"What's that?"
"That's … the blue sky."
"But I've never seen the real blue sky, have I?"
"Yes, that's a view that can only be seen in our cue ball … No, you can't see it in the cue ball anymore."
…
"I'm back in this place again … but it's a little different from before."
The Scholar was standing in a space covered with green grass. In front of her was a young Voidfolk, who was innocently asking about the 'blue sky.'
Above her was the blue sky, but like the grass under her feet, it was all fake. Because this was the interior of the Wanderer … so there was no such thing.
Why did the Scholar come here? That was because she had entered … a deep sleep.
Not long ago, she destroyed the ball underground on the circular platform. After that, she returned to the peaceful town of the Emerald Dragons. At first, the Emerald Dragons did not seem to react, but gradually, they began to act strangely.
After a day and a half, some of them began to want to run out of the town, and some began to suspect what they had been doing all this time. Not only did they recover, but their memories of the past had also not disappeared. When they thought about it, they felt that it was very strange for them to stay here all the time.
Then, the Emerald Dragons quickly left the town one by one, including the Courage System. All of them disappeared without a trace … Perhaps the creatures in other towns were in a similar situation.
The Scholar did not follow them. She decided to wait in the town. Feeling a little tired, the Scholar rested for a while, but when she opened her eyes, she found … that she had come to this place.
The scene was the same as before, but there were some differences. In this scene, there were actually … creatures.
That was the Scholar when she was a child. In addition to the Scholar, there were several other Voidfolk children, and a 'caretaker' who was here to explain various things to the children.
This caretaker was not a Voidfolk, but a holographic image. It was also considered an intelligent system. It would answer many questions from the children and interact with them in many ways, but it would not really 'think'.
However, when she was young, the Scholar always thought that the caretaker was a living person. Until later, the caretaker's system malfunctioned, and after reinstallation, it no longer 'recognized' the Scholar. At that time, the Scholar was quite shocked.
"… Every time I see this place, I remember a lot of things when I was young. But why did I dream of this place? Did I enter a dream space similar to the last time? "
Since the cubs here ignored the Scholar, the Scholar did not try to talk to them. She left the room, opened the door, and walked out.
The Scholar soon saw the corridor outside the Wanderer. It was exactly the same as before, but there were many 'civilian' items added here. There were many adult Voidfolk walking back and forth.
They communicated with each other and did all sorts of things, completely ignoring the presence of the Scholar. The Scholar tried to interact with a Voidfolk but found himself passing through it.
It seemed to be in a ghost-like state of observation, but the Scholar could still touch objects here, such as opening doors.
The Scholar found the door that led to the exit. After opening it, she found that beyond the Wanderer was … a vast environment.
The sky was black and filled with stars. There were no statues of creatures on the ground, and the ground was not completely made of crystals. It was … much more complicated than before.
The ground was littered with gravel and cracks. There were plants growing among the gravel, but most of them were blue or purple.
The ground was earthy, but occasionally, one could see a place covered with crystals.
The Scholar Walker came out of the Wanderer and stood on the ground that was full of rubble and purple plants. She looked up at the sky and saw a huge Tumbler among the stars. The structure of the Tumbler's surface and mountains were clearly visible. It seemed to be very close to the Scholar Walker.
"What is this place?"
When the Scholar Walker had this question in mind, it suddenly realized that some voices had appeared in its mind.
"This is the original appearance of the Primordial Realm. The exploration was interrupted, but it's reconnected now. You can continue exploring. Climb … to that rock."
The Scholar looked ahead and saw a very large rock in front of it. So it quickly walked over and climbed onto the rock …
"That's …" The Scholar discovered that the rock she was standing on was on the edge of a cliff. Below the cliff was a vast plain.
On the plain, the Scholar saw many … buildings. They were all made of crystals. Although their shapes were strange, the Scholar immediately realized that this was a city.
Many creatures moved about under the buildings. She could tell that these creatures were not made of crystals. They seemed like … cellular creatures.
Boom! Just as the Scholar tried to get a better look, a series of explosions rang out in the sky above the city. Flames lit up the night sky as towering buildings collapsed one after another.
Afterwards, the Scholar saw a large number of flying objects appear in the distant sky. They rapidly flew towards the city and threw countless explosives at it, causing the entire city to be engulfed in flames.
"They're … fighting?" Even from very far away, the Scholar could feel the ground constantly tremble. Clearly, there was a very intense battle going on. However, the city was not completely defenseless. Many buildings constantly shot things that seemed like missiles into the sky, shooting down flying objects one after another.
"This is a battle simulated by the Primordial Realm." The voice appeared in the Scholar's head again. "After that, they lived like this. They lived in a sea of imitated knowledge, constantly learning and simulating."
… … …
A very, very long time ago, the Primordial Realm defeated two civilizations and ruled over the world. However, they did not make too many changes to the world. They … went into hiding.
They hid their forces and all kinds of imitated technology, and then continued to wait for the emergence of a new civilization.
This would take quite a long time.
However, because the Primordial Realm had wiped out all the individuals of the two civilizations, they could only wait for new civilizations to appear. In the beginning, the Primordial Realm believed that would take too long, so they began to promote a few species with great potential to become civilizations. Afterwards, they obtained some of the technological foundations left behind by past civilizations and began to develop them. Afterwards, they had these new civilizations fight against each other.
The Primordial Realm would observe these civilizations from the side. They would learn and record the essence of these civilizations. When the civilizations were about to emerge victorious, or when the Primordial Realm felt that they could no longer develop anything useful, the Primordial Realm would appear … and destroy them.
However, they would not destroy them completely. The Primordial Realm would leave behind a few young ones. These young ones knew nothing about the past of their civilization. Afterwards, the Primordial Realm would teach them the foundations of another technology, allowing them to develop a completely new civilization.
Afterwards, the Primordial Realm would absorb the essence of these developments …
In the beginning, the Primordial Realm only used two species to do this. Afterwards, they believed that having too few species was not good, as even if they were given different foundations of technology, the civilizations they developed would still be extremely similar. As a result, the Primordial Realm created many different species.
Apart from cellular organisms, they created many other types of organisms. Two multicellular organisms would develop in a relatively similar way, but a cellular organism and a … non-cellular organism would develop in a completely different way. Fortunately, there were many types of organisms in the Crystal World. The Primordial Realm created many different types of organisms so that they could see the various civilizations and absorb their essence. In the end, they would record all of them into their own technology.
However, the Primordial Realm discovered that this was not appropriate.
This was because their world could not withstand the consumption. The Crystallized World already had large areas of 'nutrient-free' environments like deserts and wastelands. This world could not support the continuous rise and destruction of these civilizations. If the war continued, this world would be reduced to scorched earth.
As a result, the Primordial Realm decided to obtain resources from outer space.
The Primordial Realm had already created things that could fly through outer space through the technology of a few civilizations. They used these things to travel through outer space.
However, the Primordial Realm also discovered that they could only fly to a nearby … satellite at most. As for other places, they were just too far away. Many explorers never returned.
The Primordial Realm originally felt that they could only create things that could fly far enough with limited resources, so they created two civilizations.
To be more precise, they were two groups of organisms because there were not as many of them as the civilizations the Primordial Realm had created.
The Primordial Realm gave the two groups of organisms a … false impression that the apocalypse was approaching.
This was to make them believe that the world was about to end. At the same time, it gave them very new technology, allowing them to create flying machines that could travel as far as they could before the apocalypse arrived.
As a result, the researchers of the two groups of organisms worked extremely hard. They constantly imagined, invented, and created, trying to create new flying machines.
In the end, the apocalypse really did arrive.
As these organisms failed to create flying machines when the time was up, the Primordial Realm killed them.
Afterwards, the Primordial Realm created two other groups of organisms to continue testing. The Primordial Realm felt that the apocalypse might have been set a little too soon, so it would take a little longer this time.
However, the two new groups of organisms failed to create any flying machines.
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