Chapter 760: Sunspots

Entropy was born with extraordinary phenomena.

As he grew up, he used mysterious knowledge from his mind to teach the ancient cave tribes language and writing, ushering in the hunting age.

Gradually, a legacy of civilization began to take root.

On every full moon night, for ten years, he continuously studied the full moon in the sky.

Seeing that mysterious moon, he felt as if he was beholding the one true god, filled with awe and worship. He finally uncovered a unique truth: during a full moon, the moon's complete form could be seen, bearing a legacy of mysterious knowledge. This knowledge could be observed by individuals with strong minds and exceptional aptitude.

Gradually, on every full moon night, he observed this knowledge and studied various aspects of civilization's knowledge. Using the laws of mathematics, physics, and chemistry he learned, he expanded the application of radiant machinery and various mechanical weapons, leading to a period of rapid development and the dawn of the City-State Era.

Another ten years passed, and he began to establish a nation. Its name: Entropy.

The nation's sacred emblem was a divine and flourishing rose tree.

A unique profession, the noble Moon Sages, began to emerge.

The full moon night was a sacred night, imbued with extraordinary significance.

On the astronomical observatory, a group of world-shaping geniuses, dressed in splendid black court robes adorned with golden rose-tree patterns, performed rituals, worshipped, and offered tributes. They gazed at the sky, observed celestial phenomena, and unearthed mysterious knowledge.

However, this was just one of the ancient civilizations in the Entropy River basin. After all, the entire planet was immense, as vast as Earth itself! Even Xu Zhi, as an eighth-tier true god, would be unable to completely observe and control such an enormous planet without the assistance of the Zerg sub-brain. This was a true planet! Therefore, Xu Zhi established the Starry Sky Civilization Stele, which, suspended in the sky as the moon, rotated to bestow civilization upon all living beings on the planet.

On the distant other side, numerous tall Western tribes took notice.

"The Moon... a God!""Celestial phenomena can reveal the future...""Holy Lord, we wish to call you Saint. Your moon illuminates the night, just as your knowledge pierces through darkness, bestowing glory, authority, sustenance, and happiness upon the people on Earth...""Great God, you have granted us a joyful paradise, your moon...""Hallelujah."

The moon revolved around the entire planet. At every moment, a different region experienced the full moon, marking their sacred night.

On the far distant shores of this planet, other river regions also saw the emergence of ancient civilizations, scattered like stars. Four geniuses, as great as Entropy, appeared there. These four observed the moon and became great, immortal Moon Sages, etched into eternal frescoes. Future generations would refer to these river origins as the sites of the Four Great Ancient Civilizations. The Moon, the origin of greatness.

Meanwhile, inside the moon, extremely tiny humans also emerged from its interior, coming to its surface and discovering its abnormalities. They differed from the inhabitants of the planet. They could see both the near side and the far side of the moon, and theoretically, could simultaneously grasp all its secrets. However, their bodies were too minuscule, and even standing on the moon, they couldn't perceive its entire scope. Their pace of development was also slow. They too held profound reverence for the mysterious moon.

In the vast and desolate cosmos, only an exaggeratedly powerful god like Xu Zhi could traverse the solar system so effortlessly, moving about at will. Other ordinary deities would likely have exhausted themselves countless times just by traveling within a single vast star system, for the universe was simply too immense.

Far from the sun, amidst small, oddly shaped asteroids floating in the void, glowing red from the intense heat, sat a rectangular, pristine white laboratory with windows.

"Your dinner!" His maid, who had accompanied him on this journey, brought it.

Xu Zhi calmly accepted the meal. Over the years, once the moon stele was set up, he paid it no further mind, allowing the planet's inhabitants to develop naturally. To him, it was a minor matter. The cosmic mythical creatures in space were more important than the beings on the planet.

One hundred and ten years had now passed. Utilizing the terrifying computational power of his demonic core, Xu Zhi had finally researched and developed the first generation of semi-elemental beings. However, these beings had extremely long lifespans, matured at an incredibly slow rate, and possessed extremely low reproductive capabilities.

"Such power stations, if they don't reach a significant scale, are defective products," Xu Zhi sighed. He continued to refine them, as these first-generation creatures were utterly unsatisfactory.

Generations of Zerg experimental subjects came and went. Xu Zhi gradually realized that he had nearly reached the limit of their birth rate; no method seemed capable of increasing their reproduction speed. Even by intensifying the desires of these solar beings, causing them to constantly drain and exhaust themselves daily, the efficiency remained incredibly low. Even with such frantic efforts, an adult would produce only one offspring every few hundred years on average.

Such experimental evolution results struck Xu Zhi as somewhat unbelievable. It was the first time he had invested such an enormous amount of time and the immense computational power of an eighth-tier god's demonic core, yet such vast effort still yielded no success.

"Is everything predestined? Is everything in balance, where higher-level, more powerful life forms inherently have lower birth rates? Is this unchangeable?"

Xu Zhi's expression remained calm. After several attempts, seeing that it was utterly unchangeable, Xu Zhi could only give up.

He then turned to experiment with the other three major elements. With his prior experience with the Buddhist element, this calibration process was much faster, quickly yielding viable specimens. This time, all three combined only took ninety-seven years. For these three elemental beings, Xu Zhi no longer chose to increase their desires, as he knew this method could not significantly boost their birth rates.

"However, their actual performance remains to be seen; they are still first-generation experimental subjects. We'll observe their situation after deployment and continue to improve them... After all, they are semi-elemental life forms with no fixed shape."

After all, these "power stations" were what Xu Zhi cared about most.

"Alright, let's begin deployment. Let them orbit the planet!"

Xu Zhi gently extended his hand. Half-human-sized, translucent beings, one by one, floated at the distant edge of the sun's trajectory, like scattered meteorites.

"As they continue to grow, they will gradually enter closer orbits and eventually become fully capable of enduring the scorching sun," Xu Zhi remarked. He paid them no further attention. His form flickered, and he appeared at three different gas giants, where he deposited lightning, water, and fire elemental beings, respectively, as "satellite creatures" to begin orbiting each planet.

"Continuous observation is still necessary."

As his voice faded, Xu Zhi vanished completely.

Bypassing the moon, Xu Zhi descended onto the planet and found it had changed significantly. The streets were bustling, with a distinctive architectural style. Pedestrians were adorned with moon and star trinkets, massive chimneys rose in the distance, and vehicle-like machines, similar to steam engines, had begun to appear on the roads. In the distance, neon-lit signs for establishments like nightclubs glowed, beautifully dressed dancers enticed customers at entrances, and many black sedans were parked. Even on the street, young newsboys rode bicycles, shouting out, "Newspaper! Read all about it! Ladies and gentlemen, get your newspapers!"

The pimple-faced young man, pedaling his bicycle, waved a newspaper in his hand and yelled, "Breaking News! According to the report from the esteemed Moon Sages, yesterday witnessed the greatest discovery in human history: the sun has developed mysterious black spots! They have been named: Sunspots!"