Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

Seeing that she hesitated, Lin Chen pressed, "But what?"

The goddess bit her lip before continuing:

"In the process of the rise of this race, the ancestors discovered many other intelligent races one after another."

At first, the tribe followed the old methods, helping them survive, helping them develop their civilization, teaching them cultivation, writing, production... basically helping them in every way they could.

Her voice suddenly lowered as she said this.

"But then, for some reason, the ancestors suddenly became enraged. They wiped out more than a dozen foreign tribes in one fell swoop, including the first tribe that came to their aid, leaving no one alive."

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed.

"From then on, the source universe and dozens of surrounding star systems were all designated as the core area of ​​the Protoss. No outsiders were allowed to enter without permission."

She paused for a moment: "The ins and outs of this matter are not recorded at all in the clan's records, as if they were deliberately erased."

"However, there are rumors circulating among other races." She glanced at Lin Chen, then quickly looked down again, "They say the gods have helped for so long but haven't gained anything in return, only giving and not receiving, and they're resentful. So... they changed the rules."

"But..." she changed the subject, "According to our clan's records, after that great war, our clan remained silent for hundreds of millions of years."

"Over the past hundreds of millions of years, various races have emerged in the universe, including dragons, abyss races, demon races, insect races, and spirit races."

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Later, led by the Devouring Ancestor and the Dark Ancestor, the God Race was reborn."

The goddess's voice trailed off: "Their strategy has completely changed; they no longer offer assistance, but instead seek conquest..."

She swallowed, her voice carrying a complex emotion she couldn't quite define:

"Moreover... it is said that at the very beginning of their existence, the gods beat up all the newly emerging races one by one. Dragons, Abyss races, demons, none were spared."

"However," she gave a wry smile, "whether this kind of news is true or not is not something we lower-level gods could possibly know."

Lin Chen nodded secretly. There were indeed many discrepancies between what the goddess woman said and the information he had heard from the Deep Ones.

The gods were initially helping all races in the universe develop, so how did they suddenly change their minds?

He didn't quite believe the idea that "there was no benefit to be gained." There must be something hidden in the hundreds of millions of years of silence, the ancestor's wrath and extermination of the clan, and the erasure of historical records.

Setting aside these thoughts for the moment, he asked again, "What about the current state of the Protoss?"

Seeing that he didn't press her further about those life-threatening matters, the female deity breathed a slight sigh of relief, and her voice became calmer.

"Our clan's current highest decision-makers are the twelve progenitors. However, the progenitors of power, wisdom, and life have been out of the public eye for many years. Currently, the four in charge are: the progenitor of devouring, the progenitor of darkness, the progenitor of light, and the progenitor of poison."

"The Progenitor of Devouring leads most of the Protoss's army; the Progenitor of Darkness manages intelligence; the Progenitor of Light leads the Council of Elders; and the Progenitor of Poison manages all of the Protoss's commercial institutions."

"As for the other five ancestors, they are in a semi-retired state, occasionally showing up but not usually getting involved."

Lin Chen wrote down all these names.

"Below these progenitors, there are three super families, ten first-class families, and countless small and medium-sized families in the clan."

As the woman from the divine race spoke, she involuntarily raised her head, as if the identity of the "super family" gave her a last bit of confidence.

"We are members of one of the three super families—the Yaotong family. The Yaotong family are descendants of the progenitor of light and hold an extremely high position among the gods."

She glanced at Lin Chen's face, then lowered her gaze again: "Young Master Jiaer is our clan leader's third young master."

Lin Chen silently kept these words in mind, his expression remaining unchanged.

"Gale is the third young master of the Yaotong family patriarch. So what exactly is the purpose of your visit to Blue Star this time?"

"Our main purpose in coming here is to restrain a magical artifact clone of a powerful being from beyond the realm."

"An extraterrestrial powerhouse?" Lin Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm. About five years ago, a group of powerful beings from outside the universe broke through the cosmic barrier and entered our universe."

They even infiltrated our divine race's source universe. The one leading them seems to have also comprehended the Law of Darkness; he's incredibly powerful. He secretly reached the center of the source universe and injured the World Tree.

"The World Tree?"

"Yes, it is the core of our universe, the source of our ancestors' birth."

She swallowed hard and continued, "After the World Tree was injured, it spontaneously sent down a spiritual rain in an attempt to enhance the strength of all living beings in the universe so that they could deal with that outsider."

But that leader of the outsiders was too wicked; they had mixed an unknown virus into the spiritual rain. This virus was useless against the strong, but weak creatures that came into contact with it would turn into mindless monsters.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen frowned, which reminded him of the blood rain at the beginning of the apocalypse.

"Was that rain tainted with the virus red?"

"Yes, that's right."

Lin Chen clenched his fist, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, and calmly said, "Continue."

The goddess glanced at him and continued, "After they turn into monsters, a crystal grows in their brains, which can automatically absorb spiritual energy and continuously upgrade itself."

"At the same time, that extraterrestrial powerhouse also created magical clones that went to various inhabited planets to cause disasters."

"The progenitor sent us here to collect the crystals from the monsters' brains while simultaneously restraining that magical artifact clone. This would allow the Devouring Progenitor to free up his hands to capture that extraterrestrial powerhouse."

After she finished speaking, she cautiously glanced at Lin Chen's expression.

After hearing these words, Lin Chen's face was already covered with frost. He had finally found the culprit of the apocalypse!

"Is this primordial crystal very important?"

The goddess felt a chill run down her spine under his icy gaze, her voice trembling: "Yes...it's quite important. I once overheard Young Master Gal mention that this kind of cosmic origin crystal can help with cultivation, and even help with breaking through to the tenth rank."

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. According to the woman, it shouldn't be difficult for the God Clan to take down that extraterrestrial powerhouse.

"So you actually had a way to end this disaster much earlier. But you let them do it in order to obtain a higher-level Origin Crystal, right?"

You also want crystallization, but it's inconvenient for you to do it yourself. Is this what Garr meant by "going with the flow"?

The woman opened her mouth but didn't speak. What Lin Chen said, though not entirely accurate, was not far off.

He said tremblingly, "I...I don't know either. I'm just a nobody. How could I possibly concern myself with such important matters?"

Lin Chen wasn't particularly angry about it.

Although the other side has the power to stop it, why should they stand up for Blue Star? And what reason do I have to blame them?

Should the strong shoulder more responsibility? That's just something the weak use to comfort themselves.

Moreover, he and the gods were not of the same race.

If anyone has a grudge, it's that I was too weak before!