Chapter 204: Prototype of the Divine Kingdom and Version Update_3
Li Hao followed Lu Yan's gaze and immediately began to explain:
"That is the Divine Hall that the people of the Seventy-three-number-gathering-place have started to build spontaneously for you, with your divine effigies inside for them to worship day and night.
The battle against the catastrophic corpse tide has already begun to spread across the world through the mouths of the gathering place's people.
In the future, your fame and the Underworld's will spread all over the post-cataclysmic wasteland, known by everyone!"
Lu Yan showed a few traces of satisfaction in his eyes.
If it were before, Lu Yan wouldn't pay much attention to the so-called incense and faith.
However, with the ascension of the Human Emperor Banner, showcasing traits similar to a Divine Kingdom, Lu Yan increasingly values the incense faith and the concept of the Underworld propagated within.
This Apocalypse Version undoubtedly sets a good precedent for subsequent versions.
"It's fine to build the Underworld Divine Hall, but let's remove my divine effigies!"
Lu Yan's current strength is insufficient; having the identity of an Underworld Envoy is enough. Binding himself too deeply with the Underworld might easily expose some issues.
Li Hao seriously nodded in agreement, then appeared troubled and asked:
"Then, whose effigies should be enshrined in the Underworld Divine Hall?"
Lu Yan pondered slightly, and magical power converged in his hand to manifest the phantom of an Emperor.
This was the phantom of an Emperor Lu Yan revealed using mankind as heaven in the urban version. Although it's just an empty frame, it once briefly held a Heavenly Dao Position, making it quite suitable for bluffing.
Li Hao had naturally seen the phantom of the Emperor in the urban version. Initially surprised, he quickly committed it to memory.
"Envoy, this is..."
Lu Yan was about to make up a name but thought of the countless methods in various versions. Making up a real name casually could risk being seen through, so he suppressed the notion.
"You are not qualified to know His honored name."
Li Hao's heart stirred up with turbulent waves; he struggled to maintain calm and respectfully responded:
"Yes!"
Then Lu Yan seemed to remember something and instructed:
"Summon a batch of Sunstones for me."
Upon hearing this, Li Hao immediately issued an order.
In just three minutes, several Transcendents appeared with a few large crates before the Divine Hall.
"Envoy, these are all the Sunstones the seventy-three-number-gathering place can mobilize in a short time. If given another hour, I can gather more from other ruined cities."
Lu Yan glanced at the scattered amount totaling at least thirty thousand and waved to halt Li Hao's actions.
"This is enough."
With a wave of his hand, Lu Yan collected several crates of Sunstones into his storage bag and prepared to leave.
At that moment, among the Transcendents who delivered the Sunstones, one hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but speak respectfully:
"Liu Hao thanks the Envoy for the rescue!"
Lu Yan looked at the person who spoke, memories flowing in his mind, and recognized him as the one who opposed Zhao Hongzhong during the Transcendents' alliance with the Corpse King.
At that time, Liu Hao didn't want to collude with the Corpse King; Zhao Hongzhong, in anger and shame, attempted to kill Liu Hao but was stopped by Lu Yan.
After the battle that annihilated the Corpse King and many Transcendents, Lu Yan did not pursue the ones who hadn't acted, allowing them to leave, Liu Hao included.
To Lu Yan's surprise, he met Liu Hao here.
"You survived because of your own choices."
Leaving these words, Lu Yan waved his right hand, utilizing the power of the Abyssal God to tear open a space rift, stepped through it, and vanished from the seventy-three-number-gathering place, leaving behind Liu Hao and others in a daze.
Several kilometers away, space shattered, and Lu Yan appeared in this secluded area.
Standing still, Lu Yan held the Human Emperor Banner, quietly waiting for the final moment to arrive.
Minute by minute, time passed, and the sun descended toward the western hills.
As dusk once again blanketed the land, the version update interface before Lu Yan finally changed.
[The Apocalypse Version ends, with a version change value of: 35%]
This value has already exceeded one-third, much higher than Lu Yan anticipated, likely due to the influence of subsequent civilization rebuilding.
The version change value interface lasted less than a second, and the next moment, a new interface popped up again.
Ahead, between heaven and earth, the sunset became incomparably dark, the dense twilight like an invisible giant hand, descending upon Lu Yan.
Behind Lu Yan, the bottomless darkness, like the abyssal maw ready to devour, threatened to swallow him whole.
[The version update progress is full. You can choose one of the following versions for an update.
Longevity Version: Little friend...
Longevity Version: ...Are you still...
Longevity Version: ...hesitating?]