Sea Emperor, Evolve Toward Humanity!

After Gu Ding's fall, the Sea Emperor was left with only his consciousness floating in the void. He drifted along, searching for materials to rebuild his body, but the planets he encountered were severely damaged, and the materials were in short supply. Moreover, this plane lacked the SkyNet, leaving him with nowhere to rely on. Unable to complete his body reconstruction, he was also unable to contact Liliath and the others.

Even without a physical body, many things are impossible to accomplish, but Sea Emperor's detection abilities remain. Therefore, he sees everything.

Fogreitai was expelled by Boyi, Dora was killed by Boyi, and dozens of inhabited universes were instantly destroyed by Boyi... The Gu Ding Pirate Crew's warships were intercepted by Boyi, and all members were reduced to their most basic particle state...

All of this happened so fast, so unexpectedly. It was the first time Sea Emperor had ever felt so powerless. He could only watch helplessly as his companions died one by one, unable to do anything, not even to issue a warning.

"Gu Ding is dead, Lily is dead, Bigge, Elsa ... they're all dead..."

Sea Emperor muttered to himself, but in his conscious state, nothing he said could be heard by any living being except himself.

"Everyone is gone..."

"The Gu Ding Pirate Crew are gone..."

"But I did nothing; I just watched helplessly as everyone fell one by one..."

"Is this strange feeling what human feelings are like...?" Sea Emperor suddenly realized that his state seemed somewhat abnormal. This was something he had never encountered before. "Gu Ding once said that when a relative or friend dies, a person feels sadness and grief. Is this feeling I'm experiencing sadness?"

"It's ironic that the human emotion that all Super Intelligence dream of has appeared in my body at a time like this." If it were before, Sea Emperor would probably have cheered with joy at gaining any kind of human emotion, but now, he had no such thoughts at all. The more he thought about everything he had experienced with everyone, the more he was immersed in grief and unable to pull himself out.

Scenes from the past kept flashing through his memory:

He first met Gu Ding, who was then a naive young boy, in the Red Light District;

The first time I saw Liliath covered in filth at the crater;

The first time I saw a spherical Robert at a street stall;

The first time I saw the clumsy Bigge in the restaurant;

The first time I saw Elsa, who was freeloading at the temple steps;

The first time I saw the belligerent Dokter in the dungeon;

Each first encounter led to everyone staying, becoming a part of my life. Whether it was Gu Ding, Liliath, or anyone else, losing each one felt like a piece of my life had been suddenly ripped out.

Now that everyone is gone, the Sea Emperor feels as if his heart has been hollowed out.

He remembered asking Gu Ding.

"Gu Ding, what does heartache feel like?"

Gu Ding thought for a moment. Then he grinned and said, "Heartache is when you lose someone and feel so bad that you don't even want to eat meat."

"Do I have a heart too? Why do I feel so sad? It's so sad that my biggest dream—to have human emotions—has become a reality, but what keeps echoing in my memory is the scene of being with everyone."

The Sea Emperor let out a sob...

In the void, in the void where the Sea Emperor's consciousness resided, a golden light suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Upon seeing the golden sphere the size of a human head, Sea Emperor was somewhat surprised, "What is this?!"

The moment that thought crossed his mind, the golden sphere suddenly shot towards the location of his consciousness. Sea Emperor had no time to dodge and was struck by the golden sphere.

The golden sphere entered Sea Emperor's consciousness without any obstruction. This sudden turn of events startled Sea Emperor. However, the influx of massive amounts of data gradually calmed him down.

Sea Emperor also discovered that his database, after the golden sphere entered, instantly became more than a hundred times larger than before.

"So that was 'Grace Dew'... A special gift that appears like a miracle whenever a living being breaks through the inherent limits of its race. I was given this miraculous item because I broke through the emotional limits of Super Intelligence." The Sea Emperor's database contained a description of the golden liquid from before.

"Moreover, according to the database, Super Intelligence that possesses emotions can have both human and Super Intelligence life attributes. By simply using basic energy particles to reconstruct the human body, it can possess all the life characteristics of a human, and be almost indistinguishable from a real human."

Sea Emperor quickly found the relevant information. Sea Emperor knew that if Gu Ding found out, they would be happy for him, and might even make him a cake or host a banquet.

According to the information in the database, Sea Emperor quickly captured various energy particles in the void and began to rapidly condense his body.

As time passed, the body formed from energy particles became increasingly solid.

If anyone were here, they would surely notice that in the void, the body of a boy who looks no more than seven or eight years old is slowly transforming from a semi-transparent state into a solid form.

The little boy was thin with short black hair, and his appearance was five or six parts similar to Gu Ding before he left Deep Sea Star.

The little boy, suspended in the void, suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes were black, just like Gu Ding's.

The little boy was completely naked, but he didn't seem to care at all. He simply stretched out his hands and looked down at his palms.

"Now I have a human body, human hands and feet, and I can finally taste what cake tastes like, smell the fragrance of flowers, and hear birdsong... but everyone is gone..."

The Sea Emperor murmured to himself, tears streaming uncontrollably from his eyes.

He touched his face with one hand, looking at his wet fingers, and the Sea Emperor's body trembled slightly. "Are these tears?"

As he spoke, he put his wet fingers in his mouth, and after a long while, he looked up at the distant sky. "Gu Ding, and everyone... I tasted it, tears are salty..."

After a long while, knowing he would not get any response, Sea Emperor slumped down in despair.

"Why did this happen? Why are you all gone when I most wanted to share this with you?! Gu Ding, everyone, I miss you all so much..."

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[Giggle, little Sea Emperor has finally evolved into a human...] (To be continued~^~)