Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 289 We Learned

Among the stars, the great serpent coiled, its eyes truly opening for the first time.

The magnificent, incredibly smooth world that reflected the entire universe dissipated, replaced by a boundless, vertical pupil. A vast amount of light poured forth from that pupil, the particles carrying extremely high energy, almost comparable to the temperature a picosecond after the Big Bang.

The immense heat and energy instantly twisted the space before us into a pretzel shape, evaporating all matter that blocked the path of light into primordial heat and energy. The three-dimensional spacetime structure was destroyed, the length, width, and height of the space were distorted, and the seven originally coiled spatial dimensions broke free, thus unfolding a ten-dimensional world.

Within this spacetime confined to the range of a single beam of light, the scene at the very beginning of the Big Bang is recreated.

In ten-dimensional spacetime, the speed of light is redefined, allowing that light to move infinitely at an unimaginable speed, and further making the spacetime at the forefront ten-dimensional as well.

Thus, in less than a microsecond, a beam of light from the very center of the Milky Way pierced through the entire galaxy and reached even more distant outer galaxies.

On the third spiral arm of the Andromeda Galaxy.

This spiral arm once housed tens of millions of stars, but now those stars have vanished, replaced by tens of millions of neatly arranged star arrays. The planets surrounding these stars have been dismantled and used as materials to build devices that can harness stellar energy.

These star arrays silently float in the universe, like a vast, silent army.

Then, under some kind of command, tens of millions of soldiers raised their guns, tens of millions of stars surged, and terrifying energy shot outwards through the device, launching a powerful force from outside the galaxy.

This energy is enough to easily destroy any planet and completely pulverize a world. And this energy is multiplied by tens of millions of times.

This is not a weapon for ordinary objects; even neutron stars would instantly collapse before this force. It is the ultimate weapon used against galaxies.

However, before that energy could be released, the powerful force that exceeded the speed of light had already arrived.

In just a few breaths, the beam of light had already traversed a distance of millions of light-years. Not only did it not weaken, but it also spread out along its million-light-year journey, expanding from a beam of light less than a thousand miles long into a massive beam of light with a diameter of tens of thousands of light-years, roughly the radius of the Milky Way.

Silently, the beam of light, which had spread to the size of the entire spiral arm, relentlessly bombarded everything on the Andromeda Third Spiral Arm.

The surging particles crashed against the stars. These stars, which had the strength to resist the black hole, were powerless against this overwhelming energy, like castles on the beach crumbling as the waves crashed in. The control device disintegrated into particles in an instant, and the corona layer on the surface of the stars was rapidly blown away. Some stars were forced to expose their cores in this impact, while others simply disappeared entirely.

From a macroscopic perspective, one can see that the third arm of the Andromeda Galaxy bursts into intense light almost within seconds, a light so intense that it dims the entire Andromeda Galaxy.

Even in more distant galaxies, tens of millions of years from now, the indigenous life forms of those planets will surely be able to see a suddenly shining star in broad daylight, a star whose brightness will rival that of their own stars and last for decades.

At that time, ignorant animals will be unable to comprehend it; primitive civilizations may regard it as a miracle; and civilizations that are observing the universe will be plunged into deep panic.

The serpent showed no reaction to everything it had created, for it could not see any signs of life dying.

"Have the little bugs hidden?"

A disdainful voice rang out.

The sound does not rely on a medium to propagate; it can be heard even in a vacuum.

Inside the Crystal Palace, there was no response, and the giant serpent didn't go to check, because...

"Humph."

With a snort, the crystal palace shattered instantly, and both the gods and the myriad strange creatures vanished like phantoms.

In the deepest part of the Milky Way, the giant serpent surveyed the entire universe, its upright pupils reflecting the boundless sea of ​​stars, yet it found no trace of those tiny insects.

……

"Powerful, far too powerful. No wonder it is a monster that easily destroyed the civilization of the previous era."

In the cracks of the universe, a strange creature danced and gesticulated excitedly as it gazed at the scene unfolding before it.

"A monster more powerful than a star, more powerful than a black hole, a monster that even the universe is powerless against... Unbelievable, truly unbelievable. Even though I already knew, I am still amazed. This kind of creature is not a product of nature at all, but a god or demon that created the world."

"But when it comes into our lives, death is inevitable."

Behind the scholar-like creature, a bird-headed being spoke.

Its eyes held a deep confidence, a confidence in the civilization it belonged to.

"Even if it's a god or demon who created the world, we won't lose, because..."

"We've learned it."

We have learned it.

A voice, like a song, rose and echoed in space.

I still don't know where the sound came from, but I can hear it.

Suddenly, a warning signal appeared in the serpent's mind. It only had time to turn its head to the side, but in an instant, a sharp pain came from its head.

My head started to feel a little dizzy, but more than that, I was surprised.

"pain?"

This feeling struck the serpent as absurd; for the first time in all its long history in the universe, it had experienced pain again.

"I'm injured?"

In the vast starry sky, a colossal, winding monster stretched for countless miles. At the head of this cosmic monster, a massive gash appeared, almost blasting off half of the snake's skull; traces of scorching heat were still faintly visible. From the wound, specks of scarlet snake blood seeped out.

The wound was healing rapidly; it was nothing to the monster. The giant snake, however, seemed to fall into a deep silence.

Although it didn't realize it, the giant snake already knew what the attack had just been.

In this universe, there is virtually no power capable of harming Orochi. Perhaps in its initial awakening, Orochi had not fully adapted to this new universe, its body had some shortcomings, and its scales would fall off when scorched by the solar prominences of stars. But now, there is no power in this universe that can harm Orochi.

Its body has reached a wondrous perfection, completely adapted to the universe, and neither stars nor black holes can harm it anymore.

But just now, a beam of light almost blasted away half of its head.

Because that beam of light was originally modeled after the power of the giant serpent.

That beam of light was exactly the same as the beam of light that Orochi had just seen. The power of this universe could no longer destroy Orochi, so what about Orochi's own power?
Even the finest steeds, capable of traveling a thousand miles, are no match for a small fox when used to catch mice in palaces; the legendary sword Gan Jiang, renowned throughout the land for its power, is less effective than an axe in woodworking by a craftsman.

The voice, like a song, is still singing.

Fine horses like Qiji and Luer can travel a thousand miles a day, but when it comes to catching mice in a house, they are no better than a kitten; Ganjiang is famous for its sharpness, but when it comes to chopping down trees, it is no better than a woodcutter's axe.

As they sang, they understood the wisdom of the past and present, yet remained humble in learning from all species in the world.

No species or person is entirely without merit, but prejudice and arrogance blind them. Those who consider themselves gods will stumble and fall even in the most inconspicuous places.

Many years ago, a philosopher shared his understanding of the Superman with the world.

"God is dead, a new era has begun, and I will tell you what Superman is..."

"What is an ape to man? A mockery or a painful humiliation. The same should be true of man to the Superman: a mockery or a painful humiliation. You have completed the long journey from worm to man, but in many ways you are still worms. You were apes before, and even now, man is more like an ape than any other ape..."

Now, Superman, who has already ascended to the throne of God, has revealed an even higher path.

Learn, learn humbly, learn from all living beings in the world.

Even if you become a god, you can still learn. Learn from the most inconspicuous mole crickets, learn from the stars high in the sky, and even learn from your opponents.

Thus, mortals ceased to be mortals, but became gods.

It is living beings, it is civilization, it is everything.

[A heartless monster, something you'll never understand. Because learning is a means for the weak; since they consider themselves strong, why would they lower their heads to learn? Unless one day you regret it, but how could that happen? Impossible. A heartless monster, a monster beyond mortals, forever fearless, forever regretless…]

The song goes, "The weak are mocking the strong."

Those who consider themselves powerful believe that the weak are utterly worthless, but are they truly worthless? Elephants are stronger than ants, but one day when elephants become extinct, ants will surely still exist.

A king has the talent of a king, and a chef has the talent of a chef.

Does a king who holds power completely despise a chef? Does a chef look down on a king who doesn't know how to cook? Everything in the world has its strengths and weaknesses; this is the norm.

Only those who can learn from and emulate all things can ascend to the status of the most intelligent of all.

But in response to the song, the monster merely opened its scarlet pupils.

The monster had lost before, and it had suffered defeats before, but its opponents were always figures worthy of its respect. Even in defeat, the monster would acknowledge its failure. But now, a group of tiny insects, whose lifespans were as fleeting as mayflies in its eyes, had actually managed to harm it?
These tiny insects are nothing more than a bunch of them, waving their ridiculous claws. What's there to say about them?
In an instant, time and space bowed down, and all things stopped in their tracks, bowing their heads before the same will.

In the frozen spacetime, the enormous serpent stretched its body. This time, it had found the lair of the smaller insects.

Looking outwards, one can see that some smaller universes have appeared on the outer edge of the main universe, seemingly attached to it.

Because they were not in space, the giant serpent failed to detect any trace of these tiny insects.

"Now you can't escape."

A chilling gaze fixed on those tiny universes that were clearly created by human hands.

But just then, a bell rang.

"Click...click..."

In this world that should have been utterly silent, a small voice rang out.

Following the sound, one could see that not far away, the beautiful new god was floating in the void, holding a small clock in his hand. The clock looked ancient and was ticking away.

The new god raised his head and smiled.

"We said..."

We have learned it.

In an instant, millions of voices rang out, and the universe returned to normal.

In the starry sky, gazing at the new god before him, and at the non-god god, the serpent's cold eyes revealed seriousness for the first time amidst his astonishment.

(End of this chapter)