Lu Yuan racked his brains and came up with several possibilities.
"The first possibility is that there are actually two milestones."
"One is Taming Aberrant Phenomenon."
"The other is Utilizing Aberrant Phenomenon."
"Taming Aberrant Phenomenon is difficult, while utilizing one is easy. I completed the more difficult Taming Aberrant Phenomenon... so I came in first."
As for the second possibility, it was rather terrifying.
"Second Generation Civilization shouldn't consist of just the Lize Civilization."
"With so many Second Generation Civilizations, could there really be no living aberrant phenomena? Impossible."
"The most likely explanation is that most Second Generation Civilizations have gone extinct... In other words, there aren't many Second Generation Civilizations in the Ninth Era. Naturally, I got first place."
The Lize Civilization was not a true Second Generation Civilization.
According to Turtle Grandfather, the Lize Civilization was merely a group of livestock kept in captivity!
The original Prehistoric Civilization had been completely wiped out in an overwhelming catastrophe.
Only a few eggs remained, slipping through the net...
In the end, those eggs multiplied and gave rise to the Lize people.
Thus, the Lize Civilization had been completely cut off from the Prehistoric Civilization, with no knowledge passed down whatsoever.
"Eggs can survive, but intelligent life forms, including aberrant phenomena, were almost entirely exterminated."
"Only aberrant phenomena with incredibly powerful survival abilities, like the Undying Giant Turtle, barely managed to survive. Then I happened to encounter one through sheer luck."
"It's already been over four thousand days on Pangu Continent, not the fourth day... If that weren't the reason, why would I have gotten first place?!"
That was clearly worrying.
That catastrophe had been far too powerful.
Even the Da Lai Empire, which could capture ghosts, had been destroyed.
Could there really be a catastrophe stronger than ghosts?
Was abandoning