"How's it going, did you find it? What's sealed underneath? "Since the Lantern God heard that there was a sealed spear, he didn't return to the oil lamp, and he had been guarding next to Mu You, and seeing that he didn't speak for a long time at this time, he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask.

"I asked, and there's something called a snake sealed underneath." Mu You also just got the news from the game.

"Snake?" The lamp god was shocked when he heard this.

Mu You even felt a visible tremor from him, and couldn't help but be even more curious, what could make a former god afraid of being like this.

"What is this thing?" Mu You asked hurriedly.

"The snake is a natural disaster...... "The lamp god sighed, "No wonder you need to use the Sealed Spear......"

"Acts of God?"

"Yes, in the real world, there are four kinds of natural disasters, which are called Yan, Gu, Mirage, and Desolate, and some people call them Yan Ox, Gu Snake, Mirage, and Desolate Wu according to their external animal characteristics. When any kind of natural disaster occurs, it can easily kill countless gods and cause unimaginable damage to the local environment. ”

"The appearance of the four Scourge Beasts is seasonal, with each Scourge only appearing and active in its own season, and at other times it will find a place where no one is there to regain its strength.

However, the 'seasons' here do not refer to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the Star Spirit Realm and the Forgotten Lands, but the natural disaster seasons divided by the era of the appearance of the Scourge Beasts, which are called the Season of Fire, the Season of Fear, the Season of Mirage, and the Season of Desolation. ”

"The scorching season and the mirage season are slightly shorter, and the fear season and the barren season are longer, but on average, each season spans about 5,000 years! And the cycle of the whole four seasons is exactly 20,000 years! ”

"Twenty thousand years?"

Mu You was stunned when he heard this time, and immediately remembered that the boundary guards on the stone tablet happened to be played once in 20,000 years. And the message of the God of Order also deliberately emphasized that every 20,000 years, regardless of whether the sealing spear is loose or not, it must be strengthened once.

Now it seems that this is supposed to be in response to the periodic activity of this scourge beast?

"I didn't expect the original creation to play such a big ......"

The lantern god had a strange face, he was just an ordinary little god at the beginning, and he couldn't participate in the discussion of such core interests at all, and he didn't know anything about this kind of thing.

It's no wonder that since the creation of the Star Spirit Realm, there has been no sighting information of the Gu Snake in the subsequent fear season, and the dare to love the Gu Snake was directly suppressed in the Star Spirit Realm!

"But it's too risky, in case it escapes......" The Lamp God muttered under his breath.

Although he complained that there was a risk, he actually understood that this was the most suitable choice at that time, and it was worth it to seal the disaster beast as long as it could make the Protoss spend one less natural disaster season, not to mention that the snake had been sealed for so many years, and judging from the results, it was already blood gain.

As for the issue of risk...... Anyway, in the Star Spirit Realm, even if it really escapes, at most, the Star Spirit Realm will be destroyed once, and the fear season will return to normal, and then rebuild the Star Spirit Realm will be just a virtual world after all.

The problem is that now that the Protoss has been wiped out, the entire real world has been occupied by the Devouring Beasts, and the Star Spirit Realm has become a place for surviving gods like him to survive, and now tells him that the Star Spirit Realm has sealed a Cataclysmic Beast, and it may get out of trouble at any time?

"And what's the season of the real world right now?" Mu You asked.

"...... Now"

The lamp god frowned and pondered for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "According to the time calculation, it should be at the end of the fear season now, and the period of time until the beginning of the mirage season......"

"The end of the season of fear...... You just said that the length of each season is more than 5,000 years, that is, the era of 4,000 years ago was just at the stage when the snake entered the active period? Mu You frowned and asked.

"Yes......" The Lamp God smiled bitterly: "This is probably the reason why the Gu Snake has awakened, plus after the extinction of the Protoss, the Star Spirit Realm has been left unattended for sixty or seventy thousand years, and the seal of the Sealing Spear should have been loosened long ago......"

As soon as the lamp god finished speaking, he immediately remembered something, and said in confusion: "However, you said before that the tail end of the snake is the so-called fairy mother tree, and this mother tree stopped growing at the same time as the birth of your fool, how could the time be so coincidental?" ”

"And later, when the fool went to the Garden of Bitterness, the snake's tail reacted...... In this way, there should be a direct connection between the awakening of the snake and the fools......"

"Oh? You mean ......" Mu You frowned.

The lamp god said solemnly: "I guess this is specially designed by someone, as long as there is a fool born in the star spirit realm, the snake will wake up, and gradually regain its strength, until it breaks free from the shackles of the sealing spear and is born, and destroys the star spirit realm with the power of the snake, thus indirectly destroying you fools." ”

"In other words, is there anyone among the gods who doesn't want to see self-aware NPCs appear?" Mu You sighed.

This is actually understandable, just like now that humans have mastered innovative AI and robotics technology, but in the continuous iteration in the future, one day robots may awaken to self-awareness, and then humans will naturally have the risk of being overthrown and replaced.

In order to avoid this, it is necessary to set up a program in advance to prevent the bot from sprawling.

And the Gu Snake is obviously a tool used by the gods to restrain the fool: as long as it detects that a fool is born in the Star Spirit Realm, and the gods are powerless to supervise it, the Gu Snake will wake up, and gradually regain its power, to be born, and then to destroy the world, so as to complete the strangulation of the fool.

Even if the price of this is that the Star Spirit Realm will be buried with you, it is better than being raised by the Fools and replacing the Protoss.

"Did it by the god of order?" Mu You looked at the lamp god uncertainly.

Judging from the Qilin Arm that was sealed in the Order, it was clear that the God of Order was involved in the matter of sealing the snake and played an important role.

However, Mu You was strange, if the God of Order didn't want to see the birth of the Fool, why did he ask the God of Lights to help him find a successor before he died?

"No, the gods of order would never do such a thing! On the contrary, he has always been happy to see the birth of the next life. The lamp god said flatly.

"Who could that be?" Mu You spreads his hands.

"I want to ...... It should have been done by the 'God of Chaos'. The lamp god groaned.

"Chaotic ......"

"Yes, as you can see from the name, the god of chaos is the opposite of the god of order, and if the god of order is the leader of all the gods of order, then the god of chaos is the leader of all the gods of chaos. The two of them are natural opposites, and more precisely, the entire system of order and chaos are natural enemies. ”

"It is said that the last retreat of the Gu Snake back then was initiated by the God of Chaos leading a group of chaotic gods, and in the end it seems that they succeeded in repelling the Gu Snake, but now it seems that they not only repelled at that time, but even captured the Gu Snake alive!"

"If it's chaos this guy setting up this kind of world-destroying hand without telling other gods, I won't be surprised at all!"

After speaking, the lamp god shook his head and said seriously: "In short, you must deal with the problem of the snake as soon as possible now." ”

"Among the four natural calamity beasts, Gu Snake is the most difficult one, because no matter how strong the other three calamity beasts are, they will only cause physical damage at most, but Gu Snake is a monster incarnated by emotion, and he has the power to play with people's hearts.

Wherever the snake passes, it brings not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters, that is, war! The snake can easily provoke a war of faith between the gods, and in every season of fear, there is always a war on the earth, and in each round of the god race, eighty percent of the casualty rate is lost in the season of fear. Therefore, the Season of Dread has always been the last thing the Protoss want to face! ”

"Is there any way to kill this thing completely?" Mu You asked.

"Kill the Calamity? You're thinking too much......" The Lamp God said with a smile: "The Scourge Beasts can't be killed, because they are the embodiment of the disaster, and they can only be sealed or retreated, even if the time passes the current disaster season, they are not gone, but only weakened in strength, in order to avoid conflicts with other disaster beasts, they just find a place to hide and cultivate." ”

"As for retreat, even in the heyday of the Protoss, it takes hundreds of gods to join forces to have a chance to repel the calamity beast, and in the current Star Spirit Realm, there is nothing that can fight against it!"

"So, you'd better go and reseal this thing as soon as possible, if you accidentally let it escape, the Star Spirit Realm will really be finished!" The god of lights urged.

"Okay."

Mu You nodded, understood the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly returned to the game.

……

"Why aren't you leaving?"

At the bottom of the cave, the fairy king Orenz frowned and looked at the few people outside the barrier.

After it had told the others about the snake, instead of leaving, they sat down around the barrier and discussed something in a whisper in a language he didn't understand.

"Don't worry, uncle, don't you still have a lot of questions that you haven't figured out?" The watchman laughed and said, "You said that if the bitter mother tree is transformed by the tip of this snake's tail, then aren't you goblins born from the tree all the children of this snake?" ”

"The child's statement is not accurate, it should be said that we are the embodiment of the power of the snake." The Fairy King said calmly, "The Creation God uses a certain method to regularly strip the power in the body of the snake, and then uses these energies to create the Fairy Clan. Therefore, goblins do not have the concept of lifespan, only the strength of energy, and the goblins who are lucky to get more energy at birth will become high-level goblins, and low-level goblins with less energy. ”

"But it's also because the energy of the goblins is connected to the snake, and if there is more on one side, there will be less on the other. If a goblin dies and turns into a monster, the original energy in the goblin's body will be returned to the snake, and once the goblin dies in a large area and the number of remaining goblins is reduced to a certain point, the energy in the snake's body will break through the critical point, so that it can gain the ability to break free from the seal! ”

"To put it simply, the goblins and the snake are completely opposites, the more prosperous the goblin clan is, the more populous the group is, the weaker the snake will be, and conversely, when the goblin clan begins to weaken and the population declines, the snake will become stronger and stronger.

This is also the reason why the bitter mother tree will stop growing as soon as the snake wakes up: only by cutting off the way of the birth of the goblin first, the population of the goblin clan will continue to lose, and the snake will have the opportunity to slowly accumulate strength! ”

"The number of goblins is so important......"

The beater looked at the fairy king strangely: "But what did you do during the catastrophe?" Wouldn't the Cataclysm erase all races in the Star Spirit Realm first? Wouldn't the snake have gained all its power at that time? ”

"You know about the Great Calamity?" The goblin king glanced at the taper unexpectedly, but when he remembered that he was a fool, he was relieved, shook his head and said: "The goblin clan will not be destroyed in the Great Calamity, because the Bitter Garden originally has the function of helping the creatures on it to avoid the Great Calamity, but in the process of the Great Calamity, all the memories of the goblins will be reset, and after the Great Calamity, everything will start again......"

"Even you're going to have your memories reset?"

"That's right......"

The Fairy King sighed, quickly regained his composure, and looked at the four of them: "So, you better leave as soon as possible, I will continue to hold out here until the end of the era, but after that, ...... Go back and tell Olmedo that you don't have to worry about me anymore, everyone has only more than 100 years left, everyone cherish their time and live their last days......"

After the fairy king finished speaking, he closed his eyes and entered a meditative state again, ignoring a few people no more.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that it opened its eyes again, looked at the four people who were still sitting nearby, and couldn't help frowning: "You didn't understand what I said just now?" How long will you waste here! ”

As he spoke, the beast above gasped again.

"Ahem, uncle, dissipate gas, dissipate gas!"

The watchman hurriedly waved his hand and said with a dry smile: "The main thing is that we still have someone who hasn't come, wait for him to come down and take a look, confirm that we can go, we will leave immediately!" ”

"Who?" The Fairy King frowned.

"Our, uh, big brother...... And uncle, you don't have to be so pessimistic, my eldest brother is very powerful, let him take a look, maybe there will be a turnaround! The beater said.

The fairy king's brows furrowed even deeper, and he just wanted to say something, but he saw that the three people on the other side were stunned and looked in one direction.

"It's coming!"

……

[You ride a broomstick, cut through the darkness, reach the light, and finally meet the three clones.] 】

["You're here! I thought I was running out of time...... Hey? Ontology: How can you fly? The watchman saw the broom under you and opened his mouth in amazement. 】

Mu You looked up at the clock, and it took a lot of time to get to the ground, it was already four o'clock in the morning, and there were less than two hours left before the five-day task time limit, but fortunately, he caught up.

When he came to the place, Mu You didn't say a word, and first manipulated the characters and the three clones to synchronize their memories.

["Wow? Unicorn arm! Show me! After the memories were synced, the vigaman shouted exaggeratedly, hurriedly jumped up to you, lifted your sleeve, and admired the epiphytic circuit on your right arm in amazement. 】

[The Fairy King saw the circuit on your arm, his eyes widened, and he looked at you incredulously: "The sign of the Guardian of the Realm! You're the new Boundary Keeper?! ”】

[As the Fairy King became agitated, you heard heavy breathing from above, and when you looked up, a pair of huge snake pupils opened out of the darkness and stared straight at you! 】

[An indescribable sense of fear rises from the bottom of your heart.] 】

[The skin of the gods on your body automatically appeared, and it quickly helped you suppress this unprovoked fear. 】

"This is the power of the gods! Are you really God's agent? The Fairy King looked at the energy cloak around you with great excitement, and tears crossed his face: "Great, the gods haven't abandoned us yet......]

["Uncle, you...... Calm down...... "The watchman slumped to the ground and spoke with difficulty. 】

[At this time, the three clones present were once again forced by the fear of the snake, and they trembled one by one, and Gargamel fell to the ground on the spot and passed out. 】

[The Fairy King also realized his gaffe, and hurriedly closed his eyes and held his breath to concentrate, and after adjusting for a moment, its complexion returned to calm, and the snake pupils in the sky finally closed, and the surroundings returned to normal. 】

[You ask the Fairy King, the location of the Sealed Spear.] 】

"There...... Fairy King pointed to a place behind him. With its movements, a light spontaneously casts, illuminating a space in the distance. 】

[You all looked up, and you saw that on the ground in front of you, a coiled snake body tens of meters thick was exposed to the light, and somewhere on the snake body, a huge golden spear was inserted, the tip of the spear penetrated the snake body, pierced into the ground, but it was not solid, under the wriggling of the snake body over the years, the spear that was supposed to go deep into the ground has become crumbling at this moment, and it may collapse at any time. 】

(End of chapter)