I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 614 This is the worst of times
"Luffy and the others have escaped,"

KYG's live stream quality is really worrying, so Qiongmei and others choose to watch the game through You's mirror.

So many 'Yata no Kagami' (a type of mirror), aside from feeling unreal at first, quickly returned to the way they were before: a live broadcast with no delay and no blind spots.

Luffy's opening of the 'Seventh Gate' opened the eyes of the three beautiful girls: when his speed and strength reached their peak, ordinary demon-level monsters would probably be kicked away before they could even react.

"And they also brought out a giant wolf. Is this thing really not a dog?"

Watching the wolfhound with its tail wagging like a propeller, tongue lolling out, carrying four people on its back, and speeding down the waterfall, Qiong Mei couldn't help but complain.

"They look so well-behaved, I'd love to get one!"

Xiao Ying's words made Qiong Mei turn her head slightly.
"If 'Xiaobai' heard you say that, he would be very sad."

"Would Xiaobai be that stingy?"

However, after thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ying dismissed the idea: with Xiao Bai's continuous efforts, the number of foxes on the divine tree had already reached three digits! Every day, all kinds of foxes, big and small, were jumping around, so raising another dog was indeed inappropriate.

"With the emergence of this island, a large number of extraordinary individuals who hunt giant creatures will soon appear in this sea area."

It's going to be lively again.

Ichiyo also joined the discussion.

Luffy and his crew have proven that there are indeed powerful beings on that island, but what does it matter?

During KYG's live stream, there were countless creatures, such as ants the size of a human head, beetles the size of a van, and centipedes comparable to pythons!

Ordinary superhumans could easily target these 'weak' giant creatures; once captured and controlled, they would immediately become formidable combat forces. When magnified proportionally, the thick chitinous exoskeletons of these insects serve as natural protection.

Moreover, for 'Onmyoji', they can completely guide these creatures in their cultivation, making them even more powerful.

Of course, if you are strong enough, you can also try to subdue those giant wolves that are over ten meters long, giant bears that are tens of meters long, or even—

The Eight Heroes Reincarnated as 'Demons'!
"But only Yu-kun could do something like that, right?"

Faced with the gazes of Qiongmei, Xiaoying, and Yiye, You immediately waved her hand in a negative response.

"No, it's too much trouble."

Yu now rarely uses 'clones' anymore, instead gradually creating various extraordinary beings to practice ninjutsu, such as 'Duke of the Flame Sun', 'Little Octopus', and 'The Eight Heroes'. But that doesn't mean he has nothing to do.

The construction of the demiplane, as well as certain 'higher-level existences,' still requires You's personal involvement.

In this situation, what kind of 'shikigami' should he be tasked with capturing?
It's time-consuming and laborious!

"Speaking of which, it is said that it was because of the 'Lord of All Armies' that a war of gods was started, which led to the fall of many gods."

As Qiong Mei scrolled through her phone, this question suddenly came to mind. Once a so-called secret is known to a second person, it quickly ceases to be a secret: a senior figure in America obtained a copy of the 'Gospel of Judas,' and it had already begun to circulate in the supernatural world, making many forces realize the truth.

No wonder their god hasn't shown up yet; he was killed by that 'one and only god'.

Damn white guys!!

"In other words, supernatural disasters only occur here?"

Xiao Ying sighed. Even with many extraordinary experts in charge, the population of the disaster-prone island nation had rebounded to 70 million.

But that's because of the large number of 'extraordinary immigrants' and the wealthy and powerful seeking refuge there!
Regardless of how exciting the extraordinary disasters here are, let me ask you: how many extraordinary experts are there?

And to think more cynically: what if even Tokyo can't be stopped?
Then it wasn't just me who died, so it wasn't a loss!
"That's not the case,"

This made someone secretly break out in a cold sweat.

According to the established 'settings,' supernatural powers are constantly resurfacing in Tokyo, and given his familiarity with the local mythology, most supernatural disasters are concentrated in island nations. The remaining unfortunate victims are all countries in the Pacific Ocean.

Non-Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, America.
Yingjili had provoked Yijiang herself; it wasn't actually part of You's plan.

"Now that spiritual power has gradually spread throughout the world, some of the pantheons that haven't all died out should be starting to make moves in secret, right?"

Yu touched his chin and 'deduce' in this way.

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Egypt,

Known as one of the ancient civilizations

In 3200 BC, Menes unified Egypt;

It established the first slave-owning state, began to expand outwards, and became a military empire.

In the later period of the dynasty, beset by internal and external troubles, Egypt became a province of the Persian Empire in 525 BC.

Over the next thousand years, Egypt was conquered by Greece and Rome in succession;
In 641, the Arabs invaded, and Egypt gradually became Arabized, becoming an important center of a religion. In 1517, it became a province of the Ottoman Empire. In 1882, after being occupied by England, it became its 'protectorate'. It wasn't until a hundred years ago, when England was declining, that Egypt declared independence.

Throughout its three thousand years, Egypt has been ruled by various factions, and its customs and culture have been changed each time.

Therefore, the present-day 'Egypt' has absolutely no relation to the Egypt of pharaohs, priests, pyramids, and the Nile!

Its full name is the 'Arab Republic of Egypt', and it is also the headquarters of the 'Arab League': that's right, rather than an ancient civilization, it is more accurate to say that Egypt is an Arab country, and at one point it even wanted to become the leader of the Arab world.

However, after being dragged down by various forces during several Middle East wars, Egypt saw through the true colors of those fools in the Middle East and stopped actively participating in their affairs.

There's no way around it; in any small area there, there are dozens or even hundreds of sects that declare each other heretics over trivial matters.

For thousands of years, people have been fighting each other with the same scripture, their brains turning into dog brains!

Even in modern times, it remains the same!
You kill me today, I'll kill you tomorrow;
What about common development and joining forces to fight against foreign enemies? That's a lie!
It can be said that the perceptions of the people living there are worthy of their suffering.

No one would want to deal with such a bunch of incompetent teammates; but considering that we are all human, Egypt still accepted a large number of refugees.

Sixteen-year-old Amir Karim Noor is one such refugee.

He had curly hair, brown skin, and was somewhat thin due to malnutrition.

His home had long been reduced to ruins by the shelling, and he had no choice but to flee to Egypt on foot with a group of friends.

"This is the worst of times,"

Amir still remembers the adults organizing the rebellion, and his father's desperate murmurs before they left.

"This is the most foolish era,"

"This is the darkest of times," "This is the winter of despair, and there is nothing left for people."

Naturally, our parents are gone and never return.

They had no weapons, no equipment, and not even many superhumans. What could they possibly use to fight the enemy?
With weapons made from water pipes and cannons made from gas cylinders, can they really succeed?

Scripture does not generate power out of thin air, and even the most fervent faith cannot stop a bullet.

Those people obtained a lot of extraordinary potions from America.

So this time, they were completely driven to Egypt.

Otherwise, they will only perish at sea!
Even if we went to Egypt, what then? Egypt's arable land area is only 3.7% of its total land area, and it is also a major food importer, with 80% of its wheat imports coming from Russia and the Middle East. Due to the war between the two countries, it has also been greatly affected.

Previously, they could barely survive by receiving relief food, but as the extraordinary situation became increasingly severe;
The government had no interest in maintaining so-called 'civilization,' and a large number of refugees were left to fend for themselves.

The chaos was unimaginable!

Here, a large number of people go missing every day;

The crematorium chimneys never stop spewing thick smoke, constantly engulfing those who have lost their homes.

"Gentlemen, this is the Great Pyramid of Giza."

Amir's English is good, so he can still find a job as a 'guide' here: with the arrival of the extraordinary era, the number of tourists coming here is enormous!

"The tower was originally 146.59 meters tall, but due to weathering over the years, 10 meters of the top has been eroded away, and it is now 136.5 meters tall, which is equivalent to the height of a 40-story building."

"The stones, varying in size and weighing between 1.5 tons and 160 tons, make the tower's total weight approximately 684 million tons."

Amir did his homework thoroughly for this job.

"With a volume exceeding 230 million cubic meters—assuming this building is hollow, it could easily house 1600 million people!"

Of course, it was done in a layered, seamless manner.

The group Amir was leading on the tour consisted of several blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners: in fact, to Amir, everyone was a 'foreigner,' since his home was gone.

"Look, over there is the famous 'Sphinx'."

There are also several small pyramids nearby, which are said to be the burial sites of Pharaoh Khufu's wives and concubines; however, this is all from more than four thousand years ago, and it is impossible to verify now.

"Not bad."

Several foreigners nodded slightly, their gazes falling on the bustling crowd.

As one of the renowned 'Wonder of the World' and an architectural representation of ancient Egyptian mythology, countless people come here seeking 'extraordinary power'; they are not the first, nor will they be the last; however, the chance of obtaining extraordinary power here is even lower than being hit by a meteor.

In fact, this is not some 'desolate wilderness'.

It's actually in the suburbs of Cairo!

In this area of ​​endless yellow sand, besides these magnificent pyramids, there are also vast historical sites, museums, hotels, and even golf courses!
Even the pyramids themselves are visited by countless tourists every day, leaving them with absolutely no mystery.

What kind of extraordinary power could exist in a place like this?
and so--

“Amir, tomorrow we’re going to head south along the Nile to explore the ancient pyramids.”

"We'd like to hire you as a guide and translator,"

?

"Gentlemen, I must tell you the truth: most of the pyramids are concentrated on this Giza plateau; some are located in areas like Saqqara, on the west bank of the Nile. As for other places..."

Ancient Egypt was known as the 'Children of the Nile,' and apart from this abundant, silt-rich river, other places:

All of them are desolate Gobi deserts where not a blade of grass grows and yellow sand fills the sky!

Who would build a pyramid in such a place?

Is the yellow sand itself?!

"That's something we should consider. Ten dollars a day, shall we do it?"

? !
The other party offered Amir a reward he couldn't refuse.

The matter was settled.

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"what?!"

"Brother Amir, how could you agree to that?"

When they returned to the refugee tent, the group of children were all taken aback by what Amir had said.

"Those white guys definitely have ill intentions!"

"Could they be planning to trick people into participating in sacrifices?"

"Or organ trafficking and the like, there are too many of these things: I heard that when Luke and his crew in the next tent were found, their chests were empty."

Cairo's security wasn't great before, but it still maintained a semblance of 'civilization'. Now, the area where these refugees from the east live is a complete 'survival of the fittest' world, where corpses are found every day.

They died either in gang fights, starvation, or... in short, death was commonplace.

"I really want to refuse,"

Amir gave a wry smile as he looked at his friends.

"But they gave too much."

America is embroiled in civil war and invaded by the Burning Legion, leaving it vulnerable on all sides; however, even a weakened giant is still a giant, and it is still barely maintaining the crumbling hegemony of the US dollar.

Ten US dollars, which is equivalent to one hundred Egyptian pounds at the current exchange rate. Keep in mind that a flatbread only costs seven pounds, enough to feed them for a while.

"Don't worry, I'll have them pay before we leave."

As for whether he can come back...
Let fate decide.

This damned era!

(End of this chapter)