The Entire Human Race Attends the Funeral Feast

"It's an Order Guardian—the Azure Fox!"

Soon, someone recognized the haughty and imposing woman.

People walking nearby couldn't help but gather around. Quite a few thick-skinned men even took the initiative to strike up a conversation, but they were met only with cold, distant glares that kept everyone at arm's length.

"Gao Yuyan." At this moment, Wu Hen spoke up and called out her name.

The woman in the azure velvet cloak stopped in her tracks and glanced back at Trash No. 2.

She took a moment to look him over properly, finally managing to identify him through Wu Hen's filthy appearance.

"Wu Hen?" Gao Yuyan asked.

"Heh, it's me. Long time no see. You've grown up quite a bit." Wu Hen put on a grin.

He hadn't expected to run into an old acquaintance so soon.

Gao Huan, Gao Yuyan.

They were the Gao siblings.

Back when Wu Yingting was still the richest man in Licheng, their two families had indeed been quite close. Since both families had one brother and one sister, they had spent many summers attending study tours together.

"It's truly pathetic that a piece of trash like you managed to reach the Nuwa Divine Mother," Gao Yuyan sneered.

"It's been nearly two years, and I still haven't properly apologized to you. During that study camp, I really thought the bathroom was empty," Wu Hen said.

"Shut up! Get lost!" Upon hearing this, Gao Yuyan immediately bristled like a provoked fox, her eyes burning with rage!

"Alright, alright. Since I just arrived here and am not very familiar with the place, could you introduce it to me?" Wu Hen asked.

As he said this, there was a hint of provocation in his eyes.

Gao Yuyan knew exactly what kind of person Wu Hen was. If she didn't agree, heaven knows what else he might say in front of such a crowd.

Biting her lip slightly, Gao Yuyan let out a cold snort, but she turned and began walking toward the depths of the Five-Colored Soil.

"Thanks!" Wu Hen immediately broke into a smile and quickened his pace to walk beside Gao Yuyan.

The crowd along the road was stunned. She didn't agree, so why are you shamelessly sticking to her? More importantly, why didn't Gao Yuyan drive this scoundrel away?

Having spent so many years together, Wu Hen had long since figured out Gao Yuyan's temperament.

If she didn't angrily shout for him to leave, it basically meant she had agreed.

"I saw your brother on TV. He's really something. As expected of your Gao family—not only is your business growing, but you also have great prestige throughout the entire human territory." Wu Hen was a bit of a social butterfly—a social terrorist, to be exact.

"It's quite rare for someone to end up near the Nuwa Divine Terminal the moment they step into the Desolate Dust," Gao Yuyan replied indifferently.

"They all call you an Order Guardian, may I ask what that means?" Wu Hen inquired.

"An Awakened recognized by the Nuwa Divine Terminal, specifically tasked with guarding our home and the boundaries of the thin veil," Gao Yuyan said.

"Oh, I see..." Wu Hen nodded.

It seemed similar to Ming Yi and the others, but their duties were different.

Ming Yi and her group were field agents; they often had to step outside the thin veil of the Nuwa Divine Terminal to clear away obstacles and hidden threats.

"I have a friend who is with the Patrollers. Do you know which branch they are on?" Wu Hen looked up at the endless expanse of branches, feeling quite lost.

Gao Yuyan glared at Wu Hen. "Watch your phrasing!"

Wu Hen smiled nonchalantly. That statement wasn't wrong; human ancestors did come down from the trees.

"Just follow me," Gao Yuyan said.

"Sure. It's been a while since we last met, we can catch up on... old times," Wu Hen said.

"Come here. The Five-Colored Stream will take us to the foot of the Divine Mother." Gao Yuyan stepped into a flowing Five-Colored Stream.

Wu Hen followed Gao Yuyan into the stream. He had expected an experience similar to riding a boat, but to his great surprise, as the Five-Colored Stream beneath his feet surged, the scenery around him began to blur!

It was as if he were on a high-speed vessel traveling through space-time, yet he was clearly just walking at a leisurely pace within the stream.

Originally, the Nuwa Divine Terminal had looked like a distant mountain range; even if one were to ride a horse or drive a car, it would have taken days and nights to reach the foot of the mountain.

But after stepping into the Five-Colored Stream, space flowed, and time seemed to flow along with it. In the time it took to walk down a courtyard corridor, Wu Hen and Gao Yuyan had arrived at the unreachable base of the Divine Terminal!

Arriving beneath the Divine Terminal, Wu Hen looked up and found it as towering and ethereal as the nine heavens. It felt as though there were an invisible dragon gate; as a mere minnow, he would only be able to leap over it and witness the true sanctuary above after enduring various tribulations.

Wu Hen noticed that beautiful, banyan-like tendrils were hanging down from the sky. Some had already taken root in the Five-Colored Soil, others were slowly extending toward the earth, and some were as massive as ancient trees thousands of years old. The spiritual energy and sanctity they radiated were undoubtedly like the pillars from myths that held up the sky!

Nuwa, Five-Colored Soil, sky pillars...

It was as if the ancient myths passed down by humanity were all being materialized here, bit by bit!

"Crawl inside," Gao Yuyan said, pointing to a hanging tendril that resembled a sky pillar.

Wu Hen tried to approach it and discovered that the interior of this ancient, tree-like tendril was hollow. Thinking that this might be one of the roots the Nuwa Divine Terminal used to absorb nutrients from the earth, Wu Hen couldn't help but nod in admiration.

As soon as he entered, Wu Hen felt the interior of the tendril gently pulsing. Immediately after, a wisp of spiritual energy, colored like Yuan You, was drawn up from beneath the Five-Colored Soil. Before Wu Hen could react, this earthly energy carried him soaring upward!

Protected by the soft walls of the tendril, he wouldn't be hurt even if he brushed against them. At this moment, Wu Hen felt as if he were riding an elevator to the heavens. With the intense sensation of weightlessness and the bizarre feeling of rapid transit, it was a thrill that made his soul feel as if it were reaching the clouds.

In fact, Wu Hen really was soaring straight up into the clouds.

The roots hanging down from the horizon were connected to the heights of the Nuwa Divine Terminal, and the endless colorful clouds were already beneath his feet!

Gao Yuyan gave Wu Hen a heavy shove, pushing him off the hanging root.

When Wu Hen regained his senses, he found himself on a tree trunk that extended toward the sky like a curved earth. The visual impact of the horizon above the clouds, especially with the vast, continuous expanse of Five-Colored Soil below, made the people—no larger than sesame seeds—living and walking down there faintly visible.

To be honest, it felt as if he were a deity in the Heavenly Court, looking down through the clouds at the flickering lights of the human world below.

"This must be the Heavenly Court, right?" Wu Hen couldn't help but exclaim.

"This place is called the Wood Cloud Dome. See that Nest Tower? That is the territory of the Patrollers." Gao Yuyan pointed toward a nest-like building that extended almost to the edge of the horizon.

"Many thanks. I'll treat you to a meal if I get the chance," Wu Hen said.

"No need." Gao Yuyan, unwilling to say another word to Wu Hen, turned and walked toward another area of the Wood Cloud Dome.

Wu Hen didn't mind her cold words. That girl Gao Yuyan seemed to have a phobia of men; she never gave anyone a pleasant look, not even her own brother, Gao Huan. On the contrary, she was exceptionally kind to Yu Yu...

Walking toward the Nest Tower in the clouds, Wu Hen couldn't help but feel a little excited.

He had finally found his organization!

To be honest, in the current environment, nothing was better than a steady job. He had actually entered the Otherworld Desolate Dust quite late, and he hoped to catch up with the pace of the Pioneers as soon as possible.

"Ming Yi!"

"Miss Ming Yi!"

Not knowing how to knock, Wu Hen simply shouted at the top of his lungs.

Before long, a beautiful and delicate face poked out from a nest window. Upon seeing it was Wu Hen, she leaned her entire slender yet curvaceous upper body out of the window and waved at him.

"Student Wu Hen, you've come at just the right time!" Ming Yi said, chirping with excitement.

With that, Ming Yi leaped out of the arched window and landed lightly in front of Wu Hen like a beautiful colorful sparrow. She truly looked like a fairy drifting from the clouds—charming and gentle.

"Is this your headquarters?" Wu Hen asked.

"That's right! But I need to take you somewhere first. I've already requested permission from above, and they've agreed to mold a body for you. Come, come, come! You can have your own Original Body now; you won't have to rely on the body of a Lost One anymore." Ming Yi grabbed Wu Hen's hand, intending to lead him in a different direction.

"I... I... I'm still so confused!" Wu Hen really wanted Ming Yi to explain things to him. After all, Gao Yuyan had been too cold and hadn't told him much about the situation.

"Don't you want a strong and heroic body? Look at you now—you're just a scrawny weakling, not even matching your image back in our homeland," Ming Yi said.

"Uh..." Wu Hen didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he just said, "I still don't really understand."

Ming Yi had no choice but to explain as they walked: "Strictly speaking, humans from our homeland aren't born in the Desolate Dust. We are still in the belly of the Nuwa Divine Mother; we are all just Prepared Eggs with consciousness."

"Considering that it's easy for us to die prematurely while walking in the Desolate Dust, the Nuwa Divine Mother keeps us in her amniotic fluid until one of us awakens or becomes strong enough to face the Otherworld Desolate Dust. Only then will she gestate and bring this Prepared Egg into the world."

Wu Hen felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

What, I have to take a number just to be born here?

And, don't tell me I have to start leveling up from a tiny baby?

"Don't worry. The cultivation of a soul is a long process, but the growth of a body here is very fast. You've read the story of Nuwa creating humans, right? That's exactly how it is—a pinch here, a breath of air there, and you're an adult, perfectly adapted to the age of your soul," Ming Yi said.

Ming Yi clearly knew that no amount of explanation was as good as seeing it for himself, so she pulled Wu Hen directly toward the place where humans were created.

To be honest, Wu Hen felt like he was being dragged off to be reincarnated.

It's my first time being a human, is there anything I should watch out for?

"You know that the Vessels are flawed; they aren't even as good as most ordinary people. But the body that the Nuwa Divine Terminal truly nurtures for you will be yours completely. Your genes, your instincts, your survival advantages, and your inner potential will all be manifested in your Original Body. When you face those Desolate Dust creatures in the future, you won't be a glass cannon anymore."

"If you find an Evolutionary Chain Gate that suits you, it's even possible for you to become an Ascended New Human comparable to the sun and moon!"

"By then, when all of humanity gathers for a feast, no one would dare touch their chopsticks until you take your seat. How majestic that would be!"