Chapter 26
The already silent livestream fell so quiet once again that a falling pin could have been heard.
After a long while, Big Pineapple hesitantly spoke. "Is the god you're talking about the kind of god I'm thinking of?"
The livestream's audience had now reached a staggering three hundred thousand, yet not one of them spoke. They watched the conversation between the two transmigrators in silence.
Liu Dajun: "I don't know what the kind of god you're thinking of is like, but what I can tell you is that he might be countless times more terrifying and powerful than the god you have in mind!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Big Pineapple dropped to his knees on the spot. "Please enlighten me, Senior!"
"When I left that world, I caught a glimpse of that god from far away while I was in soul form. You simply cannot imagine it. His body spanned galaxies, and planets were no bigger than grains of dust in his hands.
"Merely by standing there, he made the entire universe rise and fall before him. He seemed to be its very center, as well as the ruler of the entire universe!"
Big Pineapple was dumbstruck. "Th-this... isn't that a little exaggerated?"
Hearing such an implausible claim, the others in the livestream began posting rebuttals as well.
[Yeah, isn't that a little far-fetched?]
[How could something that enormous possibly exist? Even a god couldn't be that big!]
[Now I'm starting to suspect he's just a lunatic spouting nonsense here all by himself.]
[Holy shit, it'd be a real joke if it turned out a whole bunch of us had been bluffed by some lunatic.]
[Don't put it that way. What if it's true? After all, Brother Pineapple has already transmigrated. Gods existing isn't impossible to accept.]
[Even if gods exist, there's no way anything that absurd could exist. Aren't gods supposed to be...]
[Don't use your human intelligence to fathom an existence you've never seen, much less a god!]
Big Pineapple felt conflicted. He had originally thought the gods of this world were the kind that humans became through cultivation.
Just as when he first obtained those stone tablets, he had thought they contained immortal cultivation techniques.
The kind of beings who soared through the heavens and burrowed through the earth, rode swords upon the wind, and slew demons between heaven and earth.
Although, no matter how he looked at it, his current appearance resembled a fiend.
But that didn't stop him from fantasizing.
Yet what the other man described was as far removed from his imagination as heaven from earth. He didn't even dare imagine it.
Or rather, with his impoverished imagination, he simply couldn't picture what sort of existence this was.
Liu Dajun: "Let me put it this way. The previous civilization was a technological civilization. Its technology had already far surpassed Earth's, and I believe you could tell that from the ruins where you found those stone tablets.
"But none of that matters. What matters is that the previous civilization was destroyed by that god!"
Big Pineapple's face suddenly went pale at those words, and he hurriedly asked, "Wh-what happened? Why would such a terrifying existence destroy that previous civilization of yours?
"Was it because you offended that terrifying existence that he destroyed your civilization?"
Big Pineapple's questions were also what everyone in the livestream was wondering, although most of them still felt that this fellow who called himself a transmigrator might be a lunatic.
But as the others had said, Big Pineapple had already transmigrated, so it wasn't impossible to accept that there was another transmigrator on Earth.
Besides, Big Pineapple himself already believed him. What use was it for the rest of them not to?
Moreover, Big Pineapple's expressions had confirmed that much of what the man had said earlier was true.
How could someone who had never transmigrated know about another world?
"Because he is that world's destroyer. Every so often, he destroys civilization once. On the very planet you're standing on now, eight civilizations have already arisen. Yours is the ninth, but all you can see now are a few traces of their existence.
"In fact, for many of the more distant civilizations, you can't even find their traces anymore.
"Those who came afterward collected the records of the previous civilizations one by one, then carved them onto new stone tablets. If you can gather all the stone tablets, you'll learn about these things."
Big Pineapple's expression was grim. He had only just gained the means to survive in this world, only for someone to suddenly tell him that a terrifying existence would come and destroy it every so often. How could he accept something like that?
Although he was deeply unwilling to accept it, he still asked the question in his heart. "Why?"
This wasn't just Big Pineapple's question. It was the question in the hearts of everyone in the livestream.
"Why! I want to know too. I once suspected it was a trial the god had given us. After all, Earth also has plenty of legends about the end of the world, and they're much like the catastrophes that destroyed those civilizations.
"For example, Earth's former overlords encountered a world-ending meteorite, the likes of which wouldn't be seen in ten thousand years. Then the dinosaurs went extinct.
"After that came the world-ending flood that appeared in so many of our legends, and we were lucky enough to survive it!"
At those words, both Big Pineapple and the more than three hundred thousand people in the livestream fell silent.
As they read Liu Dajun's comments, they couldn't help thinking of the dinosaurs' extinction and the countless legends of great floods that extinguished fires.
An absurd thought erupted in their minds.
Could our world have a god like that too?
One that would launch a world-ending trial once any civilization had existed for a certain length of time!
Only civilizations that endured would qualify to survive in this world!
And the reason we still exist today is that we survived that world-ending crisis!
At that moment, their hearts swelled with pride in their ancestors. After all, in that other civilization-or rather, that other world-nine civilizations in a row had failed to survive this trial.
But our Earth passed it outright!
How could something like that not stir a little pride in their hearts?
At the same time, however, worry and terror began to fill their hearts.
They had always firmly believed in materialism, believing that there were no gods in this world!
Gods were merely something they placed their spiritual hopes in and did not actually exist.
Yet now someone was telling them that perhaps, right above their heads, a terrifying existence with an infinitely vast body, before whom planets were like grains of sand, was quietly watching them.
Perhaps he would bring down a second world-ending crisis at any moment!
In particular, some scientists who hadn't originally paid much attention to this matter grew incredibly solemn upon receiving this news.
They felt that, whether this was true or false, it had to be investigated.
The other world's civilization had suffered destruction by meteorite, and the dinosaurs had also suffered destruction by meteorite.
The other world's civilization had suffered destruction by flood, and they too had suffered a great flood!
Didn't that seem a little too coincidental?!!!
Amid everyone's silence, Liu Dajun continued:
"Perhaps you think my words are empty claims, but what I want to tell you is that the previous civilization was an extremely technologically advanced civilization.
"When I first transmigrated there, their technology was already no less advanced than Earth's, and was even more powerful. I lived there for two hundred years, and I can tell you with full responsibility that by the end, their technology could already take them across the universe!
"If you want to find evidence for what I've said,
"you can try finding their computers in those ruins.
"Because their computers contain information about that existence. They even once used a satellite to photograph a corner of his body!"
The moment Liu Dajun finished, a comment immediately popped up.
[Big Pineapple, this is the Great Xia military. We have already settled your parents in, and the country will provide for them in their old age. If you can make outstanding contributions in the other world, we can even write your name into the historical records and give you a whole page in your family genealogy!]
Big Pineapple's gaze shifted evasively, and he said sheepishly, "Bro, don't joke around."
[We're not joking. This is very important. Of course, whether or not you're willing to do it, the country will help look after your parents.]
Big Pineapple remained silent. Just then, Liu Dajun spoke again. "Don't you want to come back? I've already come back."
Big Pineapple, who had still been silent, immediately lit up. "Senior, tell me, how exactly can I get back?!!!"
"I don't know. When I transmigrated into the civilization before yours, their people discovered me immediately. But because I was a visitor from another world, they treated me fairly well.
"I also used my knowledge to help them do a few things. Although the final results weren't good, in the end, they were the ones who used their technology to send me back. If you want to come back, perhaps you could look for the Ultra Empire's foremost laboratory."
Big Pineapple, who had still been hesitating over whether to agree to help with international affairs, immediately put on a resolute expression. He raised both his left hands to his temple and roared:
"I would die ten thousand deaths without regret in service to my country!!!"
At the sight, the corners of everyone's mouths in the livestream couldn't help twitching.
Liu Dajun: "I don't know where you got those stone tablets, but if you found them out in the wilderness, perhaps you could look for the previous civilization's legacy.
"They had plenty of high-energy weapons. If you can get your hands on them, protecting yourself in that world won't be a problem."
[Big Pineapple, if possible, our country also needs some technological products from the other world's civilization. As the saying goes, stones from other mountains can polish jade. So whatever you need, just ask, and we'll do everything we can to help you get it! If you can return, we'll even award you the Pillar of the Nation Medal. You'll become a hero to everyone in China!]