Genesis: Starting with Growing Mushrooms

Chapter 285 A World of Despair and Pain

【尺椽空潭】：To construct a small pond.

"Space series?"

Liu Jun paused for a moment, then understood.

After all, he had given away a low-level spatial artifact to the Angel of Truth in exchange for her high intelligence.

Over the years, while other gods have been busy with their own projects, she is no exception. This guy is trying to build a series of spatial storage devices.

"Where's the pond?"

Liu Jun immediately guessed the specific function of this ability.

"The basic level is spatial storage, the intermediate level is spatial teleportation, and the advanced level is creating a spatial ocean?"

Liu Jun looked at the introduction.

But he discovered that this advanced spatial artifact, which he hadn't had high expectations for, gave him an interesting surprise.

In the classroom, the teacher is giving a lecture.

"What is a sixth-order civilization? Is it really impossible for us to break through to the seventh order?"

"So, where is the road?"

The teacher asks questions.

The children below all shouted out the correct answer:

"Of course, it's about having children!"

"That's right, the essence of life is evolution. We evolve generation after generation, and sooner or later we will break through the limits!"

"Even if we die, even if we are killed and enslaved by a stronger younger generation, we will still reproduce!"

"Yes, childbirth is the most honorable thing!"

"Yes, for the future of civilization, I am willing to give birth and sacrifice!"

People are brainwashed from childhood to believe that childbirth is the most glorious thing.

At this moment, a boy named Sona stood up and said, "No, childbirth is absolutely not the way out, it will never lead to the seventh rank!"

"I believe that researching space technology is the new way out for civilization. We must create a new world! Only in a completely new world can we break through to the seventh level."

The teacher was stunned, thinking that this troublesome student's idea was both crazy and stupid.

"Nonsense!" the teacher scolded the unconventional little boy. "Only after the 90th generation will we be able to skillfully use spatial technology, allowing our physical bodies to perfectly traverse space without pressure or sudden death!"

"You say you want to research space technology, but how can you research the space technology you're talking about if you don't reproduce to reach ninety generations!"

“But ninety generations is enough,” Sona said. “We should make a sharp turn and stop on the path of reproduction. That’s the wrong way. Once our ninety generations of bodies have withstood the distortion of space, we should start studying space!”

The teacher was so angry that he glared and yelled, "Go stand outside as punishment!"

A thousand years later.

Sona advanced through the ranks time and again, completed all her studies, became a hero of her race, and an outstanding scientist.

He began to delve into space technology.

What is space?

The universe can be likened to a vast, expansive blue ocean.

Planets are islands on the blue ocean of this space, and people live on these planetary islands.

All space technologies are realized in this ocean of space.

Space storage: It simply involves storing packages suspended by ropes in a spatial ocean. When needed, the packages can be retrieved by pulling the ropes.

Spatial teleportation: It's simply about creating a convenient underwater current, allowing you to dive in and quickly reach the other side of the ocean.

Now, our civilization is about to dive into the deep sea and build a new space world.

"There is no seventh rank in reality, perhaps because this world does not allow it! Or perhaps the difficulty of breaking through is too high to break through. Interstellar space technology may be the only way out for our civilization."

I have spent 70,000 years researching space storage technology.

Until this day.

The Planet Savings program has been launched.

Under the spotlight and broadcast live on countless channels, the world watched as I used cutting-edge technology to sink an island—a planet—and drag it into the ocean below.

"Success!"

"Space storage technology, a success!"

"Hahaha, a planet! Our space storage technology can now store a planet!"

Everyone cheered.

A planet was thrown directly into the ocean; they called this attack a "space strike"!

And for the planets they sink, they can find a way to bring them back to sea level.

In this way, their space storage technology is equivalent to being able to store a planet!
Sona's name resounded throughout the entire world.

I became the strongest hero in this civilization!
The world cheered for me, and those colleagues who had once doubted me began to apologize.

I also received a message from my teacher from back then: "I'm sorry, I was wrong! Sona, you must fulfill your teacher's dream. I believe there is a way out for us!"

Eighty thousand years later.

With the rapid development of space technology and the maturation of space storage technology, we began to research more advanced space jump capabilities.

However, space jumps involve establishing underwater vehicles in the ocean beneath planetary islands, which is far too dangerous and more difficult than sinking planetary islands to store space.

We began sacrificing soldiers, diving in large numbers into the space ocean to establish stable space currents and create underwater space channels.

Another 20,000 years.

"Space Ocean Submarine 018, officially launched!"

"Launch speed is stable!"

"Data from all eight engines is normal!"

"Accelerating!"

"It's driving the ocean current!"

"No abnormalities were found during the eighth pre-excavation of the space tunnel boring machine."

After undergoing various tests, the train is setting off.

Countless scientists are excitedly shouting:

"This time it might succeed!"

"Yes, after so many failed launches, it's time for success!"

Amidst the intense anticipation of everyone, the space train steadily arrived at the exit on the other side.

The train departed from the space ocean and arrived at its destination. When the driver stepped out, everyone cheered.

Countless people wept bitterly.

It was as if I could see the rocket launch of yesteryear, stepping into the sea of ​​stars.

One small step for mankind, one giant leap for civilization.

Its historical significance is no less than that of a successful rocket launch, marking humanity's first foray into space.

Five thousand years later.

Space train technology is fully mature.

Various long-distance overseas trains connect planets and islands, and subway stations are interconnected in all directions under the blue ocean.

Traveling to other galaxies has become exceptionally easy.

At this time, the civilization began to be named after Sona and was called the Sona Civilization.

They gathered resources in the distant starry sea and entered an unlimited resource mode.

Beneath the vast ocean network, subway stations and space trains of all kinds have made tourism in various star systems exceptionally developed.

Another 80,000 years passed. Sona received a call from her teacher.

This old man had reached the end of his life. "I have no hope of seeing the birth of a seventh-tier being. I hope your path is right. Childbirth is a wrong path to becoming stronger. I hope you create a new world!"

Sona hung up the communication, and even though transportation is so advanced now, she still did not choose to see her teacher one last time.

Because he was busy with an important project and couldn't get away: "Teacher, you'll see, this is also my lifelong dream."

After [Space Storage] and [Space Teleportation], he plans to start the next project, [Artificial Space Ocean].

He wanted to choose a deep-sea area of ​​70,000 nautical miles in the vast ocean, create an artificial space ocean—an underwater world—and then try to settle there with his civilization.

Countless ocean trains are the prerequisites for transporting building materials and constructing this artificial deep sea.

"I will definitely succeed!"

Ten thousand years later.

He failed, and civilization was plunged into despair.

The technology involved is hundreds of times more difficult than before; it's on a completely different scale.

"An artificial ocean must have a circulating buffer zone, like an eggshell, to protect this artificial ocean from the impact of natural ocean currents in space!"

But Sona was not discouraged.

Three times, eight times, twelve times.

He tried time and again to build this eggshell to protect this artificial ocean.

Each time, the artificial inland sea explodes due to the impact of ocean currents, and the space trains transporting supplies sink into the endless depths of the sea and disappear.

"It failed, it still failed!"

On their fifteenth occasion, they invented ocean current detection technology.

By finding stable tidal cycles in the ocean currents, this artificial inland sea can be constructed in a stable deep-sea area.

"There is no abnormality in float number two."

"The No. 3 buoy is normal, and no ocean current has been detected!"

One message after another arrived, filling Sona with immense joy.

After countless failed attempts to find a stable ocean in space while traversing various star systems, they finally discovered that the other side had a stable ocean current period of 30,000 years in a certain region.

Tidal stability over 30,000 years.

Give them enough time to build a new space world 70,000 nautical miles beneath that region!

"We must spend all our resources!"

"Yes, at all costs. Time is too short; we may not be able to find other stable areas in the future!"

Just like the best time in the old days to launch a satellite to explore Mars, they couldn't miss this opportunity.

We will strive to build it within 30,000 years!
This will be the sole main theme of the Sona civilization going forward.

They endured countless hardships and lost countless space trains, all in an effort to build a marvel of civilization and realize their lifelong dream.

Just 28,000 years later, when the inner sea of ​​space was about to be completed, an accident occurred.

"What? The 13th float detected an 8-force ocean current seven hundred years from now?"

"It was clearly the last moment!"

"The monitoring and calculations over 30,000 years will inevitably encounter variables; let's risk our lives to fill the gaps!"

"Yes, even if we have to build a flood control dike within seven hundred years, with each of us captains driving a space train, we will still keep this tide out!"

The war has begun.

A series of iron walls were built to form flood control dikes.

But when the space attack came, they exhausted all the trains of their civilization, keeping the enemy outside alive.

"We succeeded."

Sacrificing 9% of their population and resources, and sinking completely into the endless undercurrents of the deep sea, they finally managed to stop this natural disaster.

Just as they were cheering, a scene that plunged them into despair unfolded:

"What? After this ocean current, there's another force 15 undercurrent?"

"Why! Why wasn't it detected before?"

"Because this current was hidden behind the previous Force 8 current, it essentially provided cover for the enemy."

An endless despair enveloped the civilization of Sona.

They knew they had gambled everything and lost everything.

"There isn't enough time left to build the space eggshell. An artificial ocean that isn't fully constructed won't be able to withstand any impact!"

A thousand years later, they could only watch helplessly as the inland sea—the underwater world—that they had painstakingly built with their life's work was washed away, their life's work destroyed in an instant.

With only a handful of cats and kittens left in the entire civilization, Sona was practically driven mad.

But in his moment of great sorrow, he suddenly saw a strange treasure: "What is this?"

He suddenly discovered that he had gained the power to create space.

You can easily create an artificial ocean space.

It took the efforts of over 100 generations of civilization, hundreds of thousands of years of dedication, and the ultimate dream of countless fallen warriors to be realized so easily?
Because of a strange, magical object, I can create it with ease?

"What is this? What have I obtained? Why didn't you appear sooner?" Holding the divine object, he was even more distraught.

My dream seemed to have been so easily denied.

But he quickly conjured up an artificial ocean and sank it into the deep sea with the surviving civilization, leaving all his companions bewildered and confused.

Sona herself was also at a loss.

A sense of fear arose in his heart.

This mysterious object existed on a level far beyond his comprehension, much like primitive humans couldn't understand a space train traversing galaxies.

and.

He suddenly realized a fact: hard work can never compare to having a cheat code!

This incredible artifact is so powerful that even with a lifetime of research and technological advancements, I couldn't achieve anything with just a flick of my wrist!

Regardless, they succeeded in the end.

"Is this the deep sea?!"

He continuously controlled his spatial ocean to dive deeper, and saw one after another planet that had been sunk and fallen into the ocean.

I saw some messy things that had been swept up by the chaotic ocean currents.

He even saw some other space trains in different ancient styles, and only then did he realize:

"So, it turns out that we're not the only civilization that builds trains."

"They probably experienced all sorts of failures, even complete destruction, just like us. If I hadn't inexplicably obtained this thing, I would be one of those countless failures!"

Sona was suddenly struck by a terrifying thought: Why is the real universe so vast, filled only with sparse planets and islands?
The entire universe is like a great age of exploration, with a few scattered planets and islands on it for life to live on.
A scientist standing nearby suddenly trembled. "Is it possible—and I mean, in the distant past, the universe was a vast tectonic plate with four oceans and seven continents, or at the very least, a dense archipelago?"

"But one desperate sixth-order civilization after another, just like us, sank planet after planet, built countless space trains, ventured into the deep sea to explore, and sank countless resources into the deep sea."

"The universe is so barren. The sea level has risen because most of the land has sunk into the sea, becoming lost underwater ruins and civilizations."

Sona's breathing quickened as she looked at the ancient, unknown civilization ruins sinking into the deep sea, a sense of fear rising within her.

Beneath the ocean of space lie the corpses of various civilizations, rendering the universe utterly empty, leaving only islands.

The whole world is full of corpses.
How hopeless is this world?

What kind of painful and sorrowful world do we live in?
Sona felt fear, but she stopped thinking about it and continued her voyage across this vast ocean of space.

"I am the chosen one, and I will surely lead civilization to break through to the seventh level in this new world in the deep sea."

He's cheating! He's finally experiencing the joy of cheating!
Sona understood that the previous destruction was not the end, but a new beginning was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)