Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1232 - 550 Vermilion Capital City, Imperial Purple Forbidden City_2

Since the Prophets had already succumbed to Chaos and voluntarily transformed into components of the Analytic Array, even if they could successfully be "revived," it was estimated they would only be like lower-class puppets, devoid of self-consciousness.

The Scholar Legion was one of the combat powers of the Otherworldly Army, and the strength of the Dragon Clan Legion was also not to be underestimated.

As the Ancient Dragon Seal gradually loosened, a group of ancient dragons who had lived for thousands of years were less and less suppressed, regaining their formidable strength.

However, the upper-tier combat power of the Otherworldly Army was significantly lacking. Had Almighty True Knowledge never set up the Knowledge Barrier and Ancient Dragon Seal, the remaining high-tier combat power in the Omniscient World might not have been lesser than that of the Evil God World.

[...]

[According to the Vermilion Geography Records, the prosperity of the capital, Yanjing, surpasses the ancient Divine Capital Luoyi by a thousand times, with towering city walls and staggered pavilions, resembling layered mountains, magnificent and splendid.]

[Among the markets and streets, teahouses and taverns thrived, scholars, merchants, and heroes from all over gathered, painting a picture of a flourishing era.]

[On the bustling streets, pedestrians were like woven threads, and carriages like dragon processions, with galloping horses and rolling coaches, sounds of flutes and strings never ceased, celebrating the peace and prosperity, fully displaying the booming golden age.]

[Inside the Forbidden City, bejeweled structures shone brightly, and the royal gardens with their pavilions, artificial hills, and flowing waters, plants lush and green, seeming like spring all year round. At night, lights blazed bright as if bringing the galaxy to earth, showing the nobility and grandeur of the Emperor’s household.]

[The walls of Yanjing stood towering and imposing, with majestic city gates. Envoys frequently entered and exited these gates, with foreign diplomats arriving continuously under the rule of Emperor Wu, where the Vermilion Dynasty witnessed a period of unmatched prosperity likened to nations venerating a powerful leader and blossoming flowers decorating the landscape.]

[Yet you, overlooking the human purgatory at your feet with White Elephant Demon, found it utterly impossible to connect the scene before you with the Yanjing described in the Vermilion Geography Records.]

[A series of eerie cold winds swept through, casting shadows and oppressiveness between heaven and earth.]

[What was once pavilions and marketplaces had turned into ruins, with innumerable Extreme Evil Monsters wandering above the wreckage, colossal trees consisting of dark branches towering scattered throughout.]

[Raging Malice swirled and rose, converging into perpetual, limitless dark clouds covering the intense sun and enveloping the entire capital...]

[The only structure still standing in Yanjing was the Emperor’s palace - the Forbidden City!]

Lin Xun did not use the ’Origin Dragon God Palace’ to arrive at the capital, instead allowing the Void-Crossing Vessel to remain in the Small Thousand World.

Because piloting the ’Origin Dragon God Palace’s’ takeoff was truly too astonishing, so much so that saying it shook the heavens and earth would not be an exaggeration.

At this moment, he faced being wanted by many Buddha from the Western Paradise and lurked upon by Evil Gods; unless he wanted to end the Chapter prematurely, piloting this artifact was outright suicidal.

[Your companion, White Elephant Demon, sighed deeply and said to you, "Junior Brother, the Vermilion State once the most grand and strong nation in the mortal realm, how has it come to this state even in its capital.]

[These monsters, akin to ghosts from the deepest abyss, offer such vile and tainted votive power, do the Buddhas of the Western Paradise not notice anything amiss at all from such offerings?]

[Or is it that these Buddhas have long been tainted by these monsters?]

[You look towards White Elephant Senior Brother beside you, seeing his eyes clear, showing no trace of Malice.]

[It seems the ’Glazed Karma Fire Seed’ had completely purged the Malice that tainted White Elephant Demon, achieving a precise cure.]

[Do you want to take this opportunity to tell the White Elephant Demon the truth?]

Lin Xun pondered for a moment, then pressed the ’Yes’ option.

[...]

[Hearing such startling secrets, White Elephant Demon completely froze, muttering...]

[So, the one who entrusted you, Junior Brother, to go east to Penglai was the true Bodhisattva, while the one in the temple, the ’Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva,’ like the sky-full of Buddhas, was also a puppet controlled by the Evil God.]

[You nodded and said, "Indeed! Even Yama God is barely hanging on now, only a few Divine beings hiding in the Small Thousand World could avoid this fate.]

[This is true for Lu Wu in Kunlun, as well as for Daoist Immortal Venerable in Penglai.]

[However, hiding in the Small Thousand World is not absolutely safe; even if they barely survive in a corner, they will eventually be corrupted by the Evil God.]

[White Elephant Demon clenched the Iron Hammer in its hand, unable to help gritting its teeth. No wonder it remembered that all the Buddhas had unknowingly changed their Buddhist titles and even altered the names of their cultivation techniques, always with a whiff of malevolence. It was all the Evil God’s doing behind the scenes!]

[It was about to swing the hammer down and say a few harsh words, but then remembered that even ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ and ’Chaos Origin Dragon’ were no match for the Evil God, believing it and you attempting to confront the Evil God was nothing but a fool’s dream.]

[Thinking it over, it felt the Iron Hammer in its hand weigh a ton, impossible to lift.]

[You raised an eyebrow and asked loudly, "What’s the matter? Are you scared, Senior Brother?]

[White Elephant Demon immediately blushed and retorted, "Who’s scared! How could I be scared of the Evil God?! At worst, it’s just a scar the size of a bowl; I’m not afraid of anything!]

[I just think that the Bodhisattva entrusted a non-human task...no, Senior Brother absolutely doesn’t mean to belittle you. Compared to you, Junior Brother, what is White Elephant Demon to act as your Senior Brother, it’s just that I commenced my practice a few years earlier than you.]

[It’s just that for us, two brothers, to take down the Evil God is like an ant trying to shake a tree, it really is, really is...]