Chapter 861: Chapter 19: The Speedrunner on the Path of Evil
In the eyes of those who know the true history of this world, His Majesty the Emperor’s severe illness and the arrival of the Apocalypse Era are actually one thing.
As the protagonists of the Apocalypse Era—the players summoned by Chaos God·Emperor Jiang are not all willing to abide by the game rules.
Due to the lack of contracts and supervision, Chaos God·Emperor Jiang does not know who exactly responded to his summons.
Thus, an enemy of Chaos God·Emperor Jiang hid his identity and infiltrated this world.
For that enemy, there was nothing he could do against Emperor Jiang, but it did not stop him from disgusting the latter in his own way.
Disrupting the progress of civilization, overthrowing the world order...
Turning what Emperor Jiang viewed as "delicacies" into "chicken ribs" was one way the enemy discomfited him.
So, here comes the question.
In the imperial era established by His Majesty the Emperor, how can one disrupt the progress of civilization in this world before Emperor Jiang reacts?
The answer is, of course, to directly kill the emperor.
So the player, like all those trying to speedrun with sinister methods, intended to unlock the achievement of killing the final big boss right from the start.
Unfortunately, the "True Game" is ultimately based on the foundation of the real world.
Faced with the sneak attack from that player, the emperor, despite his severe injuries, dealt a heavy blow to the opponent, forcibly dragging him from the higher dimensions into reality.
If it weren’t for all players being under the protection of the [Civilization Game], that player would probably have died on the spot at the hands of the emperor.
Even so, the emperor, holding the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda], imprisoned his consciousness, causing irreversible damage to his true form.
Since then, the emperor declared his severe illness and no longer appeared in the public’s view.
This also marked the beginning of the Apocalypse Era, causing the next three thousand years of turmoil.
Do you say the emperor knew all this?
Of course, the emperor knew; he even continued to work behind the scenes to try and end the Apocalypse Era.
Unfortunately, this time the emperor’s opponents were not the native gods but those gods from other worlds, and the Chaos God·Emperor Jiang hiding behind all this.
No matter how many players the emperor killed, or how many enemies he eliminated, it was all meaningless.
Thus, to gain even greater power, a power strong enough to end and deter everything...
The emperor turned his attention to the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda].
It could bring him from the [Fallen Area] to the [Ascension Area].
The [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda] must possess an overlooked power.
What the Yellow Emperor needed to do was to discover this power—to find out the purpose for which the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda] brought him to this world.
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"The emperor failed..."
"Even until he went completely mad, he didn’t find the ’treasure’ hidden in the pagoda."
Strolling leisurely on the city streets, the Yellow-robed King’s tone contained a hint of a chuckle.
And behind the Yellow-robed King, Li Hao also curiously observed the city built atop ruins.
Only Master Xuanji listened earnestly to the Yellow-robed King’s story, unable to hide the slight worry in his eyes.
Master Xuanji could feel the dangerous aura hidden beneath the verbal exchanges between the Yellow-robed King and Li Hao.
Like the calm before the storm, that emerging sense of danger made Master Xuanji shiver.
Through the prior conversation between the two, Master Xuanji knew the Yellow-robed King had come for the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda] above Li Hao’s head.
In the words of the Yellow-robed King, he was not interested in the secrets behind the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda].
As long as Li Hao was willing to hand over the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda], he even didn’t mind revealing some clues about that treasure.
Even though Li Hao had decisively and clearly refused, the Yellow-robed King still maintained his unhurried demeanor.
Because the Yellow-robed King was confident he had Li Hao in his grasp, believing the latter could not and was not qualified to refuse his suggestion.
In fact, this was not only the Yellow-robed King’s view but also Master Xuanji’s understanding.
Master Xuanji acknowledged that Li Hao was indeed very strong.
Holding the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda], he might even be a bit stronger than the emperor at his peak.
However, the Yellow-robed King was even stronger, his existence itself affecting the world’s operation.
Because of his existence, the gods fell into evil, anomalies swarmed, and the world’s order began evolving toward chaos.
If classified by the gods’ levels.
The Yellow-robed King was undoubtedly a Main God, and a powerful Main God close to the Supreme God level at that.
Once he completes the evolution of the chaos order and leaves this world, he could successfully advance to Supreme God.
Under such circumstances, how could the Yellow-robed King not be confident in controlling Li Hao?
Moreover, to retreat a thousand steps, the [Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Treasure Pagoda] in Li Hao’s hand was indeed an essential opportunity for his transformation.
The Yellow-robed King could not possibly give up, no matter what.
This was related to his origin and also the final restriction the emperor placed on him.
"Because that emperor couldn’t find the ’treasure’ to expel those gods from other worlds..."
"So he chose another path, incarnating as a major cataclysm?"
"How did he manage all this? What critical role did you play in this?"
With undisguised curiosity, Li Hao asked calmly, as if unaware of the Yellow-robed King’s lurking malice.
"No, he did not incarnate as a major cataclysm."
"As I said before, he is not me; he is simply mad."
First, shaking his head to deny Li Hao’s statement, the Yellow-robed King then began to explain.
"As you have come all this way, you must have seen the devastated cities, right?"
"During the imperial era under the emperor’s rule, the empire built a total of thirty-two thousand seven hundred twenty-one cities, of which one thousand one hundred six could be called main cities..."
"The empire spent twenty thousand years building these cities, consuming countless resources during that time."
Pausing his tone slightly, the Yellow-robed King suddenly pointed with an empty hand.
The next moment, in front of the three appeared an illusion of a super-large world map marking all the empire’s cities.
In this illusion map, the cities that once existed in the empire are clearly visible, as if they had never been destroyed.
Then, with another casual touch, all the city marks were erased by the Yellow-robed King.
Then, new marks began to appear on this illusion map in succession.
"However, in just three thousand years during the Apocalypse Era..."
"The empire built eighteen thousand three hundred sixty-five new cities, among them three hundred sixty-five were main cities, and eighteen thousand were secondary and satellite cities."
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