After hearing Doctor Gu Jian's words, Nicholas fell into deep thought.
"Nika... You've mentioned this name to me many times, along with JOYBOY and such. You Celestial Dragons seem to be very afraid of these two names..."
"Ah, of course we're afraid..."
Nicholas did not deny it. Instead, he explained with considerable interest.
"When every Celestial Dragon was young, their parents used these two names to frighten them... To us Celestial Dragons, they were even more terrifying than demons..."
That made Doctor Gu Jian very curious.
"I never expected the Celestial Dragons, who claim to be descendants of gods, to have something they fear. What exactly are Nika and JOYBOY?"
"Well..."
Nicholas glanced at Doctor Gu Jian. Perhaps the experiment was progressing too slowly, and he was growing impatient. This time, instead of refusing to mention the two names as he usually did, he revealed secrets known only to the Celestial Dragons.
"This happened a very long time ago. To explain it, we must start with the time when the God Tribe first descended upon this world.
"As you already know, back then, this world contained nothing but the sea and those two Twin Trees.
"Fortunately, the God Tribe discovered an incredible energy within those Twin Trees.
"Using their own technology combined with this primordial power, the God Tribe created the first two life-forms. They were Uranus, the Sky King, and Poseidon, the Sea King.
"With the help of the Sky King and the Sea King, the God Tribe created more and more forms of life.
"But as you said just now, the God Tribe did not create these species to be their friends. They merely treated them as tools for transforming this world!
"So when these life-forms were created, their emotions were erased. They became slaves who knew neither