Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

The river was calm and winding as it continued to flow.

At a relatively secluded location away from the tomb river.

There weren't any strange creatures here, nor were there any graves, and especially no wandering Apocalypses.

The Star Gazer Deus Machina was hiding here.

The giant mech that was over a few hundred meters in height was standing firmly on the ground, its body parts constantly in operation, almost as if it was ready to fight at a moment's notice------

But with a closer look, it was actually ready to flee.

『 How is it? 』Li An asked.

"They didn't give chase" Gu Qing Shan replied.

He was continuously paying close attention to even the smallest movements of the grass in the wilderness to prevent the Heavenly Emperor from getting the jump on them.

Li An commented, still a bit fearful: 『 We finally escaped----- how did he suddenly become so terrifying? 』

"You thought that he was terrifying?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

『 Yeah, he was ridiculously strong, just looking at him from a distance, I already felt a sense of fear in my heart 』Li An answered.

Gu Qing Shan didn't say anything else and began to fall into thought.

Li An has no idea what happened to the Heavenly Emperor.

And there are certain things that I should just keep to myself instead of telling her, otherwise, it would cause her danger.

For example-------

Through that conversation with the Heavenly Emperor earlier, I've confirmed that he at least has one identity within Star Gazer city.

He's hiding in Star Gazer city!

Now that Star Gazer city is no longer within the Heavenly Emperor's sight, the battle between two cities can't help but proceed silently.

Then, what would the Creator Entity behind the Heavenly Emperor do?

If they wanted to find Star Gazer city, they simply had to return to the second identity and they'd instantly find out where Star Gazer city was!

This couldn't be helped.

Every Chosen Saint that has joined Star Gazer city would be granted a natural compass in their minds that constantly points them towards the direction of the city.

And now, the Creator Entity has decided to stop the exploration altogether and focus all their attention on destroying Star Gazer city!

What methods do I have to deal with that?

Gu Qing Shan thought for a long while until he eventually shook his head.

--------there are countless Chosen Saints who decided to join Star Gazer city.

It's impossible to discern who could be the Creator Entity.

And what if I did find out who they were?

Gu Qing Shan paused and looked up.

The paper sheet that originated from the Samsara was still hovering in the sky above the city.

Gu Qing Shan used his thoughts to ask the paper sheet:

"I have a question, can the City Lord kick other Chosen Saints out of their city?"

The paper sheet quickly gave a response.

The answer was yes.

This was one of the privileges of being a City Lord.

Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.

If kicking someone out was possible, the most important thing to do right now is to find the Creator Entity among the countless Chosen Saints.

------how should I do that?

Gu Qing Shan fell into thought again.

Not only do I need to find the Creator Entity, but I also need to kick them out of Star Gazer city before they can notice.

Only then would Star Gazer city be completely free of their monitoring.

And I would feel assured to keep exploring the Human realm graves.

But there's a problem here.

-------how many substitute bodies did the Creator Entity put into Star Gazer city in total?

There are other issues as well.

-------would the envoys of other Sequences feel tempted as well?

Numerous thoughts continuously flowed through Gu Qing Shan's mind.

There are too many things to worry about.

He finally shook his head and sighed: "Let's just deal with them one at a time"

『 Deal with what? 』Li An asked.

Gu Qing Shan suddenly turned around and looked straight at her: "I want to focus completely on exploring the great tomb, so I'm going to be passing on my City Lord privileges"

『 Passing it on? Do you have any idea what you're saying!? 』Li An exclaimed.

"Of course I do"

Gu Qing Shan nodded to affirm her that he had already thought it through.

He looked up at the Samsara paper sheet and loudly said: "Help me make an announcement to all Chosen Saints of the city, I want to pick out a group of seven people who will be governing Star Gazer city together"

Not too long afterwards.

All Chosen Saints who were part of Star Gazer city were informed.

Star Gazer city wanted to pick out a group of people to be at the center of its power.

A total of seven people.

And that Gu Qing Shan was preparing to abdicate his seat to focus on exploring the great tomb.

The rules he established were very simple: a fight between all competitors until the final stage.

The strongest seven people would each receive a seat of power and govern Star Gazer city together.

This immediately shook everyone.

Some immediately made their way back without hesitation.

Others had gathered together and started discussing this news.

Some only hesitated briefly before putting the news out of their minds and continued to explore the great tomb.

…

Within the Human realm graves.

Two blade wielders, one tall, one short, suddenly stopped mid-flight.

"Did you hear the news?" the tall person asked.

"Hmph, picking out seven people to govern Star Gazer city together? We don't need to think too much about that" the shorter person replied.

The tall person agreed: "The mission that the Sequence gave us was to quickly explore the great tomb and awaken the Ultimate Grave; as for taking control of Star Gazer city, that might sound alluring, but then…"

"But since that guy is there, the others might as well just take a shower and go to sleep" the short person followed up.

The tall person shook his head: "I originally thought that this Gu Qing Shan was a smart guy, who knew he'd do something so silly?"

The short person scoffed: "He most likely heard about 'that' and is trying to surrender as quickly as possible"

"If that's the case, he really is smart" the tall person replied.

The two of them exchanged glances and saw the complicated look in the other's eye.

The Heavenly Emperor killed three Sequence Envoys at the same time.

No one knew how exactly he did it.

In theory, those envoys should have been the top cut of their respective Sequences, each of them alone would not be much weaker compared to a Creator Entity.

Let alone all three of them together.

And yet, all three of them were killed-----

Or rather, they were completely erased without leaving any traces of their existence, not even their soul remained.

The Sequences also stayed silent without saying anything.

This caused everyone else who was hiding to feel incredibly shocked.

No one else dared to try and attack the Heavenly Emperor, only focusing on reaching the final grave as fast as possible.

If Gu Qing Shan had given up on Star Gazer city, someone else would naturally come to take it off his hands.

That would be the Heavenly Emperor.