Chapter 1870
Chapter 1870 - 1866: Opening
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"The Multi-universe Drowning Theory, what the hell...."
Placed before Lu Ping’an are some things that can only be described as cultish.
Or rather, if the hypothesis were true, it would be a despairing reality for the entire multi-universe.
This is a hypothesis about the current state of the multi-universe, in which all worlds are placed on a "big tree," with a flood rising and spreading below.
Each world’s height is different, and so is the pressure it bears, with everyone attempting to climb the tree, but most worlds’ struggles are utterly meaningless.... They can only try to coexist with the "flood" when it submerges them, struggling to survive within it.
These contents are understandable to Lu Ping’an, but the latter parts feel subtle to him.
"When someone can survive steadily in the flood, then naturally they possess the technology for existence, no matter if it’s ’technology’ or ’equipment,’ they are valuable.... to those above on the tree!"
"And based on this logic, higher-up existences on the tree will constantly plunder subordinates and Water Floaters; as long as they haven’t perished, it means their world and technology are valuable, capable of holding on longer."
This is somewhat similar to the Dark Forest idea; the longer you hold out, the more it shows the prosperity and resistance of your world amidst chaotic contamination, the more multiversal disasters come looking for trouble with you.
These plunderers will attempt to seize your world, rules, and resources to enhance themselves.
"Such rules are too dark, a bit alarmist.... "
"The proposer is a ninth-order Pure scholar, reportedly one of Earth’s strongest, titled the strongest thinker, Void Brain."
"Uh, does Earth really have a ninth-order Quasi-God Scholar? I’ve never seen one... "
"Earth doesn’t, he has long left Earth; in fact, no one knows where he is, but no country dares to ignore the plans and suggestions raised by ’Void Brain.’"
Hearing this, Lu Ping’an fell silent, eventually shaking his head.
It’s not that he truly agrees or disagrees with these "rules"; in his view, how he acts is ultimately his own decision.
But the reality is, whether you believe it or not, as long as too many existences in the multi-universe believe it and act according to this style, it naturally becomes the universal rule of the multi-universe.
When facing the world’s "rules," unless you have the power to overturn the table and not play, you can only learn to adapt.
In fact, the most popular Explorer Mechanism on Earth seems to be a product of such rules... looking for worlds that can still be sustained, taking away technology and power from them.
Just that some civilizations and forces take it to more extreme levels.
"Directly shatter worlds and take everything."
"Silent Mountain Range World... the more stable the world, the more potential it has, the more existences eyeing it."
"Mercury 42 as well... drowning ones, Octopus Forces, treat other drowning ones as ship materials, supporting to the next node."
There is actually no fundamental difference in how one eats.
For weaker worlds, perhaps the complete control of human explorers, in the eyes of other existences, fundamentally no different from the Multiverse Disaster Clan.
Perhaps these so-called natural disasters are also ethnic groups struggling for survival.
It’s just that for the weak, they won’t stop... humans don’t care about the thoughts of insects, "Occupying the insect’s land and even considering the insects disgusting, casually performing genocide" is all too normal.
"Why is this world so peaceful..... gotta hurry up."
If it weren’t for the Silent Mountain Range World, Lu Ping’an would have thought it a coincidence.
But now it seems, just as back in the days when "Sealing Skill" and "Sealing System" brought in Foreign Domain’s Evil Demons, directly accelerating the world’s destruction, if this world’s technology to counter contamination is so successful, it will invite more troublesome opponents.
In the competition for survival among the multi-universe’s races, none is more noble than the other... as an individual, you can be noble, but will your ethnic group give up on benefits and survival rights for your "nobility"?
From the intelligence all around, this world’s stress is all on the so-called Heavenly Realm, and the originally slow development plan is clearly too late.
This is like the "Brilliant Stars" and "The Arrival of Ten Thousand Gods" before the demise of the Silent Mountain Range World..... previously, there were no outsiders in this world, and now that Earth humans can find and flatten it shows it can’t hold on much longer.
Lu Ping’an does not plan to be like Mercury 42, developing stable long-term industrial, agricultural, and commercial industries to form a stable symbiotic relationship with local forces, even vaguely becoming one of them (behind-the-scenes Controller).
In this world, Trading Land does not equal "industrial base," Lu Ping’an has no intention of climbing the Tech Tree or long-term operation.
He feels that this seemingly stable and absurdly peaceful world probably can’t hold up for long.
"Utilize all resources, grow as quickly as possible... if any of you can potentially become a Demigod, I will provide support."
Few worlds implement various rule buildings and the World’s Reason directly into the Mortal World, allowing direct evolution with the right attributes.
This kind of "welfare" meant for native people has become the nutrition for Earth humans.
The Demigod standard of this world has already been reduced to about eighth-tier, which is generally unachievable for young Rule-level ones... but with the World’s Reason all around, slaughtering can extract the basis for evolution, coupled with Lu Ping’an’s comprehensive support, the difficulty will be considerably lowered.
Higher levels are difficult, probably requiring ascension to the Heavenly Realm to achieve, but lower-level existences’ ascension to Demigod could be mass-produced...
"Divine Envoy-level existences can also be mass-produced."
This aspect of intelligence has already been confirmed.
"Extraordinary races also suit mass production, the evolution path of Beastmen holds endless potential, even potentially reaching the Gods."
The Multi-Headed Dragons that Lu Ping’an encountered before, those Rule-level and above existences, this world also has many, and they are the kind that can evolve and be mass-produced.
For example, Dog Beastmen, normally low-level, but if they can evolve to the level of a Three-headed Hellhound, that’s seventh-tier to start, eighth-tier is not a bad level.
Time is always insufficient for Lu Ping’an, with more and more navigation routes being opened, Lu Ping’an’s side also has more "Rule Environment" to cultivate the Qualified.
Many environments are not suitable for the local battle-centric Beastman Clan, but for Lu Ping’an with various races, they can always find suitable ones.
Two or three months have passed, on average the entire team increased by two or three tiers in combat power, Lu Ping’an’s side gained a lot, especially with the Taboo Library storing significant knowledge.
And the merchant fleets of outsiders also brought probes and envoys from other forces.
Lu Ping’an gained a bunch of verbal allies..... but considering their enthusiasm for fighting each other, if used well, they could be a front-line force of slaughter.
He is patiently waiting, waiting for the "winter" to arrive, waiting for the world’s change.
And when that moment finally arrived, everyone was completely stunned.
"The sky has split..... no, the whole world has split open!!"
— End of Chapter 1870 —