Chapter 3579: Medusa (45)
Chapter 3579: Medusa (45)
The strength of the Titans was not to be underestimated. Back then, Zeus had only managed to suppress these rebels with great difficulty.
Once there was a commotion, Hera would definitely react. When she opened the bronze doors, Ning Shu would slip away at lightning speed.
“Who is it? Who has disturbed my slumber?” The Titan’s voice was enormous. The massive reverberation was enough to give someone a concussion.
The invisible Ning Shu stood in front of the bronze doors, waiting for Hera to arrive and open them so she could quickly escape.
Once she left this place, she would live a steady and grounded life. No rule could last forever, not even that of the divine pantheon. The gods were already on a downward slope.
When they arrived this time, Hera was accompanied by quite a few other gods. As soon as the bronze doors opened, Ning Shu made a run for it. As for the Titan, after causing a ruckus and venting his rage for a bit, he was forced back into a deep slumber under the collective suppression of the gods.
Ning Shu rode on her spiritual energy dragon and flew upwards. She flew for a very long time before finally emerging on Mount Olympus.
Still invisible, Ning Shu saw an abundance of bright red fruits hanging from the branches, with dewdrops sliding down their skins.
They definitely tasted delicious. Ning Shu casually tried to pluck one, but she couldn’t pull it off. The fruit clung tightly to the tree.
Ning Shu gave up. However, she noticed some perfectly intact fruits lying on the ground. She picked one up, wiped it on her skirt, and took a bite. It was incredibly sweet.
Ning Shu bundled up her skirt to form a pouch and began gathering the fallen fruits. There were quite a few scattered on the ground. After collecting a handful, she quickly left.
Snatching food from the tiger’s mouth like this was something she should only do in moderation.
Ning Shu quickly flew away. Perhaps because of the massive commotion deep in the underworld, no one paid any attention to an insignificant ant like her.
Hera looked at the abruptly awakened Titan. She joined forces with the other gods to reseal him, and the Titan collapsed in unwilling defeat.
When Hera went to check on Zeus, she discovered that he had lost all signs of life, and Medusa was nowhere to be seen.
The bundle was still there. Inside were some rotten fruits and bread, but where did that woman go?
Hera stroked Zeus’s face with a melancholy expression. This man was not just her brother, but also her husband.
Hera searched everywhere for Ning Shu and eventually found her filthy shoes at the entrance of the dark corridor.
Could that woman have been foolish enough to run in there? That was a place that could swallow even gods, a place where even divine beings would lose their way.
Perhaps she couldn’t endure the loneliness and darkness of the prison and, unable to find a way out, decided to risk it all.
A cornered dog would jump the wall. She might have just rushed right in.
Hera turned and left. She brought her brother Zeus’s divine body back to Mount Olympus and placed it inside a crystal coffin.
Hera knew very well that it might take a long time for Zeus to wake up. Perhaps he would never wake up at all.
As for how Zeus died, Hera did not really care.
So what if he was a chronic philanderer while he was alive? Now that he was lying in a coffin, which of those women would stay by his side? Hera stroked Zeus’s face inside the coffin. “Brother, look at how the tea cools when the person leaves. Where are all those women now? No matter how wary you were of me or how much you called me jealous, I am the jealous woman staying by your side. Aren’t you pathetic? Watch me rule as the king of the gods.”
Ning Shu had no idea how long she had been flying. She only stopped when she spotted smoke rising from chimneys. She washed her face in the creek right outside the village before walking in.
Bursts of song echoed through the village. The lyrics were catchy and quite interesting, painting a beautiful and idyllic pastoral scene.
The women here had golden hair styled into braids. They looked beautiful and adorable.
This was the first time Ning Shu had ever witnessed such a peaceful atmosphere. She stood off to the side, watching the girls from the various shops and the customers singing on the street.
Ning Shu felt like she was watching a musical.
Ning Shu settled down in this town, enjoying fresh bread every day. The courtyard had beautiful flowers, and the fence was covered in morning glory vines blooming with purple trumpet-shaped flowers.
It was a beautiful European landscape.
However, Ning Shu left after staying for a period of time. She figured she would just wander around this world. She might even stumble upon a world origin.
During her travels, Ning Shu also taught the slow-witted bird how to speak. Now, they could essentially communicate.
Most of the time, however, Ning Shu did not allow it to speak. This was because other religions were faintly beginning to emerge, and they had even started hunting down witches.
The glory of the gods was gradually fading away.
The world was so dangerous, so one needed the power to protect themselves.
Ning Shu continuously cultivated. She left behind everything that needed to be left behind so that Medusa would be able to protect herself when the time came.
“Task completed. Do you wish to leave the task world?” 2333 asked Ning Shu.
Ning Shu let out a long sigh. This world had truly exhausted her. She had been forced to survive in the narrowest of cracks. Even without her intervening, these gods would eventually fade away on their own.
Humanity was the true master. Once humanity awakened, they would become their own gods.
Gods were nothing more than a source of spiritual sustenance for humanity during times of ignorance, helplessness, and despair.
Whenever something could not be explained, people would simply attribute it to the gods.
Rather than saying they revered the gods, it was more accurate to say they revered nature and the unknown.
Ning Shu nodded. “Leave.”
Ning Shu patted the little firebird’s head without saying a word. Resting her head on her hand, she departed from Medusa’s beautiful body. With a dizzying flash, she reappeared in the system space.
Ning Shu saw two stones resting on the coffee table. They were the ones she had felt around for in the dark. To her surprise, they were actually one black and one white. One looked like granite, while the other resembled a lump of coal.
Ning Shu picked up the two stones to inspect them. What on earth were these?
“These are the stones emitting world origin fluctuations?” Ning Shu asked with a hint of doubt.
“One black, one white. Maybe so, but they aren’t mature yet. Perhaps they will be if you get someone to incubate them.”
“Incubate them? Are we hatching chicken eggs here?” Ning Shu was a bit speechless.
“That’s exactly the logic. Doesn’t Mei Ziqing have a fire-attribute world origin? Have him incubate them for you. Forming a world origin requires origin power. The stimulation of origin power can speed up their formation into world origins.”
2333 said, “There is basically a fifty percent chance that they are light and dark-attribute world origins. Black and white representing yin and yang must maintain a balance, so there is a relatively high probability that these two attributes would appear simultaneously.”
Ning Shu stared at the two stones. There were two of them, which meant two world origins, but they just hadn’t matured yet.
“How long do they need to be incubated?” Keeping them constantly tucked against Xiao Huo’s chest wouldn’t be very appropriate. It was too much of a bother for him.
Given Mei Ziqing’s fiercely protective nature over his own, she didn’t even know if he would be willing to help.
“I don’t know how long it will take. The formation of a world origin requires specific conditions, and the required time varies. They might form in the blink of an eye, or they might take thousands or even tens of thousands of years,” 2333 said.
Ning Shu: …
Thousands or tens of thousands of years?
By then, it would be way too late!
Even though these were two objects that might not even successfully hatch into world origins, Ning Shu was still extremely satisfied. At least she had reaped some sort of reward.
Ning Shu opened the chat system to contact Mei Ziqing. However, Mei Ziqing’s system informed her that she had gone off to do a task. Ning Shu then sneakily asked where Xiao Huo was.