All the Yuanying thought quickly and immediately understood what Gui Suishou meant. The word 'Pangu' was like a thunder that hit their heart heavily, making it hard for them to breathe.
"Master Gui," Jiang Hailiu said solemnly, "are you trying to say that the Alliance of the Holy Covenant is related to the Pangu civilization?"
"Think on the bright side," Gui Suishou said slowly.
"The so-called 'Pangu's covenant' is just a slogan. It's like how demons like to shout that we are the descendants of the Pangu and Nuwa when we are fighting in order to boost our morale. But in fact, we did not receive many direct gifts from the Pangu civilization. Most of the marvelous arts and techniques were invented by us.
"If the Alliance of the Holy Covenant is the same, there will be nothing to be scared of.
"But if that is the case, one thing cannot be explained. How did the Alliance of the Holy Covenant rise miraculously in only hundreds of years and suppress the Imperium of True Human Beings so much that it had to undergo a 180-degree change in its system and ideology?"
The whispers around grew louder and louder. Jiang Hailiu frowned harder and harder, too. He asked calmly, "What do you mean?"
With a casual smile, Gui Suishou explained, "Fellow Cultivator Li Yao's foster father also admitted that the Imperium of True Human Beings, as the rightful heir of the Star Ocean Imperium and a traditional superpower that had developed for a thousand years, must've occupied the most prosperous Sectors at the center of the cosmos in the beginning and excavated countless relics of the Star Ocean Imperium to arm themselves.
"Before the Holy League appeared, the Imperium was definitely the well-deserved dominator in the sea of stars!
"Then, how did the Holy League, which rose from the edge of the cosmos just like us, rise so quickly and impose such great pressure on the Imperium of True Human Beings?
"It must be noted that, faced with the threat of the Holy League, the Imperium of True Human Beings, as a traditional superpower, was even somewhat panicked and resorted to underhanded methods. That was why it transformed from a country of Cultivators into a country of Immortal Cultivators!
"It means that the rise of the Covenant Alliance was sudden and unexpected. It showed up in front of the Imperium as a behemoth. Also, the marvelous arts and magical equipment that the Covenant Alliance presented were unprecedented and even better than the Imperium's in all aspects. That's why the Imperium was panicking!"
"How is that possible?"
"The development of training methods and technology requires the accumulation of time and resources. The Imperium of True Human Beings has already occupied the most abundant resources and the most powerful heritages of the civilization of mankind. It has also developed at a high speed for more than a thousand years. How can the Holy League develop faster than the Imperium?"
"Even if the Holy League has found important relics of the Star Ocean Imperium and all the heritages of the Star Ocean Imperium, it will be on par with the Imperium at best!"
"There is no reason for the Imperium to be so scared of an enemy that is on the same level as itself, and there is no reason for the Holy League to defeat the Imperium in only a hundred years and divide half of the country equally!"
"Therefore, if 'Pangu's covenant' is not a simple slogan but the Holy League has indeed excavated tremendous relics of the Pangu civilization and received the direct heritages of the Pangu civilization, wouldn't everything make more sense?"
There was nothing but silence in the hall. All the Yuanying did not look very good.
Gui Suishou, however, could not care less about their feelings. Shaking his head, he continued, "The Imperium of True Human Beings has received the heritages of the Star Ocean Imperium, while the Alliance of the Holy Covenant has received the heritages of the Pangu civilization. It is self-evident which of the two heritages is more advanced, isn't it?
"Of course, I will not assume that the civilization today is not as good as the civilization of the primeval times, but we have to admit that, even if our recent ancestors, the monkeys, learned to use fire and tools and established tribes, the fire of our civilization has only been burning for a hundred thousand years. We are still a very young, if not immature, civilization.
"The Pangu civilization, on the other hand, is a mature civilization that has developed for at least a million years, judging from the memories of our cells and the relics that they left. It is needless to say that they are also our creators and our 'fathers'!
"It is not an understatement to say that the Pangu civilization is more advanced than the civilization of mankind, right?
"Fellow Cultivator Fire Ant, you once excavated 'Chaos' Ba Yanzhi's secret base in the depths of the White Silver Death Desert together with Fellow Cultivator Li Yao. Ba Yanzhi studied the heritages of the Pangu civilization in the base. Can you briefly describe what the heritages are exactly?"
Fire Ant hesitated for a moment, but he still stood up and said coldly, "Allow me to briefly explain. Forty thousand years ago, 'Chaos' Ba Yanzhi fled to the Blood Demon Sector at the edge of the cosmos from the center of the cosmos despite the great distance because there was a relic of the Pangu civilization near the Blood Demon Sector.
"At the price of the complete collapse of his body, he temporarily gained tremendous strength and truly discovered the relic. He also received a lot of heritages from the relic, including an enormous throne that the Pangu civilization once used.
"Through the heritages, Ba Yanzhi began to study 'artificial spiritual roots', 'synthesis of Jin Dan', 'integration of flesh and magical equipment', and other technologies. He also began to study some very dangerous viruses that were similar to the primitive version of the Demon God Virus.
"Eventually, all the people and demon beasts in the base killed each other because of the leakage of the virus."
Many Yuanying had heard about the Mausoleum of Chaos a long time ago. But when they combined it with what Gui Suishou just said, they found it particularly shocking.
Sharpness that did not belong to an old man more than eight hundred years old beamed out of Gui Suishou's eyes. He demanded aggressively, "So to speak, Ba Yanzhi, the ancient man forty thousand years ago, was capable of conducting unbelievable studies such as artificial spiritual roots and Jin Dan after receiving the heritages of the Pangu civilization. Had it not been for the leakage of the virus, it was very likely that he would have succeeded?"
The Fire Ant shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. I can only say that it was possible!"
Gui Suishou smiled and said, "Then, what if it was not Ba Yanzhi, the ancient man forty thousand years ago, but a modern man who was highly civilized and received part of the heritages of the Star Ocean Imperium thousands of years ago? If they found the relics of the Pangu civilization, wouldn't it be more possible for them to analyze the techniques of the Pangu civilization with modern research methods? "
The Fire Ant was dumbfounded and lost for words for a long time.
"Therefore, we can make a bold assumption about the rise of the Alliance of the Holy Covenant."
Gui Suishou's voice was louder and louder, turning from the dull sound of a conch into the roars of guns. "Two thousand years ago, the Imperium of True Human Beings was already dominating the center of the cosmos. It occupied all the prosperous lands of the Star Ocean Imperium in the past and analyzed and inherited a lot of the heritages and techniques of the Star Ocean Imperium!
"In all the Sectors of the civilization of mankind, no force was a match for the Imperium of True Human Beings!
"But at that time, in a Sector at the edge of the cosmos, some survivors of the Star Ocean Imperium discovered the relics of the Pangu civilization by accident!
"The Pangu civilization, which had been glorious for millions of years, was still a boundless treasury even if it had perished in the sea of stars. It would not have completely vanished.
"If 'Chaos' Ba Yanzhi could find a relic of the Pangu civilization, other people could certainly find a second, a third, or even more relics, too!
"All in all, the human beings who found the relics of the Pangu civilization, after analyzing the powerful techniques in the relics, armed themselves with them and considered themselves to be the direct descendants of the Pangu civilization. Then, they consolidated their relationship with each other with the Covenant of the Pangu. They rose quickly, expanded, and eventually collided with the Imperium of True Human Beings, the dominator of the universe!
"The Imperium of True Human Beings was a traditional superpower with a vast territory and a large population. It was deeply rooted.
"The Alliance of the Holy Covenant was a new force. In the beginning, its territory was probably not as vast as the Imperium's. The Sectors that it occupied were relatively barren, too. Its population and resources were not as abundant as the Imperium's, but it boasted techniques and heritages that were more advanced than the Imperium's!
"One of them was large, and the other was advanced. That was why the two parties were on par with each other in the battle. As for who the final winner was, it remained to be seen!
"But no matter who won, the Imperium or the Holy Covenant would certainly be an ultimate force that occupied the most prosperous Sector at the center of the cosmos, boasted a population of billions, and boasted the extraordinary techniques of the Pangu civilization!
"Faced with such an ultimate force, do we have any chance at all? Do we have any options other than running away? "
Every word that Gui Suishou spurted out was like a mountain that pressed down on the hall. All the Yuanying looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing how they should respond.
Jiang Hailiu glared at Gui Suishou angrily.
Gui Suishou responded to him casually, almost innocently, like an old scoundrel who was not scared of anything at all.
Jiang Hailiu was at his wit's end. He said gloomily, "Fellow Cultivators, this is the situation regarding our enemies. Let's take a ten-minute break and sort out our countermeasures. Ten minutes later, we will discuss again how to deal with the enemies, no matter who they are exactly!
Faced with the enormous pressure from the Imperium and the Holy Covenant, the Yuanying who had dominated the three Sectors reacted no differently from ordinary people. After a hum, they dispersed and discussed with their fellow Cultivators who were on the same wavelength.
Li Yao was about to go to Iron God Yan Ba to thank him for the gift of the spiritual seed years ago and to communicate with him about the mysteries of the primeval memories deep inside his cells.
But Gui Suishou, the old scoundrel, came to him voluntarily.
Li Yao glared at him as hard as Jiang Hailiu did. He was not in the mood to talk to Gui Suishou right now, either.
It was not that he was completely against Gui Suishou's theory. He admitted that Gui Suishou's speculation was self-justifiable.
However, spreading such a pessimistic argument in such a 'victorious meeting' was like jumping out and declaring that 'the child is going to die after all' during the celebration of the child's one-month-old birthday, wasn't it?
It was true that he was wrong, but could he not be so straightforward?
Gui Suishou, however, seemed not to notice the disgust in other people's eyes. He was still brazen enough to say, "My young friend Li Yao, after hearing my speculation just now, do you have a deeper understanding of the necessity of the 'Monument Plan'?"
"Everything is just your speculation," Li Yao said coldly. "You have no proof. It is most likely an exaggeration to scare me!"
"An exaggeration?"
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