Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

"Wait!" Yuan Zhisheng suddenly jumped up from his seat, his face full of shock.

"What's wrong, brother?" Yuan Zhinv noticed the noise made by Yuan Zhisheng and asked with a worried look on her face.

"Young girl, do you still remember our reunion and your first meeting with that god?!" Yuan Zhisheng took a deep breath and tried to calm himself.

"Of course I remember, brother. I will never forget that day." Genjitsu will naturally not forget the day when she reunited with Genjitsu and resolved the misunderstanding and restored their relationship. However, she was still a little confused about Genjitsu's sudden mention of it at this time, and was also wondering if this matter was related to that god?

"Do you remember what happened to Herzog?" Yuan Zhisheng continued to ask.

"I remember, I remember it very clearly. My consciousness was divided into countless parts and stuffed into a complete and independent ecosystem. I stayed awake at all times, and at the same time endured the feeling of self-cannibalism and self-mating..." Yuan Zhinv still felt a little scared when she recalled this so-called "reward". This experience, which was more cruel than any torture, made people's scalp tingle just by listening to it.

"Brother, are you saying that the embryo is Herzog?!" Gen Chinu was also shocked at this moment.

"The God said that what He gave Herzog was a 'reward', a trial. If Herzog can defeat this trial one day, he will fulfill his long-cherished wish and get what he wants." Yuan Zhisheng recalled the words of the God at that time, but the memories related to Him were always vague, and Yuan Zhisheng could only give a general idea.

"A complete and independent ecosystem, a dragon hatchery under the sea water 8,000 meters deep, is completely possible to meet this requirement." Yuan Zhinv followed Yuan Zhisheng's meaning and said, "If this is the case, then the sudden appearance of a life that even surpassed the Black King Nidhogg, and the current anomaly, all make sense."

"It does make sense... 'Reward', the gods really never lie." Yuan Zhisheng smiled bitterly. He never expected that Herzog, who was thought to have been settled, could now come up with something big.

Even if this is just a guess, now that the history of Black King Nidhogg and the World Tree is known to the hybrids, in this world that belongs to dragons and hybrids, only this reason can explain why a monster that surpasses the Black King suddenly appeared in the world.

"Can Herzog really do such a fantastic thing?" Yuan Zhinv didn't understand how anyone could be able to transcend such an experience.

"Whether it is true or not, the facts are now here." Yuan Zhisheng has now recovered his mood.

"Herzog has returned from hell. This is his revenge, but it is also our chance to take revenge ourselves and destroy him once and for all!"

Chapter 297 Anti-Ecosystem

When it comes to predicting crises, creatures in nature often demonstrate more acute perception than humans. They seem to have an innate intuition that allows them to detect impending dangers in advance and respond promptly before the crisis arrives.

Ever since the hatchery ecosystem under the deep sea was condensed into a huge blood cocoon by Nyarlathotep, almost all marine creatures of all sizes in the surrounding waters that are able to move have fled this sea shrouded in danger and terror, and the scope of this escape is continuing to expand, which has attracted attention and discussion from all over the world.

A well-known environmentalist girl keenly captured this opportunity and showed her position and influence on the Internet platform with a righteous attitude, launching ruthless accusations against Japan. She insisted that it was Japan's irresponsible treatment of nuclear waste water that triggered the crisis of biological exodus.

However, the relevant videos were quickly deleted before they could be widely spread. When the environmentalist girl spoke again, her spearhead had turned to the neighboring country of melon-eating. Her goal of diverting attention was very clear.

Under the promotion of the Snake Eight Families, the Japanese government responded quickly and issued an indefinite maritime ban. Fishermen were strictly prohibited from going out to sea privately before receiving official notification. At the same time, scientific research vessels, sightseeing boats, etc. that were not used for fishing were also prohibited from entering the sea area.

Although some people are stubborn and believe that there may be some conspiracy behind this, the vast majority of fishermen who rely on the ocean for their livelihood have enough awe for any abnormal phenomena in the sea. Therefore, the implementation of the sea ban is relatively smooth. Most fishermen abide by the regulations and quietly wait for the latest official reports.

The waves on the sea and on the land seemed insignificant in front of the eight thousand meter deep sea water. They were completely unable to have any effect on the blood cocoon with extremely strong vitality.

Under the dark red glow of the underwater volcano, the huge blood-colored cocoon seemed to be beating like a huge heart. As time went by, the beating became stronger and stronger, and the monster bred inside seemed to be about to break out of the cocoon at any time.

Even the underwater volcano nearby seemed to sense the abnormality that should not exist in the world, so it erupted angrily. Even under the pressure of 8,000 meters deep sea, the volcano still showed amazing power. Lava gushed out from the interior of the underwater volcano, roaring like an angry beast, trying to burn the bloody ominous cocoon to ashes.

When the lava met the sea water, huge steam and bubbles were instantly produced, and the thunderous sound was deafening. The entire underwater world seemed to boil at this moment, like a sign of the coming of doomsday.

However, when the lava hit the blood-colored cocoon violently, it was like encountering an insurmountable barrier, unable to shake it in the slightest, and even unable to push it away from the sea.

After the lava receded from its body, the dark red blood cocoon seemed to be stained with a layer of lava color. The ominous dark rays shining from its interior were like the eyes of a devil, flashing strangely in the darkness.

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Suddenly, a tentacle covered with dark red scales broke through the bloody cocoon, stirring the sea water and lava wantonly. Then the cracks on the cocoon spread rapidly like a spider web, and more and more tentacles also covered with dark red scales stretched out from the cocoon. They twisted and entangled, destroying the originally huge bloody cocoon into pieces.

Finally, a slender monster with a twisted double-helix body broke out of the bloody cocoon. Its body was covered with dark red tentacles of varying lengths. Those tentacles were like burning flames, swaying in the sea.

In the center of the monster's body, a bloody single eye suddenly opened, flashing a cold and cruel light. Two huge and ferocious mouths grew on both sides of the monster's double spiral body, sandwiching the single eye.

When it completely broke free from its restraints and revealed its true appearance to the world, a sharp and piercing roar came out from its two big mouths, like a call from hell, and it even extinguished the erupting underwater volcano. Its sound even penetrated the thick sea water and reached the sea surface.

Several researchers who were observing the area were suddenly attacked by the horrifying sound. They were overwhelmed by the irresistible sound waves, their minds seemed to be torn apart, and they fell into an indescribable state of madness.

"Ah, world, I'm back!" said the dark red tentacle monster happily as it bathed in the interweaving of sea water and lava. Its voice was weird and distorted, like the voices of countless creatures intertwined together, which was disgusting. However, the effect of these countless overlapping voices combined together was almost identical to Herzog's voice.

"Gen. Chisei, Gen. Chijo, and Uesugi Eri, my good children... I hope you are ready to welcome your dear 'father'!" The tentacle monster, or Herzog, stood in the interweaving of sea water and lava. Its voice was like a call from the abyss, full of weirdness and terror.

Its body looked even more bizarre under the reflection of the lava, and its dark red tentacles danced in the sea water, as if reveling in the upcoming reunion. Herzog, the former scientist and now a monster, continued in his twisted and weird voice: "Ange, the most loyal hound of the Camarilla, I wonder if you, as the strongest dragon slayer, can still lift that short folding knife in the face of me, who has now become a god."

"And that damn false god!" Herzog's voice echoed in the sea, carrying endless anger and resentment, "That false god who put me in hell and made me suffer countless hardships and tortures!"

"I must pull him down from the altar and make him suffer far more than I have!" Hatred and resentment overwhelmed Herzog's remaining sanity in an instant. Its tentacles waved wildly in the sea, as if to pour out all the malice and fear.

Wherever these tentacles went, the sea water was torn apart, the continental framework was ruthlessly shattered like a sand castle, and the rocks and lava on the seabed were stirred up into huge whirlpools, forming horrific underwater storms.

"That guy was born, or he crawled back from hell." Yuan Zhisheng, wearing an administrator's armor, stood beside Chu Zihang who had transformed into Yatales, and said solemnly.

"Well. Regardless of whether it is the Herzog you mentioned, it is certain that it is full of malice towards mankind and the world." Chu Zihang, who was controlling the earth and water elements with all his strength and turning the impact created by Herzog on the seabed into nothingness, nodded.

Japan is a country located on the Pacific Rim seismic belt, so it would not be surprising if it sinks at any time.

Japan has always been plagued by disasters due to its geographical location at the sensitive junction of continental plates. Herzog's destruction of the continental framework will have a huge impact on Japan, which is already in danger, and even its neighboring countries will suffer huge effects.

Fortunately, with the passage of time, Chu Zihang's mastery of the four elements has become more and more perfect. He used the water element to calm the raging ocean and restore its calm; then he used the earth element to isolate the damage caused by Herzog, ensuring that the destroyed continental framework could not spread to the vast land.

In order to ensure that Japan would not sink in the turmoil, Chu Zihang also specially built a temporary support for Japan in the form of Nibelungen. After the war is over, Chu Zihang can repair the damaged continental shelf and restore the earth to its original state.

It is worth mentioning that Chu Zihang's control over the earth element has reached an extremely high level, second only to the fire element, which he is also proficient in. After all, the only two kings who are still alive are the brother and sister Xia Mi and Fenrir, the kings of earth and mountains. Given their relationship, they will naturally not be stingy in teaching Chu Zihang some ways to use the earth element. The construction of Nibelungen is also a manifestation of the application of the earth element.

Chu Zihang originally planned to go deep into the seabed and destroy the unknown life before it hatched. However, the embryo seemed to be able to sense the threat from the outside world. Just when Chu Zihang was about to enter the sea, the embryo suddenly hatched.

"I'll go." Although the rapid hatching of the embryo disrupted Chu Zihang's original plan, it did not change his determination. If he could snipe it in the sea, he could also minimize its impact as much as possible.

This newly born life form has the power to drive observers wearing dragon blood armor into madness across eight thousand meters of sea water. If it is allowed to break free from the constraints of the ocean, the threat it will pose to the entire world will be immeasurable.

Chu Zihang was not worried about whether he would accidentally kill some innocent creature. If there was any possibility of this before the embryo hatched, then after it was born, the malice that penetrated the sea water and rushed towards him would let Chu Zihang know that it had only one identity - that is, the enemy!

After entering the sea, sea water replaced Yatales' original wings of light and became Chu Zihang's new wings. The vortex became the driving force for Chu Zihang to dive quickly, allowing him to easily break through the obstacle of 8,000 meters of sea water in a breath and see the monster bathing in lava.

"Huh?" The monster in the lava - Herzog, sensed the presence of Chu Zihang who suddenly broke into its perception and made a surprised sound.

"Herzog?" Chu Zihang's clear voice passed through Yatales's visor and was accurately transmitted into Herzog's "ears" through the transmission of sea water.

"Interesting, you can actually say my name. Let me guess who told you that?" Herzog's voice echoed in the sea, and a hint of surprise flashed in the huge single eye. The tentacles floating on its body also slowed down their frequency at this time, as if it was lost in thought.

Chu Zihang had a solemn expression under the mask. Even with the protection of Yatales, he still felt a little uncomfortable after hearing Herzog's voice. This further strengthened Chu Zihang's determination to kill Herzog here.

"Die!" The dark red tentacles pierced through the space and surrounded Chu Zihang's body. Herzog naturally didn't care who the guy in front of him was, or who remembered and told him about his existence.

It has one and only one goal - to kill all living things in this world, to completely eliminate the concept of ecosystem from the earth and even the vast universe, and finally to pull that hypocritical god off the altar and deal the ultimate insult to him!

"Very hard." Chu Zihang, who was always on high alert, would not be easily defeated by Herzog's simple sneak attack. He swung the weapon in his hand and chopped at Herzog's tentacles. The collision between the weapon and the tentacles made his face change slightly.

"Yatalais Heaven and Earth Slash." The water element that suddenly rose up from the calm forcibly tore a hole in the tight encirclement formed by Herzog's tentacles. He seized this fleeting opportunity and decisively launched his ultimate move from the crack. A sharp sword light slashed straight towards Herzog's body.

"Hmph!" Herzog became furious when he saw that Chu Zihang not only refused to surrender, but also dared to launch a counterattack.

Herzog ignored the attack launched by Chu Zihang. Yatales's Heaven and Earth Slash collapsed directly under the gaze of its one eye, and cracks suddenly appeared on its tentacles that surrounded Chu Zihang. Dark green breath gushed out from these cracks, and these breaths instantly completely enveloped Yatales's figure.

These dark green breaths are not ordinary toxins, but the power to kill life condensed from Herzog's extreme rejection and disgust of the concept of ecosystem. No matter what kind of life it is, as long as it depends on a specific ecosystem to exist, this breath can ruthlessly wipe it out.

"Yatales Aurora!" Chu Zihang's figure emerged in the sea behind Herzog, his Yatales armor flashing with dazzling light, and his ultimate killer move condensed into a dazzling beam of light in his hand, which cut through the deep sea like an aurora and directly hit Herzog's back.

Looking at Herzog, whose body was pierced by the aurora and began to gradually collapse, Chu Zihang breathed a sigh of relief. This ultimate killer move that defeated the Black King Nidhogg in the past now also played the same role on the monster in front of him that had surpassed Nidhogg.

From the very beginning, the Yatales that appeared in front of Herzog was not Chu Zihang's real body, but the elemental incarnation he created. He himself used the ether element to hide under the elemental turbulence caused by the elemental incarnation, and quietly moved behind Herzog, waiting for the opportunity to kill him with one blow.

"No wonder you dare to face me alone. This move is indeed very powerful. The Black King Nidhogg should have been defeated by you, right?" Herzog, whose body was half dissipated, stared at Yatales' figure with his broken one eye and showed a sarcastic smile.

"Unfortunately, I was not born here as a life, but a god! A god who came to this world to destroy all ecosystems!" Herzog shouted enthusiastically, "Anti-ecosystem mode, start!"

Chapter 298 The Last "Elephant Tortoise"

As a surprise carefully planned by Nyarlathotep for Yog-Sothoth, the power possessed by the newborn Herzog is by no means limited to running rampant in one world. If the Yatales armor was not made by the White Scar, there should be nothing in this world that can withstand it.

However, even though Yatales' ultimate move seemed to pose a threat to Herzog, for Herzog today, the damage to his body was insignificant. The foundation of his survival lay in his immortal soul protected by the power of Nyarlathotep. At this moment, he had transcended the constraints of his body and reached a whole new realm.

The role of the previous bloody cocoon was not only to nurture a body for Herzog whose strength reached the limit of this world, but more importantly, it condensed and integrated Herzog's originally fragmented soul and will, allowing everything Herzog experienced to become the nourishment for its growth, allowing it to transform into a shape that satisfied Nyarlathotep.

Anti-ecological system - this is the form of Herzog's existence today, the ultimate existence that was born to exterminate all life.

Chu Zihang destroyed Herzog's body, which in turn completely freed him from the constraints of the body.

At the moment when his body was pierced by the Aurora Evil of Yatales, Herzog finally realized that as a "god", he needed to look at the world from a god's perspective and not let his past experiences as a mortal obscure his vision. At this moment, he began a new way of existence.

Under the brilliant aurora, the twisted double-helix monster gradually disintegrated and disappeared.

However, Chu Zihang did not feel the joy of victory. Instead, he felt deeply uneasy, realizing that he might have made a huge and irreparable mistake - a mistake that could lead to a real crisis.

Driven by Chu Zihang's will, the five elements accelerated their circulation, trying their best to search for the disappeared figure of Herzog. However, although Chu Zihang expanded his detection range to half of the earth, he still failed to capture any trace of Herzog.

Although there was still half of the Earth that had not been searched, Chu Zihang knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Herzog's traces would not appear in the remaining area. However, he did not give up the search and still tried his best to urge the elemental elves to speed up again, intending to cover the entire Earth within his detection area.

"Anti-ecosystem type... If we understand it only from the literal meaning, it seems to be born to destroy the ecosystem. But how will it achieve this goal?" Chu Zihang frowned slightly under the visor, and his inner feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger.

"The Nibelungen that I built under the Japanese island is breaking apart?!" Chu Zihang was shocked to find that the Nibelungen, which he had hastily built to support the Japanese land, showed signs of collapse without any warning.

The earth element and the ether element seemed to sense the crisis and spontaneously gathered towards the collapsing Nibelungen, trying their best to repair this temporary structure that was about to collapse. However, no matter how hard Chu Zihang tried, the collapse of Nibelungen seemed unstoppable.

Chu Zihang was shocked to realize that this collapse had nothing to do with external forces, or even the structural stability of the Nibelung itself. It seemed as if it had been summoned by some irresistible fate and was heading towards an irreversible destruction.

Not only was the Nibelungen under the island of Japan shaking, the elemental elves' keen detection also captured more disturbing signs.

The towering icebergs at the poles suddenly showed signs of melting without any noticeable temperature change; far away in America's Yellowstone National Park, in the world's largest crater, the once calmly flowing lava began to become turbulent and violent, and this is far from the end.

Cracks appeared on the dam that blocked the river, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the dense forest without warning, and a ground fire suddenly broke out in the mine - all the natural disasters in the world seemed to gather together at this moment, simultaneously playing out the scene of the coming doomsday. Although Chu Zihang had tried his best to suppress it, he could only slightly slow down the speed of these disasters.

Just like the dilemma faced by the Nibelungen in Japan's underground, although Chu Zihang tried his best to manipulate the five elements and tried to deal with and eliminate these disasters from the source, unfortunately, he failed to achieve any success. The simultaneous outbreak of various major disasters has become an irreversible inevitability!

"Is this Herzog's, or in other words, the true ability of the 'anti-ecosystem'?" Chu Zihang only then truly realized what kind of existence this enemy was.

Whether it is the power of the dragon clan's spiritual power, or the control of elements displayed by Chu Zihang, who is now wearing the Yatales armor, they can use their unique abilities to influence and change the laws of nature, making the world change because of their thoughts.

However, for Herzog, the situation is completely different. It is not just manipulating the rules, but more precisely, it seems to be the embodiment of the rules!

At the moment Herzog's body disappeared, the rule called "anti-ecological system" seemed to be released into this world and became a part of the world itself.

Its existence has silently integrated into the world's rule system like a virus, causing the development laws of all things to unconsciously tend towards the ultimate goal of collapsing the ecosystem, leading the entire world to an end of chaos and destruction.

Therefore, Chu Zihang certainly cannot stop the major disasters that are ongoing or about to break out, just like he can temporarily fight against gravity but cannot change the natural law of gravity.

Therefore, Chu Zihang certainly could not stop the major disasters that were brewing and about to erupt. All he could do was a short-term resistance, just as he could temporarily fight against gravity but could not change the iron law of nature, which is universal gravitation.

Facing this global disaster triggered by the "anti-ecological system", Chu Zihang experienced an unprecedented sense of powerlessness. If the enemy was a concrete entity in front of him, no matter how powerful it was, he would not hesitate to draw his weapon and rush towards the enemy regardless of his own safety, even if this behavior seemed to be a mantis trying to stop a chariot and overestimating his own capabilities.

However, what he is facing now is an invisible and omnipresent enemy - the rules of the world itself. This makes him feel deeply helpless and frustrated. As a creature bound by the rules, how can he challenge these rules?

As if mocking Chu Zihang's powerlessness and insignificance, at this moment, the volcano on the side suddenly erupted violently again. But unlike before, this time its anger was not vented on those monsters that should not exist in the world, but all its power was poured on Chu Zihang.

"It's not the end of the world yet..." Chu Zihang murmured to himself. The extinction of the ecosystem might be inevitable, but Chu Zihang knew very well that in this world, there was a kind of life that could survive independently without relying on the ecosystem - the dragon!

Human beings are a tenacious and resilient life form. Even if natural disasters occur simultaneously around the world, humans will not be completely exterminated in a short period of time.

As long as we can find a way to completely evolve hybrids and humans into dragons within this short period of time, and allow as many humans as possible to break free from the constraints of the ecosystem by transforming into dragons, then we can at least preserve the last spark of life.

Chu Zihang, the strongest dragon slayer who killed the Black King Nidhogg and officially declared the end of the era of dragons, is now thinking about how to turn hybrids and even ordinary humans into dragons. This has to be said to be a great irony, but in today's world on the verge of collapse, this is the only hope Chu Zihang can think of at the moment.

"There is also the Dragon Soul Armor," Chu Zihang whispered to himself, gently stroking the Yatales Armor on his body. "Although the performance of the Dragon Blood Armor is still lacking, the Dragon Soul Armor can already initially give humans the ability to survive alone in harsh environments, away from the normal ecosystem."

Over the years, as more and more sleeping dragons were discovered and captured in the Nibelungs, the number of Dragon Soul Armors has increased significantly compared to when the Desire Grand Prix just ended.

Although this number is too small and insignificant compared to the number of all human beings, such a small number has become a precious ticket to the Noah's Ark of the new era.

"What's the situation now?!" Yuan Zhisheng asked anxiously when he saw Yatales rushing out of the sea and appearing on the deck.

From the sea surface, the observations that can be made of the eight thousand meter deep sea are pitifully small. The energy generated by the birth of Herzog and the elemental turbulence that Chu Zihang actively disturbed in order to launch a sneak attack on Herzog made their understanding of the deep sea battle situation almost zero.

The only thing they were sure of was that not long after Chu Zihang dived into the deep sea, that unusually powerful life energy completely disappeared. However, just as they were about to cheer and celebrate this victory, a nationwide earthquake suddenly occurred not far away in Japan.

Under normal circumstances, such an earthquake would not cause Yuan Zhisheng and others to panic. After all, earthquakes are not uncommon in Japan. Even major earthquakes across the country occur from time to time. It is not worth panicking about it. They have long been accustomed to it.

However, the situation this time is completely different.

After Yatales used the Nibelungen as a support to temporarily reinforce the Japanese mainland, such a large-scale earthquake should not occur again. This earthquake must have been caused by the monster suspected to be Herzog under the deep sea. This means that the battle under the deep sea is still going on, and the situation is more serious than imagined, so that Chu Zihang cannot be distracted and pay attention to the safety of Japan.

The news that came from Kaguya and Norma later, about the sudden signs of an outbreak of disasters around the world, made Minamoto Chisho and the others feel as if a bucket of ice water was poured over their heads.

Now that he saw Chu Zihang return safely, Yuan Zhisheng was slightly relieved. This at least showed that things had not turned into the worst possible situation.

However, the prelude to the disaster that is still shaking the Japanese mainland and other parts of the world shows no sign of stopping, which makes people still uneasy. Everyone who knows and pays attention to this battlefield urgently wants to know what is happening now.

Time was running out, so Chu Zihang concisely informed everyone who was concerned about the matter through Kaguya and Norma's communication network of the encounter with the suspected Herzog monster - after all, Herzog did not directly admit it, so Chu Zihang used the word suspected strictly - and the key information about what happened afterwards.

At the same time, Chu Zihang also informed everyone of his abilities, as well as his understanding and speculation about the "anti-ecological system", and hoped that everyone could prepare as quickly as possible and concentrate all their strength to overcome the difficulty of transforming into a dragon.

Although Chu Zihang was recognized as the strongest man in the world before, few people knew what he could do. The sudden death of the Black King Nidhogg also made some people have some unrealistic ideas, although these fantasies were gradually shattered by Chu Zihang's actual actions in the following years.

Now, through Chu Zihang's brief introduction to his abilities, everyone once again deeply realized the true weight of the four words "the world's strongest".

However, there was no time to be shocked by Chu Zihang's strength. The information that came out of Chu Zihang's mouth about his attitude towards the monster that looked like Herzog and his "anti-ecological system" made the people who heard it have their brains shut down on the spot, unable to accept such a reality.

"Of course, this is just my personal guess, but I think it is the most realistic guess." Chu Zihang added finally, and then he said goodbye to Yuan Zhisheng, intending to return to Kassel College as quickly as possible to arrange the next matters immediately.