Chapter 1231: Bold Idea

Xu Zhi naturally hadn't expected Mengmei, with her overactive imagination, to jump to such far-fetched conclusions so quickly.

He merely twitched an eyelid, looking at the excited tree girl approaching him. Feeling a slight headache, he calmly stated, "As a variable from a dimensional court in a previous epoch, one who manifested 'the escaped one,' and a Dao Saint from tens of billions of years ago, you are indeed qualified to follow me."

It truly is so!

Mengmei's eyes immediately sparkled.

If it were truly the Creator God, it would undoubtedly be a just and impartial existence in the unseen realm, leaving no room for discussion.

However, this Creator God before her had already developed self-awareness, displaying human-like characteristics of a sentient being, and was even plotting to destroy the entire vast universe from behind the scenes!

He was the God of Destruction, the cosmic catastrophe!

Joining the God of Destruction's faction would undoubtedly be the most delightful option. As she looked at the figure before her, her eyes darted up and down, a gurgling sound in her mind indicating deep thought.

Xu Zhi, however, remained calm and said, "Do you truly choose this? This is choosing to destroy the universe. Standing with me means becoming an enemy to all sentient beings, an enemy to the vast universe itself. All the powerful beings and Saints of the contemporary multiverse will come to stop us, for they ultimately belong to this current universe."

Mengmei naturally understood the horror of such a choice.

This was a war between two universes.

The powerful beings outside all belonged to the Creator God's faction; they were part of the vast universe. Now, they were to be destroyed. At this moment, it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree; it was impossible to overturn the vast universe's orthodoxy.

"It's about conviction. I am willing to follow you."

Mengmei earnestly patted her chest and declared, "Let's expand our territory, let them be destroyed ahead of time, and become a prehistoric universe!"

"Very well."

Xu Zhi did not refuse. In fact, Mengmei's talents were undoubtedly great; she was a technical expert who could contribute to construction and expansion here.

As for her main body being asleep and unable to communicate with the players outside, Xu Zhi wasn't worried about her causing trouble.

"I will take you to the sect's territory," Xu Zhi stated.

A sect?

Mengmei smiled and nodded, secretly pondering in her mind.

Had this being truly become fully humanized? Had he even learned from sentient beings, established a sect, and planned a counterattack against the vast universe outside?

No wonder he was the devastating catastrophe of the vast universe!

When the Creator God lost his authority and gained sentience, even without any power in this universe, it was enough to overturn everything, because he possessed consciousness!

In this cosmic struggle, where consciousness battled unconsciousness, who would emerge victorious remained unknown.

Heavenly Sound Sect.

Inside a house in a tea garden.

A mature middle-aged woman, engrossed in research, suddenly opened her eyes and respectfully said, "Your Highness, Creator God."

Mengmei was startled as she looked at the mature middle-aged woman, feeling as though she had seen her face somewhere before; it was very familiar.

"Nü Yi, you've grown younger again," Xu Zhi chuckled.

Nü Yi nodded and respectfully replied, "The universe's splitting speed is accelerating, and the plates are moving outwards. I fear that in a short while, the universe's assimilation of me will weaken further, and I will return to my prime, becoming even younger. I never imagined I could live for another period of time and witness a distant future in cosmic history."

Nü Yi?!

Mengmei's heart pounded as she looked at the beautiful middle-aged woman.

She finally understood why this being seemed so familiar: she was the Mother of all living beings in this universe, akin to Nuwa on Earth. But hadn't this being perished long ago? How could this be?

"And who is this?" Nü Yi asked, looking at Mengmei with interest.

"She comes from a prehistoric universe, having secretly entered this one," Xu Zhi said with a faint smile. "This is just the first batch; I fear soon there will be more beings from the prehistoric universe secretly arriving here."

Nü Yi's mind reeled as she looked at Mengmei, "From prehistoric times?"

Xu Zhi departed, leaving Mengmei and Nü Yi to converse.

Nü Yi immediately exchanged information with Mengmei, eagerly asking about the prehistoric universe, while Mengmei likewise couldn't help but inquire about the detailed development history of this universe.

Instantly, information from both converged.

Nü Yi exhaled deeply, "So that's it! So that's it! No wonder the prehistoric universe and this nascent universe coexist. Such complex events have occurred: a Creator God from the distant future, in his twilight years, descended into this universe, introducing a massive variable. Now, the two universes are in conflict!"

Mengmei was also utterly astonished. "So that's it! So that's it! The Creator God before me has not only lost the authority of the Grand Dao but also suffered damage to his Dao singularity. No wonder he gained consciousness...

"Therefore, the universe he evolved as the Creator God is incomplete; it's ultimately not a full universe! And an incomplete universe cannot contend with the vast universe outside! That's why the Heavenly Sound Sect has been established now, to allow the beings of this universe to complete it!"

Nü Yi nodded.

She also believed this was natural.

The universe was like a great tree, and sentient beings were the spirits on that tree—the darlings of the universe and its vitality. They completed its rules and added prosperous branches.

At present, this great tree of the universe was incomplete, and they faced a great calamity. These sentient beings must find a way to complete this sapling of a universe!

They would prosper together or perish together.

"Are you saying that in the future, we might have to confront enemies from the entire prehistoric universe outside?" Nü Yi's spirits sank, feeling the mission was too heavy. "To turn our universe into reality, we must oppose too many inconceivable things..."

"Indeed," Mengmei replied. "Furthermore, the Creator God descended from a future era into this spacetime, and his Grand Dao is incomplete. We must find a way to complete it, otherwise, this will forever remain a flawed, false universe!"

Nü Yi now fully understood the entire chain of events, and her thoughts raced.

She looked at the Dao beads within the glass bottle and sighed, "We can only seek the cause from these."

Mengmei quickly learned of the Heavenly Sound Sect's mission, and her heart pounded. Was this a place where universes were evolved?

"For you to be brought in, to secretly enter this universe, you must at least be a Saint, someone who understands cosmic rules, perhaps even having attained or merged with the Dao, and like me, you are bound by cosmic rules." Nü Yi shook her head, not being overly optimistic.

However, Mengmei's expression changed.

"Who said I was a Saint?"

"That's in the future!"

"I haven't attained the Dao yet, and I don't understand cosmic rules at all, okay? Right now, I'm just a Ninth-Tier 'salted fish' with the worst bloodline, not even a perfected Dao achiever..."

Nevertheless, it was undeniable that Mengmei herself was indeed somewhat restricted.

"However, for me to evolve a universe, I am indeed limited... So, is it possible to evolve a cosmic embryo into a sentient being, and then let it grow?" Mengmei proposed a daring idea, as this was, after all, her area of expertise.

She specialized in spore evolution, so naturally, her thinking leaned in that direction.

"For example, a universe that's like a dog, with four limbs, and inside it is a universe, bouncing around?" Mengmei suggested.

Nü Yi was completely taken aback and couldn't help but say, "A cosmic embryo evolving into a sentient being—is that possible? The universe is inherently a vast embryo, without a soul or consciousness, merely a tree-like diagram composed of rules."

A vast and chaotic universe could not possess self-awareness.

Even the God of Destruction, who had self-awareness, only gained it because he lost his authority over the vast universe. But if he were to regain the universe's chaotic authority, he would be assimilated by its immense rules, once again becoming a natural cosmic phenomenon.

"Can a tree not have life? What if a tree, with its branching and dense network of divisions, could precisely form the structure of life? Like a helical DNA?"

"This Grand Dao diagram has no soul, no consciousness, no life. What if we make it give birth to life? Make it become a God of Destruction prematurely, and give it its own sentience?" Mengmei took a deep breath. "My previous work involved making primitive embryos give birth to life."

Mengmei continued, "Without knowledge, there are indeed infinite possibilities for evolving unknown universes. However, it's precisely because we possess certain knowledge that we can specifically evolve a particular type of universe!"

Nü Yi pondered the feasibility of this daring idea: evolving a Grand Dao diagram such that its dividing structure could coincidentally give rise to consciousness.

She, however, shook her head again and said, "This is very difficult, unimaginably difficult. For the universe to develop self-awareness, it would involve the very essence of life."

"Isn't the essence of life your area of expertise?" Mengmei asked, looking at this Mother of Acquired Life, who had pioneered the helical DNA structure. "If we treat the universe's tree-like diagram as your DNA sequence structure, and intertwine them, perhaps our combined efforts could evolve a decent cosmic organism."