Chapter 619: Chapter 450: The Anomaly Has Made Its Kill!
Far away, Commander Lu, who was researching the Immortal Palace in the “Meda Dream,” suddenly felt uneasy, as if something major had happened.
To tell the truth, the progress of the research on the “Immortal Palace” was somewhat slower than expected.
In 48 years, the “Collapse Inspiration” occurred a total of 13 times and then faintly stopped—it confirmed an age-old saying from Pangu Continent, “Youth knows not the value of inspiration, only in old age do they look to the sky and weep.”
Each inspiration is precious; you can’t keep collapsing over the same thing for long… 13 collapses are already a terrifying achievement, the kind that could make a Rat Artisan die of envy.
If it weren’t for a charming Maid with the ability to grant herself a dozen buffs, it would have been impossible!
But to unravel the mystery of the “Immortal Palace,” it still wasn’t enough.
No choice, had to settle for the next best thing: ate inspiration mushrooms twice.
Lu Yuan didn’t dare eat them anymore, obtaining inspiration without work made him feel insecure…
So for a full 48 years, there were 15 occurrences of low-level inspiration, and still… the mystery of the Immortal Palace remained unsolved.
Of course, it was still possible to achieve minor gains.
About one third of the space type Innate Engravings was deciphered.
Additionally, Lu Yuan had the wild idea of combining the “Immortal Palace” with “Dream abilities.”
“Meda Dream” is a dream world that emerged after the Tree of Life was grafted with an Opium poppy.
If the “Immortal Palace” could be integrated into it, maybe it could break the chains between reality and dreams? Maybe it could turn trash to treasure, upgrading it to myth once more?
The original “Immortal Palace” couldn’t possibly reappear.
Because only creation out of nothing is myth.
If the original path was walked by others, no matter how much effort you put in to retrace the same steps and create an exact replica, it’s not myth.
Moreover, the “Immortal Palace” involves too much; once it reemerges into the world, the consequences it may trigger are something Lu Yuan might not be able to bear.
But just a little repackaging, reappearing in the dream world, would then be the process of “creating from nothing” again, and security issues could also be resolved.
Of course, this task was only half done; there were still too many technical difficulties to overcome.
Lu Yuan shook his head, feeling increasingly strong whims, but he didn’t know what it was exactly, as if there were crabs scuttling wildly in his chest.
“Could today be a good day for a burst of inspiration?!”
He woke from his dream, got up from bed, and that strange feeling persisted, his heart beating fast, with an ominous premonition.
The girl was sweetly hugging his arm, sleeping soundly.
Picked up his phone to look, there were several missed calls, the inbox was crammed with emails, dozens of government documents, and many personal emails.
He casually opened one.
[Respected Mr. Lu Yuan, I am the leader of the Shu Mi Dam Civilization, Shu Huangfeng.]
[As humanity is about to become a Third-level Civilization, we send our sincere greetings. A Third-level Civilization is considered the hegemon of lower civilizations, but they are still small fry in front of medium and high-level civilizations.]
[The power disparity is too great; we have had little interaction with them.]
[Recently, our Shu Mi Dam Civilization has encountered wise kin in a green grassland in the Ninth Epoch. They are vulnerable, but intellectual and emotional, truly wonderful.]
[By the way, I would like to cover in private for some ‘Scarlet Mushrooms’; the price is negotiable. If you are willing, please conduct negotiations through the mirror, may our friendship last forever!]
“Shu Huangfeng has encountered his own kind! Tsk, this really deserves a gift…” Lu Yuan’s mind conjured the image of Shu Huangfeng’s sharp-nosed, grinning face as he fought mother rats, immediately sending shivers down his spine.
[Youngster, that purple sticky thing, quite tasty, send more of it!]
[It feels a little addictive; didn’t expect foreign insects to make such delicious stuff.]
No need to see the name, knew it was sent by the Ancient Insect.
This creature had actually learned to use electronic devices, nagging for food every day, so annoying!
[Respected Mr. Lu Yuan, the 19th City Development Conference is about to commence, and we sincerely invite your participation…]
[Respected Mr. Lu Yuan, this year’s industrial exhibition conference.]
“Being a leader nowadays really sucks… Even trivial matters require my attention; can’t you decide for yourselves?”
Lu Yuan thought grumpily.
He had refrained from indulgence for quite a while, instead of attending some bloody conference, he’d rather stay home and experience being King Shang.
“I don’t easily collapse anymore, why should I continue to abstain? Maybe I’ll indulge myself for a while…” Lu Yuan thought, and started to feel restless.
Then in the next second, he suddenly saw a strange email and was so startled that he nearly jumped out of bed.
He finally understood what this sudden impulse was all about!
[Green Space Notification: On the 73771st day of the Ninth Epoch, at 17:22, an urgent communication came from Yunhai City. Crisis level, Level Two.]
It was concise, automatically notified by the Opium poppy!
But a Level Two crisis was not a joke!
He and Yunhai City had agreed that a Level 1 crisis was an absolute life-and-death crisis; Level Two was a suspected potential extinction crisis!