novelonline Chapter 1452 We're rich!
Chapter 1452 We're rich!
Chapter 1452 We're rich!
"What do you mean? Didn't it awaken its consciousness?" the old vine asked in astonishment.
Anthony asked, "You mean, it awakened its consciousness and became a new ancient vine? The ancient vine is actually a self-aware larva of the ancient mantis snake?"
“Yes,” the old vine said.
Negris asked, "If it finds a place to take root, can it grow into the size of a giant manta ray?"
"It's possible. The Guman snake can grow this big because it parasitizes the Myriad Realms Tree. Without the Myriad Realms Tree, it wouldn't be able to grow this big," the old vine said.
“I see. But even if it grew to that size, it still couldn’t defeat the Lord of the Stars and was eventually scared away,” Negris said.
For a moment, the old vine was at a loss for words. The ancient serpent was just a parasitic plant, so it was normal that it couldn't defeat an augmented being. Even the Tree of Myriad Realms couldn't defeat an augmented being; these plants were not good at fighting to begin with.
However, apart from the incremental body, nothing else is a match for the ancient manta serpent. Hundreds of thousands of star-descended descendants can be ignited by a single name.
But there's no point in saying all this; the giant snake did indeed run away, proving that being so big is useless.
“And you? What use are you? If you’re useless, we’ll chop you up and burn you as firewood,” Negris asked, turning to the old vine.
"You..." Old vine was furious. Just now he said he would use it to make compost, forcing me to answer questions, and now he said he would use it as firewood. After I prove that it is useful, is he going to use it to pave the floor?
“It’s no use? Fine then, Puppet Serpent, it’s yours to handle,” Anthony said.
The puppet snake tried to drag the old vine away by force.
The old vine was powerless to resist. On the surface, it was a steward who took care of everything for the giant snake, but in reality, it was just a side branch of the Tree of Myriad Realms. It was always restricted by the giant snake and could not grow up at all. It was no match for the puppet snake.
Realizing that he was doomed once he was dragged away, whether to be composted or chopped into timber, the old vine finally lost his composure and shouted, "I...I'm useful! I know where the giant serpent's things are hidden!"
“Wait a minute, do you know where it’s hiding? What is it?” Anthony called out to the puppet snake and then asked.
"I don't know either, but it must be something very precious. Even the Guman snake himself was reluctant to use it, and only dared to secretly save it," the old vine said.
"How could that be? Even the Guman snake itself wouldn't use it, so why wouldn't it carry it with it and leave it for you to pick up?" Negris said irritably.
The old vine explained helplessly, "It's not that it doesn't want to take it, but that thing can't leave the high-temperature environment of the planet Shenxing."
"Can't leave the high-temperature environment of Shenxing? They're reluctant to use it?" Everyone looked at each other, puzzled: "What is that thing?"
Anthony turned to the old vine and said, "You lead the way, let's go take a look."
The old vine said, "I've found it. No matter what's inside, you must let me leave."
“Sure, as long as what you find is so precious that even the ancient manta ray wouldn’t use it, and it can’t survive without a high-temperature environment, we’ll let you go,” Anthony said.
"You can't hurt me. You have to let me leave intact. We'll sign a contract," the old vine added.
Negris said, “No, I will let you leave, but I will cut your roots.”
The old vine twisted, and a full one-twentieth of its rooted lower half suddenly broke off: "Now that I have no roots, if you get the things from the Guman snake, you can let me leave intact."
Old Cane emphasized the word 'complete' in his tone.
Anthony and the others exchanged bewildered glances. Their decision was so decisive, as if they were just waiting for them to state their terms. It felt like they had been tricked.
Urged on by the old vine, Anthony still made a contract with it. After both parties received the contract, Anthony asked curiously, "You know that this kind of contract can't bind us, so why did you think of signing a contract?"
Old Wicker was silent for a moment, then said, "Do I have any other choice?"
The old vine was filled with regret. How could it have known that someone had planted a spies inside the puppet snake so early on? It had relied on being a side branch of the sacred tree, thinking it could hide perfectly well. Little did it know that as soon as the ancient snake left, it would be dug out.
Now, besides dying, it has no choice but to trust the people in front of it. What else can it do?
At this point, it said, half flattering and half comforting itself, "I have seen all your transactions with the Kumanthong. Although you like to exploit loopholes in contracts, you will abide by any contracts you make. I believe in you."
“Oh, so we’ve already established a reputation? Heh, alright, trust us, lead the way,” Anthony said.
The puppet snake released it, but still wrapped itself around it, only no longer exerting force. The old vine could move freely, as if it were carrying a spirit on its back, without affecting its movements.
Old Vine led everyone around to the back of the planet.
The Divine Star is a sphere, and people usually refer to the side of the Myriad Realms Divine Tree as the front and the other side as the back. You cannot see the Myriad Realms Divine Tree here.
The old vine examined the debris and finally led everyone to a piece of wreckage.
This is a remnant of the Myriad Realms Divine Tree. The Myriad Realms Divine Tree would occasionally shed leaves or peel bark. When these leaves and bark fell onto the molten fire, what could be burned was burned, and what could not be burned became this kind of residue.
These similar debris are scattered all over the surface of the planet, and they are quite large, the smallest of which is like a floating island, and the largest is like a giant continent.
The piece of debris from which the old vine fell was neither big nor small, and quite inconspicuous. In the inconspicuous crack in the ground was an inconspicuous boulder. Moving the boulder revealed a dark hole.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but think to themselves: They're really good at hiding it.
Who would have thought that the ancient mantis snake would hide something so precious here? If it weren't for the old vine leading the way, who would have thought that such a seemingly ordinary cave in an ordinary crack in the ground above the molten lava would contain such a treasure?
Upon entering the cave, a voice immediately rang out: "Kumantha".
The king reacted quickly, projecting a star into the direction from which the sound came. He soon returned with a crystal plate inscribed with a magic circle that played the same voice every few seconds: "Kumantha..."
“This…this can’t be a security gate, can it?” Negris said in shock.
“It’s possible. The most likely people to have strayed here are low-level aliens like Gampasa. They’d be furious the moment they heard the name,” Anthony said.
“This is really rudimentary…” Negris hadn’t finished speaking when it entered the cave. When it saw what was inside, it blurted out, “We’re rich!”
(End of this chapter)