Chapter 625: Effort and Struggle

After everything aligned perfectly, Carolyn found there were no more inconsistencies; all the Ancient God's actions and logic now seemed incredibly reasonable.

"Is this how you've been concealing and protecting me all this time?"

Her eyes shifted, a complex emotion flashing within them. As she looked at the Ancient God, she felt an ever-growing admiration and love.

"He alone bears all the pressure. If I hadn't discovered the anomaly of those strange players, perhaps this truth would have remained hidden. The Ancient God carries everything on his own, while I've grown up carefree..."

She sighed softly, a smile suddenly appearing on her face, like a pure maiden quietly lying on her father's chest, a smile full of affection. It felt very warm and gentle.

At this moment, she fully grasped all the truths ahead of schedule, along with her own heavy burden and mission. In the near future, she would have to forcibly break through to the ninth order, shoulder the terrifying crisis, and take over the torch of the era – the heavy burden on the Ancient God's shoulders.

"If I cannot break through, the outcome will be unpredictable. After his slumber, I fear it will be the time of his death and demise." She sighed.

Dazedly, she recalled the distant age of civilization. Back then, when the Ancient God and the Ishdar people boarded the spaceship together, venturing into this vast starry sky, he had already hinted at a great deal. He had told her to be wary of enemies and hide her presence. At that time, they had already speculated that the enemy was likely the one who destroyed the previous ancient lava era... It had indeed come true.

Feeling extremely uneasy, she couldn't help but ask, "How long until your slumber? How much time do we have left?"

Xu Zhi was momentarily stunned. For a moment, he didn't grasp what she meant. "How much time do *we* have left??" "What time?"

But he quickly understood. After all, his own computational power was considerable. He patted Carolyn's shoulder and said to the porcelain-skinned girl, "You are very impressive."

Xu Zhi immediately felt very gratified. All things considered, Carolyn was the most reliable. She had always diligently perfected his miniature universe, pouring her heart and soul into it, working tirelessly without complaint, and was very grateful to him. Sometimes being too smart wasn't a bad thing... Now, the favorability that had just decreased was maxed out again, and even surpassed its previous limit. He felt very happy about this. At the same time, the historical setting of the myriad worlds was now completely perfected.

Yet he also felt a deep sense of guilt towards Carolyn, feeling that he had wronged her somewhat. She worshipped and respected him so much, regarding him as an elder... She even wanted to be his guardian.

After a pause, Xu Zhi couldn't help but comfort her, saying, "There's still a considerable amount of time before my slumber; no need to worry, it's enough time for development."

Carolyn pursed her lips but didn't ask further. She was already a high-level deity, having reached a bottleneck. Day by day, she naturally realized that breaking through to the ninth order was extremely, exceedingly difficult for any eighth-order deity. Because cultivation realms were always like a single-plank bridge; the further one went, the harder it became. Countless individuals fell from the bridge and were utterly destroyed. Among a thousand deities, it was extremely fortunate if even one managed to break through. Most permanently died of old age at the eighth order... It was important to remember that those who became deities were generally the most outstanding individuals among billions of living beings of their era.

But would she be the strongest among a thousand peerless geniuses of her era? She didn't know. But she had some confidence. This was because the ninth order required terrifying computational power, and the demonic core lineage had a significant advantage. Furthermore, she wasn't alone; an entire Ishdar civilization resided within her mind... She believed that among a thousand deities, she would undoubtedly be an outstanding top talent. She trusted the heaven-defying nature of the "Death God's Immortality" she had deduced, and firmly believed that the future of this cultivation system would be incredibly astonishing and defy all limits!

However, many questions remained. Could she truly break through? Even if she could break through, could she do so before the Ancient God's slumber and become his guardian? Even if she truly succeeded, she would likely face hostile ninth-order beings, perhaps more than one. Could she truly shoulder everything in the future?

But the term "saving the world" was not unfamiliar to the passionate, radical, stubborn, and "I refuse"-loving Ishdar people. A thrilling and powerful concept. Overlords of the starry sky, magnates of a myriad of worlds, ancient beings capable of living for tens of thousands of years...

This was too heavy for her, who was only one or two thousand years old. She silently cast aside this heavy topic and asked with feigned lightness, "So, can we no longer obtain the Blood of Eternal Life? Because that part of the starry sky is a terrifying forbidden zone."

Xu Zhi replied, "Indeed, even if we were to go, it would be at extreme risk. At the very least, now is not the time to go."

"Then does that mean I won't be able to obtain it..." Although she was changing the subject, Carolyn still felt somewhat emotional.

"Who knows what the future holds?" Xu Zhi led her through the mechanical technology room, continuing their tour. He simultaneously said with a smile, "Perhaps in the future, there will be various ways to gain long lifespans. Life is long, with infinite possibilities."

Carolyn immediately stopped talking about that topic. Turning the conversation, she brought up the initial batch of players. She said, "Their evolutionary talents still need to be guided to allow them to develop their era. After all, they are a good fresh force, although their nonsense truly makes one uncomfortable..."

Just thinking about these players, her face turned frosty, showing her strong dislike. She detested such glib-tongued individuals.

Xu Zhi, however, nodded. It was enough that she accepted it, regardless of her attitude. However, as a technological civilization, they naturally discovered things the fastest, but also accepted them the quickest. After all, high-dimensional projections and game players could be regarded as a special planetary cultivation system, a group that had descended. Their advantages as players were not significant, nor did they possess the ability for infinite death and resurrection, given the conservation of energy.

"But it would still be good to understand their civilization." Carolyn suddenly became serious. "If we could look at their books and various customs, it would be much better. Ancient God, you must know a lot, right? That's how you knew about their Dragon Balls, wishing, and so on... With those conceptual settings, you were able to develop those things, weren't you?"

She was thoroughly curious. When it came to another world, she thought, no one could be without curiosity. She couldn't help but look at Xu Zhi, hinting, "Even if I can't register a social media account in their world, I still want to know some things. For instance, what exactly is 'Number 18's doujinshi'? I want to see it."

Xu Zhi: "......"

Well, for the passionate Ishdar people, this was a new thing, as they didn't have this kind of "hot-blooded" culture.