I, the Rock King Emperor with 21 billion in power, have joined the chat group.

Her oath-taking ceremony this time was indeed driven by other motives.

The government formed by Maria was a mixed bag for various reasons, with many former bureaucrats mixed in.

Therefore, this time, her goal is not only to eradicate the Gastrea in Japan, but also to eliminate the corrupt and decadent people in the current government formed by the "Earth Human Alliance - Japan Human Liberation Front".

"I must not let down Teacher Zhongli's expectations of me," Maria whispered to herself, trying to encourage herself.

He then spoke loudly again: "So, gentlemen, please remember the situation today."

"If anything happens to you in the future, don't blame me—don't say I didn't warn you."

As soon as he finished speaking, applause rang out again.

Maria's voice was completely embedded in it.

Post-Holiday Musings (2)

Tower World.

Today was also an unusually peaceful day.

The Animal Girl Empire, which controls half of the planet and has established an orbital elevator in the equatorial region, is conducting Dyson cyclone material experiments in an orderly manner.

At the experimental venue of these beast girls with various animal characteristics, the Yuri clone group from the [Same Republic] sat together in chairs, all with expressionless faces.

Adhering to their original ancestor Yuri I's ideals, they would happily steal a moment of leisure during their free time, and would sit rather than stand if possible. They began to chat casually in their own mission's mental local area network.

[Hey, I've always thought the name "Animal Girl Empire" is super stupid. It's amazing that they've stuck with it for decades.]

Our own republic is also quite foolish; if it's the biggest fool, don't laugh at the second biggest fool.

That's true.

[Speaking of which, I heard somewhere before that this Animal Girl Empire and the Same Republic were actually created by our two original progenitors, Lady Chihiro and Lady Yuri. Were our genetic progenitors that stupid back then? Hahahaha.]

[If they weren't stupid, the Animal Girl Empire wouldn't have been born. Those genetically modified creatures with bunny ears and cat tails are so unrecognizable as human. Why didn't the progenitor just capture Lord Chihiro and tie him up in the basement? That way, he could satisfy his own desires and get rid of this so-called Animal Girl Empire at the same time.]

[You think your genetic ancestor had a similar personality to yours? Has your dominant personality been specially modified to enhance your genes for violence?]

Yeah, what's wrong?

[There are actually people who have had their violent personalities altered. Honestly, how many times have you been forcibly modified at a genetic modification center?]

What's it to you?

[Hehe, I reckon your personality won't last much longer.]

Alright, alright, let's stop talking about this, it's pointless. Instead of discussing this, let's discuss whether today's Dyson ring experiment will be successful.

[It will be 100% successful, otherwise the Animal Girl Empire wouldn't have allowed us to visit. Although our two countries have a fairly good relationship, we are, after all, two different genetic progenitors, and it's impossible for us to completely cooperate. There has to be some degree of antagonism, which is why we established two countries instead of one.]

Did you study politics and history?

Wow, there really is such a thing as personal development training.

My hobbies.

[Yes, it's a hobby, a hobby. Just like my hobby is waxing spaceships, learning this is quite difficult. I can't find like-minded people or mentors; I can only apply for resources and explore on my own.]

[Hmm, that's weird.]

[Forget about that guy waxing the spaceship. But right now, spaceship-related topics are indeed very popular, with many researchers and mentors. Recently, it even made it onto the top seventy-seventh research committee, occupying three research seats.]

[This has nothing to do with us. Aren't our majors all in the humanities? Otherwise, why would we be sending them as an envoy?]

Oh, that's true.

[Oh right, right, you've studied politics and history, you're an expert in this diplomatic arena, so quickly tell me, how exactly did our two countries come into being?]

Hmm... let me think. Right, everyone should know about the shared holy site of the Animal Girl Empire and our republic—the [Individual Single-Gender Cloning Factory] located in Tower 73.

[I know, I know, of course I know. The very first numbers on our republic all came from inside. The original progenitors of the Animal Girl Empire also came from another machine inside. So it's our shared holy land.]

The initial division between our two countries stemmed from differing choices made when first using cloning machinery.

[Our genetic progenitor, Yuri, wanted to build a city entirely composed of Yuri based on her own genes, while Chito, the progenitor of the Animal Girl Empire, believed that incorporating animal genes into the programming would result in greater genetic diversity.]

Therefore, these two genetic progenitors, each using a machine, began their own creation project.

Of course, initially, there was no conflict between the two sides. Everyone worked together, whether it was us Yuri or the animal girls, all working together to revive the former civilization.

[Things changed after the first tower was completely rebuilt. Some members of the Animal Girl Empire felt that the people of our republic were lazy and liked to slack off, which was unfair to their hard work. So they wanted to take charge of repairing one [Tower City] each, and whoever repaired more would own that Tower City.]

The progenitors of genes didn't object, and so we parted ways with the Animal Girl Empire.

Then came the second split. After the first split, the Animal Girl Empire's social model changed. They learned the administrative models of previous civilizations, made slight reforms, and adopted them for their own use. This led to their extremely rapid pace of city reconstruction in the early stages. Meanwhile, our Common Republic had not yet learned the [Shared Mind] [system skill], so we lagged far behind them. While they had repaired dozens of tower cities, we only had less than ten.

Then the second split occurred. The Animal Girl Empire waged a war exactly like the one in the previous civilization. The reason for this war is unknown and has been lost to history. In any case, it was quite a brutal conflict.

Several tower cities that had already been repaired have been destroyed again. If it weren't for the help of our shared republic, their Animal Girl Empire might have declined again.

Following the second split and war, we also learned and acquired advanced techniques of telepathic communication, thus solidifying many of the systems still in effect throughout the unified republic.

[After all, we are clones of the same person, so our physical attributes and certain thoughts and personalities are quite similar. Therefore, after obtaining the advanced mental communication network, our power exploded all at once, far surpassing the Animal Girl Empire in both scientific technology and the power we could control.]

After helping them, we assimilated them and united them once again.

The third split occurred after the Animal Girl Empire and we mastered space travel technology. Having fully assimilated the science and technology of our former civilization, and needing new research and directions for fundamental physics, the relatively independent Animal Girl Empire proved far superior to our unified republics with stronger ideological cohesion. Furthermore, they also constructed a mind network channel modeled after ours, further strengthening their power once again.

[Considering our competitive relationship with the Animal Girl Empire, we peacefully parted ways, and that's how things have remained the same until today.]

Currently, the research directions of the Animal Girl Empire and our republic have diverged significantly.

They are dedicated to stellar terraforming, ring system construction, and other expansions based on their existing planets. Our top research group, however, has developed a policy tailored to our characteristics: interstellar migration ships, group splitting, wandering between stars, searching for diverse celestial bodies and civilizations, and absorbing the strengths of each other's civilizations.

Wow, I never knew history was like this before.

[Yeah, yeah, it's surprisingly interesting. But what surprises me is why the Animal Girl Empire is having an internal war? After spending so much time together, we've found they're all incredibly cute.]

[I don't know, but one of the group projects in the history research team seems to be exploring how the civilization on our planet was destroyed.]

"Look, those civilizations of the past could build tower cities, release satellites that ventured out of the solar system, and construct colossal immigration ships. Their technology was almost on par with ours now. Not to mention those glowing mushrooms that caused us so much suffering; the technology to produce such biological weapons is incredibly difficult."

Theoretically speaking, such a civilization should be absolutely impossible to destroy by war.

But it was destroyed.

Therefore, a renowned researcher pointed out a possibility: perhaps there's a problem with the underlying logic of the world we live in.

Then he gathered about three million contribution points and asked our system a fundamental question.

[Three million contribution points!!! With so many contribution points, I can slack off as much as I want without worrying about running out of entertainment points.]

So, if you can't earn three million points, take my advice: tweak your "slacking off" gene a bit. At least slightly modify the gene that makes it easier to earn contribution points, so you're slightly more interested in things that are easy to earn them.

Okay, okay. That's true.

Such illogical telepathic communication would naturally not be intercepted by the Animal Girl Empire, or rather, these Animal Girl Empire members were all within their own telepathic networks, chatting about trivial matters unrelated to what they were doing.

[Little Rabbit: Am I the only one who thinks the Dyson Belt is stupid? It wastes so many resources just to utilize a limited amount of solar energy.]

[Totoro: Of course, you're not the only one, but this is an order from the Supreme Council, and we have no right to interfere. Of course, if you object, you can apply for a transfer yourself, out of sight, out of mind.]

[Little Rabbit: It's easy for you to say that when you're not the one suffering. I gave birth to dozens of baby rabbits, and because I didn't want to send them for socialization, you know how much I suffered. I spent all my credits on food and toys every day. If I left this high-authority research institute, I wouldn't be able to earn so many credits.]

[Totoro: Please forgive me, Sister Rabbit, but why do you, a young mother, need to raise so many baby rabbits? Wouldn't it be better to find a perfect lover to spend the best ten years of your life with? The country won't abandon your little rabbits; they certainly won't lack education or nutrition.]

[Little Rabbit: That's not the point. You haven't become a mother, so you wouldn't understand. Why do so many animal mothers now want to bypass socialization and raise their children themselves? Because the babies are just so incredibly cute—those soft, fluffy little balls of flesh and hair, their fair and warm bodies and wonderful touch. Every time I look at my babies, I feel like I've made the right decision.]

[Flaming Meatball: But you're out of credits]

[Little Rabbit: Waaaaah~! Okay. You're right, I need to think of a way to save money.]

Researchers on the fringes, observing and recording data, can naturally chat about useless things.

However, the beast girls located at the very center of the experiment did not have such large hearts.

They focused intently on the pre-arranged experimental steps and began adding various elements to the core materials used to build the Dyson Belt.

Although they had already completed several such simulations in the laboratory without any problems.

But this was the first time they had conducted a verification experiment in front of so many people, so they were naturally a little nervous.

Operating the robotic arm, following the predetermined perfect program, the experiment was completed step by step, watching the brand-new material type take shape in his hands.

Their anxiety gradually subsided.

It took about three hours.

The new material has finally been developed.

Seeing that all the experiments arranged after the materials were formed passed normally, their hearts finally settled down.

Once the last material test was completed, the entire venue erupted in cheers.

The other [Yuri] members of the same republic also stood up and cheered and applauded.

Of course, the mental networks in their minds communicate about something else entirely.

Holy crap, they actually succeeded! Their research speed is incredible!

If the Dyson Sphere is successfully built, won't our unified republic be utterly crushed by them?

[You're overthinking it. When have you ever thought that anyone in our republic would care about being beaten or not? We'll just proceed according to our own steps. We can also exchange this technology; it would greatly help us build our planetary ring system.]

That's true. Just stay put and focus on your research; you'll definitely make progress. Don't compare yourself to others.

Oh, you're right, you're right. I think so too, hahaha.

【Let's discuss which place to go for leisure and entertainment after our 8-hour workday. I'm thinking of going to the bunny-eared girl amusement park on the next street. The bunny-eared researcher on stage just now made my heart race.】

[Pah, disgusting. Catgirl paw pads are much better.]

No, I like the lizard's tail.

Wow, your XP systems are all so weird.

Volume 0, Number 9: I love you

Chapter One: Narrating the Past

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