Chapter 39: The Dragon of the Primordial Candlelight (6300, 2nd Update)
Before his return, Jiu Ming never imagined that after returning to Earth, he would be surrounded by Su Sun and the two Holy Seats at the first time.
But when the dazed True Dragon Boy lowered his hand from the top of his head and figured out what the current situation was, he quickly figured out why this was happening.
- I'm ashamed to say that, because he's really important.
The Dragon King of the South China Sea, the leader of the Dao propaganda, the guardian of the Tianchi Realm, the future master of the Tianchi Realm, and the orthodox successor of a true immortal god...... Well, think about it carefully, if you disappear with so many titles, it will really be a big event that is enough to shake Zhengguo, whether it is Su Sun or the Holy Seat coming over, it is normal.
Thinking of this, all of a sudden, Jiu Ming felt a little ashamed in his heart.
When he was invited to the pioneer space, he really didn't think much about it, and just chose this path with the desire of his heart...... But in fact, it is extremely irresponsible to leave everything you have now and go to the pioneer space.
Although it is true that he does not like to be regarded as a signboard of a certain force for publicity, and he does not want to stay in the South China Sea all the time, just to guard the Tianchi realm...... In fact, even the Tianchi Realm itself, Jiu Ming was not interested.
As a true dragon with a bad background, all Jiu Ming wants is to see as many interesting things as possible in the course of his life. But that doesn't mean he can break the contract for his hobby - Jeongkook poured resources into him, and he should reciprocate it, instead of just leaving everything behind and running into the pioneer space.
"How's it going, how are you doing during this time? If you have any troubles, you can tell me about them. ”
"Oh, uh-huh...... Ok ......"
Therefore, when Jiu Ming heard Su Yan's rather cheerful inquiry, he just raised his head timidly like a weak-hearted little beast, and looked at it with some pity.
This immediately made Su Day's kind face freeze.
- Damn, he seems to be in tears?
Wait, wait, I didn't want to bully him, I really just wanted to ask about the situation!
If you think about it carefully, Jiu Ming's age seems to be in his teens, and he has been living at the bottom of the sea for the past few years, although he is said to be the Dragon King of the South China Sea, but in essence, he is just a big child who rarely interacts with people.
Isn't your tone and expression too scary? No, I'm so kind and kind!
Thinking of this, he sighed in his heart, and in the face of Jiu Ming, who was a little trembling, Su Yan's tone suddenly became more relaxed: "It's okay, you don't have to worry, relax for a while, we have time to discuss this matter." ”
"I'm not going to do anything to you,"
“!”
"I say, I'll say it right away!"
And after hearing Su Yan say the above lines in a gentle tone, Jiu Ming's eyes were even more tearful, and even his eyes were a little red.
However, what Su Yan thought was different from what he was even more embarrassed thought of.
The reason why Jiu Ming was teary-eyed was not because of his kind tone and behavior, but because of some more peculiar reasons.
For example, in the blue-haired true dragon boy's eyes, there is a black and red color, the visual effect alone is very obvious, very terrifying, very dangerous huge warning symbol, is hanging above Su Tian's head, and slowly rotates and replaces.
【Chaos Covenanter: Dragon of the First Candlelight】(Pure Black Skull)
【Heavenly Soul Position-Earth Immortal Su Day】(Pure Black Skull)
And when Jiu Ming saw these signs, some information appeared in his mind at the same time.
[Dangerous Target.] The exact strength is unknown. The exact status is unknown. Unable to detect strength, the threat is extremely high. 】
[Advice for action: stay away]
Next to Su Sun's warning symbol, there is always a huge metal skull logo.
Naturally, this information is not the property of the pioneer space.
It is a 'primary detection module' that Jiuming spent a D-level opening privilege and 1,500 exploration points to exchange.
As the successor of the true dragon and a dragon king, Jiu Ming's own strength is enough, he himself has exercises, bloodline, and inheritance, and his future development is quite objective.
So, he doesn't really need to exchange anything, he's strong enough - if he can play his part.
Because of this, after thinking about it for a long time, Jiu Ming finally decided that what he needed most was actually some auxiliary abilities related to detection, which could help him judge the situation, collect more information, and then get the most out of the strange world.
For exploring the Atlas, the convenience and improvement brought by an exploration module is far greater than learning a high-powered spell.
But, for now.
The first time this detection module was used, it did not provide much benefit to its own users.
In fact, the current Jiuming was almost frightened enough by the warning displayed by his own detection module.
Even if he took Su Sun's outstretched hand and regained his standing posture under the strength of the other party.
- Su Day, this, this is too strong, right?!
- Is this a fairy god? Why is this guy so strong?!
Jiu Ming's gaze was uncontrollably condensed on Su Sun's body, he stared at the other party, and the dragon pupils could be reflected, and there was an almost materialized spiritual power light flame flowing on his body.
In the middle of the South China Sea in the middle of the night, this spiritual light is so bright that it overlaps and creates countless interlaced lights and shadows.
At this moment, the real dragon seems to have fallen into an illusion -
The human being in front of him seemed to be surrounded by a huge darkness that had no end—the evil called curse, the hatred called hatred, which was as deep as the sea, creepy, and haunted around it like a cloud.
Countless cursed words and ugly souls formed these glooms, as if they were going to completely cover Su Tian's entire person.
However, Jiu Ming could see that in the depths of the seemingly deep and majestic sea of curses, there was a seemingly faint, but always releasing light, raging flames.
It uses light to drive away chaos, like a star hidden in a nebula.
That's the power of will.
Curses and wishes are intertwined, like a cycle of the sun and the dark clouds that obscure it, forming a cycle of light and darkness, they keep spinning, and finally in Jiu Ming's eyes, they merge into this extremely contradictory human in front of him.
Then, the mind is enlightened.
- Fire burning in the dark, wind howling in silence.
- Water in thirst and despair, thunder in nothingness.
"That's what it is...... Candle day? ”
And just because Jiu Ming's spiritual vision was too high, he was eroded by a lot of information when he was looking at the 'Earth Immortal Su Day', and he almost fell into a frenzy for a moment.
Probably because after the analysis was completed, the true dragon boy suddenly sensed that there was more additional information coming from the danger sign above Su Sun's head.
Optional Team Mission: Defeat the Primordial Candle (Solid Black Skull)
[The whole team gets an S-level opening permission, 55,000 exploration points.] The winner of the decisive final blow will receive an additional double reward. 】
[Optional Exploration Mission: Discover the Hidden Secrets of the Primordial Candlelight]
[0% current progress, 0 bonus points]
[Optional Special Team Mission: Invite the Original Candlelight Back to the Herald Space]
[The whole team will be rewarded with one S-level opening permission, 70,000 exploration points, and the original candle will automatically join the inviter team]
"Grass, that's too far off, isn't it!?"
The moment he saw the S-class opening authority, Jiu Ming immediately came to his senses and almost screamed
- You know, he worked hard, fought hard for several days to prevent Chentang Pass from being flooded by the Dragon Palace, and finally had a D-level opening authority, and even if he perfectly blocked the Dragon Palace army that attacked Chentang Pass, the reward was only DD.
Counting the prevention of the third prince of Longkong from being killed by the spirit beads, he played perfectly, and at most he only obtained a C-level opening authority...... It's still a perfect play!
But now, this candle day, the task reward actually jumped directly to the S-level?!
"It's a joke, tell me it's all a dream......"
For a while, Jiu Ming lost his ability to speak because of excessive consternation.
In order to avoid continuing to be stimulated by Su Sun, he subconsciously turned his head and looked at the Shengsheng and Yansheng who were on the side.
Then he saw it.
【Bai Ze: Shengsheng Cang Lunzhe】(dark gold heraldic logo)
[Human Immortals dominate the middle rank. Dangerous, high. 】
[Optional Mission: Defeat Bai Ze Cang Lunzhe]
[Obtain an A-level opening permission, 35,000 exploration points.] 】
[Optional Mission: Kill Bai Ze Cang Lunzhe]
[Obtain two A-level opening permissions, 45,000 exploration points]
【Soul of the Machine: Yansheng Wu Chongwen】(Dark Gold Emblem)
[Human Immortal Leader Low Rank. Cultivator of the Outer Dao. Dangerous, high. 】
[Optional Mission, Defeat Wu Chongwen]
[Obtain an A-level opening point and 30,000 exploration points.] 】
【Special Quest: Discover the Truth Behind the Earth】
[Current Progress: 0.] Bonus Points27]
A flurry of data, very clear.
But the strange thing is that compared to the Shengsheng, the Yansheng does not have a kill mission.
In fact, Su Yan also did not have it.
Even, Su Sun also has an extremely special 'Invitation' mission! And the invitation task itself, the reward is higher than the one that comes from defeating him......
It's really weird, especially the meaning behind it...... Could it be that the pioneer space wants to win over Su Day?
And the primordial candlelight...... What does that mean exactly?
"Jiuming?"
And just when the true dragon boy's thoughts suddenly drifted, Su Day's overly clear voice came into his head, causing him to wake up: "Are you okay?" ”
"Oh, uh-huh...... I feel like I'm pretty good. ”
Jiu Ming, who came back to his senses, looked at Su Sun, his blue dragon pupils flickered a little uneasy, and he said with some hesitation: "I...... Maybe it's okay? ”
"Oh, is it? So let's talk about it. ”
Then, he was shocked to hear it, and Su Tian asked calmly: "What did you experience in that 'pioneer space'?" ”
"You, how do you know ......"
"Haha." The purple-cyan dragon pupils stared at Jiu Ming with a surprised expression, and Su Yan smiled mysteriously, "Don't look at me like this." ”
"I know more than you think."
……
Faced with overwhelming courage and a deep familiarity with the pioneer space, Jiu Ming finally gave up hiding it.
Indeed, in the pioneer space, there is a lot of information that cannot be told to the earth, which is also forbidden by the pioneer space, forcibly speaking, even Su Sun and Yara can only hear a mess of garbled characters.
But in general, the taboo of the Pioneer space is simply not to reveal details about the 'Pioneers' to others.
As for the rest of the information, it is okay, not so harsh.
"The situation, that's about it......"
After Jiu Ming stammered about his experience after arriving at the pioneer space, both Su Sun and Shengsheng Yansheng roughly knew the process that Zhenlong had experienced in the mission world, as well as the various 'missions' that appeared in his eyes.
This is not information that cannot be said, because it has nothing to do with the pioneers, but only Jiuming's own cognition.
"Grass, I'm actually on a mission? And it sounds like the final boss. ”
And after hearing Jiu Ming's description, Su Tian even felt a little funny...... And a faint chill.
"Actually?"
He didn't even know how to evaluate the results of his too terrifying assessment in the exploration module that Jiu Ming purchased: "No wonder you had that expression before...... But seriously, Jiuming, don't you know me now? If you're afraid, you should have been scared a long time ago. ”
"Who said I wasn't afraid before!" Although Jiu Ming didn't say it on the surface, his heart was shaking: "I was obviously afraid of dying before!" ”
"Seriously, it's really weird."
And in the soul space, Ya even complained: "That invitation task is too much-why do you act like everyone is greedy for my contractor?" ”
"Inviting you to the Pioneer Space? He actually gave this inducing task? ”
"Shameless pioneers! I will be a pioneer in seconds! ”
In the soul space, the snake spirit was filled with righteous indignation, as if it was about to swallow the pioneer in one gulp.
Although the pioneer mission is indeed not authentic, I have to say that Su Yan also learned some interesting things from Jiuming's intelligence.
For example, the strength of the Birth Saint is likely to be stronger than that of the Immortal Saint - but the Vitality of the Immortal has even reached the point where it is impossible to kill it with Jiu Ming alone, and it is impossible to succeed.
So for Jiuming, there is not even a reward option for killing the Immortals.
And the same is true of Su Sun himself, his defeat mission is even a whole team mission, and the suggestion in the detection module does not say how big a team is at all - four people? Ten people? Twenty people? Or is it a joint large-scale task of multiple teams?
Who knows – it's all tricky narratives.
"Let's take Jiu Ming away first—thank you, Professor Su, for your great help."
At this time, the South China Sea was silent.
Not long ago, the Shengsheng and Yansheng had already left with Jiuming.
They would be heading to the Heavenly Capital, and the entire team of the Thirty-Six Saints Central Committee was ready to listen to Jiu Ming's narration once more, analyze what he was doing in the Pioneer Space, and assist in planning his redemption and mission preparation in the space.
Su Yan knew very well that the current Jiu Ming was only exchanging the return time in the pioneer space, and he would eventually return to the pioneer space, and no one could keep him.
But before that, there are many things waiting for him to do.
For example, Jiu Ming will be given a tailor-made cultivation plan, as well as a number of powerful cultivation secrets that the Jeongguk side can provide.
Su Sun believes that after learning about the existence of the pioneer space, Zhengguo will not be stingy with resources, but will increase their investment to make Jiuming stronger and more capable of dealing with the crisis in the pioneer space.
Then they will also go through Jiuming, from which they will obtain all kinds of technologies and resources that are scarce on the earth.
Anyway, that's what it is, mutually beneficial.
At this moment, in the South China Sea, only Su Tian was the only one left, and he slowly floated from the deep sea to the rough sea level.
"It's a lot like what a pioneer would do."
And in the midst of the raging tide, Yara crawled out of her personal space, and she came to Su Sun's shoulder, and couldn't help but shake her head slightly: "Mark everything with the harvest of exploration, use the task as a guide, and then let people run around." ”
"Label all beings as simple as 'defeatable,' 'killable,' or inviteable, and then give the illusion of 'I can choose this.'"
For the sake of curiosity, what ugly things would the pioneers' relatives do? Haha, who knows? ”
Yara's tone was tingy with sarcasm.
Su Yan didn't understand this originally, but just now, after he heard Jiu Ming's honest narration that he had the task of 'being defeated' and 'invited', he understood a little.
"yes, after all, not anyone likes to be treated as a quest to explore."
Saying this, the young man stood on the sea, he looked in the direction where Jiu Ming and the two Holy Seats had left before, Su Yan did feel the decisive difference between the pioneer and Yara, and why there were some reasons in his heart to reject each other.
After all, did the pioneers limit their curiosity to exploration?
And is unrestricted curiosity and exploration** really a good thing?
Obviously not!
— but that's the pioneer.
Explore the unknown, satisfy curiosity, and sound so bright about the essence.
But......
Who knows what crazy people will do in order to satisfy their curiosity and complete the task of exploration?
Su Sun knew very well - they could do everything.
It's like a player playing in a strange game world, when they encounter an unfamiliar NPC, they will use all means to detect all the dialogue of this NPC and figure out all the tasks he can post.
Then, after completing all the tasks of this NPC, he did not hesitate to kill it like a naïve child.
And the reason for all of this is simply because the Pioneer Clan wants to see how much of the NPC will be 'different from the previous one' - or more simply.
They first see what items will be dropped, how much experience they will get, and what consequences will be produced by killing this NPC.
- Longing for the eternal unreachable horizon, with infinite exploration**, and supreme enterprising spirit...... Although this is only an analogy, this is probably the summary of the pioneer family.
Underneath that unusually positive-sounding description, there is essentially a real indifference.
- What will happen if this person is killed? What if you don't kill?
One moment the person who was still laughing and talking to people was laughing and chatting, and the next moment he was directly curious, curious, 'If you kill him here, what will happen to the world?' And then suddenly there was a murderous outburst...... That's what the pioneer family was able to do.
They want to explore every unknown possibility, even what will happen to the destruction of the world.
But this world is not a game world.
The real world is not archived.
So there is no limit to moving forward, and there is no limit to the exploration of the unknown...... It's definitely not a wonderful thing.
"The most extreme pioneers will do anything to explore the unknown."
Staring at the sea level in the distance, the waves churning because of the gravitational pull of the moon, Su Sun muttered to himself, "Any." ”
Yarra looked in the same direction as the young man, and he sighed, "Yes, that's what makes me and the pioneer fundamentally different. ”
"I seek 'life has the right to do anything'. And the pioneer is 'life should do anything we don't know.'" ”
The cool sea breeze swept across the sea, bringing up the tides of the night, Su Sun stood above the sea, he raised his head and looked at the top of the firmament, the crack that was crisscrossing in the vacuum of the dark universe.
The cracks of the Great Seal.
- Pioneer Space......
He thought so.
In the heavens and all worlds, subordinate to the pioneer clan organization.
In the future, when I walk in the worlds, I will definitely encounter these guys often.
For the sake of their own curiosity, the family members of those pioneers will inevitably modify and distort the course of other worlds at will, and even challenge themselves.
Of course, according to their own hearts, they must have done some good things on their own.
Just like Jiuming, he first prevented the third prince of the Dragon Palace from being killed, and then prevented the Dragon Palace from flooding Chentangguan, he felt that this was what he should do, and this was the direction of history that made him have a clear conscience.
He will change the course of history and explore the 'unknown future' that interests him.
And this is probably the origin of 'opening permissions' and 'exploration points' - changing everything that is known, and shifting everything into the unknown.
In the process, this great number of pioneers will one day grow to the point where they can awaken other great beings.
And the most important thing is that the Great Being [Pioneer] even sacrificed his own hope of freedom in order to be willing to do so.
- He believed from the bottom of his heart that it was right for all beings in all worlds to explore the infinite distances and the infinite unknown, even if it would harm others.
Maintain, even if you give up your freedom, you don't hesitate to do it.
And his family obviously has such an essence of sparing.
"Alas...... Is it madness, or is it decisive? ”
Staring at the rift phantom in the starry sky, Su Tian couldn't help but sigh, and he laughed a little complicatedly: "This is the pioneer, this is the great existence......
——Exploration, adventure, pioneering, pioneering, opening up——
Be it dark, light, good, evil. Everything is in these elements.
A, correct.
"Sure enough, I can't choose any path—any path similar to that of the Great Beings."
"I don't know what is right, but there is no doubt that they are all wrong."
Thinking of this, Su Yan was ready to turn around and leave the South China Sea.
But at the same time, he sensed something and pulled his phone out of his arms.
You can see that there is a prompt message flashing on the phone.
The sender is ...... [Su Sun Support Group 014]?
"Oh, it's Croselle!"
After reacting, he muttered in a low voice, Su Sun clicked in, checked the information, and then understood.
"A few days later, my fan management group actually has an offline party? He'd come early and report to me about the anomaly at the ceremony. ”
"He's already in Jeongguk?"
With a chuckle, Su Sun began to enter the information: "It's unexpected good news." ”
"Then tomorrow, we'll meet at half past eleven at noon."