Chapter 334 The sundial that creates disaster
In the 20th month of Daxu, the entire world has begun to become more stable, but civilization is declining more and more.
After Gu Shanhai casually suppressed the earthquake in the area, his expression became more and more confused.
"As for the source, according to data calculations, the location that caused the world-wide disaster should be in this area."
After three months of further testing on Ren's divine power and finding that it had no effect, Gu Shanhai set out to find the source of the disaster.
According to his one-month visit and research, and through a large amount of data research, he determined that the location is in this area.
Of course, we don’t know exactly whether Gu Shanhai is there, so we can only investigate.
"Is it transferred?"
"Or is it not the source, but just a radiation point?"
Gu Shanhai searched carefully and found nothing.
"Or is there no source at all, and these disasters are all random?" Gu Shanhai was also a little unsure.
From the analysis of the data and intelligence he collected, there is a high probability that it has a source rather than being born randomly.
The recent overload state of the world is decreasing little by little. It is obvious that something has caused its overall level to decline. It feels to Gu Shanhai as if something is being gestated, or has simply been gestated.
Gu Shanhai also discovered these things after observing the entire world through Ren's divine power data.
It's just that the things he can observe are limited, otherwise he would need to visit everywhere for further observation. As for Renn, he can detect even less things than Gu Shanhai, only a vague feeling similar to intuition, nothing. Gu Shanhai has such intuitive data.
"If that's the case, then damn it, you still dare to be stubborn with me?"
Gu Shanhai was about to leave, but suddenly he found that the ground was shaking continuously, and the strong tremors kept erupting. If the earthquake he suppressed just now was at magnitude eight, it had now increased to magnitude nine.
Obviously this was a kind of revenge from the source of the disaster, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence.
With his strength, he not only suppressed the earthquake, but also sorted out the earth's veins. Therefore, it was impossible for another earthquake to occur, and even aftershocks would not occur. The result was good now, and he slapped Gu Shanhai directly to express his gratitude. The other party is very capable.
"Push back!" Gu Shanhai took action without hesitation.
The mana and vibration canceled each other out, causing the earthquake that was about to erupt to disappear without a trace.
"Well now, you have my attention."
Gu Shanhai even thought that there was no source. Now that the other party was directly exposed, he didn't know what the other party was planning.
"So, what is it? A living thing or a dead thing."
Gu Shanhai was also confused about the source. The data he had could confirm it, but he couldn't know what it was.
Divination has not been restored yet, so Gu Shanhai cannot verify it. The influence of the Great Ruins still exists in this world.
"Found it!" Gu Shanhai's spiritual consciousness continued to spread, and he continued to explore within tens of thousands of miles. The Four Sacred Beast System assisted him in constructing a three-dimensional map and scanning all objects, he noticed a Something extraordinarily different.
The figure moved away in an instant, and he saw a stone mask similar to a human face inlaid on a sundial.
The human face looked angry, and the places on the sundial that were supposed to be numbers turned into some strange lines. These lines were similar to hieroglyphs, describing various disasters.
At this time, the pointer on the sundial fell in the area representing the earthquake due to the angle of the sun.
"What exactly is this thing?" Gu Shanhai reached out to touch it, only to find that the sundial had no entity. In other words, what Gu Shanhai found was only its projection, and the real body was not here.
"Let's call it the Disaster Sundial for now, but what about its body?"
Gu Shanhai can be sure that the disasters in the world are caused by this sundial. As long as the pointer on the sundial jumps, it will cause a disaster somewhere.
As for whether it is true or false, Gu Shanhai is still waiting.
As time passed, the shadow on the sundial turned again, slowly moving from the location of the earthquake to the tsunami.
The figure of the Disaster Sundial gradually began to blur, perhaps because it was just a projection. Wherever the disaster is, it will go there.
After the disaster sundial completely disappeared, Gu Shanhai also instantly noticed that a violent tsunami had erupted in a certain sea area.
Gu Shanhai naturally arrived in an instant, but this time, instead of alerting the enemy, he once again found this disaster sundial on a seabed in the deep sea.
Even if it is on the dark seabed without sunlight, this shadow-like pointer still exists.
"Perhaps, this is its true nature." Gu Shanhai continued to collect data and suddenly realized that it was not that its true body was not here, but that its true nature was a disaster.
"The problem is big, how should I deal with it?"
Gu Shanhai is keenly aware that every time the Disaster Sundial causes a disaster, it will make him grow. It is also true that the disasters caused are getting bigger and bigger. Even if it can only be caused once at the same time, it does not mean that it is over once it is caused.
The subsequent troubles are a headache.
"Is this thing a bit like a rule?" Gu Shanhai was actually a little unsure. He felt like an enhanced version of a saint and a degraded version of a god.
The ability is very rigid and powerful, it simply triggers a disaster within a certain period of time.
"A brand new product should be an abnormal product formed by the chaotic and broken rules that were absorbed by the world."
It just feels like an enhanced version of a saint and a degraded version of a god. In fact, it is definitely not the case. It is the sequelae that Gu Shanhai was worried about before.
If a person's fracture is not treated in time, the body's self-healing will contain the original dislocated bone, causing lesions or incorrect recovery.
This is how the Disaster Sundial was born.
"If I guess correctly, the Disaster Sundial is just the beginning, and there will be more anomalies in the future."
In other words, these anomalies are the evolved form of the original mutated areas. Those mutated areas were originally based on the Great Ruins, but are now absorbed by the world and have become substitutes for the gods.
This means that there are more anomalies in the world than just the Disaster Sundial, there are more anomalies being born or dormant.
If they were purely gods, there would actually be a way to survive, because gods would not care too much, and these anomalies are different. They were born with disorder, and more importantly, they had no self. Anyway, this disaster sundial has this virtue. , if it is a god, it can also win opportunities by communicating with words and interests. The disaster sundial itself is a dead object that cannot communicate and has no entity, so even if you want to interfere, it will not work.
"We can only use magic to deal with magic." Gu Shanhai actually had some ideas.
Since this thing itself is a rule, then let the gods who are also the rules take action.
He has two plans. One is to promote Renn from a saint to a god. However, this will take time, at least until the server is closed. The closure of the server means that the world has entered a stable period, and there will be no player influence. , a lot less variables.
The second plan is naturally the saint pool transformed by the saints. Gu Shanhai wants to use this as a basis to form an existence to fight against these anomalies. Well, it is just a patch, but it is mixed with private goods. patch.
If it is uploaded as a patch under normal circumstances, then these pools will not be biased towards Renne and the entire civilization itself. After all, whether they are alive or dead, they are actually fighting for the world, so they will be impartial. If you want to use it, you have to mix it with private goods.
The best situation is to implement the two plans together, with Ren becoming a god and the Saint's Pond becoming a patch to assist. In this way, they can not only suppress these anomalies smoothly, but also exploit and develop them.
During this period, Gu Shanhai naturally gained enough. Ren became a god, Gu Shanhai was able to peep into the mysteries of regular life forms like gods, the saint's pool became a patch, and Gu Shanhai was able to obtain data related to anomalies in the world.
With these two hands of data, Gu Shanhai can not only make full use of the remains of the God of Fate and End, but can also optimize them to obtain abnormally relevant special powers.
Anomalies have a huge negative impact on the world and even civilization, but their destructive capabilities cannot be denied.
Just like the decline of civilization, Gu Shanhai suspected that some anomaly was at work, but Gu Shanhai could not trace the existence of the anomaly at all, unlike the disaster sundial that had corresponding traces.
If Gu Shanhai obtains the corresponding abilities, even if he will be weakened after leaving this world, it will still be a big help.
"It seems that there are traces of the disaster sundial." Gu Shanhai watched as the pointer on the sundial moved from the tsunami range to the heavy snow, and then disappeared.
But even if the disaster sundial disappeared, the tsunami in the sea area he was in did not stop. It caused a disaster, and there was a complete process. It did not stop when he left, but would slowly subside like a tsunami. In essence, Not ability, but a real tsunami.
Gu Shanhai did not follow the Disaster Sundial to the next disaster location. It was meaningless to him because he could not find a way to deal with the Disaster Sundial and could not interfere. There was no point in following it.
"Fortunately, the world of Adventure King is relatively large, which is enough to cause disaster for the entire Disaster Sundial."
In this regard, I can only say that the world is big enough for it to play. If the world was smaller, with the frequency of disasters caused by the Disaster Sundial, everyone would probably have to follow suit.
After learning about the situation, Gu Shanhai naturally returned.
He didn't plan to look for other anomalies, because he couldn't find them at all. He was able to find the Disaster Sundial, on the one hand, because it had data support, and on the other hand, it was detected by the spiritual consciousness relatively suddenly. In other words, there may be other anomalies. , there are no clues, how can Gu Shanhai find it?
After returning, Ren also noticed Gu Shanhai, so he asked, "Teacher, are you back? Did you find any clues?"
"An existence that I call abnormal." Gu Shanhai briefly summarized his findings to Ren.
This made Ren frown with his brows furrowed, and he was constantly thinking about things in his mind: "In other words, teacher, do you suspect that the regression of our civilization is caused by some anomaly?"
"That's right, but I can't find it, and you might not be able to find it either." Gu Shanhai spoke very straightforwardly.
"Then we can't sit still and wait for death. At least we have to work hard. Now the entire civilization has lost a lot of technology. Even 30% of the writing has disappeared. The language is about to collapse. If we don't look for it, something will happen sooner or later." Renn was not at this time. He is communicating with Gu Shanhai using the original language system of the Adventure King world, but using the player language taught to him by Gu Shanhai. This language is not part of human civilization and belongs to outsiders, so its influence is limited.
"As for the players, do they have any corresponding understanding of the anomalies?" Gu Shanhai asked.
"No, I've also posted a reward, but it didn't have much effect." Renne had asked players to help investigate a long time ago, and there were some clues, but after verification, it was determined that it was just an own incident.
It is normal for an own-goal incident to occur because the number of players is too large.
"Also, the number of players is losing. Teacher, would you like to introduce corresponding recovery measures." Renn raised another corresponding question.
"Loss? Don't worry about it. After losing the adventure land, our production capacity disappeared directly. Coupled with the occurrence of abnormalities, I'm afraid it will also affect the production of skill potions, so the loss of players is a good thing for us. ”
"The world has been severely overdrawn in the past two years and cannot afford to support so many players."
Gu Shanhai naturally knew that players were losing because the rewards had dropped significantly during this period of time.
However, the big players and high-contribution players did not leave. Those who left were the low-contribution players who could not get rewards.
Before he left, he had already started the business of contributing dialogue skills, so some players were naturally preparing to leave early. They couldn't really waste time for this reward.
Of course, this is Gu Shanhai's harmonious way of sending away players. After players have exhausted all their contributions, they will definitely leave. As for forcibly kicking them out of the world, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among players, so the method used must be correct.
"Has it reached such a serious point?" Renn knew that every time a reward was given out, it would be an astronomical amount of resources, but Gu Shanhai provided it promptly every time, so he did not notice this.
"Yeah, you don't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt are expensive when you are not a householder. Once Daxu completely leaves, you will be left to handle the matter. You will know the difficulty." Gu Shanhai complained. Don't look at them every time they take action. In fact, the entire world is already tight. After the remaining four months of rewards and player contributions are exchanged, it is estimated that the resources they can mobilize are only skin and bones. (End of chapter)