They say I'm a world-destroying anomaly.

Chapter 104 The Discontinuous Legacy

Yes, why is that?

According to the main AI, shortly after the earliest exiles strayed into this crevice, they quickly discovered a way to freely enter and exit with the help of the Wild Goose.

However, the two major tribes now not only lack the means to enter and exit the crevice space, but they are also unaware of the existence of the Youyan.

What exactly happened during this period?

"Could it be because of that Gobi Desert outside?"

Cheng Xu put forward his own conjecture.

Before he discovered the existence of the crevice with the help of the lynx, the group had encountered a phenomenon similar to being trapped in a maze in the Gobi Desert.

Even Cheng Xu was somewhat at a loss as to how to deal with the situation. If anyone else had accidentally wandered into it, they would have been practically sentenced to death.

"Is it because of the existence of the Gobi Desert that the descendants of the exiled cannot find an exit? That makes sense."

Fields immediately agreed, finding the guess reasonable.

No, you are wrong.

The main control AI of the Youyan immediately refuted this.

"I know what you're talking about. It's because when this ship crashed into the crevice, it caused further spatial displacement."

It patiently explained: "After the Youyan crashed into the space, the original spatial rifts expanded, but at the same time, some space also piled up due to compression."

"We discovered this situation from the beginning, and we quickly resolved the problem after research."

"They certainly wouldn't overlook this information, so your guess just now is incorrect."

Is the reason why those who enter keep wandering around in the Gobi Desert due to the unique characteristics caused by the stacking of spaces?

The main control AI spoke with conviction and certainty.

Cheng Xu and Fields looked at Congrett and Omar.

The controlling AI also focused its attention on the descendants of the deceased.

The root cause of the interruption in the lineage ultimately lies in whether the people of the two major tribes have any clues.

But Omar and the others looked completely bewildered.

"May I call you senpai (senior)?"

Omar looked up at the simple line drawing on the big screen.

A green light flashed at the edge of the large screen, acknowledging Omar's title.

The Youyan artificial intelligence possesses intelligence nearly indistinguishable from that of real intelligent life forms, and in the process of getting along with the exiles, it had come to regard them as its companions.

Since they are descendants of their companions, it is quite reasonable for them to call themselves seniors.

"Senior, to tell you the truth, my ancestors never told me that there is a spaceship waiting for us in some corner of this planet."

Omar's tone was very sincere.

"The history of our two major tribes was interrupted once."

"Tell me in detail." Cheng Xu frowned slightly.

He had heard Omar talk about the two major tribes on the planet before, and he had also heard him mention this lost history inadvertently.

Even the archives of the Bureau of Anomalies contain very vague records of the history of Sandstar Taranis, which are only briefly mentioned in a few words.

However, it now appears that the inheritance of the two major tribes has suffered critical gaps in important parts, which is very likely directly related to the historical discontinuity.

"Senior, Mr. Cheng, then I'll start from the beginning."

The command room was silent, save for Omar's voice.

"I have some merit in the Sigu tribe and have been appointed as the commander of this pioneering team, but I do not know more about history than other tribesmen."

"The Sigu tribe does not have a systematic education, nor does anyone teach history. I think the situation is probably similar among the Shaxue tribe."

"My understanding of our ancestors is limited to the narratives of my elders; it is a collection of fragments of information that I have pieced together my knowledge of tribal history."

Omar looked at Congrett and the teammates around him.

"If there's anything wrong with what I said, please point it out to me promptly."

"The origin of our tribe's history is just as this senior AI expert just mentioned; it comes from a group of exiled people."

"The common story within the tribe is that they were driven to this land and forced to begin surviving in harsh conditions."

He paused here, and Cheng Xu's brows furrowed even deeper.

From here on, there was actually a slight deviation. The main control AI said that the exiled team wandered in the universe for more than half a year in the Youyan, and finally had to choose to land and settle on this planet because they ran out of living supplies.

Although it was said to be forced, it was ultimately their own choice.

But in Omar's account of history, the team was as if they had been directly exiled to the sands.

This is a completely passive form of expulsion.

The difference between being proactive and reactive did not affect the later outcome, but Cheng Xu still sensed something strange.

"In the very beginning, our ancestors, just as mentioned earlier, established the most primitive tribes on this planet."

"But later, the two ancestors, Sigu and Shaxue, quarreled due to differences in their ideals and eventually parted ways, each taking a group of followers away, forming the prototype of the two major tribes."

An urgent mechanical voice immediately rang out, making everyone's eardrums ache.

"How could that be?! Until the last time they came to see me, I didn't see anything wrong between them!"

The AI ​​controller boomed, "Not long before they died, they were still worrying about everything in the tribe and the survival of their people. Where would they have had time to argue about differing ideologies?"

It paused for a moment, then presented a completely new argument: "Besides, after they died, the younger generations of the tribe visited me, and I have never heard of such a claim."

"In my experience, there has never been any concept of two major tribes; they were always one tribe, one unified entity."

After he finished speaking, all was silent.

The AI ​​seemed to realize its tone had been a bit too hasty, and softened its voice: "Sorry, I got a little agitated just now. But as I said, from my perspective, the idea of ​​parting ways is complete nonsense; it never happened."

Omar pursed his lips, a bitter smile on his face: "But our two tribes have been hostile to each other and at war for thousands of years—"

Cheng Xu looked at Omar's expression; the bewildered look that hadn't appeared during the previous battles was now on the big man's face.

Yes, if there was no so-called division in the beginning, and Sigu and Shaxue never had any discord, then why did the people on Sand Star become divided into the two major tribes they are today?

This seems like a difficult thing to understand.

"Later, our history was interrupted for about three or four hundred years. Of all the people I know, no one knows what happened during those hundreds of years of interruption."

Omar's voice became hoarse as he spoke.

"However, after the historical break, the confrontation between the two major tribes had already been fully formed."

"Since then, the hatred between our two tribes has deepened, and we regard each other as absolute enemies, wishing we could skin them alive and tear them apart—"

These are things I've heard since I was a child, passed down orally from my elders. Everyone told me that the Sandblood tribe is evil and must be wiped out.

"I've been through countless wars with the Sandblood tribe in my life. Trying every means to kill the members of the opposing tribe on the battlefield is like an instinct etched into my bones."

Omar fell silent again, this time for even longer than before.

Finally, he looked up at the Congrett siblings.

"In the past, I had no communication with the people of the Sandblood tribe and naturally assumed that they all deserved to die."

"It wasn't until this time, when I was working with this young Congrett, that I realized my original understanding was wrong, and terribly wrong."

"The people of the Sandblood Tribe are just like us; they are flesh and blood, and among them are kind-hearted and grateful people like this young brother."

The burly man spread his hands: "To be honest, when I saw Brother Congret helping Panama, I felt my worldview was shaken."

The other members of the Sibone Clan beside him nodded in agreement.

During their joint operation, this group's perception of Congrett was constantly changing.

What began as absolute hostility and defensiveness gradually softened and dissipated through repeated mutual assistance, eventually transforming into a friendly and positive perception.

Even by the end, they had come to regard Congrit as their comrade, an important partner they could trust and fight alongside.

It's important to understand that if such a thing happened within a tribe, any act of getting close to members of an enemy tribe would incite widespread resentment among the tribe's members.

Human anger is severely punished.

How many of our people were slaughtered by them? How many of those people were family and friends? And now you treat them as your partner? Are you even human?

Thus, a strange and awkward feeling took root in the hearts of the Sibone tribe, but it only brewed in their hearts and they could not say it out loud. Now, their leader Omar took the initiative to bring this up and set a precedent, and the others followed suit.

Me too.

Congrett, holding his sister's hand, took the initiative to approach Omar.

What Omar just said can be applied almost entirely to this boy.

In Congrett's original understanding, the Sandblood tribe's hatred for the Bone-Screaming tribe was even greater than that for the Bone-Screaming tribe.

But whether it was Omar and the others protecting his sister in the wilderness, or Banabayan's shot without any hesitation, both brought about a radical change in the boy's mindset.

"In other words—you don't actually know the root cause of the hatred between the two tribes?"

After pondering for a while, Cheng Xu gave his own summary.

If the two tribes did not experience a historical break, then he might believe the explanation that "their separation led to hatred."

He had also seen similar examples in interstellar societies where the original forces eventually split into two opposing sides due to internal divisions.

However, given the narrative of the Youyan's main AI and the historical gaps in the case of the two major tribes of Sand Star, it was hard for him to believe that the division of the tribes was a natural occurrence.

Especially for more than two thousand years after the historical break, the two tribes maintained a high degree of hatred, wanting only to completely annihilate each other, with no room for reconciliation.

"I think the legacy left by the original group of people was very likely lost during a period of historical discontinuity, and the timeline also matches up."

The main control AI remained silent.

It had already discerned from the conversation that the descendants of its companions were not in a good situation.

Not only do they have to face a harsh natural environment, but they also suffer from serious internal strife and friction.

Why did it turn out this way?

Shouldn't their ancestors have been a hardworking, brave, and united group? Why then have their descendants been engaged in internecine warfare for over a thousand years?

"Let me continue."

Omar continued his narrative, describing the current situation of the two tribes.

"Later, this planet was noticed by the interstellar society, which began to develop industries and tourism related to fluorescent oil."

"Under the auspices of the Interstellar Court, we reached an agreement with the great figures from the stars."

"They will develop the planet's resources, and we will receive a share of the profits. Apart from that, neither side will interfere with the other; they will not interfere with the process of civilization evolution of the two major tribes—well, I remember that's what the official announcement said."

After he finished speaking, the main control AI of the Youyan finally understood the whole story.

The person you've been waiting for hasn't abandoned you, but rather, due to some special reason, there's been a break in the lineage, resulting in the loss of information about you.

Looking at it from another perspective, perhaps it was fate's arrangement that they finally reappeared before me, although the meeting was no longer the same as before.

It knew that the current situation and future development of the two major tribes were no longer issues for it to concern itself with.

Seeing that the descendants of its deceased companions still stubbornly live on this planet, its obsession gradually faded into the deepest part of the ship's core.

"My wait—was not in vain—"

A mechanical voice emitted a long sigh, and a simple line drawing on the large screen bowed to Cheng Xu.

"Although I would love to fulfill my promise from back then and set sail again with them, that wish is unlikely to come true. But that's alright. Thank you again, investigator from the Anomaly Management Bureau."

"I have no other questions. Investigator, please arrange my containment."

Cheng Xu nodded: "No problem. Your condition is still unstable. Let me take you to the nearest branch office for containment first, and then we'll take a look around this planet."

There were still some questions in his mind that remained unanswered.

He always felt a faint gloom hanging over his eyes regarding this planet and the two tribes.

He decided that after taking in the Wild Goose, he would take Fields back to Taranis to find the answers to these questions.

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