Li Yao found it hard to imagine such a picture. Two kids who seemed to be only eight or nine years old had found a way to get a starship, modify it to the point that it could perform a super long-distance space jump, and pierce into the heart of the Imperium through all the blockages!
What exactly did they experience along the way? How inconceivably powerful were their abilities?!
After a long daze, Li Yao observed the environment again and asked, "Then, how did you come to the depths of the underground world and … build such a metal world?"
"We waited for a long time, but there was no message from Dad."
Li Xiaoming pouted and said, "Two kids no more than ten years old acting on the ground were too eye-catching. We raised the suspicion of the Immortal Cultivators many times and had to fight them. Later, we even had to sneak into the surveillance network of the capital and erase all the relevant pictures!
"Our brains were not mature yet, and our logical thinking abilities had fatal shortcomings, too. It was impossible for us to sneak into the Spiritual Nexus of the Immortal Cultivators infinitely, which would've raised the endless hunting of the Immortal Cultivators and completely annihilated our two paths.
"Therefore, we could only sneak into the underground world and lurk for now. We also searched for the ancient relics and tried to create some 'helpers'. It would've been best if we had an entire army. Then, there would be hope for us to confront the Immortal Cultivators head-on. Hehehehe!"
The so-called 'helpers' must be the super-tiny spiritual puppets that were at their command.
An army? An all-metal army, like the "Grand Illusionary Soldiers" in the past?
Li Yao was once bitten, twice shy. He really did not know which one was more dreadful, an army of the Immortal Cultivators, an army of the Holy League, or an all-metal army of virtual lives.
He recalled carefully that when the two kids came to the capital, he was probably struggling in the Land of Sins in the Martial Meritocrats Sector. Then, he followed Queen Li Linghai to the "Deep Sea Palace", the headquarters of the reformists. It was indeed not something that the two kids could reach.
"More importantly —"
Li Wenwen said, "After we came to the underground world, we extended our 'information tentacles' to all directions through the cables and the Spiritual Nexus. By accident, we discovered the information about the Nepenthe believers and found Grandma."
"No."
Li Xiaoming interrupted, "It's Grandpa!"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!"
Li Yao was confused again. "What do you mean by 'grandparents'?"
"It is Long Yangjun!"
The two little fellows said matter-of-factly at the same time, "Isn't she from the Pangu Civilization or the Nuwa Civilization in the primeval era? Then, she is the creator and ancestor of the civilization of mankind. We are the child civilization of mankind. Isn't she our grandfather or grandmother?"
Li Yao was greatly surprised. Having no time to care about seniority, he asked, "You even know about Long Yangjun?"
"I do. She stole an escape capsule from the Nuwa warship of the Ancient Sages Sector and left the Federation. It's not a secret."
Li Xiaoming said casually, "We hacked the Spiritual Nexus of the Federation. Naturally, we found the information in that regard clearly. Then, we investigated all the information about her. The more we investigated, the more we found her to be very interesting.
"Although there is no Spiritual Nexus or crystal processors in the Ancient Sages Sector, and there is no way to know what her early life was like, part of the intelligence about her fighting side by side with Dad in the Federation and her founding of Nepenthe below the ground after she came to the Imperium was scattered on the Spiritual Nexus. We collected tremendous data and analyzed the data with special algorithms. Then, we established a complete data system and performed a 'data sketch' on her. It was not difficult for us to draw a conclusion."
Li Yao was stunned for a moment. It was not until this moment that he finally remembered. "Alright. When she left the Federation, she did not intend to conceal her identity. However, it is inappropriate for you to call me dad and her grandpa or grandma. Wouldn't it make me seem to be a generation younger than her for no reason?
"Also, since your big data is so impressive, do you know whether she is a man or a woman?"
Li Yao leaned forward with curiosity all over his face.
The two little fellows looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time. "We don't know. We did not peep at her directly. Also, she is very strong. It is impossible for us to approach her at the risk of collecting her blood for analysis. Besides, we are not interested in such a low-level topic as biological sex. It is not worth wasting our computational ability on it."
Li Yao coughed and nodded his head. "That's right. I also feel that this topic is very low-level. I'm not interested in it at all. I'm just testing you. Since you are all such pure and innocent children, I'm relieved.
"However, you must not call her 'grandpa' and 'grandma' anymore. Long Yangjun is not a real Pangu or Nuwa. She is just a human being who has the genes of the Pangu and Nuwa clans embedded. If you must call her 'aunt', just call her 'aunt'. Yes, Aunt Long.
"Then what? You discovered the existence of 'Aunt Long'. Then what?"
Li Wenwen said in a low voice, "We knew that Aunt Long and Dad were close friends. Also, the two of you came to the Imperium from the Federation and shared a secret. So, if you came to the capital, you would certainly come to Aunt Long.
"Even if you didn't come to Aunt Long, Aunt Long would've gone to you. Since the territory of the Nepenthe believers was Aunt Long's secret base, it was very likely that you would've come here. Therefore, our odds of success were highest if we upgraded and developed in this place while waiting for Dad.
"Therefore, we searched not far away from the territory of the Nepenthe believers and discovered dozens of forsaken relics. Most of them had completely lost the value of repair. Only the one in front of us was more or less intact. We considered this place to be our nest and lived here all the time. With the geothermal energy, the forsaken magical equipment, and the metal minerals in the mother lodes nearby, we upgraded our abilities and even created a small army.
"That day, when we were focused on creating our own army, we suddenly received an extremely powerful brainwave that almost penetrated through the rocks and spread to this place. We smelled something familiar from the brainwave, which was exactly the data feature that we had been yearning for day and night!
"Therefore, we launched two new processes and rushed to the Great Iron Plants as fast as possible. Finally, we found Dad!"
The two little fellows hugged each other and jumped up and down, waving their hands and feet.
Even the super-tiny spiritual puppets that looked like ants nearby gathered into circles and danced.
"Well …"
Li Yao finally understood the ins and outs of the story.
However, there were still too many mysteries and unbelievable parts about the whole thing, mostly about himself.
Besides, the two "children" had such amazing backgrounds. How should he, the people around him, and all other human beings get along with them?
Could he accept such two "children"?
Could the civilization of mankind, which was divided and in internal strife, accept such a brand-new child civilization?
"Dad, we have told you everything we know. Do you still not like us?"
The two little fellows observed his face carefully. Li Wenwen asked timidly.
"Dad, are you still unable to stop yourself from destroying us?"
Li Xiaoming clenched his fists and asked, half disappointed and half infuriated.
"What are you thinking about exactly? Why do you always say such things?"
Li Yao frowned hard. "Although it is difficult for me to accept such a … shocking fact for the time being, it is definitely not because I don't like you, and I don't want to destroy you! Why would you think that? "
"Because the relationship between the parent civilization and the child civilization does not seem to be very harmonious!"
Li Xiaoming said matter-of-factly, "Chances are that the parent civilization and the child civilization are erased and covered. They have to fight each other the moment the child civilization is born. Isn't that the case for the Pangu civilization and the civilization of mankind?"
"Exactly."
Li Wenwen said worriedly. "Dad once killed a member of the Pangu Clan in person!"
"Well, well …"
Li Yao was more or less lost for words. From the perspective of human beings, it was naturally a righteous act for him to execute the resurrected Pangu deep inside the Kunlun relic. But from the perspective of the Pangu, it was indeed quite frustrating to be killed by their own creation, wasn't it? From the perspective of Li Wenwen and Li Xiaoming, it was only natural that they would follow their father's example.
Since their father could "patricide", why couldn't they? Shouldn't they?
It was a question of paramount importance that could not be careless. Li Yao did not know how to explain it for the time being. He could only manage to say, "It was indeed a tragedy. But at that time, it was the Pangu who had woken up from hundreds of thousands of years of slumber who showed the intention of killing us first, hoping to transform us into the 'nutrients' for him to recover his vitality. Naturally, we couldn't just sit and wait to be killed.
"If the Pangu had been more patient at that time, and we could've sat down and talked to each other peacefully, chances were that we would've come up with a better way to resolve our differences."
The two little fellows beamed with interest. Li Wenwen said, "So, can the parent civilization and the child civilization coexist peacefully?"
Li Yao nodded without thinking. "Of course!"
Li Xiaoming said, "Even if you don't like each other's lifestyle and social structure, for example, if the Pangu still creates countless human beings as their tools after they wake up and continue their life in the past, can you still turn a blind eye to it and live peacefully?"
"Well …"
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