I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 581 - 316: The Great Ruin, The Weight of the World!_2

Chapter 581: Chapter 316: The Great Ruin, The Weight of the World!_2

The reason they were exterminated was naturally because they wanted to carry out a large-scale slaughter to reduce the world’s weight, which crossed the line for the Saints. To them, it didn’t matter if you called yourself a deity; after all, boasting isn’t illegal.

So, that’s why they were dealt with.

"Then, does the fall of the deities have anything to do with the Great Ruin?" Gu Shanhai asked another question.

"Yes and no," the Holy Saint responded, and then asked Gu Shanhai, "How do you not know this?"

"Is there a problem if I don’t know?" Gu Shanhai was somewhat curious.

He wasn’t a true Saint; he was just a knockoff.

"There’s a big problem. If it weren’t for the world’s recognition of you, I would think you’re an impostor," the Holy Saint said seriously while looking at Gu Shanhai.

"..." Gu Shanhai didn’t dare to admit that he indeed was an impostor.

"Deities, in essence, are part of the world’s weight. The fall of the deities is the world’s way of saving itself."

"When the whale falls, myriad life thrives; the weight of a deity’s remains after their fall can give birth to even more weight, to adventurers, that is."

The Holy Saint’s explanation was simple; it was as if they treated the deities like a culture medium. As for the deities, the world didn’t care, and neither did they.

"Wait a moment, have all the deities become Saints?" Gu Shanhai asked.

"Of course, they’ve all become Saints," the Holy Saint answered without hesitation.

"What about Saints who have died?" Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but think of the Forest Spirit Saint whom he had killed. That must mean certain death.

"A Saint’s Divine Power comes from the deities and is eternal and indestructible. He becomes a God-gifted, that is, those adventurers who possess God-given professions and become part of the world’s weight," the Holy Saint said euphemistically. Gu Shanhai understood that those groups of adventurers with God-given professions were reincarnations of Saints.

Therefore, fundamentally analyzing, adventurers with God-given professions are actually the reincarnations of deities, while Saints are a special existence between deities and adventurers.

No wonder Gu Shanhai could not interfere with God-given professions.

"I see. Then I’d like to ask, how do you all observe the Great Ruin and how do you precisely determine the timing?" Gu Shanhai asked curiously.

This was very important. You can’t just say a hundred world scales are equivalent to a hundred, right? There must be data and factual evidence to support it.

Mainly, Gu Shanhai also wanted to study it, not for any other reason, but because the existence of the Great Ruin in itself held great value.

"What went wrong when you first transformed into a Saint?" the Holy Saint asked, somewhat helplessly this time. How could you not know anything and yet have survived until now? Did you sacrifice everything and just focus on attack?

"I don’t know," Gu Shanhai spread his hands.

"Oh well, you are the Saint I’ve seen who is closest to a human. Maybe that’s the price you paid." In the eyes of the Holy Saint, there was something off about Gu Shanhai. If not for the manifestation of the world’s rules that formed the Saint’s title over Gu Shanhai’s head, the Holy Saint would definitely think Gu Shanhai was an impostor.

As for the possibility that what loomed over Gu Shanhai’s head was an Illusion Technique? If there really were an illusion capable of shielding them and the world, then they would also recognize Gu Shanhai’s identity as a Saint.

It’s either the identity that speaks or the power that speaks.

Afterward, the Holy Saint pointed with his hand, turning into a radiance that entered Gu Shanhai’s body.

"This is all the information I received when I first became a Saint," the Holy Saint said.

"Thank you very much, Holy Saint," Gu Shanhai said. When dealing with others, he never acted pretentious; if you dared to give, he dared to take.

A problem? As long as his fists were strong enough, even if he accepted without doing anything in return, the other party wouldn’t dare to let out a peep.

The Holy Saint didn’t reply but simply left. For him, responding was a waste of time. It was better when everyone was tacitly aware, as interactions between Saints were often minimal.

This was probably what made the Holy Saint a bit peculiar. Otherwise, the communication between the Silver Saint and the Holy Saint that had already happened could be considered excessive.

No one paid attention to the death of the Forest Spirit Saint.

Gu Shanhai, having obtained the item, instantaneously teleported back.

He then began to peruse the various pieces of information given to him by the Holy Saint, which were still very complete. Gu Shanhai even found a method to observe the Great Ruin, which was not exclusive to the Holy Saint—indeed, all Saints knew it.

"Using Divine Power as a means of observation?"

Gu Shanhai quickly learned how to observe the Great Ruin. Such a technique was of little use to him, as it could only be used for observing the Great Ruin and was ineffective for anything else.

Once the entire ritual and the related materials were ready, Gu Shanhai couldn’t wait to start his observation.

"Wait a minute... Are you sure it needs a hundred world scales to arrive?!" Gu Shanhai was somewhat horrified.

He watched the ever-expanding, meteor-like black entity closing in on the world of the Adventure King. After further calculations, he discovered a significant issue.

That is... the Saints might have miscalculated the time unit.

It wasn’t a million years; it was more likely a year at most. If not resolved, the world would be doomed.

"What the hell???" Gu Shanhai didn’t even know what to say.

"You guys are way off the mark, confusing one year for a million years; that’s missing six zeros."

Gu Shanhai was at a loss for words.

"Calm down, calm down, observe again, maybe I saw it wrong."

In his past life, Gu Shanhai recalled, this world had not been destroyed within a year. In fact... nonsense, in his past life, Rein, the Child of Destiny, had not worked for him; perhaps he was already tackling the problem of the Great Ruin.

The reason it had not perished in his former life was that Rein, the Child of Destiny, had resolved it. Now, this Child of Destiny was cooing with his wife in the Five Elements Sect, with no time to handle the situation.

Besides, even if he could resolve it, there might not be enough time; the necessary trials had not kept up.

After numerous observations, Gu Shanhai confirmed something: his observations might be accurate, and the Holy Saint’s assessment of the Great Ruin’s progress was likely underestimated.

"At this rate, in at most another month or so, problems will arise in the Adventure King’s world, such as tidal phenomena or ecological anomalies, physical parameters, or even rules will start to change."

"The Divine Relics needn’t worry for now; they are incredibly resilient, inherently part of the world’s weight."

"The most urgent task is... a meeting."

Gu Shanhai’s face fell; he had not imagined leaving so soon. He had just made a great catch, and to leave now felt like a huge loss.

Especially the research on the Saintly seeds, which had just started showing results; if he left now and switched worlds, without the proper environmental support, the difficulty would spike by nearly tenfold, and the failure rate would skyrocket.

Thus, he could not leave; he must find a way to solve the Great Ruin.

Of course, he couldn’t shoulder this alone; the other Saints must share the burden.

Since there was still time before disaster struck, if all else failed, there would still be time to escape.

"What a headache, now I’ll have to ask the Holy Saint to call everyone back." Gu Shanhai complained. It had not even been an hour since the meeting adjourned.

However, this time it definitely wouldn’t be as bizarre as the Holy Saint’s meeting. The news from Gu Shanhai would undoubtedly stir the usually subdued emotions of all Saints.

After all, they could slowly accumulate the world’s weight over a million years, but in just one year, they would hardly be able to foster enough.

"Such bad luck, my only task was to clear the Adventure Realm once, and now, I’ve unearthed world destruction."

"The local adventurers probably won’t cut it; not sure if I should pin my hopes on the players..."