Chapter 285: The Choice
Bai Mo's external Spirit Hubs, like fiber optic cables, continuously exchanged vast amounts of information and energy with Ying Huo, who had already transformed into a divine tree.
These two transcendent life forms exchanged information countless times every second. Bai Mo continuously infused the vast knowledge he had accumulated over the past decade into Ying Huo's main trunk, and Ying Huo, in turn, used this known information to think, thereby better utilizing its own power.
This was because even though it had merged with the thoughts and memories of so many people, almost all of those it integrated were commoners, unable to access core classified information. Therefore, Bai Mo, linked to the other end and remembering countless secrets, still needed to transmit relevant information.
At this moment, Ramdo and Hai Ge Li Si behind him were battling Ying Huo's endless roots, reminiscent of Wood Release jutsu. However, rather than a battle, it was more like one-sided destruction.
Although Ying Huo's attacks appeared mighty, not a single one of the flying roots could approach within ten meters of the two. The moment they drew near, they would be utterly crushed by Ramdo's divine power halo.
Pure power allowed Ramdo to act like a road roller, crushing every branch that attempted to act like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Even so, Ying Huo continued to delay this destructive enemy at all costs, striving to absorb more knowledge from Bai Mo.
Its mind was already terrifyingly vast; the only thing it lacked was a complete cultivation system. In less than half an hour, it had already become perhaps the most terrifyingly intelligent life form on this planet.
With just a little more time, Ying Huo would be able to transform its knowledge into true and substantial power!
It was like comparing cars from a hundred years ago to those of today. While their essential function remained the same—transporting people and goods—their stability, safety, and even engine efficiency were as different as clouds and mud.
Cultivation techniques were the same. Their initial creators were merely mortals; while their general direction was correct, they couldn't achieve perfection in the details. Only through generational improvement could they be refined.
Or, to use a more apt metaphor from software, the creators designed version 1.0. Subsequent patch improvements like 1.1, 1.2, and 1.21 might still be needed to achieve better results.
Now, Bai Mo was leveraging Ying Huo's powerful intelligence to rapidly enhance the efficiency of his own power, developing new functions and correcting errors, starting from the 1.0 version.
Through the dense white mist, Ramdo could only vaguely sense that the man and the tree in the core area were constantly changing. The obstructing mist around him rapidly increased in density, already showing a tendency to liquefy.
By observing how Ying Huo used its power, Bai Mo constantly optimized every detail, such as the flow of his Spirit Energy. This was far faster than his previous deductions using supercomputers. After all, Ying Huo possessed subjective initiative and could actively improve, while computers were ultimately lifeless objects without a self, only able to execute predefined tasks.
"Perhaps, for humanity to condense into a collective consciousness is the optimal choice from the perspective of an entire civilization?" Looking at Ying Huo before him, such a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
"But a world devoid of strife and internal conflict seems too despairing."
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However, these philosophical questions didn't trouble Bai Mo for long, as Ramdo had already broken through numerous obstacles, arriving within just over a hundred meters of him.
For them, a hundred meters was no different from being face-to-face—a distance that could be covered in the blink of an eye.
By this point, Ying Huo had skillfully mastered the transformations of Xuanhua. After realizing Ramdo had found its main trunk, the white mist shrouding the heavens and earth completely dissipated, re-transforming into solid Xuanhua, which was more conducive to combat.
In the pitch-black night sky, Ramdo and Hai Ge Li Si behind him faced off against the man and the tree connected together before them.
The divine tree covering an entire city, the faintly visible Bai Mo, Ramdo shimmering with golden light like a shining sun, and the most inconspicuous Hai Ge Li Si became the last living beings in Maysuo City.
All living creatures in the entire city that could escape, fled. Those who couldn't, all became sacrifices for Ying Huo's apotheosis.
"Aaaah!" Ramdo roared, smashing his fist, laden with his rage, towards Ying Huo's main trunk.
What terrifying spectacle would unfold if an entire city were to crash into another? This moment provided the answer.
Ramdo, embodying the power of his entire Divine Kingdom, and Ying Huo, the divine tree that had become a forest from a single root, became the protagonists of this scene.
A single punch, carrying blinding divine power light, erupted into a terrifying pillar of light the moment it made contact with Ying Huo. With the appearance of this light pillar, almost the entire sky was illuminated. The radiance was so dazzling that night seemed to return to day once more.
The intense light even caused the Imperial Guards, waiting dozens of kilometers away for orders, to involuntarily close their eyes, instinctively shedding tears.
The air around the point of collision was instantly heated to a frenzy by the immense thermal and kinetic energy, with even a small portion directly transformed into a plasma state.
Wherever the light reached, the shockwave from the expanding air flattened all structures it passed through. The towering skyscrapers that once stood in Maysuo City simply ceased to exist.
The entire earth trembled. Seismic monitoring departments across various nations registered the information from this single punch.
"The latest seismic information monitored in Maysuo, after conversion and calculation, is approximately a 5.4 magnitude earthquake..."
The entire world watched this world-shaking battle. The faith crisis brought by curses in recent days had already crippled this great nation, spanning the Eurasian continent, to its very foundations. Should Maysuo disintegrate, it would undoubtedly be a joyous feast for the surrounding nations, profoundly altering the political landscape of the entire continent.
And the sudden appearance of a super life form in Maysuo, a divine tree whose roots and canopy enveloped an entire city, instilled in all of humanity, for the first time, the hidden fear of being pulled down from their altar at the top of the food chain, even facing extinction.
According to interviews conducted by war correspondents with Maysuo's citizens who had fled, risking their lives, this monster had devoured over a million people in the city in less than half an hour. Furthermore, some priests revealed that this monster could continuously grow stronger by consuming various forms of life.
"Is this the god you wanted to create?" Chen Bo stood in Tianqing, beginning to issue orders, aiming all of the Huaxia Federation's nuclear weapons at Maysuo, then silently awaiting the final outcome of the battle.
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