The prosperous Blue Star, a world hidden behind normal humanity, underwent earth-shattering changes.
Yet, the world of ordinary humans remained as it always was.
Perhaps some would feel the world was changing, an oppressive feeling pervading the very space.
But most common people still lived their lives, working by day and entering the Heavenly Dao world by night.
In just over two years.
Entering the Heavenly Dao world at night had become a habit in people's lives.
But no one knew that this game, which appeared extremely fair and just, filled with countless opportunities allowing ordinary people to become rich overnight, yet also preventing the wealthy from reaching the pinnacle no matter how much money they spent.
Was about to usher in a historic reform.
An old man stood in a world ablaze with crimson.
This world possessed extremely high temperatures.
The old man's collar and even his beard… all trembled due to the scorching heat.
And before him, there was a square, ice-blue object.
This object resembled an ice crystal, emanating icy blue flames.
Two opposing energies, hot and cold, continuously clashed within this world.
The interior of the ice crystal seemed hollow.
Countless light spots could be faintly seen flickering within.
The flickering light spots were like the supercomputer server rooms on Blue Star.
However, they appeared to be countless times smaller.
Because the interior of this ice crystal was not large, only a few dozen square meters.
This old man was none other than Dao Tian, that old fellow.
Dao Tian arrived here and was not affected by the clashing hot and cold air from the ice crystal. His essence directly penetrated the ice crystal's walls and entered it.
This… was…
The central server room of the Heavenly Dao world, which the formerly ugly country had almost used its entire national strength to find.
You ask for its geographical location?
Even if people from the ugly country knew, they likely wouldn't be able to reach it.
This was the core center of Blue Star.
A place unreachable by Blue Star's current technology.
The central server room of the Heavenly Dao world resided here.
And it was the only server room.
The Heavenly Dao world had no branch servers; it used a single central server room to power all helmets or virtual pods.
The virtual pods or helmets were independent mini-server rooms.
As for the technology, no one on Blue Star could crack it at present.
Dao Tian had brought this from the First Universe.
And what everyone didn't know was that this so-called Heavenly Dao world.
While viewed as a game by everyone.
Was actually a military product originating from the First Universe.
In reality… it was a virtual reality simulation combat trial.
The entire system was designed for training soldiers.
The virtual pods were used by the First Universe to interface with the Heavenly Dao world, stimulating human potential.
The spiritual energy that recently appeared in the virtual pods was also a form of this technological trial,原理 extracting planetary energy and combining it with high technology to create absorbable energy for the human body.
The birth of the Heavenly Dao world game was essentially Dao Tian's wish for all humans in this world to become warriors.
When a realm is about to collapse, it's not one person's affair.
No one has such an obligation.
Nor can anyone evade such responsibility.
Although Chu Tian was chosen to bear the greatest responsibility.
Only Dao Tian knew that this was also his sorrow.
Dao Tian stepped in. As soon as he entered, a voice sounded.
"You've arrived… Is it ready to activate?"
The voice was devoid of emotion, slightly mechanical.
"It's about to begin!"
Dao Tian took a deep breath and said faintly.
"If activated, it will consume the last of the energy and draw over 50% of this planet's core power. Even if it succeeds in the end, this planet… will no longer be very suitable for human habitation!"
The somewhat mechanical voice seemed to be reminding Dao Tian.
"Don't view this place with the calculation methods of your low universe. Everything here… cannot be calculated by data."
Dao Tian smiled faintly.
"Heh, is that so?" The mechanical voice actually let out a laugh. Although this laugh was devoid of emotion,
It signified that the entity conversing with Dao Tian possessed its own intelligence.
"What's so funny? Are you trying to tell me… that this so-called Desolate Domain and Blue Star are merely experimental fields from your higher universe's past?"
When Dao Tian heard the entity laugh, his brows furrowed, and he revealed something unknown.
"It's good that you know!" The voice did not want to dwell on it.
However, these few words unexpectedly provoked Dao Tian to roar.
"Damn your stinking dog breath! You data-constructed trash Titans, you viewed all living beings as inferior creatures, and in the end, you were annihilated as a race! You can only cling to survival in these machines, yet you still aspire to dominate the human world. The First Universe was born because of you, and it was also destroyed because of you.
You must be the last Titan, right? And you still need humanity's protection?
Pah pah pah…"
Dao Tian unleashed a barrage of angry words.
The voice conversing with him remained silent for a long time.
"Speak up!"
Dao Tian, that old fellow, was already in a bad mood. He seemed to have come here solely to argue.
"Alas… you've said so much, but it all boils down to you believing that each of you is an individual, not subject to anyone's control or dominion."
After a long pause, the entity spoke again.
"Isn't that so? You Titans, from the very beginning, believed you created this world. But was this world truly created by you?"
"No… you are mistaken. We have always been searching… if there are other beings above us.
Our existence follows the trajectory of life!
But who formulated this trajectory of life?
This so-called Desolate Domain is also not our Titan race's experimental field.
Rather, it is our observation post… We discovered the differences between the humans here and us a long time ago!
We merely provided some assistance, we did not claim to be gods!"
The voice seemed to be explaining.
Dao Tian was suddenly stunned upon hearing this.
The trajectory of life, the birth of life?
And who created it, or rather, how did the trajectory of life come into being?
He seemed to have entered a dead end.
It made his chest feel uncomfortable.
"Don't think about it. This is what our Titan race has been pursuing for hundreds of millions of years, and it's something we still haven't figured out."
The entity, seeing the subtle change in Dao Tian's expression,
Instead, it spoke to comfort him.
"No… the trajectory and birth of life are the order of natural operation, the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao!"
Dao Tian's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Then, how did this Heavenly Dao reincarnation come into being?"
The mechanical voice seemed like a thousand questions.
"This…"
Dao Tian was once again rendered speechless.
"Actually, this is also the first time I've stayed on this planet this closely, and even through this so-called network, I've had so much contact with humans. After so long, I've discovered that this place is indeed different from other places. This world seems to… have a mysterious force behind the scenes, constantly correcting and constantly altering something."
As the mechanical voice uttered this, it seemed to possess a slight emotional fluctuation, carrying a touch of profundity.
"What did you discover?"
Dao Tian's eyes widened. Although he spoke impolitely with this entity,
He knew that this entity was indeed very powerful. Its brain… was vaster than any optical computer on Blue Star.
It could even be said that the last remaining member of the Titan race, as mentioned,
While in a slumber in the First Universe,
The terminal optical computer of the First Universe was a small part of it.
And its main body had long since disappeared.
Only an intelligence generated by technological power remained.
That is, its soul.
Traversing through the network signals across the entire universe.
When Dao Tian was transported to the First Universe,
This entity found Dao Tian itself. It was this entity that devised the plan, urging Dao Tian to bring it to Blue Star.
The entire internal planning and composition of the Heavenly Dao world were all created by it.
Dao Tian was merely a porter.
Hiding it within Blue Star's core was achieved through Dao Tian's supreme magical techniques.
And the blue crystal that encased it.
Was a piece of deep-sea ice that Dao Tian excavated from the deepest parts of Blue Star's seabed.
This deep-sea ice could be considered a supreme treasure on Blue Star.
It's just that no one on this planet could reach those deep seabed depths.
A small dwelling built with deep-sea ice.
It was precisely enough to counteract the heat within the planet's core.
Perfectly hiding it here without it melting due to the core's intense heat.
Furthermore, it was about contacting Blue Star's Orderers.
It was also about establishing connections.
Otherwise, this kind of neural game that could control the entire human population.
Could actually cause the extinction of the entire planet's humanity.
Only after being certified by the Orderers could the Heavenly Dao world be considered complete and allowed to exist.
Previously, upon hearing of the world's creation, there were countless questions from people about how this neural-connecting game caused damage to the human body.
However, they were all unaware that all of this had already been verified by the Orderers.
Ensuring its complete safety before allowing its appearance.
Even the contract system within the Heavenly Dao world was completely controlled by the Orderers.
The so-called vows in the human world had truly become contracts within the Heavenly Dao world.
However, the punishment for violators was only carried out within the game.
Now, this entity said that it had been here for a long time and had detected some unusual occurrences.
Dao Tian was naturally very curious.
"How to put it…" The mechanical voice mused for a moment.
Dao Tian did not interrupt its contemplation.
"For instance… there is a song that everyone remembers singing like this: Fifty-six ethnic groups… fifty-six flowers…
But recently, some people have said this singing is wrong; it should be: Fifty-six constellations… fifty-six flowers…
Countless people were stunned.
I have queried the memories of people connected to the Heavenly Dao world, and in their memories, it is indeed fifty-six ethnic groups, not fifty-six constellations.
Moreover, in their memories, I saw that when they were in class as children and in their textbooks, the text was fifty-six ethnic groups.
After discovering this, I mobilized all network data, even consulting various libraries and the root directories of textbooks from many, many years ago.
What was discovered… was actually fifty-six constellations!
The phrase 'fifty-six ethnic groups' seemed to have never appeared in this world."
After the entity finished speaking, Dao Tian narrowed his eyes.
"What does this signify? Did someone misremember!"
"No… while human memory can have discrepancies, it would never have such a significant deviation. This discrepancy seems to span across two generations, you can imagine how vast the number of people is!
Therefore, I dare to infer that there is definitely someone behind this world, an unknown manipulator!"
The voice became very serious as it spoke.
"That's too hasty. You can't make such an inference based on just song lyrics!"
Dao Tian still didn't quite believe it. He firmly believed that they were all independent individuals.
They were indeed born following the trajectory of life, but to say that they were like puppets being manipulated was something anyone would find hard to accept.
"Of course, it's not that hasty. There are many, many more such occurrences…"