Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea.

Chapter 170 The Eternal Mother

abyss.

With the activities of the ascetics of the Night Monastery and the Roselle mechanical reconnaissance machines, the demons' living space is constantly being squeezed.

Those reconnaissance machines of varying sizes, like Roselle's eyes, constantly gathered geographical information about the abyss.

Through Roselle's tireless efforts, and relying on images captured by the machines, a map of the abyss gradually took shape in His hands.

As the map took shape, Roselle felt a complex mix of emotions—this map corroborated the "truth" that Hermaine and Grisha had told Him.

So, while uploading the map to the AI, He also invited Helmaene to view it.

"This is Australia, actually." Rosell looked at Helmani, her tone questioning but certain: "You knew all along?"

“Yes, I knew it all along,” Helmey said without hesitation. “But only when you explore this map yourself will you truly believe this is Australia, won’t you?”

Today, this corner of the Night Monastery, with its row of renovated rooms, has become a forward base for exploring the Abyss.

In the center of the room, a huge projection device emitted a soft blue light, and a holographic simulation map of Australia floated in the air.

On the simulated map, tens of thousands of red dots twinkled like stars; these were the reconnaissance machines that Rosell had dispatched.

Due to the unique nature of the abyss, these reconnaissance machines are unable to maintain real-time contact with the base.

The AI, based on the performance parameters of these machines and preset programs, continuously performs complex calculations and predictions to forecast the movement trajectory of these reconnaissance machines.

Any reconnaissance machine that fails to return as expected will be accurately classified by the AI ​​as having encountered an emergency.

The paths they take will be specially marked, and the monastery will then, depending on the situation, have Roselle replenish the reconnaissance equipment or directly dispatch experienced ascetics to deal with them.

"And what about our homeland?" Rosell stared at Helmaenie and sighed softly.

Roselle possesses high-level AI access, which allows him to map out the continents and oceans of the real world.

However, to His disappointment, He was never able to find His former homeland.

With Grisha's sharing, Helmaenie controlled the highest level of access to the AI, and she was naturally aware of Roselle's private efforts and explorations.

In response, she uttered a single word: "Western Continent."

"Western Continent..." Rosell had seen this term and a few brief details in the AI's database, but more crucial information was heavily encrypted and not made available to Him.

He couldn't help but ask Helmaene, "Then what should I do to enter the Western Continent?"

Upon seeing Rosell's inquiry, Helmaenie granted Rosell access to some of the Western Continent's data, stating:

"Currently, it seems that there is no way to enter the Western Continent from outside the barrier we are in. There are only some records of the Western Continent's source energy infiltrating this area."

Upon obtaining the information, Russell realized that this was because the "source matter" within the Celestial Barrier had a higher status than the "uniqueness" and "characteristics" outside the barrier.

Sources can contaminate uniqueness and characteristics, but uniqueness and characteristics cannot be contaminated in reverse.

Helmani added, "But the Abyss is connected to a certain source within the Western Continent. Perhaps by leveraging this connection, we can find a way to bypass the barrier and enter the Western Continent. This is also a major reason why we took the initiative to conquer the Abyss."

Roselle nodded silently. He knew this was Hermaine's way of motivating him, but with the same goal, he did not reject it and continued to devote himself to the arduous task of mechanical reconnaissance.

Helmaene glanced at Roselle's busy figure, then turned and left. When she reappeared, she had arrived in the deep-sea city-state.

This underwater city has been built in an antique style, full of oriental charm.

Inside a building deep within the city-state, the Celestial Master and Luo Jingjing lay quietly in an "iron can" connected to tightly fitted instruments.

This device was specially crafted by Grisha with great effort, with the aim of awakening the memories of the Celestial Master and Luo.

However, when the Celestial Master and Luo slowly emerged from the "iron can," their faces were filled with disappointment and helplessness. Clearly, this attempt to awaken their memories had failed.

"The ancient authority of 'fooling' is completely beyond our comprehension; its power level far exceeds the limits of our current calculations."

Grisha's voice came from the device beside him, his tone even carrying a hint of helplessness, because Grisha once again felt that despairing power from the past.

But at the same time, the analytical conditions he deduced were quickly listed on the screen:

"First, the core computing system needs to be upgraded."

Second, the wake-up object needs to be elevated.

"Third, add interference to the authority of 'fooling'."

There are two ways to upgrade the computational core: make Grisha a "perfect one" or replace the brain core with a quasi-"omniscient and omnipotent one".

However, the former has hidden dangers, while the latter will cause turmoil to the current AI and also limit Helmeyne's ability to act.

The awakened entities, namely the Celestial Master and Luo, are both currently in Sequence Two.

Although neither of them has gained anything yet, the Celestial Master is predicted to be easier to awaken by the AI ​​due to their adjacent paths.

Even so, if the Celestial Master wants to break through the memory limitations of the "fooling" authority, he must rise to a higher level.

Thirdly, to add interference from the authority of "fooling", it is necessary to introduce a true god of the "Fool" path, or to have Amon become the true god of the "Wrong" path and possess the uniqueness of "Fool".

These three conditions do not necessarily all need to be met, but the higher the degree to which each condition is fulfilled, the greater the possibility of awakening the Celestial Master's memories of the Western Continent.

Condition 1 cannot be improved at the moment.

As for condition three, Antigonus, the "young wolf," has no hope of becoming the "Fool," while Amun, who has the potential to become the true god through the "wrong" path, is still searching for the underworld.

With the threat of the "Celestial Venerable's" resurrection looming, Hermaine would not allow Amon to rashly become a true god without finding the Underworld and obtaining the River of Eternal Darkness.

The only thing we can actively promote right now is to further elevate the Celestial Master.

Helmani handed the Celestial Master a copy of the "Knowledge Emperor" extraordinary trait and asked, "Your and Luo's memories of your own abilities have recovered somewhat as the sequence has progressed. Could you compile a detailed list for me?"

"Of course, no problem."

Looking at the ordination system compiled by the Celestial Master, Hermaine first confirmed that the Dark Lodge's cultivation path, which required one to become the "Master of Dark Lodge" before achieving Dao, was unique to the Dark Lodge faction.

This method of cultivation is also closely related to the source material "Shadow World," which represents desire and evil thoughts.

Although the Dark Lodge is divided into two factions, one of indulgence and the other of temperance, in the end, the "Master of the Dark Lodge," the Daoist of the Shadow World, is the ultimate embodiment of selfishness and self-interest, and also the final destination of the Daoists of the Dark Lodge.

However, since this evolution is gradual and imperceptible, it is difficult to say whether the practitioners of the Dark Lodge have become "Masters of the Dark Lodge" or people similar to "Masters of the Dark Lodge".

Driven by their desire to pursue their goals, the disciples of Anlu would not abandon their pursuit of the Dao despite such subtle changes, and Zhou Mei was one such example.

The Celestial Master is a Daoist who has achieved Dao integration; the title of "Celestial Master" is actually a Daoist position, equivalent to a sect leader. This aligns with the news circulating among various forces in the Western Continent that Daoist Daoists have gone missing.

Unlike the Dark Lodge lineage, the Celestial Master lineage follows the laws of nature and emphasizes orderly inheritance. They focus on perceiving knowledge and drawing power from the world, and follow corresponding doctrines and traditions. Each generation of leaders has different strengths.

However, like the Dark Lodge lineage, the Celestial Master lineage ultimately finds its spirit integrated into the source substance.

These Celestial Masters and highly accomplished Taoist priests who have integrated into the primordial essence are known in Taoism as the "Wandering Crowd."

They influenced the "wilderness of knowledge" with their own spiritual imprint, making their own contributions so that the younger generation of the sect could truly take control of this "great way".

The sect to which Luo belongs is the "Luo Cult".

This sect is even more unique.

According to Luo, all of Luo's disciples are children of the "Eternal Mother," and the one who achieves enlightenment is the one most favored by the "Eternal Mother."

"The Unborn Mother" is naturally the self-designation of the "Mother Nest," meaning that the "Mother Nest" has already developed a clear self-awareness.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

This realization caused Helmaenie to frown slightly.

Currently, it seems possible that the two source materials, "Shadow World" and "Wilderness of Knowledge," could be brought into the hands of Dao Integration cultivators through the efforts of generations of Dark Lodge and Daoist disciples.

The "mother nest" has no such possibility at all, unless the self-awareness that gives birth to the "mother nest" is first broken and suppressed.

After sharing all of this with Amanisis, Hermaine sighed, "I wonder which category the 'River of Eternal Darkness' falls into..."

Amanisis reached out and smoothed her furrowed brow, smiling as she said:

"Don't worry about things that are unknown."

"And didn't you say that only by combining ordination with a potion can one become a complete Old One?"

"As long as I gather the unique and extraordinary characteristics of the 'Darkness,' 'Twilight,' and 'Eternal Sleeper' pathways, even if the 'River of Eternal Darkness' develops its own will, according to your deduction, I should still be able to maintain a certain degree of initiative."

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Western Continent.

Ever since she learned that she had become a calamity-inducing being because she carried a bamboo sword, Zhou Mei deliberately chose roads with few people around her.

"Why suffer like this?" Napoli Disri complained to Zhou Mei while eating his dry rations. If he hadn't been trying to keep an eye on the "Primordial One" who was possessing Zhou Mei, Napoli Disri would have parted ways with Zhou Mei long ago.

Zhou Mei, who was also eating dry rations with water, insisted, "My bamboo sword and your short blade are both too dangerous. We need to find tin foil before we can make contact with others."

Tin foil is not common in countries controlled by the Dark Lords.

However, based on records in the sect's miscellaneous treatises, Zhou Mei knew that there were records of tin foil within the territory of the neighboring Daoist sect. Therefore, following the map in her mind, she took the initiative to travel towards the border between the Dark Lodge and the Daoist sect.

The relationship between Anlu and the Daoist sect is quite complex. Most of the time they are hostile, but at times they will also unite to fight against the more powerful Luo sect.

Some time ago, Anlu and the Daoist sects were working together to fight against the invasion of the Luo sect. However, this alliance was disrupted by the disappearance of both the "Celestial Master" and the "Holy Maiden of the Luo Sect".

However, under these circumstances, the "Master of Dark Lodge" did not follow the ideas of those in the sect who wanted to take the opportunity to attack Luo Sect or even the Taoist sect. Instead, he took the initiative to integrate into Dark Lodge.

Therefore, the Dark Lodge and the Taoist sect are currently in a relatively peaceful period.

Zhou Mei not only wanted to obtain items like tin foil from the Taoist sect, but also hoped to get the method to seal magical artifacts.

Hermaine did not receive the memories of the sealed artifact from the Celestial Master and Law. The Celestial Master and Law only recovered some of the memories of receiving the ordination and the methods of applying the corresponding abilities.

Apart from the necessary supplies, Zhou Mei and Napoli Disley bypassed towns and villages along the way, eventually arriving at a wild, overgrown hermitage.

"This is the Taoist temple you inquired about?" Napoli Disri frowned as he looked at the dilapidated temple. "It seems to have been abandoned long ago..."

Zhou Mei looked around in confusion and said, "That's not right. The woodcutter who passed by said that there are still lay Buddhists participating in the Dharma assembly here this year."

Through Zhou Mei's perspective, Helmani discerned the remnants of Luo Sect's power, realizing that the Taoist temple had clearly been looted by those Luo Sect members.

However, a secret room remains inside the Taoist temple.

The secret room is hidden underground in an abandoned side hall of a Taoist temple.

Guided by Hermaine, Zhou Mei twisted the base of the statue, which was equipped with a rotating mechanism, in a specific sequence. A tunnel staircase leading to a secret chamber was revealed beneath their feet.

"There are two more moves?" Napoli Disley exclaimed in surprise.

Zhou Mei dared not take credit, saying, "It was Senior Yuanchu who told me."

Helmani did not stop her; this was something she deliberately revealed in order to arouse Napolidisley's interest in communicating with her or even making a deal.

Otherwise, given Napolidisley's vigilance throughout the journey, she wouldn't have been able to extract the location of His Abyss Body from him.

There needs to be a reason for gradual communication before we can have the opportunity to obtain this information.

Napoli Disri was indeed very curious about how the "Primordial One" found the switch. Logically speaking, those who crossed borders shouldn't possess extraordinary abilities. But seeing what Zhou Mei had shown, Napoli Disri suspected that the "Primordial One" retained some special abilities.

Zhou Mei lit a torch and descended the stone steps of the tunnel. Napoli Disri followed at a distance.

By the light of the fire, Zhou Mei could see that the dark room was also in a mess, indicating that the intruders had not missed this dark room.

"Strange... there isn't a single corpse." Napoli Disri remarked from the side after searching in vain.

Zhou Mei was also puzzled.

Helmani was pondering why those Luo sect followers would kidnap Taoist disciples or take away their remains.

Perhaps this is a way for the "mother nest," or the "unborn mother," to influence the "wilderness of knowledge"?

While pondering, Helmaenie noticed some miscellaneous items scattered in the corner of the dark room, among which was a thin gauze dress painted with silver flowers. She said to Zhou Mei:

"Pick up those Sal trees and take a look. They should have the function of sealing extraordinary properties."

(End of this chapter)