The woman sighed and said, "Yes, everyone is dead. To be exact, that happened 2,600 years ago.
Shi Hao murmured, "Two thousand six hundred years ago? Why do you know all this? Why were you able to get here? I originally thought that when the Kunlun Secret Realm disappeared..."
The woman whispered, "Will I disappear with them? Yes, I thought so at that time. I felt that my life was meaningless. I came from nothingness and was just a phantom drawn by someone.
"I shouldn't have existed in the first place. I have no past, and therefore no future. But when the Kunlun Secret Realm collapsed, I was a little unwilling to accept it. Even though I am like this, I still want to live and exist.
"At that time, the entire fairy mountain had collapsed. I was struggling in the collapsing world. I was wandering around, not knowing where to go or what to do. I just maintained that little bit of existence. Then, I saw a ray of light flying in from the disintegrating meteors, and it collided with me.
"That is a top-grade divine crystal. Its name is called 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady'."
Shi Hao said: "I have never heard of such a thing before.
A divine crystal. There are eight top-grade divine crystals known to the world, namely, North Pole Ziwei, South Pole Changsheng, Gou Chen Shanggong, Hou Tu Huangdi, Tianqi Rensheng, Lei Zun, Huode, Plague Emperor... Among them, there is no Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady."
The woman said, "Because this divine crystal is a little different. It was always kept in Yaochi Fairyland until that day when Yaochi Fairyland completely collapsed and it fell with it.
"In addition, in the original design of the Heavenly Court, all the God Crystals were on the One Stone List. They can make people deified after death, but mortals who obtain them cannot become gods. Only those who are conferred by the Heavenly Court after death can become gods recognized by the Heavenly Court.
"So, even if a mortal obtains the divine crystal and becomes a divine power user, he can only obtain a single divine power from it. But I, because I was born in the secret realm of Yaochi, gathered spiritual energy to form a body, floating and ethereal, not an ordinary body. After obtaining the divine crystal, I became the real 'Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady'.
"And the duties of the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens are also different from those of other gods. She is a guide appointed by the Emperor of Heaven. This house is the Emperor of Heaven."
They stood before the mysterious octagonal crystal palace and looked at this "Emperor of Heaven".
Shi Hao asked: "Why did you bring me here?"
The Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens turned around and looked at him: "My duty is to guide. And you are the 'last emperor of heaven'."
Shi Hao asked: "The last Heavenly Emperor?"
The Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens said: "The Emperor of Heaven is this house, but also
A race. All the people in the other world are descendants of the Heavenly Emperor, but they have all been destroyed. Only you are the last of the Heavenly Emperor clan."
Shi Hao was thinking, this last member of the Heavenly Emperor clan...is it because he is a time traveler
He was silent for a while and then stepped into the Heavenly Emperor Palace.
In front of him was a light gate. As he entered, the light waves rippled like ripples. After entering, he looked up and saw
A feeling of shock, yet some relief.
The room is full of high-tech, with numerous monitors embedded on the walls. The images displayed on the monitors include the collapsed heaven, the world of the human world, and the underworld filled with scorched earth.
The Lady of the Nine Heavens followed him in, but she just stood by the door, motionless. Shi Hao walked forward, his feet stepped on the ground, and waves of light appeared on the glass floor.
In front of him was a three-story platform. He stepped onto the platform and saw a bridge of light in front of him.
Walking on the bridge, looking down, the next level is a circle of white desktops with a 3D virtual interface flashing on the desktop.
It’s like a light screen in another world that only appears in science fiction movies. There is no need for a physical display, but the display interface appears in the air just through the projection of light.
In front of him was a circular platform. He stood in front of it and saw a sphere on his left hand side with five finger-shaped shadows on it. He pressed his left hand on it and there was a flash in front of him, and a curtain of light unfolded.
"The last of the Heavenly Emperor clan, the only child, you are finally here!" The interface flashed with ripples like water.
Shi Hao asked, "Who are you?"
The voice sounded like that of a middle-aged man, but the tone was stiff: "I am an angel from the 'Emperor's House', an artificial intelligence serving the Emperor's Clan. A long time ago, they all called me 'Wei'."
Artificial intelligence? Shi Hao thought, coming from a world of martial arts and cultivation to such a place is really weird. But since time travel itself exists, he cannot help but accept this fact.
He asked: "Why is there such a Heavenly Emperor's House? Why would the other world be destroyed? Why am I the "last of the Heavenly Emperor's clan?" He had too many questions in his mind, and he vaguely felt that his time travel was not that simple.
The voice of the artificial intelligence Wei sounded again: "The so-called Heavenly Emperor Clan is actually just humans from another world. But because they are the founders of this Heavenly Emperor and the masters of this place, they are also 'Heavenly Emperors'. The specific truth has to start from a long time ago.
"That was in the middle and late 21st century of another world. Human material civilization had reached an extremely high level, but the rich material conditions could not bring about class equality and the gap between the rich and the poor. Although basically everyone could guarantee the most basic living conditions, the emptiness of spiritual civilization made them indulge in various games.
“Even if they have countless properties, capitalists who still want to gain more wealth are doing their best to use various virtual games to get the lower-class people to invest all their extra time and money in these games, in addition to work and basic living security.
"Game companies are trying to develop virtual reality technology, or VR, that people can really immerse themselves in.
But for various reasons, the experience and freedom were never satisfactory enough, until a game called "Fengshen" appeared, which completely changed the world."
Shi Hao frowned: "Game?"
Artificial intelligence said: "Yes, the game! This game was born in the 'Emperor's Palace'. The Emperor's Palace is a space station. There is a country that has made a breakthrough in technology through experiments on the space station called 'Tiangong'.
“This country has built a space station just above the South China Sea that is like an earth satellite. It has miniaturized nuclear energy, makes full use of solar energy, and has a huge information network.
"Because all the previous heavenly palaces were used as experiments to verify it, and it is also considered to be the last heavenly palace, so it was named 'Emperor of Heaven.'"
On the light screen, the Earth that Shi Hao was familiar with appeared. In the universe above the South China Sea of the Earth, a spectacular space station appeared.
The internal structure of the space station was analyzed. In one of the rooms, there was a middle-aged man sitting there. He had black earmuffs on his head and was looking at the screen on the table. There were scattered light spots on the screen.
The artificial intelligence said: "This person is called Qian Wei. He is a technician in the Tiandi Palace. Game design and development is also his hobby. Most of the days in the Tiandi Palace are boring, but for people of that era, as long as they have a small room with Internet access and enough daily necessities, it doesn't matter even if they live for years.
"He used the computer of the Tiandi Palace official to develop a game called Fengshen. Of course, a single person's game development cannot be compared with that of a large game company. It can only be used for communication among niche enthusiasts.
"But unexpectedly, the game he made seemed to have a strong self-development ability and grew very fast. Unconsciously, a world was formed in the game. Other people in the Tiandi Palace were also very interested in it and invested in it.
"Later, a huge game company discovered this
However, the puzzlement is that when the game is transplanted to other places, it loses its powerful self-development ability. This mysterious ability only exists on the mainframe of the Tiandi Palace.
"Fortunately, the capitalists have plenty of money, and even the national political system has long been affected. The company bought some of the mainframes of the Tiandi Palace and used them as the server of the game, connecting to many clients through a wireless network. The game was extremely popular. Through a unique game cabin, people can immerse themselves in it with their entire consciousness, as if they were in real reality.
“This technology is unprecedented and is different from those that only use
A virtual game that simulates the real 3D effect through vision and hearing.
The game was completely different. So it was very popular. It was a game where you could practice cultivation. There was spiritual energy in the game world, and people could practice in it. After practicing from the ninth level to the first level, they could enter the "heaven" and become immortals.
There are also many NPCs in that world.
They are like real people, so real that it is hard to imagine that they are just numbers in the game world. Because of the spiritual energy, they often have some powerful powers, but they do not know the advanced methods of cultivation, so there is no system. At the same time, because of the existence of spiritual energy, many beasts have become extremely powerful.
These NPCs, called 'mortals', posed a great threat.
"In the game world, becoming stronger through practice and leading mortals to deal with powerful venomous snakes and ferocious beasts is also the player's mission and interest. Unprecedented technology, unparalleled immersion and realism, and a completely free and open game world have made this game unprecedentedly popular. Countless people around the world are playing it, and the company has also accumulated astonishing wealth. The phrase 'rich enough to rival a country' is not surprising when applied to it.
"It wasn't until various mysterious and strange things began to happen in the real world that people gradually began to realize that something was wrong with this game."
Shi Hao asked in a deep voice: "What happened?"
Artificial Intelligence Wei Dao: "In the real world, more and more 'superhumans' have appeared. They have physical fitness that exceeds that of ordinary people and can use a variety of abilities and magical powers. In human history, this kind of thing has never happened before, but at that time, these superhumans emerged like mushrooms after rain, causing considerable turmoil in society.
"Later, through investigation, the higher-ups began to discover that they were all players of the game 'Fengshen'."
Shi Hao asked: "That space station named 'Emperor of Heaven', could it be the Emperor of Heaven's House where I am now?"
Artificial Intelligence Wei Dao: "Exactly!"
Shi Hao said: "Then I understand. In fact, they did not develop a new game... but found the 'second world' in the universe?"
The artificial intelligence said: "That's exactly it!"
A long piece of paper appeared on the screen, one side was white and the other side was black. After it flipped in the middle, the two ends connected to form a circle.
Artificial Intelligence said: "In the real universe, there are originally two worlds. Just like the yin-yang fish with black and white intertwined, these two worlds are isolated from each other and opposed to each other.
"There is no vitality in the real world, and cultivation is impossible there. The world is made up of numerous atoms. There, matter is primary. There is no 'spirit' that is separated from matter, and there is no soul after death. Even thoughts are actually just brain waves.
“It can be considered that the ‘real world’, or the first world, is a materialistic world.
"But in the so-called 'game world', it is completely the opposite. There is a large amount of vital energy between heaven and earth, and everything can be attributed to qi. The sun, moon, stars, heaven and earth, mountains and rivers are all transformed by vital energy, and the human embryo is formed by the collision of male and female essence. Cultivation is to cultivate qi, and qi is affected by the spiritual level. There is a spirit that is completely separated from matter, and even matter exists under the influence of the spiritual level.
"In other words, the 'game world', or the second world, is an idealistic world.
"Just like positive and negative, yin and yang...these two worlds are in the same universe, but they are completely opposite. One world is a materialistic world, and the other world is an idealistic world. The two worlds combine to form one universe, so the universe we live in is actually a 'dual universe'."
Shi Hao said: "And this Tiandi Palace is just at the 'center' of this binary universe, which is the node of the two worlds
Artificial Intelligence said: "Although the first world cannot be cultivated, it is at the peak of human civilization due to the explosion of technology. The second world is full of spiritual energy, but it is at the beginning stage of human development. As you said, the server of 'Fengshen' happens to be located at the node of the two worlds.
"In the first world, human technology has reached the point where computers can be controlled solely by brain waves without the need for physical keyboards. Initially, the man named Qian Wei made the first version of 'Investiture of the Gods' in the Tiandi Palace. His thoughts penetrated into the first world.
The second world, inadvertently, mobilized a large amount of vitality of the second world with his spirit, and discovered the vast world and a large number of living beings that already existed in the second world.
"And these originally existing heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, mortals and creatures, transformed by the vital energy, formed monitoring data and were reflected in his game because of his spiritual interference. At that time, he did not realize that the heaven and earth in the game world were actually real. He thought that it was his own imagination that really created a game that could be developed by himself."
Shi Hao said: "So, he didn't develop a brand new game, he just discovered a 'brand new world'?"
Chapter 481: Conferred Gods: The Heavenly Emperor’s Plan!
The AI said, "Yes! But it wasn't until players of 'Fengshen' encountered problems one after another around the world that people began to realize that something was wrong with the game. The results of the practice in the game could unexpectedly be brought into reality. This situation is simply unimaginable.
"In various tests, the scientific community has discovered that the players of the 'Fengshen' game have much stronger mental strength than ordinary people. After their death, various strange phenomena may also appear. The phenomenon of 'ghosts' has long been regarded as superstition in an era of technological explosion, but during that period, various strange events caused by 'ghosts' also occurred.
They appear one after another."
Shi Hao said: "Although ghosts, which are separated from the material world and are purely spiritual, do not exist in the first world, they do exist in the second world. They are like demons, which are invisible and formless, but they exist.
"So I guess this phenomenon is because the 'spirits' of those players have really entered the second world."
The AI said: "The players' consciousness connected to the server in the Tiandi Palace through the extremely advanced wireless network at that time. The server was not only connected to the first world, but also to the second world. Their spirits therefore entered the 'game space' of the second world, and then obtained a 'soul' that was completely independent of the body itself.
"Their mental power was condensed into souls that did not exist originally because of the 'qi' that existed in the second world. The souls cultivated in the 'game space' and brought the results of their cultivation out, making them 'transcendents'. When people realized that they could cultivate into transcendents by entering the game, the game became even more popular, and their will influenced the entire game world.
“Although the ‘superhuman’ phenomenon has caused widespread problems in society, gaming companies are still unwilling to stop providing services in order to make money.
"In the Second World at that time, the mortals on earth were generally in a relatively ignorant state. The game company further influenced and transformed the world by issuing various tasks in the game, and the most important task among them was to build the heaven.
Studying the phenomenon of "conferring gods" was the greatest interest of all the top scientists at that time, and various hypotheses followed. In repeated experiments, the "parallel universe" was further confirmed. They began to believe that in the space station of Tiandi Palace, there was a "wormhole" connecting the two universes, and on the other side of the wormhole was a world with a lot of spiritual energy.
"Those big capitalists began to realize the huge business opportunities behind this. A huge world where human civilization is still in a backward stage means a lot of land, population and resources. At the same time, if the spiritual energy of that world can be introduced into the 'real world', it will inevitably promote the development of the entire civilization.
"The huge profits drove the big capitalists who dominated the world to try to open a 'wormhole' that connected to the second world. Although some cautious scientists kept warning that the connection between the two worlds might bring about unknown disasters, the big capitalists controlled the media and even actually controlled the government. The strong profits allowed them to ignore any risks.
"They invested a lot of resources in this endeavor. They succeeded and introduced a large amount of spiritual energy from the second world into the first world... But that was the beginning of endless disasters!"
Shi Hao pondered for a while and said, "It makes sense that the universe exists in this mutually opposing and self-contained circular form. If only a small amount of spiritual energy was introduced into the first world, the impact might not be that great. At most, various extraordinary people would appear. However, a large amount of spiritual energy was brought into the materialistic world."
A black and white yin-yang fish appeared on the screen.
The so-called Yin-Yang fish is actually the original "Tai Chi diagram".
On one side is black, on the other side is white, black and white are entangled with each other.
The black side began to penetrate into the white side, and the white side began to become fragmented and dyed into an ugly gray.
The AI said: "People thought that the influx of a large amount of spiritual energy would allow the technology, which had gradually stagnated at the time, to achieve another big leap. However, the fact is that as the spiritual energy of the first world flourished, the old laws of physics began to collapse rapidly.
"The world became bumpy, large tracts of land were hollowed out, and various substances composed of molecules gradually collapsed, causing disasters all over the world. A large amount of vegetation was destroyed, countless species became extinct, many cities were no longer inhabitable, and countless people died as a result.
"In order to compete for limited resources, wars broke out between countries, and the poor at the bottom began to rebel against the powerful. At the same time, relying on a large amount of spiritual energy, some extraordinary people possessed powerful individual strength. Some fought for power, and some overthrew the government. The powerful were afraid that the power in their hands would be taken away by those powerful extraordinary people, so they began to use various powerful weapons.
"Aircraft missiles, biological and chemical weapons, and even nuclear bombs have begun to be used."
The yin-yang fish on the screen disappeared, and a large number of war scenes began to appear. A city that was already in ruins was attacked by a nuclear bomb, and several extraordinary people tried to fly away, but were caught in the explosion at that moment.
The mushroom cloud spread between sky and earth!
The AI continued, "People are dying in droves! Some diligent scientists are still working hard to study the connection between the first world and the second world. They finally figured out that there is no such thing as a parallel universe. The first world and the second world belong to the same universe. They are opposed to each other, but they are also interdependent.
"Just like this yin-yang fish, the black and white are intertwined, forming a whole called Tai Chi. When the boundary between black and white is broken, the whole Tai Chi is on the verge of collapse.
"The first world is a materialistic world, and human civilization is completely built on the most basic physical laws that have been verified. When the boundary between the materialistic world and the idealistic world is destroyed, the materialistic physical laws in the first world begin to collapse.
"Unfortunately, by the time I knew this, it was too late. The entire society was collapsing, and humanity was already in the end of the world. There was even a demonic plague that combined a mysterious evil spirit that shouldn't have appeared in the first world with a virus that only existed in the second world, and it was spreading everywhere.
"The existing technology of the First World and the various magical powers of the extraordinary people are all unable to solve the problem. The humans of the First World are doomed to extinction. Under such circumstances, the big capitalists and dignitaries of the big countries of the First World secretly launched a plan called the 'Emperor Clan'."
Shi Hao murmured, "The passage between the first world and the second world has been opened. The spiritual energy of the second world can be introduced into the first world in large quantities. Then the humans of the first world can naturally enter the second world. Anyway, the human civilization of the second world is still in its ignorant stage and is completely powerless to resist.
"They want to become the 'gods' of the second world?"
He originally had the ability to plan and strategize, and was known as the "hidden dragon". At this moment, he followed the thinking of those big capitalists and powerful people, and soon understood their ambitions.
Artificial Intelligence Wei Dao: "Exactly!"
On the screen, the space station named "Tian Di" appeared again, but it was even bigger, as big as a city.
People in formal attire were holding a gorgeous ball inside. There was singing and dancing here, and supplies were piled up like mountains. This place was completely isolated from the end of the world on the ground, and the plague that destroyed human civilization could not affect this place.
Everyone was drinking, everyone was laughing, as if nothing had happened.
The AI said: "Previously, with the help of a large number of 'players', the big capitalists behind the 'Fengshen Game' have successfully built the 'Heavenly Palace' in the First World."
The scene of heaven appeared on the screen. Shi Hao saw the Yao Chi fairyland and Yuanshi Cave before their collapse, the magnificent tree, the ubiquitous White Jade City in heaven, and the Moon Palace which was located in a corner of heaven and relatively isolated from the heaven.
The AI Wei continued, "Big capitalists and powerful people are gradually entering the heavens with their families. They use the influence of the Conferred God Game on the Second World to cut off the connection between heaven and earth, and extract a large amount of spiritual energy from the human world of the Second World and concentrate it in the 'Heaven'. In this way, the mortals of the Second World will find it difficult to escape their control and, in fact, become their slaves.
"But they are still not at ease. It is the nature of big capitalists and the powerful to suppress the lower-class people and make them unable to resist forever. They designed the Four Evils, the Demon Clan, and the Yin Demon, and prepared to release them regularly to threaten the world of mortals on the ground, so that the status of the 'Heavenly Emperor Clan' will always be high above.