Lu Yin smiled as he studied the beetle in the liquid. "I never expected the master of the mighty Technology Fishing Civilization to be an insect."
The beetle stared at Lu Yin with its two eyes. "Human Civilization."
"That's right."
"Do you discriminate against other forms of life?"
"No. I'm just surprised."
The beetle was unusually calm. "You're entitled to discriminate. This technology wasn't created by us, after all. It came from this Imperial Ship."
Lu Yin nodded and sat down casually. "Go on."
The beetle didn't hide anything. It had expected this day to come, though not so soon. "My civilization is called Hui Jin. I'm Hui Jin Civilization's master, Hui Zhu. We've never revealed our true forms to the outside world. We've always appeared as light."
"Hui Jin Civilization began with this Imperial Ship."
"Countless years ago, I found this Imperial Ship buried beneath the earth. I entered it and inherited its technology, then founded Hui Jin Civilization. From that moment on, we embarked on the path to conquering the stars..."
Lu Yin listened in silence as the beetle recounted the rise of its civilization. His strongest impression was that this was a legend.
This beetle was the real legend.
Lu Yin considered himself fortunate. He had made it to his current heights step by step, but only after going through life and death. Without a little luck, he'd have died long ago. But this beetle? Ever since it inherited the Imperial Ship's technology, it had never encountered a setback. Even when Lu Yin had used them, all he'd caused was a little trouble.
Only now had their luck finally run out.
Before they met him, this Technology Civilization had risen to its current heights without facing a single crisis.
The beetles didn't cultivate. They relied on technology,