Chapter 1567
Chapter 1567 - 1563 Awakening
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Zhao Qian awakened from a state of confusion.
At the moment he, or she, opened their eyes, sunlight pierced through the crystal, falling on their body, yet it reflected dots of starlight.
Colors, various vibrant reds, yellows, and blues, the world gave the newborn a surprising first glimpse... This is the Creator’s Blessing, where he had already lost the perception of light.
Colors, in fact, are a psychological response to the refraction of visible light into the photoreceptive organs, and the first recognition of life towards external objects.
In the Phoenix City World, "colors" can drive outsiders insane with desolate hues; the overly strong red covers everything and could cause psychological and physiological diseases over the long term, even for the strongmen, adding much undue pressure.
As the indigenous species, The Phoenix Ape Clan’s vision started in what’s called the extreme red zone... The colors they enjoy in this world are incomprehensible to other life forms.
A world full of dazzling colors is not just about pleasure; the different colors of various life forms and objects serve as identifiers and warnings, being able to recognize them instantaneously is one of the species’ greatest advantages suited for the environment.
"How beautiful...huh, what is beauty..."
Zhao Qian shook her head, her four arms subconsciously plucking "flowers" and "crystal fragments" around her.
He... now confirmed as a she, emerged from it.
After the "teaching" from the crystal that served as the mother, her mind now possessed the most basic "Knowledge" and "Wisdom".
Clearly, the most human-like aspect of them is evident straight away, the most direct proof being their innate surnames and clan names.
Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Qian... or say types one to five, were the initial five prototype crystal pillars; around them, primitive tribal communities based on clans were born.
As for their names, they are randomized (1:1) after their gender, randomly selected from the corresponding database; if the names are the same, additional characters are just added... Now, names with three characters have emerged, and longer strings of characters might be possible if the ethnic group expands.
Zhao Qian stood there, reminiscing the limited knowledge in her mind.
This is the "dream awakening" of wisdom, containing just the basic Eastern Country language and some common sense about ethnic groups and individuals, most importantly, from the start, they knew they were a human-created ethnic group, and their Creator came from the Foreign Domain.
"What do I want to do..."
Zhao Qian felt a bit lost, she had met her "Novice Village Chief" after the initial period of chaos... but his eyes were also a pure free of knowledge contamination, knowing nothing much either, only that he was born three days earlier than her.
"Delicious, delicious! More, more!"
And she had her first meal.
As one of the rare "taste possessors" among the tribes of this world, despite the overly fiery taste (eating dirt) which outsiders couldn’t accept, she relished her food.
Comfortable, delicious, and wanting more... life’s instincts were activated, and Zhao Qian craved more.
But she was refused.
"No work, no food..."
The chief hadn’t even spoken when she extracted the answer from her "basic education."
"Worker, warrior, scholar..."
The chief offered choices, Zhao Qian couldn’t quite understand, being newly born, she couldn’t make decisions.
So, the chief presented a bucket containing various tags.
"...Although our Creator said that every individual should have the right to choose for themselves, most newborns can’t make a choice. Even if they choose, most would regret it later, better you just draw one at random for now, if you do well continue, if not, just switch..."
This was spoken with familiarity, seemingly a routine in the Novice Village.
"Warrior..." It wasn’t by chance; this profession was the most lacking in this world, so more than half of the tags were that.
Zhao Qian drew a black tag, thus, she received a card and, following the village chief’s instruction, activated it and walked towards a void gate.
It led to a Floating Island with completely different scenery from her world, where Zhao Qian met many from the same clan, and only then did she learn it was the Creator’s Holy Domain... They became more and more excited, although it seemed the Creator was too busy to be present?
Finally, it was Zhao Qian’s turn; she had almost completed the preliminary training to become a warrior and was about to become truly Extraordinary.
To become a warrior, it actually requires a year of life? Uh, what is life? Oh, my theoretical lifespan is fifty years, which can be naturally extended through advancement, and the average expected lifespan exceeds two hundred years?! And fighting is the most likely way to achieve advancement?
Then, what is there to hesitate, just a little bit of life can be exchanged for delicious food.....
"Wish, I wish to become a warrior!!"
Thus, a complete set of training later, from the assembly line, also emerged a new and bewildered Zero-order Battle-profession.
And at the other end of the assembly line, those "creators of the same clan" were overjoyed... For them, the long-stagnant gears were finally set in motion again, finally eliminating the need for huge transportation costs from the homeland by air.
"You, join our team, I can provide you with delicious food!"
They, those combat teams or small-to-medium-sized forces, are already very capable of dealing with these Newborns.
And even these Zero-order professionals as Newborns, due to their racial hardware far superior to humans, can achieve combat power above 2-tier in actual combat, not to mention that their advancement is quite fast.
"Food? Well-cooked pepper salt roasted earth? Or rock meat?"
𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
"Both, both! Three meals a day... every 24 hours."
Newborn Zhao Qian was just about to agree, but suddenly paused... She looked at the little people in front of her, their bodies were brightly colored and looked very nice, while she had nothing.
"I want what’s on you."
The mercenaries looked at each other, these Newborns were getting tougher to deal with.
This set of starting-resistant equipment from the homeland, which is potentially contaminated, wasn’t cheap.
The mercenaries hesitated, perhaps the next one will be much cheaper, but someone had taken a liking to her.
"Come over here, I’ll give you two sets..."
Researchers from the God of Martial Fight came over, in their eyes, this kind of "difference" might be more important; having such clear self-choices so quickly perhaps, this kind of "intelligent individual" is the most valuable genetic mother.
"Three sets! Different colors!"
And Zhao Qian was even more agile than expected.
The other party was stunned but delighted.
At the same time, in the shadows, the "Creator" looked on with interest at everything before him.
"Not bad. The stimulation of colors is very effective, the new photosensitive system is also working..."
Lu Ping’an constantly experimented and adjusted, but he was still not satisfied with the life forms in front of him.
"...I still feel something is lacking."
"Their racial values are already several times that of humans; with just a few years of training, they would dominate low-level humans in the low-level Domain."
And Lu Ping’an’s dissatisfaction, in the eyes of some, was probably just being overly critical.
"...Don’t compare with the Elemental Lord, compared to ’Wine Creek’, even ordinary Deities are garbage."
Big Cat understands Lu Ping’an, now Lu Ping’an knew where the problem lay.
These life forms were good... but just good, they had obvious advantages compared to humans, but Lu Ping’an vaguely sensed that at high-tier levels, they would be inferior.
"Not enough, just this level..."
Lu Ping’an felt somewhat helpless, perhaps this was already his limit.
He originally thought it was over and he could only just hand over his efforts; however, a visitor from his hometown gave him a glimmer of hope and a great gift.
"The Xuanwu Plan, human’s optional mutation gene pool... Damn, you guys play big!"
— End of Chapter 1567 —