"Yes and no," the voice said.
"I believe that you can tell that all the civilizations that are capable of finding the primeval relics and have the courage to break into the Tower of Babel to carry out the 'ultimate test' have all developed to the peak that a single universe can bear. Therefore, they have passed the turning point of decline and embarked on the path of decline and destruction.
"The hundred civilizations that were born and flourished in the Pangu universe all met the bottleneck of development and hit the barrier of limited resources. As a result, they were caught in the desperation of the malfunctioning of order, killing each other, and destroying themselves.
"As long as the black wall is not broken, self-destructive wars such as the one between the Pangu Clan and the Nuwa Clan have been happening in the last years of the development of almost a hundred civilizations. The ultimate experts of those civilizations all risked the 'ultimate tests' when they had no choice but to take the risk when they had no choice.
"In other words, even if we did not wipe out those civilizations, they would have destroyed themselves very soon, and their deaths would have been even more miserable, humiliating, and desperate.
"Therefore, we accelerated the self-destruction of those civilizations and tried to save precious space, time, and resources so that the next batch of civilizations, which are the brand-new possibilities, could arrive as soon as possible."
Along with the tranquil, casual voice, Li Yao received countless glamorous and cruel pictures.
They were the last struggles and destruction of almost a hundred primeval civilizations on the scale of an even vaster universe.
The magnificent warships, the magnificent cities, the planets that had almost been hollowed out, the defense system that surrounded the planets, and the billions of experts who dominated the stars all screamed and screamed in the flames of destruction before they were blown into smithereens without exception.
"It's really … You did it!"
Li Yao tried to control himself, but he still could not help but roar in fury. "Why did you do that? Why did you create so many brilliant civilizations only to restrain us with an indestructible black wall? Why did you give us the hope of survival only to erase the hope in the cruelest way? Is the 'superbrain civilization' that is full of wisdom right? Is this place not a primordial treasure at all but the most terrible trap? Are you … the primeval people who should have been annihilated billions of years ago lurking here like zombies in fear of death and sustaining your feeble existence by absorbing the hope, possibilities, and 'luck' of the newborn civilizations? "
"Very interesting speculation. It even pointed out part of the truth of the Cosmic Ocean. The superbrain civilization that combined the brain with machinery and could expand the brain infinitely to obtain extraordinary computational ability and wisdom is the wisest civilization among the hundred civilizations and the one that is most likely to receive our heritage. Unfortunately, they still have one last obstacle that they haven't completely passed."
The voice said calmly, "However, the superbrain civilization was still wrong. The primeval people were completely destroyed billions of years ago. We never thought of being reborn, at least not in the literal sense. The reason is simple. Even if we can be reborn in our original appearance, we will still be no match for the enemy and will only be caught, defeated, and swallowed by the enemy again. Then, what's the point of being reborn?
"No. We never thought of swallowing the luck of any civilization. That's what our enemy did."
"What?"
Li Yao was dazed, not understanding what the voice meant.
However, on second thought, with everything that had come to this point, if the primeval people were really lingering in the darkness in a certain unpredictable way, there would be no need for them to pretend to be nice to Li Yao anymore. They could totally tear apart their disguise, reveal their hideous face, and completely shatter and swallow Li Yao's soul.
It seemed that the voice's words were most likely trustworthy.
"Then, what is the meaning of you creating and destroying a hundred civilizations?"
Li Yao asked.
"From the time we, the primeval humans, were born on a small blue planet called 'Earth', to the time our civilization went through countless hardships, conquering countless enemies, and finally dominating the entire Universe Ocean, leaving our footprints in every corner of the multiverse, it only took billions of years."
Along with the description of the voice, the picture that the Supreme Emperor had once described to him popped up in front of Li Yao's eyes again. A planetary fortress that was hollowed out into a beehive and installed a super-enormous power unit; a four-dimensional shuttle that could cruise freely in the ripples of space; and primeval humans who were covered in complicated, glittering, and unpredictable spiritual stripes.
Their civilization had developed to the most unbelievable peak. They grasped all kinds of formulas and laws about space and time. The gap of millions of lightyears was nothing more than a small drainage in front of them. They could upload and download their consciousness to the dazzling 'servers' and 'carriers' in a myriad of forms. Even though their bodies of flesh and blood had stored and unlocked almost infinite genes, they could perform almost legendary techniques such as' three heads and six arms' and 'seventy-two transformations'.
More importantly, Li Yao keenly grasped a word that the voice said — 'Earth'!
Li Yao was very certain that the 'Earth' that the voice was talking about was the unique Earth, his hometown that he had been dreaming about. It was also the 'Earth' that had to be destroyed in the unfulfilled mission of the Vulture Plan!
It was because the voice had also sent a lot of 3D pictures of the Earth. From the original 'Pangu' to the 'five continents and four oceans' after it was split, it was exactly the same as the Earth in Li Yao's memory.
It was impossible for the land of a second planet to be so similar to Earth after billions of years.
But … But what was going on exactly?
If a blue planet named 'Earth' did exist, and it was the hometown of the 'primeval civilization', the first strongest civilization in the cosmic ocean billions of years ago, then … then … then … how could Earth have become the center of the Flood, and how could Li Yao have been born on such an Earth?
Could it be that there were two Earths?
One of them was the 'real Earth', which was the home of primeval human beings billions of years ago.
The other was the 'virtual Earth', which was a mirror version, a digital version, or some other messy version of the previous Earth. But it was created by the Flood and served as its center?
Why did the Flood do that? What was the relationship between the Flood and the primeval civilization?
On second thought, the Flood and the primeval civilization must be deeply connected.
The reason was simple. In Li Yao's uncanny dream, the Earth that served as the center of the Flood was inhabited by human beings. Those human beings looked exactly the same as the so-called 'ancestors of the universe, the creators of the black wall, and the primeval civilization'.
It couldn't be a coincidence.
Li Yao was greatly troubled, but he bit the other one with one of his soul waves and listened to the voice patiently.
"It is a pity that there is a limit to the development of a civilization no matter how glorious it is. We finally encountered … an enemy that we could not defeat. The entire civilization was destroyed. The survivors fled in panic in the sea of stars like stray dogs."
What the voice said was consistent with the genetic memories of the Supreme Emperor. It was highly credible.
But what was strange was that when he mentioned the enemy, the voice changed its previous method of transmitting a large amount of information. It was somewhat vague, and all the images of the enemy were covered by layers of black fog.
"Who are your enemies exactly? Are they the so-called 'Flood'? What do they look like?"
Li Yao shouted. "Even if they are the legendary energy life forms or the four-dimensional life forms, they should've had a projection or a carrier in the three-dimensional universe if they were going to attack the primeval civilization who had a real body in the three-dimensional universe. Why can't I see what the enemy looks like?"
The question cast the voice into silence for a long time.
"The survivors of the primeval civilization crossed the gaps of the four-dimensional space one after another on the broken starships. They even hid in the folds of time and spent countless time and resources before they finally found the most remote and lackluster universe as their shelter."
The voice evaded Li Yao's question and changed the topic. "In the long escape, in order to save resources as much as possible and to pass through the space gaps and the folds of time where regular lives could not survive, all the primeval civilizations gave up their lives, but they preserved their entire civilization in the form of a 'gene bank'. All our secrets and wealth, and all the glory of the primeval human beings, were hidden in the deepest part of the gene strands!"
With the emotional fluctuations of the voice, Li Yao saw a cruel and sorrowful picture again.
It was the engine compartment of a translucent warship of the primeval civilization. Countless primeval humans whose bodies were covered in glittering stripes were standing in a row. After collecting their hair, skin slices, and blood with special magical equipment, they jumped into the engine furnace and turned their lives and souls into the fuel to accelerate the starship and make it pass through time and space!
None of the primeval humans had much of an expression on their faces. Even the old, the weak, the women, and the children had calm expressions of relief. Perhaps in the hundreds of millions of years of fleeing from their enemies, they had long since worn away all their pride and hope, impatiently waiting for the final moment of tranquility and release.
Just like that, they jumped into the engine furnace one after another, until the last one turned into furious flames. The entire warship became empty and silent, except for some delicate spiritual puppets that looked like spiders and octopuses. They stored their genes carefully and drove the empty starship forward.
Li Yao was rendered speechless.
He did not expect that the primeval humans would treat him so cruelly and resolutely.
No wonder they could resist the Flood for billions of years and temporarily escape from the claws of the Flood.
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