Simulating the primordial era? That's way too extreme.

Chapter 105 A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix!

"what?"

Zhao Si stared blankly at the four options presented by the game:

"Why aren't any of them human? They're not even mythical beasts like dragons..."

A tree, a stone, a turtle, a bird.

These four backgrounds don't seem as strong as Jin Bing's mass-produced East China Sea dragon prince...

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Si asked another question:

"Can you change your birth background after choosing it?"

No, you can only choose your birth background once.

"Is that so..."

Zhao Si hesitated for a moment:

The era of this chapter is unclear, and the corresponding prehistoric storyline is also unknown, leaving us completely in the dark.

Given this disadvantage, the only option is to choose the identity that is most likely to gather a large amount of information in the early stages.

So, which of these four things—tree, rock, turtle, or bird—is the most convenient for gathering information?

"Trees and stones aren't animals, so they'll inevitably end up in jail early on. If they want to roam freely, they'll have to transform into human form first... A very unfavorable start!"

Zhao Si immediately eliminated the first two options:

"As for the latter two, turtles and birds... it seems the bird has a greater advantage, doesn't it?"

Through various methods of elimination, he quickly came up with the most advantageous option:

Choose D!

[Ding! You have selected option D, a small bird under a volcano in the Southern Wilderness. This selection cannot be changed!]

On an ordinary day in a certain era, at the foot of a small volcano in the southern wilderness, a bird egg inexplicably hatched. A tiny bird with only a few feathers poked its head out of the shell, looking at the world for the first time...

There's only one egg in the nest, you have no brothers or sisters, not even parents. Perhaps they're dead, or perhaps they simply don't care about you.

During long periods of solitude, you yearn for companionship with others of your kind...

Although you lack parental care, in this spiritual environment, you don't need food. Your innate ability to absorb and exhale spiritual energy is enough for you to grow up healthily.

Gradually, you, nestled in the bird's nest in the tree, grew a coat of red feathers, which looked beautiful in the sunlight. Relying on your innate instincts, you easily learned to fly.

So you flew out of the nest where you were born, wanting to use your free wings to find your kind!

[Having flown for a short while, you were fortunate enough to encounter a red bird that looked exactly like you. Upon seeing your own kind, you excitedly flew towards it.]

【Huh?】

[Your kind also saw you, and so they flew towards you.]

You eagerly wanted to communicate with it, but it didn't seem interested... It flew faster and faster, howling fiercely as it attacked you!

[You were terrified by the ferocity of your kind and fled for your life. Your kind breathed terrible flames at you and chased you for a long time. When they realized they couldn't catch you, they flew back in anger, their bodies engulfed in flames as they flew.]

This desperate escape was just the beginning of your miserable ordeal...

In the days that followed, you relentlessly searched for your kind, trying to communicate with each one you encountered, but almost every time you were chased and forced to flee for your life!

Why "almost"? Because several female birds, upon seeing you, immediately swooped down and tried to do unspeakable things with you...

【you:??!】

Can't there be a pure friendship between men and women?!

You're always terrified; you're afraid to approach those of your kind who are too fierce, and you can't handle those who are too enthusiastic.

As you gain more experience, a realization dawns on you: your solitary origins are likely not a coincidence, but rather an inevitable consequence of the actions of many like-minded individuals.

[And you've made a significant discovery: the extreme polarization among your kind might not be a matter of habit, but simply a matter of intelligence...]

This bold conjecture, supported by an ever-growing body of evidence, is gradually becoming a terrifying fact.

You may not even have any true kindred spirits...

Those other creatures are nothing more than wild animals that look exactly like you. Compared to you, they lack the most important thing: "wisdom"!

After realizing this fact, you gradually became pessimistic about finding your kind. This pessimism, in turn, fueled arrogance, leading to the audacious idea: "I am the chosen one, born nobler than anything else!"

If I am not the chosen one, how can I explain my unique wisdom?

If your insights can't be explained, then it will only make you more convinced of your extraordinary nature...

Therefore, you began to intentionally spend more time absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy.

[Your spiritual energy is increasing, even to the point that you can unleash flames more fiercely than your kind, possessing greater destructive power. Your body is also becoming increasingly powerful, and your flight speed is ridiculously fast—all abilities unmatched by your kind.]

Your unique wisdom and power, far surpassing that of your kind, combined only fuel your arrogance!

So when you encounter your kind again, facing their fierce attacks, you contemptuously dodge with your speed, toying with them like toys, even injuring or burning them.

While these creatures lack intelligence, they possess basic fear. Faced with your overwhelming power, they dare not offend you any longer, only trembling and fleeing.

You have successfully conquered this small volcano and become the self-proclaimed Bird King!

Time passed by so uneventfully...

[Until one day, a gigantic bird, as large as a mountain, flew across the sky, its beautiful, multicolored tail feathers successfully catching your attention!]

You and all your kind across the mountain were irresistibly drawn to it!

The beautiful giant bird landed near a volcano much larger than your home, where an unnamed, towering tree stood, and the bird perched on it.

All sorts of birds came together before the giant bird. These birds, which have no intelligence whatsoever, would attack you when facing you, but they became incredibly docile in front of the giant bird.

You didn't understand what was happening; you just stared blankly at everything, and your unusual behavior quickly attracted the giant bird's attention.

It curiously observed you, and after a moment's thought, a wondrous power enveloped you. At the same time, a long-awaited communicative voice resounded in your mind.

Are you like me?

It asked curiously.

[Faced with the giant bird's initiative to communicate, you are incredibly excited. What do you choose?]

[A: Gaa! B: Gaa gaa!]

Zhao Si: ?

"What the hell?"

First came a bizarre "Bird King's Domination Story," and then a giant bird came along asking him a question.

The key is, if you're going to ask a question, then give me the answer options, right?

What is "ga ga ga"?

Zhao Si, who hadn't understood it at all from beginning to end, couldn't help but feel suspicious:

"Wait, is this really the primordial era?"

Of course.

Is this really the primordial era? When exactly did this happen?

Could it really be the Legend of the White Snake and the Legend of Zu Mountain...?

Increasingly confused, Zhao Si turned to two more absurd options:

"Gah, gah... Let's start with an A."

[You chose option A, wow!]

You looked up at the giant bird and immediately let out a howl: "Caw!"

[Giant Bird: ...]

The giant bird paused, then, after a moment of guesswork, concluded: "You mean... yes?"

[You keep your head tilted back: Gaa!]

[Giant Bird: ...]

The giant bird still didn't understand your meaning, but it did recognize the difference between you and the other birds. After some thought, it dripped a drop of blood onto you.

[Ding! A gift from an important figure in the primordial world has been detected. Bind?]

"Bind!"

Although she still didn't understand what was going on, a gift was always welcome, so Zhao Si agreed without hesitation.

[Ding! A gift from an important figure in the Primordial Era has been bound: "Bloodline from the Ancestral Phoenix!"]

"Bloodline from the Ancestral Phoenix": This bloodline was bestowed by the Ancestral Phoenix, the progenitor of the Phoenix Clan. It contains the most primordial Phoenix bloodline and can cause bloodline mutations after consumption!

[A small, squawking red bird was bestowed upon this bird by the Ancestral Phoenix during the ancient "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" festival (already bound to the bird).]

[Note: This bloodline has an extremely strong bloodline-corroding effect; consuming it will forcibly transform you into a phoenix!]

"Another drop of blood?"

Zhao Si couldn't help but recall the drop of blood from Qinglong back then; consuming it would also cause a mutation in one's bloodline.

Of course, none of that matters. Most importantly, this drop of blood reveals several key pieces of information:

"The bloodline bestowed by the Ancestral Phoenix... All birds pay homage to the Phoenix..."

Zhao Si, who had always been confused about what era this was from, finally realized:

"This is the era of the three ancient races!"

This is not the era of the Legend of the White Snake or the Legend of Shushan, but the ancient primordial era, which is far more ancient than the era of witches and demons!

……

(End of this chapter)