Pretending To Be A Boss
Chapter 909 - 63: The Truth and Falsehood of the Holy Land of Eden

Eden Sanctuary.

Over the course of nearly a month, Tang Xian had gained a certain understanding of Eden Sanctuary. Yet, the more he understood, the more confused he became.

This place was divided into two parts: the sanctuary and the ruins. The ruins resembled a boundless sea, while the sanctuary was more like a lone island within it.

The "ruins" had many sections, and the maze Bai Shuang accidentally stumbled into years ago was actually just one part of the ruins.

From Bai Shuang's perspective, that part was extensive enough to be considered a vast, cohesive entity, leading her to perceive Eden's ruins as a giant maze.

As for what the other sections were, due to their extraordinary danger, Zhong Yao adamantly prohibited Tang Xian from exploring them. Zhong Yao's stance on this matter was unyielding.

Zhong Yao's actions also struck Tang Xian as peculiar.

She was undoubtedly his mother; the concern she showed was genuine, not some deceit meant to confuse him. It was the authentic concern of a mother for her child.

She often unintentionally revealed moments of yearning for Tang Wen in her dazed, pensive states.

But the strange part was that Zhong Yao was definitely hiding something.

At this moment, Tang Xian squatted by the lake, mirroring how he and Li Xiaoyu had once squatted by the lakeside in the eastern outskirts of Baichuan City, staring at the water's surface.

And that was when he thought of a way to pass on the Beast God's legacy to someone else.

"I wonder how Junlin and Dark Crow are doing." Tang Xian stared at the golden surface of the lake, lost in thought.

In Tang Xian's understanding, only Junlin and Dark Crow were on the same level as himself. They were capable of being threats to the Beast God. If, after defeating the Arbiter, he could acquire the Arbiter's legacy and then use tools feared by the Manipulators of Order to control them, this ideal scenario might enable him to overcome all his enemies, including Eden's master.

Yet he didn't expect that, halfway through his plans, Eden's master would suddenly appear.

The reflection on the lake surface seemed somewhat blurry, and the sanctuary was flat—square and even, with defined boundaries.

At the edges of the sanctuary, one could distinctly see eerie golden light pillars.

They were akin to unexplored areas in a video game. Those golden pillars were immensely dangerous.

Each golden pillar seemed to contain an enormous energy capable of obliterating everything.

Compared to the mysterious ruins of Eden, the sanctuary portion itself was equally riddled with enigmas.

Tang Xian had once climbed high to overlook the sanctuary and observed that every part of it was divided with impeccable precision.

The feeling was akin to perfectly arranging blocks in Tetris to form a flawlessly aligned pattern that would deeply satisfy anyone with obsessive tendencies.

Not only that, but aside from living beings such as the Zudun Sacred Tree and Eden's Deer, Tang Xian noticed that patterns related to rainfall, the amount of rain, and other weather changes showed intriguingly consistent laws.

It was as if this place was a controlled world, where someone was willfully orchestrating these variations.

Finally, Tang Xian discovered the most astonishing phenomenon.

The "sanctuary" was expanding, bit by bit.

Its rate of expansion far outstripped the annual nine-centimeter growth of Mount Everest; nearly every day, Tang Xian could sense the sanctuary's expansion.

Those pillars of golden light seemed to respond to the sanctuary's growth, akin to the fog of war shrouding an unexplored map. Whenever the sanctuary expanded, the golden light pillars would vanish.

Two days ago, when he posed this question to Zhong Yao, she replied:

"Years ago, this place wasn't very large, and its expansion was slow. It's just that I've lived here for so long and have grown accustomed to it, so I didn't readily perceive the changes. But lately, the sanctuary's rate of expansion has indeed accelerated. So, you must stop trying to leave this place."

"What's the logical connection between these two things?" Tang Xian had been perplexed at the time.

How was Eden Sanctuary's expansion related to his departure?

Zhong Yao had said nothing more.

Now, Tang Xian stared across the lake at the faint outlines beneath the distant golden light pillars, beginning to realize that perhaps his mother knew something.

To leave Eden Sanctuary, the correct path would undoubtedly be one that led outward from within the sanctuary, traversing into Eden's ruins.

But Eden's ruins were an extremely perilous expanse, their danger distinct from the elemental chaos outside the towering structure.

The danger here was far more terrifying, carrying a deep sense of mystique.

He stood up, and Eden's Deer, which had been lowering its head to sniff at something nearby, suddenly raised its head and gazed gently at Tang Xian, seemingly untroubled by the notion that Tang Xian might consume it.

Seeing Eden's Deer, Tang Xian found he wasn't in the mood for roasted venison.

Eden Sanctuary was akin to a pastoral paradise; Zhong Yao had said that living here meant there was no need to worry about food reserves.

Tang Xian had no idea where the food came from.

In truth, ever since arriving here, he had rarely felt hunger.

This was abnormal.

As someone mutated into a voracious eater, despite his physique becoming increasingly resilient to the point of easily handling catastrophic-level creatures, Tang Xian had always had a robust appetite.

Yet, over the past month, his yearning for food was no longer driven by a physical need; it was purely a mental craving.

Tang Xian returned to the palace at the sanctuary's center.

Inside the scholastic temple of the palace, he found Zhong Yao.

This place housed numerous techniques Zhong Yao had learned over the years from Eden's master.

These techniques exceeded the current era's capabilities and, if applied in Baichuan City, could dramatically transform its status quo.

Among them were several military-industrial technologies. Guided by Zhong Yao, Tang Xian had reviewed some of the design blueprints.

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