Otherworldly Desert Dust

This is the true reason why the Longevity Sect was devoured and the full human effort was doomed to annihilation!

Once the Longevity Sect was linked with the high-dimensional insects, everything could be explained.

Wu Hen's heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

If it weren't for his perception becoming increasingly clear and able to see this Otherworldly Desert Dust, including the efforts of remarkable technological pioneers like Li Feng, everything would have been nothing but a poor show.

Wu Hen tried to calm his emotions.

"If the Longevity Sect is the shepherd dog of the high-dimensional insects, then the Yuan You Mine that the Longevity Sect possesses is equivalent to the dog's food warehouse, and also the property of the high-dimensional insects."

"Just like the owner of a slaughterhouse, would never allow the livestock he raises to trample on their stockpiled food, even if that rough feed was for feeding dogs... "

"So it's not that the Longevity Sect is so difficult to defeat, but rather that they are backed by high-dimensional insects."

"No wonder in the previous conflicts with the Longevity Sect, no matter how many of their lackeys I killed, their upper ranks remained indifferent. It turns out they were serving the high-dimensional insects, and were assisting them in conducting genetic experiments on humans!""They truly are a group of inhumane bastards!"

An anger gradually surged in Wu Hen's heart.

If he had not awakened in time to stop the Longevity Sect from spreading the so-called concept of longevity throughout the entire homeland, then the entire Nuwa God End would have been no more than the high-dimensional insects' experimental field. They would employ all sorts of cruel methods to kill every human, continually spreading a fear factor like a plague upon the Human Clan...

Clearly, what the high-dimensional insects truly wanted to target was the Ten Thousand Veins of the Human Clan, and the most gullible and underdeveloped Nuwa Divine Realm lineage, easily misled, would actively cooperate with the high-dimensional insects in this genetic experiment by internalizing the concept of longevity.

No matter whether the genetic experiment ultimately succeeded or failed, the Nuwa Lineage would be nailed to the pillar of shame by the Ten Thousand Veins of the Human Clan. Not only would they inherit an absolute fear of insects in every generation's genes, but they might even become slaves or shepherd dogs to the high-dimensional insects like the Longevity Sect.

The deeper he thought, the colder Wu Hen's soul shuddered.

This Red Port cannot be stayed in for even a moment longer.

He must devise every possible way to escape. If they continued to linger, after the Lei Spirit and fighting spirit of humans was completely worn down, the outcome would be more terrible than being cast into the Eighteen Layers of Hell!

...

Wu Hen sought out Li Feng at the first opportunity.

They now had to come up with a countermeasure.

Currently, forty percent of the human group had already been led by the Longevity Sect to the high-dimensional insects' experimental fields...

A cruel massacre was about to be staged, Wu Hen did not pity them, but their deaths would implant fear into the others. If this genetic experiment succeeded, these people might not even have the courage to resist the high-dimensional insects anymore. They would be like naive believers enrolling into an evil church, praising their great deities while sacrificing their own lives, believing that this would earn them the ludicrous reward of eternal life.

If eternal life could be obtained through such ignorant, simple, and brutal means, then the number of eternal beings in this world would be unimaginably high. Alternatively, eternal life would have long been a basic capability of every life, and no creature would go mad over it...

Throughout history, every goal of longevity or eternal life without exception has turned out to be a scam, with different scams demanding different prices!

Li Feng arrived at the Li City Tropical Pavilion where he and Wu Hen had previously devised their escape plan.

The Tropical Pavilion was now open to the public, with a few sparse visitors around.

Li Feng wore an old shirt and black-rimmed glasses, looking like a middle school physics teacher, an utter embodiment of ordinariness. But his eyes were unusually bright, unlike those of white-collar workers who just got by on a salary. He loved his work and had a nearly crazy commitment to it!

Wu Hen's attire was very ordinary urban wear, quite different from his appearance in the Holy Sect.

But honestly, Wu Hen preferred his current appearance. The complicated robes of the Holy Sect represented cultivation levels, and there was a clear distinction between the noble and the lowly. At home, a white short-sleeved shirt was suitable for all occasions.

Not far from where Wu Hen and Li Feng stood, there was a ten-year-old boy who was particularly fond of the Tropical Pavilion's Guardian Beasts. He had been squatting here for hours, as if in the boy's eyes these rare geckos were like the dragons he revered in his heart, which would transform into their true massive forms to protect him in times of danger.

"We have a plan called 'Guardian.' " Li Feng did not immediately dive into the conversation but glanced at the Flame Gecko that the boy was obsessively watching.

The gecko was very special; its skin was crystal clear yet exhibited a reddish hue. A closer look revealed that this gecko's body resembled a mini Mountain Dragon, with a majestic dragon's brow, rugged dragon's horn, a sleek perfect ridge reminiscent of a dragon's back, and nimble yet strong claws...

"Many people in Li City keep rare geckos and have even given them a refined name—the Guardian. My father is a serious Guardian enthusiast; he even donated to build this Tropical Pavilion for the legal keeping of Guardians," said Wu Hen.

"Yes, this plan was also inspired by 'Guardian' enthusiasts. I have a student who studies reptiles, and she too is obsessed with Guardians. She told me that as long as you keep a Guardian at home, no matter how dark and damp your house is, or what else is going on, insects will not dare approach once they smell a Guardian's presence."

"After we escaped from the Divine Python Earth Vein, some creatures also began to awaken, including some reptiles that harbored ancient and powerful genes—geckos, Bush Lizards, chameleons, foot snakes..."

"She believed that if these cold-blooded animals could mutate and evolve and obey human commands, then with their powerful genes for lurking, hunting, and fighting, they would be among the elite in Otherworldly Dust. Thus, aside from SuperAbnormals, humans could give birth to a group of Palace Guardian masters whose combat and protection abilities would by no means be inferior to SuperAbnormals."

Palace Guardian masters?

This was the first time Wu Hen had heard of such Spirit Awakeners.

If Chief Li mentioned it, it meant that the plan was already taking shape. Once this difficult period was over, human Palace Guardian masters would be born, commanding those Godzilla-like Guardian Beasts, carving out a new evolutionary path for humanity.

Though he had heard only bits and pieces, Wu Hen could imagine the effort that must have been poured into this.

"Unfortunately, while establishing a connection with a Guardian, she was swallowed by it. By the time others found her, she left us a final message from inside the Mutated Guardian's belly pouch. She told us not to kill the Guardian, that it was still a cold-blooded creature, and that its attack and consumption were instinctual. She argued that Guardians who have eaten humans will retain a gene, and once they know humans are not their food, they will stop preying on humans, making the offspring of this Mutated Guardian easier to tame and friendlier to humans," Chief Li sighed deeply.

Wu Hen didn't interrupt Chief Li as he shared these stories of research, listening quietly until he was finished.

However, from what Chief Li had related, it seemed that he was beginning to realize something.

He was realizing what might ultimately become of those people the Longevity Sect had led away.

"She was so smart, and yet so insane."

"But I still killed that Mutated Guardian that had swallowed a person..."

"Since it is a cold-blooded animal, the only way to teach them is to show that the price of eating a person is to be butchered. Only then can we ensure that the entire Guardian species will instinctively resist such acts and revere humans."
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When Chief Li spoke these words, his eyes changed.

"It is not tolerance that has placed us humans at the top of the food chain, but it is being cold-blooded enough towards other species, including being cold-blooded enough towards our own people."

As he expressed these thoughts, Chief Li himself seemed like a cold-blooded animal, his face expressionless, his pupils barely moving as if only the sight of prey could elicit a spark in his eyes.

"Chief Li, have you deduced the truth?" Wu Hen asked.

"No, I want to hear your conclusion," Chief Li replied.

"The Longevity Sect is the shepherd dog for high-dimensional insects. Our home has been chosen as the experimental ground for these high-dimensional insects to implant onto the Human Clan Ten Thousand Veins the genetic fear of them."

"The method of implanting fear is simple: to subject a vast population to various manners of death."

"Some lions in Africa, having never seen humans or guns since birth, become terrified to the point of their souls scattering when hunters draw their rifles, even in the absence of gunfire... That's because in generations of these lion Beasts, their species was massacred by hunters using firearms, and this fear of humans has been implanted into their genes, so no matter where these lions flee or wander to in the future, they will always fear humans and guns."

"Similarly, the high-dimensional insects are doing the same to our Human Clan."

"You have also said that Nuwa God End is the earliest origin of the Human Clan, and our widespread death would likewise unleash a biological signal that spreads throughout the entire Human Clan, like a plague passing through the Ten Thousand Veins. Not many generations would be required before this indelible mark of fear is etched into our genes."

After outlining this, Wu Hen also recounted what he had seen through the Death Omen Law.

Chief Li's face remained expressionless, but clearly his thoughts had ground to a halt.

He needed to digest this extremely terrifying information; and as his thinking paused, using this truth, he began to surmise even more dreadful realities.

"So what fate awaits us now that we've changed our strategy and decided to launch an attack on Magic Cube Star?" Chief Li asked.

"The same annihilation, just in a different order of events," Wu Hen replied.