Chapter 968 - 328: Resolve to Die

"Are you ready?"

"Ready for what."

"Ready to die."

The scene returns to before the apocalypse descends.

Faced with such an answer, Wei Qing shook his head.

He’s just a martial fool, not an idiot.

No one who is living well suddenly wants to die; that’s brainless.

"In your opinion, what are the chances that Blue Star humanity can survive?"

The questioner changed the subject.

Wei Qing still answered without hesitation:

"With Han Zhan here, Blue Star will definitely be safe."

This was absolute confidence.

"..."

The person on the other side seemed speechless at Wei Qing’s answer.

Wei Qing rubbed his forehead.

"Really, Ye Qiu, why are you speaking so ambiguously today? Just say what you mean directly."

Ye Qiu standing opposite Wei Qing scratched his head.

True.

He had forgotten how straightforward Senior Brother Wei Qing is; being direct might be more appropriate.

So, with this in mind, Ye Qiu took a deep breath and said:

"I want to extract my White Jade Emperor’s Seal and give it to you to merge."

"I’ve already successfully extracted its authority."

Wei Qing: "???"

He looked at Ye Qiu with a face full of questions, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Give me the White Jade Emperor’s Seal to merge? What about you, if I recall correctly, your realm was restored through the White Jade Emperor’s Seal, right?"

"Also, what’s the use of you giving me the White Jade Emperor’s Seal?"

Wei Qing couldn’t understand.

Ye Qiu knew that with Wei Qing’s mind, he definitely wouldn’t understand, so he didn’t pause and continued, saying:

"You have already extracted the authority from the Demon God’s Heart; combined with the authority from the White Jade Emperor’s Seal, there’s only one last authority left."

"For the final authority, there’s already a lead on Bob’s side, and the experiment can be completed soon."

"At that time, you will merge the three authorities and ascend to godhood."

"But, does this have any meaning?" Wei Qing was puzzled.

As one of the few Great Xia top officials aware of the impending apocalypse,

Wei Qing also knew the enemy Blue Star would soon face.

In front of the Creator God, does ascending to godhood still have meaning?

"It has meaning."

"Because I want those Creator Gods who casually decide our lives to see the fist swung by humans."

"To me, that is the meaning."

Listening to Ye Qiu’s words, Wei Qing fell silent.

After a long pause, under Ye Qiu’s gaze, he lifted his head once more.

"Earlier you asked me if I have the determination to die, I answered that I don’t."

"But after listening to your words, especially the last sentence, I suddenly changed my mind."

"I’m ready."

"I now possess the determination to die."

"Even if it means paying with my life, I want those Creator Gods to take a punch from me!"

As Wei Qing spoke, he felt a sensation of hot blood burning within him, like fierce flames ablaze in his heart.

"However, this way, you will return to being an ordinary person, and your heroic dream will not be realized."

"Are you willing to accept such an outcome?" Wei Qing asked.

Ye Qiu chuckled lightly and shook his head.

"My heroic dream has long been realized."

"Or rather, in my heroic dream, it doesn’t necessarily mean I have to become a hero myself."

"Every single person who stands for Great Xia, for Blue Star, is a hero."

"I am also ready."

...

In the Great Xia North County, within the command center.

Celestial Net AI Bob, Grand Xia Commander-in-Chief Lin Jingxuan, Shang Family Ancestor Shang Jianyue.

The three stood in front of a virtual screen, waiting for the analysis result of a certain data.

This will determine their subsequent decisions.

Finally, the virtual screen displayed the analysis result, and as Lin Jingxuan saw the data, he heard a sigh of relief beside him.

"My assumption is correct."

"There is a relation between Antique Artifacts and Original Dao Soldiers."

"The so-called Original Dao Soldiers can evolve from Antique Artifacts!"

Antique Artifacts are formed when those undigestible great paths within the River of Eternal Darkness attach to certain tools.

Original Dao Soldiers are special tools that contain the authority origin.

Authority and great paths are always complementary to each other.

Within some relatively complete great paths, rare authority (origin) can be refined.

This discovery significantly propels the plan Bob and the others are ready to implement:

Antique Artifacts can refine rare authority, and authority (origin) follows a repulsive and compatible law; authorities (origins) belonging to similar great paths can mutually merge.

Thus, the problem is solved.

It’s known that Blue Star has been plagued by insect disasters for a long time, and many Antique Artifacts have been discovered in various relics.

These Antique Artifacts have been piled in Great Xia’s warehouses, with no way to use them found thus far.

Now, with the rapid escalation in technological power, Celestial Net AI Bob has researched the method to refine authority origin from Antique Artifacts.

This also opens up the possibility of "waste utilization" for them.

"Original Dao Soldiers are indeed the evolution of Antique Artifacts; ordinary Antique Artifacts contain fragmented great paths, only when nurtured by the authority-infused great path will Original Dao Soldiers emerge."

"Although we don’t have enough Original Dao Soldiers, we can make up for it with numbers of Antique Artifacts."

"This way, we can still obtain new authorities!"

Little Dragon Man Bob said this, and Lin Jingxuan and Shang Jianyue nodded slightly without disagreement.

"Time is of the essence, since you all agree, let’s begin now."

To say begin implies they have been well prepared beforehand, just waiting for Bob’s command to officially start extracting.

After all, Antique Artifacts aren’t Original Dao Soldiers.

When winning with quantity, they contain only a small amount of authority origin, which significantly reduces the difficulty of extraction.

With full support from the Celestial Net AI, the speed of extraction also reaches its peak.

Describing it like this might make it seem as if refining and merging authority is a relaxed task, but that’s not the case.

Let’s not forget that the current Great Xia is already at Technology Civilization Level 7, at the pinnacle of the technology hierarchy.

Additionally, regarding refinement and merging, Bob has also referenced Shang Siteng’s Nuwa Stone of Heavenly Origin’s Original Talent Ability, further researching it based on Heaven’s Origin.

This resulted in the current operation of refining Antique Artifacts.

Its gold content is actually extremely high.

More time passed.

All Antique Artifacts were refined, and two authorities glowing brilliantly appeared before everyone.

"Two authorities, only enough for one person to become a god," Lin Jingxuan inspected the two authorities in front of him and spoke.

"No," Bob shook his head, "the latest news from the Celestial Net Chip is that Ye Qiu has extracted the authority within him and handed it to Wei Qing."

"You merge one, Wei Qing merges one, that’s two gods."

"Besides that, there’s yet one more person who can ascend to godhood."

When Little Dragon Man Bob said this, he turned to look at Shang Jianyue who had been silent without speaking and asked:

"Then, I am to become that last authority."

"Am I right?"