Chapter 1778: Hope Never Extinguished
Now that Holy Star had discovered the existence of the Spirit Medium and wanted to possess it in order to regain control over the Creation Beast's power?
If Jiang Jing was originally from the Holy Star faction, how could she have been lost? They would have already used her to contract the beast!
So was it possible to use this point…
Jiang Nan lowered his head and gently touched Jiang Jing's cold nose, grinning slyly:
(･᷄ὢ･᷅)"Jingjing～ Do you remember what happened before? Do you have any powerful Bo in your family? Like relatives or something? Call them all here to help us fight Holy Star!"
"They're all bad, they bullied Sister Ningning!"
Jiang Jing looked indignant: (•̆～•̆)"Exactly! Exactly! So bad～ Let's beat them to death!"
"But Jingjing doesn't remember things from before. Ever since I can remember, I've been in the Toy House…"
Jiang Nan's mouth twitched. That made sense. When he first met Jiang Jing, the girl didn't even know how to wear clothes!
Completely wild. She was probably too young back then to remember anything.
Counting on Jiang Jing to call for reinforcements seemed hopeless. She didn't even know who her parents were or if they were still alive!
Jiang Ning rested her chin on her hand: (͡°ก͡°)"This Creation Beast probably existed when Holy Star first developed the Lan Xing Star Ruins!"
"Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many Spirit Ruins on Lan Xing. Did they fail to bring it back because the Spirit Medium died?"
"Whoa～ Could it be that the previous Spirit Medium was killed by Jiang Fan? That's why Holy Star tries to develop Lan Xing every thousand years and won't let go—because the Creation Beast is still here?"
Everyone was stunned. Was this also a reason?
Was the reason they only come every thousand years because during that time, the Spirit Ruins created by the Creation Beast have accumulated enough?
No wonder they come once a millennium! Damn it!
Jiang Nan clicked his tongue: "Blue Star ending up in this mess has a lot to do with that triangular fatty, huh?"
"Whatever the reason, we absolutely cannot give Jiang Jing to Holy Star. No matter what, we have to get the Creation Beast and squeeze it for all it's worth!"
"This is a golden opportunity for us to turn the tables, isn't it?"
Once we master the power of the Creation Beast, anyone who reaches the ceiling of Dao Heaven rank can get a Creation Particle injection!
People like Baldr, Ba Di, Freya—they'd be lining up to become Transcendent!
By then, humanity's confidence would be through the roof!
This news instantly ignited hope in everyone's hearts!
(๑◔ʖ̫◔ิ)"Speaking of which, where is the Creation Beast now? Should we go find it and make an appointment?"
Mi Ye raised her hand: (ﾟ～ﾟ)ﾂ"The tenth layer of the Abyss has already appeared. I've been there, and the Creation Beast is no longer there!"
Jiang Nan scratched his head again. This was going to be hard to find, huh?
Who knows where that triangular fatty had gone to create worlds? Even last time was just a chance encounter!
"Hehe, we'll find it eventually. No rush. As long as Jingjing is in our hands, we just need to protect her for now!"
"Forget that. I haven't given out the little gift I prepared yet!"
With that, he pulled out a small fire jar with the character "horn" written on it and approached Jiang Ning, aiming to stick it on her head!
Jiang Ning: ???
Σ(ﾟ﹏ﾟﾉ)ﾉ"You… what are you doing?"
Jiang Nan grinned slyly:
(•́.̫•̀)"I told you I'd arrange a horn for you. You must be sad that your horn was cut off, right? Don't worry, I'll give you another one!"
"Don't worry, it's Ruiya's. It's clean!"
Jiang Ning almost spat blood when she heard that. You really want to give me a horn?
(´ﾟ﹏ﾟ)?"C-can this work?"
Wait, Ruiya's horn? Did you kill Ruiya too?
Jiang Nan smirked: (๑¯ิٹ¯ิ)"What's wrong with it? If you can pull it off, you can put it on. Even One-Eye can do it, what's a horn?"
Without further ado, he pressed the small fire jar onto Jiang Ning's left forehead. Red light flashed, and the jar shattered!
And on Jiang Ning's left forehead, a glass horn really did appear!
Jiang Ning's aura soared wildly, and the Bose particles in her body visibly thickened!
Her presence was now no weaker than an adult Upper Clan Bose body!
Jiang Ning was dumbfounded. She touched her newly grown horn in disbelief.
(º口º*)୨"I-it really worked? I'm an Upper Clan now? My god! This…"
Jiang Nan saw something and suddenly turned away, unable to hold back a laugh!
Pfft～ (˃᷄ж˂᷅◦)
Everyone's gazes toward Jiang Ning also turned strange. Xia Yao's shoulders were shaking!
Jiang Ning looked confused: (•︠～•︡)୨"Why are you all staring at me like that? Does it look weird?"
She quickly went to a nearby stainless steel counter to look in the mirror. Her expression froze!
=͟͟͞͞(꒪_꒪‧̣̥̇)…
Jiang Ning's original broken horn was right in the middle of her forehead, but the new one was placed on the left!
They weren't symmetrical at all, looking extremely odd!
Jiang Ning's face darkened: (̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄"You put it crooked?"
[From Jiang Ning: Resentment Value +777!]
Horns are very important to the Bose race! This is a matter of face!
Now she had two crooked horns. How was she supposed to go out and face people!
This is so embarrassing for a Bose!
Jiang Nan couldn't hold back his laughter: (´థжథ)"Pfft～ It's not my fault. Your original horn is in the middle, so no matter where I put the other one, it'll be crooked!"
"I can't put it vertically. That would make you look like a rhino!"
Jiang Ning looked pouty:
(｡･ˇ～ˇ･)"I don't care! Move it for me! This is just hideous!"
Jiang Nan comforted: (๑ớ₃ờ)ھ"Don't worry, don't worry. When I get another horn, I'll put it on the right. That way, with three horns, it'll be symmetrical!"
Jiang Ning: ???
(*ﾟ口ﾟ)"Two isn't enough? You want to put a third one? Won't that make me look like the Creation Beast?"
Jiang Nan waved his hand grandly:
(︶.̮︶๑)۶"What's wrong with three? As long as I get enough Bose bodies, I'll put a whole ring of them around your head! I'll even make you a horn crown!"
Jiang Ning automatically imagined it and her eyelids twitched. How ugly would that be? And could so many actually be installed?
(◦`~´◦)"I don't care! Make it symmetrical, or I won't even take this one!"
Jiang Ning pouted—a rare sight. Bose bodies have an inexplicable obsession with horns!
It's like a woman not being able to accept having two lumps on her left and middle but none on the right!
Unable to persuade her, Jiang Nan had no choice but to exert a lot of effort to pull out Jiang Ning's original horn and move it slightly to the left!
He actually managed to make them symmetrical!
Jiang Ning was also shocked. What kind of black technology was this small fire jar?
It could even attach a Bose horn? Combining two Lower Clan Bose into one Upper Clan Bose?
If the Bose race found out about this, it would cause an unimaginable uproar!
Even now, Jiang Ning couldn't believe she had become an Upper Clan just like that, with her strength skyrocketing!
Xiao Chuihuo smiled approvingly: "This way, Jiang Ning can also deal with Upper Clan Bose bodies. Humanity's foundation has been strengthened once more."
"It's just that Bose bodies are too troublesome. Apart from space-type users, humans have very few ways to deal with them."
"If they dispatch a large number of Bose bodies, humanity's situation will become extremely difficult!"
Jiang Ning frowned: "There's no need to worry about that. With the Ten Thousand Races Accord in place, Holy Star won't dare to be too blatant."
"But Karl actually came, and he was bold enough to deploy the Beacon Star Palace. Plus, with the matter of the Spirit Medium…"
"I'm really not sure if Holy Star will do something even more insane."
In fact, humans have very limited means to counter Bose bodies, aside from space-type users!
Or attacks using plasma, fermions, bosons, or quantum states!
But only a very few possess such means. For example, Mi Ye, even as a Transcendent, still suffers against Bose bodies!
Let alone killing them!
Odin clicked his tongue: "Good Big Brother's Godslayer Blade is useful, but it's one-of-a-kind, isn't it?"
Jiang Ning nodded: "Cosmic Crystal Source? There's too little of it. The Star Map is made of this material, but we can't destroy the Star Map. We still need it for other uses…"
Jiang Nan said nothing. He quietly opened his alternate dimension and pulled out an excavator!
Under everyone's stunned gazes, he extracted a section of a Void Spike entirely forged from Cosmic Crystal Source from the excavator's fuel tank!
(･ิ≖ω≖･ิ)✧"Is this the thing you're talking about? I heard it's very rare?"
Everyone was petrified on the spot!
What the hell does Jiang Nan keep in his alternate dimension?!
And why would you hide it in an excavator's fuel tank?!
The excavator itself is already bizarre enough!
Odin covered his face: (´-益-`(ヾ)"Sure enough, it was in Good Big Brother's hands. I've been carrying the blame all this time. You really do trick people without blinking!"
Jiang Nan grinned slyly: (՞ٹ՞)"The capable do more!"
It wouldn't take much material to make a Godslayer Blade. This chain alone could produce who knows how many Godslayer Blades!
And the Void Spike is very long!
Jiang Ning stayed far away but was incredibly excited: "I forgot about that. This way, we can mass-produce Cosmic Crystal Source weapons!"
"As long as humanity's top fighters are equipped with them, even if we encounter Bose bodies, we won't be completely passive!"
"But Cosmic Crystal Source is extremely hard. It might be difficult to forge!"
Odin knew this well, as he had once attacked it with all his might and didn't even leave a mark!
"We don't necessarily have to forge it. Just swinging an iron ring can be lethal! Have Good Big Brother knock it around with his Small Stool and then distribute it!"
"But that would waste a lot of material!"
Xiao Chuihuo frowned: (๑•̌д•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣"Very hard? Let me see how hard!"
He casually grabbed a link of the chain, and a fiery red flame appeared on his hand!
Surprisingly, even though the temperature of that flame had surpassed the core of the sun, everyone still felt no heat!
Odin and Mi Ye's scalps went numb. What level of power control was this?
Old Fire God's methods were becoming more and more incomprehensible. Only those who understood him knew how terrifying Xiao Chuihuo truly was!
This guy was getting stronger every moment. It hadn't been long since he became a Transcendent!
Zhong Yingxue's eyes widened. Fiery red?
How could it be this color?
She thought white-hot was the limit, but there was something beyond?
How terrifying was Xiao Yeye's plasma flame!
She thought she had caught up a little, but it turned out she was still at the foot of the mountain while Xiao Chuihuo remained at the peak!
Under the fiery red flame, the chain link began to gradually melt and eventually snapped apart!
Xiao Chuihuo raised an eyebrow: ٩(๑◔д◔ิ)"It's not that hard. It can still be melted by fire…"
Jiang Ning: ???
Melting Cosmic Crystal Source with bare hands? Sure enough, this was the freak who could cut off a Bose horn with a blade!
Odin: (̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄...
I just became a Transcendent not long ago, and now I'm being overtaken by someone who came later?
Jiang Nan laughed heartily: "Xiao Yeye is awesome! This way, we can reforge the Void Spike and mass-produce Godslayer Weapons!"
Xiao Chuihuo grinned: "I'm not familiar with weapon forging. Leave it to Liu Qiutian. He's got some skill. I'll assist him when the time comes!"
Thus, the Void Spike could finally be put to good use!
Yang Jian looked invigorated. As long as everyone was here, dared to think and act, there was no problem they couldn't solve!
Even in the current situation, humanity still held hope! As long as they didn't give up, they hadn't lost yet!
The rest was about fighting to the end!
"Alright! Let's stop here. I'll finalize the transfer plan for Project Spark as soon as possible!"
"It's getting late. Everyone should go back and rest. You've been busy since the start of the global spirit calamity. Even an iron body can't hold up!"
"With the calamity upon us, human civilization has reached a critical juncture of life and death! If we don't make it through, we'll fall into the abyss forever, doomed to endless suffering! But if we do, it will be an era of peace and prosperity, shining brilliantly under the starry sky!"
"It's New Year's today! Cheer up! A new year is a new beginning. This is only the beginning! Hope has never been extinguished!"
Everyone was taken aback, their expressions somewhat dazed. That's right!
Today was New Year's Eve. Normally, people would be having reunion dinners, watching fireworks, and the Spring Festival Gala.
But now they were gathered here, discussing humanity's future. Jiang Nan had been away for years and hadn't really celebrated New Year's.
The last clear memory was at Pioneer Academy, having the New Year's Eve dinner with Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, and the others.
After dinner on the thirtieth, he went with Shan Mao to Metropolis for a mission!
It had been so long since then!
…
After the meeting, everyone went off to handle their own matters!
As for the big idler Jiang Nan, he ran off by himself to sit on the brick parapet of the Great Wall beacon tower!
He leaned back, supporting himself with both hands, swinging his legs carelessly iiOiiO～
Gazing at the sunset in the distance, the sky was tinged with blood-red hues. The setting sun cast long shadows from the ruined city, like a beautiful silhouette—desolate and lonely!
Jiang Nan hummed a song unconsciously, watching the sun sink, watching the beast hordes in the distance, listening to the beast roars piercing the twilight!
(๑･᷄～･᷅)"Hmm～ No New Year's vibe. We should set off fireworks and eat dumplings tonight, right? And put coins in the dumplings. Whoever gets the coin will have good fortune next year!"
Liu Mang rolled his black eyes: ●"At a time like this, you're still thinking about eating dumplings? In this situation, having any food is already good!"
Jiang Nan shuddered:
!!!∑(°Д°ノ)ノ"Damn! Can you not jump out and scare people like that?!"
Liu Mang, who was almost one with the night, had unknowingly leaned against the brick parapet of the walkway. Although his expression was hard to see, he was probably also lost in thought!
Jiang Nan looked at the troops guarding the city, at the busy people in Jing Du, and his eyes gradually lit up!
(͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧"Hey hey hey! Do you want to eat dumplings?"
Liu Mang: ???
●"Obviously! Who doesn't want to eat dumplings during New Year's? My mom's celery and pork filling is absolutely amazing!"
Jiang Nan grinned, grabbed Liu Mang, and leaped up, rushing into the wilderness-like outskirts of the city!
ﾚ(･᷅ꇴ･᷄ㅇ)ﾍ●"Let's go! Bro's taking you to eat dumplings!"
Liu Mang was stunned: "What are you doing? Are you really going to look for my mom? I'm so black even my mom wouldn't recognize me. She won't make dumplings for me!"
In the night, Jiang Nan dragged Liu Mang away!
…
pS:
Happy New Year to all the friends out there! Qing Feng wishes everyone a wonderful New Year! Roaring like a tiger!
ฅ(๑˃̶͈̀口˂̶͈́)ฅ Awoo～
It's already been two New Years together with everyone!
Just like Brother Jian said, a new year, a new beginning. I hope that in the new year, everyone can continue to accompany Qing Feng and walk forward with great strength!
Actually, during the New Year, I don't want to write heavy stuff either. It's better to be happy.
But the plot is here, and I can't help it. I don't think it's a bad thing.
Humanity hasn't been defeated by the calamity and spirit disasters. Instead, they reignite hope amidst hardship, face it positively, and embrace the future!
Hope has never been extinguished, and the future is always worth looking forward to! It's the same in real life!
(՞ټ՞) Hehe, guess what Boss Nan and Liu Mang are up to?
Also… what fillings did you all have in your dumplings? Did you get any coins? Were they delicious?
٩(º﹃º٩) Drool～