Demons.
This was a race that wandered in outer space. Their origin was unknown, but they had existed since the beginning of historical records.
They devoured and distorted other life forms, using their souls and essence as the source of power. After finding a suitable body, they would look for opportunities to parasitize. However, the Heavenly Demons were not one of them. The demons were a pure foreign race, while the Heavenly Demons were monsters bred from the human heart. They only fed on consciousness and souls. Although they were both called demons, their natures were completely different. They were two completely different creatures.
The demons seized the body, and the Heavenly Demons confused the soul. This was the common sense of this world.
Generally speaking, the demons were only the size of a human brain, but the one in front of them was at least the size of a human torso. It was already considered a giant. Only this kind of powerful demons did not need the protection of meteorites. They could resist the power of heaven and earth with their bodies and survive the friction and impact of the atmosphere.
The demons only needed a fingernail-sized piece of flesh to seize the body of a human. Fortunately, there were many requirements for parasitism. Not only did they need the body to be relatively intact, but they also had to have no resistance.
During the separation of the body, the tentacles and carapace would all retract. The ability to protect oneself was close to zero, and the damage to the body was also great. It was because of these factors that the demons did not rule the world.
But even so, in the ancient times, the demons came to the world and caused heavy losses to all races. Although most of them were killed, there were still a small number of demons that successfully parasitized and escaped into the deep mountains and swamps. They were the ancestors of today's Fiends.
Almost all the people who were parasitized had their strength greatly improved after being possessed by the demons. The weak scholar who had no strength to truss a chicken could easily break a two-inch-thick table, not to mention the cultivators who were parasitized. Generally, they could break through a few levels. There were even some crazy cultivators who thought that they could resist the demons' invasion. They could only break through with benefits and not have their souls devoured by the parasites. Therefore, they voluntarily looked for the demons to possess them.
The result was needless to say. The arrogant ones would self-destruct because of their arrogance. Until now, there had never been a successful case.
Fortunately, the demons from outer space would only come with the meteor shower that happened once every 560 years. It was difficult to see them at other times.
However, there were still sporadic exceptions, such as the one today.
As for the crystal, if one had to name it, it was a product from the Desolate Age that existed before the ancient times, before the Archaean Age. There were only a few words left in myths and legends.
Countless amounts of information flooded into his brain. Gao Chuan held his forehead with one hand, and his eyes were lifeless. He focused all his energy on his brain, but there was too much information. In a hurry, he could only search for the important ones to browse.
Culture, history, technology, Taoism … All kinds of information appeared in his mind like an explosion. If he did not concentrate and follow the huge flow of information, then he would not be able to gain anything.
The first thing that flashed past was history …
Although the Primordial Age was known as the Primordial Age, it was much more prosperous than the present. Legend had it that in that age, there were no disputes or battles between all races. Everyone was a life of the same civilization. There was no need to worry about the necessities of life, and there was no need to fight for survival. Everyone could follow the reasonable desires in their hearts and realize their dreams. It was a real heaven on earth.
However, such a heaven-like civilization was destroyed because of the war with the demons.
Memories unfolded in his mind. Pictures and information rushed out and disappeared into the depths of his subconscious.
It was a scenery that Gao Chuan found somewhat familiar, but it was incompatible with the current world …
That was how the civilization before civilization looked like it was on the verge of destruction tens of thousands of years ago.
It was a world of darkness, without any light of day
On the ground, there was no light. Apart from the shining lights of the stronghold and the light of various weapons and spells, the whole world was plunged into darkness.
What made up the sky was no longer clouds and atmosphere, but rolling and entangling black-red flesh and crimson red mucus.
They covered the entire surface of the world, and there were tens of billions of extraterrestrial life forms.
The arthropods and carapace rubbed against each other, like fingernails rubbing against a blackboard, making a greasy creaking sound. The mouthparts that were spitting out mucus opened and closed, dropping stinky bodily fluids down.
The black-red 'rain' fell from the sky. The strong corrosiveness and the germs it carried destroyed the entire ecosystem, turning it into the appearance of the Other World.
Plants withered due to the lack of sunlight and rain, and animals mutated due to dirty liquids and germs.
Strange fungus-like creatures grew from the ground, and blue-green seaweed covered all the oceans and waters. The air was filled with yellow-black toxic dust.
New demons were born continuously from every corner of the world. There were plant-type demons, animal-type demons, and even non-living elemental-type demons that appeared …
Humans were entrenched in fortresses that were as huge as mountains. They relied on geothermal heat and energy guided from the void to carry out the internal material cycle. The infinite energy turned into a huge array barrier, keeping all the dangers outside the door. The cultivators used this as their base to constantly hunt down the demons.
However, this was useless.
Whether it was the Divine Light of Annihilation that could shoot through the sky and stretch for thousands of miles, or the Dao that was enough to destroy the continent, shake the foundation of the earth veins, and cause the world to shake, they were all more powerful, more extensive, and more terrifying than the bombs and nuclear bombs that Gao Chuan knew in his previous life. But even such a terrifying power was incomparably powerless in the face of the demons that were enough to envelop the world.
Even if the entire continent were to be tossed into the air, the damage it would cause to the entire Sinister Devil Race wouldn't be too serious.
If the demons that came once every 560 years with the meteor shower were like dew, then the invasion of the Desolate Era would be like a tsunami …
This was an unavoidable doomsday …
He was forced to withdraw his consciousness.
With Gao Chuan's current spirit that was not very strong, seeing this step was already the limit.
Although he did not know how those immortals defeated the demons in such a desperate situation and restored the original state of the world, since the world still existed and was not destroyed, there was no need to delve into it.
Compared to these ancient secrets, the matter in front of him was more important.
Countless data, information, images, and memories were buried in the depths of Gao Chuan's subconscious, waiting for the day when he could bear them.
However, through these, he finally understood what it was that he was living in symbiosis with.
The original form of the crystal was a universal battle core that the Desolate Era civilization created with demons as a template to fight against the demons. It was used to quickly produce a large number of qualified warriors.
As long as the Source Seed was sown and the flesh of the demons were watered, reliable finished equipment could be quickly harvested.
However, it consumed a lot of energy and required the life force of the demons as a supplement. If it was not obtained, it would damage the user's life force.
However, this was not a big problem.
More importantly, the symbiosis system created with the demons as a reference had a great hidden danger. That was, as a piece of equipment, it had a life of its own.
Although it did not have intelligence, it was undeniable that it was a life.
In fact, its effect was no different from that of a parasitic demon. However, because the core did not have strong self-will and intelligence, it could not erase the self-will of the symbiosis like the demons.
Even in the era of complete despair, this kind of equipment was not widely used because many people suspected that this was actually a blank slate of demons with their will and intelligence erased. Under the wave of opposition, many of the cores were sealed and preserved with special materials to keep them alive as backup trump cards.
In the end, Gao Chuan naturally benefited.
Tens of thousands of years had passed, and the Desolate Era civilization had become a myth. The demons were no longer as large as before, but the weapons from that era had been preserved and integrated into his body.
He did not have any other thoughts about the fact that the core was actually alive.
In fact, he had seen through this long ago.
The nameless young man had to eat a lot of food every day, and at least half of the energy had been taken away. Just now, he had taken the initiative to chase after the demons' flesh and used spiritual hints to ask him to find the demons. In order to obtain food and grow, the core had put in a lot of effort.
However, he was not prepared to give up on this dangerous help for the time being.
Putting aside the fact that the so-called danger was only a possibility, Gao Chuan, who was in urgent need of power, would not give up on this powerful combat equipment from the Desolate Era. The most practical reason was that the core had not grown to the point where it could be separated.
Currently, forcefully carrying out the order to separate would cause both the symbiosis and the symbiosis to die.
In the era when it was created, the flesh of demons was like mud and was a resource that was ignored. Now, not to mention the demons' combat power, their numbers were too few.
Coincidentally, in order to make the core crystal grow and evolve, a large amount of the demons' flesh and life force was needed.
Of course, this was not irreplaceable. The flesh of ordinary wild beasts and monsters could also be used. After all, all it needed was life force, and this kind of thing did not distinguish between demons and other creatures.
However, how strong was the life force of demons?
They could even cross the void with their flesh and regeneration ability alone, survive the friction in the atmosphere and the impact of falling to the ground. Ordinary creatures could not be compared to them at all.
The nameless young man had been persistently eating a lot of food for five years, and the energy provided could only allow it to grow to the point where it could barely be considered a baby. However, if it was the flesh of demons, it only needed to be the size of a palm.
"I don't know why it's so coincidental that a lone demon's true form just happened to land in front of me …"
Raising his head and looking forward, the monster that looked like a combination of an octopus and a centipede had not gone far. It was still maintaining a defensive posture as it slowly retreated.
The yellow eyeball-like object was constantly rotating. It seemed to be observing the surroundings, and also seemed to be monitoring Gao Chuan's movements.
Its movements were very cautious, and its intelligence was not low. On the contrary, it was not inferior to humans.
Carefully observing the opponent in front of him, Gao Chuan stared at its appendages. In just a few minutes, the defensive trajectory that he found difficult to predict suddenly became full of flaws. The seemingly powerful monster also had its shell removed, revealing its weak essence that was only lingering on death's door.
With just a glance, he could roughly estimate the combat strength and state of the life in front of him.
This was the memory and experience recorded in the core, and also the power that had been passed down from ancient times until now.
"But isn't this just right?"
Lifting the axe, Gao Chuan's mouth gradually curved, and in the end, it slowly turned into a ferocious grin.
He stared at the demon that was walking further and further away in front of him. His eyes gradually emitted a blue light, and small and complicated patterns gradually climbed up his face until they reached the center of his forehead, converging into a strange pattern that was full of power.
Not knowing whether it was the core that had already merged into his chest that was driving him, or he really thought so, his brain seemed to be awake, but there was also a strange feeling of being hypnotized. He whispered slowly in a low voice.
"I haven't killed a demon yet …"
"So, I'm really curious!"