Hot air balloons would explode for no reason in the atmosphere.
Armored airships with more than forty-eight of the strongest crystal engines would have all sorts of strange engine malfunctions at the same altitude, resulting in a lack of power. They would have to return to the ground, or else, they would have to face the risk of all their engines exploding.
Peerless fighters like Battle God Lei Zongchao would run into really powerful wind when they activated their vitality magnetic fields and activated maglev to fly above the atmosphere.
The wind was mixed with incredibly chaotic spirit energy turbulence, and it could instantly tear a human's vitality magnetic field to shreds.
Even a Deity Realm superhuman's spirit energy shield could not stop the wind from entering their bones, cells, and even gene chains.
Lei Zongchao had once told Meng Chao that it felt like a normal person going through nuclear radiation, and their gene chains were all broken.
Hence, even the strongest Earthlings could not break through the Other World's atmosphere and see the universe beyond the planet.
It was as if a mysterious and unfathomable power had completely locked down the planet.
This was a planet where people could only enter, but not leave.
All carbon-based intelligent life forms could not escape once they transmigrated to the Other World.
'Why is this happening?
'Just who locked down the Other World?
'The synchronous orbit network that covered the entire periphery of the planet and the crystalline, dazzling city in the galaxy still exist billions of years later?
'Are there still ancient people in the city who are watching what's happening in the lower levels from above, as well as … the war that is about to break out in the Other World?'
Countless questions exploded from the depths of Meng Chao's mind like bubbles.
Also, what was with the various forms and dazzling intelligent life forms in the Other World he saw in his previous life?
Other World humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, giants, vampires, dragons, demons from the abyss, liches from the netherworld, skeleton soldiers, and death knights …
All of them were races that did not exist during the ancient war.
Where did they come from?
Were they like Earthlings? Were they descendants of the ancient people who fled the planet during the ancient war? After developing in other planets for millions of years, they returned to the Other World, which had regained its vitality, to restart the civilization here?
Or were they natives who struggled for millions of years on the surface of the planet, which was completely destroyed by the space-based orbital weapons of the ancient civilization?
Meng Chao did not know.
But he suddenly had a very absurd idea.
The bodies of the ancient people were covered in dazzling spirit tattoos. When their spirit energy surged, their bodies of flesh and blood were translucent, like transparent crystals.
Monsters were ferocious, hideous, and pure carbon-based creatures. They brought out the full power of their flesh and blood.
If he fused the characteristics of these two lifeforms together, it would resemble the appearance of many intelligent lifeforms in the Other World in his previous life's memory fragments.
'Could it be that the Other World humans, orcs, elves, and dragons are all hybrids between ancient humans and monsters?'
Meng Chao was shocked by this bold thought.
Thinking about it carefully, it wasn't impossible.
Of course, this did not mean that the ancient people could reproduce with monsters.
But since the ancient people had reached the peak of biochemical technology, there was a risk of them going out of control if they used biochemical weapons modified purely from monster genes.
Then, in the second refinement, it would be a reasonable choice to learn the lesson of losing control of the 'parent body' and insert a lot of the ancient people's own genomes into the biochemical weapon to increase its loyalty and controllability, wouldn't it?
'Could it be that this is the truth?
'The ancient people didn't give up on this planet. Instead, they turned into Other World humans, orcs, elves, and liches to continue developing the world?
'But compared to the ancient people during the ancient war, the Other World humans, orcs, and elves in my previous life are too weak. They didn't even inherit 1% of the ancient civilization's power and glory. Some of them are still in the dark and ignorant medieval period. Some of them are even primitive societies that eat raw meat and drink blood. They're far inferior to Earthlings!
'Looks like something else must have happened during the ancient war that turned the entire surface of the planet into glass. It caused the ancient civilization to completely collapse, break up, and be lost.'
The last and most important question was …
When he thought back to the last scene the microcomputer saw, countless balls of light descended from the sky like supernovas. It was as if a burning sea had poured down on the ground.
The apocalyptic scene was the same as the destruction of Dragon City in Meng Chao's memories.
'So, Dragon City in my previous life was destroyed by the ancient civilization's space-based orbital weapons, just like the parent body of the ancient civilization?'
A ball of burning flames shone in the depths of Meng Chao's mind.
If Earthlings were really the descendants of the ancient people, then he should have stood on the side of the ancient people and hated and looked down on the parent body.
The Monster War that lasted for decades caused Meng Chao to instinctively be wary and hostile toward the ferocious and monstrous creatures.
But …
He did not know whether it was because he had read too many memories from the microcomputer or because he was influenced by the parent body.
Or did he realize that Dragon City was not destroyed by monsters in his previous life? Instead, there was a high possibility that it was destroyed by the ultimate weapon of the ancient people?
Meng Chao suddenly had a strong urge.
He longed to be like the parent body and continue evolving, getting stronger, and devouring all the resources on the planet. He did not even let go of the last low-grade crystal mine that was filled with impurities in the crack. He wanted to absorb all the resources and energy on the planet into his body.
Then, he would attack the sky, the stars, and the universe. He would break through the barrier that sealed the planet and destroy the high and mighty Starry Sky City. Regardless of whether the existence entrenched in the Starry Sky City was an "ancient person" or a "demon", he would make them tremble under the blades of himself and the earthlings!
'Kill! Devour! Destroy!
"Slaughter! Devour! Destroy!
"Slaughter! Devour! Destroy! '
The roars of thousands of monsters rose from the depths of Meng Chao's mind again.
He shuddered deeply.
He noticed that the frozen planet was beginning to thaw. The starlight gradually grew larger and intersected with each other to form a brand new memory.
After a long period of hibernation and recovery, the parent body finally woke up!
At that moment, the parent body was only left with one-hundredth or even one-ten-thousandth of what it was during the peak of the ancient war.
Basically, there was only a 'microbrain', a thin layer of mucus that covered the 'microbrain', and a few feeble tentacles.
More flesh and blood tissues, including the 'colossal brain', were still deprived of all vitality and continued to sleep like a pile of fossils.
And the entire planet had not completely recovered from the destructive blow that was akin to burning glass.
Even though the temperature on the surface had gradually returned to normal …
The trembling crust that released energy had also stabilized.
The destructive power that spread out on the surface continued seeping and gathering together. It turned into spirit energy and crystal mines in the cracks and faults underground.
But the new mines were incredibly unstable.
They constantly released fatal radiation to the outside world and tore the gene chains of all carbon-based life forms to shreds.
It was also very easy to ignite and explode, causing small-scale earthquakes.
But they had the most precious energy that the parent body needed to repair its tissues and grow again.
Hence, the microbrain swung its tentacles in a rather clumsy manner and searched for and absorbed the crystal mines in the zigzagging, bottomless cracks while trembling.
If it was too far away from the crystal mines, the energy it absorbed would be less than the energy it needed to move its body. There was a high chance that it would starve to death.
If it was too close to the crystal mines, it would lose 99% of its intellect and strength. It would also be easily burned to death or die of radiation syndromes caused by the destruction of its gene chains.
There were a few times when it lacked energy, and it had to give up on the thick tentacles it had devoured for a long time to evolve. It used the method of sacrificing its tail to survive to reduce the amount of energy it had to use.
There were also many times when it was exposed to radiation, and 50% of its brain tissue lost its life force. It rotted away, and it had to gather its tentacles together to turn them into sharp limbs to perform brain tissue removal surgery on itself.
But no matter how many times it was burned by spirit energy, the microbrain would always start over without hesitation.
It was just like the apes who had just learned how to use fire and realized that the burning light in front of them contained mysterious power. No matter what price they had to pay, they had to open the door to wisdom and civilization.
Even if they were enemies.
This indomitable will to live still made Meng Chao respect it deeply.
In the end, after going through countless setbacks, the parent body grew thousands of tentacles again. It turned from a small sprout into a towering tree that stood upside down and was buried deep underground. Then, it continued moving to the surface.
In the end, a limb with organs that could sense images and sounds broke out of the ground, and it saw the world again.
At that moment, the Other World seemed to have just recovered from the disaster that destroyed everything in its path.
Even though the ground had cooled down and the atmosphere had closed up again, the world was still barren.
The dark blue sky was very low, and it was so heavy that people could not breathe. There were countless incredibly colorful clouds in the air. They were not formed by normal water vapor, but spirit energy that was filled with radiation.
When raindrops fell, due to the powerful spirit energy reaction, they would usually start burning in the air or cause continuous lightning bolts, storms that could tear everything apart, and other extreme weather conditions.
The ground was covered in wrinkles caused by the shockwaves. The stones were melted by the high temperature and solidified into colorful crystals. It looked like an ocean made of glass.
A real ocean was either dry or bubbling. Its viscosity was just as high as magma.
But even in such a harsh environment that was like hell, there were still lives that grew tenaciously.
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