Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 151 The Main God Civilization and Hereditary Dukes

Chapter 150

In the Void Gallery, Rosen lay in a rocking chair with his eyes closed.

He wasn't actually asleep; instead, he was focusing all his attention on the ash curtain.

The tip of the magic pen burned with a flame, and the image on the ashes was frozen on a building near the city center. Although the font on the building's surface was not recognized, it was clear that this was a bookstore.

The characteristic of passing on the torch can ignite the lingering light of civilization's ashes reflected in the ash curtain.

However, this process is not without its costs; it requires the expenditure of divine power to activate the perpetual flame characteristic.

Rosen and his self-portrait clone transformed into the feathered serpent god, capable of converting spirituality into divinity.

Nightmare slimes and gray rats can transform spirituality into divinity through sharing.

Then, the golden divinity can also transform spirituality into divinity.

This means that Rosen can currently use 36 multiplied by 2, plus 34 multiplied by 4, and finally subtracting the minimum unusable point, leaving him with only 202 points of divine power.

Once divinity is depleted, it is not as easy to recover as spirituality.

Unless Rosen directly digests the superior spiritual crystals with his Gluttonous Stomach, or uses extraordinary materials that reach Sequence 3, he can only achieve the effect of quickly restoring his divinity. There is no other way but to keep consuming the superior spiritual crystals he obtained from the gray rat.

I've forgotten how much I ate in the end, but I recovered my divinity over three hundred times in total.

It took more than 60,000 units of divinity to finally relight the building that looked like a bookstore on the Ash Curtain.

After lying in the rocking chair for half a month, Rosen opened his tired, bloodshot eyes and took out a leaf from a golden apple tree.

It was just a leaf, already three feet long, perfectly sized to serve as a drawing paper.

Rosen projected the illuminated building from the ash curtain onto the leaf. The fire silently scorched the leaf, and soon a spherical building, as if it were a photographic imprint, appeared on the leaf.

Rosen hung the golden leaf on the wall, stepped forward, and entered the space within the painting, arriving at the base of the spherical building.

Push open the glass door, and you'll find a light staircase leading to the upper floors in the lobby.

This light staircase is somewhat similar to an elevator, except that instead of an elevator car, it moves up and down.

Instead, people standing on it are directly transformed into light elements, and the human body, transformed into light elements, is directly and vertically accelerated and sent to the upper level.

Rosen walked around the hall, unable to recognize any of the various unknown symbols and characters.

He searched the God Network but found no such text.

In the end, having no other choice, he could only pin his hopes on the computer.

Rosen activated the photography function with the Hunter's Eye integrated into his right eye, uploading all the text and images he saw. Finding nothing new in the lobby, he immediately took the light elevator to the upper floors of the spherical building.

The second to fourth floors are all filled with various bookshelves and books, and the last fifth floor has a huge object that looks like an astronomical telescope.

Using the scanning ability of his left eye's Void Realm Pupil Technique, Rosen scanned and copied all the books into the Void Realm, and then uploaded them to the Main God Computer. Soon, the Main God Computer's ability to identify information was activated, and it gradually translated the unfamiliar text.

When Rosen looked at the unfamiliar text again, it was all automatically translated and displayed on his retina.

Rosen quickly found the history bookshelf and took out a copy of "A Brief History of the Kingdom of the Gods".

He reads very quickly, glancing at two pages at a time.

After reading it, Rosen put down "A Brief History of the Kingdom of Fire" in shock.

The Kingdom of the Flame Gods is a powerful civilization that created the concept of the flame.

Before the Kingdom of the Flame God, there was no spirit world, nor was there any concept of the flame of civilization.

Since the Kingdom of Fire created the flame of civilization, the entire Kingdom of Fire has become increasingly powerful.

The Kingdom of the Flame has more than ten deities of Sequence 0, and even the True God of the Flame who created the flame of civilization.

However, because the Fire God Kingdom grew too strong, various civilizations outside of it united to destroy it and seize the technology to ignite the flame of civilization. From then on, the Fire Empire was surrounded by enemies.

In the final chapter of the brief history of the Kingdom of Fire, the Kingdom of Fire had already gained a decisive advantage.

Later in the brief history, Rosen even saw some alien civilizations that had already become extinct in ancient history.

It is obvious that the Kingdom of the Fire God was ultimately destroyed by the true gods of various races.

However, the various alien races also suffered heavy losses, and some of the extinct alien civilizations may have been wiped out by the Kingdom of the Fire God.

The ultimate victors divided up the technology that ignited the flame of civilization in the Kingdom of Fire. It was probably from that time that the spirit world gradually came into being, and from that time onwards, the traces of various historical civilizations were preserved deep within the spirit world.

However, it is obvious that not all of the resources of the Fire God Kingdom have been taken away.

The means to ignite the embers and reignite the flame have always been hidden within the divine kingdom of the True God of the Flame, which was destroyed by the flame.

The Howard family, this ancient guardian, has protected this hope for countless years.

Rosen moved to the bookshelf where books on spiritual practice were displayed and picked up a copy of "A Detailed Explanation of the Torch Relay".

As he browsed through the books on the shelf, he experienced both gains and disappointments.

He gained a lot. He discovered that the four major sequences of human civilization are essentially four pathways born from the flame of civilization. The extraordinary systems mentioned in these books are far inferior to the four major sequences of human civilization.

Ancient does not necessarily mean powerful; civilization is developing, and the system of civilization's legacy is constantly evolving.

If the book doesn't exaggerate, the former Kingdom of Fire truly possessed the most advanced and powerful civilizational system of its time, making it the most powerful civilization of that era. That's why those alien gods joined forces to destroy the Kingdom of Fire.

However, countless years have passed, and the thieves of civilization have surpassed their predecessors.

Rosen shook his head and continued back to the history section, wanting to learn about the more complex history of the Kingdom of Fire.

As he read, he discovered a passage in the book related to civilization.

It turns out that almost all civilizations in the world have struggled to surpass the upper limit of ten thousand years for their survival.

Once a civilization has existed for more than 10,000 years, it will immediately suffer calamities originating from the world.

Having successfully survived the calamity, civilization was able to continue for another ten thousand years.

At this point, a second calamity will be faced, so the strength of a civilization is usually measured in calamities.

The Kingdom of the Gods and the Flames is a civilization that has existed for 30,000 years and is considered a second-stage civilization.

They failed to survive the final third tribulation, and thus the Fire of Civilization perished.

If we calculate it this way, the world government established by humanity is now a second-stage civilization.

For the next nine thousand years or so, it will still be a period of great prosperity for human civilization.

Within the understanding of the Divine Kingdom of Fire, the Two Tribulations Civilization was already an extremely powerful civilization.

Civilizations that give birth to true gods are usually first-stage civilizations. Civilizations that develop a unique system of civilization, similar to the flame of civilization, based on true gods are second-stage civilizations. Only a few civilizations have been recorded as truly reaching the third stage.

However, there are three ancient civilizations that were destroyed, and legend has it that the oldest civilization once reached the Nine Tribulations stage.

These three civilizations are the Cosmic Civilization, the Ancient God Civilization, and the Supreme God Civilization.

Cosmic civilization is the source of all technological systems, ancient god civilization is the source of all extraordinary bloodlines, and chief god civilization is the source of all true god systems. These three ancient civilizations are highly praised even in the history books of the Kingdom of Fire.

When Rosen saw the cosmic civilization, his first thought was of his past life.

At that time, Blue Star was just a tiny star in the universe.

Perhaps 90,000 years from then on, the three oldest cosmic civilizations were born.

Then there were no clues about the ancient god civilization, but the main god civilization made him think of the main god computer.

Could the main god computer and main god hall in the mysterious study originate from the main god civilization, a civilization that has undergone nine tribulations?
These histories about ancient civilizations could still be found in any library during the era of the Kingdom of Fire.

However, it seems that the only history of the World Government that is known to everyone now is the history after its establishment.

As for the history before the establishment of the World Government, it's almost impossible to completely seal it off.

The reason why the World Government blocks history is not hard to understand. During the time of the Kingdom of Fire, there was no spirit world. The current spirit world has the ability to preserve historical traces and embers of the flame. If history is spread freely, the possibility of extinct civilizations reviving in the depths of the spirit world will greatly increase.

As Rosen left the library and exited the space within the painting, his initial worries had lessened considerably.

His biggest worry was that the power of the civilization he inherited might be in jeopardy.

However, it now seems that the power of the God Computer is very likely to surpass that of the Civilization Flame, after all, one is a Ninth Tribulation Civilization and the other is a peak Second Tribulation Civilization. Thinking of this, he began to use the God Computer to identify his own status information.

The identification results came out quickly; the more information the main computer collected, the more detailed the identification results became.

It turns out that the fire within his spirit was also a miracle, a miracle of the true God.

Strictly speaking, the torch he wielded should be called the torch of miracles.

The Miracle Flame is the source of all civilizations, possessing the ability to ignite embers and reignite the flame, as well as to devour the flames of different civilizations. In addition to these core abilities, the Miracle Flame, like all miracles, also possesses the two characteristics of being unique in the universe and eternally indestructible.

So even though the Miracle Flame was destroyed, it was reborn after a long period of 30,000 years.

Moreover, the noble extraordinary sequences that Howard has mastered throughout the ages contain the power of the flame of human civilization, which has become the nourishment for the rebirth of the Miracle Flame. Because the Miracle Flame has consumed a bit of the flame of human civilization, it is able to transform the painter sequence into a Flame Painter.

Rosen was completely relieved; the Miracle Flame he had obtained truly posed no hidden dangers.

The Miracle Flame is truly just a legacy.

As for why the statue of the God of the Fire that he saw, and the person who cut off the statue's head, both had the same face as him, remains a mystery to him.

Rosen sat in front of the main computer and took out two fragments of divinity from the drawer.

He dared not take these two items out of the secret study.

If the owner of these two items were still alive, taking them out outside the mysterious study would be tantamount to suicide. The mouse and network cable were entangled on the fragment of divinity, and endless rainbow light was immediately drawn out by the main god computer.

Perhaps because the Demon God had consumed his full power last time, the main god's computer did not retain the seven-colored radiance this time.

All the seven-colored radiance was sent into the noble's extraordinary source essence by the main god computer.

Then, following the extraordinary essence of the nobles, these seven-colored rays of light were sent into the ancient tree of the human civilization noble sequence in the spirit world.

Rosen's title of earl, which was originally not hereditary, suddenly became hereditary duke before it stopped.

Rosen couldn't feel it in the past, but now he can clearly feel it.

As his noble rank rose, more flames of civilization within the ancient tree of the noble sequence were incorporated into his extraordinary essence. This amount of civilizational flames was enough for him to advance from the painter sequence, which had fused with the flames of miracles, to sequence 6.

As for the flame of civilization encased in the two fragments of divinity, it is enough for the Flame Painter to advance from Sequence 6 to Sequence 5.

If Rosen wants to advance further after reaching Sequence 5, he will have to find a way to steal the flame of civilization from other civilizations.

“I am now a hereditary duke, sharing the same title as Grand Duke Chiying.”

Rosen couldn't help but laugh.

The fragments of divinity may have even greater value, perhaps enough to make even demigods fight tooth and nail.

However, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and the sooner resources and treasures are converted into strength, the higher their value.

Even the emperor of the Thunder Empire would treat him with the utmost respect simply because he held the hereditary title of duke.

Of course, given his abilities, it would be more of a disadvantage than an advantage for him to travel around with the title of hereditary duke.

However, after calming down, he found it strange. While the value of the divine fragments was indeed very high, it didn't seem like he should be promoted from a hereditary lord to a hereditary duke, unless the World Government had offered an extremely high reward for the owner of those two divine fragments.

Rosen immediately communicated with the Ancient Tree of Nobility to learn the details of his title promotion.

As expected, the World Government had a special bounty.

It turns out that the owner of these two fragments of divinity was actually a deity from the World Government.

However, about a decade or so ago, when the Second Calamity broke out, this deity stabbed the World Government in the back and betrayed humanity. Before the World Government could retaliate, the deity had already disappeared. Therefore, the World Government issued an extremely high bounty for this deity.

The bounty is offered on anything related to this deity; the higher the value of the submitted items, the greater the reward.

Using the divinity and divine power transformed from the two fragments of divinity as a medium, the World Government is fully capable of finding this deity.

Because it involves sequence 0, only demigods can accept this task.

Of course, anyone below the level of demigod who is a noble can also gain merit if they accidentally complete a mission.

Just as Rosen was preparing to spiritually leave the Noble Rank Ancient Tree, a leaf suddenly drifted down from the Noble Rank Ancient Tree.

The leaf did not merge with the extraordinary source matter, but instead fell into my hand and transformed into a star emblem representing the World Government.

This emblem is actually a projection of a Sequence 0 Extraordinary Artifact, the Star Emblem.

All hereditary dukes and demigods can obtain this emblem and then use it to log into the Spirit Realm's Deep Web.

Through the Spirit World Deep Web, one can directly view and receive bounty missions issued by the World Government that are only for demigods.

In addition, the Star Emblem can also allow nobles to unleash spiritual power equivalent to their noble rank for a short period of time.

He is now a hereditary duke, which means that activating the Crest of the Stars allows him to briefly unleash Sequence 4 spiritual power.

Of course, since it is only a temporary enhancement of the spiritual limit to Sequence 4, without any improvement in skills and other aspects, the hereditary duke can only suppress Sequence 5 for a short time when he activates the Star Emblem. There is still a huge gap between him and the true strength of Sequence 4.

Normally, those who have obtained the Star Emblem would no longer need this function.

However, for Rosen, the nine seconds after activating the Star Emblem will become an important trump card.

Just as Rosen was about to put away the Star Emblem, it received an official message from the World Government.

The message asked him whether his personal freedom and safety were currently being controlled by others.

Rosen immediately understood why the World Government would use the Star Crest to convey such a message.

Normally, a Sequence 7 wouldn't be able to obtain a fragment of a god, let alone know that the World Government had this bounty.

Therefore, from the perspective of the World Government, someone was using him to submit the mission.

Moreover, he is the only surviving member of the Howard family, and since he is not a blood relative, why would anyone give him a hereditary dukedom? Therefore, the World Government suspects that someone is restricting his freedom and using him.

If this cannot be explained, the world government might send people to investigate his situation offline.

Rosen thought for a moment, then logged into the Spirit Realm Deep Web through the Star Emblem and sent a message.

The gist of the statement is that he was not restricted in his freedom, but he refused to answer questions about why someone would bestow upon him a hereditary dukedom.

Rosen quickly received a reply, this time with only three questions.

The questions asked him whether he had betrayed human civilization and sided with an alien race, whether he had joined an anti-world government organization, and whether the being who helped him obtain the hereditary dukedom was an alien race or a member of an anti-world government organization. All three questions were marked as requiring a yes or no answer.

After Rosen answered honestly, he soon received a message from the World Government congratulating him on becoming a hereditary duke.

Clearly, he had passed this hurdle; his judgment was correct, and the World Government didn't care about his little secret at all.

The World Government certainly has ways to determine whether his answer to the information inquiry was true or false.

Once it was confirmed that he wasn't lying, his little secret wouldn't warrant a further investigation by the world government.

Rosen tried connecting the main god computer's network cable to the Star Emblem. Sure enough, the main god computer had an additional option for the Spirit Realm Deep Network. What surprised him even more was that by logging into the Spirit Realm Deep Network through the main god computer, he could create a second identity for himself.

Normally, a human being who transcends the ordinary can only have one identity when logging into the Spirit Realm's Deep Web using the Star Emblem.

All login traces of this identity on the deep web of the spirit world are essentially within the control of the World Government.

Of course, the stronger one's power and the higher their rank, the fewer people will have the authority to access that information.

However, even a small number of people cannot accept it. So, even though there is a deep spiritual network at the demigod level, a supernatural network that allows for unimpeded communication in the human world, most demigods still prefer to use spiritual messengers, simply because the latter are more confidential.

However, by logging into the Spirit World Deep Web through the main god's computer, Rosen could create a ghost identity that even the world government couldn't detect.

This time, entering the spirit realm guarded by the Howard family, they unexpectedly encountered no danger.

So none of the three life-saving treasures he prepared were used. He could accept the Sequence 4 extraordinary artifact purchased with the God's Gold Coins, but he planned to keep one of the two Sequence 3 extraordinary artifacts purchased with the two Golden Apples, and then try to exchange the remaining one for a Spirit Messenger.

Rosen has issued bounties for trading spirit messengers in both the main temple and the spirit world's deep web.

Prepare now so that once the hunter reaches Sequence 6, it can be tamed as a pet.

Although he became a torchbearer, Rosen had no interest in reviving the Ash Kingdom civilization.

Instead, he spent his days searching online for information on how to make and set up various traps, and then converted that knowledge into skill proficiency in elemental trap making. In less than half a month, his skill level had reached the LV3 limit.

Rosen immediately digested the Sequence 6 Hydra imprisoned in Gluttony's Stomach and upgraded his Elemental Trap Creation skill to LV4.

【Elemental Trap Creation Skill LV4 (1/400)】

[Attribute: Can be imprinted with almost all elemental skills below Sequence 5 to create trap runes]

[Enhanced Feature: Multiple Trap Fusion - Able to combine with other types of trap runes for optimal effect]

[Enhanced Feature: Elemental Stacking - Allows the stacking of different elemental skills to form a fusion elemental skill]

The ability to combine elements is the key takeaway that Lawson values ​​most when hunting Hydras.

Moreover, only by fusing the power of the Hydra mutant with the skill can one obtain this trait at LV4. This is a skill trait that countless trap hunters in the Thunder Empire dream of, which is equivalent to increasing the power of elemental traps by at least two times.

In just half a month, the Elemental Trap Creation skill has been upgraded from LV3 to LV4.

The key lies in the special skill of the noble rank: Glory Sage.

By simply acquiring knowledge related to the skill, one can transform that knowledge into proficiency in the corresponding skill.

With the help of the Sage of Glory, I believe the Time Trap Creation skill will soon be upgraded to LV4.

The Spirit Realm Network does have the materials needed to enhance this skill, but they are too far from the Thunder Empire to deliver them. The Temple of the Main God also has them, but the price is too high and a bit of a rip-off.

Rosen exited the Spirit Realm Deep Network and logged into the Thunder Empire's virtual network.

If there are no suitable extraordinary materials with time attributes here, he will only be slaughtered in the main god's hall.

After searching for several hours, Rosen finally found the time footage he wanted.

The Thunder Empire is a breeding ground for photographers, and the videotapes they shoot can be transformed into spirit realms.

The transformation also requires a large amount of time-attribute spiritual crystals. These extraordinary materials mainly come from three sources: spiritual realms that produce time-attribute extraordinary materials, time-attribute spiritual crystal veins, and artificially bred time-attribute extraordinary life forms.

The Thunder Empire has all three avenues, but these are all strategic resources of the Thunder Empire.

Rosen had his eye on the Spirit Realm controlled by the Thunder Empire, but this Spirit Realm was not open to the public at all.

However, nothing is absolute, and it seems he will have to make a trip to the Great Rift of Time.

According to information gathered from the virtual network, the Great Rift of Time is the place where one of the God's apostles, the God of Thunder, fell. All the God's apostles are Sequence 1, and the fall of this one caused the plains of hundreds of thousands of miles to be torn apart, forming a great rift.

Moreover, a Sequence 1 Spirit Realm was born from it, and the core of the Spirit Realm was the fallen Apostle of God.

Because humans cannot fully control this spiritual realm, over the past 20,000 years they have only been able to continuously exploit and weaken it. Now, this spiritual realm has been weakened to Sequence 5, and its importance in the Thunder Empire has been decreasing.

Therefore, even if it costs him something, Rosen might still be able to gain the qualification to enter this spiritual realm.

(End of this chapter)