Reiki

The ancient civilization perished due to civil war and the exhaustion of aura.

But even if the spiritual energy is always abundant, the ancient civilization can develop rapidly to the point where it breaks out of three planets and walks towards the sea of ​​stars, and develops to the ultimate form. An endless supply of energy.

But so what?

As long as ambition and desire exist and develop unchecked, civilization is doomed to chaos and extinction.

With the improvement of civilization and power, destructive power will continue to spread, and it will easily fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives.

The increasingly strict and complex social structure also means that once it is hit and the order collapses, the damage will be maximized.

Just like the barbarians, no matter how cruel they were in ancient times, they could at most slaughter a city and a country.

In the modern age when nuclear weapons are invented, careerists and conspirators can destroy the entire ecological circle of the earth and all human beings in a matter of minutes.

"Civilized people" who look like suits and leather shoes have power ten thousand times more terrifying than ancient barbarians.

There is reason to believe that when a civilization develops to the point of devouring an empire, countless ultimate weapons that are ten thousand times more terrifying than nuclear weapons will be born, which can instantly destroy all life in a galaxy.

There is even more reason to believe that in the vast territory of the swallowing empire, the population is unlimited, and the number of conspirators and careerists is also countless.

There is also reason to believe that in order to maintain the rule of a cosmic empire that spans the star field, the ruler must either adopt a high-pressure dictatorial terror system, or adopt a set of exquisite but extremely complicated social system, in order to control hundreds of millions of stars. stick together.

And such a cohesion must violate the laws of physics and the natural laws of the vast space, and it is going against the sky.

Combining these factors, it is not surprising that the devouring empire, which seems to be invincible across the universe, will be wiped out by a small bacterium.

The devouring empire did not perish at the hands of flagellated bacteria at all.

Instead, it was crushed by its own weight, by the infinitely expanding ambitions and desires of the rulers who devoured the empire, just like a star undergoing gravity collapse, devouring itself, and finally turning into a desperate black hole.

Chu Ge didn't know what the ruler of the devouring empire, or the last survivor, was feeling when faced with inevitable destruction.

Is it like the survivors of the ancient civilization on earth, full of annoyance and remorse, wanting to reverse everything.

Wait, Chu Ge's heart moved, and he suddenly thought.

"I seem to understand the reason why you traveled here."

Deep in his mind, Chu Ge looked at the Devouring Beast, "Have you ever thought about it, in fact, your empire gathered the last strength and sent you here, not at all for you to rebuild the empire and then deal with that overgrown monster?" Flagellated Golden Bacteria or Viruses?

"Thinking about it carefully, even if I really absorbed all your inheritance, and followed the original version of the devouring empire that was once in vogue, and rebuilt the empire step by step, without any reflection and improvement, it is just a replica of the devouring empire.

"All the flaws and weaknesses of the devouring empire can be found in this 'replica empire', so what's the point?

"Since the golden bacteria covered with flagella is still a virus, if it can defeat the first devouring empire, why can't it defeat this new one?

What about replica Empire?

"So, we shouldn't follow the old path that devoured the empire.

"The pure pursuit of the limit of power is not the true meaning of civilization, but the wrong path of civilization.

"I think the last survivors of the devouring empire gathered all their strength before they were destroyed, and the reason why I sent you here is that I hope you can think about these issues seriously, and then we will find a way to embark on a new path, one that is different from A path that devours the empire, a path that does not lead to eventual collapse and self-destruction!"

The Devourer listened quietly.

For the first time, and very rarely, it neither retorted nor showed any sign of impatience.

Its tentacles bloomed slowly like petals, like a giant crab claw, sinking and floating in the depths of Chu Ge's brain.

boom!

Boom!

Boom boom boom!

Chu Ge heard thunder rolling in and out of his mind.

Countless streams of information, respectively from the nano-machines left over from the ancient civilization and the body of the devouring beast, surged out like a flood, blasting into Chu Ge's brain cells like a brilliant meteor shower.

In an instant, Chu Ge seemed to have spent thousands of lives in different occupations and identities, and absorbed countless strange, difficult and complicated knowledge.

Moreover, with abundant power, it seems that he and the nanomachines, the earth under his feet, the ancient ruins, the world in the hole, and even the three planets connected to the space wormhole are all integrated.

This is a feeling that cannot be described in words, it is extremely mysterious.

Through the nano-machines spread across the three worlds, Chu Ge seems to have 10,000 pairs of eyes, 10,000 pairs of ears, and dense and endless sensory synapses in an instant.

He seems to have become a lotus flower growing on the snow-capped mountain in the world of cultivating immortals. He can clearly feel the icy cold wind above the mountain, and even feel a snowflake falling lightly on his body, while the root system penetrates. White snow, intertwined in the soil and rock crevices.

At the same time, he was a giant whale dancing around the super vortex in the violent ocean of the Phantom Demon Realm. He could feel the surging water elements in the vortex, erupting like a volcanic eruption, while he was enjoying the The feast of the water element, while using the unique frequency of the giant whale, sings loudly, casts the magic bestowed on him by the bloodline talent, summons the water element on the sea surface, and condenses into the image of various deep-sea creatures.

While on the earth, his perspectives also appear in countless cameras, either condescending or in-depth details, observing all kinds of things in the world.

This feeling was so powerful that Chu Ge couldn't control it at all.

It's too tempting, almost like tempting him to become the "god" of the three worlds!

Chu Ge took a deep breath and cut off the nano-connection with the three worlds.

Consciousness shrank back into his own body, within the small sea of ​​consciousness.

"Is this your last test?"

Chu Ge stared at the three nanomechanical condensates with sharp eyes, "It is very powerful, but now I am not ready to control such a force—maybe, I will learn how to control it slowly, but repeat, I will Children do not like the feeling of becoming a 'god'.

"I am a human being, an ordinary human being, and always will be.

"I like the feeling of being an ordinary person and living with thousands of ordinary people. I like it very much."

A rainbow-like brilliance bloomed on the shells of the three nanomechanical condensates that flowed slowly like mercury.

They slowly merged together and bowed slowly to Chu Ge again.

"We get it.

"Congratulations, successor, you have passed all the tests of the master of the previous generation and become the master of the new generation.

"You have been granted the highest authority to control all nano-machines in the Three Realms, and all nano-machines will obey your orders - of course, we still need energy, as the concentration of spiritual energy increases, our ability will become stronger .

"Please order!"

"etc--"

Chu Ge raised his hand, and after thinking for a long time, he frowned and said, "Don't worry about giving orders, I want to clarify two things first."

"Excuse me."

Nanomachine said, "We know everything, and we can say everything."

"First, what happens if I fail the test?"

Chu Ge thought for a while and said, "Or, if everyone fails the test, what will happen?"

"Before the destruction of the previous generation, the master gave us the instruction to enter a dormant state, and wait for hundreds of millions of years later, when the two conditions are met, we will automatically wake up."

The nanomachine said, "The first condition is the recovery of aura, and the concentration of aura in the three worlds has increased to a certain level; the second condition is that a new carbon-based intelligent life has been born in the three worlds, and a relatively elementary life has been rebuilt. civilization.

"Now, when these two conditions are all met, we will be reactivated, and then various information will be released to summon carbon-based intelligent life forms from the three worlds to come here and undergo testing.

"We set the maximum number of tests to be one hundred intelligent individuals of a brand-new civilization. As long as there is one individual in a hundred individuals who can resist the temptation of illusions and understand that 'pure power cannot solve all problems, but has It may bring destruction', which means that the new generation of civilization is already more mature than the ancient civilization in at least some aspects, so it is eligible to be inherited by the ancient civilization."