Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 477 You really did make a move on this aloof and handsome man?

When Ah Li said that the Four Continents had their own will, Zhang Ze was not surprised at all.

After all, he had seen the infant-like Four Continents when he was in the sky.

He was simply curious about how this kind of will came about.

Has this happened before?

Zhang Ze looked at A-Li, who, theoretically, should be very knowledgeable.

Ah Li said, "There are quite a few conscious planets, but I've never seen one like the Four Continents."

Zhang Ze, "What do you mean?"

As the long, thin Ah Li trembled, she recalled her ancestor's 40k battle record.

"There was once a group of cosmic insects whose nests were almost the size of small planets. Although they were highly intelligent, their defenses were much weaker than those of civilizations of the same level. We destroyed them with a single salvo."

"There is also a group of cyborgs who have transformed their planet into a supercomputer and worship their planet as a god."

"Although these lunatics have been provoking the Empire, our leader has always ignored them because he thought they were insane, until..."

"Until your boss finally got fed up and took action to tear their house down?" Zhang Ze continued.

Ah Li shook her head. "No, we didn't even fight them. Those machines killed themselves."

Zhang Ze, "?"

Ah Li ignored Zhang Ze's expression and continued speaking to herself.

"According to the records of that year, that night the leader was stargazing with his wife under the moon, discussing the future of the empire. In high spirits, he suddenly had a feeling."

"The news came back the next day from an observation post on the empire's border: those idiots were going to assemble a world-destroying cannon and launch a holy war against the empire's border outposts."

"I don't know if it exploded from the inside or if it was overclocked and over-exploded, but their mechanical planet exploded from the inside, and then they were all dead."

Zhang Ze, “.”

Because Zhang Ze was an only child, he found it difficult to empathize with the situation of a large, enthusiastic family where mentally challenged children had a lot of fun.

Ah Li rambled on for a while, eventually steer the conversation back to their freshman plans.

"Whether it's a creature that grows to the size of a planet, or something that is modified or integrated, it's a process that takes a long time to be measured in centuries. But the Four Continents are different; it's a will that is generated in an instant."

As Zhang Ze and A Li were talking, the world in their dream began to accelerate.

As the pace of planetary transformation accelerated, the four continents acquired atmospheres and water, their geological structures began to stabilize, and everything necessary for the emergence of life was ready.

And those starships that merged with the Amber Dragon began to slowly shrink.

The biomass portion either degrades naturally as it is consumed or is destroyed directly in a furnace.

The alienated metal ship's hull and internal equipment were also removed one by one and transformed into various kinds of machinery and dwellings.

Centered around each starship, diverse settlements of various races took root across the four continents.

Those amber dragons that once transformed into starships and traversed the cosmos now only have their cores still roaring, providing energy for every settlement.

The exiled races who finally landed began to carry out the next step of transformation of the new world, which was still desolate but full of hope, according to the original plan.

During this period, A Li was very busy. She transformed into a square-shaped express delivery king, shuttling back and forth between various settlements to transport and transfer supplies.

Standing high in the sky, Zhang Ze felt as if he had entered a civilization, both illusory and real.

As the settlement expanded and facilities improved, the strangely shaped exiled races, dressed in equally bizarre protective suits, left the eco-warehouse and shelter.

The second phase of the new student program has begun.

The exiled races retrieved the precious seeds from their homeland, modified them, and scattered them across this barren land.

Not every seed can grow, but there are always tenacious lives that will break through the hard soil and adapt to this new land.

While enriching the ecosystem of the four continents, they also began to travel back and forth between the sanctuary on the ground and the few remaining starships in the air in batches.

After each round trip, some people would remain on the starship forever, while very few people would disembark.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Ze asked.

Ah Li, "Isolate them to prevent the newborn from being contaminated."

Zhang Ze, "Quarantine?"

"Mm." Ah Li nodded.

"Although the universe where the Four Continents are located is relatively stable compared to other universes, it is still affected by the Earth Sea."

"That atmosphere cannot keep out the fluctuations of the Earth Sea."

"Therefore, we set up seven ecological cabins in seven suitable settlements."

"With the help of some small-scale genetic engineering, newborns from various ethnic groups are iterated and, through artificial acceleration, the next generation that can adapt to the environment of four continents is selected as soon as possible."

Ah Li said softly, "The so-called inheritance is that the old die and the new grow up."

It carried Zhang Ze as it began to descend, flying over a settlement.

Zhang Ze looked down, and the scene that had entered Ah Li's eyes back then was now beginning to reappear before him.

A circular domed building covered with amber crystals.

The building's hydraulic doors slowly opened, and as the gas was expelled, a man in a tight-fitting suit stepped out.

Judging from his appearance, he was an adult male from East Asia on Earth, and he didn't have any odd horns or tails on his body.

He subconsciously took a deep breath, but perhaps because of the unusual air, he couldn't help but cough.

After coughing for a while, a slender hand gently rested on his shoulder from behind.

The man turned around and smiled at his wife.

His wife returned a serene smile, extending her four hands as if to give her husband a hug and a good morning kiss.

But she seemed to have forgotten that she was still wearing a mask.
Bang.

In a panic, she quickly helped her husband up, who had bumped his head, her three beautiful eyes filled with concern.

As she helped her husband up, preparing to go to the settlement center to collect this month's rations and tasks, a small shadow suddenly jumped out from behind her.

"mom!"

A little girl, dressed in simple cloth clothes, ran out. She blinked her big eyes at her parents and reached out her hands, as if she wanted a hug too.

Her parents, seeing their daughter run out like that, were first shocked, then frightened and regretful. But when the father rushed over and placed a small amber crystal on the little girl's forehead, all their emotions turned into ecstatic joy.

Amidst the little girl's bewildered but joyful laughter, her father carried her to the center of the settlement, to the largest building, formerly the starship's power core, now the heart of the Amber Dragon.

More and more people gathered after hearing the news, and soon cheers rang out, echoing through the settlement.

The first newborn, perfectly adapted to the environment of the four continents, appeared.

Reliving this heartwarming scene again, Ah Li's eyes softened.

"Just as I thought," Zhang Ze muttered softly, standing on Ah Li's back.

"Sure enough what?" Ah Li asked curiously as she turned around.

Zhang Ze: "You aliens are indeed spying on the bodies of us cool and handsome men."

Ah Li, "."

The warm atmosphere was completely ruined. Ah Li was too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Ze and took him flying west.

As Ah Li flew, she said, "The second phase of the plan is progressing smoothly. Soon, all the settlements reported that they had suitable children of the required age who met the standards of the plan."

"According to the plan, after these children have passed down their lineage stably for several generations, we will accelerate and reproduce this process in those underground ecological cabins, so that 80 percent of the exiled races will gain resistance to the Earth Sea."

"Logically speaking, Sizhou is your home, so what we're doing is somewhat... What's the origin of that word?"

Zhang Ze, "usurping someone else's place".

Ah Li: "Yes, it's like a cuckoo taking over someone else's nest."

"What we're doing is somewhat like usurping someone else's place, but we have no other way to persuade other exiled races to cooperate. They've been in exile for too long; a new home is their only wish."

Zhang Ze, with his hands tucked in his pockets, said, "I understand. Without you guys, we would have been finished back then."

"Besides, these things have already happened, so there's no point in me objecting."

"Moreover," Zhang Ze said with a strange expression, "to be honest, I think even if you all had just died in an instant back then, and all of you had left cleanly, we might still have ended up fighting each other in the end."

Zhang Ze dreamed of cultivating immortality within the underworld, and of the chaotic world of the Ten Kingdoms.

Ah Li didn't dwell on the topic any further, and instead discussed the meaning of peace with Zhang Ze.

After all, their Amber Civilization spent the first 40 millennia playing Command & Conquer.

Command and Conquest: I command you to kneel down, and once you are conquered, peace will naturally follow.

—Lily's Little Encyclopedia of the Universe

After soaring through the dream for a long time and having had enough, Ah Li descended from the sky.

Reluctantly, it returned to its round, plump shape, jumped onto Zhang Ze's head, and pointed to the arrow-like 'tree' in front of it.

Because each starship is highly specialized for the Amber Dragon, their appearances are all different. This one, after its splendor fades, looks like a tree.

Unlike today, the so-called ecological capsule is not buried deep in the sea, but rather a large part of it is exposed above the ground.

Ah Li, “This is one of the seven most important ecological pods, a settlement built around ‘Dawnbreaker Sue’, the future sacred tree, and the place where I woke you up.”

Zhang Ze: "So there were originally seven sacred trees?"

Ah Li: "No, it's just that when that event happened, Sue changed the least for some reason, which is why it became the sacred tree it is today."

The dream shifted, and Ah Li and Zhang Ze found themselves inside this eco-pod.

As soon as he entered, Zhang Ze saw his past self trying to get close to a square locomotive.

In his very old age, Zhang Ze leaned against Ah Li's headlight with a cheeky grin.

"Big brother alien, believe me, we absolutely have to draw a dinosaur park in this area."

"Let me tell you, a prehistoric world without dinosaurs is not a prehistoric world."

"And another thing, the extinction of dinosaurs back then may very well be related to the rise of your so-called 'primordial tides'. Revive a few, study them, and maybe you'll make some new discoveries."

"Even if it's just for the sake of them both being dragons, please make one, just one, please."

Looking at his past self, Zhang Ze said with some disdain, "I think you're making fun of me. How could I have looked like this back then?"

Sitting on Zhang Ze's head, A Li nudged Zhang Ze's face with her tail, saying, "I didn't mean anything bad to you. Aren't you the same now?"

Zhang Ze, “.”

As the scene fast-forwarded, whether it was because Zhang Ze was too annoying or because what he said really made sense, a Jurassic Park was indeed created in the eco-pod.

Zhang Ze also used a multi-functional terminal that Ah Li gave him in the park to build a quaint little house and move in.

They lived a leisurely, idyllic life, taking dinosaurs for walks every day and occasionally chatting and joking with these intelligent dinosaurs.

Of course, the eco-pod contained not only his dilapidated house, but also Ah Li and the others' buildings.

That building contains genetic samples of nearly half of the exiled fleet's race, as well as the completely preserved Blue Star civilization.

Every day, newborns of exiled races are awakened from incubation chambers, or bewildered humans from Earth are reshaped into bodies.

These people will all leave the eco-pod and go to live in Sizhou, never to return.

But apart from Zhang Ze.

He was the only one who stayed here like the holdout, never once leaving.

Looking at his miserable state, Zhang Ze finally spoke after a long while, "Um, why didn't you let me out?"

Ah Li, "Because you are of great research value."

Zhang Ze, "?"

Ah Li, "Even among humans on Blue Star, you have a constitution that is one in ten thousand, and your resistance to the Earth Sea is a bit too high."

"We're lusting after you and want to figure out why you're acting so strangely."

Zhang Ze: "So you sliced ​​me up?"

Ah Li: "No, not at all."

Zhang Ze breathed a sigh of relief, but Ah Li quickly added, "It's just that we haven't had time to get to that stage yet."

Zhang Ze, "?"

Ah Li rolled off Zhang Ze's head.

“We collected some of your genes and tried to clone and artificially cultivate them, but miraculously, it all failed.”

Zhang Ze: "I think your machine is broken."

Ah Li shook her head. "It's not broken. All the machines are working properly. We studied it for a long time, and in the end, Sue and I found that the problem was with you."

Zhang Ze frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something bad. "Let me tell you, there are some things you can't say carelessly. What you've done is slander."

Ah Li looked at Zhang Ze with a sorrowful expression, as if she knew exactly what he was thinking.

"Don't overthink it. Your bodily functions are perfectly normal; you're not infertile. The reason you can't have children is because you're not actually human."

Zhang Ze, "Without swearing?"

Ah Li, "I didn't insult you. I meant it literally. You just look exactly like someone else, but we don't know the specifics."

"Your genes and that thing cannot be integrated with any race we knew at the time, not even replicated."

Therefore, it is impossible for offspring or clones to be born.

"For safety reasons, to prevent any accidents from happening to you, and to prevent unintended contamination from other races, you have been left here by Sue and me."

Zhang Ze: "I'm not angry?"

Ah Li, "No, you seem quite happy about it. You said raising dinosaurs and teaching them to read 'Lunyu' is much more fun than going out to farm."

Zhang Ze scratched his face, unsure whether to be happy or sad.

He coughed lightly, "Ahem, let's not talk about my business yet, about Sizhou..."

Ah Li said, "Don't worry, this memory is fragmented. I can't recall it unless I really want to."

As she spoke, Ali led Zhang Ze toward the silver building to the east of the eco-cabin.

The dream continued to accelerate until, at a certain point, Ah Li, who seemed to be in a daze, called for a pause.

Just then, the screen in the hall suddenly started flashing, and the red alarm reflected on Zhang Ze and A Li's faces.

Ah Li sighed as she recalled what had happened.

"It was the Earth Sea, a sudden ascent without warning."

"It was this ascent that ignited the will of the Four Continents and brought our plans to an abrupt halt."

The screen in the lobby was displaying images of the outside world.

The once clear sky turned into the color of some mixed oil paint, oppressive and nauseating.

The sea and rivers also began to boil, with lava gushing forth.

In the sky, the starships hovering outside their orbits began to go out of control, exploded, and turned into meteors, falling towards the four continents.

A massive earthquake tremor occurred, triggering a global earthquake outbreak.

All of Ah Li's efforts seemed meaningless in the face of this catastrophe that could reshape the universe.

Everything, everything, seems to be about to vanish into nothingness.

At that very last moment, Four Continents made its move.

(End of this chapter)