I, the Guide to the Omniverse, Usher in Blue Star's Great Ascension! - chapter 12

He Zhou and the others gathered around the little toad.

Other tourists, such as Zhou Zhihui from Tian Youyue’s group and one of his teammates, were filled with curiosity.

The stretch of road the little toad led them along was within the bounds of Xiaomi Mountain.

An asphalt road wound downward, flanked by trees on both sides.

They could spend half a day just looking at a single tree.

With their phones in hand, they ran everywhere.

The Toad Spirit was small and simple-minded, and under the tourists’ coaxing, revealed quite a bit of information.

For example, this asphalt road was built by Omniverse Corporation, who arrived a month ago.

Beyond that, the little toad knew nothing else.

About the Great Sage.

The Great Sage succeeded in his pilgrimage a hundred years ago-even the little toad knew this, having heard it from its parents.

There were many legends about the Great Sage, and he was one of their own among the Demons.

“He succeeded in the pilgrimage a hundred years ago, and the Great Sage has become the Victorious Fighting Buddha!”

The tourists sighed, “That makes it even harder to meet the Great Sage.”

“I thought they were still on the pilgrimage, but it turns out they’ve already succeeded.”

Sheng Ai, however, didn’t find it strange.

If this was a constructed real world, then it should be a complete world derived from Journey to the West.

A complete world would have a grand finale, with Sun Wukong and the others succeeding in their pilgrimage.

So, it was only natural that this was the world after Sun Wukong’s success.

Although it was a bit disappointing, this world was already vast enough, and this was just one stop-more than enough for the tourists to enjoy.

The Toad Spirit said excitedly, “I know Xiaomi Mountain very well. The people from Omniverse Corporation said that wherever you want to go on Xiaomi Mountain, I can take you. This whole mountain is my uncle Big Geda’s territory-no one dares touch you!”

“But once you leave Xiaomi Mountain, it’s different. That’s not our territory, and I can’t guarantee your safety.”

It seemed this was the limitation of their journey.

There were always places tourists couldn’t go.

The world was big, but safety had to be ensured.

Pei Qiu, no longer frightened as she was at the start, asked excitedly, “Are there any Mortals here? Mortals like us?”

The little toad shook its head, “No, places where Demons live rarely have people. If you want to see humans, you’d have to go a hundred miles away-there’s a human city there.”

Hearing this, the tourists knew it was impossible to go there for now.

This was a world of Demons!

He Zhou poked the little toad’s paw, “Can you use magic?”

“How could I?” The little toad sighed regretfully, “Only Great Demons can learn magic. I can’t even transform into human form. My uncle can only transform his head.”

From the little toad’s account, the tourists learned some of the hidden rules of the Demon world.

It turned out not all Demons could use magic-just like among humans, only a few could cultivate.

Although Demons were born intelligent, to learn powerful magic, they had to go to bigger places to seek out other Demons for training.

Many Demons spent their whole lives without even touching the threshold.

Most Demons lived their lives much like humans-ordinary and uneventful.

Even the little toad’s uncle, the king of Xiaomi Mountain, was just a big Toad Spirit who could mold some earth.

If they could master complete magic, they could even dominate a region and become Great Demons!

“The people from Omniverse Corporation said that if I do well, I’ll have a chance at that.”

The little toad was very happy, “So my uncle said you can go anywhere on Xiaomi Mountain, as long as you give me a good review when you return. My parents say I’m the most promising little toad in the Toad Clan, and my uncle says the future of the Toad Demons depends on me! I am the hope of Xiaomi Mountain!”
As he spoke, the little toad puffed out his chest.

This statement gave the tourists an oddly familiar feeling.

The hope of the whole village.

The hope of the whole mountain!

So it turns out that producing a Great Demon is such an honorable thing.

In stories before, Demons were said to eat human flesh, but now the tourists felt that this information might be inaccurate.

Tian Youyue cautiously asked, “Do you Demons eat people?”

This topic was a bit offensive and sensitive, but the little toad shook his head, “We wouldn’t dare. Outside Xiaomi Mountain, the human race has powerful cultivators. If we dared to eat people, they would wipe us out. Our toad clan has never dared to eat humans. After Omniverse Corporation arrived, they also told us that if we harm humans for no reason, we won’t receive any fortune.”

The tourists looked at each other; this Omniverse Corporation sounded truly formidable.

The tourists kept following the little toad, and before long, they arrived at a spot halfway up the mountain, at the mountain wall.

There were several large caves there, and at the cave entrances, a crowd of toad heads poked out, bustling and lively.

Just one glance made the tourists dizzy.

Pei Qiu almost fainted and said, “So… so many toads!”

Anyone with trypophobia would surely be terrified at the sight of so many toads.

But after spending time with the little toad and learning some information, everyone wasn’t so afraid of Demons anymore.

They all raised their phones to take pictures and videos.

Even though there was no signal, they could still record videos and take photos. If they kept these and brought them back to the modern world, wouldn’t it cause a huge sensation?

These toads came in all sizes.

Most of them looked similar, and the tourists couldn’t tell who was who.

They just stayed at the cave entrances, watching the tourists, not daring to come closer.

Xiao Ma only brought them over to take a look, scratching his big toad head, “Omniverse Corporation said they wanted you to experience the unique features of our Xiaomi Mountain, but we don’t really have any special features. Besides toads, there are just some bugs we eat-oh right, do you want to eat bugs?”

Mentioning food made the little toad very excited.

“But nothing tastes as good as your stuff.”

What the tourists gave him was magical, things he’d never tasted before.

The little toad could eat them.

And he thought they were delicious!

He had never eaten human food before, and he hadn’t expected it to be so tasty.

The tourists immediately waved their hands, “No, no, no, we won’t eat bugs.”

Besides, the toads ate them raw, which the tourists couldn’t accept at all.

But if Xiaomi Mountain didn’t have much to do, immersing themselves in the local experience and unique culture was something.

Not to mention, just the information about this world was enough for the tourists to spend days investigating.

So Pei Qiu asked Sheng Ai, “If we only stay on Xiaomi Mountain, can we chat with these Toad Spirits?”

Sheng Ai spread her hands, “As long as you’re within my area of control, you can do whatever you want, but you can’t treat the local residents badly. If tourists are rude, I have the right to kick them out.”

She was worried that the tourists, seeing the Toad Spirits being honest and easy to bully, would pick on these Demons.

After all, she couldn’t be sure about the tourists’ character, right?

Although mortals bullying Demons-just the thought of it sounded completely upside down!