quickly into the living room and checked the current evolution of the phoenix.

*Thump! Thump!*

A phoenix egg, faintly glowing with sacred white light, was gently pulsating. Evidently, besides Medusa Cthulhu Evil God's great leap forward, the phoenix, having absorbed a large amount of "primordial essence" he provided, along with various world's rare treasures and immense effort, had also undergone significant changes.

The phoenix, which had originally radiated golden flames, was now emitting a white-gold glow. Xu Zhi's eyes widened in surprise. So, investing heavily really did grant a new 'skin'.

"Intelligent Sub-Brain, retrieve the phoenix's genes."

"Retrieving..."

Name: Phoenix.Attributes: Energy Manipulation, Energy Toxin, Energy Immunity, Rebirth from Ashes.

Xu Zhi was slightly startled. The four talents had changed? From "Flame" to "Energy"?

That was reasonable; fire was inherently a type of energy, Xu Zhi thought, his eyes brightening. Previously, she had three mediocre talents, but now they had finally become useful. Energy Manipulation referred to the subtle ability to enhance energy control. What did this mean? It meant a huge advantage on the path to the Ninth Rank. The Path of a Hundred Trillion Cells was originally a test of supreme mental energy control. And the transformation of flame toxin into energy toxin was clearly more terrifying, an attribute-based poisonous attack.

In reality, these two were still ordinary, general-purpose talents, not exceptionally strong, but broadly applicable. Energy Immunity, however, was quite powerful... This was similar to Emperor Yun's ability, providing significant immunity to magical energy damage; only extremely powerful energy attacks exceeding her own resistance would cause her harm.

Magic immunity—now this was the legendary phoenix, Xu Zhi murmured.

Now, it was time to get to work. After a moment of hesitation, Xu Zhi carefully opened the white oven, took out the still warm phoenix egg, returned to his room, and placed it on his bed.