Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 279 Subterranean Life!

The world after death.

A vast, dark land shrouded in mist.

Beneath our feet lay astonishingly black sand, while the sky was shrouded in an endless, hazy gray-black.

Endless and boundless, without beginning or end, without limit, only pure black remains, without any mountain ranges, so desolate that it evokes an instinctive fear.

The other divine powers seemed to have been forcibly suppressed, leaving only a very small fraction of their original strength.

Even their fate was suppressed.

This made the goddess of fate frown slightly. "The world of death is governed by the fate of death, but I am a living person. I cannot fully utilize the fate of death in this world of death. You do not acknowledge me."

Fortuna, the goddess of fate, felt herself being suppressed.

Unless she becomes a completely dead person, and the single-fate deity who controls death takes control, she, as a living person, will be suppressed here.

The mysterious God and the Goddess of Fate have arrived on this land with a thousand dead.

These thousand dead are constantly whispering.

Is this the world after death?

"It feels like a newly discovered, very crude and primitive conceptual world?"

"Yes, there are no gods residing there."

"Is it estimated that the major gods will have to join forces and use their divine power to establish the original order of this world?"

"But besides God and the Fates, who can enter the world of the dead? If other gods were to enter, they would probably be truly dead!"

"Wait for the goddess of fate to resurrect one by one?"

"Foolish! One can only be resurrected immediately after death, and there's a resurrection interval. Of all the gods who come in, only one can be saved?"

"In my opinion, this land will likely only welcome its true master, Death, in the future!"

Because of the huge population, tens of thousands of people die every minute and every second.

Therefore, Fortuna selected a group of elite individuals skilled in research to explore this world.

After all, it was a stroke of luck for these thousand people.

Because they were already dead.

One observer couldn't help but say, "This is a void of energy. The black mud underfoot seems to be some kind of substance formed from the condensed souls of the dead."

Another person commented, "Yes, this black sand is very special! I suspect it's formed from the sedimentation of fog in the air, creating black sand crystals."

These people are constantly analyzing.

They believe that this black sand is the substance left behind in the world of the dead after they have perished.

"You mean, the new world of this dead man is gradually forming natural mineral veins?" someone asked in surprise.

One magician had a wild idea: "Don't you think this world is like the hundreds of millions of years of environmental evolution of a planet, with mineral veins, then valleys and land, and then life might emerge from them?"

"Heh, foolish. The world of the dead can only contain the dead; it can never give birth to the living."

"Right."

"But is it possible that nature itself can naturally produce new dead?"

"Huh? Absolutely impossible! Aren't newly deceased people new lives? Life can never be born in the world of the dead!"

"A new deceased person is a dead person, how could they not be born in the world of the dead? You're so stupid!"

"You're the fool! The new dead are essentially new life; life cannot be born from death."

"No! The new dead are essentially just new corpses! They can be born from death!"

Some of the deceased began to discuss the matter animatedly.

Seeing this, God couldn't help but sigh that these people's topic was somewhat outrageous.

"One of the mythological paradoxes: If life is born in the world of the dead, is it life or the dead that is born?" The goddess of fate couldn't help but laugh.

Upon seeing this land, Liu Jun felt an urge to knead "chaos" with his hands.

After creating the immortal world, he created the magic world, and then he went to create the universe. He even wondered if he could create a particle of chaos in this world of death.
But after thinking about it, I suppressed my curiosity.

After all, if it actually happens and the resulting chaotic particle can't be sent to the neighboring immortal world, and the world of death heads towards its destruction, then things will get really messed up!

If we accidentally blow up the object of fate that represents death, the goddess of fate will cry!

Soon, after several investigations, the goddess of fate concluded:
"The thousand advance teams in these discussions are currently dying at a rate of 1% activity loss per second."

One hundred seconds later, they will completely disappear into the world of death.

God could clearly sense this: "So, people can only remain in the world of the dead for a hundred seconds after death, and you can only resurrect those who died within those hundred seconds and bring them back to the present world?"

"Yes."

Fortuna looked serious and said, "Moira was dead for more than a hundred seconds before she truly died."

"Even we who are now, even as God and the goddess of fate, will die forever if we do not leave this world of death within a hundred seconds."

God smiled and said, “There’s no need to worry about that. My immortal knight can use the immortal power of the immortal gods to lock us in our state of death.”

No sooner had he spoken than his divine power was unleashed.

[Goddess of Fortune: 87%]

[Mysterious God: 87%]

Their lives came to a standstill thirteen seconds after they entered.

"Should we lock up the thousand people who followed us in?" the goddess of fate suddenly asked.

"Lock up one-tenth of them, and let the remaining 900 see what it looks like when they die in a hundred seconds."

God said calmly:

"My divine power is not convenient to lock everyone down. All divine power is suppressed here. I must conserve my divine power, otherwise I will soon run out of power."

The main focus is on stability.

Furthermore, these nine hundred dead were already dead; they were sent here as a suicide squad.

Exploring unknown territories requires certain sacrifices.

Soon, God locked up one hundred of them, and then left the remaining nine hundred to make the most of their remaining time.

The goddess of fate beside her frowned and said, "Our divine objects can be brought in, but they will gradually lose their vitality and die at a rate of 1% activity loss per second."

"In one hundred seconds, the divine object we brought in will die."

This concept world is indeed interesting.

Even divine beings will die here in a hundred seconds?

Furthermore, what does it mean that divine objects can be brought in?
Real-world divine objects will disappear!
When a divine being dies, it enters the world of death.

In other words, what if the divine object is lost deep within the mists of the world of death?

Is it possible that this divine position will forever be lost because of the loss of the divine object?
"Do you want to see what the dead divine objects look like?" the goddess of fate suddenly said.

"What? Sacrifice your divine possession to test it?" God said.

"I wouldn't dare."

Fortuna said frankly, "If one of the three divine objects of destiny were to die permanently, wouldn't I be doomed? Would I become the sinner of all the goddesses of destiny? What I mean is, to use the destiny of death to divine the future of the divine object's demise."

"But this requires a considerable amount of my physical strength as a living person."

She is still alive because she holds the divine power of fate over two living people. These fates are somewhat conflicting.

All kinds of divine power are suppressed here. She uses her future vision to peek into the future of divine objects in this suppressed world of death, which takes a lot of energy from her.

“You can take a look,” God said. “You have exhausted yourself; I will protect you.”

The goddess of fate is someone who helps you with divination and exploration.

Could it be that she should conserve her strength to fight and battle for him?
“I understand. If any danger arises, I’ll rely on God to protect me.” Fortuna nodded and began a divination of fate. As countless perspectives appeared, she vaguely saw scenes from the future.

Images flashed in the eyes of the Goddess of Fate: "Divine objects will indeed die within 100 seconds, and when they die, this law of the world will disappear!"

"In the long course of time, in the eyes of Death, even the various divine objects that symbolize the laws will die."

“Conceptual death?” God said.

"Yes, the death of a divine being is the death of a certain concept in this world."

"If the divine object of fire dies, there will be no magic based on the fire system in the world," said the Goddess of Fate. "Furthermore, I will not find any way to revive the divine object that has already died in the future."

God thought about it.

Will humans and deities die within a hundred seconds of entering this place?

It is understandable for a living person to die permanently.

Do divine objects die permanently?

He was a little skeptical.

A divine object is unique; if it dies permanently, wouldn't that mean the permanent loss of this divine object?
This information is absolutely astonishing!

It's true that every version has its own meta.

The new version update, after the Age of Destiny, this version of the Age of Death Myths is just too outrageous.

God thought for a moment and said, "Look at it from a different perspective. If an immortal deity uses the power of new life, could it enter the world of the dead and revive the dead? Could it bring the concept of the dead back to the world of the living?"

"Yes! If it's a newborn, it might be possible to revive a dead divine being!"

The Goddess of Fate paused for a moment, "But immortal gods possess hidden divine power and are not within the Goddess of Fate's future perspective."

“That’s true. You can’t see the immortal gods, let alone God. It’s not convenient for us to go out and search for immortal gods to cooperate with now.”

God instantly understood, “I allow you to divine my future and see whether I can use the newborn knights and the power of new life to revive the dying divine beings.”

God loosened the protective walls of fate, allowing the goddess of destiny to divine.

"Is this how you test new students?"

The Goddess of Fate took a deep breath, feeling like she was a beast of burden. If it weren't for her seventh-level stamina, she probably wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

Divination has been restarted.

She saw her future self, using her own "destiny-changing" artifact to conduct an experiment. After 100 seconds, the artifact would permanently die.

Then God was asked to use His newborn power to try to resurrect it.
After a while, the goddess of fate's eyes suddenly lit up: "It works! The newborn divine power can awaken the dead divine object! Re-enter the 100-second resurrection countdown state."

God knows.

All things in the world are interconnected and mutually restraining.

He recalled the previous introduction.

【Decay and Rebirth】: Death is just another beginning, destruction is just another rebirth. I hear the endless echo of life. Death comes and all things wither, but I refuse to retreat.

So you were waiting for me here?
It was hinted long ago that the power of new life is the opposite of the god of death.

In the face of death, even heaven and earth, rules, and order will perish.

In the face of new life, even life, rules, and order are reborn.

The goddess of fate suddenly realized something and shouted:

"That's it! The immortality series controlled by the immortal god—immortality, rebirth, and eternal existence—is opposed to the god of death!"

"They are like the opposite of light and darkness!"

The goddess of fate's eyes grew brighter and brighter. "If we push the world of death forward, and a divine artifact of death appears in the future, wouldn't a terrifying god of death be born? Wouldn't we be creating a nemesis of an immortal god with our own hands?"

Fortuna laughed.

The Grim Reaper who kills all concepts!

The immortal god who brings new life forever!

She felt an irresistible urge to watch the drama unfold.

Let's fight! Let's fight!

Since they're not my adversaries, it's finally my turn to watch the show.
Previously, the three women in my own destiny were fighting amongst themselves, and everyone was watching the drama unfold.

Those three little bitches who even cursed our fate, I'm speechless.

What now?
The nemesis of the immortal gods is coming; a battle of life and death is about to begin.

Previously, it was always God who was fighting. Now, is the ancient monster, the Immortal God, also going to encounter an enemy?
I'm craving some gossip!

Fortuna's aloof demeanor crumbled, revealing her goofy and silly side.

Liu Jun was somewhat speechless at this goddess of fate who had become a source of amusement.

Death artifact
The impending birth of Death is indeed somewhat aimed at my immortality as a deity.

But Liu Jun didn't seem to mind.

After all, death is one of the important elements that shape the world's order, and a divine object in this regard must be created.

and.

You have the power to choose the divine object; whether or not you choose this death series is up to you.

Without giving it any further thought, the priority now is to develop the world of death and gather the ingredients for the soup made from the divine artifacts of death.

Let's get the death series out first!
While God and the goddess of fate were discussing, the 900 people who had been released were already on the verge of death.

Don't think that 100 seconds is short. In this era of super strong people who are born at the sixth level, it is already considered long.

On their deathbeds, they conducted various tests, upholding the fanatical spirit of scientific research and following God and the goddess of fate.

Some people choose to commit suicide in advance so that others can collect data.

Some people choose to dissect themselves to see if their organs differ from those of living people.

Some people choose to fight each other to test the fighting style of the dead world.

Some men and women have even gone so far as to experiment with postnatal reproduction.

"The sixth rank is the sixth rank of reproduction. In reality, the sixth rank will give birth to a stronger next generation of gods. So what happens after we die?"

Don't tell me yet.

Under the stunned expressions of God, the goddess of fate, and others.

These martyrs really did create a horrific scene.

They saw a couple give birth to a child and then die.
They gave birth to a bizarre and terrifying thing.

It absorbed all the power of its parents and moved on to the next generation of gods, becoming the thirty-first generation of gods.

The goddess of fate rubbed her eyes, "This is too outrageous! How could it be born? How could it really be possible to give birth? Did a new life really come into being in the world of the dead?"

This scene is so horrifying.

That thing looked so bizarre and frightening that everyone who entered the world of death inexplicably developed goosebumps.

"Do not."

God's astonishing wisdom instantly saw through the deception, and coldly declared, "What those two dead gave birth to is a monster without a self; it is not life."

At this moment, the monster seemed to be born from death, possessing only a violent and murderous instinct. Its body was covered with crystalline blocks of black sand, and it charged towards God and the others.

"This guy is not weak." God reached out and pressed it down directly:
"As expected, it's all about instinct. It seems that if things continue like this, people will inevitably indulge themselves within the first hundred seconds after arriving in the world of the dead. Sooner or later, these monsters will be everywhere."

The goddess of fate said, "Furthermore, they can probably reproduce with each other. If our world as living beings is the age of gods and heroes, then their world as the age of the dead is the age of the underworld!"

Life in the afterlife?

Everyone murmured this word silently in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)