More than one hundred thousand years ago, the human civilization was on the brink of destruction because of the invasion of the Sea of Dark Matter.
At the time, the humans had only two choices.
Since they couldn't surrender, they could only flee or fight to the death.
Many humans left this galaxy and traveled to the distant and dangerous places.
They might have found a new paradise, or they might have vanished soundlessly in the vast universe.
For some reason, the majority of humans couldn't leave their homeland. In the end, they perished together with the Sea of Dark Matter under the lead of that god.
Now that he was a god, he must have predicted such a sorrowful outcome in advance.
As such, he had to leave a seed for the human civilization, either spiritually or biologically.
In addition to the remains of the distant ancient civilization that he had discovered and the humans who had reappeared in the universe like weeds, he had made some other preparations.
Before the final battle, or maybe many years ago, he had found a space by the edge of the galaxy.
That space was outside the real world, and its boundary was hard to cross. The laws of heaven and earth in it were special, and the flow of time was different.
It was unclear how that god had brought the humans and many other lifeforms into that world, and he had duplicated some lifeforms that had been contaminated by the Sea of Dark Matter.
The humans who had reappeared there had taken a path different from the real universe after a long time and a different set of rules.
That world could be said to be the last refuge of the distant ancient civilization, and it could also be said to be the catalyst for the evolution of the humans.
According to the judgment of that god, the humans there would one day evolve and become the true super soldiers, breaking through the boundary and returning to the real universe.
For that world, it was called ascension.
For this world, it was called returning.
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Jing Jiu didn't have any proof, and he merely made the inference based on the information he had at hand. Yet, this was probably the historical truth.
If this was true, many things in Chaotian would be meaningless.
For many people, this would be a strong mental shock, and they would feel extremely frustrated and even hopeless.
It was because everything they had believed in was unreal.
The Rosefinch who lived eternally in the fire, the fairy world after ascension, and all the legends and legends were merely … legends and legends.
The existence of the beings and the purpose of their struggle were all arranged.
As Jing Jiu said, they were merely experimental subjects.
However, Jing Jiu and General Li were quite calm.
The ascendants were the true fairy men.
They had a powerful will and spirit that the regular people couldn't even imagine.
"You can call it an experiment or a Gu refinement," General Li said.
The monsters of the Snowy Kingdom in Chaotian were the replicas of the monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter.
This was the reason why Jing Jiu had always felt familiar with the monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter.
The intention of the god was evident. He hoped that the new humans could find a way to deal with the Sea of Dark Matter.
"Maybe he wants us to get used to it before coming out."
Jing Jiu did not want to speak up for the god, but it was indeed a possibility.
"God is already dead. There's no point in revisiting the past."
General Li looked at the few battleships outside the atmosphere and said indifferently, "This world calls us cocoon breakers, and I like it very much. It's because we are the new humans that have evolved. We are stronger and more advanced than the humans here. Then we have the responsibility to lead the entire human race forward. "
Breaking out of the cocoon to become a butterfly was used in many literary works to describe metamorphosis and evolution. It was indeed more suitable to describe the ascenders.
Jing Jiu felt that this was too childish.
Perhaps the deceased god had thought so, which was why he said in his last words that a new god would come.
Yet, he didn't think the ascenders should think so.
Anyone who thought of themselves as a god was insane in his eyes.
"The only responsibility I'm willing to take on is to stay alive," said Jing Jiu.
Though this statement sounded selfish, it had a deeper meaning. General Li reached out his hand and patted on Jing Jiu's shoulder after a long moment of silence.
Jing Jiu didn't avoid his hand.
General Li's hand stayed on Jing Jiu's shoulder. He looked at Jing Jiu's eyes, his smile fading away.
"The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. The new humans after the evolution must take on the responsibility unwaveringly and lead the humans forward. We have to admit bravely that we are the vanguard and the bright light of the human race. However, we have to make it clear that we can fight and die, but it has nothing to do with that god; it's our free will. "
Jing Jiu understood what he said and thought it was sensible.
General Li pulled back his hand and turned to walk into the Art Gallery without taking another look at Jing Jiu.
Jing Jiu followed him back into the Art Gallery after standing on the same spot for a while.
The black oil stains were still pouring into the blue swimming pool and then slowly sinking into the hole.
General Li stopped in front of a painting.
Most of the painting was blue, like the swimming pool, which represented the ocean.
The oil stains were floating on the surface of the ocean, and a bird was bobbing in it, covered with the oil stains all over its body. It looked extremely weak and hideous. The strokes of the painter's brush looked wild but very delicate. Judging from the messy feathers and the posture of the bird, it was evident that this bird couldn't flap its wings to fly away and was on the verge of sinking into the ocean. The blue ocean and the sky were the heaven and earth favored by the humans, and the black oil stains represented the Sea of Dark Matter. The bird was a life contaminated by the dark matter and could turn into a monster at any moment.
"You should learn more about these black things," said General Li.
Jing Jiu was well aware of this fact.
He hadn't had any contact with the Sea of Dark Matter since he woke up in this world. If he were to do something about it, he had to learn more about it.
"The contaminated lives are still lives; but the most important thing is the blackness that has contaminated them. Those energies know nothing but swallowing and infecting; they have no emotions, no intelligence, and no need." Looking at the bird struggling painfully in the painting, General Li went on, "If we have to use the objects of this world to describe them, the virus is the most suitable object."
Jing Jiu said, "If they are not of the same world, there is no special medicine for them."
General Li said, "As such, we have no choice but to use the high-intensity light and heat energy to clean them up. To deal with the threat of the Sea of Dark Matter, the most important thing is to isolate the black things. Like the oil stains on this patch of ocean, we need to use the foam barrier to stop them from polluting more of the surface of the ocean and contaminating more lives. "
"This is the Star Chain Plan," said Jing Jiu.
General Li said, "The Star Chain Plan has been carried out for more than two hundred years, but we have seen some results in the last twenty years. It's because the plan consumes too many resources, and the Federation of the Milky Way can't withstand the pressure even though it has the ability to exploit the resources as a whole. Yet, the plan has to be carried out. As such, we have to control the Federation of the Milky Way completely."
If he wanted to save a civilization, he would need the power of the entire civilization. First, he would need to control the civilization.
That still made sense.
This was the biggest difference between the ascenders represented by General Li and the descendants of the ancient civilization represented by the priests.
Both sides were arranged by the gods, and everyone had the same goal. However, as for how to do it and who should take the lead, they had been secretly fighting for many years.
It had to be said that the humans were always uncreative, be it in the Federation of the Milky Way or in Chaotian, in the distant ancient civilization or in the interplanetary era.
General Li said, "Starting from the founder, she wants to control all the ascenders who come here, because she thinks that she is the only successor of the gods and the ruler of human society, while we … are just weapons left by the gods to her. What do you think we can do?"
Jing Jiu recalled the scene at the hot spring and fell silent.
"You should have guessed the origin of that priestess. She is just an artificial intelligence left behind by the ancient civilization. What right does she have to lead the entire human race?"
General Li said, "She must obey our orders. This is not negotiable."
"I think you're all very naive," Jing Jiu commented bluntly.
In his eyes, the so-called contest between the ascenders and that being was no different from the debate about the sun among the children in the Green Sky Mirror.
He Zhan and the free-traveling practitioner Jiang hurt each other not because of the sun, but because of the excessive emotions of the intelligent beings.
"Are you willing to be someone's sword?" General Li looked at Jing Jiu in Silence, the expression in his eyes profound.
"Nobody," said Jing Jiu.
General Li said while staring into his eyes, "You don't trust us."
Jing Jiu uttered "hmm" without hesitation.
General Li pressed, "Is it because of the two assassinations? Or because of what happened in the Sea Yin Nebula? You should know that these are just routine inspections. "
"I don't accept it," said Jing Jiu.
General Li turned around and walked to the edge of the cliff outside the Art Gallery. It seemed that he brought Jing Jiu here to see the painting. "You didn't finish what you wanted to say on the battleship the other day … and you met me today. What's next?"
The wind and snow outside the cliff suddenly grew violent.
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