Chapter 969, The Path to Godhood

In fact, Zakaria, as the master of a branch of the Wolf Pack, one of the major factions among the traitors, and the commander of an entire Calamity Fleet, held a very high position within the Chaos faction.

Otherwise, Bassor would not have chosen Zakaria as one of his most important collaborators.

Even so, Zakaria didn't actually know what Bassol wanted to do with those 'relics'.

He didn't even know what the relics were.

It doesn't really matter. All he needs to know is that Bassol is going to become a god, and these 'relics' are the key to his godhood.

But Gu Hang is different.

When he received the information from Zakaria, a high-ranking prisoner, and combined it with the research results of the relics he had seized, Gu Hang gained a better understanding and made more guesses about Bassol's plan.

If the remnants of this former being, who was once at the level of one of the Four Evil Gods, were pieced together and restored with immense magical power, they would surely become an extraordinary divine artifact.

Possessing this artifact might truly help Bassol, a warp god who was originally only one step away from becoming one of the Four Gods, to take that crucial step.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to know the extent of Bassol's progress solely from Zakaria's words.

But Gu Hang felt that for Bassor, they had to plan for the worst-case scenario.

Now, with the help of the army of Chaos traitors and the power of Chaos Warmaster Alchaton, he is collecting fragments of the 'Legacy' all over the universe, which can be described as a grand undertaking.

Even if Gu Hang only just learned what he was going to do and where the 'relics' he was going to collect were, the four evil gods, as the rulers of the subspace, would probably know it much better.

Even the emperor should know better than Gu Hang.

The main reason is that Gu Hang is too 'young'.

All told, he has been in this universe for over a hundred years. In terms of the lifespan of ordinary mortals, this is already an age to look up to, but for the human elites who can undergo life-extending surgery, being under one hundred and fifty years old is considered young, not to mention compared to the eternally existing evil gods, Gu Hang is just a newborn baby.

No matter how strong an infant is, there are many things that require a long period of time and experience to know, which he naturally cannot possibly know.

Do these powerful beings really want a new evil god to appear in the Warp?

The hostile relationships between the four gods and between the four gods and humans clearly reveal that they are unwilling to see a new being, equal to themselves, emerge.

Bassor himself certainly understood this.

In Gu Hang's view, there are three possibilities for why he dares to boldly advance his plans now:

Either he has made complete preparations, to the point that he is not worried about the Four Gods or the Emperor interfering.

Either he had no other choice, or things had reached a point where he had to push things forward rapidly.

Either he is no longer surrounded by enemies, or he has strong support behind him, allowing him to come out with peace of mind.

These three factors are not contradictory; they could all exist simultaneously.

This is also what Gu Hang is most worried about.

Imagine if Bassol had made all the necessary preparations to become a god, lacking only the final piece of the relic. Perhaps he had already collected a considerable number of relic fragments, but the last batch was too difficult to collect secretly, so he resorted to outright theft. Furthermore, he had already reached some kind of agreement with one or more other evil gods, forming a tacit understanding, and even gaining their support… The thought is terrifying. That would mean Bassol would be extremely difficult to stop.

In addition, the second point is that Bassol has been forced to the point where he has no choice but to become a god and can no longer survive. This means that even if he is difficult to stop, he will still be very aggressive and pose a huge threat.

However, no matter what, one thing is certain: Gu Hang must find a way to stop him.

The presence of four evil gods lurking in the warp is already immense pressure. If another powerful evil god filled with malice towards humanity were to join the fray, the situation would undoubtedly worsen.

The method to stop him is now quite clear: prevent him from collecting the entire estate.

However, there are two problems.

The first and most troublesome aspect is that, based on his research of the fragment he had snatched from his opponent, Gu Hang concluded that it was a very small fragment compared to the complete state of the relic.

This is not a necessary fragment for the complete artifact.

If it were present, that would be excellent, saving time and reducing difficulty during the final integration of the fragments. However, if it were truly unavailable, Gu Hang, with his abilities, could easily fill in the gaps in this tiny fragment with some time, let alone Bassol, who was far more powerful in the art of creation.

That means Gu Hang can't just keep this thing to himself and be complacent by ensuring the other party doesn't get it.

It's a pity. If it's necessary to obtain fragments, Gu Hang could simply wait for the opponent to come to him. Playing on home turf would obviously make it easier to win.

Without this advantage, Gu Hang would at least need to find a necessary fragment to block Bassor's path to advancement.

This immediately raises the second question: how do we find those relics?

Before Bassol began searching for those relics, no one noticed anything unusual about these lost fragments hidden in various worlds. If it weren't for the evil god's subordinate activating this item in Papalil's catacombs, even if the Alliance knew that what they were looking for was in the church's catacombs, it would have taken a very long time to find out which coffin contained the relics.

If we can't even find the answers in one tomb, expanding the search to the entire universe is practically an impossible task.

Bassor must have some way of responding to and locating the fragments of the artifact.

Gu Hang also needs to have this method.

The next thing he needs to do is to use this fragment in his hand and its connection with other fragments to create a means of positioning.

It sounds simple, but it's quite difficult to do.

These relic fragments are different from the Como fragments of the Thousand-Faced God that Gu Hang once possessed.

The God of a Thousand Faces is still alive, and it's relatively easy to find a fragment of him that resonates with him.

However, this relic left behind by an unknown being has been broken for countless millennia, making it extremely difficult to match it with other fragments.

Bassolvi had been preparing for this for far too long, so of course he had the means to do it.

Gu Hang didn't know if he had enough time.

(End of this chapter)