The inside of the triangular ship was unexpectedly spacious, divided into many layers with numerous rooms.
Gu Qing Shan was thrown directly into a wide area at the bottommost floor, then no one paid any further attention to him.
He laid on the stretcher and acted like he was sleeping while releasing his inner sight to examine the environment.
From the outside, one wouldnât be able to tell that a certain unique Law of Space had been applied to make the area inside much larger.
Hundreds of stretchers were laid all around this place.
Each of the stretchers contained a monster that already couldnât move, most of them were even close to death.
Thin lines of light moved along the walls of this place, seemingly following some sort of pattern.
âNo one had come to take a look at all, is there not even a single healer within an Apocalypse civilization?â Boss appeared full of doubt.
âI donât know, but I donât have a good feeling about thisâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
As they talked, the lines of light on the walls began to move at a more rapid pace.
âThe ship has entered a spatial warp stateâ Boss pondered.
âIâm quite interested in the basis of these Apocalypse civilizations, for the first time, weâve been able to explore it this deeplyâ Gu Qing Shan said, full of interest.
âTo be able to fool even Apocalypse monsters, your [Mystery of All Beings Equal] had clearly evolved to an extremely profound level, how extraordinaryâ Boss sincerely evaluated.
Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and asked: âYou seem to know a bit about these Mysteries?â
âA littleââ- Mysteries are a level higher than the Lawsâ Boss replied.
âTell me about them, I donât know a lot about these thingsâ Gu Qing Shan said.
Boss explained: âFrom the knowledge of the Myriad Deities, a Law by itself is very pure, and also very simple, while Mysteries are a kind of unique power created from the interception of many Laws. Normally, itâs hard for a Mystery to be discovered, and even if someone grasped it, they would not share it with others. This was because Mysteries are truly too preciousâ
Gu Qing Shan recalled how [Mystery of All Beings Equal] had shown its effectiveness time and time again throughout his journey so far, then nodded in full agreement.
Suddenly, the moving light on the walls gradually slowed down.
âThe ship is slowing downâ
âRight, seems like weâve arrived at a destinationâ
Oongâ-
The sound of wind outside had completely stopped.
The ship seemed to have arrived somewhere.
Gu Qing Shan gave it a try and found that his inner sight couldnât even go through the walls of the ship, unable to discern what was outside.
Around him, the stretchers slowly moved and quickly arranged themselves into formation.
Gu Qing Shanâs stretcher also joined them.
âSo all injured soldiers must be transported back before they receive treatment all at onceâ he pondered.
âHow systematic, no wonder the Apocalypse monsters could always maintain a ferocious level of battle prowessâ Boss praised.
While the two of them talked, a hole opened up on the underside of the ship, which let some light in.
The stretchers neatly and orderly approached the hole, then pushed the heavily injured monsters down.
That doesnât look anything like theyâre being treated...
A voice rang out from inside the ship, but it sounded like it was announcing something to the outside.
Gu Qing Shan and Boss were both unable to understand it, so they couldnât help but feel a bit impatient.
âIt seems we need to cross the language barrier firstâ Boss commented.
âIâm about to be tossed out as wellâââ alright, let us deal with the language barrier, then investigateâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âDo you have a method of learning their language?â Boss asked.
âJust a small trickâ
Gu Qing Shan replied, then released his inner sight into the surroundings.
Very quickly, he picked out one of the monsters.
The monsterâs body was riddled with wounds and a huge hole in the middle of its chest. It was clearly at the verge of death, barely hanging on thanks to whatâs left of its ferocious vitality, occasionally uttering a discontinuous moan.
Gu Qing Shan was just a short distance away from this monster, so he reached his hand out to touch the other partyâs mouth.
A notification lit up on the War God UI.
Lines of glowing text popped up from the [War God Skills] icon:
[Youâve touched the Apocalypse Flesh Devourerâs mouth]
[Analyzing]
[Its mouth contains the following skills:]
[Firstly: Eating]
[Secondly: Apocalypse common language]
[Thirdly: War Cry (spell)]
[Fourthly: Flirtatious kiss]
[Your mouth already has the eating skill, and your kissing techniques far surpassed the monsterâs so these two options had been removed]
[Please select the skill you want between War Cry and Apocalypse common language]
Gu Qing Shan replied: âI want to learn Apocalypse common languageâ
[Please expend 1000 Soul Points]
âGot itâ
Gu Qing Shan felt his mouth becoming warm.
âââthis was the sign of him learning a new Skill.
Very quickly, he snuck back on his stretcher and laid back down.
âHow was it?â Boss asked.
âIâm done learning. Wait a bit, Iâll condense a seed of knowledge and use Bestowal [1]to share it with youâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âYou know how to use an unusual teaching technique like Bestowal as well?â Boss was surprised.
âA littleâ
ââwhen he climbed the Pillar To Heaven during his Tribulation, the worlds of the past once transferred him a lot of cultivation knowledge, which naturally included Bestowal.
By the time Gu Qing Shan had transferred the knowledge to Boss through Bestowal and both of them had grasped the Apocalypse common language, quite a bit of time had gone by.
Gu Qing Shanâs stretcher had been moved near the hole to the outside.
âThere, now we can be treated while slowly collecting informationâ Boss was glad.
âHm, when in Rome, do as the Romans. I wonder if weâd be able to infiltrate their center of power, this way weâd be able to collect even more informationâ Gu Qing Shan also said.
The two of them had prepared themselves.
And then, the stretcher lightly tossed him out of the ship.
At the same time, the announcement from before rang out again:
[... Attention, all departments make sure not to open any teleportation passages]
[This ship is currently throwing feed]
[Repeat, we are current throwing feed, for the sake of safety, please do not open any teleportation passages]
While Gu Qing Shan was falling down, he heard the announcement.
Throwing feed...
Wait, throwing feed?
Gu Qing Shan suddenly realized what was happening.
âNot good!â Boss also called out.
Gu Qing Shan quickly released his inner sight to examine below.
Only to see that there werenât any first aid areas or any sort of treatment center below, only a massive number of wide-open mouths filled with razor-sharp teeth.
ââ-a bunch of monsters with crimson wings with a similar appearance to dragons or snakes were greedily grabbing any injured Apocalypse monster they could with their mouths while exuding a faint yellow fog.
Some who hadnât managed to grab any food were staring at Gu Qing Shan.
ââthey were clearly hungry.
Right at this moment, Gu Qing Shanâs mind quickly moved.
Should I run?
Or teleport away?
Or perhapsâââ
He turned around in the air and drew a white bone machete from his hip.
As an Apocalypse Assassin, not to mention a [Broken Bone Shadow] who was even more advanced compared to [Myriad Eyes], both of which were sent to assassinate him from the future, Gu Qing Shan believed that this Apocalypse monsterâs identity wouldnât be quite that simple.
Then his choice was clear.
He brandished the white bone machete as his presence abruptly rose.
ă All of youââ- whoever becomes my steed will obtain the right to stay alive ăhe spoke using the Apocalypse language.
Kriiiâââkoooooo!
The winged monsters seemed to be angered as they all uttered a ferocious roar and spat some green liquid towards Gu Qing Shan.
Recognizing danger, Gu Qing Shan avoided all of the flying liquid and vanished from the sky.
He then appeared in the middle of the winged monsters.
ă Then die... ă
He grinned, then swung the white bone machete in his hand into afterimages.
Although he was using a machete, his swordsmanship had already reached a state of becoming universally applicable, even a normal slash performed by him isnât something a normal monster is able to defend against.
Not to mention, this machete itself carried supernatural abilities that make it exceptionally suitable for assassinations, not at all weak.
Blood rained from the sky.
The bodies of countless monsters fell down.
The remaining monsters hurriedly retreated and fled out of fright.
Only Gu Qing Shan remained in mid-air.
He brandished the bloody white bone machete, looked up at the triangular metal ship, took a deep breath, then angrily shouted:
ă Which dumbass dared consider me food to be thrown out? ă
The triangular ship hovered in mid-air without reacting for a while.
âWhat are they doing?â Boss asked out of confusion.
Gu Qing Shan silently replied: âYouâre right, usually they would try to apologize, only then would I be able to take the opportunity to step down, then make peace with everyoneâââ
He suddenly went quiet.
Because a large cannon had poked out from the triangular metal ship, which was pointed straight at Gu Qing Shan.
At the same time, all the glowing text on the War God UI had pulled back.
A series of burning text appeared in the middle of the UI:
[Received the other partyâs information]
[The other party had requested for Apocalypse mediation in order to resolve the current conflict]
[Mediation method has been initiated]
[Apocalypse above, from this point on, the side that survives will prove themselves correct]
[Mediation begins!]
Gu Qing Shanâs pupils abruptly became dilated.
He could faintly hear an order from the ship:
ââââ Blast âem to bits!â
Boom!!!
A resounding explosion echoed across the sky.
[1] Bestowal might not be the most accurate, but itâs basically the direct transfer of knowledge into someoneâs mind, commonly seen in ruin exploration arcs in cultivation novels