Chapter 524 — The Aliens' Mentality Collapses
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How had they turned to blows in the blink of an eye—and beaten the others senseless at that?
Taking on Can Bao's duties, it began healing Shi Jin's group and the Phoenix Man.
"Cough, cough." The Phoenix Man and the Star Phoenix climbed to their feet, faces full of gloom.
The look they turned on Qi was one of utter incomprehension.
"It was at my request. I merely... wanted to see Young Brother Shi Jin's strength. I never expected..." Zilan fell silent. The clowns had turned out to be themselves.
They had just been boasting about how mighty the alien beast-taming system was, only to be thrashed moments later—thrashed across tier gaps, no less. If word of this got back, no one would believe it.
"Well, Shi Ying's strength is indeed quite good," the World Tree admitted without denial.
It had now pinned the hope of Blue Star's rise upon Shi Jin.
It sensed that Shi Jin must be some sort of mutant.
A throwback, surely.
His talent and potential felt far beyond those of ordinary Blue Star natives.
Absolutely on par with the first batch of human seeds that Goddess Wa had brought back.
"His strength... is passable, I suppose." Watching Shi Jin thrash the cosmic beings, the World Tree was thrilled.
It suddenly felt that cosmic civilizations were nothing special after all.
As expected of her child.
Zilan's mouth twitched. Passable, she supposed...
Considering Shi Ying's age, the girl was an outright monster.
Their whole group was nearing forty, while Shi Tan and the others were barely past twenty!
Their potential could hardly be overstated.
At level eight he could already fight across tiers against level nine. Once he reached level nine, what then?
"Cough, cough. What was that about—what is going on with your divine-tier talent?"
"And that Azure Dragon of yours."
The Phoenix Man was defeated in body and unconvinced in heart. He was supposed to be the one with the superior cultivation system, yet Shi Tan's performance had shattered his composure outright.
"I'd like to ask that too. By rights, Blue Star shouldn't have any such cultivation system at all."
"And the cultivation level of your Azure Dragon far surpasses that of certain Azure Dragon faith factions out in the cosmic void."
Zilan asked.
"I heard just now—the cosmic void has the Four Divine Beasts too, right?" Shi Qi looked at them.
Phoenix Man: ???
You're getting distracted in the middle of a fight??
"Yes. They are suspected to be cosmic gods from the previous epoch," Zilan said.
Shi Li: "During an archaeological expedition once, I wandered by mistake into some ruins. These powers are all connected to those ruins. But I only entered once, and I couldn't decipher them. Beyond that, I know nothing."
Zilan blinked. "What—you're an archaeologist too?"
Lin Shuo said, "Shi Jin... is arguably the finest archaeologist on Blue Star."
Zilan said with considerable surprise, "An archaeologist... in the cosmos, that is also a highly sought-after profession. Especially those qualified to explore the cosmic ruins of the previous epoch—every major power fights over them."
"Meow..." Gem Xu was taken aback. "Cosmic ruins..."
She fell slightly silent, then looked at Shi Jin, whose eyes were shining, and somehow felt that something was about to be wrecked by him again.
"As everyone knows, the universe has a lifespan of only ten billion years. Every ten billion years, the universe restarts and a new cosmic epoch begins. By then, it is basically impossible for any life to survive into the next cosmic epoch—including cosmic-level life."
"However, when the universe restarts, certain special places will take the form of cosmic spatial fragments and become cosmic ruins, appearing in the new epoch. Exploring these cosmic ruins often yields the excavation of astonishing secrets."
"It is said that the current strongest being in the universe, that cosmic overlord, is extremely fond of collecting and exploring cosmic ruins."
"I understand now. You must have inadvertently blundered into a cosmic ruin from the previous cosmic epoch, and then came into contact with some special divine power," Zilan said, feeling that she had finally deduced the secret of why Shi Jin was so strong.
Was this fellow Jiaqi some chosen child of destiny, a super lucky one?
To have actually blundered into an Azure Dragon ruin from the previous cosmic epoch, and even archaeologized a god-level power to carry on his person.
Beside them, the Phoenix Man was also dumbstruck. Was this for real? What kind of goddamned dog-shit luck was this—an archaeologist from a low-level planet blunders into a cosmic god ruin from the previous cosmic epoch and even gains benefits from it?
Everyone who heard Zilan's reasoning was stunned.
Including Shi Jin himself.
He sank into thought, feeling that the mystery surrounding his transmigration had only grown.
"If those major powers knew you had entered a cosmic ruin, they would surely all be willing to cultivate an archaeologist like you. They might even be willing to serve that cosmic overlord—there would be a great chance."
"Still, exploring cosmic ruins is simply too dangerous. Even those who have reached super god level—countless numbers of them have died in cosmic ruins."
"As far as I know, the progenitor of the Blue Star Qilin Clan was the very first to die in the cosmos while exploring cosmic ruins back then."
"So an archaeologist is also a high-risk profession," Zilan said.
World Tree: ?
Why was it the Qilin who died first again?
"It can't be that bad..." Shi Jin muttered. "By the way, that cosmic ruin you mentioned..."
Zilan said, "Hm?"
"Are there a lot of them?" Shi Li: "Are there any trial-type ruins that aren't so dangerous? Those are the kind I like."
World Tree, Lin Shuo: ???
You brat—after entering the starry sky, shouldn't you first think of a way to make Blue Star rise? Why are you fixating on cosmic ruins again???