Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 536 - 8: The Mysterious Guardian

Upon arriving at the eastern outskirts, Tang Feiji reverted back to human form.

Twisted and gigantic vines had turned the eastern suburbs into a bizarre forest.

It was like a giant's melon field. Tang Xian and his two companions were like three squirrels, three zhap.

"I can burn all these roots and vines to the ground," Qing JiuYu said.

Her vision was sliced up by the vines, which she seemed unaccustomed to.

Tang Xian shook his head and said,

"If the growth of these plants is following the consciousness of a certain creature, then these vines might very well be some kind of revelation. Let's follow the direction in which the vines are spreading. We should try not to destroy the plants unless it's absolutely necessary."

"I feel that the presence is getting stronger and stronger," Tang Feiji, being a dragon, had even sharper senses than Qing JiuYu.

Without a Soul Crystal, if Tang Xian indeed felt anything, it was merely an instinct.

This place was like a palace constructed from the roots and vines of plants.

A human, a dragon, and a fox walked through, filled with a sense of impending danger and vigilantly looking around, but they all felt an overwhelming vitality.

This vitality didn't come from a specific place but was pervading the whole world, both inside and outside of Baichuan City.

Winding and interlaced roots filled the surroundings but always left a narrow path clear.

Tang Xian couldn't see the sides of the path, and though his sense of smell didn't give him any clues, he could understand why Qing JiuYu wanted to set the place ablaze.

He led the way, unafraid of encountering any fierce creatures.

If any ferocious beings had any hostility towards Baichuan City, they would have likely already clashed with Qing JiuYu and the others.

The path was endless, tortuously winding without a visible end, and Tang Xian had no idea where it led.

But he vaguely felt that the area covered by vegetation was growing larger, the path wider, though its end was still out of sight.

What was beyond the eastern suburbs, Tang Xian really didn't know; his previous explorations with Tang Feiji had always been in other directions.

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Now, as he walked, Tang Xian felt increasingly that something was amiss.

It was too quiet.

Other places were teeming with animals, as if arranged for humans to use for development.

Yet, in the eastern outskirts, these animals were nowhere to be seen.

Not even the sound of birds chirping.

Tang Xian walked among them, listening to the sound of the trio's footsteps, pensive.

After recovering his memories as Constantine, Tang Xian's understanding of order had deepened significantly.

The Machine God, who attempted to unravel the "nature of the soul," and those self-proclaimed Children of Order, were no longer absolutely mysterious to him.

But much of the knowledge he had gained before was overturned.

"In this world, there are creatures similar in strength to the Sea God or even stronger. Have you ever heard of any such beings?"

The road seemed endless, increasingly broad but still without a final destination. Tang Xian engaged Qing JiuYu and Tang Feiji in conversation.

Tang Feiji shook his head and said,

"I know the legends of the six beast gods, but only Lord Sea God's existence is certain."

Qing JiuYu said,

"My clan's elders have mentioned that hundreds of years ago, when gods fell, the six beast gods all died. As for witnesses, surviving hundreds of years in the Myriad Beasts Realm is not easy, so it's probably hard to find any."

After a pause, she continued,

"Unless one goes to the Myriad Beasts Tribunal."

Tang Xian nodded; their answers were essentially nothing.

But this linked up with what he knew from the Stele of Order.

"Over on the side of the guardians, there was once a stele that recorded this—their source of evil, the destruction of human civilization, was caused by the Eden Demon Child leading six apocalyptic beasts."

Qing JiuYu and Tang Feiji were unaware of these records; to them, the battle in which gods fell was just a legend.

"The record naturally has its issues, but it does match what you said about the six beast gods. The Sea God is dead; here, there should be another beast god."

Qing JiuYu and Tang Feiji were startled.

Apocalypse-level creatures are the pinnacle of evolution for myriad beasts. If the body of a beast god was hidden here, they wouldn't have failed to sense it.

"But aside from these wildly growing plants, there don't seem to be any traces of large creatures roaming about."

"Who told you beast gods must be very large?"

"What do you mean?" Qing JiuYu asked.

"In human records, plant growth precedes the destruction of civilization, although the two are closely linked in time. This sequence suggests that among the five beast gods other than the Sea God, one or even several of them might not have very large bodies."

Qing JiuYu still didn't grasp the logic; she hadn't seen Jing Jian's notes.

Tang Xian didn't bother to explain further.

Whether it was the owner of the exceptionally durable phone or the highly strung Jing Jian experiencing hallucinations, neither had spoken of any colossal creature.

Tang Xian recalled carefully.

Now he realized, with his restored memory, the content recorded on the guardians' Stele held many points worth delving into, and their interpretation was completely different.

—Apocalypse-level Creature: Eden Demon Child. This is an extremely terrifying humanoid creature, possessing high intelligence and extreme cruelty by nature. Never let the Eden Demon Child enter the world of humans, for they can disguise themselves as humans yet remain undetected.