People in Terra, governing a bizarre little country

"There is only one original Originium there."

Kal'tsit was completely confused.

Seeing Ernst shrug and give her an expression that said, "You don't understand and there's nothing I can do," she felt a rare surge of embarrassment and anger.

The boomerang that had been there for so long seemed to have hit her head again; she now really wanted to knock Ernst on the head and give him a righteous warning:

"Riddler, get out of Terra!"

Unfortunately, she couldn't knock.

Because it was written into the underlying code, just like the "you know who" Precyth who couldn't be mentioned back then, the inviolable Lord Ernst.

She could only look in the direction of the doctor, hoping that he would scold Ernst on her behalf.

But the doctor didn't notice her subtle glance; he was pursing his lips, intently staring at the deepest part of the passage.

Ernst's voice echoed through the empty tunnel, causing a slight, reverberating sound.

"Forget it, Kal'tsit, stop guessing. Maybe after seeing that, the Doctor will regain some of his memories?"

"Besides, there's no point in you guessing."

"You'll never guess what my Originium Arts are!"

Chapter 977 The First Source Stone - [Wu's Legacy]

"Throughout the long history of the Yan Kingdom, countless myths have been born."

"Well-known stories like the imperial decree of gods and the war to slay gods go without saying. There are also many legends like 'Xi'e Flying to the Moon,' which are widely circulated only within the Yan Kingdom but still have considerable historical research value."

"Among them, the story that I can attest to is called 'Nuwa Mending the Sky'."

Kal'tsit composed herself for a moment, then slowly began to speak:

Legend has it that in the ancient Yan Kingdom, a female dragon was born.

"The ancient Yan Kingdom was a typical patriarchal society. In that era, it was unacceptable for women to rise to a high position. Moreover, the fact that a woman was sitting on the supreme dragon throne plunged the entire Great Yan Kingdom into turmoil and fear."

Just then, a crack appeared in the sky above Yan Kingdom.

The sky was like a piece of glass struck by a pebble, cracks spreading from an unseen point of impact. At first, they were just a few fine, thread-like marks, but in the blink of an eye, they wove into a spiderweb covering the entire night sky. From the depths of the cracks shone a faint light that did not belong to this world, as if someone had used an obsidian dagger to slice open the skin of the universe.

When the first speck of stardust fell from the sky, officials of the Imperial Observatory mistook it for a fiery shower of stars brought by a natural disaster and sounded the alarm. But when the officials in charge of dealing with the disaster evacuated the people to the refuge, they saw only millions of silver rays piercing through the clouds and pouring down. At this moment, people realized that the waterfall of light had no real weight, leaving only streams of liquid starlight winding and flowing in the sky above the Great Flame, coating the palaces and buildings with a desolate moon-white layer.

Over the next few days, the crack gradually expanded into a massive gaping hole, as if a deity had cleaved the heavens with a brush. It left behind countless "fragments" that defied the understanding of the time, each reflecting a different celestial scene.

"People generally believe that this is a warning from Heaven to the world after the Jurchen dragon ascended to power. If this continues, a natural disaster that will destroy the entire Great Yan will come in an instant."

"The Yan Kingdom was thus nearly engulfed in a second rebellion, until..."

Ernst followed Kal'tsit's gaze to the deepest part of the tunnel, where the mine ended. Ahead lay an untouched Originium rock wall, but at the deepest part of the wall, a small crystal, radiating iridescent light, was spinning alone amidst the reflections of countless crystals.

Like the final act of a legendary adventure, the hero finds the key to unlock the treasure at a sacred altar.

It also looks a bit like a shimmering disco ball in a dance hall.

Kal'tsit's voice rang out again:

"Until that female dragon, one night, emerged from the depths of the palace carrying this source stone."

"[The true dragon soared into the heavens, its five-colored divine stone in its palm radiating dazzling light. The rifts in the sky, amplified by the stone's power, gradually closed, dispelling the stellar and lunar brilliance that had poured forth. The Great Flame Heaven was thus restored to its former clarity. Witnessing this extraordinary phenomenon, the people abandoned their prejudices against the Empress and women in general, recording the dragon's monumental work of mending the heavens in history, to be passed down through generations, thus creating the immortal legend of 'Empress Nuwa Mending the Heavens'.]"

The last passage that Kal'tsit recited was the original text of the Great Yan myth "Wu Nu Mending the Sky".

Ernst now understood why the people of the Great Yan had reacted so strongly to his book, "The Chronicles of Erslie".

When he wrote about myths such as Pangu creating the world and Nuwa patching up the sky, although he explicitly stated that Pangu and Nuwa were gods, the Yan people felt that this "borrowing" was indeed quite strong.

Moreover, the figure referenced here is not an ordinary person, but a real historical figure who actually existed.

Yan Kingdom can be considered a lineage that has lasted for ten thousand generations. Ernst directly "adapted" the mythical deeds of the true dragon into a story. If Wei Yanwu really dares to release it verbatim, then he is this (thumbs up).

He was somewhat wrong about Wei Yanwu. Although Ernst didn't think Wei Yanwu was trying to avoid suspicion, besides, he didn't mean to slander the "Empress Nuwa" at all, did he?

Moreover, the story of Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly and the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi is so similar that it's hard to say whether Ernst or Da Yan is the "copyright owner."

Fortunately, the people of Da Yan did not come to collect copyright fees from him, and Zhenlong did not seem to care much about it, which made Wei Yanwu seem insecure and petty.

Putting that aside, after hearing this "legend" officially certified by Kal'tsit, Ernst seemed thoughtful.

"A crack appeared in the sky, and moonlight and starlight fell down."

"Is this referring to the isolation layer?"

Kelsey nodded.

"Yes."

Many stories that seem miraculous in the past are actually misjudgments caused by information gaps due to cognitive limitations.

Although the cause is unknown, at that time, the isolation layer in the sky of the Great Yan Dynasty had some problems and a crack appeared.

This matter is neither a huge nor a small one. After all, there are suspected demons in Terra's outer space, and there may be even more terrifying beings lurking around. The isolation layer is like the glass wall separating the beasts from the visitors in a zoo. If it is suddenly opened, it could give them an opportunity to sneak in, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, according to Kal'tsit, the Great Yan was also quite lucky. The female dragon did not obtain the original source stone immediately to fill the gap, and during this period, it seems that no monsters or evil spirits rushed into the Great Yan territory.

"Yes, Lord Ernst, yes."

The moment Ernst's thought arose, Kal'tsit seemed to have a mind-reading ability and predicted it.

“Lord Ernst, I heard that you have been to Great Wilderness City, so you should also know about the situation on the Wuding River front north of Great Wilderness City.”

"Do you really think that with the national strength of the Great Yan, the efforts of the Celestial Master's Mansion over the past thousand years, and the powerful combat strength of the current Celestial Master, we will never be able to eliminate the few evil spirits that have slipped through the Northern Ursus Empire?"

Ernst was slightly taken aback.

He had never thought of that.

But now that Kal'tsit said it, it does seem to make sense. ≈32

The Great Yan is located in the east of the land, with the Ursus Empire directly above it. Whether looking at the map or actually visiting the Great Wilderness City, Ernst did not believe that the Great Yan was truly on the "front line of fighting against evil."

After all, Ursus has such a long border line, so even if the demons want to go south, they have to go through Ursus first!

If we really look at it from a geographical perspective, Ursus is the MVP in the fight against the demons, while Great Yan is just an easy win!

But can it really be calculated like that?

The Great Yan Kingdom is relatively stable, its people are relatively wealthy, and its military strength, at least based on what Ernst has seen so far, is definitely in the first tier of Terra. Most importantly, they are a centralized government. Although there are troublemakers like Wei Yanwu in the local areas, in general, they are able to obey orders and concentrate their forces to accomplish major tasks in a short period of time!

The Great Yan Dynasty is not lacking in high-level combat power. Celestial Masters aren't only found in modern times; the "half-grown loli" Celestial Master Ernst met was probably from a very distant generation compared to the ancient Celestial Master's Mansion. Moreover, besides the Celestial Masters, there's the Qilin Zhu Clan skilled in thunder magic, the Baizhao Chen Clan (also a dragon clan), and all sorts of extraordinary individuals and masters in the folk. Their foundation is far deeper than that of other countries!

Even a country like the Sami could withstand the evil forces for so long, so why is it so difficult to deal with the remaining fugitives in the Great Yan?

Ernst seemed to realize something and looked at Kal'tsit:

"So, the vulnerability in the isolation layer wasn't in Baizhao, but in the north?"

Kelsey nodded.

Ernst suddenly realized.

That explains everything.

Back in the Great Yan Dynasty, the isolation layer above the Wuding River in the north was damaged, allowing evil spirits to enter Terra. The Celestial Master's Mansion had no choice but to establish a defense line there and mobilize the entire nation to combat the evil spirits' contamination.

However, the power of the demons was beyond imagination. Even with the Great Yan Dynasty's resources exhausted, it was difficult to resist the continuous invasion and pollution. Therefore, the True Dragon at that time found a way to obtain the original source stone from the main mine of Jingyu Island and used it to fill the gaps in the isolation layer.

The Celestial Master's Mansion barely managed to stabilize the Wuding River front against the demons. However, the power of the demons is different from that of ordinary armies; they do not have the concept of "exhaustion."

The pollution from the past will not weaken or disappear over time. The land that was tainted by evil spirits has become a "nest" for breeding pollution. Therefore, the Celestial Master's Mansion must station troops here for generations to prevent the spread of newly formed collapse bodies and pollution into the territory of the Great Yan.

Later, when the True Dragon planned to exterminate the Year Beast, in order to find a power that could fight against the Year Beast, he also set his sights on the evil demons. Instead of sending people across the entire northern part of the Great Yan and the Ursus Frozen Plain to the Endless Ice Plain to pick up a fragment, he directly asked the Celestial Master's Mansion for a piece of land in the polluted land north of the Wuding River.

The same was true of Shennong in the Great Wilderness City back then. Ernst had wondered before if she was some kind of superhuman traveler, able to trek across thousands of mountains and rivers alone without any food or water to collect demon fragments on the icy plains and return safely. Now it seems that she actually didn't go very far at all.

That makes sense.

Ernst's pupils reflected the multicolored light of the Originium, and he asked softly:

"Kal'tsit, does this Originium have a name?"

That piece of land in Londinium is called Anana.

That was the name Sarkaz gave him; Ernst couldn't understand its meaning at all, he just followed along. And this piece, since it was once taken by the Yan people and then returned here, what is its name?

Kal'tsit hesitated for a moment before replying:

"After Nuwa mended the sky, she suddenly passed away less than two years later. Before her death, she ordered this source stone to be returned to the Dragon Vein."

"It actually doesn't have an official name, but people at the time called it—"

"【Nuwa's Legacy】".

"Lord Ernst, perhaps it's lucky, but we've found it now. What do you plan to do with it next?"

Kal'tsit inquired.

Ernst glanced at the doctor, saw his stiff expression, smiled, and softly reminded him:

"Bring it out, Doctor. You're the only one here who has the ability."

"Take it out and let my potential increase by one."

Chapter 978 Do I need a stupid terminal to assist me if I just move my fingers?

Great Flame, Hundred Stove, Year's Tomb.

He has already opened his eyes.

His entire body was enveloped in a colorful glow, and auspicious clouds filled the air, almost filling the entire Suiling Mausoleum. His enormous body lay prostrate on the ground, resembling a continuous mountain range.

[Power], [Cause and Effect], [Transforming the Illusory into the Real], [Form], [Intention], [Vitality]—all the powers that once belonged to Him returned to His body at this moment. The being called the Agent of the Year Beast was like metal attracted by a powerful magnet, utterly powerless to resist the Year.

While there is no hierarchy among powers, even the weakest power theoretically has a near-infinite upper limit. However, some powers, just by their names, seem far more profound and unfathomable than simple powers like "ice and snow."

Just like "adaptation" and "learning," although they theoretically have the same upper limit, the time and effort required to reach that limit are worlds apart.

And the powers of [age] are undoubtedly among the best of the best.

He truly deserves the title of "the strongest behemoth in history," and he is worthy of his glorious record of leading a group of mortals to fight against a hundred behemoths, almost single-handedly defeating the entire eastern part of the land.

No wonder Sami was so interested in Him.

As beings far exceeding the level of ordinary life, and super-creatures almost linked to "nature," there are few things in this world that can attract their attention.

[Year] dreams of rebuilding the glory of that vanished civilization with his fragmented memories, even though he has no idea what that civilization was based on.

As for the Sami, He has guarded the northern part of the land and fought against evil for ten thousand years. He also remembers the old events from ten thousand years ago. However, unlike the ordinary Sami people's perception of Him as a "majestic and reliable old father," He, who is called the "Father of Ancestral Spirits," has a fighting spirit that far outweighs His protective spirit.

He is a behemoth that has witnessed "real wars," and He has had enough of those petty squabbles and red tape.

He also wanted to relive the thrill of abandoning all constraints—morality, responsibility, and guardianship—and reenact a corner of the mythical war!

So He raised His hand.

Freezing is a mystery beyond imagination; it can freeze far more than just life.

[Sui] had just opened her eyes and hadn't even figured out where the excruciating pain on her head was coming from when she felt a chill rushing straight to her limbs and bones.

His scales, which could withstand any attack, were breached by the relentless chill. His proud [Power] was briefly sealed off as his body involuntarily stiffened. In his golden vertical pupils, the shadow of the tiny life before him was reflected. It was an Elafian man exuding a chilling aura, whose empty eyes were now filled with surging fighting spirit.

How dare a mortal challenge a god alone?

No, he is no ordinary person!

At his age, his thoughts moved exceptionally slowly, yet he still sensed that extreme sense of unease.

This is His tomb, but He clearly sensed several auras that did not belong to Him or His avatars.

The most powerful of them all comes from the tiny Elafia before us.

wrong.

A divine light shone from His eyes. There were no dazzling lights in the tomb, so why was the shadow of that Erafia man so long and so large?

He slowly raised his head, his gaze following the illusory figure as it rose little by little.

At the "top" of this small world of Suiling, His gaze met the deep blue eyes of that figure who literally "stood tall and stood firm."

A name suddenly popped into His mind.

That was one of His incarnations, the most rebellious "Hope," the name He called out in His world of consciousness.

"【Samo】?"

Sami's cold gaze faltered slightly as she looked at Sui with disbelief.