Chapter 403 A Place Even Scarier Than Here
The underworld of Helheim is infinitely growing.
Before Earth, the previous civilization encountered the underworld of Helheim, and eventually the entire planet was assimilated into part of the forest.
Every civilization will produce different "golden fruits", and the more powerful a civilization is, the more powerful the golden fruits it produces will be.
Bai Ya's philosophy is "survival of the strong", so after obtaining the fruits of civilization, in order to survive, he led a part of the powerful tribesmen to integrate into the environment of the underworld forest of Helheim, allowing the remaining tribesmen to become overlords of the foreign land.
But in the end their civilization was completely destroyed.
The overlords and foreigners fought each other to prove their own strength. They trampled on the weak with disdain. The endless wars erased all traces of civilization from their own memories.
And as the king of all overlords and foreigners, Bai Ya gradually stopped caring about power and the survival of civilization.
Because his queen died.
When he decided to create a world of "strong people", Bai Ya's princess personally handed him the golden fruit and agreed that his ideas would definitely save more people of his tribe.
But the result was the complete destruction of civilization, and his princess also died in such a world.
From then on, Bai Ya began to feel that being chosen by the underworld of Heim was a mistake, and the only thing left for him was to resurrect the princess.
……
As a king who possesses the "power to rule the world", the cave he lives in is indeed very simple, and the coffin containing the princess is also placed in a simple manner in a corner of the cave.
Bai Ya gently stroked the coffin and said, "Although I have obtained the golden fruit that can create a new world and have the power to rule the world, I cannot save my beloved princess."
"There's no need to belittle yourself. After all, you can't even save your own civilization." Kawahara comforted.
"..."
Qiwen Jiedou, who was tied to the cliff, sneered.
Bai Ya turned his head and looked at him and said, "If you can save my princess, then I can agree to any of your conditions."
Kawahara walked forward and looked at Bai Ya inquiringly, and the other party took the initiative to open the coffin that had been carefully kept. Inside lay a soundless woman with her face covered by a veil.
After taking the golden fruit of human civilization, Bai Ya wanted to give it to his princess, but the golden fruit could not be integrated with the other party.
Although Bai Ya can use the power of this fruit, and even use the golden fruit to create life in the underworld of Heim - aliens - he cannot resurrect life.
This put him in a situation where he had no idea what to do.
Bai Ya pressed on: "Can you do it?"
Kawahara squatted down and looked at the princess, frowning slightly and thinking: "Maybe..."
——It’s difficult to do.
The point is, if the power of light in his body had not been drained away, or if Shiro Mizuki had also come to this world, he could still try to turn the other party into an Undead to achieve an alternative resurrection.
Even if he doesn't want to turn into a card, he can try to use the power of thinking to gain the resurrection skill.
But the result is that now all that remains in him is the power of "Ultimate Darkness".
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Bai Ya's originally rising hope gradually sank again, and Kawahara suddenly reached out his hand to him.
"Take out the golden fruit and show it to me."
Bai Ya paused slightly and did not move.
Kawahara suddenly remembered something at this moment, and raised his hand and pulled out a vine to wrap Qiwen Jiedou's head tightly again, to prevent this guy from losing his mind after seeing the golden fruit.
He then glanced at Bai Ya who was motionless: "Are you worried that I'm here to scare away your only bargaining chip?"
Bai Ya did not respond. He just stared at him for a long while before raising his hand to summon the golden fruit stored in his body.
In an instant, a translucent golden apple illuminated the entire cave.
This is the golden fruit!
Kawahara fixed his gaze on the golden fruit and felt a familiar power that was enough to change the entire world.
That vast and majestic force is the crystallization of billions of years. It connects the past and future of this world and is the brilliance of the boundless source of life.
This is the power of the entire earth civilization!
But at the same time, he also had a premonition that he could not use this fruit because this world did not belong to him.
Even if he could use the power of Helheim, Helheim was Helheim and the Earth was the Earth. This forest merely condensed the power of the Earth.
However, after taking the golden fruit from Bai Ya's hand, looking at the sparkling apple, Kawahara inexplicably wanted to try taking a bite.
Sagara: Stare—
Bai Ya: Stare——
Although the scene was very quiet, there seemed to be some indescribable atmosphere flowing.
Kawahara paused and said calmly: "This golden fruit cannot be absorbed by me, so there is no need to worry about those problems."
As soon as he finished saying this, he suddenly turned his head to look outside the cave, and saw a green figure flash past from behind the dense vines.
Bai Ya then looked over: "Redie."
Radi'ai - also known as the "Emerald Overlord Alien" in the human world, has an erratic temperament and is a real warmonger.
And he has been coveting the golden fruit for many years.
Even if Bai Ya didn't take the golden fruit of mankind first, Feicui would come and take it away. Every overlord alien who was forced to be trapped in this forest wanted to obtain this power.
Feicui will be observing in secret, probably because she is worried that these uninvited guests will take the golden fruit from Bai Ya's hands.
Kawahara ignored the escaped monster for the time being, because the appearance of Jadeite made him think of another possibility.
After coming into contact with humans, Jadeite made a deal with Baiya to revive the princess in order to obtain the "Golden Fruit". The other party's method was to inject human life energy into it.
If Feicui cannot defeat Bai Ya head-on, but wants to get the golden fruit, he can only find ways to accomplish this task. This means that the opponent's method may not be just to fool Bai Ya.
——So all you need is energy?
Thinking of this, Kawahara stretched out his finger and pressed it on the princess' veiled forehead. At this moment, the vines in the forest began to grow wildly and spread over, winding their way from the ground and the mountain wall towards the coffin.
Bai Ya seemed to have noticed his actions and said sadly, "It's useless. I have already tried the power of Helheim Forest."
He had tried everything he could think of.
As soon as Bai Ya finished sighing, a golden light flashed from Kawahara's fingertips, and flowed along the blood vessels under the princess's skin like blood.
The leafy vines intertwined with each other and wrapped around the princess, while a faint golden light moved quickly among the green plants.
Bai Ya suddenly took a step forward nervously.
But the next moment, Kawahara suddenly withdrew his fingers and turned his head abruptly to look in a certain direction in the forest.
So the vines that covered the princess quickly shrank back, and the faint lingering energy dissipated completely, just like the mood that Bai Ya had just mentioned.
Seeing this, Bai Ya immediately asked excitedly: "Why stop?!"
Kawahara said calmly without even looking at him: "Because I almost forgot that my current 'nature' is not right."
……
Almost at the same time, Wu Daoguihu, who also walked into the ruins in the valley with Kuzuya Kota and was watching the civilization creations up close, suddenly screamed in pain, frowned, and took out a black lock from the inner pocket of his suit.
In his hand, the pitch-black lock seed flashed with golden electric light and vaguely turned into a pitch-black apple.
But it only took a moment for it to return to locked state.
Takatora Wudao was a little confused.
After this locking seed fell into his hands, Wu Daoguihu never took it out. It seemed like there was a voice in his heart warning him not to activate it easily.
Kuzuya Kota was still horrified by the fact that a civilization had been swallowed up here. When he was confused about his life and the future of the world, he suddenly noticed something wrong with Wudao Takatora. He turned around and saw that he was holding a strange black fixed seed in his hand.
He was stunned, and a ray of light flashed in the depths of his eyes as he stared at the black lock.
"Gui Hu, what is that?" Kuzuya Kota blurted out.
"……Um?"
Hearing the voice, Wu Daoguihu looked at him with some confusion, then calmly put away the lock seed, put one hand in his suit trouser pocket and said lightly: "It's none of your business, it's time to leave here."
After saying this, he turned around and left without stopping as usual.
Kuzuya Kota stood in front of the ruined building, holding a clay pot that was suspected to be created by intelligent creatures in his hand, and looked at Wudao Takatora's back in a daze.
At this moment, four alien monsters jumped out one after another from the front and back of the ruins. Judging from their biological form, they were obviously different from those primary hermit crab aliens.
Seeing this, Wu Daoguihu took out the lock seed and said, "It seems that we have stayed here too long."
"Melon Energy!"
Without hesitation, he transformed into Zangetsu and attacked with the blade while holding the sonic arrow. Amid the flashing sparks, he repelled the two aliens who were close to him.
Kuzuya Kota in the back suddenly came to his senses and said doubtfully: "They were originally residents of this world... and humans are also possible..."
"Do not hesitate!"
Wudao Guihu turned around and scolded: "After eating the fruits here, they will no longer be the same. The foreigners will only take the seeds of Helheim Forest outside. If you show mercy, it will only hurt more ordinary people!"
The two alien monsters rushed towards Kuroba Kota, waving their sharp claws. Kuroba Kota, who had not yet transformed, could only dodge quickly until his entire back was pressed against the wall of the building.
He looked at the violent monster that was attacking blindly, his face became uncontrollably sad, and his voice sounded a bit like crying and even hysterical.
"But they could also be human! Their human lives have been taken away from them, so why would they still——"
Kuzuya Hirota clenched his fists tightly and shouted with his head down.
After quickly kicking an alien away, Zangetsu suddenly turned sideways, drew his bow and shot. The energy arrow instantly repelled the alien who was waving his claws at Kuzuya Kota.
"boom!"
The exploding sparks startled Kuzuya Kota so much that he subconsciously raised his arm to block it.
Zhan Yue walked towards him menacingly, stretched out his hand and grabbed his collar rudely and said coldly: "If you plan to end the battle here, then it's just what I want. It's best if you don't get in the way anymore!"
After saying this, Zhan Yue pushed him away again, turned around with the sonic arrow in his backhand, and chopped down the alien who was rushing towards him with a sharp and decisive posture!
Chi-
Even though he was fighting against four monster-level aliens at the same time, Zhan Yue's fighting posture did not show any panic. He quickly took out the melon energy lock seed in his hand, loaded the sonic arrow, and then shot the golden-green energy arrow after pulling the bow and condensing it.
"Boom!"
The two aliens who were beaten back together instantly exploded into flames, and Zhan Yue followed closely with a wave of light to repel the aliens who tried to launch a sneak attack, and quickly pulled the bow in two directions.
"Boom! Boom!"
The other two aliens also disappeared in the explosion.
Kuzuya Hirotaka leaned against the wall tremblingly, looking at Zangetsu who was looking back at him in front of him, and slowly slid down to sit on the ground.
Takatora Wudao cancelled his transformation and stared expressionlessly at Kota Kujima, who was confused and had lost the will to fight. Suddenly, he curled the corners of his lips in an ambiguous manner.
"Just because a human has transformed into a monster means that he can't fight? But for you, this shouldn't be the most painful thing."
"...What?" Ge Yehong was stunned.
"There is another place, a place even more terrifying than this place. Do you still have the courage to go with me to witness it?"
"..."
Ge Ye Hongtai looked at him steadily, and after a long while he took a deep breath, supported himself with a firm gaze and stood up again.
Wu Daoguihu, who had originally no longer approved of his "feeling of protecting important people", moved his eyes slightly, then pulled the corners of his mouth into a smile, turned around and walked out.
Kuzuya Kota took one last look at the remaining traces of civilization in the ruins, then retracted his gaze and quickly followed with a nervous look on his face.
What would be more terrifying than the fall of civilization?
……
"I never expected that Gui Hu, who looks serious on the surface, is actually quite evil."
Kawahara leaned against a tree and watched the movement over there.
He was quite satisfied with Takatora Wudao's attitude towards the monster just now, and from the last words of the two, he almost guessed what Takatora Wudao wanted to do to Kota Kuzuya.
Bai Ya stood beside him and said in a deep voice: "So, only if there is a complete victory or defeat between them, can you revive my princess?"
"That's about right." Kawahara nodded.
"I understand."
He has been waiting for countless years, just waiting for the winner of this civilization's golden fruit to be decided. Bai Ya is worth waiting.
But now that there was a little hope, his desire to reunite with his lover became more and more urgent.
Bai Ya turned around and left silently.
Kawahara looked at its back and said, "You're leaving now? Then I'll take care of that guy myself. Is that okay? After all, they are the only people left of your clan~"
However, Bai Ya did not respond before he disappeared.
Kawahara Quan assumed that he agreed, so he looked at the Emerald Overlord Alien who was bound by plants not far away with a stern smile.
"You really are prone to causing trouble. Do you want to test the power of humans? I'll let you try now..."
"..."
Emerald, struggling among the ever-growing plants, wanted to scream, but the power of Helheim was not under its control at all, and now even if she wanted to escape, she could not do it.
Kawahara suddenly retracted his fingers with an expressionless face, and the densely entangled plants exploded completely!
boom--!
The erupting dark power vibrated from the sky above the forest. The human team conducting research near the rift heard the thunder-like sound, stopped what they were doing, and looked up at the sky in confusion.
The burning vegetation around it turned to ashes in an instant, but soon grew again, and the air was still filled with a rotten and damp smell.
The forest was as depressing as ever.
...(End of chapter)