The nightmare was over, and a new dawn had arrived. ∈ ﹏
In the destruction of the creator, the number of Se was only about 1% of the original, and this small group gathered under the huge wreckage of the creator and began to rebuild their kingdom.
At this time, there were no more disputes between the Se. They were all companions who survived after a great disaster. They had put aside their former grudges and gathered together to work hard to live.
Riding on some of the remaining structures, they rebuilt a small part of the city and restored the water supply there to start a new life.
However, because most of the city was destroyed, it was not easy for them to restore it. Fortunately, their god also stayed in this place and gave them a lot of advice.
Under the advice of their god, these Se modified their pumping structure and perfected more new technologies.
This allowed them to live a new life, and they soon began to increase their population.
The reproduction process of Se was relatively simple. After their real bodies died, their 'souls' would also split, and those split pieces would find new born children to live together and start a new life.
And in the case of their abnormal death, these 'souls' would also split, and if the split souls could not find children to live together, they would live in small fragments for a long time.
This form could not grow and had no intelligence. They did not even look like living creatures … just fragments.
If this fragment state lasted for too long, it would lose the ability to live together and become real … fragments.
These fragments were originally left there and would soon be eaten by various dream creatures.
But now the predatory dream creatures in this world were relatively rare. And after a large number of Se died. The fragments of their 'souls' were left behind in the Dream Realm. If one were to be in the ruins of their cities and enter the dreamscape, they might be able to see the star-like fragments of light covering the entire city.
Because there were no microbes in the dream, these energy blocks would not be broken down. They would always exist until some factor transformed them into a different kind of dream energy.
And of course, those Se did not know this kind of thing.
They slowly developed under the guidance of their god and lived the most peaceful days since the long war. Although the sun was still hot. They still lived very comfortably.
This was the first time … they did not have to care about receiving news of enemy invasion, and did not have to care about when the earth would shake and tentacles would drill out.
They lived a happy life.
This happiness lasted for a while, and Se slowly restored the city. When their number was almost enough to reach the capacity of the entire city, they planned to continue to expand and restore the original territory.
In order to commemorate the victory of the war, they made some statues of the creator, as well as some statues of the 'heroes' in the battle.
These statues seemed to be ordinary statues, but they were made according to their god's request to collect materials.
Se found that as long as they touched these statues. They could see another … strange world, although it did not last long. But this made Se felt very strange.
However, these statues did not seem to have any special effects.
And their god told them that sooner or later, they would be able to see it..
At the same time, Se also carefully dealt with the huge remains of the creator. They dug out a large number of tentacles and burned them with fire.
However, they felt that this behavior...
Although they had recovered, they were still lacking in resources. They still ate the plant called Rockthorn, and the creator's huge body provided them with a lot of nutrients.
According to the teachings of the gods, the remains of the creator were absolutely not to be eaten. If they were eaten, abnormal things would happen.
But it did not say what was abnormal …
At first, Se were very obedient. They slowly burned the huge remains of the creator according to their god's teachings. They cleaned up the remains of many areas.
However, when the number of Se increased, they found that their resources were somewhat insufficient.
The original rock thorn fields were destroyed, and the food stored was not enough. Many Se were in a state of hunger for a long time.
And in this state of hunger, Se were easily tempted.
Because when the remains of the creator burned, it would release a very … fragrant smell, which was the case for these Se.
In a state of hunger, some Se could not help but forget their god's teachings. They ate some cooked … roots of the creator.
As for the gnomes that ate the roots, they died very quickly.
The cause of these deaths was unknown, and their practice aroused the extreme 'anger' of the god. The god thought that this group of creatures was beginning to be disloyal to him.
Although the Se kept praying to the god after this, the god did not forgive them. The god began to ask these Se to perform some rituals for him on a regular basis.
This ritual could be called 'sacrifice'. It was very simple and easy to understand. It was to let the Se sacrifice several Se to the god on a regular basis, and let them commit suicide in front of a statue in the city. That was the completion of the sacrifice.
The Se had long worshiped their god, so even if the god had such a request, they would try their best to fulfill it.
The matter of sacrifice once again divided the Se. Although they were willing to sacrifice to the god, when it came to choosing who to sacrifice, they always shirked. Each Se wanted other Se to sacrifice.
Later on, they slowly reached a consensus to sacrifice the weak Se that didn't have enough contribution points. At first, the Se selected the older individuals as the sacrificial objects, then selected the younger ones. In the end, they began to use the method of rotating the sacrificial offerings, which meant that each Se family had to produce some young Se to be sacrificed at some point.
However, this did not seem to calm the 'god's' anger.
The god also asked the Se to do a lot of other things. These things included asking them to collect all kinds of special materials, some of which could only be found in distant places, and to build some strange things.
For example, statues, buildings, and so on. However, these things had no practical use.
The Se consumed a lot of Se power and material resources to make these things, which made it difficult for them to develop. Later, the god asked for more and more, causing these Se to stop expanding after restoring the population of a city.
At the same time, the god did not teach them any new technology. He just kept asking for it …
This kind of thing went on for a long time, and the Se's belief in the god slowly declined. Occasionally, there would be some Se who did not believe in the god, and they would try to stop this situation from continuing.
And these Se 'ers all died later on.
Their bodies had no external or internal injuries. They did not seem to have been attacked, but they died just like that … A saying quickly spread among the Se. It was said that the 'god' took away their souls.
So, their worship of the god … turned into fear.
But whether it was fear or worship, it did not stop them from continuing to complete tasks for the god. They kept sacrificing and collecting a lot of resources to make things. The Se built a lot of buildings. These buildings were very large, but they did not have the design of an entrance, so it was meaningless to the Se. It would only consume their power.
The Se had reached the limit of their patience, but they could do nothing.
At this time, some special Se began to take action.
Most of the other Se were quite afraid of the god, but these special Se were different.
They felt that the god was not omnipotent, and that he could be understood …
The reason was mainly because there was a Se who occasionally entered another world through the statues in the city. After entering, he found something special.
Originally, they could only enter that world for a while. However, this Se did not know why, but after entering that world, he lasted for a long time. He saw that there was a … huge object in that world.
That world … was the dream world. It was a hazy world. The Se saw countless wonderful things in it, as well as the god.
The god would occasionally communicate with the Se. When the Se arrived in the dream world, he could clearly hear the 'words' from the god. He was sure that the words came from this huge object.
It was hard to tell what this object was … It was like an aggregation of a lot of things. Its huge body covered the hazy city in the dream world, like a huge 'cloth' covering the city's buildings.
This was their god.
In the previous short dream world, he could barely see the surrounding environment, but this time, the unexpected long dream made him see very clearly.
After observing the phenomenon in the dream world, the Se quickly tried to return and told the other Se.
The other Se were also very surprised by this situation, but it also gave them some ideas. They believed that the god was actually not a wonderful thing.
Instead, he was just like them … creatures.
The Se did not study much about creatures. This was all because the creatures in their world were rare. However, although there were no large creatures in this world, there were still many microorganisms.
After the Se invented something to observe microorganisms, he found that there was something called 'ecological environment' in this world. There were also many Se who were engaged in the study of microorganisms.
And this group of Se who did not believe in the god specialized in the study of microorganisms. The Se who saw the dream world gathered these elite researchers. They decided … to study the god and find out what he was. Floating astronomy.
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