The crowd was growing impatient,
How could this damned giant python falter at such a crucial moment?
But the python, possessing intelligence on par with humans, also recognized the urgency of those present. Thus, it refused to loosen its grip, insisting that the leader here must personally promise its release in exchange for revealing the method of advancement.
"I'll ask you one more time, are you going to talk or not? My cleaver is only for pigs and zombies, must it now add a snake's life to its tally?"
Zhou Yiming had already plunged his pig-slaughtering cleaver into the giant python's head,
Yet the latter knew this was its only chance to survive. It deliberately twisted its head, adopting the demeanor of a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, and completely gave up resisting!
Truthfully, it was its first encounter with humans from the surface world. It had expected them to be weak, but unexpectedly, they were so strong?
Anyone who showed up was SSS-class,
Even in the inner world, this was considered the highest talent!
"Hmph! Damn it! You're impressive!"
Zhou Yiming gnashed his teeth in frustration, and finally, though unwillingly, withdrew his cleaver.
It seemed he wouldn't get to eat that delicious snake soup!
It was only after Zhao Qingxuan spoke personally that the giant python revealed the method to ascend to Godhood.
"The python said that to advance to One Tribulation Void God, one not only needs to absorb sufficient divine substance but also comprehend the power of law from their awakened ability. To advance to Four Tribulation True God, one needs to condense a transcendent divine statue with the power of law. As for the final stage, Heavenly God, it doesn't know how to achieve it!"
"Comprehending laws? How does one comprehend them?" Yang Shu asked.
The giant python rolled its eyes.
These humans were truly foolish. If it knew how to comprehend laws, it would have become a god long ago, why would it be wasting its time here with a bunch of mortals?
"What is divine substance?"
"It's a peculiar energy contained within energy source crystals. However, ordinary energy source crystals don't have it. At least Void God energy source crystals will contain divine substance, or some rare and wondrous heavenly treasures may also contain divine substance!"
"Then why aren't you staying in the underground world and came up here?" Wang Luo asked curiously.
As far as he knew,
Many mutated beasts had fled from underground to the surface. Logically, wouldn't the underground environment offer more opportunities to become a god?
"The underground environment is indeed good, and the chances of becoming a god are higher. However, it is too heavily polluted, making it unsuitable for creatures below the Void God realm to survive. Otherwise, they would easily be infected and turn into zombies!"
"Currently, there is no opportunity to become a god on the surface, but as time passes, the underground world will eventually connect completely with the surface world, and then this place will also have the opportunity to become a god. Moreover, becoming a god in this environment is more stable!"
The giant python did not mention,
In fact, the main reason was that it had not comprehended any laws. Otherwise, it would absolutely not have come out.
In the underground world, divine substance was not difficult to find, but the main issue was the difficulty in comprehending laws. Some might never comprehend the power of law until their death.
Furthermore, based on some information they had obtained, in two years, the surface world would undergo another change, during which some heavenly treasures containing the power of law might emerge. This would be a huge opportunity for all beings who had not yet become gods!
That was why they had come out!
"So, since you can come out, you must be able to go back, right?" Wang Luo asked.
"That's right, we can indeed go back. But what's the point of going back now? Without comprehending the power of law, we will eventually be contaminated by the bizarre energy there!"
"One last question, where did the zombies come from?" Wang Luo asked again.
The giant python shook its head. "We don't know either. We only know they come from behind the scenes!"
"Behind the scenes? What do you mean?"
"Don't ask me. I'm just a mutated beast that isn't even a Void God. How could I possibly know so much?"
"Besides, everything I know is from what I've heard from other mutated beasts. In the underground world, I'm just an insignificant nobody. It's only because I awakened an SSS-class talent that I'm qualified to be among the first generation to be teleported."
The giant python was dizzy from being questioned by these people.
Many things it had only heard rumors about. It was only at the legendary tier, which was essentially cannon fodder in the underground world!
Without sufficient strength, one could not access certain knowledge!
"Then tell me, what level is an SSS-class mutated ability in the underground world?" Zhou Yiming asked, drawing his pig-slaughtering cleaver, his voice heavy.
[Damn it, if I weren't weaker than him, I would have swallowed them whole!] The giant python seethed inwardly.
This burly man with a full beard was truly insufferable, always drawing his knife. Was that fun?
But it still replied, "SSS-class is the highest talent even in the underground world. It's extremely rare there; some races might not even produce one SSS-class in hundreds of years!"
"Don't try to fool us. According to what we know, SSS-class doesn't seem to be that rare."
"Hmph, that's your world. The surface world has never been stimulated by divine substance. So, the initial stimulation by divine substance might give rise to many geniuses. Once the divine substance stabilizes, this place will become like the underground world, and SSS-class will become extremely rare!"
"And don't you think about it, how many humans were there originally on the surface, but how many SSS-class individuals were there among them? The birth rate for this tier seems pitifully low, doesn't it?" The giant python said disdainfully, through Monkey.
The crowd frowned.
What it said seemed to make sense. The SSS-class powerhouses gathered at the base were almost all the SSS-class individuals in the entire Longxi Province. And before the apocalypse, Longxi Province had a population of tens of millions, yet only so few SSS-class awakened individuals emerged.
This showed that the number of awakened individuals of this tier was indeed extremely scarce!
"I ask you, what is the situation for humans in the underground world?" Yang Shu asked.
"Not good. Neither humans nor mutated beasts are in a good situation!"
"Facing zombies, one either joins them to become one of them or resists them to the bitter end. However, there are many Void God-level and above existences among the underground zombies. At that level, whether human or mutated beast, they are no longer capable of fighting across levels. At that level, only grade is the absolute truth!"
"But it's unknown how those zombies came to be. Not only are they at a high level, but they also evolve frequently, and their numbers are terrifying. The underground world is already overrun with zombies. The ones on the surface are just a drop in the ocean!"
The giant python told everyone a lot about the current situation underground,
Causing everyone's hearts to sink heavily!
Everyone understood why they had received similar information from that prehistoric earthworm back then.
At that time, everyone thought that humans and mutated beasts could fight across one or two levels with S-class or higher abilities, but they never expected that after reaching the One Tribulation God stage, it would be impossible to fight across levels!