Li Yao thought quickly and felt that, although Long Yangjun's theory was absurd and whimsical, it was quite plausible. Therefore, he was dragged back to the topic by her.
Thinking for a long time, Li Yao said, "Even if your guess is correct and the tenebrum energy is not 'evil', it is indeed very 'dangerous'."
"Yes. The tenebrum energy is an extremely powerful energy, so powerful that it is barely controllable. It is indeed extremely dangerous and definitely not something that ordinary people and low-level trainers should touch."
Long Yangjun said, "However, for the experts in the Yuanying Stage and even the Divinity Transformation Stage, exploring the mysteries of the tenebrum energy is the only way to make themselves stronger.
"It is already the limit for them to advance into the Divinity Transformation Stage or even the Divinity Branching Stage with only the tenebrum energy. Only the tenebrum energy can help the insignificant human beings touch the ultimate mysteries of the universe and inherit the precious' legacies' left by countless intelligent lives since the ancient times!
"Of course, that being said, it is perfectly normal that you have concerns. Not just you, even the Pangu in the past did not agree with the training of the tenebrum energy!"
Fascinated, Li Yao could not help but ask, "You remember more things about the primeval wars?"
"More or less. The mottled memory pieces are getting clearer and clearer inside my soul!"
Long Yangjun sighed and said, "The ultimate war between the Pangu and the Nuwa Clan was, in terms of beliefs, a war between 'order' and 'freedom'. But it was just a metaphysical theory. The real trigger was whether or not to develop the tenebrum energy on a large scale.
"In the last years of the Pangu civilization, technology and training techniques were highly developed. They also found the relics of their ancestral civilizations billions of years ago, which made it possible for them to develop and apply the tenebrum energy on a large scale.
"However, such an energy form, which was a hundred times more powerful and dangerous than the tenebrum energy, naturally raised everybody's wariness at that time.
"The thirteen main civilizations of the Pangu civilization's alliance were exhausted and almost completely destroyed each other in countless universal wars. It was only because they could not fight anymore that they slowly walked together. The lessons of the wars in the past taught them the horror of desires, ambitions, hatred, and chaos. Therefore, the Pangu civilization's alliance worshipped absolute order and believed that everybody had to restrain or even obliterate their feelings in order to maintain the peace and harmony of the universe.
"The tenebrum energy is indeed a form of energy that is a hundred times more advanced and powerful, but it contains the remnants of the feelings, will, and even desires of countless primordial civilizations. If they are absorbed recklessly, it is very likely that the ambitions and hatred that the Pangu civilizations have just suppressed will be triggered again.
"Therefore, the leaders of the Pangu Civilization Alliance reached a consensus at that time to seal the tenebrum energy together and destroy all the technologies that could develop and utilize the tenebrum energy. They also defined the tenebrum energy as' chaos' or 'extraterrestrial devils', telling every individual in the Civilization Alliance how evil and dreadful the power was and that it would destroy the entire Civilization Alliance once it was activated and released!
However trustworthy Long Yangjun's words were, Li Yao was greatly enlightened.
"The twelve civilizations that joined the Pangu Civilization Alliance at the beginning all went through destructive wars with each other. Knowing the importance of order, they all carried out the prohibition dutifully in the thousands of years that followed.
"However, the 'Nuwa Civilization', which joined the alliance last and was also the youngest, did not participate in the most gory wars in the past. They loved freedom by nature and did not know that freedom would lead to chaos, and chaos would lead to destruction. The Nuwa Civilization believed that the spiritual energy in the suppressed state was not enough to help the Pangu Civilization Alliance break out of the known universe, just like coal and oil could not help a planetary civilization break out of the solar system.
"In order to explore a vaster universe and even conquer the entire sea of stars so that the civilization could climb to a higher peak, the tenebrum energy must be activated, used, and inherited the legacies of the billions of ancestral civilizations in the tenebrum energy!
"Otherwise, the seemingly splendid Pangu Civilization Alliance would be nothing more than a frog at the bottom of a well. It would be trapped in the known universe forever and perish without a sound!
"Ignoring the prohibition of the Pangu Civilization Alliance, the Nuwa Civilization Alliance studied the tenebrum energy in secret. Naturally, the research could not have been flawless at the beginning. While the tremendous strength was liberated, some tragedies also happened. The Pangu Civilization Alliance learned of it.
"To maintain the peace and order of the universe, the other twelve civilizations in the Pangu Civilization Alliance, including the Pangu Civilization Alliance, the Kuafu Civilization Alliance, the Gonggong Civilization Alliance, the Zhurong Civilization Alliance, and so on, unanimously decided to destroy the Nuwa Civilization that had been corrupted by the tenebrum energy and nip the chaos and destruction in the cradle!
"That should be the trigger of the primeval war. You know most of what happened later. Resisting the twelve powerful civilizations that were much stronger than themselves, the Nuwa Civilization naturally suffered setbacks at first and was almost completely obliterated.
"But at the last moment, the Nuwa Civilization liberated the tremendous strength contained in the spiritual energy and upgraded the spiritual energy into tenebrum energy. Then, with the strength, they modified human beings, the 'all-purpose mini biochemical tools' that were most widely used in the Pangu Civilization Alliance into ultimate weapons that boasted self-will and feelings, high independence, and immeasurable potentials. In the end … both sides suffered great losses, and human beings became the masters of the three thousand Sectors after the demise of the Pangu Civilization Alliance and the Nuwa Civilization Alliance!
"Therefore, human beings are in fact very strong, and they are born with the tenebrum energy. As long as I give you some pointers, I guarantee that you will be able to use it freely very soon!"
Long Yangjun finished her narration and looked at Li Yao with a smile, as if she had just told an unimportant story instead of a shocking legend.
Li Yao felt like scratching his head hard. Pondering for a long time, he asked, "Why are you willing to teach me how to use tenebrum energy?"
Long Yangjun said, "If I say that I am willing to consider you a real friend because I was so touched when you said 'consider me a friend' in the underground crystal train tunnel of White Stone City that I would like to consider you a real friend … would you believe me?"
Li Yao said, "Not that I don't believe you, but I feel that … it is a bit nauseating."
"Ha. Right? I feel that it is rather nauseating too. Then, let's put it in a different way."
Long Yangjun danced agilely in the deep sea like a mermaid and said with a smile, "Dongfang Wang is dying, but I still need tremendous training resources and somebody to help me maintain and repair the Colossus. Wouldn't I have to find a new leg to cling to in such a case? Li Linghai is too dangerous. I don't want to piss off that woman. After thinking for a long time, I've decided that it's better to be familiar with her than to be unfamiliar with her. Therefore, I decided to give you a small gift. Is that a good enough reason?
"If that's not good enough, there's another reason. The explanations about the causes and consequences of the primeval war and the mysteries of tenebrum energy just now are mostly my speculations. I don't have any details or evidence. I believe that after enough intelligence and files are collected in the Imperium of True Human Beings, we will inevitably explore deeper realms and find out the whole truth of the primeval war. We can even trace back the mysteries of the primeval age before the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan! The universe is too vast, and the journey is too long. It will be too lonely for me to travel alone. It can't be better if I have a companion. Monster Li, are you willing to go with me? "
"The mysteries of the primeval age are so far away!"
Li Yao was dazed for a moment before he said, "Then, I'll have to ask my wife first after I go home."
"…" Long Yangjun.
"Or maybe we can explore the mysteries of the primordial era together after my wife retires. You know that she's very good at fighting. She must be ten times stronger than me when it comes to training tenebrum energy!" Li Yao said. "That's right.
"…" Long Yangjun.
"If you feel that it will be awkward for you to travel alone," Li Yao said, "you can bring a few more people with you. You can bring Jin Xinyue, Yan Liren, Wu Mayan, and Fiend Blade Peng Haiquan. It will be a lively journey!"
Long Yangjun stared at Li Yao for a long time.
Even though they were at the bottom of the dark, deep ocean, her eyes were extremely sharp through the Crystal Suit and the seawater.
Long Yangjun sniffed. Waving the metal fins next to her legs, she swam deeper into the undersea tunnel. "Enough of the chit-chat. Come with me if you want to see Dongfang Wang for the last time!"
Li Yao scratched his chin for a long time. After discussing with the mental devil for a while, he still decided to go down with Long Yangjun and take a look.
It could not be helped. He and Long Yangjun were in a situation where neither of them could do anything to the other, and neither of them could hurt the other. It seemed that they could only be bound together for now.
Retracting the Gold Vulture and absorbing the mental devil back into his body, Li Yao followed Long Yangjun and descended quickly.
Seeing that Long Yangjun was as agile as a mermaid, Li Yao thought of something and sent a telepathic thought to her. "Well, there's a rather personal question that I've been meaning to ask. It's not a big deal, but I'm very curious. Are you … a man or a woman?"
Long Yangjun swam in front of him in silence. Half a minute later, when Li Yao thought that she had turned a deaf ear to him, she finally said casually, "It has occurred to me that you are not only narrow-minded but also childish. Does it really matter whether I am a man or a woman?"
"It's not that important."
Li Yao was somewhat embarrassed. "Forget it. It's fine if you don't want to tell me. I just feel that since we are such loyal comrades, it is possible that we will be faced with some extremely dangerous battles together in the future. Should your body be blown into smithereens and you fall unconscious, I have to know how to treat you."
After a brief silence, Long Yangjun sniffed and said, "The so-called 'male' and 'female' are just a way for human beings to divide their species. Of the thirteen civilizations of the Pangu Civilization Alliance, not every one of them has a gender. Even if they do, they may not be divided into two types. It is very possible that there are three, four, or even more.
"As for the Nuwa Clan, their natural-born skill is' creation '. Getting to the bottom of it, the genes of the Nuwa Clan boast such a powerful ability of integration that they can reproduce with most intelligent lives without any reproductive isolation. That's why the Pangu Civilization Alliance entrusted the mission of' creating human beings' to the Nuwa Clan.
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