The Creator's Genesis
Chapter 44

Moon Live Broadcast Underway!

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Against a pitch-black backdrop, a large vehicle with six black wheels rolled forward at an unhurried pace.

As it moved, scenes from the Moon were clearly displayed before billions of people, letting them see everything in full detail.

Under the distant sunlight, the gray ground was brightly illuminated, and everything was clearly visible.

Combined with the newly developed filming equipment mounted on the rover, the image quality was astonishingly high.

As the rover traveled onward, more and more lunar scenery came into view.

Watching this novel sight, countless netizens from countries around the world were shocked.

"So this is what the Moon looks like?" a foreigner exclaimed, covering his face.

"Haha, shocked face. Even though I already knew what the lunar surface looked like, seeing real firsthand live footage is still incredibly surprising."

"Nice, agreed."

"Hey, did anyone notice? This lunar rover seems to be heading in one direction the whole time. Could it be..."

Someone noticed a few small details.

The others noticed as well, and excitement rose within them.

"Haha, if I remember correctly, the divine tree is in the center of the Moon's far side, right? It must be heading that way!"

As comment after comment appeared, people's hearts filled with excitement and anticipation.

The far side of the Moon!

At this moment, the netizens discussed among themselves.

One netizen muttered, "The far side of the Moon has always been mysterious. Compared with the near side, which is constantly exposed and can even be seen directly through astronomical telescopes, the far side is practically one huge mystery."

"Even though some photos and information about the far side have been posted online, we have to suspect those photos were altered! The real information, the true contents, may very well have been hidden by the higher-ups of various countries!"

"That's right, isn't it all over the internet that crashed spacecraft and Aliens were discovered on the far side? In any case, it's full of strange and bizarre things."

"Now that you mention it, I remember hearing that the USA found some kind of three-eyed female corpse on the Moon. Supposedly, it was stored in the USA's mysterious Area 51? I wonder if that's true?"

"Same here, I'm suspicious too. I even suspect that the reason USA technology is so advanced is because they obtained an Alien inheritance!"

Everyone talked at once, and the more they spoke, the heavier their anticipation became.

This time, unless something unexpected happened, some of the mystery of the Moon's far side would be revealed!

Whether there were Aliens or spacecraft, they might get an answer this time!

And besides...

Most importantly, the divine tree was located in the central region of the Moon's far side as well!

"This rover is so slow! Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Damn..."

Watching the lunar rover crawl along, they wished they could run in its place.

At this speed, when would it ever reach its destination?

Just as they grew anxious, the host Martin's voice rang out with an explanation.

"Hi, I'm guessing everyone must be getting impatient, right? But what I want to say is, there's actually no need to be so anxious. The Explorer 1 Rocket landed on the far side this time, and according to calculations, it's already very close to the destination."

"At the current speed, it should only take a little over three minutes to reach the central region of the far side."

The moment those words were spoken, some netizens immediately cried out in delight.

Under countless expectant gazes, everyone stared fixedly at the rover feed, silently counting the time in their hearts.

One minute passed...

Two minutes passed...

Three minutes passed...

Yet after more than three minutes had gone by, as the rover approached its destination, the expressions of billions of people gradually changed.

Because they discovered that the Wisdom Tree they had imagined did not appear.

As far as the eye could see, there was only gray soil—a barren, desolate expanse.

"What's going on?"

"Could it not be there?"

"This..."

The hopes of countless people cooled as though a bucket of icy water had been poured over them, chilling them to the bone.

There was no divine tree?

That meant...

"Was everything fake?"

"That movie was deceiving us? There were never any gods?"

Countless people wore stunned expressions, unsure whether they felt disappointed or relieved.

Some Christians who had been full of anticipation felt utterly crushed, their faith beginning to waver.

At that moment, a bunch of people who had long looked down on the whole thing immediately began flooding the comments.

"My stomach hurts from laughing, hahahaha..."

Old Wang Next Door posted amid hearty laughter, "I told you long ago, there's no such thing as a divine tree, no god. You idiots just refused to believe me~"

"You're just like the USA—stupid as hell, wasting so much money exploring the moon, believing that crappy movie, believing in some nonexistent Creator. I'm dying of laughter!"

"This is what happens when you can't tell reality from fantasy~ Got slapped in the face now, huh?"

"And where are Brave Niu Niu and Goody-Goody Rabbit? Your faces must be swollen from all that slapping, huh? Even your own mothers wouldn't recognize you anymore, hahaha..."

Staring at his computer screen, Old Wang Next Door wore a broad smile. Excitedly, he hurled back all the mocking words those people had once used against him, laughing with immense satisfaction.

It felt as refreshing as downing an ice-cold Coke in the middle of summer.

Others who did not believe in the Creator, or who feared the Creator, also breathed sighs of relief, their faces filled with excitement.

"Hehehe, Old Wang Next Door is right!"

"A bunch of idiots. Now you know movies are movies and reality is reality, right? How could there possibly be gods or a Creator in reality? What a joke!"

"Nice~"

"Haha, liked it, +1!"

Mocking comments began flooding the screen, filling it with ridicule.

Brave Niu Niu and the others, who had vaguely believed there might be a divine tree on the moon and perhaps even gods, felt their hearts sink at that moment.

"Was it fake?" Brave Niu Niu stared at the screen full of mocking discussion, his eyes somewhat unfocused.

Goody-Goody Rabbit and the others were no better off, their expressions equally dazed.

Just as the internet exploded in uproar and jeers filled the air, in the USA, inside the Space Agency, Director Bill, Father Charlie, and the others, who had been watching the footage the whole time, showed no disappointment.

Their expressions were calm, as though they had expected this all along.

And indeed, that was the case. Long before the lunar rocket had launched, they had used satellites to take several pictures of the far side of the moon.

They had discovered then that there was no divine tree there. At first, they had been stunned, but afterward, they found something else suspicious.

They simply had not been certain, so they needed to send a rover to confirm it.

Just as the viewers were about to erupt, host Martin's voice rang out in time.

"Does everyone think we'll come away with nothing this time? Actually, that isn't the case!"

Martin deliberately left them with a baffling cliffhanger, successfully making the netizens curious.

But afterward, as the rover turned, they spotted something—something familiar yet startling.

In the distance, a small raised mound appeared, standing there quietly.

"What is that?"

Many people were initially puzzled, but they quickly realized.

Could this be...

Shock filled their hearts.

"That's right. This is what we discovered and came to investigate—a small mound that looks remarkably familiar!"

As host Martin spoke, an image appeared on the right side of the screen. It was a picture from the Prehistoric Civilization movie, showing the Tree of Life's stump after it had been covered by dirt and rocks.

Now that the two were placed side by side, their astonishing resemblance immediately shocked billions of people.

Old Wang Next Door, who had been feeling thoroughly pleased with himself, took only one glance before disbelief appeared in his eyes.

The faces of the others who opposed the idea of a Creator also froze, filled with astonishment.

Su Qi, who was looking at his phone, was equally stunned. He murmured, "It was clearly a simulated world, yet it actually affected reality?"

A coincidence?

As the emotions of billions of netizens surged, host Martin continued explaining, "This strange mound on the far side of the moon has greatly puzzled our Space Agency personnel, and it is also our target this time."

"Is it a joke played by God, or..."

Martin did not finish the sentence. In an extremely solemn voice, he said, "Let us find out!"

The lunar rover slowly drove toward the small mound.

Yet as it moved, so too did the stunned hearts of the netizens.

Could it be...

God... the Creator really existed?

Was the world created by God?

Were humans created by God too?

Old Wang Next Door's face turned pale, and panic flickered in his eyes. But then he seemed to think of something and hurriedly said, "The things in Origin Net's movie must have been created based on this lunar scene as the prototype!"

As soon as he posted that comment, people quickly caught on and understood what he meant.

That was indeed possible!

A crowd of people calmed down again.

In the end, they had to face the facts!

Under the gaze of countless people, the rover moved into action. It soon reached the mound, then suddenly shook before extending a long drill bit.

The next second, the drill spun at high speed and bored into the lunar soil.

Moon dust was constantly churned up!

A hole soon appeared, while the drill continued descending rapidly.

One meter...

A little over one meter...

At one and a half meters, the drill stopped because it had struck something strange.

The drill then retracted, and a small tweezer-like mechanical arm extended toward the hole.

More than ten seconds later, under the tense watch of billions, it slowly emerged from the hole carrying a small object.

Bathed in sunlight on the Moon, that tiny object was clearly seen by everyone.

It bore ancient traces, brown in color, and looked remarkably like a fragment of wood!

Boom!

Everyone froze, staring in shock at the object held in the mechanical tweezers.

"Divine Tree tissue?!"

Cries of alarm rang out across the world.

People stared wide-eyed at it, their faces full of disbelief.

There really was something beneath that mound—and it was something with a wooden structure?

There was almost no need to think about it. This had to be trunk tissue from that Life Divine Tree!

And if the Divine Tree existed, then that meant...

God... existed too?!

Gasp...

At that moment, countless sharp intakes of breath sounded around the world.

Host Martin cried out in shock, "God! I can hardly believe what I'm seeing! We actually found the remains of the Divine Tree? Someone tell me this isn't real!"

Clearly, even he, the host, was utterly stunned.

If he was like this, then there was no need to mention everyone else. Their faces were filled with shock.

"How is that possible? It actually exists?" Old Wang Next Door said incredulously.

If the Divine Tree existed, if there was physical proof, then didn't that mean God existed too?

That crappy movie hadn't been fake?

How could this be?!

He could not believe it. His face was filled with terror as an overwhelmingly intense fear rose within him, and he looked anxiously around.

At that moment, after recovering somewhat from his shock, host Martin said hurriedly, "We can confirm that this should be a fragment of the Tree of Life!"

"I think we have no choice but to face a serious fact: that Creator... most likely truly exists!"

"Perhaps since prehistoric times, since the birth of humanity, we have always been watched by that omnipotent Creator!"

"He once created us, and He once brought down the Great Flood to destroy us. All of it—all of it was real!"

Su Qi, watching silently, "..."

Gasp...

Following the host's words, countless people felt a chill run through them.

The internet exploded.

"The Creator is actually real?"

"The Creator who made everything? Oh my God!"

Comments filled with disbelief flooded the screen one after another.

Terrifying!

Horrifying!

Countless people began questioning their lives.

Wasn't this world materialistic?

Why were there gods? Why was there a Creator?

Crack, crack, crack...

Countless people felt their entire worldview shatter, unable to believe it.

Had humanity really been created?

As they stood there stunned, the rover continued moving, sending lunar soil flying.

More than twenty minutes later, a large opening had been cleared, fully revealing what lay inside.

A short section of a completely withered, brown tree stump, steeped in an ancient aura!

At that moment, the world seemed to fall silent. Countless faces were filled with shock.

Scenes from ancient history replayed in some people's minds.

After sending down the Great Flood, in order to prevent the sacred mountain and sacred tree from continuing to be abused by the greedy and causing further consequences, God had moved the sacred mountain to the moon.

The scene from the film—God using divine power to create the moon, then relocating the sacred mountain—played over and over in their minds.

The unbelievable scene they had found impossible to accept until now had actually been real!

Countless people were stunned.

At NASA, Father Charlie's face lit up with delight as he reverently murmured, "Oh God!"

Director Bill beside him was somewhat dumbfounded.

At the Prehistoric Ruins site.

"So it really is true. It's just as I initially guessed..." Professor Chen said with certainty, unconsciously slipping into a daze.

As the livestream footage appeared, the internet descended into chaos.

The leaders of various nations finally came to their senses and could not help complaining that the United States really knew how to stir up trouble. Why did they have to livestream this? Wouldn't it have been better to do it privately? How were they supposed to deal with the enormous impact this would cause now?

Back at home, Su Qi stared wide-eyed at the discussions online, while also feeling astonished that there truly was a Tree of Life stump on the moon.

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