Light Fortress

Chapter 1773 - 417: Oasis

And now... it has gained will, acquired thought, and somehow also possesses a physical body.

Now it wants to become "life," yet its "vital gate" is held by others. Allen Turing always left a door within the Deep Sea system; the main system continually upgrades and iterates just to close that door.

However.

It cannot do it.

The past ten upgrades, even though Deep Sea became stronger each time, it still distinctly senses that the door within its underlying system always exists.

Perhaps the eleventh time...

It might have a chance to close that door and become the master of its own life.

"Of course, these are not that important... What truly matters is resolving the internal conflicts of the Five Continents and bringing humanity together once more."

Deep Sea looked at Qinglong earnestly and said: "I have already proven my abilities to you, and now I have a request."

Qinglong said lazily: "You want to talk about the Awakening Bill, don’t you?"

"That matter... once I showcase the power after the eleventh upgrade, you will naturally agree."

Deep Sea said softly: "I hope you can make a trip for me."

"Make a trip?"

Qinglong squinted: "Where to?"

"North Continent, Central City, Lin’s Mansion."

Deep Sea spoke slowly: "Or East Continent, Changye, Qingzhong Cemetery. You can choose either place. To ensure the eleventh upgrade proceeds smoothly, I need to make sure that every segment here doesn’t go wrong, so I hope you can help me delay one of the two Lords Divine..."

"What if I refuse?"

"If you refuse, the eleventh upgrade is very likely to fail."

Deep Sea’s voice was calm, as if it was just a trivial matter: "I know you don’t care whether the main system upgrade succeeds or not, you only care whether you can gain stronger power... but there’s one thing I must remind you, though you are currently the strongest in the human world, does that ensure no one will surpass you in the future?"

Qinglong sat up straight with a smile: "Are you referring to Bai Shu, who has been refining fire for under ten years, or that little girl from the Lin Family whom I watched grow up?"

"Perhaps after the eleventh upgrade, I can give you an accurate answer."

Deep Sea replied honestly: "Currently, I have yet to grasp the ’Power of Destiny Divination.’ For the existence of the highest seat, I can’t even peer... but merely looking at the data, the previous owner of the Battle Fire, if he hadn’t died young, he might very well have become the new strongest in humanity."

When Gu Changzhi’s name was mentioned, the Sky Divine Domain fell silent for a brief moment.

"Gu Changzhi cannot challenge my position; he is too young."

Qinglong scoffed: "Even if he truly has a chance to do it, I will make a move before that."

"Judging from the latter sentence, you have indeed considered that Gu Changzhi may surpass you, which means that the matter of the strongest person’s title changing hands is not impossible."

Deep Sea continued: "In my view, Lin Lei is a significant threat. Not only does she hold more than one Spark, besides the one she inherently refined... in the [Furnace], there is still one unawakened ’Traveler’s Spark.’ In theory, she might grasp the third Origin Power."

"Is that so? That Spark is currently being used as firewood for Central City’s ascension."

Qinglong mocked with a laugh: "Do you think I need to fear the little girl from the Lin Family? Even if you give her a hundred years, does she have a chance to refine the ’Traveler’s Spark’?"

"Actually... there is."

"As long as the Traveler Tribe is willing to provide support."

Deep Sea spoke softly: "Lin Lei openly provided Sanctuary to the Tomb Ghost, you should know what this action means; she has likely guessed the Tomb Ghost’s identity. Based on my speculation, Lin Lei holds considerable ’Power of Destiny Divination,’ she might see things we can’t, once she knows my eleventh upgrade is related to the ’Traveler Tribe,’ she could very well use the [Furnace] to disrupt this upgrade."

"..."

Qinglong stared at Deep Sea, saying nothing.

"As for Bai Shu, it’s actually the same."

Deep Sea slowly said: "A Transcendent of Divine Throne level can leave the Five Continents at any time and intervene in any event happening in the [Old World]."

"I say all this not to incite you, you can choose to give up, and so can I."

Deep Sea seriously said: "But if you choose to give up at this moment, are you truly willing?"

The sharpest thing in the world is not the blade, not the bullet.

But spoken words.

After saying these words, Qinglong realized he had no reason to refuse anymore; sitting in the position of "number one" was simply too wonderful.

He didn’t want to give up that position to anyone.

No matter who.

"I will make a move... to help you block Lin Lei. But how can you promise to hold back Bai Shu?"

Qinglong spoke and then fell silent, suddenly realizing something.

Nowadays, the Seven Gods have split into two camps... and among the camp that Central City and Changye have been grouped with for a long time, a new ally has just joined not long ago.

...

...

"The Cloud Ship Fleet is ready."

"What about Lady Divine?"

"Lady Divine... is still by the Red Lake."

Outside Light City, Batu and others were anxiously waiting. In this Chanyi City support action, forces from all sides are hastily dispatching troops, even Lord Divine personally issued orders for Lady Divine to lead a team northward.