Chapter 8, A Battle of Wits and Courage, the First Match between the Outer Gods and Mortals

The gods have decreed that when the great calamities descend, they shall punish this world

Like thunder crashing through the world, countless Atabians near the glass windows by the ocean were shaken and thrown into disarray

The voice is majestic, emanating from the clouds above

Li Qing looked at these vibrant and knowledge-seeking sages of the kingdom

God loves the world, God created all things, yet the beings of this world have blasphemed the Creator.

Perhaps in the future, they will create exquisite scale decorations on the simple bodies of fish, just as the ancient people of the earthenware era, with the advancement of time, carved intricate reliefs and patterns on their yellowish pottery, gradually beautifying their works, ultimately producing their own beautiful blue and white porcelain

Li Qing sat in front of the glass window for the second time, but the person across from her had already changed beyond recognition

Even so

Five hundred million years, how long ago was that

The sound of rushing water

Li Qing thought for a moment and did not refuse to answer

"Since you know that I will kill you, how dare you appear before me?" Li Qing's consciousness surged like an ocean, a thread of thought enveloping the surroundings

When a civilization gives birth to fear, despair, and loses its own character and pride, it has lost its backbone

The people on the ground all bear original sin

Moreover, they have become multicellular, their armor has thickened, and the penetrating lethality of ultraviolet lamps is estimated to be lower than expected

Outside the laboratory, I am an ordinary member of society, just like anyone else in the library

Li Qing set down the device in her hand, moved a chair over, and sat gracefully outside the crystal wall, overlooking the entire civilized world within the ocean, locking eyes with the emperor across from her

If one is afraid to even be a keyboard warrior while separated by the glass of the laboratory, then one must be fearful even of undeveloped bacteria

A hymn resounded, as a massive beam of holy light pierced through the thick clouds, scattering in the sky and falling upon the ocean

What exactly has Ning Guochang, this Pangu who opened up the heavens and the earth, left for me?

The will to fight is utterly extinguished

What is the difference between that and waste

With malicious intent, who is the sinner that must be killed? Of course, it is their king

And the first tribute offered is you, O King

Divine manifestation, hymns resound through the heavens, beams of light shine down upon the earth

One can only be more afraid than oneself

The world within the glass window

The lights are shining

It is also fortunate that the Purple Cloud Divine Thunder has been brought back

Because he knows that it is very likely they will meet again

A beam of magnificent and sacred light pierces through the clouds.

Li Qing fell into silence in an instant

Such a terrifying length, how terrifying and splendid the civilization of the Creator God has become today

They refer to the current civilization as the Era of the Great Mist

At the moment when Li Qing was somewhat surprised and lost in thought, the King of Atabia was already navigating his enormous serpent-shaped ark, laboriously tapping on the glass over the ocean, and resonating with a wave of consciousness, expressing a tone of incredulous astonishment

After this mass extinction, it is estimated that only about 70% of the population can be eliminated, and they will once again find a way to resist ultraviolet rays

They possess remarkable wisdom, talent, and sharpness; if one shows weakness, the other will surely detect the signs. The more one feels there is a problem, the more they may act assertively, while it is actually the other party who feels fear.

A civilization of divine level at the level of creation

Yes

This is an information gap; everything in the world of giants is mysterious and unknown to them. The civilization outside is powerful, created by the Creator God.

Yet their civilization still dares to confront fear, to face the "Trisolaran civilization" beyond this universe, bravely voicing their resistance. Why then do we not dare to confront them ourselves

Li Qing began to promote superstition in front of this Atabeg Emperor

When they create fish in the style of aesthetic creation, there may be some anticipation

No longer resisting, this is more effective than violent extermination

The Emperor of Atabia inquired

You will know soon

And what about the chaotic evil god civilization from beyond?

He briefly explained the counting method of humanity, and pointing to another skylight in the room, he candidly stated: "The alternation of light and darkness constitutes a day, approximately thirty days make a month, and twelve months make a year..."

Heavenly Evil God! Your civilization has long had such a refuge ark, which you call Fish?

Beyond the crystalline walls of the world, amidst the hazy chaos, a colossal figure gazed down from the clouds and spoke slowly: "So, young emperor of this kingdom, have you been waiting here specifically for me?"

Although it is unknown what painful experiences occurred in the Kingdom of Atabia on this day, fish evolved in just one day

Regardless of success or failure, there is certainly a rift between the people and the king

Click!

The Emperor of Atabia was pondering the information contained within it

Therefore, five hundred million years is... After listening to one conversion after another, Emperor Atabia was instantly shocked to the extreme in his mind, finding it hard to believe

There is no need to hastily unleash the great flood in silence as before, nor to invoke the so-called divine thunder of Chixiao.

It took them a full ten days to evolve from a single cell into fish

Emperor Atabia gazed upon the vast and immense visage of the malevolent deity, shrouded in mist: "How do you intend to destroy us, if not through a great flood?"

It feels as if one has witnessed the primordial microscopic ocean of the Cambrian period on Earth, billions of years ago, teeming with fish that are attempting to evolve and crawl onto land

However, under microscopic observation, this fish appears rather rudimentary

They created this most rudimentary fish genetic blueprint five hundred million years ago, so what about now, five hundred million years later

Above the crystal wall world and the celestial dome of the literary realm, the entire world resonates with the sacred songs of the divine, echoing for a hundred miles

The power of the divine is beyond your comprehension. If you seek repentance, you must establish a temple for the deity, become a faithful follower, and drown the sinners on the cross, offering sacrifices, and the divine will forgive you

As before

This follows the path of the River God, deceiving the poor common people, offering young boys and girls, and presenting various sacrifices

His consciousness is billions of times larger than that of bacteria, as if it were a vast nebula

Ultimately, why should one be timid?

As a psychologist, he possesses a profound understanding of the psychological warfare of emotions, and even decides on a whim to add a great extinction of life before the annihilation of the world by the Red Sky Divine Thunder

The exterior resembles a pile of broken bricks and pebbles, a rusty submarine stitched together with chunks of cellular meat, exuding a sense of wasteland post-apocalyptic steampunk style, appearing barely capable of movement

Since he dares to converse with me, I will use language to dismantle their civilization and instill fear in them

At this moment

Sometimes words are sharper than blades

Li Qing took out her phone and played a solemn and majestic church piece, with the volume turned up to the maximum, pressed against the glass window

The colossal divine being, which obscures the sun and the sky, stands beyond the crystalline barrier of the world, hazy and vast, shrouded in sacred light, gazing down upon the myriad beings within the world, slowly begins to speak

It should refer to a specific period of time

God will judge the original sin of all beings in this world

The mobile phone pressed against the glass window activated the flashlight function

Li Qing replied softly: "I have come to this world on this occasion to judge the Atabians on the ground, giving humanity one last chance before the impending catastrophe."

Although Li Qing respects and fears the microscopic kingdom of civilization within this laboratory, it does not mean that he dares not even to see or speak.

Li Qing and Ning Guochang across the way exchanged glances.

You may understand it that way

The moon abroad is very round

Early Cambrian

He pondered for a moment

Here lies an unfathomable extraterrestrial evil deity

In an instant, he felt an indescribable sense of suffocation, as if he were being pressed down so deeply that he could hardly breathe, and his awe for the enormous chaotic outer god before him grew even stronger

If calculated this way, less than ten days have passed since the birth of their civilization

Atabia fell silent for a moment, quickly regaining composure, "You are certainly intent on continuing to destroy our civilization, which is why I have been waiting for you to appear once again beyond this world"

The level of civilization of the other party is difficult to imagine

This is outrageous

How long is 500 million years

A vast and majestic consciousness descended like heavenly might, "However, the fish in your world are quite primitive, comparable to our civilization over 500 million years ago in the early Cambrian period"

The immense power possessed by the other party is earth-shattering, and the great flood that easily obliterated their world serves as proof of this