Chapter 146: Life Laws

What a madwoman.

Xu Zhi’s eyes flickered, and he let out a sigh of admiration.

Throughout the entire Wizard Era, perhaps only Monarch Emperor Medusa could be considered a true seeker of truth and knowledge, free of any distracting thoughts, fully embodying the ideals of a wizard!

It was precisely because of her pure pursuit of knowledge that, despite not having the most outstanding talent, she persevered to the very end of the era. She even survived the Great Extinction, achieving greatness that more powerful geniuses could not hope to match.

Xu Zhi smiled gently and said, “We cannot fight, because, in your terms, I am only at Level Four right now.”

A hint of disappointment flashed in Medusa's eyes.

Xu Zhi changed his tone, looking at the beautiful gorgon. “However, power is not absolute. Even at Level Four, if one masters the laws, it is enough to kill anything. We cannot fight because you would die instantly; it would be meaningless.”

“I would die instantly, without seeing anything?”

Medusa murmured, “What are these laws?”

“Laws exist between heaven and earth.”

“Look.”

Xu Zhi raised a hand and pointed towards the azure sky.

Medusa’s expression instantly froze, her eyes widening with an incredulous look.

She witnessed a sight she would never forget.

Standing on the ground, the time around them abruptly changed, as if they were observing from the void, overlooking the rise and fall of the entire world, standing on a supreme dimension, transcending all things.

Boom!!

The world’s time rate was rapidly altering.

The dark clouds, sun, air, sunlight, and wind in the sky rapidly slowed down, almost to a standstill. She clearly felt herself revert to a primal world where a hundred years passed in a single day.

The next second.

Rumble!!!

The clouds, sun, and wind in the sky accelerated once more. Everything seemed to surge and ebb like the wind; dust on the ground moved quickly, and clouds drifted slowly across the sky. A century of the world's time was condensed into a single day, with the sun about to set and the moon rising.

Xu Zhi slowly drew Medusa into his embrace, pointing to the lush rose bushes in a distant field. “Look at them.”

Ten thousand times acceleration.

Swish!

The rose quickly blossomed, its petals unfurling into flowers of extreme beauty, then withered, dried up, and returned to the earth.

Then, the cycle of life began!

From the withered black soil, tender shoots emerged once more, growing branches, and flower buds appeared, blooming anew.

In a short span, these plants reproduced countless generations, subtly beginning to differentiate, giving rise to entirely distinct forms: some grew as large as trees, others turned vibrantly colorful, and some developed sharp thorns.

“A single plant species… it’s beginning to differentiate into various forms.”

Medusa trembled all over, almost collapsing into the Creator God’s embrace. She watched the scene in shock, her eyes wide. It was so beautiful, almost intoxicating; an unbelievable sight, the realm of truth she had always dreamed of.

“How ridiculous I was! This isn't a struggle of brute force. We can't fight at all because we are not beings of the same dimension. Even if my strength were weaker, as long as I controlled the power of the laws, no one could defeat it....”

“To have such audacious thoughts in the presence of such a vast being… we simply cannot comprehend such an existence....” Medusa trembled even more intensely.

Medusa felt soft in Xu Zhi’s arms, like a living person. It was as if he were truly holding the mythological Western goddess Medusa, who stood at 1.6 meters tall. He couldn’t help but marvel that Medusa had developed into her own Cthulhuian entity, a true giant Cthulhuian life form.

Seeing Medusa lost in thought, he took the opportunity to gently stroke her hair in his arms and secretly instruct his auxiliary intelligence to capture several screenshots.

He took the chance to hold Medusa, not for any personal reason, but to test the current completeness and progress of the Cthulhuian entity. Indeed, after centuries of reproduction, the Cthulhuian entity had become remarkably lifelike, its skin and flesh perfectly integrated, showing no signs of being an aggregated life form. If it didn't enter its “battle form,” it appeared to be a perfectly normal creature.

“Oh, great Creator God,” Medusa stammered, trembling all over, completely flustered and lost for words. “We… we are all your people, the world… the world....”

Xu Zhi smiled, gently interrupting her. “All beings in the world are my people. It’s not easy for any of you to have come this far in this barren world.”

Whoosh.

Xu Zhi extended a hand.

A weak wave of mental energy emanated. From the field of flowers, the largest rose, as tall as a tree, gently descended into his palm. It was as thick as a chopstick. Xu Zhi placed it into her hair like a hairpin, beautiful and exquisite. “This flower is my gift to you. The cycle of life and death, it all unfolds from here.”

Xu Zhi did not stop the ten thousand times acceleration for this rose.

Instead, he placed the rose into Medusa’s hand.

This was a momentary impulse.

After all, even the sandbox players could use this ten thousand times acceleration to generate various potential species from spores. Xu Zhi giving Medusa a constantly evolving flower might bring about a pleasant surprise.

Of course, the ten thousand times acceleration was not infinite. When a potential species emerged and Xu Zhi felt it was sufficient, he would halt the evolutionary flow, as this power belonged uniquely to the Hive Queen; he was merely using it temporarily through her to deduce a life species.

After a long time, Medusa recovered from the bizarre and fantastical world. She silently caressed the flower in her hair, a faint tremor of excitement showing on her face. All the confusion she had felt about her path forward seemed to suddenly dissipate.

Just as she was about to speak, she saw that the Creator God had returned to stand near the mountains and said, “Phoenix, come out with me. I will take you to another time and space.”

Whoosh.

The phoenix immediately soared into the sky.

Hiding in the mud, how could it not have witnessed this terrifying scene?

Such a terrifying existence merely appearing in this world caused the very rules of the world to change.

The phoenix seemed to have seen the Creator God before, long, long ago, perhaps thousands of years past. When it was born in a scorching world, opening its eyes, it had seen this immensely vast giant.

At that time, it seemed to have been taken from a strange tray.

The phoenix swiftly flew out, trembling and cowering before him.

Xu Zhi instructed, “Suppress your aura and your flames.”

The phoenix complied.

“Still too hot,” Xu Zhi thought, finding it too hot to handle. He lightly tapped his finger.

Whoosh!

Under Medusa’s stunned and numb gaze.

The demigod phoenix rapidly grew, passed its prime, aged, and finally approached death. Then, reborn from fire, it transformed back into a glowing red phoenix egg, with fiery red light circulating within, seemingly nurturing a powerful life.

From the pocket of his black casual pants, Xu Zhi pulled out the beer can he had used earlier, placed the phoenix egg inside, turned, and strode away. “Finally, that’s done.”