"Mr. Spring and Autumn, what is the relationship between the Gate of the Abyss and the Abyss Race?" Qian Mingzhe, the Emperor of Higashimogami Province, asked.
Spring and Autumn replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, you have hit the nail on the head. Our exploration of the universe is limited to the outside and the inside. The outside is the sky, and the inside is the earth. It can also be described as macroscopic and microscopic. At the beginning of the Great Cataclysm, some humans built their homes underground to avoid the beasts. As they explored the depths of the earth, they found the Gate of the Abyss and built an underground city there. It is now the main city of the Abyss Race, Nether Moon City...
Qian Mingzhe's face turned cold. "So, the invasion of the virtual life forms is the work of the Abyss Race?"
Spring and Autumn shook his head. "I can't say for sure. After all, the Abyss Race is also human. However, we can be sure that the Gate of the Abyss has been opened. There may be more terrifying beings coming. We have to find a way to close the Gate of the Abyss!"
The representative of the military, Luo Shang, said, "Do you mean that we need to enter the underground abyss?"
Spring and Autumn said, "Yes. This time, we have gathered the Oceanic Race and the Three-Eyed Race to gather the elites of the human race to enter the underground abyss and close the Gate of the Abyss!"
Everyone in the meeting room fell silent. The living space on Earth could be divided into three types. The ocean environment was liquid, the ground was gaseous, and the underground was solid.
The rules of the three environments were completely different. It was difficult for the sea creatures to adapt to the ground. Even the complete form of the beasts in the sea would not leave the sea under normal circumstances. This was because the beasts in the sea were generally huge and had no buoyancy to support them on the ground. They could not withstand their own gravity. Once they were on land, it was difficult for them to move. Only a small number of crustaceans and beasts that could control the atmosphere could come to land, but they were only active along the coastline.
Similarly, the creatures on the ground could not survive in the sea. The pressure in the deep sea could easily crush metal. The Oceanic Race had undergone a breakthrough evolution, but they were still amphibious creatures. Most of the time, they still lived on land.
As for the solid underground environment, it was a mystery to all creatures. For countless years, humans had made great progress in space exploration, but their understanding of the underground they lived in was extremely limited. The most advanced drilling tools could only penetrate ten thousand meters. The crust and mantle were at least millions of meters deep. Everything could only be calculated and speculated.
Su Yucheng was the first to speak, "Incorporeal life forms are the natural enemies of the human race, the Three-Eyed Race will not shirk their duty."
Spring and Autumn stood up and nodded. "Thank you." He hesitated for a moment before asking, "I wonder what your Temple will do?"
Su Yucheng smiled, "Don't worry, Old Sir, I will explain the pros and cons to the Temple. I believe the High Priests will approve of the three races' alliance."
Sikong Wenbai added, "The Oceanic Race naturally won't stand by and do nothing."
Spring Autumn heaved a sigh of relief. "I'm relieved to hear your words. I won't hide it from you, either. This isn't an alliance of three races but four. I've sent a messenger to the Titan Race's Martyr's Palace to ask for help. The Titan Race's Great Patriarch replied that he's willing to send several Diamond Titans to aid us in exploring the abyss!"
Sikong Wenbai was overjoyed as he said, "The Titan race is born to control the earth. If they are willing to take action, then there's no need to worry!"
The meeting went on until very late into the night. Many details were discussed. The underground environment was constant. A powerful Cultivator who could summon the wind and rain on the surface might not even be as powerful as an ordinary Earth Elementalist underground. The earth was capable of neutralizing any force.
This trip required an earth elementalist to pave the way. If the Titan race joined, then there would be no shortage of earth elementalists.
Then there was the need to deal with the underground creatures, and even the abyss race. The Three-Eyed Race was born with an affinity for light, the nemesis of all kinds of dark creatures.
The Oceanic Race specialized in water energy. The essence of water energy was that it flowed without form and could be freely changed in any form. In other words, it could adapt to any complex environment. The essence of water could also dilute and decompose negative energy, increasing the vitality of life forms and having a certain healing effect.
The various branches of the human race had each chosen a different evolutionary path, and each of them had researched the things they were good at to the peak.
There were no advantages or disadvantages to energy. It all depended on the user. Compared to the Oceanic Race and the Three-Eyed Race, the human race had fallen behind on the path of evolution. Fortunately, the more powerful a creature was, the lower its reproductive ability. The alien race's population was relatively small. In order to ensure the purity of their bloodline, they couldn't intermarry with other humans. As a result, their population had declined in recent years. Although the human race had suffered from natural and man-made disasters, they still had a huge population of hundreds of millions.
Every person had their own independent will. An individual's spiritual will could condense fate. The fate produced by the huge population was incomparable to that of the other branches of the human race.
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Luo Kai was lost. The underground space of Shang Jing City was far bigger than he had imagined. It was even a little unimaginable. He couldn't even feel the end of it. It was even much bigger than Shang Jing on the surface.
The key was that he saw traces of the civilization of his previous life in this underground space. There were many tracks, buildings, vehicles, etc. that had already merged with the rock and soil. There were even more skeletons that had turned into fossils. Most of them were human, but there were also some strangely shaped ferocious beast skeletons. It was densely packed, as if he had entered a ten thousand burial pit. There was no doubt that this was a human city that had been buried.
One could imagine how tragic the war between the humans and the ferocious beasts was. Once the other species grew wisdom and self-concept, they would naturally hate the humans who enslaved them. The humans would never be soft-hearted. In the face of the proposition of survival, they would naturally kill to stop the killing. This was a terrible deadlock!
He felt that he had walked for dozens of miles and still hadn't walked out of the ten thousand burial pit. The underground would greatly compress his spiritual power. He could only cover a few thousand meters around him. It seemed very wide, but in this deep and winding underground, he was like a blind man.
Other than the dark creatures that occasionally appeared underground, there was also an underground river. There were many fish in the river.
If other people were trapped underground, they would definitely be very anxious. However, Luo Kai kind of liked the deep and quiet underground environment. He sniffed the clear water vapor and took off all his clothes. Then, he jumped into the stream. The cold water was very comfortable. It made his originally restless mind shake. He happily washed himself clean and threw his clothes into the stream to wash.
After washing, he made a fire and caught a few big fish to roast. He ate five or six big fish in a row before he felt that it was enough. Then, he laid down on his clothes and took a nap. The fresh water vapor at the tip of his nose was like the best hypnotic. He slept until the sky was dark and the earth was dark.
The dangerous underground was nothing to him. Even if he was asleep, his powerful telepathy would immediately transmit the danger to him. Moreover, his powerful aura would constantly linger in the surroundings, sending a signal to the sensitive dark creatures that this creature was very dangerous.