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Chapter 175 Tang San, are you using zombies as a front? (6.6k views) (Please subscribe)

Just as Xu Tianran and the others were busy settling the wounded in the open space of the palace as instructed by Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan turned his gaze to the woman with the Angelic Martial Soul beside him. He already knew her identity from how Xu Tianran addressed her.

From the beginning until now, her gaze has never left him, as if she is on guard against something.

As for why, Liu Yuan knew perfectly well.

It was simply because of the undead army that she had a knot in her heart. If it were just a regular mission where money and goods were exchanged, Liu Yuan wouldn't have paid much attention to it.

However, his true purpose in accepting this mission was to obtain the power of faith in this world, so it was imperative to dispel Ye Guyi's concerns.

Just as Liu Yuan was thinking about how to dispel her concerns, Ye Guyi couldn't help but ask, "The undead army was your doing, wasn't it? But you're not an evil spirit master, so how could you possess evil spirit master methods?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan raised an eyebrow.

Just in time!

He didn't rush to refute, but instead opened his right hand, and runes of death magic were drawn in his palm. "It's hard to explain in words. Why don't you try to touch it up close and see before you judge?"

Seeing this, Ye Guyi decisively said, "Come!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yuan manipulated death magic, instantly creating a magic circle connecting to the undead demiplane. The next second, a skeleton soldier with a missing arm, less than a meter tall, and resembling a child, swayed out of the magic circle, its eyes even revealing a hint of confusion.

It had just fainted, and when it woke up, it found itself inexplicably missing an arm. Before it could even figure out what was happening, it was suddenly in a different place. Here, besides the boss, there was another person watching it intently.

Skeleton Soldier: What's going on?

Just as it was puzzled, Ye Guyi had already made her move!

The instant the angelic martial spirit possessed him, he clenched his fists together and held them out in front of him. A dazzling white-gold light instantly enveloped the skeleton soldier!

"Holy Light!"

Just when Ye Guyi thought the undead creature would be destroyed by her holy light, what happened next was completely unexpected.

Under the holy light, the skeleton soldiers were not only unharmed, but they also tilted their heads, seemingly quite puzzled by Ye Guyi's actions.

Skeleton Soldier: Are you alright?

"How...how is this possible?"

Ye Guyi was stunned.

She hadn't expected that the undead creatures would remain unharmed despite her divine attributes.

"How about it? Seeing is believing, isn't it?" Seeing that the time was right, Liu Yuan chuckled and said, "My undead creatures are different from what you know. They originate from light and death, not evil."

As he spoke, Liu Yuan personally demonstrated. He bent down and gently tapped its head, and a white light representing the attribute of light bloomed forth!

Liu Yuan said matter-of-factly, "So what?!"

Ye Guyi: "————"

To be honest, I don't understand, but I'm deeply impressed!

This undead creature can be of the Light attribute?!

Seeing Ye Guyi's "never seen the world" look and her resistance lessened considerably, Liu Yuan's lips curled into a slight smile.

There's nothing wrong with that, right?

You see, he deliberately chose these skeleton minions. After all, people are creatures of appearance. Even undead creatures, the smaller ones are cuter than the big, clumsy ones.

Just as he was preparing to send the skeleton minions back to the undead demiplane, news came from Xu Tianran that all the wounded had been gathered and were awaiting treatment.

then--

"Come on, aren't you curious? Take a closer look and study it. I'll go treat the wounded first."

As he spoke, he grabbed the skeleton soldier's still-intact hand and tossed it to Ye Guyi.

Skeleton soldiers strewn about in mid-air: ? ? ?

Study me?

Boss! Undead creatures are living beings too! How could you just hand me over to outsiders for research like that!?

Speak up for me (feed me peanuts)!

"Click-clack!"

Amidst the clanging of bones, the skeleton soldier crashed directly into Ye Guyi's arms, almost instinctively catching him with his own arms.

Perhaps Liu Yuan used too much force, causing the skull of the skeleton soldier to become slightly dislocated. The 180° rotation brought the ghostly green soul fire and Ye Guyi's noble yet dignified eyes into direct contact.

Leaf Bone Robe: ————

Skeleton Minions: ————

well-

Ye Guyi sighed silently in her heart and called out to Liu Yuan's retreating figure, "Wait, I'm coming too!"

She casually put down the skeleton soldier, which was a way of acknowledging that the undead army was completely different from what she had imagined.

Seeing the adult run away, the woman chased after him, and the skeleton soldier tilted his head—"clack clack"—and hurriedly followed.

Seeing a severed arm contaminated by a zombie halfway through the journey, he wasn't disgusted at all; in fact, the soul fire in its eye sockets couldn't help but leap. He picked it up and tried to attach it to his own severed arm. Even though it didn't fit, he used his other arm to support it and dragged the severed arm along as he continued his pursuit.

During this brief incident, Liu Yuan had already arrived at the open space. Looking at the wounded scattered across the ground, his eyes remained calm and unperturbed.

"Thank you for your help."

"Leave it to me."

With a thought, a willow tree appeared behind Liu Yuan the next second. This willow tree was neither his martial soul nor his natal weapon, but one of the three faith source willow clones he had created after obtaining the Divine Fruit.

Since they intend to obtain faith from their universe, they should show them what benefits this Faith Source Willow clone can bring them.

Otherwise, do you think other people's beliefs are just empty words?

Therefore, if we are to showcase it, now is the best time for the source of faith, Liu, to make his appearance.

When they first saw the sapling, most people didn't think much of it. Only a few people, such as Xu Tianran, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi who had just arrived from behind, recognized its value. Their eyes widened in disbelief!

The next second, "Shh shh shh"

The willow branch, a manifestation of faith, grew taller in the wind. Beneath its swaying branches, a golden-emerald light shone throughout the entire palace.

A gentle breeze blows, and the willow leaves flutter lightly.

A powerful surge of life force instantly emanated from the Faith Source Willow avatar. The combination of life energy and divine energy enveloped the wounded in an instant.

Their previously pained expressions instantly seemed to be soothed. As their ferocious faces gradually softened, their injuries began to heal.

Everyone was stunned by what they saw!

Just as everyone's eyes were fixed on the swaying willow tree, Ye Guyi's ears twitched slightly as she heard a faint sound of bones colliding.

She glanced over instinctively and saw the skeleton soldier dragging a severed arm contaminated by a zombie to her side; her eyes lit up instantly.

Sensing the unusual gaze, the skeleton soldier subconsciously looked up, only to find the soul fire in its eye sockets meeting those "wolf-like" golden eyes.

The intense gaze made it instinctively take a step back.

Unexpectedly, Ye Guyi suddenly reached out and snatched the severed arm that the skeleton soldier had picked up before it could even react.

Skeleton soldiers: ? ! !

Now it panicked!

qaq

That's not fair!

You all don't want this arm!

Faced with its agitated protest, Ye Guyi didn't hesitate and reassured it, "I need this arm; I'll get you a more suitable one later!"

Having said that, under the reluctant gaze of the skeleton soldiers, he hurled his arm fiercely towards the Faith Source Willow clone, shouting, "Try this, see if it can purify it?"

Liu Yuan's gaze was instantly drawn to it.

With a thought, a willow branch shot out and tightly bound the severed arm that had been contaminated by the zombie.

Moreover, as the Faith Source Willow clone infused its combined life and divine energy into the severed arm, the infection originating from the zombie gradually receded until it vanished completely.

Liu Yuan: Huh?!

The zombie infection was miraculously cured by itself!?

If Liu Yuan was merely shocked, then Ye Guyi, Xu Tianran, and the others were overjoyed! They had been waiting for this moment for far too long!

"Very good!"

"That's wonderful!"

Ye Guyi and the others rushed to Liu Yuan, took the arm from his hands, and began to examine it one by one. Their eyes were as if they were looking at some rare treasure, which made Liu Yuan shiver.

However, it's not entirely incomprehensible.

Ye Guyi turned around, looking intently at Liu Yuan, then looked past him at the willow tree.

"I know this is a bit much. If your willow tree were a real one, could we trade it?"

Liu Yuan's heart skipped a beat. But he didn't rush to respond; instead, he asked, "You already knew how to remove the zombie contamination?"

It sounded like a question, but the tone was quite confident.

"Not 100% certain."

Ye Guyi made no attempt to hide anything, "After the zombie outbreaks around the world, we discovered that Shrek Academy had the best situation. The reason lies in their academy; there's a golden ancient tree!"

According to Ye Guyi's account, when the zombie outbreak attacked Shrek City, the Golden Ancient Tree could weaken the zombies' strength by emitting the light of the Sea God. If someone was scratched by a zombie, as long as they were taken to the vicinity of the Golden Ancient Tree in time, the power of the Golden Ancient Tree could stop the spread of zombie contamination. Once the Golden Ancient Tree unleashed its full power, the contamination caused by the zombies could be neutralized.

Their research revealed that zombies are essentially filled with both death and evil energies. Only when life energy and light/divine energy merge and reach a certain quality can the zombie's corruption be neutralized. To date, only Shrek Academy's golden tree has been able to achieve this.

Unfortunately, the Golden Tree's accumulated energy was limited and could not completely eliminate the zombie contamination.

Therefore, only the area surrounding Shrek City remains relatively safe. To address this, Shrek Academy has constructed an outer city on the edge of the area covered by the Golden Tree. After all, although the zombies have been weakened by the Golden Tree, the large number of living people in the city will undoubtedly arouse their greed, leading to occasional zombie hordes attacking Shrek City.

Ultimately, however, there is a Golden Ancient Tree on the Douluo Continent that can suppress zombies. In addition, the source of the zombies is the Sun and Moon Continent, which makes the Sun and Moon Empire face even greater pressure in fighting the zombies.

If it weren't for the Sun Moon Empire's advanced soul-guided technology and its national strength being enough to crush the three great Douluo Empires, Mingdu probably wouldn't have survived to this point.

"—But now—" Ye Guyi looked at the Faith Source Willow clone, not continuing, but the longing in her eyes seemed to have already spoken her words.

However, Liu Yuan did not rush to agree.

Because he was thinking about something.

So, what about the zombie apocalypse that sweeps across the world and threatens the entire globe? Does the divine realm simply ignore it?

Or would Tang San simply stand by and do nothing?

It's important to understand that he considered the Douluo Continent his private domain, and the ocean was the foundation of his Sea God status. Neither suffering would be in his best interest.

Of course, it's also possible that something unexpected happened in the realm of gods. Then, what about the spirits of the planes and the core of life?

After all, zombies devour anything alive, even plants, with their energy. Wherever they go, they wreak havoc, essentially acting as a highly infectious virus within a system. Would the dimensional spirit and the core of life simply allow this virus to run rampant within them?

It should be understood that the ancient golden tree should now be the vessel of the core of life.

If they so desire, they can fully activate the Golden Tree without experiencing a lack of energy.

That's really unpredictable.

"What are you planning to offer in exchange?"

Since they wanted it, and he had originally intended to give it to them anyway, he simply went along with it.

However, the benefits are not to be missed.

Upon hearing that Liu Yuan was willing to make the exchange, the people from the Sun Moon Empire's side had eyes that lit up like two light bulbs.

Xu Tianran rushed forward even faster than someone in a wheelchair, gripping Liu Yuan's hand tightly. Under the blazing sunlight, he was unwilling to let go.

"My benefactor!"

"What do you want in exchange? Just say it!"

Liu Yuan awkwardly tried to pull his hand away, but Xu Tianran's strength was terrifying. After all, although he had reached the title of Douluo through drugs, his cultivation level was genuine, and coupled with the high quality of his martial soul, his physical strength was naturally not bad.

Fortunately, Ye Guyi intervened in time, allowing Liu Yuan to withdraw his hand. Seeing Xu Tianran's generosity, he naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony and made an outrageous demand: "I want a complete set of all the soul-guided technologies from your empire. Is that acceptable?"

"no problem!"

Xu Tianran readily agreed.

Xu Tianran could actually guess which era of his own universe this visitor from from the question he asked was from.

But so what?

Even if Liu Yuan used his own technology to fight against the Sun and Moon Empire in his universe, or even another version of himself, Xu Tianran would have no objection whatsoever.

What does it have to do with him anyway?!

Even if Liu Yuan destroyed the Sun and Moon Empire of his universe, Xu Tianran would still applaud!

As the saying goes-

Better to die than to die, my fellow Daoist.

After the two parties reached an agreement, Xu Tianran immediately assigned the task of "copying a copy of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Technology." No part of it, whether basic or advanced, could be omitted.

"readily!"

Seeing his decisiveness, Liu Yuan didn't hesitate either, immediately offering to give them the Liu Yuan clone of the Source of Faith.

Then, Liu Yuan asked them one more question, inquiring whether they needed a large quantity of grain and vegetable seeds.

Xu Tianran and his group responded that they would take as many as they could get!

Because this kind of thing has become hard currency.

Since the outbreak of the zombie crisis, many lands have been contaminated and food is in short supply, resulting in most grain and vegetable seeds being used only for food.

But now that the source of faith, Liu, has appeared, it means that the pollution of the land can be eliminated. So, the next urgent need is for food and vegetable seeds.

Looking at the mountain of seeds, Xu Tianran took a deep breath and then looked at Liu Yuan, "What do you intend for us to exchange for?"

"Um--"

After a moment's thought, Liu Yuan gave his conditions: intelligence on the Sun Moon Empire's defenses, weaponry, and other resources prior to the zombie outbreak. He wanted everything, from national to individual levels!

As far as he knew, in this parallel world, before the start of the second competition, when Huo Yuhao had just finished his exchange student career, everything was exactly the same as in the original universe.

Then came the zombie crisis, which led the world down a different path.

Therefore, the intelligence gathered before that fork in the road is very valuable for Liu Yuan and his world to learn from.

"Give!"

Xu Tianran did not hesitate at all!

The decision was made immediately.

Xu Tianran revealed everything, including how he colluded with evil soul masters and what defensive measures he, as a titled Douluo, possessed.

Anyway, it's another version of myself who suffers, not him. At most, he'll suffer a bit, and I'll bear the blame.

Of course, you'll enjoy the benefits yourself!

"happy!"

Liu Yuan was in a great mood!

Doing business with someone like that must be so comfortable!

The thought that once they had this intelligence, the Sun Moon Empire of his world would be like a sieve to them made Liu Yuan want to laugh.

Forcibly suppressing the upward curve of his lips, Liu Yuan pointed at the Faith Source Willow Avatar, "Then I'll hand this willow tree over to you. But there's something I need to tell you beforehand. While this tree needs to draw upon your faith power to maintain its operation, it also needs time to recover."

"We understand."

Ye Guyi stated that she was no stranger to the power of faith. Due to her martial spirit, her current cultivation level of 89 was not only due to the boost gained from hunting zombies, but also to the effects of the power of faith.

In addition, Shrek Academy's golden tree also draws upon the world's faith in it and the sea god.

After all, as the zombie crisis worsened, more and more people sought refuge, which increased public awareness of the sea god...

The faith in the Golden Tree grew stronger and purer. In just a few years, the accumulated power of faith equaled the sum of the previous ten thousand years. Therefore, the Golden Tree could release energy at all times to protect the Shrek people.

Otherwise, according to Shrek Academy, the Golden Tree's energy might have been exhausted long ago.

"I see—"

Liu Yuan narrowed his eyes.

Why does this sound like there's a conspiracy theory involved? What does it mean that the power of faith gained in a few years can match the accumulation of tens of thousands of years?

Suffering is the breeding ground for faith.

That's exactly the point.

After all, when life is good, who would pray to gods and Buddhas? But if suffering comes, wouldn't faith soar if God offered even a little protection?

Isn't that the same thought I have?

So, could this be the reason why Tang San doesn't save the world? And why are the Life Core and the Spirit of the Plane not taking action in this situation, allowing the "virus" to run rampant? Is it because they are suppressed by Tang San and thus powerless to do anything?

To be honest, applying this logic to Tang San might not be so incongruous at all. Because while it's unethical, it can bring enormous benefits.

But then again, what about the ocean?

That was the foundation of his position as the Sea God.

unless--

Poseidon Island! The Poseidon Family!

Liu Yuan had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have found the answer.

In some ways, the faith of the sea spirit beasts in the ocean is not as strong as that of humans on land.

This can be seen from the achievements of Poseidon and the First Angel God. The First Angel God only occupied the faith of the Douluo Continent, while Poseidon occupied the faith of the entire ocean.

In terms of sheer numbers, the number of worshippers of Poseidon was more than a hundred times that of the first generation of angels.

Both of them achieved the status of a first-level god. Even though Poseidon was stronger and forged a super artifact, it's still clear that, when converted to the same mass, Poseidon's faith was only a few times greater.

This is probably due to the difference in their methods.

The first generation of angels were salvation, originating from virtue;

Poseidon is about conquest, and it stems from power.

What Tang San inherited was the faith that Poseidon had conquered. And because so many years had passed and the Sea God had changed, the quantity of faith power might have decreased, not to mention its quality.

So Tang San might take this opportunity to have the zombies clear out a wave of the sea in order to improve the quality of faith.

In this process, the Sea God family played a role similar to that of Shrek Academy and Shrek City.

Liu Yuan harbored malice and harbored suspicions.

To be honest, if things were as he suspected, he wouldn't mind sharing his guess with Ye Guyi and the others. It wasn't about morality, but purely about his own interests.

This would cause Tang San's majority of the faith power to collapse. Once it collapses, others will get a share, and as the driving force behind it, he could very well take a large portion.

Once this is done—

The faith he possesses in those three worlds is probably enough to propel him towards achieving the status of a god-king.

As for whether it will anger Tang San of that world?

The enormous profits were enough to make him take the risk.

Besides, he doesn't even belong to this world.

Failure simply means abandoning the interests of this world. Could the Tang San of this world possibly hunt him down across an unknown dimension?

joke!

With this in mind, Liu Yuan had already made up his mind.

So, when he handed over the Faith Source Willow clone and granted Ye Guyi some authority so that she could control it, he mentioned it casually.

"By the way, you mentioned before that the sea spirit beasts in the ocean have been transformed into zombies and are attacking the coastline. Have any of your people encountered the Sea God family?"

"The Sea God's family?" Ye Guyi looked at him with a questioning gaze, pausing for a few seconds as if considering her words, before asking, "What is their relationship with the Sea God?"

"You don't know? The Sea God Family are Sea Soul Masters who worship the Sea God. Their power is immense, at least comparable to the Body Sect. There's even a 90% chance that their strongest member is a Limit Douluo."

"Given what's happening at sea, unless they've all turned into zombies, they should be maintaining peace on the ocean. After all, it's their duty and the source of their faith in the sea god. Of course, the former possibility is very small. Because the sea god's family has the sea god's protection, they should be able to prevent it."

"What? You really don't know?"

Liu Yuan asked a second question.

His face seemed genuinely surprised, as if Ye Guyi didn't understand what was so strange.

Ye Guyi shook her head.

Although she possesses the Angelic Martial Soul and is a descendant of the Angelic Clan, the Angelic Clan has split into countless branches since the fall of the Martial Soul Empire.

Besides, over ten thousand years, time can conceal many things. Ye Guyi's branch is now just her; how could she possibly know anything about the Angel Family's past?

But now, after Liu Yuan said that, Ye Guyi felt something was off. Given that Liu Yuan had no reason to deceive her, Ye Guyi couldn't help but wonder:

What's going on?

Although the zombie crisis was severe, they could still contact the people stationed on the coastline.

For example, by using a high-altitude soul guide device.

However, judging from their previous letters, they never mentioned anything related to the Sea God family.

So, has something unexpected happened to the Sea God family? Or are they choosing to protect themselves and ignore the situation?

Or perhaps—

Do they have ulterior motives?

At this moment, as Ye Guyi's thoughts wandered, the seeds of doubt were sown. And once a chain of suspicion was formed, Ye Guyi and her group would never give up on this direction.

If Liu Yuan's guess is wrong, that's fine.

If Liu Yuan's conjecture is correct—

Hehe, that's going to be interesting!