Virtual world.
Pedestrians walked along the streets, each with a tiny figure perched on their shoulder, some with more than one.
There were also figures resembling children playing everywhere on the ground.
These figures differed in their features, but most were humanoid in appearance.
Their skin, eyes, and even the occasional cold look they revealed, however, all showed that they were not human.
A figure of pure silver appeared at a street corner.
Like the other beings, he walked around, sometimes conversing with them.
But because he had no tiny figure on his shoulder, he instead drew some looks of awe.
The silver figure seemed to realize something. When he emerged from an alley again, he had changed his appearance, and another figure had appeared on his shoulder.
He blended into the crowd, no different from the other beings.
On a mountain peak on a mineral planet, an invisible figure reached into the metal body before him.
"The secret art, 'Soul Simulation'!"
This secret art had originally come from the Machine Race and was later improved by Black Universe Founder. After a little experimentation, Dongguan combined it with some of the technology in the Lord of Star Refinement's inheritance and successfully controlled the World Lord-level Machine Race member before him.
Calling it control was not quite accurate. He had merely used his Universe Venerable-level computing power to overwhelm a mere World Lord-level Machine Race member, plunder his memories, and seize his virtual account.
The Myriad-Heart Man back then could even usurp Divine Kingdoms. Although Dongguan was still unwilling to use that aura, drawing on the knowledge extracted from it had allowed him to take another's place as well.
"So this is how the Machine Race's social structure and reproduction work."
Dongguan recalled how, a hundred thousand years ago, while he