Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 305 Death is also a new life
The four gods from the starry sea have had their physical bodies in the material world perish, and their souls have been sealed in the underworld to suffer eternal torment.

But the impact they brought about ultimately and completely changed the planet.

The air was thick with the pungent smell of rust, the bloody stench of the tyrannical god. The earth was covered in rotting mud, the pus of the god of destruction. Invisible and formless conspiracies and desires permeated every corner of the planet.

This is what is meant by the divine presence.

As gods who have existed in the starry sea for an unknown period of time, their immense existence alone is enough to transform the surrounding environment to suit them—although their appearance lasts only a short moment, the impact of their immense presence still inflicts indelible damage on this planet.

However, the planet itself is resilient.

Planets are tenacious and all-encompassing. Whether it is an alien visitor or a fiery meteorite falling from the sky, it will accept them all equally. Even if the alien visitors cause storms and the meteorites fall from the sky and create huge craters on the surface, the planet itself will continue to move.

Even harm is accepted; this is the profound weight of the planet itself.

Moreover, can those so-called injuries really be considered injuries?

Extraterrestrial visitors who stir up trouble will eventually become a mound of yellow earth buried on this planet. Even if a fiery meteorite creates a huge crater, it will only bring more water and rocks rich in various minerals to this planet.

As for the present situation, these so-called four gods and their so-called influence have absolutely no effect on the planet itself, which is currently in operation.

Rather than saying it has an impact, it's more accurate to say it's contributing to the planet's development.

When harm ceases to be harm, only the most basic accumulation remains. The earth, which has existed for billions of years, naturally accepts everything that falls upon it.

However, there are some things that it should not accept.

That towering tree was something it should never have accepted; its massive root system, which had pierced the earth's crust, recklessly absorbed anything that could be called nourishment—which made the tree grow ever more lush and leafy, even blocking out the entire sky.

However, the tree brought nothing to the planet itself.

Without shedding branches or leaves, and without bearing fruit, the tree recklessly takes everything from the planet, leaving nothing for the planet itself.

If this continues, perhaps one day this towering tree covered in snake scales will devour the entire planet, or even replace it and become a new planet.

However, that battle ultimately destroyed the growth of this great tree.

Although the attacks of the four gods failed to land on the giant tree, the scorching light that could even shred the bodies of the four gods during the battle still severed the trunk, and the enormous canopy that was about to blot out the sky finally fell to the ground.

The nutrients extracted from the planet ultimately return to the planet itself.

But the giant tree did not stop there. Even after losing its crown, it could still absorb nutrients and grow again. After all, it only lost its trunk and branches. Its massive root system was not damaged. As long as it continued to absorb nutrients, it could eventually recover its lush foliage.

But, it can't be done.

Just as the giant tree was about to continue growing, an even larger serpent sat directly on it.

The severed stump of the giant tree formed a perfectly round platform. Such a wide stump would tempt anyone to sit on it—and naturally, upon seeing it, the giant snake coiled itself up and sat on the broken edge. The smooth break supported the giant snake, leaving no room for it to sprout new branches.

It's unknown how long it will take for it to grow again.

Perhaps only when the giant snake gets off the wooden stake will it have another chance to grow. However, the warm heat from the depths of the earth on the wooden stake makes the giant snake more sleepy. The remains of the four gods that it has swallowed bring a great sense of fullness, making the giant snake even more tired.

And so, the giant snake coiled on the wooden stake simply fell into a deep sleep.

The wind blew across the fallen tree trunks, and the lush green leaves rustled in the wind. But after losing the nourishment from the roots, the leaves quickly turned yellow and withered. After several heavy rains, even the tree trunks began to rot. Soon they would all turn into soil and return to the planet itself.

On that newly formed soil, new flowers, grasses, and trees will sprout and grow.

Death is not the end of everything, but the beginning of another new life.

In the ruins of the building, which were already overgrown with weeds, a section of the already fragile wreckage collapsed with a roar—but instead of crashing directly to the ground, it sank into the earth, revealing a huge hole.

Immediately afterwards, a group of teenagers crawled out of the deep cave.

"This is……"

Looking at the surrounding ruins, the group of teenagers burst into tears on the spot.

After all, this was originally their hometown.

These young men were the descendants of the Tatumbutu people. Although the entire city was prepared to die under the leadership of the four priests, after much hesitation, the four priests ultimately decided not to let the children go with them.

Adults choose to die based on their own will. In order to tear apart those powerful enemies from the starry sea, they are willing to die themselves and drag them into hell.

However, this is not the children's choice.

Those children, who were still growing up, were too young to even know what choices were, and it would be too cruel to send them to their deaths. So, after much deliberation, the four priests decided to send the children to a refuge deep underground.

Of course, considering the terrifying power of that serpent god, these children probably wouldn't survive, but that would be death from a natural disaster; it's just fate.

But now it seems...

These children from the past, in the end, survived.

The children of yesteryear have grown into teenagers, and as they have grown stronger, they have returned to the surface of the earth once more. But this time, they have lost the guidance of their parents, and no adult can lead them anymore.

Wild grasses grow haphazardly on the former ruins.

These young people, emerging from the ground, have begun their own story.

(End of this chapter)