Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 264 The most critical layout
In the past, Gong Tianwu met the wandering cultivator Bai Zijing here and obtained a lot of resources from them.

Afterwards, Gong Tianwu settled down in a small town near the Xiankong Island Airport and discovered that Juzhenju, with which he had done business before, was still there. Of course, he didn't recognize any of the shopkeepers there.

After living there for about ten days, they arrived at the season when the Yuanci Divine Light was erupting most intensely. Gong Tianwu put on the prepared cold-proof clothes, took the corresponding elixirs, and walked into the vast ice field ahead in the wind and snow.

The environment in this ice field can be said to be extremely harsh. It is said that this is also an important link for the Xiankong Island sect to recruit independent practitioners. Independent practitioners must trek across this thousand-mile ice field on foot and come to the gate of Xiankong Mountain to be qualified to enter and take the test.

Gong Tianwu certainly did not come here to learn skills. After entering the ice field, he suffered a lot, but he also saw many magnificent scenery.

On this day, the snow and wind on the ice field suddenly stopped, and the sun was even shining. Gong Tianwu looked up and found that the sky was like an inverted ice lake, so smooth and bright without a trace of cloud or mist.

Only the magnificent primordial magnetic divine light kept flowing, disappearing and flashing, sometimes like falling green gauze, sometimes like purple lightning across the sky, illuminating the entire frozen land with a bizarre light.

After a while, fog began to rise on the ice field again.

This is because although the surface here is covered with black ice that has not melted for thousands of years, there are hot veins hidden under the ice, which bake the ice and emit mist.

A large rift appeared ahead, like a scar on the surface of an ice field, with a depth ranging from tens to hundreds of meters, and winding for hundreds of miles.

Gong Tianwu walked to the edge of the Great Rift Valley and looked down, and found that white smoke with a sulfur smell was emitting from some cracks at the bottom, and there were also jagged icicles standing like a forest of swords.

Gong Tianwu immediately recalled the record in a previous book, which said that the bottom of the ice rift was as warm as spring due to geothermal heat, and there grew a rare "Cold Marrow Ganoderma" which was as blue as a star and had extraordinary effects.

Seeing such terrain, Gong Tianwu was immediately overjoyed. He found a good place to climb nearby and jumped down quickly.

After reaching the bottom of the valley, we found that it was indeed unusually warm below, which was enough to protect us from the severe cold. Apart from the strong smell of sulfur, there was nothing to complain about.

And this was also the designated location, so Gong Tianwu stayed here and waited, while exploring the surrounding environment. He actually found two cold marrow ganoderma.

After staying here for five days, Gong Tianwu suddenly heard a "buzzing" resonance sound coming from all around him. Instead of being surprised, he was happy because according to records, this was a sign of the coming of the magnetic storm he was waiting for.

About an hour later, the magnetic divine light that was originally flowing like a gauze above the sky suddenly stagnated!

Gradually, the cyan light band twisted into a vortex, and the edges turned a strange purple-red, as if the sky was torn open by an invisible hand.

The frozen soil on the ice field began to tremble, and a dull roar came from the veins under the ice, as if a giant dragon was turning over in the abyss.

Suddenly, a loud "boom" was heard between heaven and earth!
A blazing white magnetic torrent fell from the center of the vortex, like a sword from the sky piercing the earth, distorting space wherever it passed.

The sword-shaped icicles standing on the ice field broke apart one after another, and the broken ice was crushed into powder by the magnetic light before it even hit the ground.

The strong wind blew up white smoke with a sulphur smell into the sky, which blended with the aurora and turned into thousands of colorful clouds, which formed a chaotic turbulence in the air.

"It's now!!!"

Kang’s reminder came into Gong Tianwu’s mind.

After getting the hint, Gong Tianwu no longer hesitated and simply took out a cage.

There were four green falcons in the cage. These creatures were a prehistoric alien species with extremely strong vitality and amazing flying speed.

It can be seen that each green falcon has a very small sac on its feet.

Then Gong Tianwu opened the cage door, released the falcons inside one by one, and pinched the mechanism on their claws.

In this way, after the Green Falcon has flown for three or four hours, the mechanism on the brocade bag will be triggered, and the things hidden inside will fall down.

Because the flight trajectory of the Green Falcon is unpredictable, even Gong Tianwu himself doesn't know where the things in the brocade bag will eventually fall.

And just when Gong Tianwu released the green falcon, the cause and effect points he had accumulated were burning at an alarming rate. When the last green falcon flew out, only five of his cause and effect points were left.

The purpose of these burned causal points is to conceal the secrets of heaven and interfere with the calculation of the Chaos Floating Life Diagram.

At the same time, the reason why Gong Tianwu chose this time and place to release the Green Falcon was because of the magnetic storm that broke out at this time.

This is because the Yuanci Divine Light originates from the bipolar Yuanci Qi in the earth's veins. It is the magnetic energy naturally generated by heaven and earth and is connected with the Yin and Yang Qi of the universe. It is inherently violent and difficult to tame, and can distort light, interfere with escape techniques, and disrupt the mysteries of nature.

When the primordial magnetic storm appears, it causes enormous interference in all aspects, which of course includes the deduction of the Floating Life Diagram.

So what was in the brocade bag that made Gong Tianwu pay such a huge price?

It is the relevant record of epigraphy that he personally created, or to be more specific, it is a textbook of epigraphy.

It uses a diary-like style of an "ancient hermit" to record in detail the making of microscopes, bold conjectures, the uses and discoveries of epigraphy, etc.

The purpose of Gong Tianwu's creation of inscription literature is to enable mortals to rely on inscription literature and, with the blessing of a huge base, have the power to compete with immortals.

Previously, when Gong Tianwu was studying inscription literature and even using the research results of inscription literature, because it was a completely new thing for the Floating Life Map, Kang could still easily block the secrets of heaven within a small range, making it completely undetectable by the Floating Life Map.

However, if he were to promote and study epigraphy alone in the world, not only would it be a thankless task, but once the technology spreads uncontrollably and develops to the point where it threatens the survival of immortals, the Floating Life Diagram will surely become important, and they will surely be able to trace the source of the spread, Gong Tianwu!
Only if a craze for epigraphy suddenly erupts from multiple sources in this world, and people studying epigraphy are everywhere, can one get more time to survive and develop.

The flourishing of epigraphic literature will make its unleashed power even stronger and cover a wider range of power!

What Gong Tianwu was doing at this time was to confuse the Floating Life Map from the source, greatly increasing the difficulty for it to find himself.

The causal points smashed out at this time can at least buy yourself 20 to 30 years of buffer time. ****
The flying speed of a certain green falcon was incredibly fast. Its simple mind was affected by the mysterious power generated by the burning of the causal point. It began to fly at a high speed towards the distance, and it flew thousands of miles in just half a day.

Suddenly, the mechanism on the brocade bag activated, and then it fell downwards and fell into a small river.

At this moment, the green falcon in mid-air suddenly shook its head, and the mysterious power surrounding it quickly dissipated. It immediately felt hungry and thirsty, and began to dive to the side, preparing to find food and drink water.

After the brocade bag fell into the river, its outer skin was quickly soaked by water like rice paper. When it reached the rapids, it was completely torn apart, revealing a strange wooden sign inside.

The material of this wooden plaque is obviously extraordinary. The surface shines with a special luster similar to that of sunken wood. The patterns on it are very old, and many of them are even missing.

There are densely packed small characters engraved on this wooden plaque, which record some key information about epigraphy. Of course, it is written in the form of daily essays, so others can tell at a glance that it was written by the ancients.

The wooden sign drifted with the flow and was picked up by an ordinary person a few days later. The person thought it was of extraordinary value and sold it to a pawn shop.

The pawnshop found this item extraordinary and immediately contacted the local Jubaozhai, which was responsible for the monks' business. After some confirmation, it bought the wooden sign and put it on the counter on the first floor for sale.

Placed together with this wooden sign are many strange things, most of which were brought out by monks after exploring secret realms and ruins.

They are euphemistically called relics, but in fact they just look like they have some value, but in reality they are useless things whose use is unknown. It would be a pity to throw them away, but keeping them will take up space.

Just make a hodgepodge of them, and price each one at five spirit stones, so that those who are looking for a bargain can take their time to choose.

Soon, the wooden plaque was bought by a Taoist child within three days, because his master liked this kind of ancient relics with words on them.

His master was Elder Peng from the Emei Branch Equipment Making Hall - a master who knew that he did not have enough talent and had no hope of achieving the Golden Elixir, so after establishing his foundation he became obsessed with refining equipment.

This kind of people are nicknamed "tech geeks" on Earth.

There is another very crucial thing. At the bottom of Elder Peng’s storage ring is a green cloak with a strange pattern of eyes on it.

Yes, in addition to being an Emei weapon maker, he also has a hidden identity, that is, a member of the Xutong Organization.

Of course the remaining three green falcons were not carrying wooden signs, as that would have been too deliberate.

They are:
A jade book with corresponding text engraved on it.

A jade slip can provide corresponding information by probing it with spiritual consciousness.

A jade pendant with a treasure map secretly hidden on it.

If someone follows the clues, they can find an ancient tomb with gold, silver and jewelry inside. However, there will be murals on the walls of the tomb, and the inscriptions next to the murals will also record relevant information about epigraphy.

With the blessing of the mysterious power of the burning cause and effect point, these things will find people who are very interested in inscription literature one after another within a year!
Then, these seeds with different identities spread epigraphy to every corner of the world.

Of course, they were the ones who had to bear the blame for the incident that was ultimately traced back to them.

Gong Tianwu himself has conducted research for such a long time in advance and relies on the Earth civilization as a backup, so he will definitely not lose to them in terms of technical reserves and ideas in epigraphy.

To be more specific, the Gongtianwu Inscription Rocket has already been developed to the second generation.

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After completing this most urgent task, Gong Tianwu was still worried, fearing that a reminder from Gen Shanqian would suddenly pop up in front of him, saying that his whereabouts had been locked by the Floating Life Map.

After all, in his previous lives, Gong Tianwu had been very troubled by this thing and even had a psychological trauma. The feeling of being stared at like a leech is really creepy.

Fortunately, he continued to stay on the ice field of Xiankong Island in fear for three days. The magnetic storm broke out twice more. He found that there was nothing unusual, so he breathed a sigh of relief and planned to return home.

As a result, less than ten minutes after Gong Tianwu left the rift valley, a terrible storm suddenly blew up on the ice field.

The storm was mixed with rocks from the ice field, and ice chips were blowing at an alarming speed. The power was like a bullet, and it even scratched sparks on the hard ice surface.

Even though Gong Tianwu is now a cultivator, he can only stay in such a horrible and harsh natural environment for a few minutes at most, and then he can only wait for death.

In this situation, Gong Tianwu had no choice but to retreat back into the Great Rift Valley. Fortunately, he brought enough supplies this time, so he was not afraid to stay here for another ten days or half a month.

As a result, on that night, when Gong Tianwu was sleeping in a daze, he suddenly heard an indescribable sound in his ears, as if many sharp objects were scratching at the extremely hard ice.

This suddenly made him horrified. After all, this place was very close to Xiankong Island. According to rumors, there was a huge underground eye under Xiankong Island, which contained many monsters that had been mutated by the influence of magnetic field.

The Xiankong Island sect is located here, and a large part of the responsibility is to suppress and eliminate these monsters. As compensation, both the good and evil sides must compensate them with a sum of resources every year.

In this situation, Gong Tianwu immediately lost all sleepiness, sprinkled odor-removing powder on himself, and then silently used a magical power called "Dead Leaf Technique" to ensure his own safety first.

The fact that Gong Tianwu's cultivation was very low at this time was actually a good thing, because this way, the hidden effect of the "Dead Leaf Technique" would be better.

After calming himself down, Gong Tianwu tiptoed to the side. He at least wanted to figure out what made the sound!
Following the sound, Gong Tianwu walked two or three hundred meters and soon discovered that a large hole had appeared at the bottom of the rift, with wisps of cold air emanating from the hole.

There was a monster about two or three meters tall waving its sharp claws, easily digging up the ice and rocks next to it, looking for a black or blue ore to eat.

This mineral is called blue stone, and it is not particularly precious. However, Gong Tianwu did not expect that it could be the food of this monster.

Looking closely, Gong Tianwu discovered that the monster resembled a hybrid of a giant ape and a crustacean, with its body covered with dark blue ice crystal scales. Magnetic auroras flashed between the scales, like flowing lightning.

(End of this chapter)