"Anaerobic organisms built a paradise, only to be poisoned to extinction by the oxygen produced by cyanobacteria."
"Cyanobacteria occupied the oceans, only to be turned into seafloor sediment by the great ice ages."
"And so the cycle repeated, spiraling ever upward."
"Global temperatures rose and fell, atmospheric and ocean currents descended into chaos and then stabilized. Mountains rose to block rain clouds, low valleys expanded to tear apart populations, spreading jungles widened life's boundaries, and sweeping wind and sand tested life's resilience."
"Especially the meteorites falling from the sky, the ruptures of the earth, inexplicable massive warming, massive cooling, and massive rainfall—these caused generation after generation of version updates. And those most affected by such updates were the old rulers."
"He who would wear the crown must bear its weight. And the price of being king was becoming deeply bound to the version."
"As long as those dog planners refused to act like human beings, the peak kings who had once roamed the entire globe would ultimately meet the end of scattering into ashes and vanishing into smoke, their bodies dead and their Dao extinguished."
The Young Lady's eyes shone brightly. That was not the light of mind arts, but the natural gleam of spiritual vitality. "Using history as a mirror, one may know the rise and fall of nations; using people as a mirror, one may understand gains and losses."
"Humanity has already taken the throne of the dominant species, and it should likewise examine the relationship between itself and the world, between itself and the version. Step away from a narrow perspective and look across 4.6 billion years of evolutionary history: humanity, flourishing to such extremes, is merely another dominant species. If the version changes again, where will humanity go?"
The maid Xiao Dai said, "Miss, why worry