Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 1311 Cosmic Anomaly

After returning to the shop, Su Ping placed the customers' battle pets in the fostering slots, and then entered the shop's living room as usual. He saw many figures of those who had been granted godhood standing in the living room, but most of them were weak and some were obviously injured.

Su Ping's eyes flickered slightly. The border battle had been fierce in recent days, and he had seen wounded soldiers come to the store a few days ago.

"Boss Su."

"Mr. Su."

Upon seeing Su Ping, these deities were all invigorated and greeted him with smiles.

Su Ping's deeds had already spread throughout the Investiture of the Gods circle, and even some Star Lord realm circles knew about them. The Supremes of each star region also warned their disciples and Investiture of the Gods not to provoke Su Ping.

All sorts of rumors have made Su Ping and his shop extremely mysterious.

This attracted many people who had been granted the title of God to visit the restaurant, so most of the customers Su Ping served during this period were people who had been granted the title of God, and the pets he raised were also pets that had been granted the title of God.

"Has the insect swarm at the border rioted again?" Su Ping asked.

"There was a slight mishap; our Andrei Fortress was breached, but fortunately, reinforcements arrived in time, and we've made it back," one of the Conferred Gods said with a simple smile.

Su had heard about such things often and was almost used to it, but he felt that he was getting injured a lot more often recently.

When war breaks out, the first places to react, besides the military affairs office, are probably the medical offices.

"Be careful," Su Ping said, offering only a word of advice.

He then went to the Chaos Incubation Room and brought up the system panel there.

The remaining operating balance has reached an extremely exaggerated figure.

Three years have passed since the last Cosmic Alliance. During these three years, Su Ping's shop has been packed with business every day. In the same period, Su Ping has spent over a hundred years cultivating the world. He is only one step away from condensing his Dao Heart. The Purgatory Candle Dragon Beast and Er Gou have also transformed into the Supreme Realm.

If it weren't for the fear of the alien races in the insect swarm, Su Ping's current power would be enough to sweep across the entire universe with just his battle pets.

In just three short years, not much has changed outside, and no one knew that Su Ping's growth had already reached such a level.

"The current turnover is enough to upgrade the store to level 7. Once the store reaches level 7, I can accept the training of pets at the Supreme Realm, which will be more expensive and make money faster."

"According to the system's ranking, level 8 might be able to accept Divine Emperor Realm battle pets, while the highest level 9... might be Ancestral God Realm battle pets?"

Su Ping's eyes flickered slightly; this system had always been more powerful than he had imagined.

In his speculation, it is highly likely to be an existence equal to or even more terrifying than the Golden Crow Ancestor.

Looking at his remaining balance, Su Ping pondered for a moment and ultimately chose to upgrade.

Upgrading the shop will close off the cultivation world. Right now, the efficiency of cultivating in the cultivation world is not high for him. He plans to make some small items and put them into the front-line battlefield. Although he cannot be there in person, he can still help change the situation on the battlefield.

"Confirm upgrade?"

"confirm."

"Customers were detected still inside the store. The upgrade process will officially begin once all customers have left."

The balance has decreased. Su Ping looked at the upgrade tubes that were growing behind him. The difference was a hundredfold. The energy required to upgrade to level 8 store was a hundredfold!

"However, once the upgrade is complete and I can raise Supreme Realm pets, the speed at which I save money won't be affected too much. At most, it will take five years to save enough. If it reaches level 9, the difference will be a hundredfold, so at most another ten years of hard work will be needed..."

Su Ping's hands trembled slightly, a hint of excitement in them.

Once he reaches level 9 in the shop, he can find the way to revive the little skeleton.

And this time won't be too long, a decade or so, he can afford to wait.

Based on the original earning efficiency, it would have taken much longer, but now that it's wartime, his shop's reputation has spread, and most of those who come here for training are either Gods or Star Lords, or powerful second-generation individuals. Most of those selected are professionally trained, so the earning efficiency has increased more than tenfold.

Back in the shop, Su Ping told Joanna and the others to continue entertaining guests, while he turned and went to his master's residence.

"Xiao Su."

Sensing Su Ping's presence, the Divine Venerable was not too surprised. Now that he had become a Supreme Being and controlled the universe, his reaction speed was far greater than before. Even if he was startled, he could react in a fraction of a millisecond and remain calm.

"What's the situation outside?"

Su Ping sat down on the sofa and asked.

The deity had several deep wrinkles on his brow, seemingly caused by long-term frowning. He shook his head and said, "Recently, there was a riot within the insect swarm, as if it had been stimulated by something. Many places on the border were severely impacted, resulting in many casualties. Fortunately, reinforcements were sent in time, and the situation has now stabilized."

"What's the reason?"

Su Ping asked doubtfully.

The deity glanced at Su Ping, then stood up and came to Su Ping's side, saying, "I have something to show you."

He raised his hand and pointed, and an image appeared, composed of energy particles, as clear as a photograph, clearly showing a scene in the starry sky.

Strangely, the starry sky in the picture is pitch black and faintly swirling, like a cosmic black hole. But even in a cosmic black hole, the light reflected by planets and stars can still be seen in the area drawn in by gravity. But this place is neither like a black hole nor as dark as it seems.

The deity zoomed in on the image with his finger and was immediately confronted with an extremely terrifying sight.

There are many planets in this starry sky, but the surfaces of these planets seem to be corroded by something. The green plants and buildings on them are rotten and dilapidated, as if they have been dissolved by strong acid, and are in a semi-melted state like candles.

Furthermore, these planets are arranged in a spiral shape, with what appears to be a collapsed hole at their center.

Su Ping narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at his master, "What is this?"

"And this too."

The deity conjured another pattern, in which a giant arm floated in the void. But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the end of the giant arm was collapsed, as if it were an arm extending from outside the universe.

The deity's fingers moved swiftly, and patterns appeared one after another. Some of the starry sky had strange vines that pierced through planets, took root inside them, and sucked nutrients, turning that star system into a complete potted plant.

In some starry skies, numerous dragon corpses drift about, deathly silent and cold, extremely eerie.

"When the supreme leaders from various star sectors came here to gather and unite, in order to prevent them from leaving behind some innocent people, I specially organized an investigation team to investigate various star sectors and search for planets that might have been abandoned. During the search, there was nothing at first, but in the past year, we have seen these strange things one after another."

The God's face was gloomy as he said to Su Ping, "Nowadays, almost all the population in the universe is gathered here, and ninety percent of the universe is abandoned and uninhabited."

"Remember what I told you before about the universe overlapping?"

Su Ping was taken aback and couldn't help but look at the images. "Master, are you saying that the universes are merging, and these are things squeezed out from deep space?"

"That's right."

The Divine Lord said in a deep voice, "So this kind of cosmic overlap is not the problem we are currently facing. After all, based on previous signs and speculations, the speed of cosmic overlap is relatively slow, and it will take at least tens of thousands of years to occur. It is something we need to solve. The biggest problem right now is the insect swarm..."

"But now the universe seems to have changed in some way; the speed of this overlap has increased dramatically!"

He looked at Su Ping and said, "I had Kaya Frey infiltrate other star sectors to investigate signs of cosmic overlap, and we discovered that it has now overlapped to the sixth level of deep space!"

"In some areas, it even reaches the seventh floor!"

"The detection equipment worn by Kayafre recorded that the rate of overlap is extremely high and fluctuates wildly, which is very abnormal. According to the experts' predictions, it may take another five to ten years for the overlap to be completely completed!"

"Have you found out the cause?" Su Ping asked, frowning.

The deity sighed and shook his head, saying, "Not yet, but I suspect some force is driving it from behind. It could be the alien races in the insect swarm, but another possibility is that the universe sensed some kind of stimulus and accelerated this change itself. After all, Xiao Su, you said that the universe has a spirit, and perhaps the universe we live in also has its own sentience!"

Su Ping's eyes flickered as he said, "So, there's some kind of threat that made it choose this path? Is its purpose... self-preservation?"

"That's possible."

The deity said, "The recent insect swarm uprising is most likely related to this, but it is not a good thing for us. After all, if the universe truly merges, we will be fine, but ordinary people will not be able to live peacefully in this universe. Many planets will undergo qualitative changes, and the environment of the universe will also undergo qualitative changes. At that time, even those who have been made gods will probably only be able to barely survive."

He said, "Originally, we planned to build a shelter, the New World, before the universes overlapped."

"There are such places in all 12 star sectors. Now that the insect swarm has occurred, the new world lands in other star sectors have long been put on hold. Our new world lands in the Golden Star Sector have also been temporarily put on hold because we have to deal with the insect swarm and have not been able to spare any extra energy to deal with it. Even if we put all our efforts into construction now, it is simply too late."

Su Ping's face darkened. "If we don't have enough time, we'll have to store these people in our little universe."

The God-Emperor smiled bitterly, "This is the only way, but I've calculated that even if all of us Supreme Beings, including those who conferred the gods, were to clear out our microcosms and worlds to accommodate them, it would still be impossible to hold the entire population of the universe, barely even half of it. In that case, a large number of people would inevitably have to be sacrificed..."

He looked melancholy and said, "Such cosmic disasters are unavoidable. Since ancient times, natural disasters have been accompanied by man-made calamities. We can only do our best to save lives."

"Less than half..." Su Ping murmured. This meant that half of the people would be crushed to death by the overlapping of the universe.

I thought the insect swarm was troublesome enough, but the sudden cosmic overlap brought an even more devastating massacre, comparable to a cataclysmic flood.

"I'll figure something out."

Su Ping paused for a moment, then spoke to his master.

The deity was taken aback and couldn't help but look at Su Ping: "What method do you have?"

"If necessary, I'll have my shop's employees step in," Su Ping suggested, offering a solution. "If we had a few dozen more universes with Supreme Beings, we should be able to accommodate the other half."

"Dozens of supreme beings?"

The God was startled by Su Ping's words. He knew that Su Ping had a golden-haired supreme employee in his shop, but only one. Could it be that Su Ping was hiding many more?

Su Ping's mind was already planning how to deal with the upcoming problems. Judging from the situation, he could only continue to recruit top-tier employees in the world of cultivation.

Seeing Su Ping deep in thought and silent, the God-Emperor knew that Su Ping would not speak without reason. After thinking for a moment, he said, "If this can really be resolved, that would be the best outcome, but compared to this, there are other troubles and dangers."

"Um?"

Su Ping looked at his master.

"When the universes overlap, not only will ordinary people be unable to survive, but the hidden entities left in the cracks of the universe, including the incomplete power of ancient times, will also reappear in the world. At that time, the entire universe may become a battlefield, and even we will have to be careful to survive..." The God Venerable expressed his most worrying guess.

Su Ping was slightly taken aback. Seeing the images floating in front of him, and the terrifying scenes depicted on them, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Having torn through deep space, Su Ping encountered many dangerous events and even saw terrifying monsters dwelling in the deep space. If the universes were to overlap, these monsters would surely be released.

In addition, ancient corpses like the War Emperor will most likely reappear.

Some corpses, like the War Emperor's, remain obsessed with filling the cosmic rift even after death.

But some corpses are not necessarily like that; perhaps a terrible life has already been conceived inside.

"One wave subsides only for another to rise..." Su Ping's face was gloomy, deeply feeling the lack of his own power. If he were at the Ancestral God Realm now, he might be able to easily quell everything.

"Any intelligence on the alien races in the recent insect swarm?" Su Ping asked.

He was still extremely concerned about the alien races in the insect swarm, after all, they were suspected to be the Celestial Race, a race that even the Golden Crow Ancestor chose to live in seclusion.

"No, it's like it disappeared, but no one dares to risk it. Only a supreme being could possibly attract the attention of such a thing..." the God said, shaking his head.

Su Ping paused for a moment, then said, "No matter what, you must inform me immediately if you have any intelligence. That alien race is extremely dangerous, even beyond our imagination."

Seeing Su Ping's solemn expression, the deity nodded and said, "I will."

"By the way, if the universes overlap, what is the situation in this area now?" Su Ping asked.

The deity said, "This is also the strange thing I was just about to tell you. The overlapping regions of the universes we detected are all in those desolate regions of the universe, which have long been uninhabited and have become ruins. However, in our Golden Star Region, the universe here is relatively stable and there are no signs of overlap yet."

He looked at Su Ping and said, "You said the universe has a spirit. Could it be that the universe knows of our existence, so it deliberately avoids us?"

Su Ping was taken aback. If that were the case, then it really might be true.

"Once I condense my Dao Heart, I might be able to sense the spirit of the universe. If I can communicate with it, I might learn many secrets..." Su Ping's eyes flashed, and he became more and more eager to condense his Dao Heart.

(End of this chapter)