Chapter 257 - Shared Wealth, the Gods Return
Earth's current civilization level was not particularly high. Without many wormholes, the scope of Earth's extraterrestrial activities would only be limited to its lunar system.
This was typical of an elementary civilization, so Earth was at best an elementary civilization.
An elementary civilization's understanding of the universe was extremely scarce, and everything was only limited to speculations and telescope observations. Perhaps, there was even a very limited understanding of their own parent star system.
However, Earth was different from your ordinary elementary civilization. Thanks to the wormholes and 1269, Earth's understanding of the universe and the cultivation system was beyond that of many advanced civilizations.
Earthlings knew about the level of civilizations, and they knew about the level of cultivations in the universe.
Earthlings knew how powerful each level of civilization was, and they also had knowledge of how to cultivate on each lifeform level.
So, although the technology on Earth was limited to that of an elementary civilization level, their knowledge was far beyond it.
At least, the upper echelons of humanity such as Emperor Might would know many things that are unknown to others.
One such example was the white hole.
1269 had told Emperor Might about the benefits of the white hole more than once. Therefore, not only did Emperor Might know about the white hole, but he also had a deep understanding of it.
Hearing what Ling Jiu said—that he had stayed on the planet for more than a year, only to find that only a few days had passed on Earth—Emperor Might realized that the planet Ling Jiu had referred to must be near the white hole!
Emperor Might was excited. "Ling Jiu, where's that planet? Bring us there!"
Emperor Might's state of mind was extremely refined, and he was a man of few emotions. So, to see him so inexplicably excited now, one could imagine his anticipation.
Vulcan was almost as excited as he was.
"The wormhole that connects to Whitehole 3 is in Ganymede. We can go anytime."
Ling Jiu smiled.
"Let's head over now!"
"All right then!"
Ling Jiu was helpless, so he brought the two excited old men there.
An hour later, the three came to Ganymede. Then, they passed through the wormhole into Whitehole 3.
Appearing on the surface of Whitehole 3 and feeling the rich Dark Bio-Energy, both Emperor Might and Vulcan wore a look of extreme ecstasy.
"Brother Might, the air on this planet is filled with a strange powerful energy. I can feel that this energy is from the same source as the Gene Arcana and the mysterious energy created by the Arcana Tree. However, it is much thicker and more condensed as well as powerful," Vulcan said with amazement.
"Is this the Dark Bio-Energy you often talked about?"
"It shouldn't be wrong!"
Emperor Might took a deep breath. "1269 once said that the Dark Bio-Energy existed widely in the dark universe. Once it's transmitted to a planet, it will see a steep decline in energy level, becoming Gene Arcana of the preceding level. However, there is an exception when it comes to the white hole."
"So it is the Dark Bio-Energy!"
Vulcan found it hard to suppress the excitement in his heart. "The Dark Bio-Energy's power is ten times more powerful than that of Gene Arcana. Plus, with the Dark Bio-Energy being so rich here, our cultivation speed would increase dramatically if we trained here!"
"This is indeed a rare cultivation spot." Emperor Might was extremely thrilled too.
This is enough to send you guys into such a state of elation? Ling Jiu then continued, "There are five planets near this white hole. I've numbered them separately, from Whitehole 1 to 5.
"Whitehole 1 is the closest to the white hole. Its Dark Bio-Energy is the most potent, and time flows the fastest there, while Whitehole 5's energy is the least potent."
"Five planets?"
Both Emperor Might and Vulcan were stunned for a moment before they looked around. "What is the name of the planet beneath our feet?"
"Whitehole 3."
Ling Jiu smiled. "Of these five planets, the one most suitable for training is Whitehole 2. The Dark Bio-Energy is the second ric.h.e.s.t there, and its time-flow is also the second-fastest.
"Plus, it is a green planet with many scary Direbeasts on it. It is the best suited for existence, settlement, and training."
"Whitehole 2? Let's have a look!"
Fortunately, time passed very fast around the white hole, so little time was wasted, and Ling Jiu did not have to rush to open up wormholes.
About five days later, Ling Jiu finally opened a wormhole that linked Whitehole 3 to Whitehole 2. Then, the three arrived at Whitehole 2.
Emperor Might and Vulcan already liked Whitehole 2 at the first glance.
As Ling Jiu mentioned, Whitehole 2 was a forest planet, and that alone made it much better than Whitehole 3. Not to mention, Whitehole 2's energy was even more potent, and it had a faster flow of time.
In other words, Whitehole 2 was more suitable for long-term training.
"The only flaw I can say about Whitehole 2 is that it has many terrifying Direbeasts. There are numerous stellar-level lifeforms, and even galactic-level lifeforms are not in the minority."
Ling Jiu looked at Emperor Might and Vulcan, who could not wait to start training, and reminded them. "So, there are existences here that can easily kill us. We need to be careful..."
"We know that."
"When it comes to this, you can rest easy, Brother Ling Jiu. We both have clawed our way out of a mountain of corpses, we know how to protect ourselves."
Emperor Might and Vulcan expressed their understanding and gratitude for Ling Jiu's reminder.
Ling Jiu nodded, knowing that his concerns were probably unnecessary. "Chairman, Brother Vulcan, both of you are staying here to train?" he asked.
"Of course!"
The two nodded without hesitation.
"Go ahead and train, then. There are a few wormholes connecting the planets, you can come back at any time." Ling Jiu smiled.
"What about you, Brother Ling? You're not going to train with us?" Vulcan frowned and asked.
"I'm going back to bring my family over." Ling Jiu smiled. "Since the training environment here is so good, I might as well bring them here to benefit from it."
"Oh, I see!"
Vulcan came to a realization and said, "Since you've mentioned it, Brother Ling, should we reveal this place to the public?"
"We should."
Emperor Might said, "The white hole is a joint wealth of mankind and should be shared by all. But obviously, only stellar lifeforms can survive here."
Ling Jiu and Vulcan nodded in unison.
The route from Earth to Whitehole 2 was as follow: >Earth → Mars→Europa→Ganymede→Whitehole 3→Whitehole 2.
It was connected by five wormholes, but they needed to pass through Mars, and the high-pressure oceans beneath Europa as well as Ganymede. They would also be exposed to the atmosphere on Whitehole 2 and Whitehole 3, thus only stellar lifeforms were capable of training on Whitehole 2.
No one else, not even a Level 9 Arcanist with a Venom Suit could do it.
"So the question is, should we inform other stellar lifeforms."
Emperor Might looked at Ling Jiu and Vulcan, seeking their opinion. "Normally, it would be right to inform the rest, but if all stellar lifeforms were to leave Earth, who would suppress the Divine Caverns?"
Vulcan frowned, but Ling Jiu asked in confusion, "Chairman, what are the Divine Caverns?"
"Ling Jiu, you have no idea," Emperor Might said helplessly. "Earth is under all kinds of threats. Well, you already know about the 36 Divine Beast Gods. In reality, however, the real threat we face comes primarily from the... Divine Caverns."
"What is the Divine Caverns exactly?"
"Brother Ling Jiu, you should know there are many mythological stories circulating on Earth, right?" Vulcan asked.
"Of course, what about it?"
Ling Jiu frowned slightly.
"What if I told you that some of the mythologies are real, would you believe it?" Vulcan asked again.
"The mythlogies are... real?"
Ling Jiu was stunned.
"There have been many countries, as well as nations, on our planet, and the nations both existing and in the past all have their own mythological systems," Emperor Might said seriously.
"Some of the mythological systems were fabricated out of thin air by our ancestors, but some of them... are real."
Ling Jiu quietly listened on and suddenly realized that he might currently be listening to Earth's greatest secret.
"In ancient times, far, far away from today, many dimensional rifts appeared on Earth, and Gene Arcana spilled all over the place."
Emperor Might continued, "So, Earth in ancient times gave birth to many massive behemoths, and of course, the world's earliest Arcanists.
"You should know that the people in the ancient era had extremely ignorant minds due to the lack of knowledge.
"So, what happens when Arcanists appear before ancient humans goes without saying, right?"
It did not take long for Ling Jiu to have an answer. "So those Arcanists were feated as gods by those ancient humans?"
"Yes, gods."
Emperor Might nodded. "The earliest Arcanists on Earth were indeed regarded as gods by humans of the time. This was the source of many gods and mythologies on Earth.
"It went on until one day, when the Gene Arcana on Earth abruptly dissipated. These Arcanists who were feated as gods no longer had the resources to become stronger, so they left Earth. As for how they left, I think... you should know, right?"
"Wormhole?"
Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, through wormholes."
Vulcan continued, "Our planet and the entire solar system are connected by many wormholes. As to when they appeared... no one knows, but wormholes have existed widely across Earth and the solar system."
"And?"
Ling Jiu asked curiously.
"And those Arcanists known as gods, left Earth using the wormholes, entering the vast space toward the distant stars."
Emperor Might then added, "A few years ago, when the Gene Arcana level on Earth finally reached a certain level again, some of the gods... came back."
"They came back?"
Ling Jiu was shocked.
"Yes, they came back!"
Emperor Might nodded. "In June of the year 2048, four years ago, a shining light blasted out of the Gulf of Mexico.
"A person who claimed to be the goddess of rain appeared in the bathing light and shouted that she wanted her divine light to shroud the world again."
"This rain goddess was the first of the returning gods. While she wasn't that strong, she managed to become a stellar lifeform, and her combat power was about average."
Vulcan faintly said, "Before me or Brother Might intervened, she was taken down by a stellar lifeform from the United States and captured alive for study.
"After some cross-examination, we learned that she was a goddess of the Nahuatl mythology.
"She had left Earth because of the depletion of the Gene Arcana on Earth but had returned after she learned that Earth had regained its Gene Arcana.
"From that moment on, we suddenly realized that we didn't know much about Earth at all!
"At least, we never thought that before our own rise, there were already stellar lifeforms living on Earth in ancient times.
"We panicked and started to go through the ancient tomes to prevent new gods from reappearing. Then, things proved that our apprehensions were right!"