Chapter 547: We Are Unveiling the Veil of History

By: The Smile of 300 Jin

Yun Zhongjun's words silenced the surrounding quasi-emperors, leaving them with a complex mix of emotions. They were touched by how admirable this race was.

The Asura Path was incredibly stubborn. For example, even under such terrifying pressure, they still walked with their backs straight. Despite occasionally urinating as they casually roamed around and chatted, they clearly displayed their unyielding spirit.

"Roars and shouts never truly subdue the strong," Yun Zhongjun suddenly recalled Emperor Yun's evaluation of an Asura who had bitten off parts of their own body. "Only two things can make the strong yield: first, a battle that defeats oneself, and second, silence. They spoke no words, but expressed their defiance through silent action."

Asuras. They symbolized iron and blood, embodying a fervent spirit of rather dying than submitting.

Subsequently, Yun Zhongjun and the others couldn't help but ease their pressure. After all, besides their admiration for these passionate warriors, there was also the fact that since their extraordinary gregariousness couldn't be stopped, it would only lead to them getting peed on, which was quite dirty.

"Their mere presence here indicates a resolve to die... To face death calmly, that in itself requires immense courage!" Yun Zhongjun's heart had become much calmer these days, especially after the Yuan blue-and-white porcelain incident had made him question life itself. "Even we Heavenly Emperors would find that environment hard to bear. As vanguards, perhaps fewer than one in ten of them will survive... Whatever their wanton behavior, it's merely the carefree abandon of those facing death; it can all be tolerated."

"Indeed," replied the surrounding quasi-emperors, their faces showing admiration and goodwill. Despite knowing the death probability was as high as 90%, they still came. They believed no other race in the world possessed such courage.

At this moment, the players suddenly felt the immense pressure on them lift. They were immediately puzzled. Looking up, they saw the great celestial beings all displaying expressions of profound admiration and goodwill, leaving the players momentarily stunned.

They began to whisper amongst themselves:"What's going on?""Wasn't this negative status effect part of the dungeon's trial?""No idea. Did our favorability rating improve after we passed the trial quest?""Are you kidding me? Given how hardcore this game is, how could completing a simple trial quest net us such a high favorability rating and such a huge reward? That's completely out of character for this game.""Maybe the developers made a design oversight..."

They continued to chatter and discuss, feeling that it wasn't hardcore at all—not the 'beating from society' they had come to expect—and they found it quite unsettling.

Soon, Yun Zhongjun and the others, leading these thousand-plus players, stopped paying attention to their various incomprehensible and strange behaviors. They silently endured, blocking their ears and hearing, and ignoring their incessant chattering.

After several hours of travel, they tore open the space of the Celestial Path and rapidly descended.

"Live streaming is indeed unavailable!" someone exclaimed, looking at a prompt that read: "Live streaming unavailable due to time difference."

Someone then eagerly tried to log off to verify, but they were stopped by others. "Brother, do you want to die? There's no time for you to log off now! If you log off for even a minute, you'll probably be gone from here. Especially with the dungeon preparation underway, it's very busy; you don't have that kind of time."

Hearing this, those around immediately abandoned their subtle plans.

Soon, they began to gather and prepare to tackle the dungeon. Over a thousand players sat in place, discussing animatedly. The dungeon entrance was not far away.

"According to the information, beyond the dungeon entrance lies Burning Heaven, which is already contaminated... but it's relatively safe. Beyond Burning Heaven, it connects to the terrifying Avici Scorching Hell!"

"According to descriptions from corpses, the terrifying penetrating hot poison in Hell is somewhat similar to nuclear radiation..."

"Holy cow! The Hellfire described in myths could actually be nuclear radiation? Or some kind of strong radiation? This is too hardcore!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down. This might be the truth of history. After all, we already know this game is very realistic, and things from myths might be possible in reality. So, the Hellfire... could be explained by modern science!"

Everyone started discussing, finding it both terrifying and fascinating, and wondering how coincidental it was.

Meanwhile, various research institutes operating secretly, combining this with previous Earth myths about Hell, found it extremely unsettling. Because, upon reflection, those terrifyingly harsh environments in Hell and the legendary Hellfire that burned with karmic poison — didn't they strongly resemble cosmic radiation?

After all, the characteristics were too similar! There was no temperature, only a burning of the soul. Yet it caused the entire body to fester and ooze pus, the physical shell to collapse, and possessed powerful penetrative force, creating an internal burning sensation from the very bones, immense pain, and an overwhelmingly intense and dominant feeling to the extreme.

"Could it be that ancient Earth's myths were true? Was Hell in ancient Chinese mythology actually a terrifying, harsh, high-radiation vacuum environment in space, utterly desolate? Used to suppress deceased individuals?" A middle-aged scientist in his forties, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a white lab coat, bit down hard on his lower lip, breathing rapidly.

They had researched many topics, but the more they delved, the more shocked they became. Especially now, when it involved the Hell of ancient myths... To suggest that the horrifying suffering environment of Avici Hell was, in modern terms, merely a high-radiation vacuum area, was simply incredible.

An elderly man, sitting at an advanced white electronic detection instrument and organizing various data, took a deep breath, appearing much calmer. "So, perhaps the Underworld of Earth's myths is somewhere in the solar system, on the Moon? Mars? Saturn?"

According to mythological records, among the eighteen layers of Hell in the Underworld, Avici Hell was the most famous, the most painful, and the darkest, used to suppress the most terrifying and heinous beings! Avici Hell was also known as Abi Hell, its full name being Abi Scorching Hell. Ancient descriptions stated that it featured molten flames that living beings could not endure, karmic fires burning and penetrating the entire body, causing intense suffering that never ceased, moment after moment, until the kalpa ended, with no interruption in pain—hence the name Avici (meaning 'interminable' or 'without interval').

"Ancient times must have truly comprised a long history," someone sighed with longing, their eyes sparkling with aspiration and dreams. "As a scientist, to be born in this era is truly wonderful."

"Indeed," another person responded with profound emotion, "to be able to study the relics of ancient myths and unveil the mysterious veil of time."

After all, for the research institutes, too much corroborating evidence had appeared: ancient people, suspected to be Dao Lords, had appeared in Earth's outer space and been detected by space stations. And Earthlings were also suspected to be descendants of a Creator God; there were too many such indications. A vast and magnificent tapestry of myths was gradually unfurling before their eyes.

"Perhaps, in ancient times, there was an extraordinary civilization in the solar system! China's Heavenly Court, Hell, and even foreign entities like the Anunnaki and Olympus, were all distributed among the various planets within the entire solar system?"

The personnel at these research institutes, dressed in white lab coats, grew increasingly alarmed the more they thought about it. It was almost unimaginable, yet the truth was wildly intertwining and unfolding before their eyes. They began to whisper amongst themselves, "Once our space stations and spaceships are fully developed, we must explore the entire solar system. Perhaps we'll be able to find the lost relics of ancient civilizations on various old planets!"

Xu Zhi was already too lazy to pay them any mind. He had grown completely accustomed to them. He watched this grand spectacle of a large-scale online game dungeon with calm detachment. At this very moment, he was still sitting afar, sunbathing and calmly enjoying his vacation. He quietly watched those 'little ants' in the distance, who were astonishingly starting to make makeshift radiation suits and bluffing Yun Zhongjun, using their abilities to create compressed air in a can and fashioning a simple oxygen tank.

"Brothers, let's go!"