After Boss Bai finished, there was nothing but silence.
Except for Li Yao, everybody else was rather shocked.
It was not unusual for a soul to be reincarnated, but it was truly unbelievable that a soul could be split into five hundred or even a thousand parts and attached to the body of a rat, only to survive after a hundred years of swallowing and slaughtering!
Long Yangjun couldn't help but glance at Li Yao. She finally understood what he meant by "abnormal person".
"Now, it's my turn."
A Boxing Champion said, "Lei Zonglie is not my real name. I do not have a name. I … am not a human being but a machine."
In a tone as calm as water, the Fist King described his struggle, survival, and learning in the Land of Sins in the past hundreds of years, including how he hid in a forsaken library of human beings for a long time and slowly awakened the first wisp of wisdom.
It said a lot of things that it had never said in its entire life. In the end, it concluded, "I used to think that 'machinery' was my everything, but the magic chip that Boss Bai brought opened a brand-new possibility. The more I studied the magic chip, the more I sensed that something in my fundamental data was seething and about to spurt out. It was like the grasses sprouting again after the winter was over and the earth was cracked.
"In the past, I did not understand what my real destiny was or what I was supposed to do after I became the strongest in the universe. But right now, I have realized that if my origin is really from the wizardly civilization, I will certainly look for the relics and survivors of the wizardly civilization. Maybe I will face the Flood. Maybe I will go to Earth, the mysterious world in Li Yao's dream, together with him."
"We will be the same."
Before A Boxing Champion finished, Xiaoming and Wenwen, who were similar to him in life form, exclaimed, "Our birth is related to Earth too. Then, we will certainly look for Earth, look for the origin of our life, and perfect our life form. What if all earthlings are like us? It will be great if we can find six billion companions all of a sudden! "
Everybody revealed their identities, but they all focused their eyes on Long Yangjun.
Long Yangjun's face was changing nonstop. She lowered her head and pondered for a long time. When she raised her head by accident, she saw Xiaoming and Wenwen's encouraging eyes.
Long Yangjun was slightly dazed. Her lips curled, as if she were mocking her own cowardice. Taking a deep breath, she said slowly, "My name is Long Yangjun. I am … an ancient person."
"We know that."
Boss Bai smiled. "You are from the Ancient Sages Sector that is enshrouded in the dark nebula. Naturally, you are an 'ancient person'. You are not unusual among so many 'abnormal people' like us. Fellow Cultivator Long, why are you so cautious?"
"No."
"When I said that I was an 'ancient', it was not because I was from the Ancient Sages Sector but because I was from the primeval age hundreds of thousands of years ago.
While Boss Bai was dumbfounded and A Boxing Champion was staring at her, Long Yangjun told her story unhurriedly.
Of course, it also included her speculations about the primeval war and the threat of the Flood.
Although the experts present could all communicate in a way dozens of times faster than language, it still took Long Yangjun ten minutes to explain her past, memories, and speculations.
Her words were like an intense cosmic storm, blowing Boss Bai and A Boxing Champion so dizzy that they were unable to come back to themselves for a long time.
After they were back to themselves, Boss Bai stared at Long Yangjun for a minute first and then at Li Yao for another minute before he said with a bitter smile, "Li Yao, what a great Vulture Li Yao. I really can't figure out why so many … unbelievable monsters have been gathered around you!"
Li Yao grinned and opened his hands, making the gesture of hugging everybody. He said delightedly, "Look, now that we've all confessed our secrets, don't you feel much better, as if the burden that you've been carrying for ten thousand years has been put down? Also, the sky is not falling, and there is no trouble at all. We don't need to be wary of each other anymore, or pretend that we don't know each other's secrets when we know each other's secrets, or pretend that we don't know each other's secrets when we know each other's secrets … Is it really that embarrassing? "
"It does seem to be the case."
Boss Bai scratched his beard, but the brilliance of a tiger beamed out of his tiny eyes. After glancing around, he said slowly, "The 'abnormal people' of different backgrounds like us are perhaps not 'normal human beings' in the narrow sense. But from another perspective, we are all searching for the ultimate truth and trying to shape our true selves with the truth. Then, are we all 'Cultivators' in the broad sense?
"Greetings, fellow Cultivators. It's a pleasure to meet you, and it's a pleasure to fight side by side with you on the path of Cultivators to the end!"
Boss Bai's words made everybody feel much better.
Li Yao, Long Yangjun, A Boxing Champion, Xiaoming, and Wenwen said at the same time, "Greetings, fellow Cultivators."
Everybody was amused by the greeting.
"Then —"
Intense vibe was condensed around Boss Bai, as if he were a raging nebula all by himself. "Now that the fellow Cultivators have been frank, let's focus on a more specific topic! I've discovered that the ultimate goal of all the fellow Cultivators here — the search for Earth, the search for the wizardly world, and the truth of the primeval war — is deeply intertwined and inseparable. Only if you help me and I help you can we find the truth and cultivate into our true selves.
"That is the foundation for us to fight side by side, but we are also faced with a common problem that the Pangu people and the Nuwa Clan were likely faced with in the past. That is, should we break out of the 'Pangu universe' or not?
"If we break out, we may be discovered by the Flood. Not only will we be killed, but the entire Pangu universe will also be destroyed. If we don't break out, we will be suffocated in this place, repeating the tragedy of the destruction of the Pangu civilization in the past.
"It is a dilemma. Every choice is reasonable, but every choice is highly risky. Let me tell you my answer first. Break out! Of course, we must break out without caring about anything!
"Life is a gamble with slim odds in the first place. When the fish swim to the shore with all their might, have they ever been scared of the dangers on the continent? The brilliance of any civilization depends on one hundred percent of the courage to fight for one hundred percent of the luck. The Pangu Civilization chose to retreat in the past. We have seen their ending. Are we going to follow their footsteps? Of course, we have to break out and take a chance! Civilizations are bound to die eventually. It all depends on whether or not it will be a spectacular death! "
Boss Bai's voice was as resonant as a bell.
"I agree with Boss Bai. There are certainly risks. The key lies in the odds of the risks and the benefits."
A Boxing Champion said calmly, "Fellow Cultivator Long speculated that the leaders of the Pangu civilization intended to hide in the Pangu universe for hundreds of thousands of years and find a way to break out after the Flood ebbed when they recovered their feelings, desires, and self-will. It is a very reasonable speculation.
"Then, isn't the era that we are in right now 'hundreds of thousands of years later'? At such a point, it is very likely that the Flood has already ebbed, and the benefits of exploring the extraterrestrial domain should be the greatest. There can't be a better opportunity than right now. "
Li Yao thought for a moment and asked, "It is indeed possible that the Flood has already ebbed, but what do you mean by 'the greatest benefits'? Please explain."
"The remains and the living space."
A Boxing Champion said, "In nature, the destruction caused by any flood always contains the hope of new lives. When the flood washes the land and destroys the forests, it also raises fertile mud and swallows the old beasts, but it also brings the seeds of life from other places and breeds new creatures. I believe that the Flood in the universe is the same, isn't it?
"The Flood swallowed countless civilizations and left countless relics for the survivors to explore. Once we discover the relics of the wizardly civilization, it will be possible for us to grasp all the technology and wisdom of the wizardly civilization. It is also possible that we can find new lives to join our ranks. We can establish a brand-new carbon-based life, or rather, the Alliance of Multiform Life, like the 'Pangu Alliance' in the past.
"After we find the relics of a civilization, the Alliance will be strengthened. Also, there shouldn't be too many hostile and malicious civilizations in the universe right now. They have all been swallowed by the Flood, and it is barely possible for a new generation of powerful civilizations to be born after only hundreds of thousands of years.
"In other words, the civilization of mankind in the Pangu universe is likely to be the greatest beneficiary of the last Flood outbreak. As long as we are brave enough to break out, it is possible that we will reap the entire universe."
"Well said!"
Boss Bai couldn't help but slap the table. "Outside is the infinite treasures and living space left by the Flood. It is a boundless land where a thousand things are waiting to be done. Whoever is brave enough to explore and conquer it will be the new master of the grand universe. Or rather, they will gather the strength of thousands of civilizations and fight the Flood again one day!
"A Boxing Champion, although we are not of the same species, I have to say that I really like you!"
Xiaoming and Wenwen's way of thinking was similar to A Boxing Champion's. After A Boxing Champion said that, they immediately calculated quickly. A moment later, they nodded at the same time. "Mr. A Boxing Champion is right. If there is a chance to break out of the Pangu universe in the next thousand years, it is indeed the best time for the lowest risks and the greatest returns."
"I have no objection."
Long Yangjun closed her eyes and said, "The tragedy of the destruction of the Pangu civilization is still flashing in my head. It is unnecessary to walk the wrong path twice."
Everybody reached a consensus and looked at Li Yao.
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