Chapter 210 204: Flammable and Explosive
Anchoring the Bos God Realm would cost 110,000 Faith, but changing the target to the Wuzi Kingdom only required 13,000.
Luh Yao discovered that the Anchor World ability was also tied to a world's population and Faith. The stronger the Divinity and Divine Body, the more Fire of Faith the Silvanus Tree consumed.
Now that the Bos God Realm and the Wuzi Kingdom were at war, their two Divine Kingdoms bordered and overlapped. Therefore, connecting to the Wuzi Kingdom would serve the same purpose, acting as a roundabout entry into the conflict.
Luh Yao spent the Faith, and the Wuzi Kingdom was added to his list of anchored worlds.
The "Creation Passage" option below finally turned white, indicating it was now usable.
Luh Yao selected it, and his perspective immediately zoomed out.
The view focused on two Pixel Worlds pressed together.
One was a large rectangle, the other a tiny triangle.
Luh Yao found he could, as if molding clay, select areas on the boundaries of both worlds and connect them.
He could create a narrow passage or click and drag to connect any stretch of land, sea, or even sky with the Wuzi Kingdom, merging them into one space.
Most areas were usable green zones.
Luh Yao didn't rush to create the connection. First, he opened the Wuzi Kingdom's "Rule Repair" interface.
By reading the encyclopedia of world rules, he could gain a comprehensive and accurate overview of the world.
This time, he patiently spent three hours reading it from cover to cover, gaining an initial understanding of the Wuzi Kingdom.
…
The sole God of the Wuzi Kingdom was King Wuzi.
He was a native God and one of the very first Wuzi People.
Unlike the other life forms Luh Yao had encountered, the Wuzi People were not creatures of flesh and blood. Their bodies consisted mainly of a special element: the Crow element.
The Crow element was a hard solid at low temperatures, a soft solid at room temperature, and became a liquid at extremely high temperatures. The same was true for the Wuzi People.
A long, long time ago, the Crow Element dissolved and fused with some metals and other substances. After a series of evolutions, it became active and self-aware, giving birth to these little people.
Their race was called the Wuzi, a name which meant "formed from a gathering of Crow."
The Wuzi People had one fatal weakness: water.
The moment they touched water or even humid air, their bodies would combust, releasing large amounts of poisonous fog and steam before exploding.
As a result, the world they inhabited was rather unique.
The native world of the Wuzi People was a giant sphere made of rock and various solid substances, and they lived inside it.
By continuously dissolving rock, the Wuzi People carved out paths and living spaces within the sphere.
As they continuously excavated and explored outward, they encountered numerous dangers.
Their greatest danger was water.
Sometimes they would dig into a water source without warning, or water would suddenly seep in. For them, this was a cataclysmic disaster. In the narrow tunnels, it was a death sentence.
In addition, tunnel collapses, geological activity, attacks from Earth Elemental Creatures, and infighting also caused the Wuzi People to die and explode.
As the Wuzi population grew, so did their craving for space. Eventually, their pioneers created two great inventions: the Earth Traveling Boat and Black Mud.
As its name implied, the Earth Traveling Boat was a vehicle that moved underground, shaped like a giant, sharpened pencil.
Its front end continuously drilled through earth and rock, drawing the debris in and expelling it out the back through a central shaft. This was how it propelled itself forward.
The invention of the Earth Traveling Boat greatly reduced the threat of cave-ins and earthquakes for the Wuzi People.
As time went on, the Wuzi People continuously improved and evolved the Earth Traveling Boat. This subterranean vessel grew larger and larger, eventually able to hold hundreds of Wuzi People, like a mobile underground town.
The Earth Traveling Boat became a strategic tool.
To compete for the narrow, safe spaces underground, the Wuzi People began to form factions that attacked and warred with each other. This chaotic warfare lasted for many years and was only suppressed when King Wuzi ascended to godhood.
However, even the most advanced Earth Traveling Boat was vulnerable to water; water always finds a way in.
This was where Black Mud came in.
Black Mud was a special substance the Wuzi People discovered in underground rocks. It was the sediment of a blackish-brown subterranean oil and possessed superior waterproof properties.
Smearing Black Mud on their bodies formed a waterproof shell that was both flexible and safe. This greatly increased the Wuzi People's survival rate, as they no longer self-destructed and burst into flames upon contact with water.
Strictly speaking, Black Mud did absorb a little moisture, but this water was locked on the surface and couldn't affect the Wuzi People. A moderate amount of moisture actually helped the Black Mud maintain better elasticity and extensibility, making repairs and reinforcements easier.
For safety, the Wuzi People also applied Black Mud of different viscosities in layers to their bodies, forming a multi-layered defense.
The one who found Black Mud and introduced it to the entire race was King Wuzi.
He was an ancient Wuzi, and one of the first Adventurers to leave his home and dig his way into the unknown. As a pioneer, he survived many near-death experiences, but he also reaped treasures beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
King Wuzi's most precious treasure was a Golden Dice that could change fate.
During one expedition, King Wuzi fell into a scorching place deep below, where flames flowed like water, glowing alternately red and yellow.
The Black Mud on King Wuzi's body began to crack and peel away. He felt his body liquefying, his thoughts becoming frantic and chaotic…
He desperately climbed upward and squeezed into a fissure.
Beyond the fissure was a large cavern where a dilapidated Altar stood.
The Altar was shaped like a giant ox skull, but it was forged entirely from pale, ice-cold stone. In its two eye sockets, flames burned fiercely.
'King Wuzi knew that wasn't fire. It was warmer than fire, more dangerous than water, and heavier than earth… That was the Power of Faith of a God. Mortals, however, could not touch such magnificent power.'
He was so excited that he even forgot to gather up his own feet, which had liquefied and stuck to the ground.
'Because the Golden Dice needs the Fire of Faith!'
King Wuzi journeyed back and brought the Golden Dice to the Temple.
Placed upon the Fire of Faith, the die immediately came to life, its power fully unleashed.
King Wuzi began to roll the die.
Before each roll, he would pray piously, expressing his humility and gratitude, hoping the God who had left this gift would bless him with good luck.
King Wuzi would only roll twice each day—to show solemnity and sanctity. 'He believed that each day's good luck was finite.'
He won a prize on his fifth roll: a piece of Gold the size of a head.
Little did King Wuzi expect that his next prize would not come until his 8,658th roll.
After patiently rolling for over 4,000 years, he finally won a real treasure.
A [Divine Format].
And just like that, King Wuzi became the first God among the Wuzi People.
He absorbed the last of the Faith in the Altar, took most of the Wuzi People with him, carved out a triangular pyramid-shaped Divine Kingdom, and officially set sail into the Sea of World Dimensions.
Who would have known that in the very first Era after ascending to the Gods Tier, he would be caught in a Divine War.
Facing the powerful enemy invasion, King Wuzi found himself at an absolute disadvantage. He was outmatched by his opponent in every aspect, from his Divinity and Divine Body to the civilization of his world.
The legions of the Fifth Fearless Empire had already crossed the border, crushing everything in their path. They routed the Wuzi People, who had no experience in large-scale wars, causing their population to shrink continuously.
The Empire's goal was to either force the Wuzi People to convert their Faith completely or to use them as raw materials for forging and Refining.
…
Luh Yao identified a few keywords.
Native God, Special Race, Earth Traveling Boat.
'Facing a powerful foreign invader, the Wuzi Kingdom could probably use a little help.'
'The Yao Race World always welcomes new friends.'
Luh Yao placed the interworld passage on the Northern New Continent.
He then turned his attention to the Wuzi Kingdom, preparing to observe the world's current situation firsthand.
