I, the only superpower on earth

Tokyo, Mount Arana.

In the mountains about 40 kilometers away from the center of Tokyo, several people are walking along the mountain roads accompanied by a guide.

"This is Mount Huangming. It looks very deep, right? Mount Huangming is the largest mountain near Tokyo. There are few people in the depths of the mountain. The forest is dense and tall, and the geography is steep. Many climbers who have explored have been buried...

"...and there are not only climbers buried in the mountain - the barren mountain also has a name, which is 'Buried God Mountain'."

"Buried God Mountain?"

Some of the tourists wondered.

"That's right."

The guide nodded.

"Hundreds of thousands of years ago, there were many farmland and villages at the foot of the barren mountain. People gathered because of this, and the belief in Shinto was born from it. The villagers at that time had beliefs in gods with different names on this barren mountain. Worship in the mountains at the same time. At most, there are hundreds of shrines in the barren mountains at the same time, and the incense is extremely strong...

"...But later, with the changes of the times, these villages were abandoned one by one, and the villagers gradually moved away. The barren mountains became barren mountains, and those Shinto beliefs also declined. The existence of those shrines is only for folklorists and Shinto scholars. Home still has meaning. Without the support of faith, the gods who were originally worshiped were forgotten, and this mountain became the "Buried God Mountain"—a mountain where shrines are buried, and gods are buried..."

The tour guide was talking incessantly, and at this moment, something floated by from the corner of his eye.

——Could it be that the god who was forgotten and buried in this mountain range couldn't help showing up after hearing what he said?

"How can it be!"

The tour guide himself was amused by his own idea.

He let go of his doubts and continued to tell the tourists, visiting the barren mountains and completing his own work.

...

In the depths of the barren mountain, a place covered by dense bushes.

Just like the legendary "land of encountering demons", the red paint on the torii has been eroded away, and even half of it has collapsed. Looking from the outside to the inside, it is deep and difficult to understand. Only the half-collapsed main house of the shrine can be seen. It looks like an entrance to a strange world.

If it is in other parallel time and space with extraordinary power, this place may become a place occupied by demons and ghosts.

But Xi Gu knows well that in this world where there is no extraordinary power other than himself and his derivatives, the so-called demons and ghosts are all nonsense.

So he walked in without hesitation.

When I came to the entrance of the main house of the shrine, I looked at the blurred text on the stele that was almost corroded by wind and rain.

Even though the words have been weathered and corroded to the point of being illegible, but Xi Gu's eyes opened wide enough to see molecular changes, and according to the traces on the stone tablet, he can easily restore the records on it in his mind.

"Suyuan's imperial name and honored god... the place of the eight banners, the tree of the spring. Bless the householders, and the weather will be good..."

"So that's it. Is the object of belief in this shrine actually the thousand-year-old tree behind the shrine?"

The description written in ancient Japanese was completely mastered by Shitani, and a clear look appeared on his face.

For today's Xigu, the evolution level of more than 380 not only made his physical strength reach a level unimaginable by humans, but also improved his brain's computing power and memory to an unprecedented level.

Although it was the first time he saw this passage of ancient Japanese, it only took him a moment to restore the original meaning of this passage in his brain.

Contemplating, Xigu came to the back of the shrine and looked at the towering tree worshiped by the shrine.

It is indeed a sacred tree that was worshiped by people hundreds of years ago. It looks obviously taller and older than other trees around it.

And probably because its root system has absorbed all the nutrients and water around it, there is an empty space within a few meters next to this big tree, which is called "Suyuan Yumingzun" by worshippers, and there are no other trees.

"Suyuan Yuming Zunshen..."

Xi Gu came to the ancient tree, looked at its blue-black skin, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He came to Tokyo, Japan, to select the next transcendent, to see if the new transcendent could produce a spiritual transformation like Yang Luo, and through the spiritual transformation, awaken the superhuman ability that he could replicate.

However, in the process of advancing to Tokyo, after passing through this barren mountain, he suddenly had a premonition on a whim, as if he could discover something.

And the landing point of that premonition is the sacred tree behind the shrine.

"Premonition..."

Xi Gu was thoughtful.

If you look at it from an intuitive, ordinary person's point of view, this kind of sixth sense doesn't make any sense.

But from Xi Gu's own point of view, this premonition may not be groundless.

As his evolutionary level continued to rise, his perception became more and more acute, and what he could sense now had been refined down to the molecular or even atomic level.

In such a microscopic field, quantum effects are infinitely magnified. The so-called "premonition" and "whim" may be some kind of future possibility emerging from quantum fluctuations.

...And that possibility ended up here.

Xi Gu raised his hand and reached out to cover the body of the ancient tree.

Without any special perception, it is composed of the same kinds of atoms and molecules as the other trees around it.

But Xi Gu did not give up, the next moment, a drop of bright red blood appeared in his hand.

It is the "blood of evolution" split from his own body.

"In all the attempts in the past, the blood of evolution can only work on animals—and humans are the best among them, and they can even create new extraordinary abilities.

"As for things other than animals—no matter plants, microorganisms, or even non-living non-living bodies, they cannot absorb my evolutionary blood and become extraordinary existences.

"...However, since I have a whim for you today - why not give it a try."

Thinking of this, Xi Gu dripped the blood of evolution into the torso of "Su Yuan Yuming Zunshen".

Red blood slowly seeped into the blue-black body.

until it disappears completely.

Still no change.

Shigu shook his head.

——Looks like that whim was really just my own misunderstanding?

He wants to leave.

But the moment he raised his footsteps.

A strong shock came.

"--Huh?!"

Shock appeared in Xi Gu's eyes.

——He turned his head and looked at the ancient tree.

——He turned his head and saw himself.

The former is his body, his perspective as a human being.

And the latter...

"Xigu" stretches its branches. In the dense jungle, I felt a part of my body rustling in motion.

Right in front of him, "Xigu" used the perception of plants to feel that "I" was staring at me in shock.

Humanity.

trees.

Two different body sensations are combined, and at this moment, they are both divided and unified, contradictory and harmonious.

"I...became this ancient tree—no, it was this ancient tree that turned into my avatar after being dripped with the 'blood of evolution'?!"