Chapter 424 23: Entropy Silence Bomb, Myriad Phenomena Celestial Attraction

A wide robe concealed her graceful figure. Qiann Lan walked ahead, leading Zhu Ju to a secret room.

It was deep underground, reachable only by a single elevator.

Coupled with tight security measures, it ensured that no one could sneak inside.

"Divine Envoy."

She turned to the side and bowed her head.

"This is where the former Divine Envoy... Boss Jiao, worshiped the god. Some valuable things are kept inside as well."

"Mm," Zhu Ju nodded. "Open it."

"Yes." Qiann Lan complied, typing the password on a somewhat retro mechanical keyboard to unlock the door.

With the advancement of technology, the more retro something was, the more secure it often proved to be.

"This place is so important, yet you know how to get in." Zhu Ju said thoughtfully. "It seems Boss Jiao trusted you a great deal."

?

Qiann Lan's body stiffened.

The exoskeleton system beneath her robe began to power up, and the Source Energy Spears on her thighs slowly slid into position.

From the very beginning, she never believed Zhu Ju was a Divine Believer.

And she certainly didn't believe Boss Jiao had died as punishment for betraying his god.

However, Zhu Ju did indeed carry the aura of the Thousand-Eyed Evil God, and he possessed an eye that was clearly not the result of genetic modification.

This...

...was precisely the symbol of a Divine Envoy.

"Boss Jiao found me. He raised me, taught me Martial Skills and knowledge."

Qiann Lan spoke slowly.

"In a way, I am his daughter. His only daughter."

"Found you?" Zhu Ju raised an eyebrow. "You weren't born from genetic incubation?"

Most infants in the Safe City were hatched in incubation pods, so it was naturally impossible for one to be "found."

Stealing one,

on the other hand, was a possibility.

"No." Qiann Lan shook her head. "I have the blood of the Xie Family, but for some unknown reason, I was abandoned in the wilderness outside the city and found by Boss Jiao."

"The Xie Family?" Zhu Ju looked surprised. "The one with a Martial Saint?"

Funeng City had two Martial Saints, one surnamed Xie and one Wang. The Wang and Xie Families were also the two most prominent families in the city.

"Yes."

Qiann Lan nodded, then added, "But now, I am merely a servant of the god."

"Is that so?" Zhu Ju gave her a meaningful look. "You seem quite loyal to your god."

"The god is everything. The god is all." Qiann Lan knelt on one knee, her face pious, and declared solemnly, "Everything I have belongs to the god!"

VMMMMM...

The heavy security door slowly slid apart, revealing a vast, empty space behind it.

To be able to excavate such a large area deep underground, completely reinforcing it with alloy, showed how extraordinary Boss Jiao's resources were.

"Get up."

Zhu Ju waved his hand and strolled into the 'Divine Hall of Rites.'

The first thing that caught his eye was a large device placed in the center. In the middle of the device was a... bomb... filled with red liquid.

"This is..." Zhu Ju's eyes narrowed, his face filled with dread. "An Entropy Silence Bomb!"

Although he had never seen one in person, he had read descriptions of it in the academy's electronic books.

With such a unique shape, it was impossible to mistake it.

After the Great Catastrophe, this world's Martial Arts had advanced by leaps and bounds, and its technology had developed in parallel.

From Source Energy Spears, Flying Artifacts, and Protective Suits to various high-powered munitions—all sorts of terrifying things were developed to combat the bizarre Exotic Beasts, including many capable of destroying an entire city.

The Entropy Silence Bomb...

...was one of them.

"Yes." Qiann Lan lowered her head, her beautiful eyes glinting. "It is an Entropy Silence Bomb."

"If it were to detonate, the blast radius would cover all of Funeng City. The entropy of all things would skyrocket, atomic decay would accelerate, and the entire safe zone would fall. Even a Martial Saint would certainly die if they couldn't escape in time."

The Entropy Silence Bomb was a masterpiece of Federation technology, pushing the weak nuclear force almost to its theoretical limit.

Once it exploded...

...Zhu Ju's only option would be to escape back to the Main World, and even then, he might not have enough time.

"Please don't worry, Divine Envoy."

Seeing his expression change, Qiann Lan hurriedly explained, "This thing is kept here to deter the people from the Inner City District from making a move against us."

"No wonder Boss Jiao's underground business did so well." Zhu Ju understood now, nodding with a sigh. "With this as a deterrent, the big shots in the Inner City District would be wary of collateral damage and naturally wouldn't dare to use force."

"However... are you sure it's only meant to threaten the Inner City District?"

Qiann Lan pursed her lips.

"It seems Boss Jiao was disloyal to the god from the very beginning." Zhu Ju clasped his hands behind his back and circled the Entropy Silence Bomb, speaking slowly. "Keeping something like this in his place of worship... I'm afraid it was also meant to deal with the Thousand-Eyed Evil God."

'Huh?'

Qiann Lan's head snapped up.

'As a Divine Envoy, how could he call a deity an Evil God?'

Zhu Ju paid no mind to her change in expression. He wasn't a believer of the Thousand-Eyed Evil God to begin with.

However...

he had casually mentioned that Boss Jiao had betrayed the Evil God, but he never expected to have guessed correctly.

Boss Jiao, the supposed Divine Envoy, was also an imposter!

Walking past the 'deterrent,' the Entropy Silence Bomb, he saw a shelf lined with various items.

CLICK!

He opened a box lid, revealing it was filled with Source Crystals of a uniform size.

There were more than a dozen boxes here. Even if only half of them contained Source Crystals, it would still be a terrifyingly large amount.

"Credit Points transactions are convenient, but they're easily traced. That's why most underground deals use Source Crystals."

"Source Crystals are hard currency. They can be exchanged for Credit Points at any time, and their value is always increasing."

Qiann Lan explained, "Especially Blue Source Crystals. People on the outside don't dare use them, so we can acquire them at a very low price. But they are the 'Evil God's' favorite."

"It was by sacrificing many Blue Source Crystals that Boss Jiao received the gift of a Golden Snake Celestial Eye."

'Golden Snake Celestial Eye?'

Zhu Ju raised his hand, and a golden Snake Staff appeared in his palm.

The staff seemed alive, twisting its body gently before transforming into a giant, vertical eye that blinked back and forth.

"That's it!"

Qiann Lan's eyes flickered.

"It was because he obtained that, that Boss Jiao was able to advance to Grand Martial Master and become the ruler of the Underworld."

"Lately, he seemed to have his sights set on something else. It's said that if he got it, he could become a Martial Saint."

'The Ming King Eye!'

"Eyes?" Zhu Ju was thoughtful. "So Boss Jiao relied on acquiring eyes to increase his strength?"

"Yes," Qiann Lan nodded. "The Evil God bestowed upon him a Cultivation Technique that allowed him to embed the eyes of other living beings onto his own body, thereby gaining the abilities of those eyes."

"But Boss Jiao was worried there might be something wrong with the eyes given by the Evil God, so he always collected his own. He didn't even transplant this Golden Snake Celestial Eye onto himself."

Zhu Ju thought of Boss Jiao's corpse.

The body had been covered in all sorts of eyes, large and small. This was clearly the reason.

However, as a cultivator's strength increased, weaker eyes became useless.

It was like with Genetic Enhancement Potions.

At Zhu Ju's current level of strength, not to mention Basic Gene Enhancement Potions, even Advanced Enhancement Potions were useless to him.

"These are the Cultivation Techniques Boss Jiao collected. His core Cultivation Method is among them."

Qiann Lan pointed to a few books and said, "Myriad Phenomena Celestial Attraction!"

"Myriad Phenomena Celestial Attraction?" Zhu Ju paused for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly. "That's a nice name."

According to records in the academy library, the Federation had eighteen of the most powerful Cultivation Methods.

Though their names were unknown,

this 'Myriad Phenomena Celestial Attraction' was surely one of them.

This Cultivation Technique focused on 'Gravity,' treating the human body as a "micro-universe." It used Spiritual Telekinesis and a Biological Magnetic Field to connect with the Cosmic Universal Gravitational Field, thereby internalizing the manipulation of Gravity.

This included abilities like spatial folding and creating black holes.

Zhu Ju flipped through it casually, then set it aside, paying it no more mind.

Gravity sounded impressive, but similar Methods existed in the Cultivation Realm, such as using Yin Yang Qi to simulate cosmic changes.

As for space...

Instant Teleportation was a basic instinct for Nascent Soul Cultivators, and there were plenty of Golden Core Grandmasters who had mastered such abilities as well.

'I have Immortal Techniques. The Cultivation Techniques of this world can serve as a reference, but there's no need for me to make them my primary focus.'

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At night, Licheng District revealed a kind of prosperity completely different from the other districts.

Of course, there was also chaos.

In a streetside tavern, Zhu Ju, dressed in white robes, sank into a soft sofa. He sipped a mixed liquor while listening to Qiann Lan describe Boss Jiao's enterprises.

"We run three types of businesses in total: the slaughterhouse-kitchen, the dark brothel, and the hallucinogen workshop."

"Each business has a few people helping to manage it, and we settle the accounts at the end of each month."

Qiann Lan said, "You need to pay special attention to three people. They aren't Boss Jiao's subordinates; they're more like partners."

"These three are all Grand Martial Masters, and each has their own backer. Even Boss Jiao wouldn't offend them lightly."

"Is that so?"

Zhu Ju took a sip of his drink.

"There's something I don't quite understand."

"Brothels and selling drugs, I can understand. But why would Boss Jiao even bother with a slaughterhouse and restaurant business?"

"Uh..." Qiann Lan seemed even more confused than he was. "The slaughterhouse-kitchen accounts for sixty percent of our income, more than the other two businesses combined."

"In Funeng City, you can't get into the Exotic Beast Flesh business without some serious power."

Zhu Ju's hand froze.

'I was wrong!'

Indeed.

The "slaughterhouse-kitchen" he was imagining was completely different from what it meant in this world.

Besides containing Source Crystals, Exotic Beasts themselves were extremely valuable. Exotic Beast Flesh was a staple on many people's tables, and frequent consumption could even increase one's strength.

CREAK...

The tavern door was pushed open.

A group of a dozen or so men in sharp suits walked in. One of them scanned the entire tavern, his gaze lingering on Zhu Ju for a moment before he waved a hand.

"Clear the room!"

"Yes, sir."

The suited men bowed their heads in acknowledgment.