Xiong Wuji sat down on a giant rock next to the pond. Tapping the rock softly with his artificial limbs, he stared at the reflection of the moon in the pond in a daze. A moment later, he said, "I've asked you to come here tonight because we need to talk about the big deal. However, before we start, I'd like to know if you have any new opinions on the apocalypse.
"Last time, when we talked about the apocalypse, you were merely listening to Sha Yulan's narration. This time, you've experienced the entire process of the egg of apocalypse's outbreak in person. I'd like to know if you can explain the mysteries of the apocalypse from a new perspective as a resident of the Flying Star Sector. What is the so-called apocalypse exactly?"
Li Yao sat down on a smaller rock next to Xiong Wuji, too. He kicked a pebble under his feet into the pond. After a 'PU TONG' sound, the reflection of the moon broke into silver brilliance that looked like a rippling universe.
"I once had a trance in the battle of the apocalypse. The high-intensity battles that lasted several hours only lasted for five minutes in my mind. I felt that I had turned into a completely different being, and that I was completely haunted by nightmares.
Li Yao was deep in thought. "After the battle of the apocalypse, I discovered that my level didn't improve significantly, but my skills in killing had soared crazily. The desire to kill had been simmering inside my bones, too.
"I became better at fighting and more passionate about killing.
"I'm not the only one with such a situation. Wu Mayan, who just participated in the first battle of the apocalypse, experienced the same thing. He made a breakthrough in the battle and reached the 16th level of the Refinement Stage in the battle.
"You must know. He was not even fourteen years old yet.
"I was very confused about all the things that had happened.
"In the dead of night, I thought about the whole process of the egg of apocalypse's outbreak. Think about what the nature of the apocalypse is and why it launched such a complicated and inefficient attack on the Iron Plateau Space Zone. The outbreak of the eggs of apocalypse did not seem like a catastrophe but more like … training. "Li Yao smiled.
"Then, this morning, I suddenly had a crazy speculation. It could explain the whole thing.
"Even if Chief Xiong hadn't come to me, I would've found an opportunity. So, I decided to talk to you about it. "
Xiong Wuji blinked and asked, "What is it?"
Li Yao took a deep breath and said, "Many people regard the Heavenly Tribulation as a weapon of destruction, or even a weapon that a higher civilization tries to destroy the human civilization. But I don't think this statement is accurate, and it's even harder to explain all the different types of heavenly tribulations. "
"In the ancient Cultivation World, there were many legends about powerhouses resisting the Heavenly Tribulation. It was said that as long as these powerhouses resisted the Heavenly Tribulation, they would ascend to a new Immortal Realm and even see many strange Immortals."
"If the Heavenly Tribulation is just destruction, how do you explain these immortals and immortals?"
"In the Iron Plateau Space Zone, the apocalypse almost destroyed Iron Plateau. But he also left behind the precious inheritance of the Titan Warriors. "
"Therefore, my guess is that this is a heavenly tribulation. It was indeed launched by the Titan Warriors. But their purpose was not to destroy the Titan Warriors but to spread their civilization in a certain way.
"Oh?"
Xiong Wuji's eyes were glittering crazily. He said calmly, "It doesn't make sense. Which civilization would casually leak their precious inheritance to others? What benefits would the Titan Warriors get if they gave their inheritance to us? "
Li Yao nodded and said, "The motive of the Titan Warriors. It troubled me for a long time. Under normal circumstances, it was absolutely impossible. It was like a Yuanying monster pestering a young man she didn't know on the roadside and insisting that she give all her Cultivation to him. How could there be such a good thing?
"But later, I thought of the only possibility.
"What if the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator is dying?"
"What if the civilization of the Titan Warriors was on the verge of extinction, or had already perished?"
Li Yao's eyes glittered as he mumbled, "Survival, continuity, and expansion are the instincts of every civilization. Under normal circumstances, the civilization of the Titan Spirits certainly would not have entrusted its heritage to other people easily. However, if their civilization encountered a catastrophe, and their experts concluded that it was absolutely impossible to escape after careful calculation, then …"
"In a certain way, they hid the tinder of their civilization in materials similar to meteorites and wandered in space in search of suitable planets and species to accept the fire of their civilization.
"Is it a reasonable possibility?"
Sha Yulan couldn't help but interject, "If their inheritance was real, why would they give it to us in such an extreme and cruel way?"
Li Yao sneered. "Anyone who has been through the Titan Illusionary Land will know that the Titan Warriors are not the most benevolent people in the world. Fighting is their nature. Their civilization is based on fighting, too.
"Thus, their inheritance will definitely be passed down in the most violent and cruel manner. That's because they will select the most cold-blooded and cruel warriors."
Sha Yulan couldn't help but ask, "But what if we failed to persist and were completely wiped out?"
"So be it," Li Yao said. "I don't think the Titan Warriors have only delivered one legacy. Maybe many apocalypses are drifting in the sea of stars. This is their test. Only the species that passes the test are qualified to receive their legacy." Li Yao nodded.
"It's like some experts of evil sects kidnap countless children and impose the cruelest and bloodiest training on them. It doesn't matter even if most of them fail to endure the training and die, as long as the strongest, the cruelest, and the most brutal of them persevere and receive their inheritance, it will be enough.
"The apocalypses that the ancient Cultivators experienced and saw deities were probably the same. They all passed the test of a certain civilization and received part of the inheritance of the civilization.
Sha Yulan shuddered and mumbled, "That's terrible. If that is the truth of the apocalypses, it will be terrible."
"Terrible, but normal, and reasonable."
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and said, "For example, if the civilization of mankind is about to perish one day, and we cannot stop it, we can only give out an inheritance that contains the essence of our civilization. Then, are we not going to set some tests on the inheritance? Are we going to ask any species to accept it? Are we all going to receive the inheritance? "
Sha Yulan was somewhat confused. "I don't understand."
Li Yao said, "For example, if there is a creature that looks like a hybrid of a centipede and a maggot, would you want it to accept the tinder of the civilization of mankind?"
Sha Yulan shuddered and shook her head subconsciously.
Li Yao said, "That's right. Creatures that look like centipedes and maggots are still within the scope of our understanding. But I think that the universe is vast. It is vast and unpredictable. Perhaps there are countless life forms that we cannot understand at all.
"Imagine that one day, the inheritance of the civilization of mankind is wandering in the vast universe. At that time, we will discover two species at the same time. One of them is like a stone that has turned into a spirit. In our eyes, they are a completely non-life form, while the other species looks like monkeys.
"Then, who will we give the inheritance to?"
"Of course, the apes."
"Then imagine that there are two apes. One of them is gentle and believes in justice, order, and morality, while the other is brutal by nature. They kill each other incessantly. Even the father kills the son, and the son kills the father. Who would we want to pass our inheritance to? "
"Obviously, we will set up an extremely complicated examination system in our inheritance to determine whether or not the life form and morality of a certain species are compatible with ours. If possible, we will choose a species that is closest to us. They will accept the tinder of the civilization of mankind, right?
"Everything that happened in the Iron Plateau Space Zone. Maybe, it is the Titan Warriors' civilization that is making such a judgment.
"The Titan Warriors' civilization is based on war. Belligerence is their highest moral standard."
Sha Yulan smiled bitterly. "If that is the case, I really hope that I can turn down the uncanny gift."
Li Yao's voice was gloomy and cold. "Now that we have found a species that is similar to the Titan Warriors, how can we give it up so easily? I even feel that the apocalypse is not as simple as inheritance. It is also modifying human beings on Iron Plateau without us knowing it.
"The eggs of apocalypse that break out every ten years are too much for the Iron Plateau natives to cope with. All their resources have been devoted to the war preparations. It is impossible for them to develop a more advanced civilization. In the end, they become a pure warrior species that knows nothing but killing.
"In the meantime, during every battle of the apocalypse and every reverberation of fighting will, the inheritance of the Titan Warriors will be released and expanded inside our brains.
"Year after year, maybe hundreds of years or even thousands of years later, it won't affect us much. But what about tens of thousands of years later?
"Is it possible that the civilization of mankind on Iron Plateau will forget everything in the end and only know how to fight in the most primitive ways, turning into a new Titan Warriors?
"When I said 'inheritance' just now, I realized that it was not very accurate.
"Maybe, it is a kind of possession. One civilization has possessed another civilization. The Titan Warriors are reincarnating in the bodies of Iron Plateau natives.
"Think about the qi-trainers who are obsessed with the Titan Illusionary Land and can't free themselves from it.
"In our eyes, they are mentally deranged. But from another perspective, are they more like the new generation of the Titan Warriors?
"Think about the story I told at the beginning. A dying Yuanying found a young man on the street and insisted on giving his inheritance to the young man. Did he really want his inheritance to be passed on, or did he want to steal the young man's body and be reborn in the young man's body in a certain way?
"This is what I've speculated. The truth of the apocalypse is that it is not trying to destroy us; it is trying to transform us into them."
Li Yao finished talking and looked at the two of them in silence.
Sha Yulan was dumbfounded. She was trembling uncontrollably.
Xiong Wuji, on the other hand, was emotionless. He seemed to have guessed it a long time ago.
"Very good."
He opened his mouth slowly. "Your speculation is exactly the same as what I've been thinking about. However, as a participant in the game, I don't think as deeply as you do as an outsider. Now that you've explained it to me, I'm finally enlightened.
"Since our understanding of the apocalypse is similar, we can save a lot of time and effort in the deal that we are going to make.
"Li Yao, the deal that I'm going to make with you right now is not between the two of us. It concerns the fate of Iron Plateau.
"Let's get to the point. I hope that the five thousand years of estrangement can be eliminated so that the communication between the Iron Plateau natives and the space residents can resume."
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