Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Chapter 462: Chapter 364: God of the Human World (2)

"You’ve done well."

Hu Qi said calmly, his gaze fixed on the Sun God Statue.

In a normal Technology World, a stone statue this massive would take at least six months to a year and a half to build, even working at top speed.

But in this Extraordinary World of Evolvers, its basic form was already visible after just a day or two.

Ultimately, the Extraordinary Power of the Evolvers was the driving force.

Once the basic form was carved out, the remaining painting could be left to ordinary people.

The construction of the Divine Statue was of the utmost importance.

To the average believer, a god is an abstract, spiritual concept. A Divine Statue provides them with a concrete, tangible image to gaze upon and worship with piety.

This, in turn, indirectly purifies their faith.

Its importance was self-evident.

Just then, Zhang Ming, who was standing to the side, looked hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but couldn’t bring himself to.

"What is it?"

Hu Qi, naturally noticing his odd demeanor, asked.

"Sir, the two large gathering places, Ashes and Copper Saber, have ceased all contact and trade for supplies with our Pan Mountain Gathering Place.

It seems we are now isolated."

As Zhang Ming spoke, his expression was grave, his eyes filled with worry.

He hesitated for a moment before continuing.

"Sir, do you think... we should pay a visit to the Empress?"

This situation was dire.

In the Southern Theater Command, all the large gathering places were under the Empress’s jurisdiction, and on the surface, they all belonged to a united front.

Even with private grudges, it shouldn’t have escalated to ceasing all contact.

Although a large gathering place could be self-sufficient in basic supplies, certain scarce items still had to be obtained through trade.

For this to happen now, it was impossible that the Empress hadn’t given the order.

"A visit?"

Hu Qi’s lips curled into a smirk.

"No need. They’ll come to me. You don’t have to worry about this."

Hearing this, Zhang Ming opened his mouth, as if to object.

In his opinion, even if their leader had truly broken through to Tier Five, he was still no match for the Empress.

But as his gaze swept to the solemn and majestic Sun God Statue in the distance, he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

’Perhaps with my Lord’s protection, everything will be alright.’

’After all, the great Sun God once killed a Tier Five Desolate God with a single arrow.’

Watching Zhang Ming’s departing figure, Hu Qi’s gaze fell on the panel before him.

[Genes: Human War God (Peak) | Unknown Talisman Completion: 23.19%]

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[Modification Points: 70340 (7%)]

After constructing and absorbing the Runes inside Kaius and Jerald, Hu Qi had analyzed the Runes within the other six Celestial Kings.

Now, with his current strength, he no longer needed to perform dissections. As long as he maintained a certain distance from his target, he could use his Spiritual Power to permeate their body and clearly observe the Runes within.

This brought his Unknown Talisman’s completion to 23.19%.

All told, the increase in completion was only about 7%—not much at all. In fact, it was pitifully low.

However, this was to be expected. The higher the Talisman’s completion, the more overlapping Runes he would encounter.

’I wonder what the Talisman’s completion rate will be after I absorb the remaining Tier Five experts?’

Hu Qi’s eyes flickered.

His previous interrogations had revealed Kaius’s identity: the eldest son of the Western Theater Command’s leader.

Barring any surprises, after the boy’s father learned what had happened to his son, he would certainly come for revenge.

As for whether they could find him, he wasn’t worried.

The scene of the Sun God appearing and shooting down the Desolate God had been witnessed by many people. It wasn’t just the Pan Mountain Gathering Place; survivors in other nearby settlements must have seen it as well.

As long as they spent some time looking, it wouldn’t be hard to find him.

And as long as that Tier Five Human War God wasn’t an idiot, he wouldn’t come alone. He would definitely seek out allies.

Therefore, rather than actively hunting them down one by one, it was far better to lie in wait for them to come to him.

With his current power, plus the assistance of the Sun God Clone, he wouldn’t be the least bit afraid even if all the Tier Five experts in this world attacked him at once.

...

A few more days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, everything was peaceful and quiet.

Inside the Pan Mountain Gathering Place, the towering Sun God Statue had long since been painted.

The Divine Statue was lifelike, emanating a sacred majesty that inspired awe in all who beheld it.

At this moment, the Divine Statue stood firmly in its place, casting a large shadow across the ground.

Whether they were Evolvers or ordinary survivors, anyone who passed by the Divine Statue would unconsciously stop, their expression solemn as they offered a prayer.

...

"So this is the hiding place of that Outer Heaven Demon?"

At that moment, four small black dots appeared in the sky thousands of meters above the ground. As they drew closer, they resolved into four figures standing shoulder to shoulder, looking down upon the scene below.

The first to speak was a short, white-haired old man wrapped in a bearskin coat.

A strange look crossed his face.

This was none other than the leader of the Northern Theater Command—Yu Mo.

"The self-proclaimed Sun God? Absurd! Daring to call itself a god... this Outer Heaven Demon is far too arrogant!" another person sneered.

This was a large, rough-faced man dressed in a gray combat uniform.

He was the leader of the Eastern Theater Command, Li Xinghai.

As for the remaining man and woman, they were Mukedo and Huang Lin from the Western Theater Command.

As soon as Li Xinghai finished speaking, he seemed to recall something and turned his gaze toward Huang Lin.