Chapter 389: Unknown Situation

Caroline had realized her dream: a highly advanced technological civilization, the Ishdals.

They possessed near-divine wisdom, innate power, perfect physiques, and exquisite faces, each as handsome as a god, without a single flaw.

They communicated using brainwaves, not spoken language.

They piloted mechs, and individually, they also possessed long lifespans and personal power, controlling wind, fire, thunder, and lightning.

"What Caroline said means she has temporarily finished her work concerning human society... she's inviting me to meet her to help research the custom mech I want, and she also wants me to take her into a vacuum environment...."

Xu Zhi sat on a chair in the orchard, peeling an apple.

The thought of this supreme sage of the Ishdal civilization—humanity's greatest scientist who created divine languages and crafted life, the leader of the human race who controls the future of the divine race—overthinking his actions made his teeth ache.

Levi had been the same way before.

"At that time, I just wanted to play a couple of rounds of Hearthstone..."

He lowered his head, slowly peeling the apple skin with a small knife. "She even classified this as top secret and deleted the segment of seeing humanity's origin from the memories of all humans who had activated their pineal glands."

However, Xu Zhi was not in a hurry regarding Caroline's desire to meet him.

Only a little over two hundred years had passed!

This civilization's development was excessively rapid; in the future, it would become even more so. It would be best to custom-order a mech then.

Even now, it had far exceeded Xu Zhi's wildest imagination.

Their lava-tech civilization brought him unspeakable surprises; their knowledge provided many crucial insights for him. One could even say they understood biological genetic codes, allowing them to undergo self-directed, selective evolution and become higher-tier transcendent life forms.

Currently, they had unified the Stone Wall Great Territory. Although it was still a secluded corner—the Stone Wall Great Territory was just one of thirteen great territories, even if it was three times the size of the Ancient Barren World.

Yet, it remained the most remote and weakest lava territory.

In the near future, the Ishdals, with their current rise, would inevitably emerge from the Stone Wall Great Territory, enter the Ancient Lava Land, launch wars, and spread the glory of their civilization to every corner.

This land was a hundred times larger than the previous world, vast beyond measure, possessing limitless potential for development.

The Ishdals' territory was tiny, covering less than 4% of the total area; it was far too remote and insignificant.

"When they reach adulthood, they are Fourth-Tier beings, a powerful and terrifying high-level demon beast race, comparable to some wyvern or green dragon populations... Furthermore, with their mechs, their combat strength will further increase." Xu Zhi had already predicted an impending war. "Their technological iteration and updates are unstoppable; if the demon beasts remain set in their ways, they are bound to fail..."

This war was on the verge of breaking out, with the Ishdals about to emerge from the Stone Wall Great Territory.

For Xu Zhi, the time was ripe. "While they are busy preparing for war, it's the perfect opportunity to introduce new player species."

Why?

The reason was simple.

The transcendent potential creatures evolved by the players were all non-humanoid, naturally belonging to the demon beast faction—the very kind that the Ishdals would mercilessly defeat, likely hanging them up for a brutal beating.

In previous world instances, players had boasted of their successes and even occupied the upper echelons of those worlds. But now? Facing a transcendent race whose technological civilization was even stronger than theirs, this would undoubtedly be the most challenging, hell-level instance in history!

"Against a race that's essentially cheating, they're bound to scream like ghosts and wail like wolves!"

Xu Zhi looked at the strange little creatures before him. They were whispering, completely unaware that their tragic future had already been orchestrated.

"Holy moly! Finally, a famous scene! The Creator God eating an apple!"

"Let me tell you newbies, this isn't just any famous scene; this is the 'Creator God Eating Apples' series – peeling first!"

"What?! Is that a legendary secret technique?" someone nearby exclaimed, their face filled with shock.

Another peculiar creature, with a solemn expression, said, "Precisely! As everyone knows, the Creator God usually eats apples with the peel on. This scene, where he uses a knife to peel it, is rare! You could say the development team has given you newbies a special treat!"

Immediately, the surrounding new players were mesmerized.

As expected, the high-end evolution sandbox world of the veterans was beyond anything one could imagine from the outside.

Those veteran players continued to brag.

"Let me tell you, do you think that fruit knife is just an ordinary kitchen knife? It's the Knife of Causality, a super divine artifact on the same level as the Creator God's Chair that wiped out the first test players! It's extremely rare to see it. It's impossible for you to evolve a species immediately upon entering; you should learn from us first—"

*Ding dong!*

System notification: Player 'I'm Really Not a Demon, I'm a Good Person' evolved the species 'Scare You to Death Three Thousand', earning an achievement reward.

The veteran players, still bragging to the newbies: ???

They were stunned on the spot!

They hadn't even finished boasting before being slapped in the face. Which newbie was so formidable? It had only been two days, just over forty hours, since the closed beta began. Even with continuous all-nighters, wasn't this too fast?

Thinking this, they quickly gathered around to see who this formidable newbie was.

Upon reaching the destination, they found a plump white balloon fish, shaped like a pufferfish, with a bulging belly....

This mass of balloon fish had been shaped like a sky lantern, its mouth stretched open into an O-shape downwards, with a small burning tray beneath it. The sky lantern flew in mid-air, wildly transforming: sometimes into a beautiful girl, sometimes into SpongeBob SquarePants, and sometimes into a muscular man...

The crowd of onlookers couldn't help but exclaim.

"Quick, turn into a 'funeral chicken'!"

"Holy cow! This one's pretty good!"

"Awesome! This balloon species, by inhaling helium, hydrogen, methane, or even foot odor... it would certainly have a wide range of uses!"

"Yeah! If it could store Mumu's foot odor in its belly, then transform into a beautiful girl and kiss someone, only to exhale a 'fragrant' breath... who could stand that? Nobody could endure it! The top assassin in the assassination world! Provided, of course, that this balloon fish could withstand the foot odor itself! (Sarcastic smiley)"

The crowd immediately gathered, discussing animatedly, and instantly thought of many uses. This species had boundless potential.

Someone asked, "'Scare You to Death Three Thousand,' honestly, what's your relationship with Stephen Chow's 'Take Your Life Three Thousand'?"

The mass of balloon drifted in mid-air.

"I've been a professional frightener for thirty years. The fear imagination of this otherworld's natives is too poor. I'm going to enter the Three Realms to spread Earth's traditional horror cultural images and carve out a niche for the grotesque world..."

It transformed into a beautiful Sadako ghost in mid-air, then into a grotesque demonic face....

Everyone was immediately astonished! What a talent! And indeed, constantly transforming and floating lightly, it could scare people to death in the middle of the night, becoming any kind of monster to frighten. No wonder it was called 'Scare You to Death Three Thousand.'

"Everyone, I'm heading off first. I'll bring you live updates: Sexy Balloon, frightening online!"

*Whoosh!*

In mid-air, it led these white sky lantern balloons, changing direction and continually drifting forward.

Everyone looked up, sighing in admiration.

It was the first time they had seen such a leisurely way to enter a world portal. This species truly had too many functions. By transforming itself and its species into hot-air balloons in advance, its movements were incredibly convenient. Upon entering the new world, it immediately had favorable timing, terrain, and human relations. It could occupy the high ground in the air, seek out landing spots, and achieve a perfect start.

"Meticulous planning; this fellow is definitely not simple!" someone said coldly.

"Seriously, what nonsense. It's obviously another super bigshot."

In the pitch-black world tunnel, Xia Niming floated continuously. "New world, humanity's second life, the grotesque, the incense of all beings... I'll enter with the grotesque, specializing in frightening people, sharing a slice of the pie with Mengmei. She'll get the good incense, and I'll get the evil incense... Won't it be great to become a malevolent god? It's better for one of our own to be the villain than those odd-shaped creatures, right?"

This was a strategy he had long calculated, even preparing this species specifically for it.

"There's no such thing as the worst species, only the most unsuitable one... My species, by frightening people and absorbing fear, follows the path of the grotesque. I'll find a way to forge my own demonic 'incense' path!"

The more he thought about it, the better it seemed.

Gradually, he passed through the teleportation array Xu Zhi had created for him and entered the underground lava world. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "Three Realms! Grotesque! I'm here! The two most famous female players! Mengmei, and that system's beautiful female player—I'm going to have both of them, living the high life!"

His eyes suddenly brightened; he had arrived in the new world.

He flew for three hours. All he saw were vast mountains and forests, and he instantly marveled at the immense and splendid new world. But the next second, he saw a fiery red expanse in the distance.

"Is that a sunrise?"

His smile gradually froze. As he approached, he realized it was a scorching, vibrant red river of lava.

At that moment, he realized this was not the Three Realms at all, but a completely new, unknown, and vast world. But the next second, his expression froze completely, because from his elevated position, he saw a massive meteorite crater on the ground in the distance, and within it, a shattered machine.

"What is this?"

He approached and looked down. Amidst the shattered mechanical ruins, lay a man's corpse, long dead and reduced to a skeleton. In its hand, it tightly clutched a rectangular, full-screen black mobile phone.

"A phone?"

He shivered, and his hair stood on end instantly!

"We typically use rectangular phones; this octagonal, prismatic, full-screen phone... it's not our Earthling style!"

Screenshot.

An image was sent out instantly. Due to the massive speed difference, in everyone's eyes, it appeared as if the player had just entered and immediately sent a screenshot.

"Let's see, this player..."

The next second, everyone was stunned into silence.

They saw an alien-style phone and an unknown, shattered brown machine in the new world. This appeared to be a world of technological civilization.