The "Cosmic Disaster" crossover was the first conclusion Gao Gong reached after comprehending the "Law of the Civilization Forest."
Before this, Gao Gong had always treated "games" as games. And the hallmark of game plots was that major storylines kept piling up, reaching a climax, and finally delivering the most ruthless one.
But in fact, no one had said that these "major storylines" could not happen all at once.
No one had said that the villainous bosses could not appear simultaneously.
The reason most villainous organizations kicked the bucket was not that they were insufficiently villainous. Quite the opposite—they had no organizational discipline. One by one, they either kept throwing their lives away, acting recklessly, or indulging in empty talk.
So Gao Gong decided that if they were going to act, they should all act together and stop whining.
Xue the Madman agreed with Gao Gong's first conclusion.
As Gao Gong waved his hand, one technology tree after another was summoned from the void of the universe. First-tier, second-tier, third-tier, fourth-tier... eighth-tier, ninth-tier.
The first-tier technology tree appeared first, tiny and tender like a newly sprouted seedling. The faint glow of basic mechanical principles, energy conversion, and material processing flowed between its branches and leaves, representing a civilization's starting point upon entering the field of "machinery."
Next came the second- and third-tier technology trees. They grew sturdier, their structures becoming more complex, their radiance containing an understanding of higher-grade energy sources, materials, automation, and rudimentary intelligence.
The fourth- and fifth-tier technology trees already towered like ancient trees. Their branches and leaves were luxuriant, beginning to touch upon control of the microscopic world, miracles of large-scale engineering, rudimentary applications of laws, and even the initial fusion of life and machinery.
The sixth- and seventh-tier technology trees radiated a vast aura that