Cultivation vs. Technology

After learning about the rise of the Heavenly Machine Legion, Lu Wu realized that he had actually come into contact with this faction before.

There was a Blue Valley Ruins in the Third Realm of Hell Great Domain in the main world. When the artifact had been unlocked, it stated that this place had once been a settlement for the Blue Valley Clan, who had come from beyond the domain.

Lu Wu remembered this very clearly. After all, the Blue Valley Clan's growth model was completely incompatible with the environment of the underworld, as they followed a technology-based development path.

So Lu Wu guessed that the Blue Valley Clan members who had fled Red Rainbow Star might have begun wandering beyond the domain because of Zero's appearance.

However, Lu Wu was certain that the Blue Valley Clan had not entered the Three Realms immediately after fleeing beyond the domain, because the artifact also contained a piece of information originating from the artificial intelligence Ekko.

It described Ekko's origins in detail.

It had not been born in the world of Red Rainbow Star, but had come from a faction in another world called SkyNet.

And that faction's destruction had apparently been caused by Tu Mie. (PS: This timeline can be found in Chapter 366, Lifeform 3.0.)

Tu Mie? Me?

From this, Lu Wu pieced together a timeline.

Timeline One: Several million years ago, Red Rainbow Star was occupied by Zero. The surviving Blue Valley Clan members fled beyond the domain with an unactivated super-intelligence.

Timeline Two: Zero took control of the Red Rainbow Star world and began extracting resources without end. Meanwhile, the Blue Valley Clan members who had fled beyond the domain established a new civilization called SkyNet in some world beyond the domain.

Timeline Three: Zero began conquering beyond