Chapter 1005: Evolution of Life, A New Genesis (Two in One)

Boom!

Meanwhile, battle erupted elsewhere. On the screen, it was clear that the group led by the Lord of the Demon Dragon encountered two Nine-Tier Dao Achievers, and a massive battle immediately broke out in the Crystal Diamond Labyrinth.

"Over a thousand Nine-Tiers—a spectacular number, but unfortunately, they are too minuscule..." a being hidden in divine light commented faintly. "However, this civilization is very mysterious and terrifying; we must be careful." Another being acted directly. For entities of their level, there was no need for further words. At this moment, they were intercepting a portion of the enemy's kin, valuing speed in warfare!

"Kill!"

The battle instantly escalated. Since they were making a move, it had to be a fatal blow to eliminate future troubles permanently.

The more than a thousand Codemen also merged directly.

"As expected, this civilization possesses the means of fusion; their energy level is already comparable to ours...." a Nine-Tier's expression turned cold. This was only natural. Without such an ability, this race would be a disorganized mess, no matter how numerous, posing no real threat.

"So, by careful calculation, over nine thousand Nine-Tiers are only equivalent to about eight normal, ordinary Nine-Tiers.... Even if this number of Nine-Tiers seems formidable within a civilization, it is still within an acceptable range." They engaged in a full-blown battle, shaking the heavens and the earth.

"Kill!"

As they fought, they were astonished. Logically, Dao Achievers of the same tier rarely had opportunities for combat throughout their long lives, yet the opponents were incredibly skilled, as if they fought for their lives every day. They were adept at warfare, forming an extremely sophisticated army that coordinated perfectly.

"This is a bit tricky, but the two of us can handle it," the two Nine-Tier Dao Achievers said in unison. "Use our trump cards!" Various laws circulated, and the most potent Law Dao Arts erupted.

"We must act too..." These Codeman beings took a deep breath. Their main bodies naturally cultivated the Nine-Revolution Profound Arts, Demon Cores, and other powerful techniques, but these were utterly unusable in their quantum battle forms. Their strength was drastically reduced. However, they were not without prepared countermeasures. Though they lost a portion of their original lineage, they had now gained a portion of a new one.

"Free Roam!"

Whoosh!

Quantum martial arts began to erupt. They became indistinct, and any spell passed right through them, as if they were in another dimension. Free Roam required extremely vast supercomputing power, making it cultivable only by exceptionally gifted beings. However, by integrating the Demon Core gene, their computing power was immense enough to barely calculate the quantum-divided movements, allowing them to transform into a roaming fish in the world.

"What kind of technique is this?"

Their expressions began to subtly change; they couldn't hit anything. The opponents' bodies seemed to have turned into the universe's smallest particles, drifting with the wind.

"Their bodies can actually split into quantum-level particles.... They are not flesh-and-blood beings; they are an unprecedented life-form beyond carbon, silicon, or elemental bases—quantum life!"

"Impossible! Quantum life is theoretically impossible!" Their faces utterly drained of color. Quantum beings. This was the ultimate life form at the microscopic end of the universe! These were the smallest indivisible particles, matter divided to its limit. Theoretically, quanta could not possess intelligence.

"This civilization is too bizarre! Their bodies are super tiny, they possess a massive number of Nine-Tiers, and simultaneously, they are quantum life, endowed with quantum properties... quantum entanglement, quantum division, quantum teleportation...."

"Although we've killed dozens of them, their numbers are still..."

"Quick, retreat!" They acted decisively, preparing to withdraw immediately. Quantum beings were indeed almost impossible to exist, but they had no idea that the creatures before them were not main bodies, but quantum clones controlled by flesh-and-blood beings, possessing quantum characteristics.

Whoosh.

"You can't escape...." The next second, thousands of ant-like miniature Nine-Tiers swarmed one of the beings, tearing and gnawing at him from all directions, like silkworms. The surrounded and gnawed Nine-Tier being shrieked in agony. The other being's expression also changed dramatically as he watched his companion, frantically waving his arms and attacking wildly, yet utterly unable to fend off the opponents. He was like an ordinary person trying to swat a swarm of mosquitoes, but unable to hit a single one.

However, these powerful Demon Dragons from the High Tower, who were extremely evil, cruel, and bloodthirsty Digital Beasts of the Demonic Abyss, soon discovered something incredibly difficult.

"Their bodies are too massive, and their regenerative power is too strong.... Our destructive power truly feels like mosquito bites."

"The opponent is still frantically regenerating his body. At our current speed, it will take us half a month to completely devour him and kill him!"

"Yes, it will take half a month to completely consume him!" This was the energy level gap. The opponent's body was unimaginably large, and their regenerative power immense. Even if their attacks landed, the damage inflicted was extremely low.

Meanwhile.

On Emperor Qi's side, battle also erupted.

"You know we are the leaders, don't you? You came intentionally, right?"

Emperor Qi looked at the three ordinary Nine-Tiers before him, his expression remarkably calm. If his main body were here, it would be a matter of a single slap, but the energy level of this body... was too weak! At only 0.005, an ultra-miniature ant-like Nine-Tier facing three colossal, immense giants at 0.3, the energy level and size disparity was simply too vast.

"However, I rather like this."

He also began to act, directly unleashing his combat power, saying, "Can pure skill, techniques, and combat power, in a 'small against big' scenario, compensate for this inherent vast disparity?" Free Roam couldn't hit him at all.

However, Emperor Qi also frowned slightly, beginning to observe their combat power, techniques, systems, and weaknesses. But he soon realized that even if he found their weaknesses, given his attack strength, it was almost impossible to penetrate them.

"If only I were still an Eight-Tier God, then the soul would be their weakness... as long as I attacked the soul, even the most powerful body could be killed..." Just like how they besieged the giant octopus back then, directly piercing its brain and seizing its soul. "However, Nine-Tier Dao Achievers have no weaknesses; their soul and flesh are one, every cell and spirit fused together. They can only be slowly worn down to death! Furthermore, they can even regenerate from a single drop of blood!"

Emperor Qi fully unleashed his power. His Dao techniques were refined to the extreme, inherently penetrating the opponent's methods and death-seeking moves. Coupled with the evasion of Free Roam, the opponents had almost no chance of hitting him! Even if an opponent managed to hit him once, he would instantly fall, as if dancing on a tightrope, allowing no room for error.

"I'll have to try that thing.... Quantum Force Intention."

Emperor Qi took a deep breath. "Unfortunately, this requires step-by-step arduous cultivation and stacking. I've been cultivating it for years, but my achievements aren't high; I've only stacked it to eight thousand layers."

"Tremor!"

He snorted coldly, landing on the giant's head and fiercely throwing a punch. This sacred and vast Dao Achiever, who dominated countless solar systems, felt like he was punching through a giant block of tofu, encountering no resistance. Along with screams and excruciating pain, the Nine-Tier Dao Achiever whose head was pierced broke out in goosebumps. He looked at the super-tiny creature riding on his head, barely larger than a strand of hair, and a chilling thought emerged: "He's obliterating my cells and soul. If he hits me one hundred and twenty-seven thousand more times, he'll punch me to death... one punch at a time!"

The Crystal Labyrinth was winding and intricate. Here lay underground cities, and within these cities, surprisingly, were tombs of various sizes. Each elemental crystal represented the remains of a once-existent being. Despite the shattered civilization, many mixed wills and resentments of elemental beings still lingered here.

"So, a battle has broken out outside, has it?"

Xu Zhi smiled faintly. It was entirely expected that Emperor Qi and the others would start fighting. Having removed the advantage of the Nine-Revolution Profound Arts, they would soon realize how painful and difficult it was to fight with such a significant size disparity.

On the other side.

Xu Zhi saw Yuan Yuan leading a group deeper and deeper, genuinely intending to explore the ruins. However, it was unknown whether anyone would try to snipe and assassinate the Fourth Heavenly Venerate... Perhaps, undercurrents were surging everywhere. The entire ancient civilization site would usher in an unimaginable, colossal war.

"And in the deeper reaches, an even more terrifying mixed elemental resentment seems to have formed." Xu Zhi completely disregarded these thoughts and continued deeper, secretly entering with Caroline and others. The quantum-entangled battle bodies were silent.

"The depths are extremely dangerous, with terrifying energy tides and countless tombs. Who knows how many fragmented elemental souls still linger, forming strange and terrifying creatures.... The deeper one goes, the harder it becomes. No wonder they could only excavate the surface remains...." The entire interior of the planet was a network of mazes and tunnel cities, the planet's core having long been transformed into a gigantic civilized metropolis. Now, it was all ruins and debris, with eerie diamond-style buildings standing tall.

Based on his estimate of the white dwarf's thickness, he had been delving for most of the day and had only just passed the outer layer, roughly two-tenths of the area, barely entering the middle layer. However, the pervasive pressure and high-radiation distortions here were already quite alarming. In some cities, terrifying beings from successive generations were interred, and the mixed elemental creatures formed from their lingering souls and wills, serving as tomb guardians, sent shivers down Xu Zhi's spine even from a distance.

"No wonder they dared not come. Conquering a single tomb is not simple, and this is just one city's...."

"This is a fallen weak Ten-Tier civilization, its power potentially surpassing the current Abyssal Blue Divine Realm.... Because their superior civilization is said to be a Ten-Tier super-ancient ruin." This relic site was a subordinate territory of that Ten-Tier elemental civilization, so its former prosperity was not exaggerated. In fact, it was very likely that this site was where they nurtured their descendants.

"In the deepest parts, even a weak Ten-Tier might not be able to enter safely."

Xu Zhi's expression was calm as he walked on the crystal path. "And for weak Ten-Tiers, these ruins hold little benefit worth entering... After all, their focus is on integrating laws, climbing the path to Ten-Tier, and continuous secluded cultivation. For beings of that level, external opportunities are no longer very important."

Xu Zhi took a deep breath, silently sensing the heatwaves here. He even suspected that in the deepest core of the white dwarf, lay the true central tomb of this weak Ten-Tier civilization's "royalty" and "strongest" members!

"In the deepest part, there might be a truly terrifying energy monster, born from the elemental hearts of all the tomb corpses, guarding this civilization's burial site... prohibiting desecration by outsiders." Xu Zhi's expression was very calm; he knew that further entry might lead to danger.

At the same time, as he delved deeper, he began to discover traces of elemental life. These were likely remnants of the ancient civilization, or perhaps hundreds of thousands of elemental beings born later, forming tiny tribes scattered throughout and dwelling in these ruins.

"Going any further would be dangerous..." Xu Zhi's expression was very calm. "Unless one is of the same race, they cannot withstand this repulsion and pry open the gates of this racial civilization." No wonder Leinimansijia's Cosmic Garden had long been emptied, while this place remained undisturbed. This tomb, like the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, had "Terracotta Warriors" born from corpses, and various mechanical beings guarding their eternal peace. It was a very complete defensive mechanism. Only members of this race could enter freely and deeply.

"Of the same race?"

For others, it would be impossible, but for the Zerg, who were like the "old neighbor" skilled at sneaking in and picking locks, it was an easy feat.

"I can't go any further; I'll have to find another way to enter the depths..."

"This is probably the place. I'll test out this race's civilization here. If possible... I need to bring Phoenix here. This is clearly a better choice, because Phoenix... after that evolution, transformed into a platinum-golden flame divine bird, is already a semi-elemental being... and the four elemental planes evolved based on her bloodline."

The elemental beings of the Mother River civilization were all descendants of Phoenix's bloodline. However, they were different from the elemental beings present here. Their core was a diamond. Whereas Phoenix and the beings of the four elemental planes had a fist-sized flesh-and-blood core.

"But none of that matters; evolution will tell me that both races share the same ancestor...." Xu Zhi slightly extended his hands, holding a newly acquired Tier-Four elemental heart. It wasn't strong. But it was enough.

He turned around, his expression serene, and in a forgotten diamond city amidst the ruins of buildings, he lightly tossed the beautiful and magnificent diamond crystal.

"Genesis...."

Whoosh.

In an instant, life proliferated.