Chapter 451

The probability of life arising in the universe is actually not that high.

Even viewed on the vast astronomical scale, traces of life appear very, very rarely, like miracles that cannot be easily touched.

And if the requirements are raised further, placing the gaze at the level of civilization—

Then it becomes even rarer.

Because "life" and "intelligent life" seem like the same concept, but in reality they are completely two different things, a far greater difference than between a machine and a robot.

After all, a planet's habitability, the formation of simple life, the evolution of complex multicellular organisms, the emergence of intelligence and technology... every step may filter out the vast majority of possibilities.

And judging by the examples that have already appeared on Earth, the origin of life is also a field that is very difficult to explain.

To explain how some inorganic and organic molecules should be able to form living species—

From prokaryotes to eukaryotes, multicellular organisms...

Among them it is obvious that multiple evolutions must be undergone, each step relying on the accidental stacking of gene mutations and natural selection.

And scientific theories, in order to explain the origin of life, have no choice but to introduce a large number of assumptions for this, and make a series of concessions and compromises.

These concessions and compromises cannot be said to be very idealized, but they have also reached a sufficiently absurd degree.

—That is why someone would say, the formation of life is like a gust of wind blowing a pile of parts into the sky, and they happen to assemble into a car when they fall down.

—Or perhaps a big pot, with fire underneath, and electricity running through it, filled with various inorganic substances, and then one day, a fish jumps out of the pot.

This is the birth of life.

It can basically be said that the probability of life naturally arising in the universe is extremely low, its process of contingency and complexity bordering on the absurd.

Let alone evolving smoothly all the way from primitive simple life to the level of sentient beings possessing higher intelligence.

Therefore, even if a Nascent Soul Cultivator refined a very large Star Domain in one breath, they still ultimately failed to encounter any traces of extraterrestrial civilization in this newly gained territory.

Primitive uncivilized species do exist in small part.

But to call these species species is still quite forced; more are just traces of very simple single-celled life or multicellular life.

The developmental potential of these life forms can almost be ignored; in short, absolutely no development prospects can be seen.

Yes—

Under this vast starry sky, there are neither primitive natives nor other civilization clusters...

Likewise, there are even less things like Marauders, star pirates, or fallen empires of old...

It's probably like playing a single-player game among the stars, with no allies, no opponents, and no competition; how to play is one's own business, just wait quietly for natural disasters to arrive.

Cough cough, considering that in the original situation, the Predatory Youxing Wielpa would enter the Milky Way to hunt again after an interval of Fourteen Thousand Years...

In a certain sense, this indeed quite matches the Natural Disaster setting and Art Style.

Of course, from this point, thinking carefully about it, one would also discover that the Predatory Youxing Wielpa's job might not be that easy to do either.

Because as the Harvest Star, harvesting civilizations is its Meaning of existence.

But judging by such a probability of life's birth, probability of civilization's appearance, it might be that normally, it really is the type to eat one meal and starve for nine.

Even sailing continuously at Faster-Than-Light in the boundless Starry Expanse, one doesn't know how many years it would take to discover a civilization. Like a traveler trekking on foot through a boundless desert, searching for an oasis that may not exist.

However this also just explains why the Predatory Youxing is unwilling to let Earth go.

Compared to blindly wandering in the depths of the universe, searching for prey that might not exist at all, confirmed prey is undoubtedly a wiser and more reliable choice.

So in many World Lines, even if the first hunt fails, ultimately ending in Failure, the Youxing temporarily retreats.

But...

It still won't give up, and will still look for opportunities to kill its way back.

After all—

The prey is right there.

Waiting for its harvest, isn't it?

Xia Zhi had no intention of commenting on the Youxing's dry-eating behavior, but still vaguely Peeked at the laws of life in the universe from within it.

But the problem isn't big either.

For the current Qi Refining practitioners, whatever they want the World to become, it can become.

Among the stars it can be a piece of Dead Silent, quietly cold Darkness, and equally it can be Lively Noisy, a Realm where Ten Thousand Things vie to flourish.

When it comes down to it, this all depends on His will.

If He wants the World to prosper, the World must prosper; if He wants Heaven and Earth to be extinguished, then naturally Ten Thousand Things will not exist.

Just by exercising His own creativity, He can create quite a few achievements.

Let alone Nascent Soul Cultivators directly copying, scanning the Databases from the many Otherworlds they scanned—

From their ecology, history, and even thought, even the various data recording Souls...

—Directly projecting them in, making them part of the Mortal World they opened up.

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Thirty-six layers of clear light, misty and hazy, layer upon layer, as they rotate faintly revealing the aura of ancient Heaven and Earth one after another, as if evolving the primordial chaos within, deriving one small world after another.

Within them are contained Thousand Mountains, Sun Moon Stars.

—This is not illusory, but truly Existent.

—Perhaps it can be called "Inner Heaven and Earth", or "Cave Heaven".

The small worlds inside are each chaotic like a well, Heaven round and Earth square.

They are like Material Planes spread out in space, the sky vault hanging low like a yurt, the earth lying quietly beneath it.

Each Heaven and Earth is independent yet connected, hooking into the Qi Sea of Otherworlds.

The Qi Sea each Heaven and Earth hooks into is also not just one piece, but over a hundred pieces, the scale still continuously growing according to the diffusion degree of the local Spacetime's Qi Cultivation System.

Like rivers of life, continuously providing energy and Mors Vitality to these small worlds.

Simultaneously, the myriad laws of the Otherworlds, from physical rules to constant parameters——

Were all copied over in a single stroke, branded into Heaven and Earth.

Tightly linking the Cave Heaven world with the many Otherworlds, making the boundary between the two blurred and hard to distinguish, as if seamlessly one.

The Nascent Soul Cultivator mobilized vast magical power, thirty-six layers of clear light rippling outward, shuttling among the stars like gravity ripples.

The aura of the ancient Heaven and Earth surged tumultuously, scouring all things in the world,

Wherever it reached, the aura also quietly altered certain rules beneath the starry sky, as if patching different regions.

Minute adjustments brought remarkable diversity.

It was also paving the way in advance for the emergence of life and civilization, creating suitable habitable zones for them.

This was naturally so.

After all, this data was scanned from as many as three thousand six hundred different spacetime dimensions, each with unique environmental rules.

Relying on profound magical power, the Nascent Soul Cultivator could directly project this information into the Mortal World, in the manner of Imaginary Element Manifestation, recreating those ecologies, histories, even thoughts, and even souls.

——That's right, this is indeed the essence of "Reflection".

——It wasn't that He created some new Divine Ability, but merely simply combined methods He already mastered before.

Thereby achieving effects once unimaginable, with more powerful magical power and a more astonishing degree of interference.

However, doing so brought some minor troubles.

Directly reflecting those things in, exactly as scanned without moving a fraction, would inevitably cause them to suffer some acclimatization issues.

Because their original environments might have some subtle or obvious differences from this Mortal World.

This might have a few problems, or might have many problems.

For instance, creatures from certain spacetime dimensions might be unable to adapt to the Mortal World's sunlight and air, resulting in complete inability to survive……

For instance, certain souls might be unable to smoothly integrate into the Mortal World because the Mortal World's environment differs too greatly from their original environments……

For instance……

All such matters needed to be taken into account.

It was just that Xia Zhi didn't want the hassle, didn't want to open every information file and individually modify the unique rules and parameters of different civilizations, performing separate adjustments and optimizations for them.

So the Cultivator decided to adopt a more efficient and comprehensive method——patching the entire Mortal World, installing an all-encompassing Compatibility MOD.

After all……

The Operation Library he built by copying so many rules and parameters through the Qi Sea, wasn't it precisely for use at a time like this?

After all, compared to meticulously carving each civilization individually, directly performing overall interference on the entire Mortal World is clearly an easier Road.

Such an approach not only avoids the influence of individual bias on civilization development, but also ensures the inclusivity and compatibility of the Reality World, allowing all things to coexist harmoniously.

——Moreover, such global adjustment can also make Reality more accommodating of all phenomena, compatible with all existences.

——Even more favorable for subsequent upgrades and transformations.

Under the scouring of the ancient Heaven and Earth's aura, the vast Star River seemed to undergo some bizarre change, yet also seemed like nothing had changed.

But as the time of one life star after another was allowed to flow, the civilizations and nations that appeared out of thin air in this world, hundreds of millions of lives, also directly sprang to vivid life.

Without any discomfort.

Without any stagnation.

As if naturally existing, living beneath this starry sky.

Utterly unaware that their bodies and consciousness were just now reflected into existence, along with the stars, history, culture, and so on, all created in the instant not long ago——

Everything begins from this very moment, yet in everyone's memories, the world is a naturally existing existence.

No one feels anything is wrong, nor knows the truth that they were just now reflected into existence, because memories, emotions, and so on, are all so real.

No one felt anything was wrong, nor did they know the truth that had just been reflected upon them, because memories, emotions, and the like were all so real.

The Nascent Soul Cultivator gazed out, taking in all the teeming vitality beneath the starry sky, then turned a thought, and the clear light behind him that was about to slowly converge suddenly shimmered again.

From the rippling ripples, from within each layer of clear light, a talisman edict flew out.

Thirty-six talisman edicts, respectively descending into Reality, with a tendency of even distribution, spreading throughout every corner of the vast Galaxy.

Thirty-six talisman edicts respectively fell into Reality, with a tendency to spread evenly, covering every corner of the vast Galaxy.

Seemingly taking root and growing, turning from virtual to real, slowly rotating, finally presenting one after another…… mechanical stars?

Entirely covered in unknown pitch-black metal, emitting a cold steel feel.

Its entire body was covered in an unknown pitch-black metal, emitting a cold Steel Sensation.

In that distant future.

The Second Magic User, having already grown accustomed to Interstellar Era life and adapted to running all over the Star River digging up Old Era secrets, encountered a problem again.

The old man frowned, looking at the region displayed on the Star Map, and the prohibited entry sign that appeared.

His face full of puzzlement, he turned to look at his already familiar teammate:

"Why can't this star region be entered?"

"What is the Purity Agreement?"

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