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Chapter 341: 338
"Blue Star."
Gu Jinlai had lived in this world for already five years.
It had to be said, the wealth, status, and power he possessed in this world was countless times stronger compared to his days as an ordinary person during the Central Earth Kingdom period on Blue Star.
But...
Five years of memories were not enough to erase the experiences of more than twenty years on Blue Star.
Instead, it made him miss his family and friends on Blue Star even more.
For this reason, when he first received a signal from Blue Star on Qiushan Mountain, he was so thrilled.
However, even though he had received the message from Blue Star, he still dared not to be certain that he could truly return to Blue Star. Therefore, he had always been suppressing this longing.
But now...
The long-awaited hope that he yearned for day and night seemed to be right before his eyes, about to be realized, and even with his current state of mind, he couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
"Head of the External Civilization Communication Command Center."
Watching the Spirit Light so faint it could almost be negligible, Gu Jinlai took a deep breath, "I remember your name is Xie Yusheng."
The next moment, the tremendous consumption of Spiritual Sense sent him soaring towards that Spirit Light.
It was just that this Spiritual fluctuation was extremely remote.
So remote that it seemed to stretch across the entire True Spirit Realm, situated at the other end of the True Spirit Realm.
So much so that when his True Spirit projected over, the Spiritual Sense used for paving the way was consumed enormously.
Enormous to the point that it seemed impossible to touch that sliver of spirituality.
It was as if...
The two sides were not in the same space-time.
"Spiritual Sense!"
Gu Jinlai’s expression turned somewhat ugly.
With a shift in thought, in his Spiritual world, the twelve remaining Qingguang streams were directly injected into his conscious homunculus.
Suddenly, the originally struggling True Spirit projection suddenly accelerated, and the two sides drew closer and closer.
And it seemed to break some kind of shackle.
Only, a single Qingguang was clearly not enough!
This Void Projection Technique was just like the time he confronted a Venerate Demon Spirit in the Demon Realm, he had to put forth the second, third, and even the fourth and fifth Qingguang.
With the continuous consumption of Qingguang, his very own True Spirit was also entirely poured into the Void Projection Technique, even reducing perception of his host body to completely break free from the shackles of the entire "True Spirit Realm" distance.
Or perhaps, the True Spirit Realm does not have the concept of distance.
All spirits belong to one whole.
It was nothing but the perceptual resonance, intertwinement, and strength between spirits.
With the help of Qingguang, the originally faint to negligible spirit light was captured by Gu Jinlai, and after consuming a full ten streams of Qingguang, his True Spirit forcefully broke the almost non-existent projection foundation between the two, and in an instant melded into this spirit light.
"Buzz, buzz!"
The moment he entered this spiritual light, the imagery of the "True Spirit Realm" swiftly dissipated, replaced by human-like sensations and sight.
Humans!
"Xie Yusheng!"
Gu Jinlai instantly knew his current situation.
He had descended upon Xie Yusheng through the Void Projection Technique.
Just like not long ago when he similarly descended into Gu Junxiu in the same way.
However, unlike the effortless way he descended into Gu Junxiu, the consumption to enter Xie Yusheng’s "horizon" was unbelievably huge.
The Qingguang he had spent in the Demon Realm confronting that Venerate Demon Spirit had not even reached this amount.
But...
Using "Xie Yusheng" to look at the familiar script around him.
Looking at those familiar Eastern faces.
And the kind of modern yet with a hint of sci-fi decor in houses only found on Blue Star.
Gu Jinlai couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotions.
"Blue Star."
His heart was filled with sighs.
He had returned.
He had returned to Blue Star.
Five years!
He had left for a full five years!
Nobody knew what he had been through in those five years!
And after five years, he had finally set foot on Blue Star’s land again!
Even though it was through another person’s body...
"Eh, why am I so excited, why do I feel so sentimental? Could something good have happened today?"
At that moment, he spoke a line.
No!
It wasn’t him speaking; it was "Xie Yusheng" himself.
This discovery surprised Gu Jinlai: "My emotions can influence Xie Yusheng?"
"Hmm, could it be that there is some new achievement from the science department, and my South Heavenly Gate project can be further perfected? Next should be laser cannons and repulsion shields, right? Let’s go check it out."
Xie Yusheng said, and quickly left the room with a hint of sci-fi style, through a highly automated corridor.
"Laser cannons, repulsion shields!?"
Gu Jinlai was somewhat astonished.
Did the Central Earth Kingdom have these things?
But after all, he used to be just an ordinary person, not in touch with these cutting-edge technologies, which was not surprising.
And laser cannons, weren’t they developed decades ago?
Only the power output was a bit disappointing.
"This place is obviously a strict key facility, but that’s also right, after all, it is the Communication Command Center, discovering Aliens, it is natural for the state to pay high attention."
Gu Jinlai regained his thoughts and tried to gather spiritual energy to form his own energy body.
But this attempt made him realize...
There was none.
There was no Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy on Blue Star.
This result surprised him somewhat.
But then he regained his calm.
It was normal.
After all, Blue Star was indeed a world without any transcendence.
Even the current King of Fist was probably only at the Body Refining stage, at most refining the organs.
The theoretical limit of the human body was blood exchange.
And this limit could only be reached by those with exceptional talents.
"Speaking of the problem of spiritual energy... according to my understanding over the years, spiritual energy is essentially the spiritual essence left behind by the continuous cycle of life and death of humanity, the All Things Spiritual Leader. These spiritual essences, filled with human thoughts of conquering the heavens, the earth, and all creatures, or these scattered spiritual essences, go through reincarnation in the True Spirit Realm time and time again. Over time, they impart the trait of triggering the power of Heaven and Earth in the spiritual essence of those who come after..."
Gu Jinlai pondered.
Unity is strength.
Man will conquer nature.
These were not empty words.
The cultivation civilization was the best example.
"In the concept of the Heavenly Master, all things have spirits, and the world is a whole. This whole includes humans, as well as flowers, plants, fish, insects, and animals, including the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and the mountains and rivers. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy is also part of humans, just a different distribution of ’spirit’."
Gu Jinlai had an epiphany: "Since Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and the essence of humanity both belong to one type of spirit, the relationship between them is naturally like that of arms and the brain. The brain controls the arms, just as humans refine and utilize Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy."
His gaze returned to Blue Star, and he had a guess in mind.
The civilization of Blue Star was not long-standing.
The oldest Ancient Babylonian civilization was only eight thousand years old.
In ancient times, there were actually legends of cultivators.
Many Exotic Beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Various myths about Immortals.
Of course, at that time, the cultivation civilization was in its early stages, and Second-Rank Cultivators were probably few and far between.
However, a thousand years ago, the advent of gunpowder seemed to steer Blue Star civilization in a different direction.
People began to rely on External Objects.
By the last century, the science and technology that used External Objects had reached its peak.
Of course, this isn’t to say that science is inferior to the Cultivator System.
It’s just that one focuses on amassing great powers within oneself, while the other pools the collective wisdom of all living beings in External Objects—the directions are simply different.
But, it was this change that led to the downfall of the budding cultivation civilization.
"The Will of All Living Beings... this is the choice of all living beings," said Gu Jinlai.
The change in thinking meant that the cycle of spirit no longer persisted in self-conquest of heaven and earth or control over all things.
Especially considering the previous eight thousand years, although lengthy, how many people were there on Blue Star at that time?
In the last century or two, the total population has multiplied, several tens of times, even a hundredfold, compared to before.
This naturally had a greater impact on the direction of civilization.
Gu Jinlai suddenly thought of the scientific concept of genes.
How similar is this theory to the evolution of genes?
"Both the change in the cultivation environment and the evolution of genes require a long time and a huge number of living beings."
Gu Jinlai’s understanding of the differences between the two worlds became clearer.
"Compared to Blue Star, that world has a recorded... or rather a complete recorded history of sixteen thousand years, with a population that’s clearly larger. Not to mention the regions where the Holy Land, Divine Mountain, Netherworld, and Sea God Temple are located, just the Daqian Dynasty alone has a population of nine hundred million. That’s just the recorded figure. In reality, many major families and clans have servants and slaves that aren’t even included in the population statistics of the Daqian people..."
At this moment, Xie Yusheng stepped out of the room and into an environment...
A somewhat cluttered yard.
As he stepped out of the yard, Gu Jinlai had a thought, focusing his gaze on the Sky Dome at the edge of his view.
World!
A vast projection of the world!
The projection was so vast it enveloped the entire Blue Star.
Further away...
It seemed that due to escaping Blue Star’s gravitational distortion of space-time, or for some other reason, nothing else appeared.
But from this alone, one could see that that world was much larger than Blue Star.
If the projections of the two worlds correspond to each other, then at least, the Qiantian World, where Gu Jinlai resided, "sees" no projection of Blue Star.
As Gu Jinlai continued to survey his surroundings, understanding the environment he was in, a strong sense of weakness surged within him.
He quickly realized that his Spiritual Sense was nearly exhausted.
Moreover...
Due to the vast distance between the two worlds, his Perception with his original body was gradually weakening.
This weakening was not from the level of spirit or True Spirit, but from a higher level of power.
Immediately, he dared not linger any longer.
With a reluctant glance at the geography that was unfamiliar yet familiar, he quickly cut off the True Spirit projection.
Suddenly, space shifted.
Gu Jinlai’s True Spirit returned to his own body.
Upon returning to his body, the sense of weakness became even more intense, to the point where he couldn’t even consolidate his thoughts.
He had no choice but to use a ray of Qingguang, which barely helped him recover his senses.
After regaining his senses, he seemed to perceive something. Outside his Cultivation Room...
There were actually more than a dozen people.
Among these people, Zhang Lihuo, Xin Tianqi, Cheng Lixue, Jing Yunshan, Liu Jingtiao, Fang Linghai, Monarch Wu You, Gu Chaoyang, Gu Changfeng, Gu Xiangyang, and others were all present.
It was as if they were holding a meeting.
For a moment, Gu Jinlai had to gather his Divine Sense, quickly exiting the Cultivation Room, and said solemnly, "What has happened?"
However, seeing Gu Jinlai emerge from the Cultivation Room, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if a burden had been lifted, "Venerable Daoist Elder, you’re unharmed, that’s great."
"Palace Master, you’ve finally finished your seclusion."
"It’s good that you’re okay, it’s good that you’re okay."
Gu Jinlai, observing everyone’s reactions, had a hunch and suddenly asked, "How long have I been in seclusion?"
"One month."
Zhang Lihuo said in a grave voice, "Venerable Daoist Elder, you have been in seclusion for one month now."
