Star Gods?
Listening to Lin Yunqing's description of embryos and infancy, Qin Shi felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Wasn't it a little like the Monument Panel?
"What level of life-form is a Star God, exactly? Born from a planet's core, which means it's been bathing in seven-thousand-degree heat since it was an embryo. Stronger than a Super Saiyan?!"
Qin Shi was puzzled and wanted to ask more, but Lin Yunqing didn't give him the chance. Her expression serious, she continued:
"As far as we know, the oldest history from before the New Calendar goes back three hundred millennia. But by then, Eastern Xia had already left the solar system and begun assembling expeditionary forces.
"We don't know who the first Star God humanity encountered was, but we can imagine the terrible price they paid. It was like a toddler, slowly growing up, falling into the grasp of an apex predator before reaching adulthood.
"Surviving histories left by later generations of historians described it as 'a bloodied wail.' How humanity escaped the Star Gods' control remains an unsolved mystery to this day. But they did manage it.
"The power of technology forged Eastern Xia's second golden age. Then humanity deliberately created its own 'Star God'—the Gear Emperor."
Humanity really was a bunch of freaks who loved courting disaster.
Qin Shi's mouth twitched. After finally breaking free of the Star Gods' leash, shouldn't they have quietly developed, built up their forces, and prepared to blow up the galaxy?
"The Gear Emperor began as a computer called 'Mo,' used to process less important research data. At the time, Eastern Xia was still an empire, and everyone from top to bottom was obsessed with the arcane art known as 'alchemy.' Schools were established everywhere, and apprentices were recruited.
"One man, known as 'Juzi,'