novelraw Chapter 393 - 326: Su Yuan’s Impact on the Human Race Is Immeasurable! (3K)
Chapter 393 - 326: Su Yuan’s Impact on the Human Race Is Immeasurable! (3K)
"Zzzzzz—"
The blood rain extinguished the last flicker of flame on the Golden Crows, and the surrounding world was plunged into complete darkness.
Su Yuan waved his hand, and the Demon Technique·Finger Beast was activated once more.
The enslavement level of the nine Golden Crows instantly rose to 60%, ensuring that without a life-threatening crisis, they would not betray him.
However, even though the Golden Crows had been subdued, Su Yuan had no intention of returning their feathers. Instead, he made them clearly express that the feathers were "voluntarily given," thereby eliminating the debt within the Dragon Emperor Coin.
Then, he led the nine great Golden Crows back to Chen Nuoyi and the hundred thousand mortals.
At this moment, the sky was still drizzling with scarlet blood rain, and where the blood rain shrouded, a crimson wind swept over.
However, these mortals from ancient times were not afraid of the blood rain. On the contrary, they began to joyfully take out various containers, trying to collect as much rainwater as possible.
These were all good things; simply boiling them could make a pot of blood pudding that would fill their stomachs.
"The immediate crisis is resolved, should we start building a camp for the mortals next?"
Chen Nuoyi asked.
Su Yuan nodded slightly:
"Indeed, we should find a suitable flat land to build a strong city, but a mere city is not enough for the mortals to survive in this Barbaric World."
"More importantly, they must master the ability to resist natural disasters and demon beast invasions!"
Su Yuan’s tone was solemn, as if he was a living saint with the responsibility of educating the masses.
The girl looked at Su Yuan with that dignified gaze but felt little reverence in her heart.
Because she vaguely felt that Su Yuan’s methods of educating the masses might not be honorable.
The subsequent development of events proved Chen Nuoyi’s guess.
Su Yuan began to lead the hundred thousand mortals on hunts to satisfy their primary need for food.
During the hunts, Su Yuan did not personally take action but distributed the Golden Crow feathers to the young and strong among the Human Race.
The mortals tied the feathers to bone spears, using the power of fire to defeat the powerful Demon Race that once viewed them as blood prey, and shared in their meat.
Under Su Yuan’s command, one Demon Beast after another was eliminated, solving the Human Race’s food problem.
However, as food reserves increased, the issue of food spoilage also had to be addressed.
At this time, Su Yuan kindly instructed the Human Race, teaching them the technique of making jerky (producing Walking Corpses).
When the Human Race often failed to catch prey because they couldn’t run fast enough, Su Yuan taught them how to tame Demon Pets (refine Blood Beasts).
With Blood Beasts as assistants, the success rate of the Human Race’s hunts greatly increased.
Ten days passed in a flash.
During this time, Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi led the Human Race through mountains and rivers, searching for habitable land.
But after ten days of searching, they still couldn’t find a plain suitable for building a city.
Moreover, when it came to water sources, the Human Race’s access channels were also unstable.
They were lucky if they found a small stream, but if not, they would be thirsty or encounter stagnant water that needed to be distilled before drinking.
Su Yuan could clearly feel that this Illusion Realm World was restricting their access to water resources.
And soon, Su Yuan’s guess was confirmed.
On the eleventh day, after crossing a treacherous mountain range, a vast plain appeared before Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi, and the Human Race.
However, beside this plain was a turbulent river that frequently overflowed its banks, looking extremely dangerous.
It was clear that a fierce Water Demon resided in this river.
Solving the Water Demon, controlling the flood, and establishing the city became the tasks that Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi needed to accomplish next.
But to Chen Nuoyi’s surprise, Su Yuan did not choose to address the flood problem from the beginning, but rather acted as if he didn’t know there was a Water Demon in the river, leading the hundred thousand mortals to start large-scale construction.
With a puzzled mind, Chen Nuoyi also joined in the construction efforts.
With Su Yuan’s expert architectural skills, a city capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of people rose up at a visible speed.
While building the city, Su Yuan also led some of the Human Race to develop the surrounding fields and taught them how to farm.
Everything seemed to be thriving.
However, it was clear that the Water Demon in the river would not allow the Human Race to live in such harmony.
The Water Demon, though not personally showing itself, stirred the Water Mansion, launching flood after flood, threatening the yet-to-be-completed city and the newly cultivated fields.
In response, Su Yuan still didn’t take action personally but organized the hundred thousand mortals to fight the floods collectively.
The Human Race built dikes, using their flesh and blood to defend the city and the fields.
The floods were repelled time and again, and kept returning, but were repeatedly driven back by the Human Race, who were now full of anti-flood experience and fighting spirit.
Adversity forges a resilient nation; after nearly a month of fighting the floods, although the hundred thousand mortals had been reduced by a tenth, those who remained were completely united, becoming a cohesive whole.
Only then did Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi finally take action.
Chen Nuoyi, relying on the Dragon Race’s affinity for water, personally went underwater to seek out the Water Demon. After battling it underwater for more than an hour, she successfully lured the Water Demon onto land, fighting and retreating.
It was indeed a ten-story tall Water Ape, its prototype clearly Wuzhiqi from mythical lore.
Su Yuan stood upon the void, with nine Golden Crows like resplendent great suns behind his head.
Without moving, he allowed the Golden Crows to spray True Sun Flame, suppressing Wuzhiqi’s water techniques to the minimum.
This water monkey’s strength clearly diminished after coming ashore. Underwater, it could still suppress Chen Nuoyi, but on land, it was being beaten back by her step by step.
Su Yuan waited for the right moment, then ruthlessly slashed out a Blood Corruption Sword Qi.
With just one sword strike, the victory was decisively secured.
Feeling its vital energy rapidly draining away, Wuzhiqi desperately retreated back into the water, but it was already too late.
In less than half a minute, the corpse of the water monkey slowly floated to the surface, staining the entire river red.
Why didn’t Su Yuan subdue Wuzhiqi?
The reason was simple: the spiritual wisdom of this water monkey was too high. Its intelligence was probably even slightly higher than Long Bai’s, and could not be targeted by the Demon Technique·Finger Beast.
With the water hazard removed, the construction of the city and the cultivation of the fields swiftly accelerated.
By the time the city was fully built, and crops were growing in the fields, a solid three months had passed in the Illusion Realm World.
Even though the time flow in the Illusion Realm World compared to the real world was three to one, a full month had passed.
"The third stage is almost done; it’s time for us to leave."
After imparting a basic Breathing Technique to the masses, Su Yuan looked towards Long Bai, who had been quietly observing everything.
Chen Nuoyi gazed at the city they had built with their own hands, feeling a thousand emotions surge within her. If she hadn’t known this was all an illusion, she would have been reluctant to leave.
"Is it completed?"
Long Bai asked.
The two nodded.
"Hmm, well then, I’ll be checking next. If there’s any funny business, you’ll be in big trouble," said the ice-haired Lolita with a hint of deeper meaning.
Su Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, immediately eavesdropping on the thoughts.
He overheard Long Bai thinking:
’Leading the human race to develop is not a one-time deal. What my biological father truly values is not his own achievements, but the growth of the human race itself.’
’If the human race falls apart after leaving his biological father, this expansion is clearly a failure.’
’The sea of consciousness will next simulate the development of the mortals over the next hundred years. If within a hundred years, all these hundred thousand people die out, or return to a barbaric state, it will be judged a failure.’
"I hope the people Su Yuan cultivated are not that fragile."
Hearing this, Su Yuan was somewhat speechless.
So there are still a bunch of hidden conditions for this third stage to be satisfied, huh?
If one encounters someone who takes everything on themselves, defeats the Golden Crow, quells the water disaster, and builds the city single-handedly, doesn’t that mean they’re bound to fail this stage?
Yes! I’m talking about you, Chi Le’an!
A human race that hasn’t experienced hardship, no matter how much wealth they possess, how can they hold on to it?
Fortunately, Su Yuan wasn’t such a control freak.
Of course, his initial motive was entirely different from those of the past Purple Gold Dragon Venerable... He just wanted to be lazy and not handle everything personally.
But no matter what, the result is good in the end.
With a firm nod from Su Yuan, Long Bai formally introduced the hidden rules for simulating the hundred-year development of the human race.
Immediately, the time flow in the entire Illusion Realm World accelerated sharply.
It only felt like an hour had passed for Su Yuan and the others, yet the creatures in the Illusion Realm World had already lived through an entire year.
Year after year of scenes flashed before their eyes.
During this time, the human race encountered wave after wave of demon beast harassment, while new aquatic monsters poured into the river, wreaking havoc for a time.
Yet, regardless of the kind of crisis, the people living here tenaciously resisted and overcame them.
At the same time, thanks to the Breathing Technique taught by Su Yuan, individuals with cultivation talents in the human race began to emerge one after another, becoming formal cultivators.
Once the cultivators appeared, the living conditions of the human race improved day by day.
The population increased year by year, and the city expanded annually, gradually developing into a nation over the century.
The original city became the capital of this nation, named Twin Saints City.
Everything looked so beautiful.
The only discordance was that... all the cultivators in this nation were actually demon cultivators!
They all practiced Corpse Refinement and Blood Transformation, and were skilled at refining treasures with bones and flesh, considering these to be the Righteous Dao, passing them down through generations, leaving Long Bai and Chen Nuoyi flabbergasted!
It can only be said that the overwhelming demonic power Su Yuan displayed against the Golden Crow and Water Ape had an incalculable impact on a human civilization.
But regardless, the human race after the hundred-year simulation grew increasingly prosperous, fully meeting the clearance requirements.
With a grand wave of his hand, Long Bai took the two out of the sea of consciousness.
Simultaneously, three clearance rewards appeared before them.
[Reward One: Dragon King Bloodline Fragment: effect omitted.]
[Reward Two: One Golden Apple: a Golden Apple grown from the Divine Spirit Root of the Purple Gold Dragon Venerable, consuming it grants an unknown divine technique.]
[Reward Three: The ability to know some information about the next stage in advance, and obtain seven days of preparation time.]