April 9, 2019, 10 p.m.

West Coast of the Commonwealth of Americas, part of the NW Foundation, Collinrun Research Center.

Before the revival of Reiki, the Collinren Research Center was often visited as a zoo by the surrounding citizens, which is not a surprising thing, because the open research center is green all year round and looks very suitable for outings, and its nursery does contain samples of most of the world's creatures.

Recovering research funds by selling admission tickets is also a method of operation of the Collinlen Research Center, which even has a mobile ice cream truck for visitors 365 days a year, with hazelnut chocolate being the most popular.

After the revival of Reiki, the Collinrun Research Center was forced to close the part of the exhibition due to the impact of multiple animal protection organizations - although many citizens lamented the lack of an attraction that they can take their children to play in their leisure time, but this still does not change its essence.

It is one of the best biotechnology research centers in the Americas and in the world.

At night, the Collinren Research Center was silent and seemingly empty, although most of the live samples were sent to other areas, released or fostered in zoos, but in the non-public area of the ground, many of the staff on duty were working, and a small number of rare experimental specimens were still left here, requiring constant care and data recording.

The president of the NW Foundation, Nolmiu, was walking side by side with a 'human' with long black and silver hair.

From the Galactic Realm, the ambassador of the Celestian civilization of the Guardian of the Holy Land, Tain Prophet has long mimicked his own communication with humans perfectly, and he now looks like a standard exotic human man.

Only now, the beautiful man's face was serious at the moment, his brows were furrowed, and he was obviously quite surprised by what he saw in front of him.

Dragons.

A monitor lizard that has clearly been genetically and mechanically modified, wrapped in silver-gray metal, and has a look of wisdom in its eyes.

After living on Earth for more than half a year, Prophet Tain already has a considerable understanding of this legendary 'Black Domain Forbidden Zone Civilization', and he even knows that the former main body of this civilization, the Psionic Eternals Group called the Immortal God Civilization, had broken through the barrier of the Great Rift before the Silent Age and went to other universes and other worlds for refuge.

However, the human beings who remained in their 'ancestral land' have also developed a fairly developed civilization now, and although the current Earth civilization is slightly deficient in the technology of space travel, it still has considerable strength in various psionic skills - and combining psionic technology with their very good technology is also a way for them to accelerate their development.

As an ambassador of the Celestia civilization, Tain Prophet is often invited by officials and even major powers around the world to visit various regions and share the technology of the earth and the Celestian civilization - although Tain is not a professional technician, as a solo explorer in the Celestia Exploration Park, his insight is quite good enough to be qualified for the job.

Now, Tain Prophet, who accepted the NW Foundation's invitation to come to the Collinlon Research Center on the West Coast, couldn't help but fall into doubt.

......He looked at the monitor lizard in front of him, whose body was mostly mechanically modified, and his eyes were agile for a moment, then he turned his head and looked at Nolmiu, the president of the NW Foundation, beside him: "It has wisdom? 】

"I have a name."

At this time, the monitor lizard spoke. His tone was easy-going, with a hint of laziness: "My name is Basilisk, the name of a strange poisonous snake in myths and legends, of course I have to say that the aesthetic of the researcher responsible for naming me is really rotten, even if you call me 'Little Gray' or 'Spot' is better than this name, at least closer." ”

The monitor lizard's voice was clear, and though it was a little weird, it was a logical and intonate human voice coming from the translator above his head.

He even has his own name and aesthetic.

It's really weird.

Monitor lizards, an ancient reptile creature that can generally exceed half a meter to a meter in length, are the smartest in the subclass Scaleosaurus, and the most intelligent monitor lizards even have an IQ comparable to that of cats and dogs in mammals, know how to use tactics and harmonize, and understand some commands.

However, this modified monitor lizard is more than 1.5 meters long, he is unusually large, and his brain is larger than the normal proportion of monitor lizards, and around this mechanical monitor lizard, there are other ordinary monitor lizards that are estimated to be controls, and they are all resting at the moment, or awakened by the stimulation of the light, ready to forage.

Talking lizards are not uncommon, and just some time ago, Tain Prophet met with the current Dragon King of the South Seas named Jiu Ming (fifteen years old) on the Jeongguk side.

While it's hard to argue whether Jiu Ming's body is an echinoderm or a reptile, in general, it's not at all surprising that animals can talk in this era of Reiki revival.

But the strange thing is that this monitor lizard named Basilisk has no aura reaction at all.

He doesn't even have a soul.

"It's a new visitor, I'm going to sleep now, and if there's something, you can wake me up—though I don't think I'll need it in general."

After answering Tain Prophet's question, Basilisk closed his eyelids and went back to rest.

He was used to this kind of thing, anyway, there was food automatically delivered to his door every day, so he didn't care if he lived in a breeding garden or in a free but dangerous mountain jungle.

Because of his understanding of human culture, Basilisk knew that his state was exactly the state of 'eating and waiting for death' that many ordinary humans could not get, which was not unpleasant.

And Tain Prophet stared at the monitor lizard that had fallen asleep on its own.

After pondering for a while, he turned his head and looked at Nolmiu, who was chuckling, solemnly: [So, through biotechnology cultivation and electronic brain modification, you created a monitor lizard with human intelligence close to fifteen years old? 】

[Didn't use psionic energy, didn't promote enlightenment, just used biotechnology to create a lizard that could communicate normally? 】

"That's true."

In this regard, the gray-haired elder nodded with a smile, he touched his beard, and his tone had a hint of a smile: "After many generations of optimized cultivation and the transformation of related cyber technology, we have been able to improve the intelligence of most animals to a level comparable to, or even surpass, ordinary humans - they can even learn human-related knowledge online, and learn human language and thinking patterns." ”

"The monitor lizard 'Basilisk' at the Collinren Research Center is a successful example, as is the dolphin 'Leviathan' in the coastal nursery – the Leviathan's intelligence is even beyond that of ordinary humans, and she can even understand the Dharma and practice from scratch on her own."

When he said this, Nolmuw turned his head with a serious face and looked at Prophet Tain, who also had a solemn face, and he emphasized: "It is not that you are enlightened by the aura first, but after you have wisdom, you spontaneously absorb the aura of heaven and earth for self-sublimation. ”

"Rather, it is to start from scratch, understand the Dharma with pure wisdom, and then attract the aura into the body, and practice like the vast majority of human beings."

【…… What's the point? 】

Taking a deep breath, the aliens from Celestia muttered something incomprehensible, this technology is not impossible for Celestias, after all, as the most powerful galactic civilization in the observable universe with biotechnology, they can even create a biological spaceship that can be planted and sown by itself, just like a plant, a mere high-intelligence animal, it is only a matter of time before they want to make it.

But why?

[To be honest, with such technology, there is no need for the lizard's brain to be optimized and transformed, you can create an AI comparable to human intelligence out of thin air, right?] 】

This is the most real doubt.

It's like the weirdness of having to dig a well in the rocky field next to a village where there are clear rivers and lakes — since animals can already resemble humans, wouldn't it be easy to create intelligent AI that is more human-like?

What the Celestias could not understand was not technology, but the way of thinking of the earthlings.

"AI doesn't matter, that's another issue."

In this regard, the earthlings Nolmiu just chuckled, he looked at the monitor lizard in front of him and said: "The gap between humans and animals is only in wisdom, and if animals have reliable wisdom that can be continued and passed on after biological modification, then what is the essential difference between them and humans?" ”

"And if the originally intelligent human beings undergo similar modification operations, then what is the essential difference between the transformed human beings and the original human beings?"

Calmly explaining everything, Noumew's eyes became a little misty: "What is important is the definition of human beings. ”

- When an animal becomes a man, that man becomes a god.

"A human who has undergone a full set of 'superhuman transformation surgery' will have a leap forward in his intelligence and thinking ability - Basilisk looks at his own kind like a fairy god looking at a mortal, and the transformed human will also get a part of the elements of the wisdom of the immortal god before getting the power of the immortal."

"I can go through all my memories and never forget anything, I have extremely rich associative skills, I use big data to summarize all the information, and I use the most efficient algorithms...... If all of them undergo this kind of transformation, all of them will have the same strength and mind as the immortals...... Does this mean that human beings, with their own wisdom, have surpassed themselves and become a new and powerful species? ”

With that, Normiu looked to the side at Talin Prophet, the suitor of NW (NewWorld), waiting for an answer from the other members of civilization.

"How do the Celestians, who have surpassed us many in biotechnology and may have come this long ago, view this process?"

That's why Nolmuw invited Thain Prophet to visit here.

Because the road to be taken after that is an unknown road that has never been taken by the human beings on earth, it is dark, and he does not know what the end point is, and there are many bumpy twists and turns on the road, so he wants to ask the opinions of the pioneers in this regard.

[Is this important?] 】

The Celestian asked, confused, "No matter what kind of transformation it has undergone, it is only the child of the earth who is derived from the spirit of the planet. It is the Celestians—wise and stupid, wise and beast-like, our fellow citizens. 】

[Not all Celestians have wisdom in the usual sense - the atmosphere that surrounds our 'living planet' is essentially a child of the planet with basic wisdom and enlightenment, in other words, it is also a Celestian, but because it is too large, it is impossible to have wisdom like ours. 】

[Wisdom is not an element of distinction for us. 】

At the end of the day, Thalastians and humans are fundamentally identical, two intelligent races with completely different origins.

"I see, I probably understand ......"

Hearing this, Nolmiu couldn't help but sigh: "But for humans, this is very important. ”

Mankind.

Homo sapiens.

The obvious difference between this species and other primates and other primates is the brain capacity, that is, the intelligence aspect.

With intelligence, human beings have invented tools, created a civilization system, a spiritual system. With the innate wisdom that is almost unique on the earth, human beings have defeated many primitive spirit beasts and divine beasts that need spiritual energy to open their spirits to obtain wisdom, and created the glorious immortal civilization of the past.

Everything is based on this.

But what if, the foundation of this, has changed?

"If human beings can create species similar to themselves and surpass themselves, human beings can extract their own genes and create biochemical people who are closer to themselves than their own children at the genetic level and can better inherit their own genes - and such biochemical people have the best genes, the best thinking patterns and algorithms from birth, and have all the big data databases of previous generations of human beings as the basis for analysis and judgment, and can be connected to the network to directly inherit the technology of the entire human civilization...... Isn't such an existence more human than human? ”

"What's the point of reproduction, then? What is the point of naturally giving birth to offspring? ”

"And can the 'humans' created in that way really be considered human? Are we making our own replacements? ”

Narrating the imaginary future, the old man's tone was a little heavy...... There is also a hint of yearning.

He can vaguely see a future - all human beings are connected together through the network, sharing spirit and computing power through big data algorithms, sharing knowledge and thinking, and each human individual has far more powerful thinking hardware than human beings before them, they are connected by consensus algorithms, overcome difficulties together, share joys and sorrows together, and pursue a higher realm of cultivation together.

At that time, one person broke through, that is, all mankind broke through, one person became an immortal god, and everyone could also become an immortal god.

In this future, humanity transcends humanity and becomes a higher species, creating a new picture of the world, which is exactly what the NW Foundation wants

However, the creature in the future also made him feel a trace of fear in addition to yearning.

"Superhuman surgery, and even other modifications, or the emergence of high-level anthropomorphic AI, will make the vast majority of ordinary people lose the meaning of existence, and the value they create may not be as good as a high-level supercomputer or modified human ...... And their thinking and wisdom may not even be as important as an AI. ”

"These powerful artifacts, and those powerful people, their wills will become a torrent that guides the network of human minds to transform other weak people."

Such a future will become a paradise for the strong.

It will also become a hell for the weak.

Just like the immortal civilization of the past.

In the immortal civilization, powerful cultivators emerged from the human cluster and became high gods, celestial gods.

They lead humanity, they rule over humanity, they treat the human race as farmland, they cultivate it, they nurture their own kind, and they continue to grow their own group, a group of eternal beings called the Divine Realm, the Heavenly Court.

The immortals are beings beyond human beings, they do not regard themselves and humans as the same kind, they do love human beings, and they are full of expectations, but most of that love is high.

And, most importantly, for the immortals, the vast majority of the human population is meaningless—meaningful, only those individuals with endless potential to become immortals and immortals, and most of their love is poured into these individuals, and the rest of humanity is just a population base.

Therefore, the current earth civilization intends to break through this, they try to lead the whole people to practice, carry out all kinds of human optimization and transformation, and walk out of a path different from the immortal civilization - they want to make the existence of all human beings have meaning.

But now it seems that with the development of technology, the outcome seems to be no different.

"That's why I want to ask you."

With that, Nolmiu couldn't help but breathe another sigh of relief.

Based on Tain Prophet's previous reactions, the Celestians did not seem to be concerned about this issue.

Unlike humans, the Celestians have a very high starting point, they don't need to be transformed, they are strong enough compared to ordinary creatures, and they are not the same as humans who are extremely fragile without cultivation.

The very existence of each Celestian is meaning.

【Meaning of existence......】

The ambassador was silent for a moment.

Then, he spoke, and said slowly: "Unlike humans, we Celestians have a meaning beyond birth, and we know our mission before we are born. 】

[That is to worship, protect, sublimate the Galactic Star, and believe in our Mother Planet - don't forget, for you, we are a religious civilization, and the entity behind the Galactic Star is a great being who may surpass our universe, and we believe in Him. 】

[As long as you can do this, it is meaningful.] This is true no matter whether a life is strong or weak, expensive or cheap. Even if they are transformed, smarter than us, or unreformed, more stupid than us, as long as they can do this, they are all our fellow believers, and enjoy the same dignity under the light of the Galactic Star. 】

"This is a road that humans can't walk." Nolmiu shook his head slightly.

And Tain Prophet nodded slightly: [Civilization is different, it's a pity. 】

"yes, it's a pity......"

And right now.

Suddenly, all the Reiki-related instruments in the Collinrun Research Center began to glow and vibrate suddenly.

This anomalous vision interrupted the communication between Normiu and Tain Prophet, and both of them sensed an anomalous, immensely vast aura fluctuation coming from far away, a huge wave of energy that not only inspired the instruments of the Collinren Research Center, but also had a greater impact than anyone could have imagined.

First of all, on the back side of the earth's sun, on the west coast of North America, all the aura instruments are abnormal, and then the entire Americas, the Pacific region, and Asia and Europe on the sunny side of the earth.

The incredible wave traveled at the speed of light, and it reached the moon just over a second later, affecting the Joint International Space Fleet, which was conducting an experimental voyage in a base on the far side of the moon.

The Earth Fleet psionic radar, directed by the Tallinns and Cloe, was overloaded in the first place, and the sensors that detect the fluctuation of the jump were even more alert, because the 'more than an entire fleet of battleships' was coming from far away to warp time and space, and the huge space-time quake was a harbinger of some strange existence approaching.

"What's going on?! There's an alien invasion? ”

"How is it possible, even the Celestians can't come up with an entire space fleet at this time, let alone a heavy fleet cluster of 'more than forty battleships' - Ambassador Tain Prophet just said that!"

"What is that? Is it what the aliens call a 'cosmic disaster'? Wild Aetherdragons, Star-Eater Behemoths? ”

For a time, all the space stations around the world, the space agencies and space organizations of the major powers were aware that the source of the abnormal fluctuations appeared in the solar system, outside the Earth-Moon orbit.

Therefore, all kinds of observation facilities, using various methods, have set their eyes in that direction.

Then they saw.

On April 9, 2019, at 22 o'clock in the evening, in the silent and cold cosmic vacuum, a huge coffin was coming across time and space in a bright and incomparably bright silver light.

The huge silver-gray coffin floated in the starry sky, its appearance shimmering with bright light patterns, containing all kinds of mysterious meanings, just looking at it, it was dizzying.

And before, the huge spiritual power fluctuations that swept across the entire earth-moon system came out of this coffin, and the breath in it was pure and noble, solemn and sacred, just a trace of aftermath, which made the entire coffin surface release an incomparably bright light, making it the brightest star in the night sky of North America.

And the most shocking thing is the existence that pulls this coffin so that it can move in the universe......

Those were nine seemingly illusory, but lifelike aura dragons!

[That's ...... Daoyuan Kowloon! 】

On the earth, the secret realm of the mission tower, because of the sense of a familiar, but powerful and somewhat unfamiliar aura, the cyan aura surged, and finally condensed into the three-eyed goddess,

Goddess Miro lowered her head, and her eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the earth, seeing the giant coffin on the far side of the earth, and the aura dragon that pulled it forward in front of the coffin.

Suddenly, he couldn't help but fall into shock.

- Fuyuan Hidden Dragon, see the wild true dragon, and endure the dragon.

- Linyuan Leaping Dragon, Flying Dragon, Repentant Dragon.

- The dragons without a leader, the dragons of the heavens, and the dragons of the wonderful way.

[Seeking], [Demonstrating], [Doing the Way].

[Accumulation Path], [Present Path], [Broken Path].

[Humanity], [Heavenly Dao], [Great Dao].

Nine dragons of nine colors come out together, each is different, and the inheritance and meaning of each representative are also different Divine Dragons are lifelike, they are majestic and mammoth, and their every move is flowing with incomparable, almost the momentum of the immortal gods, and each giant dragon is thousands of meters long, stirring the starlight, and transforming all kinds of mysterious runes and cloud patterns.

Faintly, you can also see that on the surface of the coffin, there are also phoenix lines that are faintly flickering, and there is a silent, but deeply rooted phoenix song is singing.

The dragon and the phoenix are singing together, and the nine dragons pull the coffin!

And such a shocking scene was just a vision of pulling the coffin, and this kind of great vision that the Central Divine Court in the past, only the Great Heavenly Venerable and even the Heavenly Emperor could only have, actually appeared in the Xiantian Star Domain that had only been five years after the revival of the aura...... This, this......

[This is, the fluctuation of a level α psion?!] 】

Hurriedly stepping out of the underground area of the Collinren Research Center, standing on the ground, looking up at the brightest star in the starry sky, the expressions of Tain Prophet and Nolmiu were as dull as ever, although the Sennostian had often been shocked by all kinds of strange things since he came to Earth, but this time it brought him not shock, but horror.

A α-level psionic, the Lord of the Immortal and Immortal Stars, can rule an entire planetary system with his own strength, fend off a fleet of battleships, and if the strongest of them burst out with all their strength, it is enough to destroy the entire planet's ecosystem, and it is a cosmic catastrophe that can even physically tear apart the stars!

Even the aetheric dragons roaming the starry sky and the star eaters who use the stars as their nests and food must be cautious when facing a heavily armed α-level psionic, otherwise they may not even be able to escape, and will be directly defeated!

A psionic person of this level can sign equal treaties with the major galactic kingdoms individually, and let the leaders of the other small countries swear an oath to him!

And the fluctuations that came from the huge coffin and affected the entire Earth-Moon system were the α-level spiritual energy fluctuations that were true and extremely conspicuous in the inheritance memory of the Sennostians!

【Su Day...... Goddess! 】

The Miro Priestess stretched out her hand, already identifying whose breath it was, and then gasped - after all, the ancient lady smiled without showing her teeth, and although Miro was only a tower spirit, she still remembered the basic etiquette: [How is it possible?!] Five years of Earth Immortal is exaggerated enough, he, even if he is the posture of the Heavenly Emperor, it is impossible for him to ...... in such a short period of time]

At this time, Yan Sheng, who was originally in the lunar base and analyzing the computer system of the alien spacecraft, also saw the scene of the Nine Dragons pulling the coffin on the far side with the help of the latest observatory on the lunar orbital space station.

When he landed, this holy seat, who was more like an AI than the Miluo Divine Maiden, couldn't help but gasp a virtual cool breath from the electronic world: [Wait, isn't that Su Sun's breath?!] 】

[He greeted us before, saying that he was going to practice in another world and look for opportunities, and he thought that he would come back in a month or two like in the past, but this time it was eight months later...... However, but, even if it is eight months, this time from an earth immortal to a heavenly immortal......]

[This, too exaggerated......]

Although it is said that Su Day's advancement is indeed extremely surprising and even shocking.

However, what is even more shocking than this incident is another obvious and incomparable thing.

- That is Su Day, who has become a celestial immortal...... Now he's seriously injured!