"A wizardly civilization?"
A Boxing Champion chewed on the name for a while. "A civilization that succumbs to the will of the 'gods' in the four-dimensional space and absorbs and utilizes the energy in the three-dimensional universe with the 'magical power' of the gods in the four-dimensional space? The name is truly appropriate.
"Then, why did the visitors from the wizardly civilization travel to the three thousand Sectors where the Cultivators were located after such a long journey? Were they here to invade and conquer this place?"
"Not exactly. Despite the help of the four-dimensional lives, I can tell that their civilization was far from developed enough to conquer the powerful Cultivation civilizations billions of lightyears away. They were here to 'seek refuge'."
Boss Bai said, "I inferred from the few words that they left that their home, the highly unstable universe where the three-dimensional creatures and the four-dimensional gods could communicate freely, suffered an unprecedented catastrophe that swept across the universe.
"Their home was swallowed by the catastrophe, and the entire wizardly civilization was destroyed. The survivors had to flee to every corner of the universe in a hurry on countless starships, looking for a slim chance of survival. Isn't such a phenomenon very common in the world of Cultivators? After the home of many planetary civilizations was destroyed, they had to transfer their civilization to the starships and become 'starship civilizations' that wander in the universe.
"Furthermore, I even suspect that the catastrophe that the wizardly civilization on the other side of the universe suffered was not limited to their own civilization but … on the entire other side of the universe that was far away from us. Perhaps countless civilizations suffered the catastrophe and were swallowed by the catastrophe, struggling in the swirl of destruction. The fugitives encountered the starships of the wizardly civilization in exile, and they communicated, fought, and slaughtered each other. Of course, those civilizations did not leave any information, and I don't know what to call them anymore."
A Boxing Champion's crystal eyes were brighter and brighter, and his voice was filled with heat that could not be cooled down. "A catastrophe that swept across half of the universe, and countless civilizations were swallowed and destroyed? How splendid it is when you think about it! "
"It is indeed a splendid doomsday view."
Boss Bai said with mixed feelings, "Imagine this picture — a surging flood raised tides a hundred meters high and swept across the entire dark forest. Countless animals lived in the forest, including insignificant ants, gentle and cute rabbits, and a lot of sordid hunters who were sharpening their blades.
"However, no matter whether they were ants, rabbits, wolves, tigers, leopards, or other hunters, they could not put up any resistance under the roar of the flood. They could only gather together and flee in panic. But no matter how fast they ran, they could not be faster than the speed of the flood. In the end, most of the prey and hunters in the dark forest were drowned. Only a few lucky survivors managed to survive the disaster.
"This might be something that happened a long time ago on the other side of the Great Universe."
A Boxing Champion listened quietly and raised a new question. "Boss Bai, didn't you say just now that the human beings of the wizardly civilization believe in and submit to the four-dimensional creatures and regard the four-dimensional creatures as their 'devils'? Since they've encountered a disaster, why don't they ask the thinking beings to send down boundless' magic 'to help them escape this disaster? "
"That's not something that I should know."
Boss Bai opened his hands and said, "There's always someone better than you. Perhaps there are the fifth-, sixth-, and seventh- dimensional creatures that are even more powerful than the four-dimensional creatures, and this catastrophe is the punishment from the higher-dimensional creatures. Those four-dimensional creatures who are honored as' devils' can barely protect themselves.
"Or perhaps, the four-dimensional lives are also divided into different factions, classes, and species, and the magical civilization that I discovered, the demonic gods that they worshipped and believed in were just a few minions of the four-dimensional lives, a bunch of insignificant characters, such as the trashy fish and so on?
"Or rather, the four-dimensional creatures merely regard the wizardly civilization in the three-dimensional universe as pets or parasites on their bodies?
"Some parasites live among our skin and hair and live on the grease that we secrete. As long as we are not hurt or itchy, we might not care about them. However, do we really care about the life and death of those bugs? By the same logic, why would the devils in the four-dimensional universe care about the survival and destruction of some bugs in the three-dimensional universe?
"There's another possibility. Soon after the wizardly civilization in the three-dimensional universe sprouted, the civilization of the four-dimensional creatures was actually destroyed. The wizardly civilization only developed by sucking the corpses of the four-dimensional creatures. Their so-called devils were nothing more than a bunch of dead bodies that had withered billions of years ago. Such dead bodies might've been able to provide them with some magic power under normal circumstances, but what could they do in the real catastrophe?
"All in all, the catastrophe destroyed everything on the other side of the grand universe. Only a few starships of different civilizations managed to escape. On the road of exile for who knows how long, because of the lack of resources, they had to disperse to different places in the universe because of the lack of resources. Only a few starships were moving toward our direction.
"In the end, the only starship that could cross the almost infinite black wall and come to our world of Cultivators was the one, or rather, the 'half' starship of the wizardly civilization.
"Also, crossing the black wall consumed too much of their materials and energy. The outcome of the survivors was unchangeable. They were completely wiped out when they fled to the center of the cosmos near the Martial Meritocrats Sector."
A Boxing Champion even activated the database and retrieved a sigh when he heard that. He sighed and said, "Although we know that the destruction of the civilization is inevitable, it is still regrettable that we couldn't get away from the catastrophe after all the trouble that we went through.
"Right. What is the 'Gaoist Clan'? Is it the leader of the 'starship wizardly civilization'?"
With a weird and uncertain expression on his face, Boss Bai slightly shook his head and said, "I'm not sure what the 'Gaoist Clan' is exactly. Right, I added the 'clan' at the end. It's actually 'Gaoist'. It's a word that is often mentioned in the few remnants of the wizardly civilization. It's not even 'Gaoist' but a transliteration. It has nothing to do with the surname Gaoist at all.
"The word is mentioned most frequently in the information left by the wizardly civilization. It's even more frequently mentioned than the word 'power of the devils'.
"'Gaoist' seems to be some sort of ghost or ghost, but it's not like regular ghosts but ghosts that have been specially modified by the wise men of the wizardly civilization. They are even some sort of artificial ghosts that boast the special ability to communicate with the four-dimensional lives.
"Those who can make use of 'Gaoist' freely, or are 'Gaoist' themselves, can be called — well, 'sorcerers'. It's about the same as' trainers'.
"As the wizardly civilization evolved and developed, they also created starships that were enough to accommodate a tiny civilization to travel in the universe and explore the unknown. The core of their starships was the 'Gaoist' that had been further strengthened and upgraded.
"Let's put it this way. A powerful 'Gaoist' is like the soul of a starship or even a fleet. For the wizardly civilization, the starships that have just been built are just cold, lifeless objects that are no different from metals and stones. Only after 'injecting' a 'Gaoist' into them can the starships boast their own soul and life and carry out the powerful performance of 300%.
"Furthermore, it was with the help of the 'Gaoist' that the starships of the wizardly civilization were able to cross the vast universe and the 'black wall' that did not have any resources and come to the world of Cultivators."
"Got it."
A Boxing Champion said, "You suspect that I'm a … 'Gaoist' because of my rapid improvement in starship piloting skills in the past half year, including my terrifying control over such an enormous fleet instantly."
"Not a regular 'Gaoist' but a super 'Gaoist' that is awesome enough to be the 'mainframe' of a fleet."
Boss Bai grinned and said, "That's a terrible transliteration. In fact, the three thousand paths all lead to the same destination. The Cultivation civilization has a concept similar to 'Gaoist', too. I used to know an expert named 'Professor Mo Xuan'. He once proposed that, after the Cultivation civilization was highly developed, the soul and the body could be separated freely and crawled into different shells. It was even possible to directly use a starship as one's shell.
"Then, according to Professor Mo Xuan's idea, it is quite appropriate to translate 'Gaoist' into 'Man in the Shell'.
"A Boxing Champion, although we haven't known each other for a long time, you are one of the few friends or … enemies that I'm interested in making in the peripheral worlds of the Imperium. Why don't we be frank? Are you a 'Gaoist — Man in the Shell'?"
A Boxing Champion was amused. "Why do you think so, Boss Bai? Is it because I learned the skills to pilot a large fleet in battle in only half a year, and I'm from the Martial Meritocrats Sector where the starships of the wizardly civilization were destroyed? Perhaps this is just a coincidence. "
"Yes. It could have been a coincidence. After all, the universe is so vast. Even the odds of one in a billion are bound to happen!"
Boss Bai said with a smile, "But it can't be a coincidence that you met Li Yao, became friends with Li Yao, and were introduced to my place by him.
"I'm afraid you don't know about Li Yao. Anyone who has come into contact with him and what happened to him is definitely not a coincidence. Instead, it's a huge conspiracy and trouble."
A Boxing Champion said, "… There's such a thing?"
"That's right. He's like some kind of amplification device that can increase the trouble and danger of anything by ten or even a hundred times."
Boss Bai sighed, "So, since you were introduced to me by this bastard, you must not be a simple character. That's why I began to investigate you."
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Ah, ah, ah, ah, six chapters for three consecutive days. This was unprecedented. Old Cow really felt like he was going to burn into ashes!
In fact, these two days were not a good time to release new chapters. Previously, he had been in Shanghai and was quite tired. He did not prepare any manuscripts.
However, my dear editor had given me a very good recommendation, and there were many channels for me to use. Furthermore, all my brothers and sisters were so supportive of me. Thinking about how I had slacked off for the past few days, I felt sorry for everyone, so I had to grit my teeth and give it my all!
Six updates for three consecutive days, Old Bull is really exhausted. I'll have to take a break later on. I'll basically resume my normal updates. Let me recuperate for a while, then I'll continue to update explosively!
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