Swallowing the Starry Sky for Billions of Years

Chapter 734: Trip to the Temple (Part )
The application for the cosmic country was very fast, and Gun was also authorized to set up a special authority department to act as a trustee before the more than a dozen surrounding cosmic countries were fully formed. It was directly under the Virtual Universe Company, and the Chaos City Lord was the only designated superior. There was only one initial requirement: to maintain and establish the boundaries of the cosmic country's territory.

He also promised that at least three of the ten recent cosmic genius wars would be presided over by Gunn; immortals and geniuses could be selected from the four secret realms to work in privileged departments; branch races could be selected from the territories of the already perfected cosmic countries of mankind to survive in the cosmic countries under his command; an independent order that would be established in these more than ten cosmic countries would be allowed, but it could not go against the development policy of mankind or even the Hongmeng in the general direction...

The power is enormous.

This kind of decentralization can actually inspire Gunn's sense of responsibility.

"Let's find Wu Meng and the others first." Gunn prepared to go to the Hongshan Universe Kingdom.

Among his three followers, except for the special life Wei Lan who followed Dan Can's clone away, the other two, Martinton and Wu Meng, have become more and more powerful in status along with him. Although they are followers, they have not put in any effort. It is time to let them play a role.

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Hongshan Universe Kingdom is the base camp of the ape-men. Here, ape-men exist in every star field, and the proportion is extremely high.

The Ape Temple is located in the southwest of the entire universe. It is a starry peak built with great effort by generations of apes. The entire mountain emits a soft, colorful light. From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, there are simple temples. The higher you go, the dimmer the light of the temples, but you can see that the materials used have become more and more luxurious. Such temples are layered and extend all the way to the top of the mountain.

Although the location of the entire temple is public, most apes are not allowed to approach it. Only the lives chosen by the temple are qualified to enter.

In the corners of the temple, there are stone pillars with surging energy standing at the foot of the temple. However, these are not decorations, but they bind the lives of individual apes and tie them to them - this is a punishment. Any life that wants to go up to the temple will see the apes tied to the punishment pillars here, which is used to punish their minds. This is a great humiliation for the apes, and they would rather have their bodies covered with scars and endure all kinds of whipping and torture.

Wu Meng, the golden-haired Kahunsi ape-man, was suppressed by the two immortals and could only sit cross-legged on the edge of the Penalty Pillar Plain.

"Wumeng, you were once a promising member of the Ape Temple, but you actually followed that marmoset to make trouble. Tell us honestly where he is now. You can also build a temple of your own on the holy mountain, which is also to help him. If you continue to do this, it will not be good for him or you." The skinny ape immortal with a pair of fiery red pupils persuaded.

"Hmph, if you have the guts, just tie me to the penalty pillar. You're keeping me under house arrest on the penalty pillar plain, but you don't even climb up the pillar. Are you looking down on me?" Wu Meng scolded.

"We respect your Excellency, please don't be unreasonable. We have been good enough to you." Another seven-meter-tall four-armed ape-man with a green face and fangs, who looked extremely terrifying, said slowly. But as soon as he opened his mouth, Wu Meng immediately felt that his mind was blinded and his perception was forced to shrink.

"No wonder the Ape Temple has become like this, it's unworthy of the word 'holy'." A human with thick red hair landed in a light voice. There was a light green symbol on his forehead. His face and neck were smooth, which was unique to the elves. He was wearing a blood-red robe, which inexplicably made the two ape immortals a little breathless. "They actually bullied their own people. Who came up with this penalty pillar?"

"Greetings, Your Excellency." The two ape-man immortals hurriedly saluted.

They might not recognize other human masters, but they definitely knew Gunn.

This life with ape-man blood had been noticed by the Ape-man Temple since the first Cosmic Genius War. However, no one had expected that after just over a dozen epochs, a cosmic-level life just happened to miss it and actually became the Lord of the Universe. As a result, his story was known by many lives.

The Ape Temple had thought of letting Gunlai sit in charge of the temple. It is also one of the huge branches of human beings in the universe. Snake people, fox people, winged people, etc. all have cosmic masters, but ape people do not. In the competition for some resources, they are naturally at a disadvantage. In the main cosmic countries occupied by these branches, they absolutely have the final say and control a large amount of resources.

But in the Hongshan Universe Kingdom, the ape-men cannot compare with him. With the King of Hongshan around, the ape-men can only make suggestions on what kind of rules he wants to formulate.

But after learning more about Gunn, they gave up the idea, because from all aspects, Gunn had no good feelings towards the apes. This could be seen from the fact that he had only contacted the Temple of the Apes once since he became famous, and that was for the Nords, a branch of the apes.

Now that they were directly in front of the Ape Temple, all they could feel was uneasiness and anxiety.

"Your Excellency." A familiar voice appeared, causing the two ape-man immortals to raise their heads and look at the ape-man who had just arrived and was a little thin and covered in white hair, and who was politely saluting. However, the fierce aura made them immediately remember that this was the biggest enemy of the Ape Temple today - the marmoset.

As an ape-man, he has even entered the level of being crowned king. Although it is because he has stayed in the realm lord period for long enough, he is still a stunning success. Such a genius has taken the initiative to start a wave of opposition to the Ape Temple, so he is naturally a thorn in their eyes.

"Go, call all the people in charge of your temple to the top of the mountain." Gun waved his hand, and the two immortal apes walked away involuntarily. When they saw Gun leading the marmoset and Wu Meng heading towards the holy mountain, it was too late. One stride would take them tens of millions of kilometers away, and they could not catch up with them.

"Go and inform the adults."

The two immortal apes looked at each other, feeling helpless.

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"This is the Temple of the Ape Man, which one?"

Gunn looked at the temples all over the mountain and couldn't help shaking his head.

The marmoset also had a complicated expression: "These temples are all for satisfying selfish desires. At the beginning, the temples were built according to the ancient rules. They were built by the immortal apes who fought in all directions, using the corpses of enemies and the stones collected on the road. There was a tacit standard for the amount of each stone collected. For example, after surviving the dangers of water, you can use blue stones; for example, if you break a certain record of the ape race, you can build a bigger temple... The temples of that period were varied and not very beautiful, but just by getting close, you can feel the fighting spirit and the glorious years.

"But gradually, some people fabricated their deeds and created favorable conditions for building temples for themselves. Now, being able to build a magnificent temple in the temple is regarded by the apes as a sign of respect. Therefore, those immortals who entered the temple first offered a certain price, joined some factions among them, and bribed their leaders. When the luxury and greed of the temple spread, the whole ape culture began to change. They began to no longer be proud of fighting and respect the strong, but to value those in high positions. There was even a story that the black apes betrayed humans and joined the demons. If we look at the development rules of the black apes, is there no reason for the ape temple to force them?"

The hair on the marmoset's face stood up and its eyes were almost burning with anger.

“How about this? Reshape the Holy Mountain. It is no longer a mountain, but a continent. Build a unique temple. Outside the temple, there are energy tides of the eight origin laws of the immortal level. Fire, ice, storm, thunder… Only immortal life forms that have passed through the energy tides are qualified to leave their own sculptures in the center of the temple. The sculptures can be carved by the life forms of the Proulx Guild. They can retain the will and the breath of the origin laws to the greatest extent. Those who have only broken through to become immortal can build their own temples of a fixed scale outside of this energy tide.

"And we can use some means in the energy tide to create puppets with the marks of challengers. Every time you pass a level, there will be one more puppet. Not only do newcomers have to pass the energy tide, they also need to defeat the marks of their predecessors. We set a limit on the number of puppets that newcomers can defeat. In this way, we can ensure that newcomers need to have the ability to fight in order to enter the temple, and they must be stronger than their predecessors when they challenged the level."

Gunn immediately sketched out a new picture.

The marmoset was very tempted, but he also felt that Gunn didn't just consider the layout for the Ape Temple.

"But in this way, won't the threshold become higher and higher? For some weak branches, the emergence of an immortal is a supreme honor, and it will even be difficult for them to have a second immortal life." said the marmoset.

"This is what you need to consider. You can maintain the puppet's strength within a certain limit, or if an immortal is close enough to become a marquis, you can directly invite him to join the temple."

"It's not good to be too unified and equal. Some individuals or branches that have great influence in the ape tribe can be granted another kind of seats with a limit on the number. For example, in the central temple, if a tribe is strong enough, it can open a separate hall and let the hall master discuss matters. This will weaken the first-mover advantage of the current temple?

"No, no, in this case, the strong will still be in charge, and there will be insufficient care for the weak. Who knows, the deeds of the Black Ape Clan may happen again."

"The best way is to have enough strength to overwhelm them. This way, the whole race will focus all their strength on one place. You should be thankful. As long as you become stronger, this will be possible. The fewer voices there are in the race, the less internal consumption of strength there will be."

Gu En said quietly.

While we were talking, we reached the top of the mountain.