Tracing the Past

Humins slowly recounted his findings. "While the opponents' actions of vandalizing the laboratory didn't evoke any negative emotions in them, many of the experimental materials were unique. Once destroyed, reproducing them would require extra time, which was unacceptable in their minds."

"To avoid this situation, one option is to eliminate all opponents, but they cannot identify all opponents in a short time, which greatly increases the time cost. Moreover, even if they do identify and eliminate all of them, most of these people are researchers, and eliminating them would affect many other projects."

"Therefore, after careful consideration, the Original Epoch Clan members in charge of this project decided to relocate the experimental site to another location and conceal the coordinates of the new laboratory so that even if opponents wanted to protest, they wouldn't be able to find a place."

Hearing this, Cecil seemed to understand what Humins was trying to say, so she interjected, "You mean, the Zerg were created by the Original Epoch Clan?"

Humins nodded and continued, "That's a possibility. The new experimental coordinates were quite well-hidden. After discovering this clue, I reviewed a lot of materials and even used Ying's privileges, but I still couldn't find them. However, in the process, I discovered some other records, which is why I linked the Zerg's biological experiments with the Original Epoch Clan."

After Humins finished speaking, several pictures and videos were sent to Cecil's communication terminal. Cecil opened them and looked at them one by one, and the two fell into a brief silence.

Sarah, who was watching all of this from Humins' perspective, naturally saw the pictures and documents as well. Although she couldn't open the video files herself, the things in those pictures looked somewhat familiar to her.

The images are of a monster taken from multiple angles. Judging from the surrounding objects, the monster is not very large, definitely not more than five meters tall. It has a somewhat bloated body, thick thighs and small front paws, a long neck, a small head, and some rounded protrusions on its back.

"Isn't this just a chibi version of Godzilla?" Sarah was somewhat surprised. She remembered that the Overlord had once complained about how nature could evolve such a thing. Could it be that Godzilla was created by the Epoch Clan, truly an unnatural phenomenon?

Although the monster in the picture does resemble Godzilla at first glance, a closer look reveals many differences. For example, the monster in the picture appears rather clumsy, far from the ferocious appearance of Godzilla. Also, its back has only some rounded protrusions, while Godzilla's back has sharp, Blade- like fins.

The remaining scales and limbs vary in shape and size. If the external appearances are so different, the internal differences must be significant as well. At the very least, given the monster's five-meter size in the picture, it certainly couldn't contain an Atomic Furnace.

"Is this a product of research by those Original Epoch Clan?" Cecil asked after reading the data.

"That's right! This is a new attempt by the Original Epoch Clan, trying to bring things that can only be done by mechanical devices into the realm of their own great power. If the experiment succeeds, then everyone could potentially become a superman."

"It looks like they've failed..."

Humins shook his head and said, "I don't know if they succeeded. This data came from before the lab relocation. After the relocation, they almost completely cut off contact with headquarters. Or rather, headquarters raised the security level of their information, so only the Original Epoch Clan might have access to it."

"Okay, but what's the connection between this thing and the Zerg? I've read some information about the Zerg, and they don't seem to be the same creature as in the picture," Cecil asked, slightly puzzled.

"Hehe, it was my oversight. Take another look at this document." Humins chuckled twice and then sent over another document. Sarah saw that the main character in those pictures was Godzilla.

Judging from the shooting angle, it should have been during a battle. Some of the photos are snapshots of Godzilla releasing its Atomic Breath, with intense light shooting towards several Gunboat in the distance.

Sarah quickly pinpointed the time in the image. Godzilla had only made a handful of attacks, so this wasn't difficult. Although Godzilla's enemies in the image were obscured by the dazzling light of his breath, only a small portion was visible, yet it was clear that they were the Riken Race's Gunboat.

"Excuse my bluntness, Humins, although this creature is somewhat similar to the one from before, judging from their size alone, they are not the same thing," Cecil remarked while looking at the data.

"From the time the Original Epoch Clan left their Biological Laboratory until the Original Epoch Clan's demise, thousands of years passed. Who knows to what extent they advanced this creature during that time?"

"What you said makes some sense. The Original Epoch Clan is an awe-inspiring force, and with the assistance of researchers from other races, it's quite possible that they really did create this thing."

"Yes, so guess where this creature was found?"

"Hehe, is this an open-book test? I bet it was found in Zerg territory." Cecil chuckled. Humins had been saying for so long that this thing might be related to the Zerg, how could she not guess where it was found?

"That's right, it's in the star system marked LKDW399, and that's where the Zerg's royal court is located."

"Really?" Cecil looked at the pictures in the documents again and murmured, "Then who are these guys? How did they manage to reach the Zerg royal court?"

"This is the Riken Race, the small tribe that developed Life-Extending Serum."

"Hehe, I'm a little confused. Wasn't it said that the Riken Race were cornered at their doorstep by the Zerg? How could they possibly be able to invade Zerg territory?"

"This is indeed a very strange point, because we lacked initial monitoring, and the history of the previous hundred years could only be obtained from the people involved. The Zerg certainly wouldn't share this information, so I looked up the records of the Riken Race. According to the Riken Race historical records, they only organized an expedition to investigate after discovering that LKDW399 had a thermonuclear reaction."

Humins thought for a moment and continued, "At that time Riken Race's technology was extremely backward, taking decades to cross a star system. However, shortly after their expedition reached LKDW399, they lost contact. Before losing contact, the expedition sent back some data, but due to the backward communication methods and interference, the data was almost completely destroyed by the time it reached the Riken Race. They could only roughly deduce that an intelligent race was hiding on LKDW399. By this time, the Riken Race had already unearthed the treasure we left them, and feeling that they couldn't tolerate others sleeping soundly beside their bed, they confidently assembled an expeditionary force to go to LKDW399 for revenge."