The Era of Gods
Chapter 426 - 426 The Empowering Mark of Gaia's Child

Chapter 426: Chapter 426 The Empowering Mark of Gaia’s Child

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“Of course, if I were truly banished to Sin Hell this time, the evidence wouldn’t matter; my father would ensure the entire Zhang Clan went down with me,”

she murmured, her gaze falling on Lin Xiao’s face once again, her eyes softening as she said in a low voice:

“Thank you for saving me.”

He waved his hand, laughing heartily:

“It was simply because you were beside me, saving you was convenient, and you are my sister, after all. How could I not save you?”

“Hmph, considering you have a bit of conscience, I won’t hold it against you for taking advantage of the situation,”

“Cough, it was an emergency when I saved you; who cares about the posture.”

“Then why were you still holding me so tightly when you put me down?”

“Ah, was I? When was that?”

Lin Xiao quickly invoked the art of feigned amnesia and started talking about something else, causing Xie Yufei to replace the man’s behavior inexplicably amusing.

Had it been before, she would have shown a look of disdain, but after facing life and death together, she found herself looking at him more tenderly, with more patience, and even her voice was much gentler.

“By the way, where are we going now? To take revenge?”

Lin Xiao, stroking his chin, was quite interested in the idea.

But she shook her head and said:

“No, not vengeance yet. Miss here was almost exiled to Sin Abyss; this vendetta cannot be settled so lightly. First, back to the fortress, and then I shall properly cook up a scheme against the Zhang Family in the coming days.”

“Oh!”

Seeing her grinding her teeth, he could already imagine the fate awaiting the Zhang Family in the coming days.

They could neither run nor hide, living in constant fear and trepidation. Just thinking about it was bitterly satisfying.

Since she was taking action, there was no need for him to intervene. Believing that the narrowly survived Xie Yufei would deal with the Zhang Family appropriately, he could take the time to return to his personal Crystal Wall and consider how to manage this collection of planes.

“By the way, take care of Captain Li’s family. His death was in the line of duty. Also, speak to Colonel Sun about our ordeal, as it’s not convenient for us to go to AX-14 Crystal Wall Universe right now.”

“Don’t worry, I’ve got it handled.”

Having escaped from the Starworld, they returned directly to the Yan Huang No. 5 Super War Fortress.

Speaking of which, the identity of Gaia’s Child proved to be quite useful; the will of Main World Gaia paid much more attention to him than when he was merely ranked as a promising youth on the subsidiary list. They intercepted and brought him back to the World Star of Master while he was in the midst of his banishment.

Once back at the fortress, Xie Yufei returned to her True Body, and he, having nothing pressing to do, returned to his Divine Realm.

The construction of the Floating City in the Main Divine Realm was still underway, and its progress had increased substantially since his last visit. However, Lin Xiao wasn’t optimistic about the Clan’s ability to complete the Floating City.

Leaving other things aside, the critical component—the Duron Energy Core—he lacked.

He had thought about acquiring a Duron Energy Core through the channels of the Fifth Military Region. Not too long ago, he had asked Xie Yufei during a casual conversation, and even the military did not have any surplus Duron Energy Cores.

Such Super Energy Cores are extremely rare to begin with. There are plenty of large energy cores that can power a Floating City, but no Super Energy Core like the Duron Energy Core that can provide a continuous, unending source of power, similar to a perpetual motion machine. Such an energy core that can fully wield the power of a Floating City against a True God’s formidable prowess is not even surplus in the Fifth Military Region.

The Fifth Military Region does possess numerous Floating Cities, including some Super Floating Cities. In fact, each major military fortress in the Crystal Wall Universe is essentially a Main World version of a Floating City. The branch base fortresses are only powered by large energy cores, complemented by other energy sources, which is why the branch base fortresses cannot move.

Theoretically, the numerous Super War Fortresses located in the Subspace are essentially supermassive, colossal Floating Cities, their size and might far exceeding the conventional scale of Floating Cities.

The conditions for constructing such Super War Fortresses are unknown, but it’s certain that a single Duron Energy Core would not suffice to power them.

That said, there are no spare Duron Energy Cores or similar Super Energy Cores in the Fifth Military Region at present; any that exist have been used to construct base fortresses. There aren’t any readily available.

If he wanted one, he would have to wait for a new Duron Energy Core to be manufactured, but the timing was uncertain, and it was unlikely to happen anytime soon.

According to Xie Yufei, if he wasn’t in a hurry, he could wait for this. If he was in a rush, he could go to a plane with a Floating City and seize one.

That was clearly impossible; with his current strength, how could he possibly seize a Floating City? That would be tantamount to him attacking a base fortress on his own, and he certainly didn’t have the ability to do that yet.

So, he had to wait.

However, even when new Duron Energy Cores were manufactured, it wasn’t certain he would get one.

The queue for requesting such a device had stretched beyond ten thousand, including many military heavyweights. Even with his status, he wouldn’t be able to skip the queue.

In the meantime, Lin Xiao did consider whether he could manufacture one himself, but after reviewing the method of creating a Duron Energy Core, he immediately dismissed the idea.

The so-called Duron Energy Core, in its original version, came from the era of the Nether Empire in the Toriel Multiverse. Initially, it was a super magical device created by the Great Arcane Mages of the Nether Empire, which could tap directly into the Magic Net of the Toriel Multiverse, extracting the most primitive and pure Magic Power from the net, thereby obtaining an everlasting and inexhaustible supply of magic.

But that was the Duron Energy Core of the Toriel Multiverse. Other Crystal Wall Universes do not possess something like the Magic Net, rendering the device useless in those universes.

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But the big players in the Main World obtained the Duron Energy Core and improved it, changing the extraction target from the Magic Net to the Sea of Origin Power of the Main World.

In fact, the Magic Net of the Toriel Multiverse is the Sea of Origin Power; it’s just that the Sea of Origin Power’s surface is covered by the Magic Net orchestrated by the multi-universe goddess of magic, turning the Sea of Origin Power into the private domain of the Magic God. This has also led to every successor of the Magic God in the Toriel Multiverse being a very powerful deity, holding an extremely important position in the Hall of All Gods.

Any successor to the title of goddess of magic who can successfully achieve divine enthronement and take control of the Magic Divine Position, regardless of their strength in life, even if they were mortal, could instantly ascend to Powerful Divine Power with the support of the Magic Net.

In other Crystal Wall Universes, the Sea of Origin Power has no controller, and the Duron Energy Core can be modified and used directly.

Speaking of which, although there is also the divine position of magic in the Main World, and it’s a powerful one as well, its strength is nowhere close to that of the Toriel Multiverse’s Magic Divine Position. Moreover, the egalitarian system of the Main World does not permit the existence of the Magic Net.

To manufacture a Duron Energy Core device, one needs a powerful Great Arcane Mage, the kind from the Toriel Multiverse, along with various precious materials.

Of course, for powerful forces, the materials are not expensive; the main difficulty is in cultivating a Great Arcane Mage.

This profession conflicts with the divine, Sons of the Divine Realm can take on the role of Mage but cannot also be Great Arcane Mages; the role must be held by those who are not Sons of the Divine Realm.

In short, don’t even think about this contraption for now.

However, the construction of Floating Cities within the Divine Realm does not need to stop. Even without the Duron Energy Core, the foundation and framework of the Floating Cities can be built first, just waiting for the future acquisition of the Duron Energy Core to be installed, and then the Floating Cities can directly take to the skies.

In the following period, Lin Xiao stayed in the Divine Realm, consuming Power of Faith every day to open the ancient arena for the Clan to battle and accumulate combat and professional experience.

Now, the Clan in the Divine Realm, both in quantity and quality, is more than ten times greater than before, and the Power of Faith accumulated daily is enough to open the ancient arena every day with plenty to spare.

Besides, he was now consciously adjusting the terrain of the Main Divine Realm.

As he became the Son of Gaia, getting feedback from the Main World, the Divine Realm had already begun to grow slowly on its own.

Not to mention, once he’s ready to start slowly refining the small Crystal Wall Universe acquired from the trade, he believes the area of the Divine Realm will expand rapidly.

Previously, he allowed it to develop freely – the Main Divine Realm and the six major subdivisions of Divine Domain Space grew evenly. Now he had to adjust the growth ratio.

He allocated twenty percent to the Main Divine Realm, ten percent to each of the six major subdivisions, and the remaining twenty percent he planned to carve out some small Divine Domain Spaces outside the Main Divine Realm and the six subdivisions, prepared to later expand them to a sufficient size, specifically to produce basic resources.

Plainly speaking, this was developing the Divine Realm in the direction of a plane cluster.

The main plane, major subsidiary planes, minor subsidiary planes; the Main Divine Realm for the Clan to live in, and the major and minor planes to produce resources for self-sustenance.

This was the most ideal state, and it would probably take a while to adjust. For now, the most crucial task was to swiftly devour the small Crystal Wall Universe that was traded for.

With this in mind, Lin Xiao didn’t waste much time in the Divine Realm. He gave his Divine Realm consciousness a quick check and sent a message to Xie Yufei:

“I’m preparing to observe my Crystal Wall Universe and set up a management plan, do you want to come over?”

After making sure it was okay, he sent it out.

“Ding dong!”

The message had only been out for less than two seconds when a reply arrived, and he muttered in surprise:

“So quick?”

He tapped his wristband to look, and his girlfriend’s name sprang into view.

“Crap!”

He quickly answered, a screen unfolded, and swiftly, his girlfriend’s tall, slender figure materialized, her star-like bright pupils shining seductively crimson, her face overflowing with joy at the sight of him, and she whispered with clasped hands:

“I’m back!”

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao asked with delight:

“Where are you?”

“Heading back to the Main World, soon arriving at Fortress No. 5.”

“I’ll pick you up at the teleportation platform.”

He couldn’t wait to fling open the door and dashed out like the wind.

Arriving quickly at the fortress’s teleportation platform, he saw from afar a massive column of light descending from the sky onto the platform. The surging energy waves spread out like the tide in all directions, enveloping the waiting crowd around the platform.

Lin Xiao looked up at the platform; as the energy tide slowly dissipated, various figures flew off in different directions, but his gaze was solidly captured by one tall and exquisitely shaped silhouette.

He waved his hand, and the enchanting figure gently drifted towards him. As the energy mist faded, a playfully charming face emerged, brimming with delight.

He opened his arms, the graceful figure soared down and fell into his embrace for a full hug.

Holding the beauty tightly, he spun her once, looking down at the dazzlingly delicate face before him, intoxicated by the deep affection in those enticingly faint crimson eyes.

No words were needed at this moment; with hands clasping her astonishingly slender waist, Lin Xiao leaned in to gently kiss the intoxicating red lips before him.

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