0p0 Chapter 677 The greatest hermits live in the city, and the greatest truths are hidden in the smalles
Chapter 677 The greatest hermits live in the city, and the greatest truths are hidden in the smalles
However, this thought only lingered in his mind for less than half a breath before he decisively rejected it.
The instant he observed the planet, his powerful divine sense easily intercepted and analyzed all the electromagnetic wave signals and network data streams on the planet, and also browsed through the planet's history, culture, language, and writing system.
After seeing the words flashing on the giant GG signs on the street and understanding the language spoken by the ordinary people, Lin Hanzhou shook his head.
They are only similar in development trajectory and appearance.
This planet has hundreds of countries of all sizes, with vastly different races and skin colors, but their languages are pronounced in extremely strange ways, and their writing systems are all a kind of symbolic system composed of some kind of distorted geometric shapes, which has no connection with Chinese characters or English on Earth.
As for their history, culture, customs, and beliefs, they are completely different from those on Earth, full of a unique aesthetic and logic characteristic of a foreign civilization.
This is not Earth after all.
It is merely a microcosm of countless ordinary civilizations in the vast universe that, in dire circumstances devoid of spiritual energy, have no choice but to embark on the path of technological development.
Having confirmed the details of this planet, Lin Hanzhou's attention returned to the important matter of the "Harmony Flower".
The more he observed this ordinary, mortal planet, the stronger his sense of absurdity became.
The supreme divine object that countless emperors and ancient kings throughout the universe craved and that existed only in legends actually grew on a mortal technological planet with no cultivators and where even the concept of "cultivation" existed only in novels and fantasies.
Lin Hanzhou couldn't help but smile slightly, and a dramatic scene suddenly and uncontrollably appeared in his mind.
If this Dao-harmonizing flower really grew on a mortal planet, and if some mortal on that planet, during a chance outing or wilderness survival, mistook it for some kind of wild fruit or flower that could fill their stomach and swallowed it whole, the scene would be so beautiful that it would be too much for anyone to bear.
One second he was worrying about his mortgage and car loan, being exploited by his capitalist boss, and perhaps even just dumped by his materialistic girlfriend, but the next second he ate a flower and instantly became an emperor, mastering the laws of the universe and becoming an unparalleled being revered by all!
If this plot were in those online novels from my previous life, it would definitely be a blockbuster urban fantasy novel!
Lin Hanzhou had even come up with a title for the novel in his mind.
"I accidentally became an emperor by eating the Dao-Merging Flower at the beginning, and I don't eat beef in the city."
That scene was so vivid.
The mortal protagonist who mistakenly ate the Harmony Flower awakened the power of an emperor, and stepped directly down from the high mountain, shrinking the distance to an inch to return to the bustling city.
Facing the rich second-generation villains who had bullied him in the past, and those arrogant relatives who looked down on him, the protagonist didn't need to say a word. He only needed to release a wisp of insignificant imperial pressure to crush the steel buildings of the entire city into dust.
Then the protagonist, dressed in a suit and tie, sits in an upscale restaurant, looking at the ordinary nobles kneeling on the ground trembling, picks up a glass of red wine, and casually says something.
"I am the Emperor of this world, and from this day forward, I will not eat beef."
"Oh……"
Thinking of this absurd and hilarious scene, Lin Hanzhou couldn't help but chuckle softly in the cold universe.
However, despite his laughter, when Lin Hanzhou calmed down and analyzed the essence of the Dao Harmony Flower from the perspective of a contemporary emperor, he suddenly realized that the appearance of the Dao Harmony Flower on a mortal planet in such a spiritually barren place was not entirely outrageous, and could even be said to be... very reasonable!
The Harmony Flower is the ultimate embodiment of the Heavenly Dao Laws of the entire universe. It is the source of all Daos and the crystallization of rules.
Unlike ordinary Ganoderma lucidum and other medicinal herbs, it does not need to take root in spiritual vein nodes and rely on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to grow and develop.
Since it does not require external nutrients, theoretically speaking, the Dao Flower could indeed appear in any corner of the universe.
Whether deep within the core of a star, at the edge of a black hole, or on a mortal, uninhabited planet, it could be the breeding ground for its blossoming.
Moreover, from a certain perspective, hiding itself in this desolate, spiritually barren star field, where even cultivators are too lazy to give it a second glance, is actually the best self-protection mechanism for a supreme divine object like the Harmony Flower.
As the saying goes, "The greatest hermits live in the city, and the greatest truths are hidden in the smallest things," this is what is meant by "the darkest place is under the lamp"!
If it were born in one of those prosperous lands of divine life, no matter how deeply it is hidden, even the slightest fluctuation of its laws could be detected by those supreme beings of forbidden zones who have been lying dormant for years, or by those peerless ancient beings who are proficient in the art of divination.
Once exposed, it will inevitably attract a frenzied struggle across the entire universe, and may even be destroyed prematurely amidst the bombardment of powerful forces from all sides.
In starfields devoid of any spiritual energy, cultivators are extinct.
Even if a powerful being were to pass by here on their journey, they would never be so bored as to unleash their divine sense to scan every inch of a technologically advanced planet inhabited only by mortals and ants.
Here, the Harmony Flower can quietly spend its long, million-year gestation period, until it blooms and fades, returning to the cycle of nature, without being disturbed by anyone.
"The wonders of the Way of Heaven are indeed beyond human comprehension."
Lin Hanzhou sighed silently to himself.
He didn't dwell on these profound philosophical questions about the evolution of the universe. Since the Dao Flower was right in front of him, his immediate priority was to acquire it.
He checked the precise coordinates indicated by the golden thread in front of him once again.
The target is located in an extremely cold, high-altitude region on this blue planet.
After pinpointing the location of the Dao Flower on the planet, Lin Hanzhou took another step.
"Whoosh!"
His figure vanished into the starry sky like a wisp of smoke, without even causing a ripple in space.
……
next moment.
On the surface of the planet, there is a massive, undulating mountain range located deep within a continental plate.
This is the highest point on the planet, covered by thick, millennia-old glaciers and snow-capped peaks, and constantly shrouded in harsh, polar-like cold currents and storms.
The summit of this snow-capped mountain is over 8,000 meters above the surface of this planet.
At this altitude, the air is shockingly thin, with oxygen content less than a quarter of that at sea level.
The raging winds, carrying ice crystals as sharp as blades, howl and ravage between the mountain peaks, with temperatures remaining at a frigid level of minus forty or fifty degrees Celsius year-round.
For ordinary mortals on this planet, this place is an absolute forbidden zone for life, a death trap that only the most elite extreme mountaineers dare to challenge.