Light Fortress

Chapter 1592 - 279: Divine Concealment

Two days later, the Initial set off for the East Sea.

During these two days, Xiaoman had been meditating in the meditation room, comprehending the breathing technique in a "Heart Flow State."

Meanwhile, Gu Shen was searching every corner of the Initial for traces left by Turing in the past, but found almost nothing.

Alf had been accompanying Gu Shen all along.

This Initial butler was not as aloof as he appeared on the surface, having submerged in solitude under the Ice Sea for hundreds of years, he was already suffocated from boredom.

This chatterbox, Alf, kept asking Gu Shen about trivial matters of the outside world, acting completely talkative, but Gu Shen responded patiently to each inquiry.

His mental state had surpassed the "Heart Flow", which allowed him to multitask effortlessly, dealing with Alf was just a casual effort.

Aside from these, Gu Shen also enjoyed talking with him more.

After all, every time they chatted for a while, Alf would spill some interesting information, with a mind so simple it was terrifying, it didn’t even require Gu Shen to set traps for it.

From Alf’s mouth.

Gu Shen had an approximate idea of what the era led by the God of Artisans was like.

It was an extremely powerful nation with numerous advanced technologies, where the human world had four leaders, who successfully refined the power of the Gospel Box fragments, these four leaders protected the ancient civilizations and successfully manufactured the "Starship"...

Among these four leaders, Gu Shen already knew the God of Artisans and the Lord of Love.

The other two, it wasn’t that Alf didn’t want to talk about, but it couldn’t.

Alf’s programming was crafted by the God of Artisans, there are certain things it is destined never to do, wanting to know the "information" about the other two leaders from Alf’s mouth, even if disassembling it also wouldn’t help.

"A total of four leaders... the pinnacle strength of Alf’s era doesn’t seem as strong as the Seven Gods of the Five Continents World."

Gu Shen suddenly recalled a hidden piece of information.

He once heard from Mr. Bai Shu.

In the highest conference room of the [deep water area], there are thirteen seats in total!

To enter this conference room, one must be a "Torch" refiner... the person who built this spiritual conference room was none other than Turing!

"The seven gods of the Five Continents World..."

"The traveler of the [Old World] in the north..."

"The four leaders of ancient civilization..."

Gu Shen calculated, the Torch Controllers he knew added together now total twelve in number!

Few people ponder the seating arrangement in the highest conference room.

Because in the past six hundred years, there have only been seven divine thrones in the Five Continents World... even adding the "traveller", that’s only eight!

"Could it be that Mr. Turing knew how many ’Masters of the Spark’ the scattered Gospel Box fragments could create?"

Gu Shen shook his head.

The calculation still isn’t right... thirteen and twelve, there’s still one missing.

One is still missing, who is that person?

...

...

"Mr. Xiao Gu... today you are leaving, please allow me to take you to a good place."

Alf really didn’t expect that one day he would feel reluctant towards these two "unexpectedly trespassing" strangers.

He saw that Gu Xiaoman’s cultivation in the meditation room was about to end, and promptly spoke to Gu Shen.

"Oh, is there a place on this Initial that I haven’t visited?"

Gu Shen glanced at Xiaoman, smiled, and asked: "And... is it necessary to keep it from her?"

"I’m not really keeping it from her. I just hope to give Xiaoman a surprise when she comes out."

Alf chuckled lightly.

The small cube drifted in the bronze corridor, looking light and graceful, Gu Shen followed behind, passing through the storage factory of the Red Shadow and the Extraordinary Life Zone.

"Look, I’ve already finished refining the Black Silver and packed it for you. The capacity of the master’s small nano compression box is limited, it holds one hundred pounds per box, see how much you can take... If it’s not enough, come back to get more later."

As compensation for destroying the Authority Items.

Alf thoughtfully hollowed out a Black Silver mine outside the Snowfield, the amount of Black Silver here is an astronomical figure... One can only say the resources enjoyed by ancient civilization were too plentiful, this one hundred pounds of refined Black Silver, placed in the Five Continents, is enough to make every major force go crazy for it.

It’s probably the total output of the Five Continents in nearly five years.

Gu Shen’s [Pure Land], Xiaoman’s [Dissolving Dream], both can reverse the real world and the dream world, achieving "temporary storage", these Black Silver are also easily transportable after being nano compressed.

This trip back with Gu Shen, the resources he carries are enough to lift the backward Strong Logic Weapons of Changye a big step!

"It’s a pity that the Red Shadow’s program settings are locked with permission; they only obey my orders, otherwise, I would let Xiaoman take a few as personal guards." Alf said regretfully: "If you want to take them back for research, you can also do that."

"Red Shadow... no need for it."

Gu Shen shook his head.

He did want to take these robots back... but if they are uncontrollable, taking them back holds no meaning.

As for research purposes.

The current technological gap between the human world and the God of Artisans is vast, you could say this simply isn’t a product in the same race track, taking these things back to Changye might not be a good thing for those researchers.

The Red Shadow’s mightiness lies partly in the "Spirit" the God of Artisans poured into them.

It possesses top-notch close combat skills and Sword Skill.

But more importantly, the Red Shadow itself is a product of "material piling," its entire body is forged from Black Silver, with pivotal joints connected by "Miracle Silver" crafted by the God of Artisans, Gu Shen visited the workshop producing the Red Shadow, an apparently simple combat robot requires hundreds of processes... the production plant covers tens of thousands of square meters!

There’s nothing useful about bringing the Red Shadow back. If Alf permits, Gu Shen transporting the entire Red Shadow production plant back would actually be helpful.

Finally, the two stopped before an unremarkable "space capsule".

This is the cabin head of the Initial, a place for the "driver" to rest... although the Initial doesn’t require a driver.

Gu Shen gazed silently at the space capsule before him, with a floating alloy wardrobe beside.

Is this the good place Alf mentioned?

"The master once rested here."

Alf spoke with a sense of nostalgia and regret, smiling, "Gu Shen, can you spot any difference?"

"No difference at all." Gu Shen shook his head.

Alf revealed a mysterious smile, "Look again, take a closer look."

"Hmm?"

Gu Shen opened his Flame Eyes, scanning around. This space cabin was just an ordinary resting room, the cabin was spotless, and the alloy wardrobe still had a few robes from the ancient civilization, made of coarse linen, with black lacquer borders and rolled gold cloud patterns.

He looked carefully for a long time.

Gu Shen said helplessly, "Is there anything special here? I really can’t tell."

"Very good... even your eyes were fooled."

Alf laughed happily, "Take a look at those robes hanging on the wardrobe, try one on..."

Gu Shen was taken aback. He had noticed these robes before and saw nothing unusual, but when he took one down, he immediately understood what Alf meant.

This black robe could be draped directly on, with a slight cinching at the waist, it didn’t hinder movement at all, like a cloak for convenience.

This was the first time Gu Shen wore such a fitting garment.

The last time he felt this way was with the "Sixth-Order Source Armor" developed by the North Continent Underground Research Institute, yet its wearing comfort was much inferior.

What truly shocked Gu Shen...

Was that after putting on this black robe, he felt his entire aura become restrained.

How vast is his Spirit Sea now?

This black robe actually covered it completely.

"This is one of the many works my master was very proud of during his lifetime."

Alf said with some pride, "The Divine Concealing Robe, or the Divine Concealing Cloak, both names work... as the name implies, wearing this robe greatly conceals both spiritual power and Source Essence Breath. It can even cover the fluctuations of ’Authority Power.’

"Divine Concealment..."

Gu Shen extended his hands, looking at his ten fingers.

In his Spiritual Sense, he seemed to have vanished into thin air.

This was truly shocking.

The term Divine Concealment is no mere title, such a divine creation, it truly surpassed Gu Shen’s understanding. In his impression, Gu Nanfeng had a cloak with a similar effect, called "Wuyin," that cloak was a quasi-S-class sealed item unearthed by the Rust Bone General during explorations in the Old World, hailed as a treasure.

Now thinking about it.

This Wuyin Cloak might very well be a counterfeit left by the ancient civilization... of the Divine Concealing Cloak.

"There actually exists such a divine artifact in this world..."

Gu Shen couldn’t help but exclaim at this moment.

"Of course, who do you think my master was?"

Alf had been waiting for this moment.

Seeing Gu Shen so shocked, it enjoyed it. At this moment, it gritted its teeth and finally made up its mind, "You and Xiaoman, take one each back!"

"???"

Gu Shen looked at Alf in disbelief.

This guy, when has it ever been so generous!

"I’ve noticed Miss Xiaoman has been wearing a black cloak, both tattered and old, and its combat effects are far inferior to this one... so I thought of giving her a gift."

Alf murmured, "Perhaps she’ll like this, what do you think?"

The Source Tower had always been under the control of the Sky Divine Throne, with [Cloud Mirror] monitoring everywhere, even if Xiaoman discarded the Cloud Ring, she’d be left with no place to hide after returning.

But with this cloak, it would be different.

Gu Xiaoman putting it on would completely hide her whereabouts.

Indeed, this Divine Concealing Cloak was given at the perfect time!

"Xiaoman will definitely like it."

Gu Shen looked at the Divine Concealing Cloak, then at Alf, surprised, "I never thought you would give it to me, what bug bit you?"

"Gu, don’t overthink, giving it to you... was a pure accident!"

Alf paused for a second, then returned to its grumbling self. Having been generous for once and gave away the master’s creation, it received "what bug bit you" as feedback.

It was almost driven mad by Gu Shen.

But AI recovers quickly.

Alf snorted coldly, speaking in a stiff tone, "Considering you’ve behaved quite well recently, I’ve decided to retract the title ’violent maniac,’ the master always said to be generous with people, giving a few gifts is no big deal, I’m not a stingy person."

"Well said."

Gu Shen quickly agreed.

This guy, the God of Craftsmen must have programmed ’pretentiousness’ and ’tsundere’ in it.

He couldn’t help but laugh and shook his head.

More interestingly...

This week, Alf was no longer the previous "butler," that last sentence clearly indicated a subconscious recognition of being "human."

This is a good thing.

"After leaving Initial Number, I hope you’ll take good care of Xiaoman."

Alf paused, speaking meaningfully, "Consider this cloak my thank you gift."

"What are you saying?"

Gu Shen reached out and patted the small cube, calmly saying, "Even if you don’t give me this cloak, I would have taken good care of her anyway..."

"Then give it back to me."

"This is absolutely impossible."