Chapter 709 Life Will Always Find a Way Out
Chapter 709 Life Will Always Find a Way Out
A secret place on your body, the underground base of Jinchuang Island.
Wen Rui's divine incarnation led the way eagerly, leading Kong Xuan to take the elevator all the way down, deep into the earth.
Without the armistice agreement, Kong Xuan really wouldn't dare to enter this secret realm. The last time Wen Rui raised the Demon Summoning Banner and summoned him here, he had seen the extremely dangerous Ten Absolute Formations.
That time, Kong Xuan was fearless, thinking that he was protected by the five-colored divine light, and even if he was trapped in the Ten Absolute Formations, he could easily break out of it.
Red water, golden light, red sand, and blazing flames, all were reduced to ashes when the divine light swept across them.
But that was based on the premise that Wen Rui himself was a weakling who could only hide behind the formation and launch sneak attacks. Once the formation was broken and he was pulled out, he would surrender.
After fighting with Wen Rui, Kong Xuan dared not be arrogant anymore. This fellow had mysterious skills and could break the five-colored divine light. His martial arts could keep him busy for a long time. If there was a killing formation like the Ten Absolute Formations to help him, Kong Xuan might really be in trouble.
At first, he was very disdainful of signing a ceasefire agreement. However, after reading the terms, Kong Xuan had to admire Wen Rui's thoughtful consideration, which just happened to resolve the situation of mutual suspicion.
The elevator had already descended a hundred meters before it finally slowed down and stopped. The door opened, revealing a huge underground space.
Countless metal platforms divide this space into multiple independent floors, and each floor has numerous metal cabins.
Groups of researchers of various races wearing white research hats were rushing to and fro. A rough count showed that there were no less than several thousand of them.
Kong Xuan's magical power of five-colored divine light also gave him a vast and huge portable space. This space was only used to trap people or objects that were brushed in by the divine light. He had never thought of building anything within the space.
Not only is there construction going on, but so many living people are crammed in, making it like a small world inside the body.
This bustling scene inspired Kong Xuan, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that you have also taken Lan'er and the children into the secret realm?"
"more or less."
Wen Rui's divine clone did not comment: "Just follow me, we'll be there soon, you'll know at a glance."
Wen Rui's real body can never enter this portable secret realm, because the formation of the secret realm is engraved on his body, and his body is equivalent to the container that carries this secret realm.
However, when the original body needs to act in the secret realm, he only needs to project a clone of the god from the temple of Emperor Jie Tian set up in the secret realm, differentiate the consciousness and transmit it to the clone. The clone will then be connected to the original body's five senses, and there will be no difference from the original body's arrival.
Kong Xuan quickened his pace and followed Wen Rui's clone to the door of a large warehouse. This warehouse had no entrance and the scene inside could only be seen through a huge glass curtain.
Looking through the glass curtain, inside the warehouse, there are densely packed storage boxes with codes on them.
“This is a smart warehouse, because the ‘goods’ stored inside are very important, so the risk of loss caused by human error is minimized.”
While introducing, Wen Rui's clone operated the equipment at the shipping port of the smart warehouse and entered a string of numbers "Coral City V00035-V00067" on the screen.
Through the glass curtain, Kong Xuan saw the robotic arm start to move, accurately locating the box marked with the code among countless boxes, and taking out several boxes from the large box.
Soon, the boxes were transported to the shipping port by the pallet drone, and passed through the conveyor belt and several security doors before being sent out of the warehouse.
Only then did Kong Xuan discover that this large warehouse not only had extremely solid walls, built with the same celestial crystal stones that the Heavenly Court used to build fortresses, but also had an extremely strong protective magic array, which showed how much importance was attached to the goods stored therein.
It was even more heavily guarded than the Celestial Jade Treasury in Heaven. The boxes were only the size of shoe boxes, made of high-grade alloy steel, and locked with a combination lock, making them indestructible.
Wen Rui entered the password before opening the box. Kong Xuan's pupils shrank when he saw the objects in the box.
"What did you do to Lan'er? How could she become like this!?"
Kong Xuan grabbed Wen Rui's clone's neck, and the latter repeatedly pushed his hands away, soothing him: "Be gentle, be gentle, don't crush my clone and waste my incense and vows in vain."
Inside the box is a beautiful figurine.
Like countless precious collections of three-dimensional plastic manga artists, the figurine is a ten-centimeter-tall mermaid. Upon closer inspection, it is extremely well-made, with every hair and every inch of skin texture extremely realistic.
With Kong Xuan's vision at the divine level, he could clearly see the pores on the upper body skin and the delicate scales on the fish tail by zooming in and out, each and every scale distinct.
Another box was also opened, revealing more than thirty small guppy figurines. These small fish were not very big to begin with, and they were usually not kept in cribs, but in ornamental fish tanks.
After becoming a figurine, it is as small as an ant. I am afraid that it will be blown away if I blow on it and fall somewhere and disappear without a trace.
Kong Xuan immediately held his breath, and gently loosened his hand that was pinching Wen Rui's clone's neck. He stared at Wen Rui with a questioning look, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.
"I would like to send all sentient beings in the three realms to the shelter, but time is too tight and we can't build that many shelters."
Wen Rui spread his hands and said helplessly: "Besides, even if we build a large enough shelter, the cost of supporting all living beings during the period when the demons occupy the mortal world is too high. Even though I have a small fortune, I can't afford it."
"I don't understand at all, tell me the key points!"
"Do you remember that our world once experienced a catastrophe during which nine suns flew through the sky?"
Wen Rui's clone kept talking about other things and beating around the bush. Although Kong Xuan was anxious, he was completely helpless.
The one in front of him was just a clone. Even if he got so angry that he crushed it to death, the original body would only lose a little bit of faith and will.
"I remember, I was there at that time, and I was almost sunburned to death! Later, Hou Yi shot down eight suns, leaving only one. Go on!"
"In a certain world where three suns soar in the sky, every once in a while, three suns appear in the sky at the same time, and the earth will be scorched like the nine suns soar in the sky. However, among the living beings in that world, there is no hero like Houyi."
Wen Rui's clone spoke eloquently: "Life will always find a way out. Just as Master Tongtian taught, all things will always pursue that ray of hope. The creatures there have come up with another way to survive in the catastrophe. Guess what it is?"
"What method? Tell me now!"
In order to get his clone to talk less nonsense and keep people in suspense, Kong Xuan could only be patient and serve as the supporting actor.
“Dehydration!”
Wen Rui's clone pointed at the figurine and said, "I don't know how the Trisolarans dehydrated themselves, but based on the principle that Pym particles change the distance between atoms, combined with the metaphysical Buddhist theory of lotus seed dormancy, we have developed a biological dehydration and plasticization technology that drains away all the water while maintaining the activity of all tissues. The result is that a creature of about 1.6 meters in size has been reduced to 10 centimeters, and it has also fallen into a dehydrated dormant state. During the dormant period, just like the dehydrated Trisolarans, they will not die even if they are in a harsh environment for thousands or hundreds of years."
(End of this chapter)