In the City of Humans …
The yellow power of providence of mankind slowly condensed into Ji Ye. When he opened the door of the private room that was prepared for Dragon City …
What appeared in his sight wasn't the familiar interior of the Three Thousand Restaurant, but a rippling lake. Birds were dancing on the shore, and the fragrance of lotus flowers was spreading in the river.
In a pavilion in the middle of the lake, a middle-aged man dressed in a yellow robe was reading a book in his hand!
"Honorable guest, the boss is asking for you."
The female manager, Yu Long, who was wearing a purple dress and looked like a fairy, stood aside. She bowed at Ji Ye and made an inviting gesture.
"May I know your name?"
Ji Ye didn't decline. Instead, he walked over and spoke to the middle-aged man without hesitation.
"Well, technically speaking, we didn't have a name yet. Usually, we only have our surnames.
"My tribe is the Youxiong family, and we live by Jishui."
The middle-aged man put down the book in his hand and said with a gentle smile.
"Greetings, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan!"
Ji Ye solemnly bowed to him.
Earlier, Ji Ye was already able to face Legendary heroes like Song Zu of the Tang Sect without being disturbed.
However, even though he was rated Quasi Mythological, he couldn't show any disrespect to the man before him.
It wasn't because Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan was a Mythological player in the last round, but because in the eyes of every Chidragon citizen, the Yellow Emperor, as one of the founders of the Chidragon civilization, was always worthy of respect!
Since ancient times, the people of Chidragon had always worshiped their ancestors instead of the gods of other countries.
Besides, Ji Ye's surname came from Jishui, where the Yellow Emperor lived. So, the man before him was really his ancestor.
"No need for formalities."
"You've reached the Quasi Mythological rating in such a short time. How impressive. Please have a seat!"
Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan was gentle and didn't have the majesty of a legendary emperor.
"You seem to have a lot of questions."
"Yes. I wonder if you can answer them for me, Senior?"
"You're already qualified to know everything with your Quasi Mythological rating. What do you want to know?"
The Yellow Emperor nodded.
"I want to know what the super civilization that founded the Land of Inheritance is. What's their real purpose? And what's the use of the power of providence? "
Ji Ye asked.
Although he already had some of the answers to these questions, Ji Ye still had some doubts about his previous answers.
"You have a lot of questions. I'll answer them one by one."
"Well, you can probably think of this super civilization as the 'Restarter' civilization!"
Emperor Huang Xuanyuan thought about it.
Then, he pointed to the book he had just placed on the stone table. On the cover was the vast starry sky, spaceships, and stars. On the cover were the words "Trisomy".
"I didn't expect you to watch The Three-Body Problem as well …"
Ji Ye was rather surprised.
"We always have to keep up with the times. This novel is quite well written."
The Yellow Emperor smiled.
"The Reversion Civilization!"
Ji Ye seemed to have understood something, but he didn't grasp the main point.
"As for the power of providence and the settlement core … You can understand them as energy and fire sources …"
"Without energy and fire sources, the Land of Inheritance will still fall into darkness, and the duration of the darkness depends on the amount of the power of providence of a settlement … So, even if we enter the Land of Inheritance and the Great Darkness comes, the low-level settlements will be destroyed first, and the high-level settlements will be destroyed later …"
Emperor Huang Xuanyuan was already explaining to him.
"The original distribution of the power of providence is based on the number of settlements and the level of civilization.
"However, such a distribution is obviously not enough to ensure that everybody can survive the Great Darkness. It's more likely that all the races will be wiped out. Therefore, the Restarter Civilization also allows all civilizations and races to compete for the power of providence of other races. In such a way, it should be possible to ensure that some civilizations can be preserved.
"By inference, after the Great Darkness is over, the new world will probably be based on the rules of the Land of Inheritance!"
The Yellow Emperor explained.
"I see."
Ji Ye understood everything now.
It meant that the Land of Inheritance was not just an ark. It would also become the origin of the new world. It was also one of the reasons why the civilizations were fighting each other.
The power of providence! The power of providence!
Now that he thought about it, it was a very appropriate term.
For the civilizations and races, it was both an opportunity for survival and the development of civilizations after the Great Darkness.
"By my estimation, a settlement should be above the Mythical level in order to survive the Great Darkness."
The Yellow Emperor said again.
"Speaking of Mythical, senior, I'm told that Mythical creatures have special privileges?"
Ji Ye was slightly confused.
According to the information he obtained from the green Flood Dragon's memories, Legendary and Mythical creatures seemed to have special quotas. They could send people to certain "special planes" without having to take the test.
But that was in the previous round. Would the Mythical creatures in this round be of any use?
"Regular privileges are actually not very meaningful. After advancing to Mythical, the greatest benefit is probably that I'm qualified to join the Restarter Civilization and transcend with them …"
The Yellow Emperor picked up the Three-Body Problem on the table and turned to the chapter "Restarter". Ji Ye saw a description on it.
"They're also called restarters. They might be a group of intelligent individuals, a civilization, or several civilizations. We don't know, but we've confirmed their existence. The Restarters want to restart the universe and return to the pastoral era. "
"Join a super civilization? Does this civilization accept other races? "
Ji Ye was quite surprised.
"Of course."
"In fact, strictly speaking, after reaching the level of a super civilization, the concept of race no longer exists.
"For this civilization, those who can advance to the Mythical level are definitely the most distinguished beings of all races. Naturally, they're qualified to be one of them.
"After all, they're pursuing transcendence. If they succeed, they need a lot of excellent talents …"
The Yellow Emperor said.
"Talents? Can heroes be created on the Land of Inheritance?"
Ji Ye thought of something and was slightly confused.
"The heroes that were created don't meet the conditions for transcendence."
The Yellow Emperor shook his head.
"Speaking of which, the Land of Inheritance was able to reproduce the heroes of the past thanks to a Mythical human who solved some key problems. You should be familiar with his name, too."
"Isn't it a legend that humans are made of mud?"
Ji Ye was deep in thought.
The myths of the countries with a long history all had human-creation legends.
Although the gods who created humans were different, such as Nuwa in Chidragon, Prometheus in Greece, God in the Bible, and Velaco in South America …
But all the legends had one thing in common, which was that humans were made of mud!
Maybe that was why the Land of Inheritance got its name.
"Since this super civilization is capable of establishing the Land of Inheritance, gathering people in the entire universe and even creating life, can't they solve the source of the Great Darkness and stop it?"
Speaking of the Land of Inheritance, a question that had been on Ji Ye's mind for a long time suddenly became clear.
He stood up abruptly and asked the Yellow Emperor.
"Have you really never thought of that?"
After a rare two seconds of silence, the Yellow Emperor asked Ji Ye back. His expression was the same, but his eyes were no longer smiling.
"You mean …"
Ji Ye's heart suddenly became heavy.
Then, his face became expressionless too.
Yes, he had guessed it. When the Yellow Emperor said "Restarter", a vague idea popped up in his mind.
It didn't become clear until just now, and he was confirmed by the Yellow Emperor's question.
"I got it!"
A few seconds later, Ji Ye sat down again with a calm look on his face.
"Then, my lord, what will you choose? Will you transcend with them, or will you stay?"
Ji Ye stared at the Yellow Emperor's eyes.
"I have descendants. Also, I'm not very interested in transcendence … "
Emperor Huang Xuanyuan glanced at Yu Long, the purple-clothed female shopkeeper, who was walking over with a plate of tea brewed with dew collected from the morning sun.
"So, Manager Yu Long is your …"
"Daughter!"
"Nuba?"
"No, it's the other daughter!"
Ji Ye was enlightened.
That was right. Legend had it that the Yellow Emperor had three thousand daughters and ascended. It was normal for him to have a bunch of daughters.
Ji Ye suddenly remembered that when he entered the Land of Inheritance to choose Quasi Mythological items, there was an option called "Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor", and the notes below were quite interesting. It must've been a joke made by a certain Mythological human being with his privileges.
It seemed that those Mythological players weren't as solemn and condescending as ordinary people imagined.
It was probably for that reason that they were unwilling to abandon their family and friends and join the Restarters to transcend on their own!
"What are you talking about?"
The purple-dressed manager walked over with a cup of tea curiously.
"I'm saying that many people in Chidragon consider themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor!"
"Huh? Then shouldn't you call me aunt?"
"Yu Long, don't be rude to our honorable guest!"
In the pavilion, there was a burst of laughter.
After talking to the Yellow Emperor, who used to be a Mythological player, Ji Ye learned everything he wanted to know.
Instead of returning to Dragon City, Ji Ye entered the Battlefield of Providence, which he hadn't visited for a long time.
This time, the setting he encountered was a weakened version of Journey to the West, and he was a "sutra seeker" …
Ji Ye smiled.
Boom!
On the first day, at the border of the Tang Empire, Gautama's Five Fingers Mountain was smashed by a golden dragon claw.
The fearless monkey was almost beaten to death by his master, who had the Great Way of Heavenly Immortal Arts, the Seventy-two Transformations, and the Fiery Golden Eyes, which were even more authentic than his own!
Then, the eighty-one difficulties along the way entered this optimized version of the background world of the Journey to the West. Even though the alien races had the advantage of geography and numbers, and they were all at least at the Legendary level, they were all defeated and offered a large number of Civilization Coins and food on the bonfire.
Three years later, at the top of the Spiritual Mountain, Gautama, whose head was covered in bruises, gave away all the sutras in his library angrily but didn't dare to say anything.
Dragon City received thousands of Buddhist skills and techniques, a hundred tokens of the gods and generals in Journey to the West, and the power of providence that doubled the settlement's power of providence.
While Ji Ye entered the Land of Inheritance, many heroes entered the Battlefield of Providence in groups of friends or dynasties to compete with the aliens.
In the first year of the Land of Inheritance, Dragon City's settlement core officially reached Transcendent Rank-8 and ranked among the top 1,000 settlements of all the civilizations and races. It was rated Quasi Mythological …
Two years later, Dragon City's settlement core reached Transcendent Rank-9.
The God-Investiture Battle began.
A million combatants of Dragon City entered the Battlefield of Providence, which was similar to the Investiture of the Gods. They turned into the Zhou Dynasty and competed with the other Legendary alien races, the 800 feudal lords, for the only place to advance to the Mythological level.
In the end, after a hundred years of operations and battles on the Battlefield of Providence, the Zhou Dynasty, which was represented by the human race, conquered the royal palace, and conquered it.
It became the first and only Mythological settlement of human beings, and it ranked among the top 100 settlements of all races!
At the same time, Ji Ye officially advanced to the Mythological level.
Then, like Emperor Huang Xuanyuan, he gave up the opportunity to join the Restarter Civilization and kept his identity as a human being!
In the ninth year of the Land of Inheritance, Dragon City ranked tenth among all the settlements.
At this moment, the Restarter Civilization officially activated the Transcendence Plan and absorbed the energy of the entire universe, forcing the universe and the special planes to fall into the Great Darkness, where there was no energy or life.
Only the settlement cores on the Land of Inheritance glowed like lights in the darkness, transforming energy to sustain lives.
Then, the entire Land of Inheritance stayed in the half-darkness for thousands of years!
One settlement after another died out because the power of providence couldn't sustain the burning. They also fell into the infinite, cold darkness.
In the 4,701st year of the Great Darkness, the Mechanical Race's settlement core, which ranked 11th, lost its light.
More than ten billion mechanical creatures lost their motivation and consciousness, and the human settlement's power of providence had been consumed by more than 90%.
In the 5,130th year of the Great Darkness, the human settlement only had less than one-twentieth of its power of providence left.
In the settlement, there were already signs of chaos among those who weren't qualified to join the Earth before the Great Darkness.
On the altar that had been renamed "Dragon Capital", holding the two dim and dying Dragons of Providence in his arms, Ji Ye suddenly opened his eyes.
He raised his head, and his eyes turned into golden vertical pupils that pierced through the cold darkness.
He saw that the sun in the sky was glowing again, and so were the stars. The mountains far away were turning from illusionary to solid, and the stagnant rivers were active again.
All life on the continent was filled with the joy of surviving a calamity.
Then, golden spots of light fell from the sky like a rain. It was the remaining energy of the Restarting Zero civilization that had failed to transcend!
The prototype of a new universe was being built on the Land of Inheritance.
It was different from the original Earth universe.
Whoosh!
A cloud rose from Ji Ye's feet and carried him to the sky. Many people in Dragon City did the same.
Elder Meng, Elder Jiao, Guo Wei, Su Nongying, Li Qing, Chu Yin, Mister Bug, An Quan, Qin Yueyu, Wu Qiao …
Ninth Uncle, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Nie Xiaoqian, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, Dian Wei, Li Chunfeng, Cao Cao, Yan Chixia …
All the players and heroes were brimming with power, and there was infinite expectation in their eyes.
At this moment, the new universe would boast Transcendent power.
Human beings, the other nine top species, and the affiliated species that chose to surrender, would write new civilizations and legends in this new world.
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