Countless people widened their eyes and looked up at the sky.
Everyone was immensely curious.
What kind of civilization could surpass the Angel Civilization and Liesun Civilization to become number one?
Amid countless curious and baffled gazes,
the top-ranked civilization was finally revealed!
The Light Screen rippled, and words appeared.
Number One: Immortal Qin Empire
"This... Immortal Qin Empire?"
Once the top-ranked civilization was announced,
everyone was dumbfounded.
"Immortal Qin Empire?"
"What kind of civilization is that?"
"Have you heard of it?"
"No! Have you?"
Where was the Immortal Qin Empire?
What was the Immortal Qin Empire?
Why... was the Immortal Qin Empire ranked first?
Yi Ren Civilization: I refuse to accept this! How can some civilization nobody has ever heard of rank first? What a joke!
Giant Wolf Civilization: Indeed. Everyone knows the Angel Civilization and Liesun Civilization are technologically advanced, so it is only natural for them to rank near the top. But what the hell is the Immortal Qin Empire?
Triangle Civilization: Th-this--the r-ranking--hiss--there is a problem--
In a remote star system, the Old Heavenly Court.
"What the hell is this?"
Hua Ye's brows drew into a sharp angle as he stared at the Ranking List in the sky. "Immortal Qin Empire? Never even heard of it."
He seemed completely unconcerned about the Ranking List and continued playing with the female companion beside him.
"Ruo Ning, have you heard of it?"
Ruo Ning pondered for a moment before ultimately shaking her head.
"I have never heard of it either."
In the Liesun Star System, on the Ring World of Liesun Star.
Pan Zhen took a deep breath, his brow filled with gravity.
In the Solar System, on Blue Star, at the Super Soldier Squad.
"That name feels strangely familiar somehow." Ge Xiaolun tried hard to look thoughtful.
"Hey, I feel the same way!"
Liu Chuang's eyes widened. "Everyone says they have never seen this Immortal Qin Empire before, so why does it sound more familiar the more I hear it?"
Ge Xiaolun could not make sense of that inexplicable familiarity and had no choice but to let it go.
He looked around, yet could not see the other Super Soldier Squad members.
"Chuang, where are the others from the Super Soldier Squad?"
"They left to see Leina off."
"To see the boss off?"
"Yeah. Didn't the Liesun Civilization just get a reward? They said they were heading back to take a look at whatever that reward thing was."
Meru Heavenly Court.
Holy Keisha lounged upon her throne, her long, shapely jade legs crossed as she watched the sky with an amused expression.
"Immortal Qin Empire? This really is interesting... Yan, what do you think?"
Left-Wing Guardian Angel Yan answered without the slightest hesitation, "Your Majesty, if you require it, I can depart immediately and search for this civilization."
After hearing this, Holy Keisha cleared her throat, and her cold, beautiful face suddenly softened somewhat.
"Yan..."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"You need to think more."
Elsewhere, Morgana aboard Demon One was equally stunned.
"Carl, what exactly is going on? Where did this Immortal Qin Empire come from?"
"I have never heard of a civilization called the Immortal Qin Empire either."
Carl frowned tightly. "If its Civilian Technology truly surpasses that of the Angel Civilization and Liesun Civilization, then its technological level must have reached a certain degree."
"At the very least, it must possess spacefaring technology of a considerable level."
The Angel Civilization had arisen from genetic technology. Even at birth, their young possessed physical capabilities far surpassing those of beings from other civilizations.
Not to mention a super artificial celestial body like Meru Heavenly Court.
As for the Liesun Civilization, it had miniaturized stellar energy and could even live on shattered planets.
There was no issue with such civilizations ranking near the top.
But...
now, a civilization that nobody had ever heard of had appeared!
"Could it be that this civilization had not yet developed spacefaring technology, but its Civilian Technology was highly advanced?"
Morgana guessed.
"That possibility is almost nonexistent."
Carl said calmly, "First of all, there are virtually no undiscovered civilizations in the Known Universe."
Holy Keisha's Angel's Sword had once set foot throughout the entire universe.
The creation of Principal Ji Lan from long ago, the Big Clock, was now also in Carl's possession.
It could be said that the entire universe had already been brought into view!
"I am afraid there are only two possibilities."
Carl took a deep breath. "First, this civilization existed in the endlessly distant river of time and developed into an extremely advanced civilization. Its technology was capable of concealing it even from Holy Keisha and the Big Clock."
"Second, this is a civilization with an extremely distorted development path. It possesses an immensely high technological standard, yet cannot achieve space travel."
As Morgana listened, a trace of shock surfaced in her eyes.
Even Holy Keisha and the Big Clock could not peer into it?
How powerful would that have to be?
Morgana knew Angel technology inside and out, yet she still had to flee Holy Keisha's pursuit in wretched fashion.
She understood perfectly just how earth-shattering it was for a technological level to reach the point of disregarding the Angel Civilization and the Big Clock!
"I hope... it is the second kind."
Regardless of how everyone felt about the Immortal Qin Civilization ranked first on the Ranking List,
the Ranking List continued to operate.
Words appeared once more.
Immortal Qin Empire: Possesses Ideal City Technology, Ring World Technology, Space Habitation Station Technology, Genetic Ascension, Psionic Ascension, Mechanical Ascension, Synthetic Ascension, and four other major technologies
Citizen Living Standards: Extreme Utopia
Upon seeing the densely packed words listed on the Ranking List,
every civilization and every intelligent lifeform
fell completely silent at that moment!
The comments fell into a rare moment of silence.
After announcing the Angel Civilization and Liesun Civilization, the Ranking List had likewise listed the reasons those two civilizations had made the rankings.
But...
neither of them had caused the shock brought by this announcement!
What... were all these things?
Forget seeing them—none of the civilizations had even heard of them!
Then came endless shock!
They did not know what an "Ideal City" was.
They had likewise never heard of Mechanical Ascension, Psionic Ascension, Genetic Ascension, or Synthetic Ascension.
But there was one thing they recognized.
Ring World Technology!
"Ring World Technology... wasn't that one of the rewards the Liesun Civilization received just now?"
"Ah... right, right, right!"
"I remember now! Wasn't the Ring World what the Liesun Civilization chose just now?"
One remark stirred up a thousand waves.
Those words woke everyone up!
The reward the Liesun Civilization had just received!
"Hiss... the Immortal Qin Empire already had the reward given to the Liesun Civilization?"
What did that mean?
What was the concept?
The Ranking List had presented technological rewards twice so far.
They were:
the Angel Civilization's Sub-Biological Engine upgrade technology.
The Liesun Civilization's Ring World Technology.
These rewards were all technologies those civilizations had not yet attained.
Now, the Ranking List was telling them plainly.
The more advanced technology you received
was something they had possessed from the start!
In other words,
the Immortal Qin Empire's technological level
far surpassed that of the Liesun Civilization and Angel Civilization!
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