No strange things are allowed to evolve!

The person who came with the Sand Demon not only took out all the bones, but also took the initiative to help him install them.

This suited him even better.

It's definitely safer to start the machine after all the important parts are installed than to start it first and then install the parts.

But not only did he fail to notice that Jiang Shu had cut corners, he also failed to see the bones that Jiang Shu had hidden.

So why hide it at all?!

He couldn't understand it even on his deathbed.

In short, thinking he had already warded off the curse and being completely unprepared, he suddenly died while operating at full power.

He ended his magnificent life with a death that shook the heavens and the earth.

It mainly refers to sound.

"So that's how it is..." Jiang Shu's vision froze.

Then he broke free from the memories of the Sand God.

"Was it because he wanted me to experience his pain before he died... that he wanted me to understand him?" Jiang Shu thought for a moment, then shook her head: "No, he doesn't seem like that kind of person."

Just then, a sound came from Jiang Shu's shoulder.

"So...that's how it is...none of this is my fault..."

Jiang Shu turned his head and saw only a pore speaking.

He was stunned for a moment before he realized that the Sand Demon had been on his shoulder all along, but as he grew larger, the Sand Demon did not grow with him, so it looked like a pore.

Jiang Shu dispersed her clones and returned to the proportions of a normal person.

He discovered that the Sand Demon was already in tears.

Jiang Shu called his name several times, but he only sobbed, muttering to himself in a choked voice:

"I've found the real killer. Everyone... can rest in peace now..."

"Ignore me? Fine."

Jiang Shu didn't mind. She opened her tightly clenched hand, revealing the black crystal in her palm.

This time, it didn't run away; it just lay quietly in Jiang Shu's hands.

It wasn't that it didn't want to run away, but the Heart of the Great Wilderness had completely suppressed it.

Jiang Shu examined it carefully and then understood why the Sand God said that the piece of boundless sand that the Sand Demon had was scrap material, not because of its size, but because of its quality.

The two are completely different in quality.

If what the Sand Demon obtained was a green beer bottle bottom, something like glass, then what the Sand God possessed was genuine jade; the difference was obvious even to the naked eye.

"That's right, it's mine now."

Jiang Shu grabbed him again.

When he released his hand again, the boundless sand had been completely absorbed into Jiang Shu's body.

[Task Objective 2: Obtain the complete Boundless Sand] [Completed]

Chapter 178 The Clock in the Opposite Direction

Is this considered complete?

Jiang Shu looked at the prompt, but was not quite sure.

There was no prompt to leave, nor were there any new task prompts.

Not only did the usual notification that should have appeared after completing all the tasks disappear, but even the notification that appeared after achieving the first task objective, allowing early departure, also vanished.

"Isn't it over yet?"

The process seemed to be stuck, but Jiang Shu didn't know why, which puzzled him.

This has never happened before.

Jiang Shu had no choice but to review everything again, trying to see if there was anything he had overlooked.

"That's right." He suddenly remembered something: "Stone man, what exactly is a stone man?"

At first, Jiang Shu thought the stone man was a manifestation of Wuliangsha, but according to the Sand God's memory, the egg was the manifestation of Wuliangsha.

Moreover, that egg should have completely perished after Wuliangsha was taken away, leaving behind a curse before it died.

However, the stone man who appeared in the dreams of the Sand Demon and Yellow Crane Tower had nothing to do with the egg, and even boasted that he would find back what they had stolen sooner or later.

What they stole was, of course, the Boundless Sand.

To find them, they must at least be alive.

So where is the stone figure, and what exactly is it?

Jiang Shu was a little confused.

So he returned to where it all began, to that empty space.

The fragments of the giant egg are still there, covered with a thick layer of dust after so many years.

The stone man wants to reclaim the stolen Boundless Sand. Could it be that he needs to put the Boundless Sand back in the distance to trigger the next part of the story?

Thinking this, Jiang Shu tentatively placed the boundless sand he had obtained from the Sand God, along with the scraps he had obtained from the Sand Demon, onto the fragments of the giant egg.

However, nothing happened.

"I was just being too naive."

Jiang Shu had no choice but to take back the Boundless Sand.

But as he bent down, he noticed that the light seemed to have dimmed a little.

Previously, the Sand God wanted to smother Jiang Shu with sand, creating a passage connecting to the outside world so that sunlight could shine into the void through the passage. Following this long passage, one should be able to see the sky.

But for some reason, when Jiang Shu looked at the passage again, he not only found that the opening was in a different position than before, but also that it was now facing a half-sky and half-earth instead of the sky.

Has the passageway changed from vertical to horizontal?

Is that correct?

Jiang Shu put away the boundless sand, and then, puzzled, passed through the sand layer to the surface.

Then, to everyone's surprise, the entire desert had been turned upside down.

The spot where Jiang Shu stood was the same as before, but after a few more steps, it suddenly began to bend, forming a steep upward slope. The entire desert resembled a high-hanging waterfall, with large amounts of quicksand constantly falling down.

Moreover, during the short time Jiang Shu was checking, the steep slope continued to rise until it finally stopped at nearly ninety degrees.

What's going on?

Surprised, to avoid being buried by quicksand, Jiang Shu retreated rapidly, stopping only when she reached the original coastline.

Then he realized that it wasn't that the desert had turned upside down, but rather that something hidden beneath the desert had awakened and was sitting up from the desert.

It was just that it was so big that it clouded Jiang Shu's senses.

After the quicksand had all settled, the upper body of a colossal creature appeared before Jiang Shu's eyes.

Jiang Shu didn't know how to describe what she had seen.

Its entire body is brownish-brown, with grayish-white stone embedded in its surface, making it look like a large mountain without trees or vegetation.

But it also has arms and a head, making it a being with human form.

If it hadn't revealed itself, allowing Jiang Shu to see its full form, and instead remained hidden beneath the desert, even if Jiang Shu dug the entire desert to the bottom and saw a part of it, he would only have assumed it was a rock layer beneath the sand, never imagining that it was actually the skin of this giant creature.

At this moment, the Sand Demon finally snapped out of his own world, regained consciousness, and re-established contact with the outside world.

But just as he was starting to recover, he froze again.

First, he looked at Jiang Shu beside him, as if to confirm that he had indeed returned.

Then, in shock, he kept shouting, "It's appeared! It really appeared!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu suddenly realized: "This is the stone man? So it's this big?"

At the same time, the stone man reached out his hand to Jiang Shu, and a consciousness entered Jiang Shu's mind.

"Thank you for killing the despicable liar and robber for me. Now, please return what I have lost."

It was at this moment.

Please select whether to return the Boundless Sand.

Jiang Shu suddenly realized.

So that's where you were waiting for me.

Will my choices trigger a good ending or a bad ending?

Then you really can't just choose randomly.

Seeing that the stone man didn't seem to have much malice, Jiang Shu boldly probed, "Why should I return it to you? You have to give me a reason why you have to give it back. You can't just ask for it back as soon as you open your mouth. That doesn't make sense."

The sand demon beside him was startled by Jiang Shu and asked blankly, "Are you talking to it?"

He seemed not to hear the stone man's words.

Jiang Shu didn't have time to explain to him, so she just said, "It's none of your business, you go about your business."

And so the sand demon obediently began to mutter again: "It's not an illusion...it really exists...it has appeared..."

At this point, the stone man replied, somewhat puzzled, "But this was originally mine, and it was buried under the desert before it was stolen."

“Times have changed.” Jiang Shu sighed. “I’m not targeting you, but it’s no longer the era where things buried in your house necessarily belong to you. To put it bluntly, even if your ancestors buried it, if you dig it up and try to keep it, you won’t get any good results.”

Although the stone man didn't quite understand, he still caught the most crucial point: "You don't want to pay it back?"

"That's not true. I'm a very reasonable person."

Jiang Shu said:

"I snatched this from bad people. Even if it originally belonged to you, it is now mine. It is a favor to return it to you, and it is also my right not to return it to you."

I haven't lied to you, and I have no grudge against you. If you try to take it back from me against my will, then you'll become the despicable robber you claim to be. Do you agree with that?

"no problem."

really.

Jiang Shu nodded to himself.

Although the exact relationship between the giant egg and the stone man is unknown, they are indeed of the same ilk and neither of them is very bright.

“Since you also think it’s okay,” Jiang Shu said, “then if you want it back, you have to tell me why I must return it to you and what you plan to do with it. If you don’t explain clearly, then I’m sorry, I can’t give you anything.”

The stone man was silent for a moment before replying, "This is the bloodline of the gods. It is because of this that I was able to conceive a child, and that my child was able to be born as a divine child to save the world."

"The bloodline of God, the child of God?" Jiang Shu asked. "You mean, the life growing inside that egg is your child with God?"

"Yes."

Jiang Shu had just felt that the story in the Sand God's memory looked somewhat familiar.

The giant egg and its twelve disciples, then the Sand God tricked everyone.

Isn't this just the story of Jesus being betrayed by Judas?

So the stone figure is actually the Virgin Mary, and the hollow space is actually her...

In other words, is the being to be born inside the giant egg actually there to save the world?

But wasn't the world originally a pretty good place?

If it weren't for desertification, everyone could live and work in peace and contentment. It's not a chaotic world, so what is there to save?

Or is the salvation the stone man spoke of different from the salvation she imagined?

Thinking this through, Jiang Shu asked, "What kind of salvation do you mean?"

“I don’t know. Only my child, who has the blood of God, knows. But he is dead. I can only know how to save the world by giving birth to another savior.”

"Then why did you only show up now? And why were you unmoved when your last child died because of betrayal?"

"I wasn't indifferent, but I was in a deep sleep at that time because I was pregnant with that child."

In fact, I should have died at the moment of his birth, but because he failed to be born successfully, my mission was not completed, so I have lived until now.

Throughout this process, I was actually aware of everything happening in the outside world, but I just couldn't wake up.