The spirit stuttered out these words, and then disappeared.
Mu You frowned at the location where the spirit had vanished.
He wasn’t sure of the spirit’s intentions for leaving him such a message just before its death.
However, having learned of this matter, whether it was a trap or not, he had to go and investigate.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Mu You toured some other areas only to find that the children who had been held captive had all disappeared. Judging from the traces on the ground, they probably sneaked out during the outbreak of the Shadow God.
Having toured the entire place, at this moment, apart from the three of them, there were no other living humans left in this underground factory.
Soon after, Mu You and Lin Xue returned to the platform above the Gu Venom Pool. On the north side of the platform, they found the floor tile mentioned by the ghost.
Mu You leaned over and knocked on this tile. The sound was indeed different from the other tiles surrounding it.
He used the Levitation Spell to move the tile away, unveiling a hollow square underneath. Inside was a mechanical device with a knob.
As he turned the knob, a series of ’click, click’ sounds resonated from beneath the grid. The tiles at the bottom shifted inward, layer by layer, revealing a chimney-like tunnel that extended about ten meters deep into the ground. Looking down, it was pitch black.
Mu You switched to robot skin and activated the Sand Spider Nest.
Countless sand spiders poured into the tunnel, climbing their way down to reach the bottom quickly.
Through the perspective of the sand spiders, Mu You could see something resembling a notebook at the bottom, sealed tightly in a transparent, moisture-resistant bag.
About ten seconds later, the sand spiders emerged in groups, surrounding the thick notebook and crawling back to the surface.
Mu You received the notebook and pulled it out to inspect.
The title on the notebook cover read: "Shadow Fuzz Ball Training Log".
He quickly flipped through a few pages and indeed, as the title suggested, the log was a record of the growth and changes of the Shadow Fuzz Ball over various periods.
Based on the footnotes of each page, the log seemed to have been recorded yearly, with the changes of the Shadow Fuzz Ball illustrated by hand-drawn images in the top right corner of each page.
Mu You quickly flipped through the pages and could tell that the Shadow Fuzz Ball really did grow year by year. Its form gradually changed from an adorable fuzz ball to a ferocious and ugly giant monster.
Of course, as it turned uglier, its level and abilities also gradually strengthened.
According to the log, after a few years of basic training and entering its growth period, the Shadow Fuzz Ball would have preliminary battle capabilities. Every couple of years, one of its existing abilities would evolve, or a new ability would emerge.
Based on the text, once the Shadow Fuzz Ball had been raised for over 50 years and entered its mature stage, it would no longer need to be fed shadows, as it would have developed the ability to hunt autonomously. At that point, stopping its growth would be futile.
From then on, the puppet master realized that he had lost control over the Shadow Fuzz Ball and began a long standoff with the Shadow God...
Of course, this was not an issue for Mu You, as he had never planned to feed the Shadow Fuzz Ball for a long time.
Once it had finished consuming the hundreds of shadows it had previously devoured, Mu You planned to cease feeding, preventing it from reaching the stage where it could seek out food on its own.
Moreover, Mu You had a perfect Shadow Ghost on hand, capable of completely restraining the Shadow Fuzz Ball. Being the host of the Shadow Fuzz Ball himself and with the presence of the box-shaped Shadow Ghost and Mian Mian, the conditions that the puppet master had pursued his whole life to control the Shadow God were already fulfilled. Even if the Shadow Fuzz Ball would grow, it wouldn’t be a problem to suppress it.
Mu You continued to flip through the pages.
Only in the last hundred pages did the log began to include more diary-like textual explanations.
"This year, whenever the Shadow God enters a deep sleep, I occasionally connect to its perspective. The Shadow God recalls images from its past in its dreams. It is through these images that I learnt about many things concerning the ’Divine Race’..."
"The ’Divine Race’ was an intact, highly advanced civilization. Every ’Deity’ was as tall as a Titan, so they called themselves the ’Titan Race’... Of course, not all Titans possessed ’Divine Power’. Similar to common races, the majority of the Divine Race were only ordinary-sized humanoids. But the small fraction of Titans who did possess ’Divine Power’ significantly elevated the upper limit of this race. Using various forms of Divine Power, they could achieve many unimaginable feats, making the Divine Race appear as lofty deities to the ordinary beings..."
"... initially, I was engrossed in touring the world of the deities through the perspective of the Shadow God. But soon, I discovered a fact that both shocked and horrified me... The Star Spirit World was originally governed and protected by the Divine Race, with each race having their own deities to worship. Everything was orderly, with different races living in harmony and peace. The Star Spirit World of that time was much more prosperous and beautiful than it is now, with a more vast territory, abundant resources and diverse species - a real utopia... However, starting from a certain day tens of thousands of years ago, the deities vanished. It seemed as if the entire Divine Race had faced a catastrophe. Since then, no deity has shown themselves alive..."