I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 580 - 316: Great Ruins, The Weight of the World!

"There seems to be a considerable number of people," Gu Shanhai scanned the number of Saints and discovered, aside from those who had built cities, there were quite a few Saints drifting outside who had not formed their own forces.

"The Great Void is getting closer and closer to us."

The speaker was the Holy Saint, whose prestige was not low, but this prestige was probably based on strength.

Gu Shanhai didn’t know what the Great Void was and didn’t immediately ask.

Instead, he remained calm, just like the other Saints, showing no reaction.

"We must rid ourselves of the influence of the Great Void, or within a hundred world scales, we will all perish," the Holy Saint continued.

These words left Gu Shanhai at a loss for a moment; he had thought the end of the world was imminent, but it turned out he was worried over nothing.

In the world of the Adventure King, the world scale used by the Saints as a unit of time was roughly equivalent to ten thousand years. So, a hundred million years were still to pass, which seemed completely unreasonable.

No wonder the Saints were expressionless; it was as bizarre as someone learning they might face the end of the world in a million years.

Had it been a hundred days, perhaps these Saints might have reacted, but for a million years, what was the point?

With such a timespan, not just to Saints, but even to their predecessors, the gods, it was a prolonged period.

"The world needs sufficient weight; we must increase the population and adventurers to act as a burden, to prevent our world from being swept away."

The Holy Saint continued.

Gu Shanhai had initially thought the Great Void was something similar to a black hole, capable of devouring the Adventure King world, but now it seemed more like a passing super-giant meteorite, because it would graze past the Adventure King world, creating a gravitational wave that would affect the entire world.

Thus, they were increasing the world’s weight. If the weight were insufficient, the whole world might be carried off by the Great Void to wander.

"Every meeting you call is about the Great Void, and you’re even repeating the same nonsense. Besides increasing the world’s weight, are there no other solutions?" The being known as the Silver Saint spoke up, his tone calm, but Gu Shanhai could sense the dissatisfaction.

It was about the redundancy of discussing the same matter, as if there was any point to it. They were already working on increasing the world’s weight. A few reminders were acceptable, but too many, and anyone would become annoyed.

Other Saints neither agreed nor objected, as silent as clay statues, letting you make a fuss, and after the fuss, everyone would return home.

Each with an indifferent personality, even devoid of humanity, rigid as the rules.

The Saints’ predecessors were gods, so they had very few human emotions. A Saint like the Silver Saint, able to express dissatisfaction with words, was already quite remarkable.

Hence, Gu Shanhai realized he might be a bit of an odd one?

The metaphors formed when the Holy Saint previously communicated with him seemed more like a social tool rather than genuine cunning.

"I understand. I’ll be careful next time. If there’s nothing else, let’s adjourn," the Holy Saint said without retort, announcing the end of the meeting.

Gu Shanhai was also surprised; there wasn’t any dragging out the meeting with further talk.

Saints one after another took their leave without ceremony, as if none took the other seriously, but for the Saints, why spend time on meaningless things? For them, socializing wasn’t necessary.

Gu Shanhai didn’t leave but remained seated.

The Holy Saint noticed Gu Shanhai had something to address and thus asked, "Dusk Saint, do you have any doubts?"

"I would like to ask, what is the Great Void, and what is the world’s weight?" Gu Shanhai asked directly.

Beating around the bush didn’t exist here; it was better to be straightforward for everyone.

"Why do you not know?" asked the Holy Saint.

"Why should I know?" Gu Shanhai countered.

"We don’t know what the Great Void is, only that it will pass by our world in a hundred world scales. It will be present for one-hundredth of a scale, from approaching to departing, generating a tremendous gravitational force. If our world is not heavy enough, the entire world will be enveloped and drift away with the Great Void.

"That’s the best outcome. The worst-case scenario is that after being engulfed, our world would be torn apart by the unstable forces within the Great Void into countless pieces."

"So, we need to increase the concentration of Divine Power to add to the world’s weight and avoid being swept away by the Great Void from the start."

"Compared to the forces inside the Great Void, we can still resist the gravitational influence generated on the periphery."

The Holy Saint briefly explained the situation of the Great Void to Gu Shanhai, who felt... nothing much.

That was normal; what feelings could one have about something a million years away? One could only marvel at the ingenuity of the setup.

And there was no more to it.

In the whole world, only the Saints could live that long, so in reality, it wouldn’t affect the current era at all.

At this moment, Gu Shanhai also understood why the Holy Divine Church existed and why it had been eradicated. The Saints didn’t care about the sacrilegious acts of the Holy Divine Church because the gods never cared for the pompousness of ants. Being part of the myriad of creatures, they were just the weight they valued.