Chapter 849: Genesis

This is a cosmic ruin.

Only shattered walls and broken ruins remain, bearing witness to everything that once happened here.

All hymns to civilization, while great for living beings, are cold and insignificant to the universe. Even beings as mighty as Ninth-Tier existences, galactic overlords capable of moving stars and filling continents, are but laughable fleeting shadows.

“Everything from that era has fallen; no one survived to reach today, 300,000 years later. All are buried in the dust of history, making it difficult to ascertain much of the past… Life continually alternates, yet only civilization persistently endures.” Xu Zhi stepped lightly, entering this cosmic estate.

The ground was slightly cracked and parched.

Above the estate, a thin atmosphere still lingered.

But this place had already become a dead zone.

Even after more than a hundred thousand years, the residual chaotic laws from the battles of the former cosmic overlords still raged, rendering the area barren and completely unsuitable for life.

It was no wonder that no Ninth-Tier beings from the new era had passed through and chosen to occupy this land.

Even Eight-Tier gods, capable of descending upon this estate, could not enter its core due to the still terrifying energy storms within.

It had long since become a desolate village of ruined houses.

Furthermore, who besides Ninth-Tier beings of such immense size would choose to reside here?

There was absolutely no benefit to it.

They were unlike Xu Zhi, who needed land to evolve his sandbox worlds.

At most, they would accelerate an inner dimension to a speed of 100 years per day, allowing the beings within to cultivate, form sects, and develop bloodline civilizations.

But that was the extent of it.

Only Xu Zhi’s Zerg lineage could surpass their flow rate by a hundredfold limit, reaching a ten thousandfold flow rate—10,000 years per day. This super-speed, where even organisms lose the ability to think, a "creation god's flow rate," was necessary for evolving life.

Moreover, what were the Zerg?

The Zerg were the most easily evolving and variable race. While other races might grow fur in 10,000 years, the Zerg would already be developing scales.

It could be said to be the fundamental talent of the Zerg.

“Three hundred thousand years is too long; history is buried in the past. If an ancient entity were to suddenly revive, no one would know whether it was real or fake.”

Xu Zhi smiled calmly. “Having a clone stand in isn’t bad.”

The goal of this trip was to help Medusa’s Crystal Wall System civilization settle down, and incidentally, to give Carolyn and the others a surprise, as such low-level civilizations were simply too disappointing.

Originally, there was no foundational civilization, so he had intended to simply go through the motions and appear out of thin air.

But now, with this historical backdrop readily available, it was a golden opportunity that instantly elevated the perceived status.

It was perfect for elaborating upon this setting.

“Also, speaking of giants…” Xu Zhi took a deep breath.

Whoosh!

With a light swipe, a rift appeared in space. Moments later, Xu Zhi’s main body instantly descended.

“My main body has never used the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art, but with my Nine Revolutions Mysterious Art… should Pangu’s True Form be barely able to reach the size of Australia?” Xu Zhi’s expression was calm.

Rumble!

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhi suddenly expanded, his body growing inch by inch.

He became mighty and enormous, seemingly piercing through the heavens. A majestic and terrifying giant seemed to crush the entire world with an unimaginably vast aura.

His body finally expanded to a size even larger than Australia.

“This is it, my body is drained; it’s still a bit smaller than I imagined… Is this my limit? Can even a perfect foundation only reach this extent?” Xu Zhi took a deep breath. “Sub-brain, give me the Zerg’s reserve energy.”

A massive surge of energy swiftly arose within his body.

This was the energy accumulated again during the period after breaking through to a higher god.

It was originally extremely precious, intended for breakthrough reserves, but Xu Zhi no longer cared about that now; his energy had begun to burst forth wildly.

The Mother River Power Station could now generate energy without concern.

Furthermore, after reaching the higher god stage, the path to Ninth-Tier breakthroughs also became unrelated to energy, naturally allowing him to expend it lavishly.

Xu Zhi’s body continued its frantic growth, expanding beyond the size of Australia. At this point, he didn't care about combat power at all; as long as the external appearance of this 'skin' reached the desired size, it could be purely superficial.

Finally, Xu Zhi’s body expanded to the size of roughly half a planet, even larger than the Great Octopus.

“That’s about right…” Xu Zhi pushed open the castle gates, looking at the extremely dilapidated furniture, stairs, and decorations, which exuded an aura of decay and ruin.

The next second, Xu Zhi’s main body stepped out from the flesh-and-blood giant, and his clone entered and took up residence within it.

Then the clone began to control the giant body, arranging furniture and cleaning the entire interior of the super-large mansion.

Meanwhile, his main body landed in front of the garden.

“In ancient times, this estate and its courtyard formed the second ring, a residential area for the two hundred million disciples undergoing outer sect assessment. This place was teeming with fierce beasts and fraught with danger, inhabited by many terrifying transcendent monsters collected by this 'philatelist' giant.”

Xu Zhi’s expression was calm.

“These creatures have long since become extinct, but their genes, after more than 300,000 years, still exist within the fossils in this land, just like dinosaur genes in fossils. As long as the Zerg devour their genes…”

“Yes, if all the fierce beasts from the garden’s species were revived, recreating the scene from back then, who would dare say I’m a fake?”

Xu Zhi took another step forward and spoke blandly,

“Although, within these ruins, spatial currents and harsh environmental conditions mean that even if those ancient fierce beasts were revived, they couldn’t survive in this wasteland. However… they are all Zerg. They can evolve again using their genetic templates! Adapting to the harsh current environment.”

“There is no land the Zerg cannot adapt to.”

“Therefore, looking impressive is the most important thing.” Xu Zhi lightly swiped, standing before the entrance to the enormous courtyard.

“Zerg sub-brain, deploy spores! Devour the genes of the creatures in this land!”

The Zerg sub-brain’s voice responded:

“Deploying.”

Whoosh!

In less than a decade.

The previous wild beast species rapidly revived across the entire land.

After all, replicating genes was relatively simple; the difficulty lay in the subsequent evolution—how to develop the ability to adapt to the environment.

The creatures here were quickly torn apart by randomly appearing spatial currents.

Whoosh!

“Entering creation flow rate, ten thousandfold acceleration.”

Xu Zhi’s expression remained calm as he quietly watched. “Evolving from existing species is much faster than creating new ones. If they adapt to the environment, they should be ready by the time the others arrive.”

Xu Zhi observed the land for a while, feeling quite unconcerned.

There were many bloodline and genetic talents in the universe, but whether they were truly powerful often couldn't be fully determined until corresponding mature transcendent cultivation methods were developed.

Therefore, the potential of most genes remained unknown.

Of course, this wasn't always the case. Some genetic talents were clearly powerful even without cultivation, such as the immortal gene or the phoenix's rebirth through fire…

“Now… it’s time to deal with the next matter.” Xu Zhi turned around, already inside the massive ruined mansion. “It’s time to summon the Cthulhu Evil God.”