I Don't Agree to the Terms

Half an hour later, a taxi drove straight into the laboratory, its body writhing continuously, until finally, like a living creature, it expelled the already unconscious Xiao Yunting from the front engine compartment.

This was a Heart Demon Dao Soldier disguised as a taxi, which then morphed into a pool of flesh and blood sprouting plants.

Gu Shanhai waved his hand and absorbed it into his body, and then he picked up Xiao Yunting to clean him off before sliding him into the incubation dish of a life support pod.

According to his investigation, only these two were left from the Eternal Sleep Sect and the Chang'an Sect in this generation. As for who was a descendent of Eternal Sleep and who was of the Chang'an, it didn't really matter; both could serve the role.

The subsequent tests confirmed, as expected, that there was a familial relationship.

"Brother and sister or sister and brother, huh."

"Their genes have a special effect of mutual attraction, allowing both to secrete a kind of pheromone that draws each other… well, they should be called special hormones."

"That's why these two developed a mutual attraction and got right down to it, rolling around together in a domineering love affair."

"No, it's not just that. Their genes and cells can actually complement each other, and there's no rejection reaction. It feels to me as though they are a single person?"

After further experimentation, Gu Shanhai looked at the two people immersed in the life support pods with a different expression on his face.

Initially, he thought they were siblings, but now it seemed as if the two were one and the same.

"A thousand years ago, someone had modified the leaders of both the Eternal Sleep Sect and the Chang'an Sect, altering their genes. Because of the instincts within their genes, this led to the two families becoming entwined together."

"No, it's not just entanglement. There could also be other forms of interference; otherwise, it would not be such a coincidence."

In light of this, Gu Shanhai realized something: these two families could only combine with each other. If it were anyone else who hadn't been genetically modified, then procreation would be impossible. This was reproductive isolation, as theoretically, these two families were no longer considered ordinary humans of this world.

Luckily, there was genetic isolation; otherwise, if these traits were passed down, the whole world would descend into chaos.

The special hormone and its consequential substance could directly influence thoughts, turning the situation into something out of a risqué fantasy world.

"What if I merged the two into one through an experiment? Would it completely activate the special genes or create a whole new species?"

Gu Shanhai could see from the genetics of both that they were longing to merge, in a literal, physical sense of the merging, combining two individuals into one.

As for the kind of merging below the neck that couldn't be described, it was purely because they had no other more effective means of combining; Gu Shanhai would have to lend a hand.

"The waters of this world are deep indeed. But that said, it's quite remarkable that the court from a thousand years ago was able to thwart some type of conspiracy from the Eternal Sleep Sect and the Chang'an Sect."

"However, what if my experiment creates an embryo of the Evil God? What then?" Gu Shanhai couldn't help but fall silent.

From his days of surveillance, Gu Shanhai had learned that Xiao Yongsheng was reverently offering tributes to something mysterious. From a distance, it looked like a statue resembling the Eye Demon, and indeed, it was this statue that had distorted Gu Shanhai's Prophetic Divination. He couldn't be reckless with this matter, as the statue seemed to be alive.

He had also read the ancestral records and literature of the Xiao family and naturally knew some details and origins.

Therefore, Gu Shanhai dared not act rashly, colloquially speaking, he chickened out.

As for simply unleashing great power to destroy the statue and Xiao Yongsheng, that would be doable, but the issue was that there would be no benefit in doing so. After all, he had arrived here and it would be a waste to just help clean up all these strange occurrences without seeking advantage for himself.

From what he could see at the moment, it seemed that the entity behind the statue had consumed the concept of death within this world, known as the Eye of Serene Death.

As for what existed beyond that was unclear. Even the ancestors of the Xiao family, during their time in the Eternal Sleep Sect, had not touched upon higher beings.

Gu Shanhai estimated that the genetic issues plaguing the Xiao and Su families likely stemmed from the Deathly Tranquil Eye.

Thus, truly merging Su Man and Xiao Yunting into one might become the necessary medium for the birth of the Deathly Tranquil Eye.

There would definitely be benefits—after all, it's the work of an Evil God from beyond this world. Even if it's merely an embryo, with research, Gu Shanhai might be able to develop another level for his "Green Emperor Longevity Scripture," perhaps even an Evil God of Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

However, there were drawbacks, one being that Gu Shanhai might not be able to defeat it.

Luckily, if he couldn't defeat it, it wouldn't matter much; he could just take the embryo and flee.

No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like he'd won big.

He didn't care in the slightest about the state of the world.

"There's just one problem—if this thing is meant to be a medium for descent, then what's the deal with Xiao Yongsheng's sacrifice ritual?" Gu Shanhai was somewhat puzzled.

Indeed, Xiao Yongsheng's sacrifice ritual involved offering the Deathly Tranquil Eye the concept of death from this world to achieve a semblance of immortality.

There was no need for the merged embryo at all.

What's more, if the Deathly Tranquil Eye could truly devour the concept of death from this world, it would essentially be no different from descending. Then what Gu Shanhai had on hand would be superfluous.

"Moreover, such a powerful being wouldn't need an Evil God embryo as a vessel; it could simply perform a sacrifice ritual for localization."

To Gu Shanhai, this sacrifice ritual was like a call button for room service, pressing it would just notify the Deathly Tranquil Eye that there was a tasty meal waiting.

A world that has been stripped of the concept of death wouldn't see any more deaths, granting Xiao Yongsheng eternal life.

Gu Shanhai had never witnessed the consequences, but he was sure they would be immensely damaging to the world. At first glance, it seemed like he had hit the jackpot, yet immortality might take on various bizarre forms, and the world might even be destroyed as a result. By then, without a world to inhabit, its people would naturally vanish too.

Of course, it was also possible that the world would not die but rot instead, which was even more terrifying. Eternal life would then become a never-ending torture with no death.

But before that, the issue of biological inflation needed consideration. After all, if death was eradicated, whether humans, animals, plants, or even microbes and viruses would only increase, never decrease, which was an extremely horrific thought. Given enough time, the world might just burst.

"Forget it, why bother thinking so much? I'll deal with it if everything falls apart," Gu Shanhai was indifferent to the potential outcomes.

The current world had too few points of interest, only this risky benefit, and it wasn't even certain to be useful. This led to Gu Shanhai's indifferent attitude toward the world.

As for clinging to the protagonist's coattails or creating a new era, he had absolutely no interest. The protagonist was too weak, and the new era held no value—a world extraordinarily worthless.

Perhaps the value would increase after the concept of death disappeared, but that hadn't happened yet. Gu Shanhai was driving this process forward, thus turning a blind eye.

Caught up in it all, the eccentric Yun Ting wanted to complete his task. But given his indecisiveness and insistence on simulating a perfect clearing route, he likely wouldn't have it figured out by the time the concept of death descended. His talent required trial and error, not instantaneous perfection.

If he were that powerful, he wouldn't need to seek out Gu Shanhai and could just enter the simulation alone.

Considering how often he mentioned they only had a year to live, it must be that his simulator was affected by the Deathly Tranquil Eye. Setting aside everything else, following the current trend, Xiao Yongsheng would perform the sacrifice in no more than a month, nowhere close to a year later.

Gu Shanhai and Yun Ting could indeed wait a year, but Xiao Yongsheng's body could not.

"So, I should complete this experiment within a month and see if I can get the upper hand," Gu Shanhai thought as he looked at Xiao Yunting and Su Man. Regardless of whether or not it was an Evil God embryo, it had to be in his control; otherwise, he wouldn't even break even on this trip.