I'm not just human!

Chapter 524 The Birth of the Gods (Part 3)

Unexpectedly, when Xia Fa asked these two questions, the "self" opposite him suddenly revealed a strange smile.

"Besides the world beyond the depths of the Protoss star system and the origins of the transcendent beings' masters, these should be the only remaining questions in your mind, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Fa nodded very sincerely: "Yes."

Since I'm facing "myself" anyway, there's nothing to hide. I shouldn't be ashamed to ask questions.

However, the "self" on the other side did indeed have a rather strange smile.

Just then, a young man who looked exactly like him spoke up.

"The reason why there are Chinese characters in the secret text is actually very simple. It is because when the secret text was tainted by the dark flames of the universe's origin 30,000 years ago and the rules for its formation were determined, it was originally a secret text constructed from the scripts of all kinds of civilizations in the universe."

Xia Fa was taken aback: "That's it? But—but why—"

To be honest, he was a little disappointed when he heard this answer. He had thought that the fact that there were Chinese characters in the secret contract would involve the ultimate secrets of this world and even the outside world.

The result is simply because the original universe contained Chinese characters, cuneiform script, and hieroglyphs, so the origin of the universe was taken and used directly to construct the secret text.

Moreover, thinking about it this way, when I was on Tianxuan Star, and even on the dozens of planets occupied by the human civilization I was in at that time, a large number of people did use Chinese characters.

However, the reason why I am full of curiosity and doubt about the Chinese characters in the secret contract is that the Chinese characters on each secret contract just happen to form that poem. On the other hand, when I was still relatively weak, I tried to write the secret text according to the original meaning of the Chinese characters, and then I encountered the greatest danger warning of my life.

So, what exactly are the reasons for these two things?

Seemingly sensing his inner doubts, or perhaps because the "young man" opposite him was Xia Fa himself, the young man smiled and said without Xia Fa even having to ask, "I know what you're thinking. This is what I was wondering about a few hours ago, and I can answer it for you one by one."

"First of all, although Chinese characters were one of the major writing systems in the universe 30,000 years ago, if we have to say, Chinese characters are absolutely the most advanced, most complex, most complete, longest-standing, most widely known, and most profound writing system, without exception."

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"As a Tianxuan Star person, you should be able to understand this."

"Therefore, even though the origin of the universe used Chinese characters to construct the secret text, it regarded Chinese characters as the highest level of secret text, even higher than the ancient secret text, and that is why it was used to carry the greatest secret."

"On the other hand, once Chinese characters are constructed into cryptic texts, their meanings are different from the originals. However, cryptic texts are used to communicate with extraordinary powers and even the power of the universe's origin."

"In this situation, if you use Chinese characters to write secret texts and try to use the original meaning of Chinese characters to communicate with the power of the universe, it is equivalent to directly using the authority of the universe itself."

"And this is something even the true gods wouldn't dare to do, not even the King of the Golden Cleansers would dare to do. This is practically the work of the Creator God."

"After all, what you write down can be created without expending your own power. Who but the Creator God could do that?"

"So, when you—or rather, when we—tried it, your spiritual intuition gave you a frantic warning to prevent you from shattering directly by violating taboos."

Hearing this, Xia Fa asked curiously, "Could it be that there really is some kind of creator god?"

The young man opposite him shook his head: "As far as I know, no, but once you sign ten overlord-level secret contracts and can directly grasp the origin of the universe and use any cosmic authority at will, you will probably be similar to the creator god of this world."

Xia Fa felt a sudden surge of warmth in his heart, because the young man's words reminded him of this matter.

Initially, when he won the Golden Fighting Grand Prix and gained the right to peruse the Golden Beacon Scroll, he clearly saw that signing all ten Overlord-level secret contracts could potentially touch the origin of the universe, and other things might also happen.

However, at that time, no one knew what would happen, since no one had ever completed the second orthodox path to godhood.

Now, according to the confirmation from "himself" who is currently in control of "omniscience," signing all ten overlord-level secret contracts is not as simple as touching the origin of the universe, but rather—directly gaining control over the origin of the universe!

"So, does that mean I can just make the origin of the universe cancel the creation of the Golden Cleansers? Hmm—there are many, many other things I can do—"

Xia Fa murmured to himself, pondering for a long time. The young man opposite him waited patiently, without any impatience. Instead, his expression showed a hint of anticipation.

We hope that Xia Fa will continue to ask questions.

After roughly planning, Xia Fa finally raised his head again and said, "You just said that when the origin of the universe used Chinese characters to construct the secret text, it chose Chinese characters to carry the greatest secret. That secret must be related to that poem, right? So, what exactly is that secret—?"

At this point, he couldn't help but recall the mysterious poems composed of Chinese characters that appeared on every secret contract.

"Shi Lou whispered advice to its paws."

"What appears in the sunlight is a huge, gray mountain range."

"Turning around majestically between heaven and earth."

"The scorching charcoal dried the eye sockets, and the red-hot iron coagulated the blood."

"A wailing heart, a gluttonous silence, a mocking lament."

He once thought that this poem referred to the Gold Cleaner.

But then they realized something was wrong; the Gold Cleaner didn't have claws.

Afterwards, he assumed that the poem referred to the master of the extraordinary.

But that makes even more sense. The master of an extraordinary being is more than a hundred times larger than the entire universe. How could he possibly "appear in the sunlight" and "turn around majestically between heaven and earth"?

Unexpectedly, the young man opposite him shook his head and smiled apologetically: "I'm very sorry, I don't know either."

"You don't know either?" Xia Fa was taken aback, but immediately realized something. "Could it be that this secret comes from outside our world?"

The young man nodded slightly: "That's right. Anything that even the omniscient authority can't figure out can only come from outside our world. As for why the origin of the universe would be carried in Chinese characters, who this poem is about, and what its connection is with the master of the superhuman—we'll have to explore that for ourselves when we go outside the world in the future."

"Hmm—" Xia Fa pondered. Putting everything else aside, the existence recorded in this poem must be closely related to the so-called master of the extraordinary being.

Since that's the case, there's really no way to know for sure right now. As the young man said, we can only wait until we go beyond the world to explore it.

He was actually very curious about what lay beyond the world. After all, if there were beings like the master of the superhuman who could shatter the universe and usher in an era of superhumans, then the world beyond must be vast and boundless, and must be full of all sorts of secrets and opportunities.

However, exploring beyond the world is probably a long way off.

"I understand more or less, so there's only one last question left."

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Xia Fa exhaled a breath of stale air and looked at "himself" opposite him again.

The young man opposite smiled slightly: "This situation is actually a bit complicated. You'll have to see for yourself, but you'll understand once you do."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Fa suddenly felt a sharp pain in his brain, and countless images flooded his mind.

That was in the Star Spirit Starfield, a Star Spirit Starfield that had been formed for hundreds of years and had long since stabilized.

[A being, as large as a villa and enveloped in chaotic lightning, streaked across the Star Spirit Starry Sky like a shooting star, easily shattering Star Spirits, Ghost Realms, and even the True Realms of Gods in its path. However, after traveling a distance, it suddenly vanished into the Star Spirit Starry Sky and disappeared.]

[After some time, the being enveloped in chaotic lightning suddenly reappeared from the Protoss sky, still flying forward as if aimlessly. Occasionally, when it encountered the extraordinary tombs of the Great Old Ones, it would instinctively avoid them, flying off to other places before disappearing back into the starry sky.]

It seemed to possess only instinct, yet it also appeared to be in a state of absolute chaos and on the verge of spiraling out of control. Apart from vaguely discernible human figures within it, nothing else could be clearly seen.

Therefore, it did not notice that a graceful and tall figure was following it not far behind.

[“The Sun God King’s heart and stomach—wait, that young man seems to be about to collapse—”]

The slender, graceful figure murmured to herself, then suddenly bit her lip, as if she had made up her mind.

The light from a distant star shone on her face, revealing her flawless features; she was none other than the Moon Goddess.

"Never mind, never mind, since we've run into him, let's help him out. This kid—maybe he can—in the future."

The Moon Goddess sighed softly, ignoring her still-healing injuries, and suddenly raised her hand towards the distant entity enveloped in chaotic lightning.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment throughout the entire universe, or perhaps, it was only time in this Star Spirit Starfield that was paused. The being enveloped in chaotic lightning was also abruptly stopped mid-flight, and even the strange domain that it had shattered was frozen in the starry sky in the state of having just split apart.

The Moon Goddess flew over and began to observe the entity enveloped in chaotic lightning.

["Tsk tsk, how could a young man who has never awakened a mutation and has never been exposed to magic be chosen by the heart and stomach of the Sun God King? And what about the other powers within him—"]

Suddenly, under the "time stop" effect of the Moon Mother Goddess, a mutated righteous god of the cosmic pillar level, the being enveloped in chaotic lightning actually moved, as if struggling on instinct, or as if trying to escape.

The Moon Goddess was suddenly startled, and a look of great surprise appeared on her flawlessly beautiful face.

"To actually resist my time-stopping technique, this is simply—"

Without another word, she pressed her pale, delicate hand against the being enveloped in chaotic lightning, then with a swift pull, drew out ninety percent of its blood with a loud whoosh.

The blood was an eerie, pitch-black color, as if each drop contained a burning black flame, accompanied by the faint, incessant murmurs of madness.

[Clearly, the reason this being enveloped in chaotic lightning is so unstable is because its blood contains too much of the pitch-black flames that are causing it to spiral out of control.]

[The Moon Goddess casually waved her other hand, and a sandalwood box appeared. She poured all the dark blood into it, then reached down to her waist and took out a pure white, light-seeking silver crystal the size of a lychee from her pouch.]

The pure white, light-traveling crystalline silver melted and stretched rapidly in her palm, instantly transforming into a metal nameplate.

The Moon Goddess suddenly tilted her head to sense something, then chuckled softly, "So your name is Xia Fa. That's a good name. The person who chose this name must be very talented."

Immediately, a burst of light appeared on the pure white, luminous silver metal plaque, revealing the words "Opened by Xia Fa".

After affixing the metal plaque to the sandalwood box, the Moon Goddess carried the box away and departed.

However, before leaving, she glanced at several strange and extraordinary beings not far away. These extraordinary beings were actually all Celestial Venerables, but precisely because they were Celestial Venerables, they were completely unable to withstand her time-stopping technique.

[Once the Moon Goddess had flown far away, the time freeze was lifted. Under the horrified gazes of the Celestial Venerables, the being enveloped in chaotic lightning also fled at an incredible speed.]

In just a few breaths, this being enveloped in chaotic lightning actually flew to the depths of the starry sky. Suddenly, its entire body burst into flames with a "boom," and its erratic flight came to a halt.

The chaotic lightning gradually receded, revealing Xia Fa's strong and slender body. However, he was in a deep coma, his skin peeling off, and his condition remained extremely unstable. Embedded in front and behind him were the heart and stomach of the Sun God, which he had only partially absorbed.

With a deafening roar, it intensified even further than before; the transparent, colorless flames surged so powerfully that they threatened to spread over a radius of hundreds of miles.

Despite the intense burning, the Sun God King's heart and stomach actually slowed down their fusion with Shafa's body, continuing to merge in a gentler, yet virtually risk-free, manner.

The transparent, colorless flames seemed to come alive, extending out equally colorless and transparent tentacles that explored the depths of the Star Spirit's starry sky, easily stretching out over a distance of thousands of light-years.

Suddenly, hundreds of runes were transmitted from one of the tentacles. The colorless and transparent flames immediately received them, contracted into a transparent spherical shell, enveloped Xia Fa, and flew directly towards the direction from which the runes were transmitted.

This time, under the control of the colorless and transparent flames, it flew even faster than when controlled by the chaotic lightning, reaching its destination in an instant.

[It turned out to be an ancient tomb hidden in a subspace deep within the Protoss star system. This ancient tomb was only half-built and not yet completed. Inside, there were well-crafted secret treasures everywhere, as well as various in-depth research on the development of the "Silver Throne," a supreme-level secret contract.]

Above the grand and imposing tomb entrance of the ancient cemetery, the words "Rhine Calamity" are written in cryptic script, next to which is an image of the Rhine Calamity holding a sword with twelve arms.

[Under the control of the colorless, transparent flames, Shafa, still unconscious, flew inside and hid in the most inconspicuous corner of the ancient tomb of the Rhine Calamity, beneath a leaf in a vibrant garden, shrinking to the size of a dewdrop.]

The scene suddenly zooms out, taking in the entire universe from a bird's-eye view. Stars shift and time flies, and scenes of human life pass by in the blink of an eye. It seems that 30,000 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In a corner of the unfinished ancient necropolis of the Rhine Calamity, in the vibrant garden beneath a leaf, a tiny, dew-like creature enveloped in colorless, transparent flames suddenly detached itself from the leaf, crashing through the necropolis and bursting out.

This time, the colorless, transparent flame carried Xia Fa, who had gone from a coma to a deep sleep, directly to the real world and quickly circled several of the largest and most prosperous life-bearing planets.

Then, it stopped in the sky above Rum City.