System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

"What? The wax refined by Zhu Jiuyin can absorb a person's consciousness?"

"That's right, we've done experiments and it's indeed like that."

This was the first time Zhang Hao had heard such a claim. If what Aning said was true, then it wouldn't be hard to understand why the people of the She Kingdom built the Bronze Divine Tree to lure out Zhu Jiuyin from hell.

Zhang Hao had previously heard that fire was extremely precious in ancient times, and the people of the Ku Kingdom built a giant bronze tree to obtain wax, which led to the emergence of Zhu Jiuyin.

They used Zhujiuyin to refine wax for fuel.

At that moment, Zhang Hao thought that this situation was clearly unreasonable.

Even if the She Kingdom was just a small tribe, its population would certainly be considerable, easily numbering in the hundreds or thousands.

The amount of wax consumed by so many people lighting candles every day is enormous.

Although Zhujiuyin is enormous, one of its parts can produce a great deal of wax.

However, drawing out Zhujiuyin from underground is not so simple.

It takes a huge amount of flesh and blood sacrifice to lure it out.

In ancient times when resources were so scarce, it was clearly a foolish act to consume large amounts of flesh and blood just to make candles for lighting.

If they were making wax to preserve consciousness in order to find a new body for immortality, then it would make sense.

Zhang Hao reached out and scratched the egg twice with his fingernail. Sure enough, he could scrape off a layer of greasy stuff, which felt similar to wax.

This means that Aning's statement is correct.

The glowing giant egg in front of them was not a cocoon, but a lump of wax refined by Zhujiuyin.

As for the countless little figures inside, they should be the consciousness of those who were absorbed into the body.

Zhang Hao stared at the little figures and examined them closely. He discovered that they were all wearing the same style of clothing, which meant that their consciousnesses had been absorbed at the same time.

When his face got close to the giant egg, the little figures inside went crazy and rushed towards him recklessly.

However, the giant egg seems to have some limitations for them; their consciousness cannot easily leave the giant egg.

Whenever they hit the edge of the giant egg, they are pushed back by an invisible force.

Zhang Hao studied the little figures inside the giant egg for a while but couldn't figure anything out.

He shifted his attention elsewhere, hoping to find useful clues from other places.

Suddenly he noticed that there was a spot on the bottom of the giant egg that wasn't as smooth as the rest of the egg, as if it had been cut.

However, its location was very hidden, and it was not noticed at first.

He crouched down, took out a dagger, and started cutting at the exposed area.

After he removed the wax layer, there was a small, palm-sized compartment inside, containing a folded piece of linen.

Zhang Hao took out the burlap and opened it, only to find it covered with densely packed, soybean-sized characters.

"Uncle, you're amazing! How did you find out that something was hidden there?"

"Although the location is hidden, you can find it if you look carefully. Take a look at what is written on it."

"Ok."

Wu Tianzhen responded and took the burlap, laid it open on the giant egg, and began to study it.

Everyone else was also curious about what was written on it, so they all gathered around and surrounded Wu Tianzhen.

"Naive, what's written on it? Does it contain any secrets about our water demon mutation?"

"Has anyone said where the treasure of the Ku Kingdom is hidden?"

"Don't worry, everyone. This isn't just plain text; it uses the techniques of calligraphy and painting. I'm currently deciphering this calligraphy and painting."

"What? Aren't calligraphy and paintings ancient codes? How can you crack them without knowing any information about them?"

"This calligraphy and painting looks familiar; it seems to belong to the Zhang family."

Everyone knows that Wu Tianzhen stopped bothering them after deciphering the calligraphy and painting, and half an hour later he finally stopped.

“Uncle, this calligraphy and painting has the characteristics of the Zhang family. I think it was left by one of the ancestors of the Zhang family.”

The so-called calligraphy and painting is a method used by the ancients to scramble the order of characters, arrange them according to specific rules, and encrypt the meaning they wanted to express.

Each faction typically has its own unique encryption methods.

It is extremely difficult to crack an encryption method before the encryption method is known.

Wu Tianzhen deciphered it in just over an hour, and also said that the calligraphy and painting had characteristics of the Zhang family, which means that it was very likely left by the Zhang family ancestors.

The Zhang family ancestors had been here before and left behind a calligraphy and painting. What was his purpose, and why did he do it?

Zhang Hao was very curious, so he urged, "Um, what does it say?"

"For some reason, God needs a large number of bodies, but not just any body can meet His requirements."

The bodies of the Wu and Zhang families happened to meet his requirements.

Long ago, the two families were consumed by the gods. Although they had no worries about food and clothing, they became tools for reproduction after reaching adulthood.

Back then, once the old man stopped moving, he would be killed, and his body would be transported to a place filled with black stones.

A figure will appear inside the stone, pull the person inside, and then transport them away.

Although I don't know where the body went, I guess it must be related to God, who needs a lot of bodies.

Neither family was willing to be controlled for the rest of their lives, with their lives in the hands of others.

So they began to plan their rebellion.

Many years later, it was discovered that the stone would become even darker whenever a new corpse was dragged into it.

The black stones seemed to be alive, constantly eroding the surrounding normal stones. Before long, the places where those black stones appeared would be swallowed up by them.

The only way to stop this from continuing is to build bronze doors using bronze.

So the two families built a large number of bronze gates in the places where black stones appeared, to block some kind of connection.

After the bronze gate was built, a portion of the Zhang family with sufficient military strength dispersed to various locations to guard it.

The remaining members of the Wu and Zhang families went into hiding.

Since then, the gods have been unable to detect the existence of the Wu and Zhang families.

Only then were the descendants of both families able to live normal lives.

However, the bronze door is not a long-term solution.

As time went on, the bronze gate's function weakened, and the gods could use divinely granted means to control the Zhang family members who appeared near the bronze gate.

To solve this problem, this senior came to the Qinling Mountains to investigate.

They discovered that the people of She were the same as the people of the Wu and Zhang families.

In order to break free from the control of the gods, they used meteorites to build the Bronze Tree.

Furthermore, he used Zhujiuyin to refine wax, sealing the consciousness of the gods inside.

This method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. To completely solve the problem, we must find where God is and defeat him.

Zhang Hao was shocked when he heard Wu Tianzhen's explanation.

It turns out that the bronze door existed to sever some kind of connection between the gods and the Wu and Zhang families.

Furthermore, according to the meaning of the calligraphy and painting, a long time ago, the Zhang family that Zhang Hao belonged to was actually the same family as the Zhang family in Changbai Mountain in Northeast China.

However, in order to protect the bronze gate, some of the most skilled individuals stepped forward.

It was their protection that allowed the Zhang family, where Zhang Hao lived, and the Wu family to enjoy a peaceful life.