Abnormal paradise

In terms of ecological environment alone, the swamp land is absolutely unique. There is probably no other area in the entire ancient god world with such rich animal and plant resources.

Due to abundant rainfall and flat terrain, swamps have become a natural treasure house of fiber, medicinal and nectar plants. The rich vegetation and dense water sources are also excellent places for the breeding of fish, insects, frogs and toads, thus attracting more creatures. Not only regular animals such as snakes and birds, but also brown bears and gray wolves can be seen in forest wetlands with many trees.

Such rich wild resources allow human believers in the swamps to live with greater hope. If they are lucky enough to find rare herbs and rare insects and beasts hidden deep in the wetlands, they will not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives. At least it can provide enough food and clothing for several years.

But the premise is that you can avoid visible and invisible dangers.

In the ancient world, even an ant has the ability to kill. If you open the mouth of a swimming fish, you will inevitably see a mouth full of sharp teeth. If you go deep into the swamp, you will inevitably come into contact with the water source, and insect eggs less than the size of a grain of rice will inevitably come into contact. , it is possible that the fingertips are stained with a little water, which makes it easier for the parasite to sneak into the body. By the time you realize something is wrong, it is often too late, and you can count yourself lucky if you have time to break off your arm and survive.

Therefore, the life of swamp believers is also full of crises. This is something that living in the world of ancient gods is destined to face.

Ember and the puppet girl entered the swamp for the second time, and they also encountered drizzle. Looking around, everything was covered with hazy curtains, making the whole world unreal.

But the difference is that the two of them were invited to come this time. They didn't have to hide. They jumped to the shadow plane to the vicinity of the swamp land [Wanchi]. They rented a small boat and traveled along the water. .

There is almost no dry soil in the sacred city of Ten Thousand Ponds, which is made up of countless swamps and quagmires. Therefore, this human settlement is like a water city, so traveling by boat is very common. It is like the water city of Venice, but the scenery is It seems primitive and gloomy.

In view of the generous spending and extraordinary appearance of the boat passengers, the boatman showed unprecedented professionalism and worked hard to hold up the pole so that the two foreign boat passengers could have a glimpse of the scenery of Wanchi.

In fact, the shipping fee given by Ember was more than enough to buy the entire boat. The puppet girl could use her thoughts to make it unmanned. However, considering the profound heritage of the Silt Church, the two Embers chose to keep a low profile, which would also facilitate their observation. Look around for clues.

The damp logs that can be seen everywhere can be said to support the entire Shendu Pond, including the churches and temples, which are also "topped" out of the water by long-standing logs.

Compared with the God Slave Settlement, Aurora City, Greedy Stronghold, and Disease City that Yu Hu has visited, the humans living here may be moistened by water vapor and appear slightly younger. Their bitterness, hatred or negative emotions are not hanging on them. On everyone's face, although there were many believers hurriedly coming and going by boat in the rain, the atmosphere was not overly busy. If they met church members, the bad habits of a hierarchical society did not appear.

All of this is in line with the superficial position of being aloof from the world in the swamp and drinking soup with the big brother.

But after learning the true status of [Eternal Silt], these performances showed different meanings in the eyes of the two people.

"Maybe this is the background." Yi Yan sighed with emotion.

The faith propaganda of the Silt Church is neither explicit nor intense. It only affects ordinary believers in a subtle way. However, it is precisely because of this method that the image of Eternal Silt is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and rooted in the bone marrow.

Under normal circumstances, it is okay. Once selected and joined the church, at least three fanatic believers will be born out of ten people, while other churches can only give birth to 10% at most. The remaining 70% are extremely loyal to the Eternal Silt and are extremely despised. As a human being, it is no exaggeration to say that once the Disease Capital Incident occurs in the swamp, the entire Silt Church will inevitably be wiped out, and half of the swamp believers will choose to follow the ancient god and kill themselves!

After learning this information, Ember fully understood the suffering of the Suffering Pope. There were countless humans who hated his human identity. If he wanted to save the world and fight against the ancient gods, what else could he do besides becoming an ancient god and unifying the world? ?

"The Supreme Being is really a master of design. He cannot forcefully rewrite thoughts, so he creates various environments to push people to realize His vision."

Ember rubbed the gray-white boulder the size of his fist, thinking that he could wander around the swamp before officially starting the fourth ring mission of the Path of Misery. However, the Silt Church immediately showed that they had no control over the sacred city of Wanchi. Taking control of the boat, a three-story boat with the church's logo suddenly stopped near the boat. A senior church official with blue and black skin walked out of it in the rain. In front of the surprised face of the boatman, he invited the two people to board the boat and talk.

"This... this, this, this... I have met the Lord of the Capital!"

The boatman thought that the foreign guest in the cabin had an extraordinary status, but he did not expect that he would be so extraordinary!

The second person in the church, the [Master of Wanchi], whose status was second only to that of Silt Bloodhead, personally invited the boatman. Only then did the boatman realize that the identity of the man and woman was far beyond his imagination.

"Oh, I originally wanted to find a hidden mission, but it seems there is no chance now."

Ember shook his head, looked at each other with the puppet girl, then shared the snow umbrella and flew away from the boat. Accompanied by the Lord of Wanchi who came out in person, he went to meet the [Eternal Silt]. Until the three-story boat was completely gone, After disappearing into the rain, the boatman reluctantly withdrew his gaze and introduced to the curious believers gathered around him with a proud look on his face what kind of guests he had received.

…

"Welcome to be our guests."

The attitude shown by the Governor of Wanchi was completely different from that of the Governor of Bingdu. His face was cold, without a smile, and his words were very direct. He had no intention of revealing to Yu Ember any compliments such as "I have heard of his reputation for a long time and I yearn for him".

Ember nodded and remained silent at all. He and the puppet girl just tasted the herbal tea and fruit drink unique to the swamp.

The Silt Church did not lower the standard of hospitality for the two Embers. Although there was no chatting, the two of them never stopped talking and savored the exotic food.

And just when Yi Yan thought that this journey would end in this way, the capital of Wanchi, whose face was green and black and did not look like a human being, suddenly said: "The talent in the abyss is good, and there is only one line left to gain access to [Mud Pool Training] .”

abyss?

Ember paused, thinking of the purple-skinned violent maniac with [Venomous Clay Body], and guessed that the Lord of Wanchi seemed to be trying to stand up for the younger generation, but the problem was that the one who killed Abyss was the Son of the Disease God. No matter how you look at it, this deal The debt can't be settled on his head, right?

"The Plague Poison Pond is a treasure, but it was taken away by the Church of Plague, which deprived the followers of our religion of an opportunity."

The Lord of Wanchi recounted the past in an extremely plain narrative tone, but Yi Yan could hear a trace of unhappiness from it. After all, with the true strength of the Silt Church, it would be easy to destroy the Church of Disease and even unify the northern part of the Sin Territory, but this The current situation is that it is a bit too low-key.

Not only was the Church of the Epidemic in the north secretly stealing chickens, but it also had to allocate manpower to the large forces in the south to act as "accompaniments". In addition, the northern part of the Sin Domain was in the limelight. Eighty percent of the ten percent was occupied by the Land of Thunder, which became even more prominent. The Church's indifference to the world emerges from the silt.

"Think about it, if I were a senior member of the Silt Church and had power with nowhere to use it, I would be unhappy."

Ember felt that the reason for such a situation was either that the Eternal Silt itself liked to keep a low profile, or that top beings such as the Six-Eyed Evil Spirit deliberately suppressed the Eternal Silt and its church, and used the geographical location of the swamp to curb the dream pickers. Comeback.

Of the two speculations, Yi Yan prefers the second one. After all, a mysterious ancient god of faith actually wants to provide core resources to external forces. It feels like paying protection fees, and the speech of the Lord of Wanchi confirmed it. his thoughts.

"The Son of the Disease God killed Abyss. You killed the Son of the Disease God. I would like to thank you on behalf of the Silt Church." The Lord of Wanchi put the credit brought by the strong wind on Ember's head without emotion, and then reminded him in a deep voice. He said, "There are two six-eyed preachers in the mud pool right now. If you don't want to be kicked out, you need to pay more attention."

"Yeah." Yi Jin raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly.

He had long wanted to contact the Six Eyes Church, and he thought that this mud pool training should be a good opportunity.

Lord Wanchi then turned his head and looked at the puppet girl who was eating, drinking and enjoying herself: "You have a special physique, and you need to be careful. Just among the powerful people from the outside world that I know, at least five people will be interested in you."

"Can you tell me more specifically?" Yi Yan glanced at the puppet girl who was still eating and drinking, and then asked.

The Lord of Wanchi was easier to talk to than expected, and said calmly: "The ancient tree envoy of [Eternal Woodland] should express goodwill to the others. I can't say for sure."

really……

Ember knew clearly in his heart and had a judgment on potential enemies and friends.

The Eternal Woodland is the continent where the abnormal project [Manor] is located. When the gardener goes there, he is adopted as the Son of God, and the puppet girl who is made of apple tree trunks and absorbs a large amount of tree fruit essence can also be trained intensively.

Yi Yan had long been reminded by the Djinn God Jeffries and knew that the puppet girl's extraordinary features were not only reflected in the terrifying will inherited from Nina, but also her special physique, which was not weak to the immortal body at all, so she immediately asked Wanchidu Lord, can you bring the puppet girl into the mud pool?

Facing a mysterious existence like Eternal Silt, Yi Yan didn't think that the tricks he used in the Plague Poison Pond could still work, so he decided to explain the matter on the spot to avoid making jokes.

The good news is that Lord Wanchi affirmed: "Yes, but there is only one [silica], and it can only be used by you."

Silica, the gray-white round stone in Ember's hand, can transform lives. Only by swallowing it into the belly can one be qualified to enter the mud pool. As for the so-called mud pool cleansing, it means transforming from the inside out. Itself, like the abyss, completely washes away the human identity, turning into a special existence like the eternal mud.

A more scientific way to look at this process is to change the basis of existence, from carbon-based life to silicon-based life.

The Supreme Being knows that it is very difficult to directly transform into a high-level robot like Him, so it reduces the target to sludge with the ability to shape.

But even so, no one has completely succeeded so far, including the Pope of Suffering. He just lost his human body and became an ancient god, which is still in the category of failure. After all, the ancient god itself is the product of failure. If you want to achieve the idea of ​​a supreme existence, you must put your body inside your body. The carbon atoms become silicon atoms without affecting the operation of life and the continuation of thinking.

Cleansing in the mud pool is the first step for the supreme being to realize his vision. As long as the ember can completely digest the silica and integrate it into himself, he will be qualified to enter the next stage and pursue a higher level of life transformation - of course, now some conditions have been added. In the annual round of mud pool training, based on the silica melting ranking, Ember must squeeze into the top ten before he can start the fifth link of the road of suffering.

However, as the djinn god Jeffries said, the data body is not a carbon-based life, nor is it a silicon-based life. It is just a humanoid computer that uses fire as a host and simulates everything based on the virtual world. It stands to reason that the simulated transformation process should be easier for real life. , but even if the transformation is completed, it seems to have deviated from the original design intention of the supreme being.

"Hey, what does it have to do with me whether the supreme existence succeeds or not? I'm just afraid that the data body's simulation of the immortal body is too deep and it's not easy to turn back..."

For this mud pool training, Ember has a huge advantage, but he also has his own worries. He has no doubt about the power of the original skill [Higher Immortal Demon], but he is also worried that he will encounter unknown difficulties as a result, especially the possibility of creating an immortal body. Abnormal changes, in turn, affected the ceremony of becoming a god, and these questions were suppressed in his heart when he met Eternal Silt. It was really because he could not see through this mysterious existence.

Blah blah blah...

As the three-story boat sailed into a quagmire that could be described as vast, the rain became inexplicably heavier, as if someone was splashing water in the sky, but such heavy rain could not fill the quagmire, just because it was large or small. Whirlpools spread all over the place, channeling rainwater into bottomless and unknown regions.

Suddenly, a spiritual wave from the bottom of the pool fell into everyone's minds, guiding the building ship to approach a certain whirlpool, causing the embers to enter the mud pool channel. However, the ancient silt did not show up from beginning to end, or in other words, He had already revealed his figure, but Deliberately ignored by everyone.

"This ancient god is so big, I can't draw it even with a realistic copy pen!" The puppet girl who once again transformed into a will-branded girl quietly transmitted a message to the embers.

Hearing this, Yi Yan retracted the secret pupil of the dream and no longer tried to find the boundary through the rain curtain. He had a hunch that the vast quagmire in front of him, and even the thousands of swamps guarding the quagmire, were not only the true form of the eternal mire god, but perhaps even His exposure. At the tip of the iceberg on the surface, in terms of size alone, it surpassed all the gods that Yu Yan had seen before, and only the Ancestral Dragon could overwhelm one.

"As expected of an existence as ancient as the Six-Eyed Evil Spirit and the Lord of Dreams..."

Ember murmured, then jumped out of the building ship, passed through the black whirlpool, and entered the depths of the quagmire...

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