The stars shone brilliantly, and the night was enchanting.
The soft evening breeze lifted Aulisel's long silver hair, lending her figure an even colder air.
"You're saying there are endless Doomsday Monsters beneath the deep sea?"
Aulisel knitted her pretty brows and asked uncertainly.
"When the Doomsday Monsters retreated into the sea back then, we guessed they were returning to the ocean to die. After all, they actually had no food or energy supply left."
"Yes. They only eat people, nothing else. Otherwise, there's plenty of food in the ocean."
Jiang Yang sighed.
"But I never imagined they could cover the entire ocean floor. If what you say is true, then the monsters that destroyed our civilization back then were merely a single hair from nine oxen."
"Jiang Yang, have you told anyone else about this?"
Aulisel set down the wine bottle in her hand and looked at Jiang Yang as she asked.
"No, Aulisel. You're the first person I've told."
"Mm. It's best not to let the entire Divine Clan know about this. But you can tell the seven God Kings so they know what's happened. I'll also send people to verify it."
"We'll do as you say."
Jiang Yang nodded.
"So, where are you going next, Jiang Yang?"
"I want to go see Isa."
"Isa... her personality is somewhat different now from what it used to be. I hope you're prepared."
"What do you mean?"
"You'll know when you get there."
"All right."
"By the way, how is your Human Race Selection Plan coming along?"
Jiang Yang asked curiously.
"Why not go take a look and find out?"
Aulisel said with a faint smile.
The next day.
The sky was clear, the air fresh, with not a cloud for ten thousand miles.
Aulisel brought Jiang Yang to a secluded valley.
Today, Aulisel was not wearing her black-rimmed glasses. Her long silver hair was tied up high, making her look much livelier.
Meanwhile, Jiang Yang held the little girl Filiya's hand.
Looking at the little girl clutching tightly at the hem of Jiang Yang's clothes, Aulisel smiled with interest.
"Is this a child born through the Golden Humans' natural reproduction? But she looks so much like us."
"Not just similar-exactly the same."
Jiang Yang stroked Filiya's little head and laughed.
"The Golden Humans came from mutations in our genes to begin with. It's normal for ancestral traits to reappear."
Aulisel smiled as well.
The sun was blazing at that moment.
They stood on high ground, looking down at the village below, which had already taken shape.
The village was quite large, with roughly three thousand people.
With his excellent vision, Jiang Yang could see that the humans inside were basically all extremely similar to humans.
Among them were tall people, short and stocky people, people with pointed ears, people with round heads, and so on.
Their only shared trait was that none of them had slit pupils.
Seeing Jiang Yang looking at them, Aulisel explained from beside him.
"These humans are the fruit of a thousand years of work by all of us. Some have only just been sent here, while others have already reproduced for several generations, and their traits have become fixed."
"Moreover, their talents and strength are far inferior to those of the Golden Humans. Even if they multiply, they'll pose far less of a threat to us than the Golden Humans, and there won't be another Gilgamesh."
"In the future, once they've multiplied and grown in number again, we'll gradually let them out to replace the current Golden Humans."
Jiang Yang listened at her side, nodding silently.
Although replacing the Golden Humans was very unfair to them, from his standpoint, he only hoped that the descendants of true humans could reappear in this world.
Everything else could serve as fuel for that flame.
"So, will you leave the little girl beside you here? Her genes are very good, and she's very weak."
"As long as her strength stops increasing from now on, having her reproduce here could save us a few more years."
Aulisel suddenly teased.
Caught off guard by the question, Jiang Yang looked at the little one clutching tightly at the hem of his clothes.
As though sensing something, the tiny Filiya suddenly wrapped her arms tightly around Jiang Yang's thigh and said through impending tears.
"My lord, please don't leave Filiya behind. Filiya will be very useful..."
Looking at the little girl before him, Jiang Yang seemed to see Ania's figure amid the apocalyptic ruins once again. He sighed softly.
"At first, when I saved her, that was indeed what I had in mind. But she reminds me of Ania..."
Jiang Yang lowered his head to look at the pitiful little one, stroked her head, and said softly.
"She should stay with me. One more or one less won't make much difference."
"It certainly won't... but as the illustrious King Jiang, you shouldn't spend every day wallowing in the past. Isa has already sealed her in ice to await the future."
"Besides, isn't there still Artemis?"
"Ahem... she's my niece."
"Heh, what a pervert."
"..."
On the hill, Jiang Yang gazed at the village in the valley for quite some time.
Cooking smoke curled upward over a bustling scene.
"Jiang Yang, do you want to go inside and take a look?"
"No. I think you've done very well. I look forward to seeing billions of us humans across the land once more."
"That day won't be far off."
Several months later.
Jiang Yang bid farewell to Odin and Aulisel, and rode Sphinx eastward with Filiya.
This time, he would head to the Far North Shelter to visit Isa, as well as Ania, who had been sealed in ice for a thousand years.
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