Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 335: Filling in the gaps: Li Aotian's experience

Seeing that the monk with crutches revealed his identity at a glance and introduced himself first with great sincerity.

Deng Bin simply stopped pretending.

His true form emerged from the exoskeleton armor and he saluted Li Aotian in return.

He spoke.

"no."

“This is really hard for me to accept.”

“I never thought that fellow Daoist is actually the Aotian Supreme who was famous in the cultivation world back then?”

"Isn't this a bit too low-brow?"

"Haha." Li Aotian laughed bitterly and said, "Now I am seriously injured and my cultivation has declined. I no longer have the high spirits I had in the past."

"To this day, I have been trapped in this dark place for more than 400 years."

"Because I am a human, the food I eat is different from that of silicon-based people."

"So during this period, I didn't even have a decent meal."

"That's why I lost my composure when that silicon-based man brought roast chicken and wine just now."

Even though a powerful cultivator like Li Aotian might have his cultivation level decline, his previous foundation is still there, so he will not starve to death or die of thirst even if he does not eat or drink.

But people always have appetite.

Even powerful cultivators like Li Aotian are no exception.

Therefore, after hearing Li Aotian's explanation, Deng Bin nodded in understanding and agreement.

But then, Deng Bin suddenly asked in confusion: "Since you haven't enjoyed good food and wine for a long time, why did you deliberately act disgusted in front of that silicon-based man and throw all the good food and wine on the ground?"

"To buy time."

Li Aotian, the monk with crutches, explained: "From the conversation between me and the silicon-based man just now, it is not difficult to see that the reason why the silicon-based man gave me fine wine and delicious food is to ask for cultivation methods from me, and even get my guidance, so that he can go further on the road of cultivation."

"Of course."

talking.

Li Aotian quickly added, "The silicon-based man who was responsible for delivering the wine and meat was just a minor character in the nest city."

"The one who really wants to get the cultivation method from me is the bishop of the empire."

"I understand." Hearing this, Deng Bin said with a look of enlightenment: "Since the intention of the Imperial Bishop is to get the cultivation method from you."

"So in order to keep yourself useful and live longer, you naturally can't give up your cultivation method so easily."

"So that's why you behaved so inconsistently in front of that silicon-based man just now."

"Not bad." Li Aotian smiled bitterly and added, "Although my method of delaying time doesn't seem to have much effect."

"But as long as people are alive, there is always hope of a comeback, right?"

"Like right now."

"I, Li Aotian, have persevered until now. Haven't I waited for you two and waited for hope?"

"That's true!" Deng Bin nodded again in agreement.

But Li Aotian continued.

"It's a pity that I'm too greedy to live up to expectations."

"Because I haven't had a drink or eaten delicious food in a long time."

"So when the silicon-based man walked away, I picked up the roast chicken and wine on the ground again and feasted on them."

"I'm sorry for making you two fellow Taoists laugh at this."

...

In a cave deep within the Imperial Mine.

After Deng Bin and Li Aotian talked to each other, they had a general understanding of each other and established initial trust.

Xie Shen asked, "I see that although your current realm has fallen to the middle stage of the Golden Core, your mental strength is comparable to that of a cultivator in the Return to Void stage."

"This shows that you must have been a powerful person in the Return to Void Stage before."

"So why would you, a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage, come to the galaxy of the Silicon-based people?"

“It has even fallen to such a state.”

"Ah!" Seeing Xie Shen asking the question, Li Aotian couldn't help but sigh.

He explained out loud.

“It’s a long story about my experience.”

"Everything started around 6100 AD."

Li Aotian's eyes showed a trace of reminiscence as he said, "At that time, I was still practicing in seclusion on a planet called Tianyuan."

"Tianyuan Star?" Xie Shen was stunned when he heard this and said, "What a coincidence."

"At that time, I was also practicing on Tianyuan Star."

"And I have indeed heard about your deeds on Tianyuan Star, but I have never seen you in person."

"I thought that you had already ascended to the fairyland, or went to another planet."

"What fairyland?" Li Aotian laughed after hearing this and said, "The so-called fairyland on Tianyuan Star is just a scam by Shi Yi." "He did this in order to trick all the Yuanying stage cultivators from the lower realms into his secret world, so as to gather everyone's strength to prevent the upcoming catastrophe on Tianyuan Star, and even the ten thousand year catastrophe that will affect the entire Milky Way."

"I know." Xie Shen hurriedly said, "After I broke through to the Spiritual Transformation Stage on another planet, I unexpectedly returned to Tianyuan Star by chance and met Shi Yi himself who was living in the fairyland world of Tianyuan Star."

"to be honest"

Xie Shen commented on Shi Yi's approach: "I think Shi Yi's approach can prevent the disaster on Tianyuan Star, but it will eventually be buried in the great disaster of ten thousand years."

"After all, a catastrophe that affects the entire Milky Way galaxy for ten thousand years cannot be stopped by a mere cultivator in the Divine Transformation Stage."

"That's the truth." After hearing what Xie Shen said, Li Aotian nodded and said, "So in order to prevent the upcoming catastrophe of ten thousand years, to save Tianyuan Star, and even the entire Milky Way."

"During that time, I almost always stayed in seclusion in the secret realm."

"The purpose is to break through from the Return to Void Stage to a higher realm."

"That's why."

"So you who were cultivating on Tianyuan Star at that time, although you may have heard of my deeds, it is impossible for you to see me in person."

It turned out to be the case.

Seclude yourself from worldly affairs just to break through to a higher realm than the Return to Void Stage?

After thinking for a while, Xie Shen said to Li Aotian: "If I heard these words from someone else, I would just think they were his arrogant words."

“But after hearing it from you, I just felt that you can really do it.”

"After all, fellow Daoist's talent is here."

"Heh." Li Aotian shook his head and said, "The further you go on the path of cultivation, the more difficult it becomes."

"It is extremely difficult for me, Li Aotian, to become a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage. I am extremely lucky."

“It is almost impossible to go any further.”

"So after being in seclusion for thousands of years without any results, I was forced to change my thinking."

Li Aotian continued.

"I thought of a way to solve the problem fundamentally and at the source."

"That is to go to the galaxy where the silicon-based people are located through the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and directly eliminate all the silicon-based people to eliminate the trouble forever."

"but"

Having said this, Li Aotian couldn't help but sigh again.

"I later realized that I had somewhat overestimated the strength of the monks and my own abilities."

"Faced with the Silicon-based Empire, which has leapt to the level of a four-dimensional civilization and whose power is so huge that it has already spread throughout the entire Barred Spiral Galaxy, I don't even know how to start."

"Do you know that feeling?"

Li Aotian glanced at Xie Shen and Deng Bin beside him.

He described it as: "The feeling of despair is like a mortal facing a towering mountain and wanting to move it, but feeling powerless."

"So, at my wit's end, I chose to come to the capital planet of the silicon-based people."

"That is the hive city where you and I are currently located."

"I want to obtain information about the indescribable creatures from the capital planet of the silicon-based people, so as to find a way to defeat or even destroy them."

Inside the Imperial Mine.

Li Aotian continued.
“You should know.”

"Because the average lifespan of silicon-based people is only 500 years."

"So in order to live longer, almost all high-ranking members of the silicon-based people believe in spiritual practice."

"So as a powerful cultivator who knows many cultivation techniques, as soon as I arrived at the capital of the Silicon-based people, I was immediately given the highest level of courtesy from the Silicon-based Empire."

"Since you have just arrived at the Hive City, you have received the highest level of courtesy from the Silicon Empire." Xie Shen was puzzled and asked, "Then why have you fallen into such a situation now?"

"Because of a coup." Li Aotian replied: "You two may not know yet."

"About 400 years ago, a coup d'état initiated by the Imperial Bishop took place in the upper echelons of the Hive City."

"That coup sent the then-emperor of the empire, Lucas XXXIV, to the electric execution platform."

"Since then, Imperial Bishop Nora Reed has replaced the original Emperor Lucas XXXIV and become the new power core of the Silicon Empire."

"As for the current emperor who was replaced after that, he is just a puppet of Bishop Reed."

"So." Xie Shen said thoughtfully, "You were unfortunately implicated in the coup?"

"Ah."

Li Aotian responded.

"Since I surrendered directly to the emperor, I am a direct descendant of the emperor."

"So in order to clear all obstacles in the coup, Bishop Reed had his eyes on me long ago."

"He mobilized a lot of manpower and used high-tech weapons developed by the Empire."

"I was no match for that high-tech weapon, so I was severely injured and ended up in this imperial mine to survive."

Li Aotian said angrily: "If I wasn't a monk who knew how to practice, I would have been of some use. I might have died at the hands of the Imperial Bishop Reed."

"Looking back now, I was a little too high-profile at the time."

(End of this chapter)