"How could there be such a thing?!"
Li Yao found it really hard to understand. He put on a dumbfounded expression. "Doesn't that mean that whether or not one can reach the top of the Tower of Babel is completely random and depends on luck, or … the happiness of the ancestor, or the creator of the black wall?
"For example, if a civilization is handsome and full of vigor, this civilization can go straight to the top of the Tower of Babel through the 'VIP passage,' but if a civilization is ugly and wretched, it will be trapped and killed in the hundreds of levels? This … This … Although I believe that the civilization of mankind is definitely the most handsome of the hundreds of civilizations, and my own image and style are definitely qualified to go through the 'VIP passage,' this is too unreasonable! "
"You're right, but whether or not you go through the 'VIP passage,' in the end, it's the same. Even if the civilizations that seem to be lucky can go straight to the top of the Tower of Babel without any danger, when they face the final problem, none of them can escape."
The Moon Gazer said, "According to the research of the experts of the Pangu civilization, the Tower of Babel contains at least hundreds of different levels, which means that there are hundreds of fragmented worlds similar to Thunder Valley, Superheavy Ocean, and Great Snow Mountain. The frequency and order of these fragmented worlds are constantly changing and are completely random. It is very likely that the order of entering the Tower of Babel this time is Thunder Valley, Superheavy Ocean, and Great Snow Mountain, and the next time, the order will be completely reversed, or we won't be able to find any traces of these levels at all and will be replaced by some more dangerous fragmented worlds.
"Our experts have also tried to attack the outer wall of the Tower of Babel with brute force, but even the toughest techniques could not damage it at all. It's like the outer wall of the Tower of Babel is wrapped in extremely advanced energy-absorbing materials that can absorb all the destructive energy that attacks it. It's also like there are gaps between the molecular gaps that make up the outer wall of the Tower of Babel that lead to the four-dimensional space, which absorbs all the energy that we launch into the four-dimensional space. No matter how we attack it, the Tower of Babel remains absolutely still.
"Some specialists and scholars have also tried to reach the miniature sea of stars at the top of the Tower of Babel along the outer wall of the Tower of Babel. However, after they reached a certain height, they would be scourged by the disordered magnetic field and the abnormal mental waves. Not only would their magical equipment be wasted, but their brains and souls would also be seriously affected and fall from the sky. According to the survivors, the closer they were to the top of the Tower of Babel, the higher the Tower of Babel seemed to be, and the more vast and profound the miniature sea of stars seemed to be. It was always within their reach, but they would never be able to reach it. The feeling was like taking a one-meter-long line and cutting half of it every day, and it would never be finished.
"Then, a primitive, barbaric, and majestic voice would pop up deep inside their soul, warning them to stop moving forward and to climb from the inside of the Tower of Babel dutifully. Such an opportunistic approach would be judged as a 'test failure' and bring disaster to the entire civilization.
"It couldn't be helped. Faced with such an overwhelming and unbelievable strength, our specialists and adventurers could only crack the Tower of Babel from the inside dutifully.
"After a thousand years, we have finally cracked almost a hundred of the hundreds of world fragments. We have also found the corpses of a lot of testers of the primeval civilizations in those world fragments, including the notes and wills that they left through all the trouble. Almost all the civilizations boasted information storage magical equipment similar to 'jade chips'. We managed to catch a glimpse of the weirdness and unreasonableness of the 'ultimate test' from the broken, mottled information.
"The so-called 'ultimate test' was not a hard indicator to test wisdom, courage, combat ability, or deduction ability. It did not seem to have anything to do with 'kindness' or 'evil' in the traditional sense, either. Of the hundred ancient civilizations, there were 'saints' who were kind enough to destroy all their weapons for the continuation of their civilization, 'asuras' who grew up in the most extreme environments and worshipped the survival of the fittest, and the most cruel 'asuras' who grew up in the most extreme environments and worshipped the survival of the fittest. There were also some timid, sordid, and despicable adventurers who were bruised and battered in civil wars when all the morals and order collapsed. There were also highly-united, hot-blooded people who were all willing to sacrifice themselves for the civilization. There were those who were kind, evil, cowardly, brave, sordid, noble, collectivist, extreme egotistical, and 'mechanical ascenders' who advocated getting rid of their fleshly bodies and implanting their souls into metal boxes … There were all kinds of paths and choices, but they all failed in the 'ultimate test' and failed to win the favor of the ancestor of the origin.
"There was even a civilization with immeasurable wisdom that ranked the most developed among the hundred ancient civilizations and was far more developed than the Pangu civilization and the civilization of mankind. It was said that they had solved all the puzzles left by the ancestor of the origin and made every complicated choice right. Their performance was flawless and impeccable. However, after they solved the last conundrum perfectly, they were still judged to have failed the test and were killed mercilessly by the ancestor of the origin.
"Therefore, the last words left by the testers of many civilizations were full of resentment and complaints. They roared unwillingly and questioned the rationality and authenticity of the 'ultimate test'. They suspected that it was not a test to obtain the inheritance at all but a cruel joke, a fatal trap, a 'black hole' that attracted countless civilizations.
"The ancient civilization with immeasurable wisdom left very detailed last words before it was destroyed and came to a terrifying conclusion. They believed that the so-called 'ancient legacy' did not exist at all. Or rather, the ancestor of the origin did exist, but it was not a kind civilization at all. It did not want to give its inheritance to the descendants at all. On the contrary, it was a trap. The ancestor of the origin was a malicious civilization. The purpose of setting up the trap was to wait for the rabbit to come and attract the new civilizations of the future. They would actively deliver their brand-new and ever-changing infinite possibilities into the body of the ancestor of the origin and become the freshest 'nutrients' for the ancestor of the origin.
"Do you understand what I mean? The ancestor of the origin is like an evil dragon that has fallen into a deep slumber. Perhaps a long time ago, it was seriously injured for some reason and had to hide in the depths of the Pangu universe to hibernate and repair itself. However, in order to repair its damaged functions, it needed a lot of fresh flesh and blood and nutrients. And civilizations like us, who were advancing dauntlessly and walking into the trap, were like ignorant rabbits and lambs that jumped into the mouth of the ancestor of the origin.
"'Be careful, friends. There is no ancient treasure at all. We are the greatest treasure.' This was the last sentence that the civilization with extraordinary wisdom left for all the civilizations of the future.
"Starting from this civilization with extraordinary wisdom, countless civilizations used their own experiences to warn the civilizations of the future not to continue moving forward, not to carry out the ultimate test, and not to become another sacrifice for the abnormal psychology and evil purpose of the ancestor of the origin.
"However, it is conceivable that no civilization will stop moving forward or even turn back after reaching this step.
"They were always full of confidence, thinking that they were different from the others and that they would certainly grasp the key that none of the predecessors had discovered and win the favor and legacy of the ancestor of the origin.
"Then, just like their predecessors, they failed, screamed, and let out their last whimpers. They condensed their corpses into sad tombstones.
"Including us, even if we know that the ancestor of the origin is not a 'kind' ancestor and is likely to be a cold, heartless, and evil being that is as terrible as the Flood, do we have any other choice? Can we just go home?
"It's impossible. Our home is already gone — at least for the Pangu civilization. Once the last survivors of the Pangu civilization decide to take a gamble, do you explorers of the civilization of mankind have any other choice other than to go to the tiger's mountain?"
Li Yao was silent for a long time.
Lu Qingchen and the mental devil were both silent. Waves of thinking were released one after another.
"Yes, we don't have a choice."
Li Yao gnashed his teeth. "We go to the tiger's mountain when we know that there are tigers. Whether the ancestor of the origin, the creator of the black wall, is kind or malicious, we have to get its legacy. Whether it offers it to us voluntarily, or whether we snatch it in person, we don't have a choice!
"Besides —
"Since even the civilization with the greatest wisdom and combat ability has failed, perhaps the standard of the 'ultimate test' is not the superficial things such as wisdom, courage, and combat ability, but whether or not an individual of a civilization is handsome enough!
"If that's the case, wouldn't my chances be infinite?"
"… I admire your courage. Perhaps, when faced with the unpredictable and infinite mysteries of the vast universe, only people who are filled with infinite courage all the time like you can be confident every second without fearing the risk of mental breakdown."
The Moon Gazer played with its long tail and said, "Although I feel that the lower limbs of human beings are very abnormal, and your appearance is not worth commenting on at all from an aesthetic point of view, who knows? From the genetic level, you are indeed the beings closest to the ancestor of the origin. You are even 100% genetic duplicates of the ancestor of the origin. Therefore, the inheritors that the ancestor of the origin has been waiting for for billions of years might really be you. "
"That'll do!"
Li Yao was refreshed. Clenching his fists, he shouted, "What should we do next?"
The Moon Gazer listened to the thunderous noises above the ice valley and said, "The noises above seem to be dying down."
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