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Chapter 1090 - 499: The Blazing Mirage Wilderness

Chapter 1090: Chapter 499: The Blazing Mirage Wilderness

"How’s it going, did you find anything? What exactly is sealed below?" Ever since the Lamp God heard about the Seal Spear, he hadn’t returned to his oil lamp and had been guarding by Mu You’s side. Seeing that Mu You remained silent, he couldn’t help but take the initiative to ask.

"I’ve asked and found out that something called ’Gusha’ is sealed underneath." Mu You had also just received this information from the game.

"Gusha?" The Lamp God was obviously shocked upon hearing this.

Mu You even felt a clear shudder from him and grew more curious. What could it be that made a once divine being so afraid?

"What is this thing?" Mu You quickly asked.

"Gusha is a kind of Beast of Catastrophe..." the Lamp God sighed, "No wonder the Seal Spear was necessary..."

"Beast of Catastrophe?"

"Yes, in the Real World there are four great Beasts of Catastrophe, named Flaming Cow, Gusha, Mirage Tapir, and Wasteland. They are also known by their beastly characteristics by the people: Flaming Cow, Gusha, Mirage Tapir, and Wasteland. The appearance of any one of these catastrophic creatures can easily cause terrifying destruction to the local area."

"The appearances of the four Disaster Beasts are seasonal. Each one only appears and becomes active during their respective season and spends the other times in deserted places, lying dormant to recuperate their strength.

However, the ’seasons’ here do not refer to the spring, summer, autumn, and winter of the Star Spirit World and the Forgotten Land, but rather to the Seasons of Calamity based on the era of appearance of the Beasts of Catastrophe, namely the Flaming Calamity Season, the Season of Dread, the Mirage Energy Season, and the Huangwu Season."

"The Flaming Calamity Season and the Mirage Energy Season are slightly shorter, while the Season of Dread and the Huangwu Season are longer, but on average, each season spans about four thousand years! And the full cycle of these four seasons is exactly twenty thousand years!"

"Twenty thousand years?"

Mu You was startled by this time length and immediately remembered those Guardians of the Realm on the stele, who had also clocked in every twenty thousand years. And the message from the God of Order particularly emphasized that every twenty thousand years, regardless of whether the Seal Spear had loosened or not, one must come to reinforce the seal.

Now, it seemed that this had been in order to counteract the periodic activity of this Disaster Beast?

"I hadn’t realized that the original creation was played on such a grand scale..."

The Lamp God’s expression was strange. He had been just a minor deity back then and couldn’t partake in such central discussions about core interests, so he was completely unaware of such matters.

No wonder since the world of the Star Spirit World was created, there had been no more sightings of Gusha during the dread seasons - it turns out that Gusha had been directly suppressed within the Star Spirit World!

"But this is too risky. What if it escapes..." the Lamp God muttered softly.

However, as much as he complained about the risk, he actually understood that it had been the most suitable choice at the time to seal away the Disaster Beast. Just being able to spare the Divine Race from one season of calamity was worth it, not to mention Gusha had been sealed for so many years. Judging by the results, it had been a profitable decision.

As for the risk... well, it was in the Star Spirit World. Even if it really did break out, at most the Star Spirit World would be destroyed once, and the Season of Dread would return to normal. Afterwards, they could simply rebuild the Star Spirit World, considering it was only a virtual world.

The problem lay in the fact that the Divine Race had now perished, and the entire Real World had been taken over by the Divine Beasts, turning the Star Spirit World into a refuge for surviving deities like himself. And now, he was being told that a Beast of Catastrophe was sealed within the Star Spirit World and might break free at any moment?

"So, what season is the Real World in now?" Mu You asked.

"Now..."

The Lamp God frowned and pondered for a bit before speaking uncertainly, "According to the timing, we should be at the tail end of the Season of Dread, at the beginning of the Mirage Energy Season..."

"The tail end of the Season of Dread... You said that the Season of Dread era is slightly longer, a bit over four thousand years. So, does that mean four thousand years ago, it was just when Gusha was entering its active phase?" Mu You asked with a frown.

"Yes..." The Lamp God replied with a bitter smile, "That’s probably the reason for Gusha’s awakening. Plus, after the extinction of the Divine Race, the Star Spirit World has been untended for sixty or seventy thousand years. The seal of the Seal Spear must have loosened by now..."

The Lamp God had just finished speaking when he suddenly recalled something, voicing his doubt, "But earlier, you mentioned that the so-called Fairy Mother Tree is the tail end of Gusha, which stopped growing at the same time the Fools were born. How could such timing be so coincidental?"

"And afterward, when the Fools visited the Bitter Garden, Gusha’s tail also showed a reaction... It seems that Gusha’s awakening has a direct connection with you Fools..."

"Oh? You mean..." Mu You frowned.

The Lamp God spoke seriously, "I suspect this was deliberately designed by someone. As long as the Star Spirit World births a Fool, Gusha will awaken and gradually regain its strength until it breaks free from the bonds of the Seal Spear and emerges, utilizing the power of Gusha to destroy the Star Spirit World, thereby indirectly annihilating the Fools."

"Does that mean that among the gods, someone did not want to see NPCs with self-awareness appear?" Mu You sighed.

This could actually be understood. It’s like the current humans have mastered cutting-edge AI and robot technology, but in the continuous iterations of the future, possibly one day, robots might awaken to self-awareness, and then humans would naturally face the risk of being overthrown and replaced.

To avoid such a scenario, setting up a program in advance to prevent the disorderly expansion of robots would be quite necessary.

And Gusha, it seems, was the tool the gods used to restrain Fools: as soon as a Fool was detected in the Star Spirit World and the Divine Race was powerless to supervise, Gusha would awaken, gradually regain its strength, emerge, and bring about the destruction of the world, thereby completing the annihilation of the Fools.