Humanity

"Alright! You want figurines, right? I'll make them for you now..."

Wahahaha, people of the Earth Fleet, did you see that? Did you see that?! A beautiful girl's request! A request from Nuwa, your wife!

Could I possibly refuse?

Of course not!

Not only were we going to make figurines!

We were going to make them detailed—down to the finest detail!

Detailed enough that, if enlarged to life-size, they could be used directly as inflatable dolls!

"Watch carefully... this is a piece of stone..."

Xu Yanwu casually scooped up a stone from the ground and held it out for Danzhu and Cang Xuan to see. "Next comes the moment of witnessing a miracle!"

"Transform!"

Xu Yanwu silently issued the command in his mind. The stone began to wriggle eerily, twisting and reshaping itself in his palm. As it gradually took on a humanoid form, layer after layer of excess stone dust fell away with a rustle.

Then, under the gazes of all three, the stone became Danzhu.

A lively, adorable little girl stood with her hands on her hips, one small canine tooth showing as though she were threatening something. Yet she did not look fierce in the slightest; instead, she only made people want to snatch her up and hug her tightly...

Mm, super fierce...

"Uncle Xu Yanwu, didn't you say we were using the best materials? Why is it made of stone?" Danzhu pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Don't rush..."

Xu Yanwu gave a lecherous grin and ran his hand over the stone. "Change the material to the most suitable rubber, add an alloy skeleton, then color it."

The moment Xu Yanwu spoke, he clearly felt a tiny portion of the energy he had stored for so many years vanish, while the weight in his hand began to lessen.

Danzhu's expression shifted from displeasure to shock, then from shock to delight. Finally, she threw herself at it. "Ah! That's amazing!"

"Right? Right? I'm just that amazing!"

After Danzhu's praise, Xu Yanwu's nose was practically pointing at the sky.

"Then, Uncle Xu Yanwu, if you're so amazing, how did you end up with only a head left?"

Danzhu hugged her figurine and asked curiously.

"..." That stabbed right through his heart.

"I couldn't beat the Last Herrscher."

Xu Yanwu wore a gloomy expression. He really could not defeat the Herrscher of the End. Not only could he not defeat her, but the moment he showed up, she had pinned him to the ground and slapped a seal onto him...

But...

Xu Yanwu recalled that the Herrscher of the End seemed somewhat wary of him.

She had seemed to say before that there was nothing she could do to him.

A god from another world... immortal and indestructible... Wish Fulfillment...

Maybe he really did possess the power to threaten the Herrscher of the End.

"With your current power, even a Herrscher might not necessarily be able to defeat you."

Cang Xuan gave an objective assessment of Xu Yanwu's strength.

"Bullshit! Do you think I wanted this?!"

Xu Yanwu shouted irritably. "The instant I appeared, humanity was already dueling the Last Herrscher. Did you think I'd show up already capable of beating heaven and earth?"

"And my body isn't even here right now. How am I supposed to fight Herrschers? It'd be good enough if I could fight them to a draw..."

Xu Yanwu really was depressed. Logically speaking, being transported somewhere only to immediately encounter the final boss was an incredibly depressing thing...

"But I do have the ability to threaten the Herrscher of the End." Xu Yanwu perked up. "Although the Herrscher of the End sealed me away, in your civilization, I broke free of the seal and escaped from the Last Herrscher. As long as I find my body next, fighting the Herrscher of the End won't be impossible."

But what Xu Yanwu was actually thinking was...

That little bitch sealed me up for all those years and even cut off my damn head... You're finished! Even my fear of women can't save you now! Xu Yanwu will make this civilization pin you to a bed and do unspeakable things to you!

Cang Xuan glanced at Xu Yanwu.

Why did what Xu Yanwu said sound so righteous and sincere, yet still make her feel like he was thinking something lecherous...

"Anyway, let's put that aside. At the end of your civilization, the Last Herrscher said something to me. Do you want to hear it?"

"What did she say? ×2"

Wearing what he thought was an unfathomably mysterious smile, but was actually an extremely lecherous grin, Xu Yanwu began to speak.

"The Last Herrscher believed that humanity should not exist in this world."

"She believed humanity was a pest in this world."

"But I don't think so."

"Humans do not possess the imposing might of lions and tigers, the massive bodies of whales and elephants, the agility of birds, the long lifespans of turtles, or even the reproductive ability of rats."

"But humans possess one thing that no other creature can ever compare to: wisdom."

"It was because of wisdom that humans could use fire to drive away attacking animals."

"It was because of wisdom that humans learned to use tools to fight creatures stronger than themselves."

"It was because of wisdom that humans rose step by step from the bottom of the food chain to the throne of the world."

"Humans are not gods, but they are the rulers who fought their way to prominence on Earth step by step! This was not bestowed by anything, nor can it be casually erased by a single sentence from anything!"

Xu Yanwu suddenly became impassioned.

"Humans are not gods! But humanity's potential is not limited to that of gods!"

"Ride the clouds to pluck the bright moon from the highest heavens, dive into the five oceans to gather dragon rocks."

"What gods can do, humans can do as well—and perhaps even better!"

"Though Honkai is powerful, it has never destroyed humanity's will!"

"You all..."

Xu Yanwu had originally wanted to say more, but when he lowered his head, he discovered... two little heads drooping over the table before him.

Cang Xuan and Danzhu had already fallen asleep during Xu Yanwu's long-winded speech. Danzhu even had a little snot bubble coming out of her nose.

And Cang Xuan—although she was usually expressionless, she was somehow... still expressionless even while asleep.

If not for her faint breathing, Xu Yanwu would have thought she was dead...

"Pfft..."

Xu Yanwu was amused by the two sisters.

These two sisters really were carefree. They had actually fallen asleep right in front of a man like him, without fearing that he might do something to them...

Xu Yanwu suddenly fell silent. Damn it, he had no dick right now...

Forget it, forget it... He couldn't really do anything to them, could he...

Come to think of it, hadn't these two girls lowered their guard around him a little too much...

Xu Yanwu had an idea. A pair of energy-formed arms transformed into threadlike strands, weaving together continuously until they finally became two large clumps of cotton-like material.

Xu Yanwu bent down and picked up the two sisters, wrapping them in the cotton. "Well... now I'm the one taking care of people... Forget it, forget it. As long as they don't catch a cold..."