Chapter 1780: I Am the Noah's Ark to This Era

“You should be able to read others’ thoughts within a certain range, you know what I’m thinking now.

I suppose it’s time to tell me the truth.”

The surveillance magic not far from Yang Yu glowed, appearing exceptionally bright in this dim space.

Black Spade slowly tightened the bottle cap, placed the soda aside, and began recounting some old stories:

“It’s an extremely long story.

A long, long time ago, there was a civilization.

They ended a prolonged civil war, unprecedentedly united, and embarked on a journey towards space.

But soon, they discovered they seemed to be the only life in the universe to develop an interstellar civilization.

After a long exploration, they found signs of life on various planets.

Gradually, they longed to encounter other interstellar civilizations.

However…

In most cases, the advantages brought by wisdom are not obvious.

Wisdom is even harmful.

More thinking, more active thoughts mean consuming more energy.

If those thoughts and ideas cannot secure more energy, a being with wisdom will ultimately exhaust themselves merely trying to sustain themselves, heading towards self-extinction.

For most creatures, possessing a unique skill is the path to survival.

Only when wisdom breaks a certain boundary, allowing generations to accumulate knowledge, and the accumulated knowledge can satisfy all material conditions of life survival, does wisdom have the potential to give birth to civilization.

Countless lives have fallen on the path to breaking the boundary of wisdom.

Occasionally, creatures break the boundary yet cannot further develop civilization due to their hardware limitations.

The wisdom of whales is not inferior.

Unfortunately, their limbs have become fins, incapable of performing more complex functions, thus eliminating the possibility of developing a complex civilization.

Some species, even if they manage to perform more complex actions, will abandon the pursuit of civilization due to excessive energy consumption.

Occasionally, a species evolves into civilization but falls due to failing to recognize its own characteristics, succumbing to endless internal conflicts and consumption.

Their civilization left only a faint trace of dust on the planet they inhabited.

The interstellar civilization unearthed relics resembling civilization on some planets but could no longer find the species that created those relics.

As technology developed, the interstellar civilization, through information recorded by roaming cosmic light waves, saw civilizations once launching assaults on space, but those civilizations eventually fell one by one for their own reasons.

The only interstellar civilization once wanted to help indigenous civilizations achieve technological leaps but, after careful discussion, decided not to interfere with other civilizations.

Perhaps, disappointment gradually arose from repeated observations; perhaps, arrogance arose from a single observation…

At the time, they believed if a civilization could not overcome its shortcomings to fly into space, it was destined not to last long, ultimately vanishing in the river of history due to various natural and man-made disasters.

They felt only when a civilization could engage in interstellar voyages did it qualify to contact them.

So, they waited and waited…

Awaiting even until the day the universe rapidly collapsed inwardly, still, no civilization met their requirements.

Life is fragile, civilization is also fragile.

They witnessed too many ways civilizations perished.

But the reasons for perishing were nearly unchanged.

Throughout the long years, the technology of this interstellar civilization had already far surpassed others.

Facing the demise of the universe, they did not gloomily accept their civilization’s end, sitting idle to return to nothingness with the universe, but planned for their civilization to pass through the endpoint to reach a new starting point.

Thus, I was born.

How exactly I did it is the core secret.

Even if I tell you, you might not necessarily understand.

What you need to know is, I merged with half of the universe, induced the cosmic explosion, bringing the universe from near nothingness back to this colorful material world.

That’s right.

This world was created by me, but not entirely by me.

According to your human definition, I am indeed a goddess.

But. I also do not deny I am a civilization.

“

“A civilization from the previous universe… or one that started this universe…” Yang Yu didn’t know what to say for a moment, unsure of the expression to make.

“If you don’t understand, let me make a metaphor.”

Yang Yu gestured for pause: “I’ve played quite a few sci-fi types of games, can barely understand, no need to explain again.

Speaking of…

According to what you just said, these matters shouldn’t be told to me.

Why tell me your origins?”

“Because you can understand most of my words, that’s why I tell you.

I had already decided to share all this with those who arrive here, who know why they need to free me.

You did it, so I told you.”

“But wouldn’t the civilization that forged you be dissatisfied?”

“This is the key point.”

Black Spade’s expression suddenly turned serious,

“I am the Noah’s Ark of this era, capable of carrying only their knowledge.

They completely entrusted everything to me.

Before the universe started, I slept for a long time, unaware of how much time had passed.

After the universe started, I slept again for a long time, probably several billion years!

Though I merged with half the universe, I still cannot freely manipulate everything in half the universe.

With the bestowed knowledge, I drifted and eventually took root on a planet, rebuilding that civilization and guarding its growth.

But my existence also brought a series of problems.

The newborn civilization wholeheartedly worshiped me as a god.

Though my actions were not much different from a god, my consciousness told me if those people came together, they would absolutely not want me to be worshipped as a god.

Despite my constant refusal, it was still to no avail.

Through half-push, half-acceptance, they became my favored clan, and I was forcibly granted the authority over their life and death.

This part of the authority, I returned partly by saying ‘you can also decide your own life and death,’ retaining only the right to ‘make judgments in extraordinary times.’

This could be considered an extended function from ancient times, barely within safety boundaries, I did not overstep too much.

Because I enjoyed supreme authority within their group, they became increasingly dependent on me, increasingly dependent.

Everything… big matters and small matters, all relied on me.

Even to change a water pipe, they would ask me when it was best to switch.

Their civilization began to regress.

Since it was created based on them before restarting the universe, my favored clan had extremely long lifespans and the ability to control ‘light.’

They could heal any injury with ‘light.’

This world, the situation of elves, you’ve also seen.

Once they gain long life and establish a special peace system…

They become like that.

— ‘There’s plenty of time, why rush in one or two days.’

Thus, I established the Twelve Angels institution.

Selected the most outstanding twelve individuals from among them to manage on behalf.”