The powerful nuclear weapon interrupted the battle in Senluo City. Both the humans and the Zergs quickly escaped from the center of the nuclear explosion and continued to fight outside the city. Although both of them had strong physiques, they couldn't stay in a high-radiation environment for too long.
The center of the nuclear explosion was a huge crater that was dozens of meters deep. The high temperature caused by the violent collision almost turned this place into a magma pool. The violent radiation energy also seemed to have substance, turning into a whirlpool like a storm, causing the space to be slightly distorted.
What was surprising was that in such a ferocious environment, there were actually three figures floating above the magma pool. One was an old monk, another was a man with skin as black as coal, and the last was a man in a white robe. His skin was so white that it was almost transparent, as if he was made of ice. He was an iceman.
The three of them looked at the magma pool at the same time with serious expressions. They didn't even care about the huge battleship that was gradually appearing in the sky.
Soon, a small green sapling slowly emerged from the boiling magma pool. It looked so weak, especially in such an environment.
The old monk was shocked. "The World Tree has indeed infiltrated Pluto!"
The dark-skinned man sneered. "The World Tree is rooted in the Nine Underworlds and can only grow in places where evil gathers. Now that it can grow in the material world, it means that the evil habits that you humans have gathered for billions of years have spread throughout the universe."
"Amitabha, it seems that the Nirvana Period of the universe is indeed caused by humans."
The old monk chanted the name of Buddha and said emotionlessly, "Buddha said, if I don't enter hell, who will? Previously, the Great Bright Lord Buddha used his body to fill the space-time crack. Today, this old monk is on duty, so this old monk should also repay this karma."
The dark-skinned man's expression changed, and then he snorted. "What? Old monk Zhi Er is afraid of being tainted by karma, so he didn't do it himself and sent you, his little disciple, to do it?"
The old monk's wrinkled face twisted together with worry. He sighed and said, "Master has other things to do. Benefactor Gong, the Nirvana Period of the universe has come early. Your Abyss Temple won't be able to escape this disaster. Why don't you let go of your obsession, convert to Buddhism, and go to the Western Pure Land together!"
The Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss was also known as the Buddha World. It was an existence that was on par with the Heavenly God World. According to legends, both of them were existences that had transcended the cycle of reincarnation.
Buddhism's description of the universe was different from that of Taoism. Buddhism believed that the universe was the same as all living things. They were all "impermanence, life and death." In other words, the universe also had birth, aging, illness, and death. It also had hibernation, eruption, and transition.
Xing refers to all things or all phenomena.
"Xing" is the meaning of the flow of change. All phenomena are caused by the flow of change, so it is called "Xing". The word itself contains the meaning of impermanence.
All the phenomena in the universe were interdependent, and there was no constant existence between them.
Therefore, any phenomenon was impermanent in nature, manifesting itself in an instant.
A whole is composed of birth, aging, sickness, and death, including the universe. According to the Buddhist scriptures, the human body changes every twelve years. The birth and death of an object, and the formation, residence, destruction, and emptiness of a world, are in fact the existence of an instant of birth and death.
The cells of the human body change every twelve years, and the universe also needs to become its own silent birth and death after a period of time, a space cycle.
During this period, everything falls into hibernation. Matter does not have any significant movement, time stops, space stops rotating, and time stops expanding.
For the universe, it is just a period of changing clothes. But for the thousands of species in it, it is a long and dark ice age, and only a few can survive it.
Buddhism divided the universe's time cycle into three periods: the first is the Dharma Period, which is the active period of matter; the second is the transition period, which is the rapid expansion period of matter; and the third is the Dharma Ending Period, which is the silent period of matter, also known as the Nirvana Period.
The three periods rotate with each other. After the silence, there is bound to be an eruption, and after the eruption, there will be peace.
"Old monk, you still haven't forgotten to enlighten me even now."
The dark-skinned man was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and pointed at the jellyfish-like interstellar battleships in the sky. "Look at the sky, the Metahumans' interstellar battleships have arrived. The power of the Great Celestial Cycle Formation has been greatly reduced. These octopus monsters can destroy the solar system in a matter of minutes, and the entire land of the human race will be completely wiped out from the universe. Why don't you think of a way to resist?"
The old monk looked up and said coldly, "Evil creatures, sooner or later you will be suppressed by the Buddha to the Avici Hell!"
The other Iceman in a long robe did not join the conversation between the two. Instead, he floated to the side of the small sapling in the magma. He curiously wanted to reach out and touch it. As soon as he reached out, a small branch on the small tree immediately whipped his hand fiercely.
The man retracted his hand and thought for a moment. He did not touch it physically, but tried to sense it with his mind.
At this moment, the small tree in front of him suddenly trembled slightly, and a branch wrapped around his wrist.
Seeing this, the old monk hurriedly reminded him, "King Suo 'ao, you must be careful. This is the remnant root of the World Tree, and it has the ability to decay everything. This thing should not grow in the material world, but in the zero-dimensional space of nothingness."
The man was the King of the Iceman, Evergreen Suo 'ao. He hesitated for a moment, but he did not dodge and let the branch wrap around him. If he wanted to find a solution, he must first understand this thing.
Under the perception of the four-dimensional world, no existence in the material world could hide from their calculation ability, not to mention that he had other means.
Soon, a line of information appeared in his mind, "Blue Wandering Divine Tree (Infant Stage), can build the prototype of the multiverse."
He was shocked, but there was no change in his expression. He raised his head to look at the huge battleship in the sky, and said indifferently, "Master, Sen Luo City is the home of my Iceman Race, and I will not allow others to destroy it." After saying that, he flew up and rushed straight toward the battleship.
Compared with the huge interstellar battleship, he was so small that he could be ignored, but the interior of the battleship was as if it was facing a great enemy. All kinds of warning lights in the command cabin flashed wildly, and a semi-transparent light film quickly covered the entire battleship. Densely packed Honeycomb Mechs shot out from the abdomen, covering the sky and the earth to intercept him.
A war between technology and force was about to unfold. A technological civilization was good at external objects, while a biological civilization was good at itself. After the two reached a certain point, they would reach the same destination.
The huge energy reserve of the interstellar battleship allowed it to easily exert the power of a meteor.
An individual was indeed very small compared to a battleship, but it had asymmetrical means, which was the ability to break through the surface with a single point. An electric drill could easily drill through a huge rock that could not be broken by a hammer.
The energy shield of the interstellar battleship could withstand the impact of a group of meteors, but it could not withstand the intrusion of a Divine-level Expert. The key was that the enemy was not an ordinary Divine-level, but an Elemental Spirit, which was extremely rare in the universe.