I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 805 428: Secret Invasion War Against the New Universe

Nowadays, he is no longer limited to plants; whether it's flowers, trees, fungi, insects, or birds and beasts, he has developed Spirit Fungus, Spiritual Insects, Spiritual Birds, Spiritual Beasts, and so on. In effect, these aren't much different from Spirit Plants, with the only distinction being the species difference.

He was initially just an ecosystem, and besides Spirit Plants, it was quite weak. Now, of course, everything has to be filled in.

In the future, various inorganic substances, bacteria, viruses, and so on also have to be arranged to form a truly complete spiritual ecosystem.

Currently, it's definitely still incomplete, as even he himself is just a prototype.

This is no small project, and Gu Shanhai estimates that to perfect it, the Four Sacred Beasts System must evolve to a sufficient extent; otherwise, it truly might not be solvable.

Gu Shanhai could do it, but he simply doesn't have that much time.

Though the project is large, it's more about ordinary and repetitive real-time calculations, which don't require him to do them since he has plenty of other things to address. Once he is fully perfected and if the Four Sacred Beasts System doesn't complete it, he can step in.

After all, at present, this spiritual ecosystem only serves as a complement, not as a key ability. Crucially at this point, the Spirit Plants in his hands are among the few useful ones.

"Are the test results out?" Gu Shanhai quickly received feedback from the Four Sacred Beasts System about the quantum channel coordinates, confirming that it was a location of a civilization.

According to feedback from the Ascension Empire spies infiltrated within, it was also a modern society.

However, its level of civilization was not high, even inferior to that of the pre-Cancer Universe.

Before, the Cancer Universe had Eternal Life Technology of Xiao Yongsheng driving its progress.

But the universe connected through this quantum channel lacked Xiao Yongsheng, experiencing its millennium era without even a fully developed internet.

Not to mention other things; it can only be said to be truly miserable.

"Good, now send more people to infiltrate and strive to discover what the concept de-escalation of that world is."

Gu Shanhai was unaware if there was a concept de-escalation system, so naturally, he proceeded with the idea of gradual erosion to gain control.

The citizens of his Ascension Empire could disguise themselves and read memories through their nanostructures, overlay personality models, and carry out a secret invasion far beyond that civilization's level.

Through such incremental replacement of its upper and middle-level management personnel, further control can be achieved.

He had considered an outright invasion, but then he recalled the aliens' defeat at He Lingyun's hands, Thanos being taken down by an axe, the Iron Blood Warrior having its spaceship annihilated by the Alien swarm, the little monsters dying at the hands of Ultraman, and other such cases occurring to him, making him feel it wiser to take a more cautious approach.

After all, the other side doesn't have a quantum channel, so a subtle invasion is entirely feasible, avoiding any unforeseen mishaps, as he doesn't truly know the specifics of that world.

Like with the Navia Universe, Gu Shanhai had thoroughly understood its details, and only after its strongest protagonist left did he dare to take action.

Being strong is one thing, but being cautious is another.

With the Ascension Empire in place, Gu Shanhai could save quite a bit of effort.

Of course, if the true situation of the other universe hasn't been discovered after three to five months, Gu Shanhai plans to personally infiltrate to have a look.

But he would definitely bring along a quantum collider; otherwise, if he truly goes over and can't return, what then?

Emperor Navia, along with a group of councilors in the Cancer Universe, couldn't return because they didn't take a quantum collider and its corresponding energy supply with them, which led to them being outmaneuvered by Gu Shanhai.

Even if they wanted to bring it, the quantum collider was too large, too precious to hold on for long, and would decay if left too long, which was disastrous.

Unlike Gu Shanhai, who could directly place it inside his body or in the space of the Mother-child Grass, over the days, besides the Mother-child Grass, he evolved a large number of space-type Spirit Plants and even birds and beasts that could also be stored in them, serving as multiple layers of protection.

No matter if it's Spirit Plants or Spiritual Beasts, they are essentially the same as Protecting Dao Heart Demon and Heart Demon Dao Soldiers, parts of Gu Shanhai himself. Any rules wanting to have an influence would first have to pass through Gu Shanhai, defeating him before any further steps could be taken.

But if someone can even defeat Gu Shanhai, whether they can still influence the part of his body comprised of flowers, trees, and such becomes irrelevant.

"Hmm? There's an unidentified spatial fluctuation in the Royal Research Institute?"

Gu Shanhai received a feedback report detected by the Four Sacred Beasts System, as the fluctuation was simply too minute, small enough to be almost negligible, picked up only by the real-time monitoring of the Four Sacred Beasts System.

He could never say he would cover the entire Ascension Empire with his Spiritual Sense or perception every moment; such things take a toll. Instead, letting the Four Sacred Beasts System handle it is more cost-effective and precise, after all, that's what he cultivated the system for, to assist him.

He subsequently teleported to the area in the Royal Research Institute where the tiny spatial fluctuation occurred.

"Could Emperor Navia have found another way back?" Gu Shanhai squinted his eyes.

This position was where the universe channel was initially opened inside the quantum collider, and it seemed the other side had anchored this coordinate, though opening the passage wasn't that easy.

And this quantum collider had long been collected by Gu Shanhai, so if it were still there, the other side might indeed have returned by now.

Without equipment, there certainly is no way to effectively pass through.

The protagonist aura of the Child of Destiny can indeed transform decay into marvel, but the premise is there must be decay to begin with; not even a clever woman can cook without rice, let alone their counterpart.

"I hope you don't come back; otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless." Gu Shanhai squinted his eyes.

He suspected that in the past month, Emperor Navia had somehow subdued the Eternal Sleep Giant. Of course, it might also be that the Eternal Sleep Giant merged with Emperor Navia and acquired his memories and Spiritual Intelligence; otherwise, it wouldn't possibly be here.

The latter scenario is less likely. If the Eternal Sleep Giant won, it wouldn't be so urgently aggressive in retaliating against Gu Shanhai. A greater probability would be lurking and continuing to merge with other cancerous lifeforms.

There's also another possibility: neither side fought, and Emperor Navia planned to return for recuperation, only to find the door shut with his subordinates still battling each other, forcing him to find a way to open the passage between the two universes.

Compared to the second possibility, Gu Shanhai feels the probability of the first and third possibilities are equally balanced.

If Emperor Navia indeed returned, Gu Shanhai could only immediately extract everything from him as resources to fill his Twin Flowers.

"But if this happens, my plan to explore the new universe will have to be postponed again."

Gu Shanhai was a bit helpless; if Emperor Navia managed to outflank him and upset his base plan, the loss would be significant.

If not for the quantum channel of the quantum collider being anchored to a stable position and unable to change, Gu Shanhai could conduct dual-line interference instead of performing closed operations on the Cancer Universe.

He just needed to change a planetary coordinate to make Emperor Navia unable to find an entrance.

Or better yet, position it directly at the outer core location of the Eternal Sleep Giant, so if Emperor Navia wanted to return, he'd first have to battle the Eternal Sleep Giant, allowing Gu Shanhai to reap the spoils.

Unfortunately, such clever maneuvers were restricted and couldn't be implemented, leaving Gu Shanhai to express regret.

He also considered perfecting the quantum collider, but he found this was purely a probability issue, and the fact that he could locate a quantum channel to a new universe was not due to some high-end technology, but sheer luck.

To this, Gu Shanhai was deeply resentful, as he despised relying on luck.