Chapter 1: One Person is a Civilization
The spring breeze blows away the clouds, and the sky is clear and clear for thousands of miles.
Perfect weather for sleeping in and waking up naturally.
The fluffy sunlight rushes into the room, calling people to get up, but sleep is an art, and abundant sunlight cannot stop people from pursuing art.
"Knock, knock, knock!" Someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Lu Yuan called out impatiently.
A sweet female voice came from outside the door, with a bit of crispness: "I calculated with my fingers that you must be sleeping in. With such beautiful weather, shouldn't you go to the company to work overtime, or go on a blind date?"
Lu Yuan rubbed his eyes and said unhappily, "I just dreamed of a fairy. What kind of blind date are you talking about?"
"What fairy? Show me the photo!"
Lu Yuan cleared his throat: "It's enough if I dreamed about her. But when I really got her, I found the difference between the three-dimensional world and the two-dimensional world, and I immediately lost interest."
"Tsk, it's like you're going to cultivate immortality. Even the three-dimensional world is disgusting to you."
It seems that every female high school student in a serious school has short black hair that reaches the ears, black-rimmed glasses, a denim shirt that doesn't show off the figure very much, and white socks and pink cotton slippers on their feet.
Her makeup-free look shows nothing but youthfulness, but she is still cute.
"It's already ten o'clock in the morning. I kindly bought you breakfast. Eat it while it's hot!"
A serving of hot dumplings, two tea eggs, and a bowl of soy milk.
The fragrant aroma aroused Lu Yuan's appetite.
It is said that if a woman who is usually very fierce suddenly becomes gentle and kind, she must have some intention.
Either they are trying to kill or they are trying to steal money! Lu Yuan warned, "Don't insult the intelligence of office workers and tell us your bad intentions!"
"Um... I want to buy a Ceylon tea color dress. There's a host event at school..."
"You're looking for mom, why are you looking for me?"
"If I tell my mom, she will definitely ask me to study hard and say classic lines from parents... Three hundred yuan, only three hundred yuan."
Wow, a breakfast can earn me 300 gold coins!
This business of yours is a sure win! But this request is reasonable.
Lu Yuan even felt that a three hundred yuan dress was a bit too cheap.
And she's already acting cute, shouldn't I be a little soft-hearted? "Ding Dong, PayBao received 300 yuan."
"High school students shouldn't fall in love." Lu Yuan had an excited expression on his face. "If you fall in love, I'll tell on you right away! I'll let my parents hang you up and beat you up. Just thinking about that scene makes me a little excited."
"How is that possible? There are no handsome guys in the class!" She clenched her fists and wanted to attack Lu Yuan, but for the sake of the three hundred gold coins, she had to endure it. "By the way... have you reported your recent awakening of superpowers to the government?"
"Not yet, and the government doesn't pay me... Why should I rush to report myself?" Lu Yuan stretched lazily.
Ten years ago, meteorites fell from the sky.
Earthquakes and tsunamis occur frequently, and the world order is in chaos.
Some people have evolved weak super powers.
No one knows what changes have taken place in the world.
Spiritual energy reviving? Doomsday coming? Aliens destroying the world? God creating a new world?
Fortunately, as a superpower, the social order of Dadong Kingdom is relatively stable, and people's life is similar to the past, and there has not been much change.
"Then I'm going to go out and buy some clothes! You can take a nap."
…
Next, Lu Yuan enjoyed his breakfast with great satisfaction and began to play with his newly awakened superpowers.
"Another space!"
A layer of magical distorted light and shadow enveloped his body.
He completely disappeared into the real world.
Lu Yuan called his awakened superpower - "different space"! Simply put, it is to create a small space that can only accommodate himself.
Being in this small space, you can observe the outside environment.
But the outside world cannot observe or touch you.
Maintaining the different space consumes mental energy and can only last for two to three hours at most. If it lasts too long, one will fall into a coma due to mental exhaustion.
Well, this ability should be called spatial ability, which is quite advanced...
Actually... I don't know what it's used for? Is it to avoid the nuclear crisis caused by the world war?
If a nuclear bomb suddenly exploded nearby, Lu Yuan could immediately hide in another space.
But three hours is not enough. Once he comes out, he will still be killed by radiation.
Or... to be used as a thief?
But you can't move freely in the different space, so being a thief seems a bit difficult.
Lu Yuan just treated this special ability as an entertainment activity and occasionally joked about it in front of his family, that's all.
"I should find an opportunity to report it to the government. Maybe I can get a job there."
"Taking the civil service exam is the end of the universe."
…
However, at this moment, an extremely complex language came from the real end of the universe, the starting point of endless time and space.
This sentence is not Chinese. It is like the sound of a huge bell or tripod, coming from all directions and making my head bang.
Lu Yuan inexplicably understood the meaning.
[The etheric psychic network has been successfully constructed, and the GS91102 universe has been successfully digitized. 】
【A total of 781,237,896 intelligent civilizations were screened out. 】
Who, who is speaking?
Lu Yuan blinked and looked around, thinking he was hallucinating.
But then a rumbling earthquake sounded and the earth shook.
Birds fly in flocks into the sky.
From outside, there were also the sounds of "wailing" air raid sirens and a series of car brake sounds, which meant that a large number of people were heading to the nearest shelter for refuge.
The mysterious voice continued: [In the ninth era, the Pangu Continent is being formed.]
【Earth, human race, a total of 17 participating cities, representing 17 branches of human civilization. 】
[All participating civilizations are being sent to the Pangu Continent Safe Zone...]
"What the hell?"
Then, just as Lu Yuan was hiding in the alien space, looking confused, something even more shocking happened! Earth...
Earth……
Gone! In the blink of an eye, the ground beneath my feet disappeared.
This exaggerated scene shocked Lu Yuan's mind and almost caused his heart to stop beating, turning him into a vegetable.
What kind of power could make the earth disappear out of thin air? This was beyond Lu Yuan's imagination.
If we must use human words to describe it, it can only be - the power of "God"!
Whether it is "God", "Jade Emperor", "divine civilization" or "super-divine civilization", everything that humans do not understand is explained as God. This is a lazy but efficient approach.
When Lu Yuan slowly recovered from his vegetative state, he found that the earth had inexplicably disappeared and he was left in outer space.
A famous quote flashed through his mind subconsciously: "That's one small step for me, one giant leap for mankind."
"I am the first person to fly into the universe in the flesh. The answer is that the earth itself disappeared, but I stayed where I was."
…
"What the hell!"
At that moment, Lu Yuan completely collapsed.
The whole world left with the earth, and he was the only one left behind.
This scene is not only not tragic, but also has a sense of comic grotesqueness.
Did the earth explode or something? What should I do with my food, drink, and bowel movements? How can I survive?
Lu Yuan recalled an anime character named "Kaz" in his mind. After being thrown into space, "Kaz" chose to stop thinking because he was too bored.
Now, he seemed to be in the same predicament.
But he is not the ultimate creature, nor is he immortal. He is just an ordinary person. How can he survive in the universe?
Lu Yuan felt like he had a brain stroke and all of his cerebral cortex turned into paste.
"Wait…what is that?"
Lu Yuan squinted his eyes and saw cities wrapped in "soap bubbles" one by one. There were 17 cities in total! These cities seemed to have been specially selected by "God" and did not disappear with the earth.
They were flashing with golden light and flying towards a certain direction at a very fast speed, like comets streaking across the sky.
"Safe Zone...are these cities heading for the safe zone?"
"Take me with you, I am also a human being!!!" Lu Yuan shouted loudly.
But it was obvious that "God" ignored him.
Only that cold voice appears approximately every 10 minutes.
[Harmonizing biological colonies...]
[The weather system of Pangaea is being reconstructed...]
[Counting the number of remaining extraordinary lives...disrupting their distribution...]
[Harmonizing gravity data...]
[Spreading the extraordinary fire...]
Only with hindsight will one realize that it was the ability of "alternative space" that harmed him.
If Lu Yuan had not been hiding in the alien space, it would be obvious that he would "disappear" along with the Earth; or he would have flown away with those 17 cities.
No matter what, even if something as big as this happened, we can hide in the city and keep each other company with our fellow human beings.
But now, he is hiding in another dimension, and "God" does not regard him as a part of human civilization.
So, he was left where he was.
After Lu Yuan discovered this, he wanted to cancel the alien space.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
But he was worried that there was no air in the universe.
At least there is some oxygen in the alien space, so he won't die immediately.
What's more, "God" doesn't care about the thoughts of ants.
I don't know how long it took, but the cold voice said again: [All branches of civilization have arrived at the designated location, and the safe zone has been opened.]
[Please note that the speed of time in the safe zone is only one percent of that in Pangu Continent.]
[In the safe zone, resources are scarce and development is slow. ]
[Each civilization can cancel its safe zone and actively explore the Pangu Continent. ]
[After the cancellation, the safe zone cannot be restored and will face external risks. ]
【All civilizations, please adapt to environmental changes as quickly as possible. 】
[The Ninth Era, the Civilization Selection, officially begins! ]
In despair, Lu Yuan briefly analyzed this passage.
The purpose of "God" may be to select the strongest civilization in the so-called "Ninth Era"?
Each city represents a civilization...
Including Yunhai City where Lu Yuan was just now, could it represent the Daxia civilization?
But no matter how powerful a race is, it will inevitably be in chaos when encountering such a thing.
So the "kind-hearted" "God" set up the concept of "safe zone".
If a civilization has completed internal integration, it can take the initiative to cancel the "safe zone" and officially move towards Pangu Continent.
Of course, you can also just not cancel and stay in the safe zone.
But the price is that the speed of time passing is only one percent of that in Pangaea.
Other civilizations developed in Pangu Continent for a hundred years, but you only developed in the safe zone for one year. It is obviously impossible to pass the screening of "God" and it is equivalent to self-extinction.
"But what does it have to do with me? I... am I one civilization per person?!" Lu Yuan felt terrible.
Next, he saw the so-called "Panga Continent" slowly appearing in the universe.
It is like an unimaginably vast ink painting, extending infinitely into the universe, from the azure ocean to the golden coast, from the emerald oasis to the withered desert, from the snow-capped mountains to the flat grasslands, from the pale blue lakes to the majestic plateaus...
This continent is really too big, it is simply an infinitely extended version of the Earth's continents.
Lu Yuan was shocked by this magnificent and magical scene.
Faint ripples appeared in the space, and in a moment, Pangu Continent jumped to the current space, replacing the original Earth.
…
Lu Yuan suddenly realized that with the emergence of Pangu Continent, he was only tens of thousands of meters above the ground.
I was excited: "Is there any hope for me?"
He stretched out a finger and extended the tip of his finger out of the alien space.
Affected by gravity, the small extended finger began to fall freely.
Since the alien space was connected to his body, when his fingers fell freely, they also brought down the "soap bubble" where the alien space was.
About three minutes later, with a light "pop" sound, Lu Yuan successfully landed on a patch of weeds.
He took a few deep breaths to calm his nervous mind.
Looking up and taking a closer look, Pangu Continent seemed a little different.
Among the majestic ancient mountains and the vast sea of clouds, the blue-gray jungle stretches like a long dragon to the end of the earth.
On the cliff in front, a waterfall was pouring down, stirring up a cloud of mist.
In the hazy light, you can see white water vapor mixed between the green mountains and green moss, and the crisp sound of flowing water is in your ears.
Many of the trees on the mountain are three to five hundred meters tall, exuding a quiet atmosphere that keeps strangers away.
The roar of wild beasts could be heard faintly.
“These trees are too tall.”
Lu Yuan was sweating profusely. He felt like a hopeless ant who had accidentally entered the garden of God. Any random insect could crush him to death.
It goes without saying that Pangu Continent must be full of crises, otherwise there would be no need to set up the so-called "safe zone".
That cold voice still echoes in my ears:
[Analysis of possible remains of civilization is in progress. ]
[Looking for a suitable place to sow the seeds of transcendence. 】
This sound occurs every few minutes.
But for Lu Yuan, it is no longer a big deal.
He was really at a loss.
Even if he successfully landed on the ground, his difficulty would only be reduced from the hellish difficulty of 100% death to the nightmare difficulty of 90% death...
The ability of the "alternative space" can indeed avoid many risks, but as an ordinary person, he needs to sleep, eat, rest, entertain and rest. The "alternative space" is not omnipotent.
From this moment on, he had to be self-sufficient, hunting, gathering, and doing everything by himself.
You can't get sick, it's easy to get sick if you do.
How can I survive? His mind was completely blank.
"I didn't even bring a knife or a lighter. I only had a cell phone with the battery level... 66%?"
[The civilization milestone system is being generated. 】
[Warning, a missing branch of civilization has been discovered...race, human...]
Huh? God found me? Is he talking to me? "Send me back to Earth!"
[The 18th branch of human civilization is being added. The current total population is 1 person. ]
【Added successfully. 】
[Civilization number: 7812HSKKJ-18, please remember your civilization number. 】
"???"
After a while, the cold voice said again: [Congratulations to your civilization for achieving the only milestone, the first pioneer of the Ninth Epoch.]
[Achievement conditions: Be the first among all civilizations to leave the safe zone.]
【History is always created by life. A world without life is just a wasteland.】
[Today, you take the first step to explore the Pangu Continent. This is a small step for you, but it is also a big step for the Ninth Era.]
[With trepidation and confusion, you step into the deep unknown. Perhaps you will die tomorrow, but you also represent the courage to explore in the Ninth Epoch.]
Lu Yuan looked at the clear blue sky blankly. It took him a long time to react. He realized that "God" really regarded him as a civilization.
Isn't he the first pioneer in history? He ran in the first minute after Pangu Continent was formed! All normal civilizations are hiding in the safe zone!
Lu Yuan laughed bitterly, what a fucking black humor.
Based on his understanding of humanity, it would be impossible for humanity to reach a consensus and abolish the safe zone without a decade of tug-of-war.
To make a bold estimate, abolishing the safe zone within 20 years would be a miracle.
Considering that time passes at a rate of one to one hundred, one year of human civilization is equivalent to a hundred years on Pangu Continent.
Ten years of human civilization is equivalent to a thousand years of Pangu Continent.
Lu Yuan couldn't help but recall the story of "The Broken Axe Man". Wang Zhi, a man from the Jin Dynasty, went up the mountain to chop wood and came across two old men playing chess. He stopped to watch. After watching the game, Wang Zhi found that the handle of his axe had rotted. When he returned home, he found that hundreds of years had passed and his neighbors were no longer alive.
"That is, only one year has passed in the safe zone, but a hundred years have passed here, and I am already dead."
A hundred years is but a blink of an eye for a civilization. The more time a civilization has to develop, the better.
But for individuals, it is an unbearable burden.
Not to mention monsters and the like, the enormous mental pressure alone was enough to crush Lu Yuan.
However, at this moment, the cold voice said again: [Your civilization has obtained the only milestone reward: Pioneer's Eye, which allows you to read the information of most items (one person in the civilization is randomly awarded). ]
[Your civilization has received a unique milestone points reward of 5,000 points. (This feature has not yet been enabled)]
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