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"Yes, we might be able to gradually develop new materials, but it will take time..."
Seeing that Bai Zhi was somewhat displeased, Anubis quickly spoke up.
"How long will it take?" Bai Zhi asked.
"At least several hundred years."
Anubis whispered.
Bai Zhi rolled her eyes. Several hundred years? That's an absurd timeframe.
Although the flow of time is different in other worlds and in the Star Iron World, she is not sure what the exact situation is regarding this time ratio.
If hundreds of years have passed, and hundreds of years have also passed in the Star Iron World, then things will get really interesting.
Even if it's not hundreds of years, but just a few years, it's still a huge loss.
"You still have the materials for your main hall, can't you just take them and use them?"
Bai Zhi asked Anubis with some confusion.
Anubis shook his head. "I'm sorry, Miss Baizhi, that won't do."
“The materials in my main hall can indeed guide souls to the underworld, but the quantity of those materials is too small to support the entire world.”
"The materials we need are at least equal to the combined amount of the underworlds of all the previous countries."
"Phew... If we could travel back in time, could we dismantle those buildings in the underworld and use them as materials?"
"Isn't Cheng Xiaoyu from the future? We can also use this technology to travel back to ancient times."
Bai Zhi quickly came up with this idea.
If we don't have the materials now, we must have had them before.
She's quite curious about the ancient times of this world; it would be a good idea to go and see it.
"No, time travel is only possible in this Dharma-ending Age. The further back in time we go, the less likely it is to happen."
“If it were the past when Heaven and the Underworld were still prosperous, it would be impossible to do it. Otherwise, the demons would have done it themselves long ago.”
"Well…"
Bai Zhi stroked her chin, pondering a solution.
"That's easy, just go to that history book and modify the material."
After listening to the whole thing, Xiaoyu suddenly blurted out a sentence.
"Hey, you're right, Xiaoyu!!"
Bai Zhi's eyes lit up. To be honest, Xiao Yu's idea sounded far-fetched, but it was actually very feasible.
"Gentlemen, is this method feasible?"
Bai Zhi looked at Anubis and Lü Dongbin.
"this…"
Lü Dongbin and Anubis looked at each other in dismay. There was no doubt that altering history was a grave mistake, but only if the alteration was extremely drastic, such as the sealed demons returning to rule over all of humanity.
Even very minor modifications will have a backlash, but the scope of this backlash will be relatively limited.
"This operation has had some successes, namely..."
Lü Dongbin seemed quite suspicious, as this behavior felt somewhat like cheating.
Even if it's just about bringing a lost material back to life.
What he feared was that if he used this method to bring a lost material back to life, the backlash might cause the material to disappear completely.
In that case, many mechanisms that rely on this material to function might be directly paralyzed.
This is a very dangerous practice.
"That's settled then. If there's a backlash, I'll accept it."
Bai Zhi wasn't afraid of the backlash from the Book of Time. After all, in the original work, although the demons were also affected by the backlash after modifying the Book of Time, their lives were still guaranteed.
That's still rewriting history to such an drastic degree.
Her actions this time didn't go to that extent.
Moreover… she came up with some unconventional tactics that might help her avoid a backlash.
Chapter 359 The Holy Lord's Gift
"You said you wanted to rewrite the history books?"
Inside a magnificent building, the Holy Lord, who was indulging in a lavish feast, was astonished upon hearing this and put down the turkey leg in his hand.
"My dear daughter, please don't do such a foolish thing."
The Holy Lord quickly said.
Although he can no longer act arrogantly because of the contract he signed.
But after these past few days, he felt that not acting like a bully was actually a good choice.
Because of the abilities of his Shadow Legion, he could easily acquire many antiques.
He could make a lot of money simply by selling these antiques.
With this money, he's living the high life now.
He eats meat at least once a day, and it's always a delicious meal specially grilled for him by the chef.
In the old days, no chef would have had such skill and taste.
And this newly released thing called a game is also very interesting.
He now stays in this luxurious building every day, doing nothing but eating, playing, and sleeping, without worrying at all about anyone coming to seal him away.
"I'm just curious. I've never seen this amazing thing before."
“I know you must know the location of the Book of Time and the spell to enter it. Tell me about it.”
Bai Zhi said earnestly.
Cheng Xiaoyu knew the location of the Book of Time, inside Elles Rock in Australia.
That boulder also has a famous curse. It is said that anyone who brings a stone from Elles Rock home will be cursed and die mysteriously. I wonder if this curse is meant to protect the historical records of time.
However, that's not important. What's important is that knowing the location of the historical records doesn't guarantee that you can find them.
This thing, which is like a cheat code, requires a special incantation to enter, just like an administrator password.
Cheng Xiaoyu didn't know the incantation, but the eight demons all knew its specific content.
This is also why Angelica dahurica came here.
"Really?"
The Holy Lord was somewhat suspicious.
“Really, I know the power of history books. If you arbitrarily modify them, you will suffer the consequences. I just want to see it for myself.”
"I'm perfectly fine now, why would I need to do something like this?"
She wouldn't actually use the history book to directly modify what achievements she had obtained. Not only would it be meaningless, but whether the system would even recognize achievements obtained in this way was another matter entirely.
However, due to the material issue, we have to rely on this.
"That's true..."
The Holy Lord thought about it and realized that it made sense. Bai Zhi was now quite famous, with a huge reputation all over the world. She was the world's richest woman, a genius scientist, and a nemesis of diseases.
Even the US president's words are more effective than Bai Zhi's.
"Alright then, as a demon, you should know about this anyway."
The Holy Lord recited a spell with obscure and difficult-to-understand syllables to Bai Zhi.
"Remember?"
Fearing that Bai Zhi might not have remembered, the Holy Lord recited it several more times before finally asking the question.
"OK, I've got it all figured out, thanks."
As Bai Zhi received the information and prepared to leave the building, the Holy Lord called out from behind, "Remember, never try to alter the Book of Time! The backlash will be terrible!!"
"Don't worry," Bai Zhi said without turning her head.
"If you really want something, tell me and I'll make the changes!"
Bai Zhi paused, "No need to be so sentimental, I know my limits."
Watching Bai Zhi's departing figure, the Holy Lord sighed softly. He knew that Bai Zhi must be planning something.
These days, without the infighting, he has been browsing through a lot of recent events and news.
He was certain that Bai Zhi had grand ambitions that could potentially change the entire world.
It's not just about the supernatural realms of heaven and the underworld, but about the entire world.
"My dear daughter, I can only wish you a safe journey. I hope my things can be of help to you."
The Holy Lord shook his head helplessly; this was the only thing he could do.
Because he knew that Bai Zhi probably wouldn't want anyone else to interfere with what she wanted to do, he didn't want to get involved himself.
To avoid ruining Bai Zhi's plan and doing more harm than good.
"Boss, your package is here."
As soon as Bai Zhi returned to the Tianming Building, she saw her subordinates place a box on her desk.
"My package? Could it be our new game console?"
Bai Zhi picked up the box with some confusion; it was very light.
"I don't know. It might have been a gift from your friend. We scanned it and found a very faint energy reaction inside."
"But since it was your package, I didn't open it to check it."
The subordinate replied.
"Oh, thanks. You can go ahead and get back to work."
"Yes!"
The subordinate saluted and then strode out of Bai Zhi's office with measured steps.
"There's a faint energy reaction, but what could it be?"
"Hmm...it's a talisman?"
Upon opening the box and seeing the several stone seals inside, Bai Zhi was taken aback; this was somewhat unexpected.
Because she even saw dragon talismans in them.
Isn't this thing with the Holy Lord?
Could it be that Valon removed the Holy Lord's charm?
But that doesn't make sense. When Valon came back a while ago, he was also immobilized by Lü Dongbin's magic and it took several days for the spell to wear off on its own.
By then, Shendu had already been resurrected by the dragon fang carried by the demon dragon.
Valon's abilities weren't quite at the level where he could extract a talisman from the resurrected Shendu.
"Oh, there's another letter."
Bai Zhi picked up the envelope with some surprise, and read on it:
“Daughter, by the time you read this letter, you should have already received my talisman. I know that you have been working on your important matter these days.”
“As your father, there is no doubt that I am old and no longer fit into this era. I may not be able to help you with what you are going to do.”
"As it happens, I haven't been idle these days either. I retrieved a rat talisman from Valon, and I've also retrieved other talismans one after another. Apart from the one that the old man had, I've sent you all the others that I could find."
"I hope these talismans will help you in the future."
"This is really..."
Bai Zhi picked up the talismans, unsure of what to say.