Chapter 368: Chapter 62: Mingxun Dragon Transformation Technique
"What the—? They’re living way better than I am, you know!" many commented. "If they aren’t even citizens, then what does that make me? #feelingworthless."
Of course, there were also plenty of thirsty netizens who, upon seeing Garuda’s photo, immediately declared their devotion. "That blonde is so cute! I’m stanning her from now on!"
"I’ve been a Garuda stan since birth!"
They were unaware of the Kunlun Secret Realm and simply assumed she was from a hidden Golden-winged Roc lineage supported by the Zhengguo Government. It just goes to show: being beautiful means you can get away with anything.
Incidentally, because "Garuda" is a biological classification, Garuda had given herself a new name: "Jin Qiong." In the local dialect of the Northwest Plateau, this meant "Golden Great Roc."
Of course, this was just the name on her identification papers. In the absence of a second Garuda, Su Zhou and the others still called Jin Qiong by the name Garuda.
"The name Jin Qiong is a bit too prim and proper." That was Su Zhou’s comment at the time. Aside from that, however, there was nothing wrong with it. Garuda’s willingness to take a human name proved that her desire to become one was genuine.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Su Zhou knew that the Artifice Sage and his artificial intelligence avatars were in the process of overhauling the entire national monitoring system. In other words, the Zhengguo Government was deploying "Detection Arrays" in key regions across the country, intending to construct a Spiritual Power monitoring network analogous to modern surveillance systems.
For example, Su Zhou’s old routine of sneaking out at night to hunt Ghosts and slay Evil Demons would now be impossible to hide from the local Patrols, unless he was in a remote mountainous region. Major cities would have an extremely dense Spiritual Power monitoring network capable of instantly detecting nascent Demons and Evils, Evil Demons, and various other dangerous individuals with criminal intent.
Based on a Celestial Capital meeting Su Zhou had attended, the Zhengguo Government even planned to link the Teleportation Arrays with the Spiritual Power monitoring network once the Spiritual Energy Revival stabilized. That way, no matter where a threat emerged, the corresponding emergency response teams could arrive instantly via the Teleportation Array.
’Literally Divine Soldiers falling from the sky,’ was Su Zhou’s only thought at the time.
Publicly, however, there was a rather unexpected development that had caught the world’s major governments completely by surprise.
Namely, the general public’s acceptance of the Mimic Dao was far greater than anyone had anticipated.
"Cute girls with cat ears? I see nothing wrong with that."
"As long as they’re hot, who cares... And from the sound of it, you can’t possibly end up ugly with the Mimic Dao. It’s basically like using a character creator on yourself."
"A personal character creator... Man, that makes me want to cultivate the Mimic Dao!"
"Snap out of it. You’re human. If you cultivated the Mimic Dao, you could only create a Demon Body. Besides, regular Cultivation gradually improves your looks anyway. It’s the same difference."
Some gamers even got pretty excited.
"Don’t tell me Ancient Ark is the official promo game for the Mimic Dao! I mean, look! It’s full of beast-eared demi-humans!"
"Is this another one of the government’s 5D chess moves?"
To the conspiracy theorists, everything was a master plan. The reality, however, was simply that modern people were so bombarded with a constant stream of wild concepts and information that, as long as the Mimic Dao didn’t directly infringe on their own interests, most were content to wait and see, maintaining an open-minded attitude.
After all, these things objectively existed now. It wasn’t as if you could just close your eyes and shout, "I can’t see it!" and make them go away.
Everyone understood that much.
As for Su Zhou, having recently witnessed the power of true Immortal Gods, he was naturally cultivating with utmost diligence.
The Celestial Pool Dragon King’s words had proven that Immortal Gods did indeed exist, and now everyone knew of their power. After a public information campaign, most people understood that the Celestial Pool Dragon King, in his complete form, possessed enough power to change the fate of an entire nation. While perhaps not enough to dominate a whole planet, suppressing a continent or an ocean was certainly within his abilities.
The fact that such an entity still cared for the survival of the Human Race did wonders for his posthumous reputation. Fans had even established dedicated websites for him, and in terms of fame, he was far more widely known than any other Immortal God.
The Zhengguo Government also made a solemn announcement: they would place the Dragon King’s legacy and spirit tablet upon the Divine Communication Platform, where it would receive the most stringent, highest-level protection.
Meanwhile, intelligence regarding Earth’s ancient connections to various Great Realms was also released, prompted by the "Celestial Pool" part of the Dragon King’s title. This finally explained to the European Union where the Magical Beasts appearing around the Slovenia Mountain Range had come from—they were creatures from an Otherworld Realm. Those Space-Time Passages had been linked to Earth since antiquity; with the Spiritual Energy Revival, those Realms would inevitably reconnect with this world.
However, exploring these Exotic Realms was still too great a challenge for the people of Earth, who had yet to fully stabilize the global situation. As such, exploration was not yet on the agenda. The most the world’s major powers could do was to cautiously station troops in regions where Space-Time Passages might appear, preparing to defend and counter-attack.
’The Celestial Pool Dragon King, according to the universal tier system, should have been at the ’Overlord High Rank’ or even ’Peak Overlord’ level of strength.’
At that moment, Su Zhou was in a Seclusion Chamber at Qinxing Academy, absorbing the dense Spiritual Qi as he cultivated.
In his mind, he was pondering matters related to Immortal Gods. ’The Overlord tier is equivalent to the rank of Earth Immortal. A Dragon King who controlled the entire Celestial Pool Realm... Yes. The lord of a vast territory—that’s an Earth Immortal.’
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