Swallowing the Stars: Starting from Late Bloomers

Chapter 025: The Human Race's Situation, the Virtual Universe

The primordial universe, within a mysterious virtual space.

It was completely dark here, except for a few twinkling stars in the central area.

Under the endless starlight, a rather simple-looking temple floated in the void.

Inside the main hall of this temple, there was a long stone table, with stone chairs placed at the head of the table and on both sides.

Just as Kano was instructing Lu Qingshan on cultivation, the dozen or so stone chairs were already filled with towering figures. They were all super beings in the universe, the true pillars of the entire human race!

"I'm sure everyone already knows this!"

The person seated at the head of the stone table was a burly, wild man. He looked around and then solemnly said, "The Primordial Ancestor has now been suppressed by the primordial will of the universe, and even the most powerful treasures on his body have been suppressed!"

"The commotion caused when the Primordial Ancestor was suppressed was too great, so now almost all the super powers in the primordial universe know about it. Our human race is about to face a huge challenge. What do you all think is the best way for us to deal with this?"

"Giant Axe!"

A rather stout, bald figure with a large beard quickly spoke up, asking, "What are the movements of the Demon Race, the Insect Race, and the Mechanical Race? When our Primordial Ancestor led our human race into the core territory of this primordial universe, we occupied the territories that those three races originally held. If they want to join forces against our human race, we will face immense pressure!"

Upon hearing this, the other super beings of the human race couldn't help but feel a chill.

In fact, with the current strength of the human race, as long as they withdraw from the core territory and develop in other areas, they can occupy a vast territory anywhere in this primitive universe, and they can also avoid conflicts with major forces such as the demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race!

However, this core territory is the most precious region in the vast universe. Life forms born here often possess amazing potential and are even more likely to break through to the level of a Universe Venerable or even a Universe Lord.

That is why, unless it is at the most critical moment, the human race would certainly not be willing to give up this vast territory that it currently occupies.

"The Zerg and Mech races haven't made any moves!"

The savage giant sitting in the main seat quickly spoke up: "The Demon Ancestor of that demon race just contacted me, trying to force my human race to return all the territory they previously occupied from their demon race, otherwise the demon race will launch a war against our human race!"

"this……"

"Damn demons!"

"The demon race is far too arrogant. Do you think our human race is afraid of them?"

……

After hearing the savage man's words, many of the powerful figures present showed anger on their faces.

And just then...

A figure in golden robes, sitting not far from the giant savage, quickly spoke up: "Actually, I think there's a way to resolve this!"

Upon hearing this, the gazes of all the powerful figures present focused on the golden-robed figure.

"Chaos, do you have any good ideas?"

"Chaos, tell me quickly!"

……

Upon seeing this, the golden-robed figure quickly spoke, "Currently, there are four forces occupying the core territory of this primordial universe: our human race, the demon race, the insect race, and the machine race!"

"Before the teacher was suppressed, our human race held a relatively superior position; the other three powers were unwilling to offend us!"

"But now that our teacher has been suppressed by the primordial will of the universe, our human race is left with only Giant Axe as the strongest being in the universe. Our strength is comparable to, or even slightly inferior to, that of the Zerg and the Machine Race!"

"The demon race has the progenitor of demon beasts and the ancestor of demonic power, and even sixteen lords of the universe. Their strength far surpasses that of any of the three of us!"

"Therefore, I think we can now unite with the Zerg and the Machine Race to target the Demon Race. I believe the Zerg and the Machine Race don't want to see the Demon Race grow stronger!"

"That's a great idea!"

"I agree!"

"The demon race is indeed too powerful! If that progenitor of the Starry Sky Beasts hadn't led the Starry Sky Beast lineage to break away from the demon race, then the three of us combined would only be roughly equal to the demon race now!"

"When our human race first invaded this core territory, although we occupied a portion of the insectoid and machine race's territory, it was far less than the territory we occupied from the demon race. I believe the insectoid and machine races will not refuse cooperation with our human race!"

After hearing the words of the golden-robed figure, many of the super beings of the human race expressed their agreement.

"Chaos is indeed a very good idea!"

The burly savage in the main seat also spoke up, saying, "I will contact the Zerg Queen and the Machine Father God later to see what they are thinking! However, facing the threat of the demon race, our human race cannot be careless in the slightest. At the very least, we must be prepared to go to war with the demon race at any time!"

"Don't worry, Giant Axe!"

"That demon race wants our human race to leave this core territory? That's utterly delusional!"

"So what if it's war? Our human race will never back down!"

In an instant, all the powerful figures of the human race nodded in agreement.

"good!"

Seeing the fighting spirit emanating from the many powerful beings of the human race, the burly savage at the head of the table nodded slightly and continued, "Besides the matter of the demon race, the reason we've gathered everyone here today is also for the sake of this virtual universe!"

"Although the Primordial Ancestor was suppressed by the primordial will of the universe, before his suppression, he created this secret technique for creating a virtual universe that could permeate all areas of the primordial universe and even exist for a long time!"

"I believe everyone now has some understanding of this virtual universe!"

"According to our investigation, this virtual universe even contains the origin of the universe, so powerful individuals can comprehend and cultivate various fundamental laws after connecting to and entering this virtual universe!"

"The virtual universe created by the original ancestor is truly amazing!"

After listening to the burly savage's words, a figure with dazzling long golden hair, a smiling face, and long eyebrows that reached his chest also spoke up: "Although there are a few powerful beings in the universe who can enable people to cultivate in illusions, the laws that the cultivator comprehends must be mastered by the powerful being who cast the illusion, and it also requires a large amount of energy to be supplied to the cultivator!"

"But according to our investigation, this secret method of the virtual universe not only exists indefinitely, but also allows people to successfully comprehend the fundamental laws of the universe within it, all without consuming any energy. It's truly unheard of, and absolutely incredible!"

"That's right!"

A grotesque beast with a ferocious appearance, covered in intricate scales, and three sharp horns on its head quickly spoke with a laugh: "Even the most technologically advanced mechanical god can only construct a super network covering a dozen or so cosmic nations at most!"

"But my several avatars are located in different cosmic kingdoms, some even outside the territory of my human race, yet they are all able to connect to this virtual universe. It's truly incredible!"

"With this secret technique from our progenitor, our human race's future information transmission capabilities will far surpass those of the most technologically advanced machine race!"

"The ancestor's secret techniques are truly unbelievable!"

Another, rather stout, bald figure with a large beard quickly spoke up: "However, if we want to achieve real-time communication through this virtual universe, we need extremely powerful information processing capabilities!"

"This is easy to solve!"

Another figure in a blue robe quickly spoke up, saying, "In this vast universe, the most powerful beings in information processing are undoubtedly the mechanical race. We can completely entrust the real-time communication in this virtual universe to those mechanical race experts within our clan!"

Yes, the human race also includes powerful beings from the demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race.

This is not a betrayal, but rather that those powerful alien races have been enslaved by the powerful human race!

Like the world lord-level insect queen enslaved by Luo Feng in the original work, her race did not change, but she completely stood on the side of the human race.

Similarly, the same applies to the demon race and the insect race, where powerful members of human races have been enslaved by these powerful alien races.

However, the situation of the Machine Race is somewhat special, because the Machine Race has no soul at all, so it is impossible for them to be enslaved by other powerful alien races.

However, once the auxiliary AIs beside the powerful beings of other races transform into intelligent life forms and obtain a rather precious 'Heart of Evolution', they can transform into true mechanical life forms, capable of cultivating to become stronger and even continuously breaking through.

The mechanical life forms within the human race originated from this, evolving from the intelligent life forms surrounding those powerful beings.

Among these mechanical beings, there are also those who have broken through to extremely high levels.

The communication systems that existed among human races in the past were all built by these powerful mechanical beings!

This is why the communication system of the human race is much worse than that of the machine race, since the strength of the human machine race's powerful members is far inferior to that of the machine race's powerful members.

"Letting the machine race handle everything in the virtual universe is indeed a good idea!"

The golden-robed man beside him quickly spoke up, "However, the most powerful mechanical life form within our human race right now is 'Lord Hengtie' under my teacher's command!"

"I already asked Yokotetsu, and according to him, with his current strength, even with the assistance of the virtual universe, he can only handle real-time communication for most of our human race's territory!"

"Then let the other mechanical beings in our clan assist Lord Hengtie!"

The figure in the cyan robe who had just spoken quickly replied, "Currently, among the mechanical beings of our human race, there are two Universe Venerables and over a hundred King-level Immortals! If we add them together, and consider the assistance of the virtual universe, our human race's real-time communication system should surpass that of the mechanical race!"

"I think the virtual universe can be used for more than just instant messaging!"

The powerful figure with a ferocious appearance, covered in intricate scales, and three sharp horns on his head spoke again, saying, "The virtual world created by Heng Tie and his group contains many special spaces. I believe this can also be achieved in the virtual universe!"

"Moreover, one can fully comprehend the laws within a virtual universe, making it far superior to those created virtual worlds! However..."

"To accomplish these things requires far greater information processing capabilities, which is simply beyond the current capabilities of our human race!"

"If only a mechanical universe ruler could emerge from among my human race!"

Another figure, also clad in cyan armor and wearing a cloak covered in intricate runes, quickly spoke up: "The information processing capabilities of the Machine Race's Universe Master far surpass those of most of the strongest beings in the universe. Then we'll be able to develop even more functions for this virtual universe!"

"Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!"

Upon hearing this, the ferocious-looking powerhouse quickly spoke up, saying, "The Machine Race has occupied the core territory for a long time, and the number of Universe Venerables within their race is nearly three thousand. Even their current Universe Lord is only about the same as our human race!"

"It's incredibly difficult for our human race to produce a mechanical universe ruler!"

"That's true!"

The figure in blue armor quickly nodded and said, "But that's such a pity! Our human race clearly possesses such a heaven-defying secret technique as the Virtual Universe, yet we are unable to properly develop its potential. It's truly a great shame!"

"It's alright!"

The burly, savage man at the head of the table quickly spoke up: "At least we, relying on this primordial universe, can crush other alien forces in information exchange, which is already quite remarkable!"

"As for how to establish this communication system, everyone is welcome to offer their suggestions!"

"That's easy enough!"

The man in the golden robe beside him quickly spoke up, "The secret technique that Master used covers the entire territory of our human race. With Heng Tie's strength, he can completely establish connections with countless intelligent life forms, auxiliary intelligences, and auxiliary quantum computers through this virtual universe. At that time, the masters of those auxiliary intelligences will be able to connect their consciousness to the virtual universe!"

"However, we need to strictly limit access permissions, otherwise those alien races might also be able to communicate through this virtual universe!"

"It seems this matter will require the help of these mechanical beings!"

The burly, savage man at the head of the table quickly spoke up: "Chaos, Engineer Peng, why don't you let Heng Tie and Yun Xing join the meeting as well?"

"These two will definitely be the core processors of the virtual universe in the future, so it's a good opportunity to get their feedback!"

"good!"

"no problem!"

After hearing what the burly, wild man said, the other two powerful figures nodded in agreement.

And so, once Venerable Hengtie and Venerable Yunxing, the two mechanical universe venerables, arrived at the meeting, the true high-ranking members of these human races quickly began discussing how to utilize the virtual universe in the future.

After some discussion, the high command of the human race decided to build a virtual universe company within the territory of the human race. This company would be responsible for certifying and opening accounts for the strongest members of the human race within the territory. Any human life that successfully certifies and opens an account can use intelligent life forms, quantum computers, and other auxiliary tools to connect their consciousness into the virtual universe!