Light Fortress-Chapter 1531 - 225: Deep Sea Conference
"No."
Lu Nanzhi shook her head.
"This information comes from my ’informant,’ but it’s inconvenient to reveal who they are."
Lu Nanzhi paused for a moment and said, "You all know that when it comes to secrets at the level of the fire seeds, there’s no possibility of any images being circulated. However, I can tell everyone that currently not only has the Storm Throne dispatched a fleet southward, but also the Source Tower and Light City have started to take action... If the East Continent doesn’t catch up immediately, they could likely miss the opportunity."
This information was naturally disclosed to her by the Red Dragon.
After receiving news from the Cloud Mirror, the Red Dragon contacted Lu Nanzhi using the identity "064," completing the information delivery.
As for images.
There’s no way to transmit them, because once Cloud Mirror images are circulated, the Red Dragon would be directly exposed, along with the possibility of the entire Ancient Literature Society meeting room being uprooted.
So the issue to face now is... relying on just a verbal message, does Lu Nanzhi have the ability to persuade the East Continent to take action.
Gong Qing frowned, clearly lost in thought.
"Xiao Chi, do you have any news on your side?"
The old man looked towards the Bai Family Master.
Bai Xiaochi quietly said, "As soon as I got the news, I sent someone to the cemetery, but Mr. Bai Shu seems to be ’busy’ and hasn’t responded at all yet."
"Oh?"
Though old, Gu Qilin’s sharpness did not fade from his eyes.
The Divine Throne hears from all directions, sees all angles, what kind of matter can make such a supreme being so busy that he can’t respond?
After much consideration, it could only be a conversation between the highest seats.
The return of the Storm Throne... is highly probable!
The old man decisively said in a deep voice, "Everyone, it’s not wise to hesitate... I propose Changye dispatch a vanguard, with each area providing a support crew, to head southward to sea. Regardless of the current situation, we should first explore the depths of the Ice Sea to discover what’s there."
"Seconded."
"Seconded."
Each attendee of the meeting is at the level of being an old fox among humans.
Upon hearing Bai Xiaochi’s calm response, they already guessed seventy to eighty percent of it.
Adding the old man’s words.
This proposal was immediately and smoothly passed.
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A meeting was also being held in the deepest parts of the deep water area.
Over the years, the Deep Sea has evolved and upgraded. Because the source quality of the Extraordinary Era has increased, the spiritual computational power contributed by Transcendents has also increased. This deep water area has expanded and deepened more than tenfold compared to five years ago!
But one thing has not changed.
That is the "foundation" constructed with the power of fire seeds, which remains the deepest touchable point in the deep water area.
"Storm, since you’ve returned, why not let us know in advance?"
The Sky Divine Throne Qinglong casually gathered his spiritual image, appearing in the form of a young man in red robes and bare feet at the age of twenty.
Perhaps due to his immersion in ancient chess games in the real world, he still fiddled with a black chess piece as he came to the bottom layer of the deep water area.
"Is there really a need to say it? I haven’t even entered inland, yet a spiritual meeting has already been initiated."
Storm sarcastically replied, "Put away that hypocritical face. Your Cloud Mirror can see everything, why pretend to be blind?"
At this moment, various fire seed divine lights slowly entered the Deep Sea, and the gathered divine thrones all witnessed the scene of Storm brazenly confronting the Sky.
"Hah... haha..."
Everyone gathered, and in response to Storm’s sarcasm, the Sky Divine Throne merely laughed indifferently.
The relationship between the Seven Divines is quite delicate.
When the news of Gu Changzhi’s death first broke, the North Continent had just ended its alliance with the West Continent and shifted to merge with the East Continent.
Thus, Light City leaned towards the Source Tower, while also pulling in the West Continent to blockade and thwart the Empress, preventing the North Continent from easily obtaining the Traveler’s Spark.
And now.
The situation has shifted once again.
The merge between the North Continent and the East Continent has entered its second phase.
Over these five years, Light City and the Source Tower have formed an alliance... though they didn’t include the Southern Continent in their camp.
Continents without a Divine Throne are destined to become mere game pieces.
In these five years, Light City and the Source Tower have viewed the West Continent as a bloodletting ground, extracting resources without mercy, which the Holy City had to endure. Naturally, all grievances would have to wait until their Divine Throne’s return for relief, as the Storm Throne participating in the meeting had already learned of the various unfair treatments the Southern Continent faced over these five years.
Despite not caring about his citizens’ lives.
His established divine hierarchy has faced significant suppression these years!
This is what Storm cannot tolerate...
The Southern Continent is his territory, so even if lives are to be extracted, they should be extracted by him!
Ironically though.
If this situation happened in the Outer Continent and presented Storm with the absence of other supreme seats, he would act the same, immediately uniting other forces for a combined plunder.
This time, only five divine thrones arrived at the deep water area.
The Lord of Wine has perished, and the Netherworld King remains absent.
"Since you’re all here, why not take a look at this."
Qinglong generously waved his hand, distributing the Cloud Mirror captured images of Yunting Island.
After several divine thrones reviewed it.
Qinglong, meaningfully looking towards the Storm Throne, smiled and said, "Seems that during your six-year absence, someone has discovered something good... just returned and a fleet’s been dispatched, isn’t sharing the joy with everyone better than enjoying it alone?"
"..."
Storm’s expression showed no change.
He actually already anticipated that his fleet dispatch would be captured by the Sky, but it no longer mattered.
He simply wanted to be faster.
Even if the Sky becomes aware, and now all highest seats know, they won’t be faster than the Giant Deer Saint’s fleet.
Under the rules set by the highest seats over six hundred years, any mission requiring a Divine Throne to venture out must involve a critically important event concerning the future destiny of human homelands.
After such missions conclude, information must be shared free of charge... Refining Fire bearers must shoulder this responsibility.
"The Ice Sea Ruins do truly exist, I saw ’it.’
Storm waved, summoning the inner scene of his Spirit Sea.
It resembled a tremendous "iceberg" rising, enveloped by countless snow-white auroras. Just the portion protruding above the water surface seemed like a giant whale several thousand meters long.
The Light Divine Throne furrowed his brows: "What’s this thing?"
"Part of the Ice Sea Ruins surfacing above the sea."
Storm calmly replied: "This thing is dead, but with the source quality flowing towards the Five Continents, the sea level in the depths of the Ice Sea dropped, gradually revealing part of its outline. This is also why no one discovered the Ice Sea Ruins six hundred years ago... back then, it was still submerged beneath the sea."
The Light Divine Throne asked again: "Didn’t you go inside to take a look?"
"I would’ve liked to... but if I did, you’d no longer see me."
Storm chuckled, "Do you know how much time I spent on my Ice Sea mission this time?"
"... Six years and one month," Bai Shu remembered distinctly.
"No."
Storm shook his head, "In my understanding, considering the round trip and the days spent, I only used thirty days!"
"???"
The other four divine thrones of the highest seat were shocked.
"Around the Ice Sea Ruins, there exists a ’time distortion zone’!" Storm smiled, "If I had really attempted entry, perhaps upon return, the Five Continents would already be irrevocably altered."
"Thus, I lingered around the Ice Sea Ruins for seven days, trying to use my Divine Thought to wrap my authority and penetrate the barrier for exploration. Later, I discovered... this Ruins seems to have a strong restraining effect on the Torch Authority, my spiritual power dissipated like snow melting, and my authority followed in losing."
Storm jokingly asked, "Otherwise, why do you think I’m dispatching a Saint... if the Ice Sea Ruins could be entered so simply without side effects, I would’ve completed the exploration and returned already!"
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(The drafts are all finished, that’s all for tonight. Goodnight everyone, there will be five more Chapters tomorrow during the day!)
