I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 629 Three Minutes to Mars
"Brother, what does this mean?"

Completely bewildered, Sora immediately went to the principal's office at the Jujutsu High School to seek Yu's understanding: she had a hunch that her brother had guessed this would happen.

"That high priest gave me a copy of the Book of the Sun, which is considered a divine artifact in Egyptian mythology, right?"

As she removed her disguise—a straw hat and long robe—and put them into her ring, Qiong Mei waved the heavy book in her hand.

This book inherits the 'rugged' style of ancient Egypt. The gold cover is engraved with a relief of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh sitting upright, with patterns of sunlight shining above. Because this matter is too strange, Qiong Mei didn't even open it to read, and went straight to discuss it with You.

The Book of the Sun and the Book of the Dead are very famous in mythology.

"Give me the book,"

Yu looked like he had expected this, beckoned to Qiong to hand him the book, and then opened it without hesitation.

光、

Golden light

As the book opened, endless rays of sunlight shot out from it, enough to instantly vaporize everything! Only because Yu and Qiong both possessed 'Dragon' level strength could they withstand the blazing sunlight without even blinking.

If they had chosen someone weaker, they would have been 'killed in the light' on the spot.

Ultimately, under You's covert influence, they have long since become beings in a completely different sense from normal 'humans'.

"There's nothing wrong with this book,"

It was originally a book 'written' by Yu himself, so how could there be a problem!
Yu flipped through the pages, offering her comments in a serious tone.

"Indeed, it contains a large number of techniques related to 'sunlight,' which will be of great help to you."

Qiong Mei has fused with 'Huang Escape', but she is still a blank slate: that is, she has just obtained the Bloodline Elimination, but has not mastered any usage skills.

Forget about techniques like 'solar storms,' 'solar flare bombardment,' and 'sunspot defense,' she wasn't even proficient with 'solar rays,' so Yu had to go through all this trouble to get her a 'textbook.' Of course, Yu didn't use the crude method of precise control, but rather went with the flow.

"As expected, the high priest gave you this 'divine artifact'."

?

"So, this is the unexpected gain my brother was talking about?"

Recalling their earlier conversation, Sora confirmed that Yu did indeed know something, and the reason for doing so was—

"It's both a gesture of 'befriending' us and a ploy to get us to help them deal with a 'powerful enemy'."

Yu stopped being the riddle-maker and started guiding Qiong's train of thought.

"After you toured around Cairo, who was the 'god' that the ancient Egyptian high priest so fervently revered after his resurrection?"

Qiong Mei pondered this question for a moment:

Everywhere you look, there are enormous pyramids, giant jackal reliefs on temples, and sculptures of people who are half-human and half-jackal.
"Anubis?"

"That's right,"

With a snap of his fingers and a wave of his hand, a pyramid-shaped pantheon appeared on the desk in front of him, expanding downwards.

At the top is a chibi-style bird head with a sun on its head: representing, naturally, the ancient Egyptian sun god 'Ra'.

Below the image is a chibi-style portrait of a man wearing feathers, and a lioness with the same blazing sun above her head.

“This is Shu, the god of wind, and Tefnut, the god of rain.”

As the pyramids continued to expand downwards, the second, third, and fourth generations emerged—Horus with an eagle's head and one eye, Anubis with a jackal's head, Sekhmet with a lioness's head, and Bastet with a black cat's head.
"Among these gods, there is one special being."

As Yu's finger touched the fourth-generation god with a wolf's head and a human body, the god, clad in golden armor and wielding a hell halberd, immediately came to life.

Anubis,

"Relying on the numerous pyramids and Egyptian death myths;"

"This being, who was once merely a 'gatekeeper of the underworld,' was gradually mistaken by people as the Grim Reaper."

As he spoke, Yu looked up and tilted his head towards Qiong Mei, indicating:

"His legends are widely circulated in various countries, even surpassing those of the Ennead Gods!"

indeed,

Qiong Mei seemed to be deep in thought.
Whether in games, anime, or movies, Anubis is 'famous';
The image of the dog-headed man is deeply ingrained in people's minds, but the nine gods are unknown to most people, who may not even know of their existence or their specific appearance.

Could it be——

"That's right,"

Yu confirmed Qiong's guess.

The central theme of the ancient Egyptian pantheon is 'reincarnation,' so:

If Ra can be a chief god, why can't I, Anubis? The sun rules one era, and the underworld rules another—that's perfectly reasonable!
"I see,"

After hearing Yu's explanation, Qiong finally understood.

"Is that high priest one of Anubis's men, trying to tie us to their chariot?"

Now that the brother has revealed the core secret, the rest is not hard to understand: facing the inevitable return of 'Ra', High Priest Imhotep and Anubis behind him will definitely need 'allies', and Qiong Mei, whose power is also 'the sun', is a natural ally and rival.

"Correct."

finished,

Yu pushed the "Golden Sutra of the Sun" in his hand in front of Qiong Mei.

"The sunlight spells on this are quite good; you can take them and learn them."

Of course it's good, because Yu has written down all the applications of 'Radiant Release' on it, whether it's the ones he developed himself or those developed by 'Duke of the Flame Sun' and the others. If Qiong Mei learns it all, and Yu adds a 'tiny bit' of chakra to her, she can be considered a 'god' level powerhouse.

A supernova explosion could dry up the Pacific Ocean, no problem at all.

"Does that mean we're going to be at odds with the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra?"

Qiong Mei didn't refuse; instead, she took the thick book and began reading. Regarding her question:

"certainly,"

Yu gave an affirmative answer.
“When you chose the ability ‘Radiance’, it was destined that we would be enemies.”

"Don't worry, with my support, you will definitely not lose."

"Hmm, but fighting gods and stuff like that~~"

It feels so distant to Qiongmei.

Little did she know, in the eyes of others, she was already a 'god'.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Now, it's time to set off."

A figure floated in near-Earth orbit, draped in a black robe with red clouds; it was none other than Rokudo, the leader of the Akatsuki organization, who was known as the 'Guardian of the Planet'.

Essentially, he is a clone of Yu: and what he needs to do now is...

look up--

A deep blue light appeared in his eyes, and the Reincarnation Eye allowed Yu to observe with his naked eye on the moon: a certain "Empress" disguised as a civil engineer was erasing the last trace of something.

Besides Tenma's desire to increase his proficiency in the Tenseigan, Yu's clones are also practicing abilities like the Tenseigan and Rinnegan.

After glancing at the moon, Yu turned her head to look elsewhere.

'Um? '

On the moon, a certain "human god" who was "beating dust" turned his head, his eyes, emitting a faint blue light, looking at the dark universe with a puzzled expression.

She had just felt a strange sensation, as if some high and mighty being was observing her.

'Is there anything over there? Your Majesty Pegasus.'

The magician below, who was casting the 'Fossil to Mud' spell, also turned his head in confusion.

Unfortunately, his body was only at the 'ordinary' C-level extraordinary strength, and even with the 'Eagle Eye Technique,' he could only see a pitch-black space. There's no air on the moon, so sound can't travel. But this didn't deter the strong: the ability of mind connection completely ignored all environmental factors, transmitting directly to the mind.

'nothing,'

He shook his head, putting the strange feeling from his mind.

Pegasus hoped to slice off a crater with a single palm strike, then reach out and grab it from afar.

A massive crater floated up out of thin air: as she continued to dig—no, to train—her control over the 'Eye of God' became increasingly proficient.

Controlling gravity and repulsion is just one of the abilities of these divine eyes; if they go all out, they can even influence the trajectory of the moon beneath their feet, just like the feat of 'Nine-Tailed Tamamo-no-Mae' who twisted gravity and almost destroyed that blue-white planet.

'Fill in the last little bit, and then we can go home.'

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The one codenamed 'The Magician' bowed and accepted the order.

only--

The middle-aged white man in a robe glanced to the side: was that blue-white planet floating in the dark Pacific really their peaceful home?
The purpose of the magician being hired by the Grand Commander and the richest man to establish an 'outpost' here is quite clear: on one side of that blue-white planet, a curved blue-white 'thin slice' is visible to the naked eye, which is the sky continent that was cut off by the demon god 'Great Serpent'.

From the moon, it would indeed appear as just a 'thin sheet'.

But if it were to fall, it could instantly destroy the entire human civilization! No, the entire ecosystem.

They hope to find a way to end the 'Burning Legion Invasion' mission, otherwise these 'veterans' can't just leave America.

This is why he was the only one who came to establish the outpost.

Well, maybe migrating to Mars is the right thing to do.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Mars,

In the empty and seemingly 'pitch black' space, a beam of light suddenly flashed and shot towards Mars.

The light was not conspicuous, and against the backdrop of space, it was extremely 'tiny': after all, in a universe where even planets are very sparse, a mere person is not even worth a speck of dust.

That's right, there was a person in the light!

Of course, this doesn't mean that Yu is flying at the speed of light with his physical body, but rather that he is moving by transforming himself into the form of photons.

Light is both a form of energy and a form of matter, known as a photon. With the ability of 'Radiant Escape', Yu can transform physical matter into a photon state, which is far more difficult than transforming matter into an ion state. However, this is not the most important thing.

stop,

The light suddenly stopped, transforming into a figure draped in a black robe with red clouds.

"Flying at the speed of light is indeed not so easy to control."

He shook his head and stopped to check his location.

As we all know, the closer an object's motion gets to the speed of light, the slower time becomes; for an object moving at the speed of light, time tends to stand still.

So once You enters the 'light speed movement' state, it's equivalent to arriving at any location instantly: in his eyes, all the objects he sees along the way become flattened along his direction of movement, and planets become thin discs; the original distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers will be compressed into a short distance.

However, this only applies to clones that can move at the speed of light.

From Yu's perspective in Tokyo, the clone had actually traveled for several minutes.

This is the famous 'special relativity'.

"Even time can't catch up with me,"

He chuckled and shook his head. After adjusting his direction, the clone re-entered photon form and sped towards an orange-red planet.

About three minutes later, a beam of light struck the orange-yellow planet.

Rings of crimson air rippled outwards, revealing a huge crater on the barren planet's surface!

"Good luck,"

The light transformed into a human form, and You looked up at a blue-white planet in the dark space.

Currently, that planet and Mars are at opposition, meaning the three are aligned in a straight line, which is when the distance is shortest, allowing it to travel there in three minutes. If the two planets were on opposite sides of the sun during their orbits, even at the speed of light, it would take twenty minutes to travel there.

For Yu, who has gradually become familiar with 'light-speed space travel', whether it's three minutes or twenty minutes, it's not a difficult task.

"So--"

Muttering to himself, You twitched the bridge of his nose.
"As expected, I can't breathe, even though this body doesn't need to breathe."

Mars does have an atmosphere, meaning sound can travel through it; however, because the atmosphere is so thin, Yu's voice is very faint.

"After all, the density of the atmosphere there is less than one percent, and 95% of it is carbon dioxide."

Only someone of superhuman ability like You would dare to stand on this planet so unprotected.

Looking up, all I could see was crimson red.

This is dry hematite. Over billions of years, this rusty material—iron oxide—has broken down into dust and been scattered across Mars by the wind.

The reason it spread all over the world is because:

woo woo woo woo! ! !

It's better to come early than to come by coincidence.

Before Yu, a massive, crimson dust storm roared in, engulfing the entire landscape. The undulating earth began to shift within this dust storm that covered the entire field of vision: clearly, Yu had landed right where the dust storm was migrating.

Mars also has an axial tilt of 25.2°, so it also has distinct seasons and experiences natural phenomena like wind.

It was this gale that lasted for hundreds of millions of years.
Carrying countless iron oxide dust particles, it covers most of Mars.

Faced with the crimson storm that stretched for thousands of miles and roared towards them, You simply raised his hand and pressed it down:
"Stop,"

boom------------

In an instant, the howling wind was abruptly paused, and billions of tons of crimson dust were forcefully pushed back to the planet's surface by the magnetic field! The entire field of vision suddenly became clear, and even the planet's mighty power was rendered speechless.

The wind has stopped, the clouds have dispersed, and the waves are calm.

With his abilities fully unleashed, Yu is already capable of interfering with planets; what's happening right now is merely a small test of his skills.

Next:
He pulled a tree branch from his robe.

This is part of the 'Divine Tree', but it doesn't have the terrifying ability of the Tokyo tree, whose roots spread out, penetrate the entire planet, and absorb all natural forces; however, it's fine if it just takes root and grows on Mars.

"In spring, I planted a seed~~"

Humming a children's song, I planted the branch into the crimson earth.

As he poured in a massive amount of chakra, the tree branch immediately took root, sprouted, and began to grow leaves—

"I harvested a fruit in winter."

The Otsutsuki clan is also known as the 'Cosmic Farming Clan'.

Rumble, rumble, rumble! ! !
Amidst the tremors of the great earthquake, enormous roots spread out, undulating and penetrating deep into the crimson of Mars!
At the same time, the giant, towering tree continued to grow upwards: hundreds of meters, thousands of meters, tens of thousands of meters!! After You released the restrictions, the tree could even expand to the point where it could be clearly seen from space.

"Yeah, that's too 'scary'."

With a wave of his hand, a layer of illusion covered the colossal divine tree.

The divine tree is essentially a 'weapon' that absorbs planetary energy, and most planetary environments are very 'suitable' for its growth.

However, Yu doesn't know how much energy a barren planet like Mars can absorb.

"Even if it can only produce 'Chakra Pills', it's not bad, right?"

Although it doesn't enhance the bloodline of the Otsutsuki clan like the 'Chakra Fruit', the Otsutsuki clan can still use it to replenish chakra and lifespan. For ordinary superhumans, what's the difference between it and the 'Golden Core' that allows them to ascend to the heavens in one step?
After planting a section of the 'divine tree' on Mars, Yu clapped his hands.

When the Americans 'immigrate' here, their expressions will definitely be quite interesting, right?
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P.S.: My introduction to the Egyptian pantheon was censored (it's really not my fault).

(End of this chapter)