Chapter 413: Seal and Madness
"Overthrow human tyranny, the world belongs to us!!!"
At this moment, the four strongest monsters within the Alliance of Ten Thousand Beasts shouted their slogan with deafening voices.
The mere air currents stirred by their voices were enough to whip up a gale. The nearby leaves, already teetering on the brink from dehydration, fell one after another amidst the sound waves.
Besides the voices, a powerful mental fluctuation, almost solidified into substance, also instantly spread throughout the entire Secret Realm Forest. Within the Southern Secret Realm, across millions of square kilometers of land, the signals transmitted by the Four Holy Beasts reverberated everywhere.
This fluctuation was like a spark falling into a powder keg named 'passion,' igniting the entire forest into a frenzy.
Whether mutated animals or plants, all responded at this moment to the distant call, contributing their own small measure of strength to the energy field of hatred that permeated the entire forest.
"Which lunatic got poisoned by reading novels?" Min Tianci, who had once read the same novel as the Four Holy Beasts, reacted by thinking some suicidal madman was desperately taunting everyone on the whole map.
Yet, he hadn't imagined at all that such a mental fluctuation would actually come from a few terrifying mutated creatures instead of any human.
Up until now, the mutated creatures in the Secret Realm had given him the impression of merely possessing a slight cunning beyond ordinary animals, far from being capable of shouting out classic novel quotes.
And after this wave of provocation, all the peripheral mutated creatures became as fanatical as if they had been injected with stimulants. Ferocious hounds barked wildly, while colorful venomous snakes incessantly slapped the ground with their tails, exactly like children with boundless energy stomping everywhere.
The frenzied animals gave Min Tianci quite a scare. In the three years he had been living and surviving in the forest, he had never witnessed such a bizarre scene.
The Secret Realm Forest, which had always been unusually quiet and where various mutated creatures hid themselves exceptionally well, had completely erupted without the slightest warning?
"Sigh, another one has gone mad." Thinking of the person who had emitted the mental fluctuation from afar, Min Tianci couldn't help but feel a touch of sorrow for his kind.
In this forest fraught with peril, the pressure of survival was simply unimaginable for ordinary people. The mere burden of the two words 'to live' had already driven a great many people insane.
During his three years in the dense forest, he had also encountered several people who, in despair, sought death.
Of course, those who wished to die in the forest could easily have their wish granted. If one simply emptied their mind and stopped thinking for a moment, life-threatening danger would immediately appear; the Secret Realm, with its omnipresent traps, would fulfill its mission.
"If it weren't for her, I probably would have gone mad long ago." The icy touch on his left hand stirred some precious memories in Min Tianci. "I really don't know if she's made of ice; her hands are always so cold."
Ever since teaming up with Yue Die, relying on her precognitive abilities, Min Tianci was able to find opportunities to relax his nerves every day, preventing him from descending into madness.
"Let's go." Yue Die tugged again at the hand of the man behind her, reminding him not to daze off.
"Hmm, what a pity, another one has fallen." Min Tianci sighed, shook himself, and continued forward.
He also really wanted to see what exactly was at the center of the commotion... something that could change both their fates...
"Don't you think that if you shed your skins, you'd be no different from humans?" After hearing their slogan, Bai Mo couldn't help but smile.
The scene before him was simply too ironic: a group of mutated animals deeply influenced by human culture, using quotes learned from human society as slogans to oppose humans and boost morale.
However, this was actually quite normal. Ten years ago, they were still living like savages. Naturally, they wouldn't have had enough time to develop a culture unique to themselves.
After accepting the dominant human cultural output, it was not surprising that they were assimilated into beings with similar thought patterns.
Aside from their unique cultivation system, which couldn't be directly copied due to species differences, the Alliance of Ten Thousand Beasts had almost entirely adopted everything from human culture.
Ignoring their differing appearances, they could even communicate with humans completely without hindrance.
If it weren't for their concern that when communicating with others via the internet, they might be discovered by various national official surveillance departments, their skill at portraying various roles would absolutely be far superior to those online who pretend to be girls to swindle money.
"Humans are creatures fixated on visuals; as long as they find something displeasing to the eye, they'll never accept us," Azure Dragon retorted.
"You're absolutely right, but what does it matter? I can accept you." As Bai Mo spoke, specks of white light appeared around him, transforming into four arms entirely condensed from white light.
He completed the action with an air of nonchalance, as if everything he was about to contend with was merely an illusion.
The four arms reached out towards the Four Holy Beasts respectively. Vermilion Bird, who had originally been trapped by the cage of white light, regained its freedom after the cage actively disappeared.
"As soon as we grasp your hand, we'll immediately become your slaves, won't we? The Destiny System of the Land of White... We've all heard of it."
"No, no, no, no, I don't need slaves, nor do I need any subordinates. No one would consider their own hands their slaves."
"You're insane..." By this point, Azure Dragon and White Tiger finally understood the other party's intentions. The fellow before them was simply a madman.
"So-called madness is merely disagreement with mainstream values. But now, my will is the mainstream!"
"Perhaps after fifty years of reflection within the seal, you'll realize just how gravely mistaken you were! Four Symbols Heaven Seal, complete!"
After a round of verbal sparring, the seal was finally complete. The Holy Beasts saw that the seal was almost two-thirds deciphered by this point, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, even though they no longer needed to breathe.
Especially when they saw Bai Mo's overly calm eyes in the final moments before the sealing, the unease in their hearts grew even stronger.
But no matter what, the seal seemed to have finally taken effect. That figure, along with all the surrounding white light, was absorbed into the Four Symbols Seal. They could finally relax their overdrawn bodies.
In the time to come, the Four Symbols Heaven Seal would use the protective energy field of the entire Southern Secret Realm as fuel to sustain the seal for fifty years.
"Aside from being mentally unsound, he is a true genius. Our seal might only last twenty years instead of the projected fifty."
"In just a few minutes, he actually managed to decipher more than half of the runes..."
One minute later, Land of White, Southern Region.
"Mommy, look! There's a white meteor shower over there!"
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