Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 125, Section 124: The Origin of the World

After many years, new life has emerged once again in this broken world.

People, with tears in their eyes, joyfully shared the news with each other, gathering together to see that vibrant green.

That tiny bit of green represents more than just a plant, a fragile bud.

It symbolizes the hope of the world.

This life, defying the limitations of the apocalypse, exists independently.

The old prophet slowly approached the newly sprouted wheat seedlings, his hands trembling slightly, his breathing becoming increasingly rapid.

He said with certainty, "It's true, it's a real new seedling."

The people around gasped in surprise.

Someone asked, "Is the law of the world returning to normal?"

"Do not."

The old man gave a negative answer, saying, "This is probably a change brought about by that creator."

As he spoke, the old man's feelings were complicated.

Although this creation-level being appears ordinary and has not displayed any world-destroying power, he is definitely not simple.

Those tools, blocks, and seeds—each contains rules that are probably beyond the reach of mere power.

"Don't gather together, time is limited."

Seeing more and more people gathering around, the old man said, "Go back and do your own thing."

After saying that, he was the first to get back to work.

Seeing him like this, the others didn't delay any longer and continued working. However, this time everyone was more motivated than before and worked harder.

When effort is no longer meaningless, when all labor is truly useful, then that in itself is an exhilarating thing.

No one is lazy or discouraged; such people don't exist here.

More than 30,000 people, all of whom chose to stay and remain in this world, can all be called righteous people.

I used to spend every day in the shelter, looking gloomy and sighing, because I couldn't see any hope.

Now that hope is at hand, there is no reason to be discouraged.

On the ground, people were working enthusiastically on construction, each more proactive than the last.

On the ground, at the edge of the world.

Wang Ji approached the dragon's remains and silently stepped on them.

Looking down, you see the keel beneath your feet gleaming with an unusual light; looking up, you can see the construction site, where the busy people and he both need to look up to see each other.

The space seems somewhat out of place at this moment.

Boom!

His vision blurred, and Wang Ji was suddenly thrown off the ground.

A roar echoed in the void, breaking through the limitations of time and space, resounding from the depths of one's heart.

I couldn't understand what it meant; it just seemed like simple howling.

Wang Ji hovered above the dragon bone, watching the scene below change rapidly, and finally realized what was wrong.

Gravity? This dragon skeleton, the size of a planet, did not generate any gravity. The surrounding land fragments simply floated aimlessly, without being attracted by this behemoth.

No wonder I couldn't stand on it.

The relevant rules have broken down.

Wang Ji decisively changed his movement method, measured the speed of the dragon skeleton, and synchronized his own speed with it to achieve a relatively stationary effect.

This brought the operation to a standstill.

Once the spatial anchoring was complete, Wang Ji began his exploration of the dragon's remains.

The complete structure of the dragon skeleton had been explored before, and now, after hearing the story of 'Dragon Creates the World' or rather, its history, Wang Ji has gained some new understanding of this dragon skeleton.

After examining the structure of the dragon skeleton once more, Wang Ji entered the interior of the dragon skeleton along the surface holes and internal gaps.

As the dragon skeleton was gradually penetrated deeper, a pressure slowly formed, constantly cleansing the body and mind.

Following the direction of greatest pressure, Wang Ji continued to move forward.

At one point, a faint gravitational force suddenly formed. This force was not strong and could only attract some dust, making it very difficult to detect.

But for Wang Ji, who is constantly calculating speed to create a relatively static effect, it is particularly noticeable.

However, before they could investigate, the gravitational pull disappeared again.

"Ok?"

Wang Ji sensed a familiar presence.

That's the feeling of order being replaced by nothingness.

end.

It wouldn't be surprising if it were just an apocalypse.

What is intriguing is that within the dragon's remains, the power of rules is constantly being generated, only to be repeatedly destroyed.

This is somewhat difficult to detect from the outside, but it is particularly noticeable from the inside.

Wang Ji explored and observed inside the dragon's remains for nearly three days.

Over the course of three days, the creation and destruction of rules continued unabated, and every certain number of cycles would be followed by a low roar.

Previously, Wang Ji would have thought that the sound was meaningless—it truly meant nothing.

But now, upon hearing it, one can almost sense a hint of resentment.

This skeleton is like a construction worker, constantly trying to build the foundation of laws, but each time it only puts on a brick before it is quickly crushed into dust.

Within a gap between bones, Wang Ji stopped moving.

"This is…"

Sense the release.

The outline of a skull took shape in my mind.

"found it."

This is the source of that power of rules.

It is constantly spreading its laws, yet it is constantly being destroyed by the end of the world.

No matter how much destruction it causes, the power of the apocalypse cannot directly destroy the root of the laws.

And the root of this is, of course, the dragon's remains.

Wang Ji suddenly understood.

It is because this dragon skeleton is constantly trying to repair the broken rules that the world is able to remain hanging on by a thread, teetering on the edge of complete destruction.

In an ordinary world, it would probably have collapsed long ago.

Creating and maintaining rules...

Wang Ji had a sense of familiarity.

Genesis-level?
It's somewhat similar, but not quite.

Genesis-class are not that weak.

World-class?
No, not really, it's not that strong.

Somewhere in between.

This dragon skeleton serves as both the creator of the world and the singularity of the world; it is both the craftsman and the material.

Perhaps this is a dragon that attempted to break through to the Genesis level but failed?

Who knows.

Wang Ji shook his head, also not quite understanding these things.

He looked at the dragon's skull and felt its power being eroded.

Time is really running out.

At this rate, the power within will completely dissipate in less than a month, and no more rules or anything like that will emerge.

For a world to cease generating new rules is to stop functioning.

To cease functioning is to render one's own meaning meaningless.

'Nothingness'—is destruction.

After thoroughly exploring the secrets of the dragon's remains and integrating all the knowledge about dragons and the world in his mind, his cognitive progress gradually increased until it reached its maximum.

[Cognitive Points +1]

When cognition connects with the things before one's eyes, a certain power is stirred and surges toward the ultimate state.

Wang could clearly sense that some 'information' was trying to enter his mind and express something, but he chose not to accept it, so this information was blocked.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Ji chose to receive this information.

Even if this information comes from dubious sources and may pose some potential risks—can it be any greater than the risk of cognitive doomsday?

As the mind opens up, images appear in the mind.

First, there was a point of light—it was a star. A shadow fell, and the star was obscured by something.

As his perception continued to expand, Wang Ji saw a gigantic, ferocious, and ugly creature that opened its massive mouth and swallowed the star whole, as if it were a sugar pill.

A sense of unease rose from within. This creature seemed to defy the laws of the world, treating all laws as nonexistent, and acting however it pleased.

It's like walking in water as if you were on land, ignoring the immense resistance of the water, breathing, and even eating dry food that isn't contaminated by the water.

Defying conventional thinking and the laws of physics.

This indescribably large creature swung its body freely in space, going wherever it wanted. With a jolt, it could break through space and arrive at its destination in the next instant.

The environment and laws are like building blocks that can be freely arranged; whichever one is needed will take effect.

"At least top-tier in the world."

Wang Ji commented on the unidentified creature in the video.

Perception gradually fades.

The enormous, star-devouring behemoth gradually moved away, becoming smaller and smaller.

Planets streak by, becoming almost imperceptible specks of light. These specks of light converge to form a vast and magnificent galaxy.

Galaxyes converge here, forming galaxy clusters.

Wang Ji immediately understood—this was a standard planetary world, a world composed of numerous planets, stars, and matter in the vacuum.

And there are more than one creature like that in this world; they seem to be treating this starry sky as a buffet, and are currently eating.

They are simply the world's dominant power; it's astonishing.

It's unbelievable that such a creature exists.

'Are these dragons?'

Wang Ji couldn't help but feel doubtful, but he kept denying it to himself.

It doesn't seem like a dragon; I didn't sense any aura similar to dragon remains.

What is this scene?
Boom!

Just as I was thinking this, the starry sky in the scene suddenly trembled violently, and cracks appeared.

Snapped.

A crisp sound, like breaking glass, rang out, and the galaxies and planets in the sky all began to move towards the center, as if being squeezed inward by a giant hand.

The colossal beasts, feeding and consuming energy, roared as they tried to break through the world barrier and leave.

Logically speaking, once one reaches the pinnacle of the world, entering and exiting the world should be as natural and simple as breathing. Even if the world is destroyed, the pinnacle of the world can exist independently outside the void.

But in the images, no matter how much these world-class behemoths struggle, they cannot resist the shrinking of the world. They can only be helplessly swept up by the violent forces, like birds in a tornado, their fate determined by heaven.

The world seems to be on the verge of destruction.

disaster?

end?

Wang Ji made various guesses, but the next moment, he suddenly understood everything.

Boom!

As all matter and space converged, all phenomena vanished completely, coalescing into a singularity.

One hand gently pinches the singularity to stabilize it, and then with a squeeze, the singularity disappears.

Now Wang Ji understood.

It's not a disaster, nor is it the end of the world.

It is a creation-level entity that is recycling the world.

"Caught."

That's what the creator-level being said, and then his perception seemed to spread towards Wang Ji's perspective.

Wang Ji's heart tightened.

Are you looking at me?

Amidst the confusion, the creator-level being withdrew its senses and left without doing anything.

After a long time, in the void of the spirit world, a huge head cautiously peeked out, revealing its existence.

It was a dragon's head, but it looked rather small, at least not as big as the skeleton in front of us.

Oh, so you were looking at this dragon.

Wang Ji felt relieved.

'So, all of this was observed by this dragon?'

The young dragon watched in fear and trepidation in the direction the unknown Creator-level being had left, a hint of longing in its eyes.

Time goes by.

A similar scene unfolded once again: the star-devouring behemoth was about to attack a star when, in the next instant, it was swallowed whole, along with the star, by a jet-black dragon head that emerged from the void.

Its speed defied the laws of the world, and its existence disregarded the world's barriers, allowing it to enter and exit at will.

The baby dragon has grown up.

The once-powerful, star-devouring behemoth is now like a mosquito, a mere snack in its presence.

In its most powerful prime, it coiled up, gathered all its strength, and began... to create the world.

However, the ending was entirely predictable.

The dragon gathered all its power, using its skeleton to support the world, its flesh and blood to form matter, and its very essence to form laws, thus creating a world.

It seems to have succeeded.

However, this process cannot be reversed.

A vibrant world with exceptionally stable laws has emerged.

A dragon died.

Life is born from a sigh.

Did you make it?

It succeeded, but it also failed.

Wang Ji shook his head.

The message ends here, and all the images vanish.

[Cognitive Points +1]

Wang Ji understood everything—the dragon before him, and the world itself.

It could be said that he knew more than the leader of the survivors, the old prophet.

"What a powerful creature."

Wang Ji couldn't help but sigh.

No wonder there aren't many records about it.

Dragons are creatures that can naturally grow to the top level of the world, or even surpass the top level of the world, approaching the creation level.

However, I don't recall ever hearing of any creation-level being a dragon.

Putting these thoughts aside for the moment, Wang Ji looked at the world before him once more and gained some new insights.

This dragon is the origin of the world; its existence sustains the world.

When the essence within its bones is exhausted by the end of the world, then the world will cease to exist.

And there is less than a month left.

If nothing is done within a month, the world will not be able to hold on, and the number of worlds destroyed by the apocalypse will increase by one.

"Looks like we need to move a little faster."

Thinking this, Wang Ji returned to the ground.

This is the first time I've saved the world.

Based on what I've heard, the best way to deal with a world on the verge of destruction is to replenish its origin and recreate its rules.

According to historical records, "For a creation-level entity, this is a piece of cake."

However, Wang Ji really had no clue.

He tried contacting the keeper of the secret to inquire about relevant experience, however…

"I don't understand you. Explore it yourself."

This was the keeper's answer.

It's a headache.

Three days had passed since Wang Ji left. Various construction projects on the ground were in full swing, with 30,000 people working efficiently and tirelessly. They quickly built a huge base and successfully created a self-sufficient recycling system using the seeds and water provided by Wang Ji.

"Sir, it's a success!"

Upon seeing Wang Ji return, the old prophet rushed over and excitedly exclaimed, "This space is becoming stable!"

"Your laws are spreading!"

(End of this chapter)