A flood of sounds rushed into his ears: horses chewing hay, low shouts of unknown meaning, the suppressed yawns of guards, groans coming from more than one place, and most clearly, a strange mechanical voice ringing in his mind.
These sounds entered his ears and were easily processed one by one by his brain, providing An Chang with a picture composed of sound—a medieval-style castle.
He didn't even need to move his body or use his eyes to observe his surroundings.
He vaguely knew he was lying in a dark room; the bed beneath him made a very faint creaking sound, and a few rats were scurrying around.
Ignoring the darkness, the mottled ceiling came into view. It seemed he could even see through the roof to the gloomy sky, where a few dim stars were faintly visible.
An Chang carefully experienced the various wonderful sensations coming from his body.
He keenly realized that the mechanical voice in his mind, though in a strange and obscure language, was now understandable to him. It seemed like a language he was born to know.
"Beep—"
"civilization main body's consciousness recovery detected, initiating link."
"Encountered unknown interception, suspected to be an abnormal energy field on the civilization main body, link failed."
"Switching to display mode."
An Chang felt a slight warmth in his chest, and a purple light screen immediately appeared before his eyes.
On the light screen was a giant blue-gray planet, surrounded by some minute mechanical creations.
Suddenly, the planet seemed to expand, then deflated like a leaking balloon and vanished instantly. Only a dark purple sphere streaked across, piercing through space in a brilliant light and jumping away.
Inexplicably, An Chang understood that the Infant inside that sphere was himself.
Escaping from a destroyed planet in a spaceship... Is this planet Krypton? That's freaking ridiculous!
At this moment, the mechanical voice rang out, interrupting An Chang's internal complaints.
"This beautiful planet is called Nuoga. It is the mother planet of the civilization main body and the last remaining living planet of the vast Nuoga Civilization."
The image on the purple light screen changed, gradually zooming out to reveal a galaxy.
"The Nuoga Civilization was once the sole ruler of the Nuoga Galaxy, and its territory was constantly expanding outward."
"Relying on continuously developing Armor technology, the Nuoga Civilization once almost became the overlord of the entire universe."
The mechanical voice paused, and the screen changed again, showing that blue-gray planet once more.
"Until the entire territory lost contact in an instant, and the Nuoga mother planet appeared in this strange universe."
An Chang listened quietly; the phrase'strange universe' caused a slight fluctuation in his emotions.
"Furthermore, it faced the crisis of ultra-high-speed entropy increase. The civilization main body did not have time to take any effective countermeasures before the kindling program automatically activated."
"Tens of thousands of civilization main body larvae in incubation Armor were launched urgently, carrying kindling Armor sub-bodies and a small amount of energy."
Tens of thousands?
"However, the ultra-high-speed entropy increase did not only act on the Nuoga mother planet, but everything on it. All tens of thousands of larvae vanished along with the mother planet in the ultra-high-speed entropy increase during the space jump. The Nuoga Civilization perished as soon as it appeared in this strange universe."
An Chang was somewhat confused.
"What was beyond the calculations of the kindling program was that one larva miraculously was not affected by the entropy increase. Yes, initially, the kindling program attributed this occurrence to a miracle."
An Chang lightly tapped his head.
Does not being affected by entropy increase mean he originally belonged to this universe?
He just didn't know why he had become a larva of the Nuoga Civilization?
So, did he still have a chance to find Earth in the vast sea of stars and return to his daughter?
His excitement had just arisen when it was extinguished by the continuous mechanical voice.
"That miraculous larva is the current civilization main body. However, during the three Nuoga mother planet revolutions while the kindling program carried the civilization main body through continuous space jumps..."
The purple light screen shifted, showing the dark purple sphere constantly flashing through the universe.
"The kindling program gradually discovered the reason why the civilization main body was able to survive the ultra-high-speed entropy increase."
A sleeping Infant appeared on the light screen.
"After excluding the anomaly of premature mature thought waves, the kindling program found that the nutrient energy absorbed by the civilization main body was too vast. After in-depth testing, it was discovered that the massive energy absorbed by the subject had accumulated within the body."
Excluding abnormal thoughts? An Chang remembered that state where everything was clearly under control, yet he was unable to move an inch.
"It formed an uncalculable and unanalyzable energy flow. This energy flow offset the ultra-high-speed entropy increase, allowing the subject to survive."
Hearing this, An Chang began to think rapidly.
He pondered.
First of all, as a thirty-four-year-old middle-aged man on Earth, he had designed a Qi-refining verification experiment and recruited a college student named Xu Zhi as his experimental assistant. That experiment failed because he died and became a Nuoga Civilization larva.
At the same time, it succeeded. After becoming a Nuoga Civilization larva, he had refined his first strand of Qi, thus surviving the entropy increase disaster.
Afterward, during the continuous space jumps, he had been constantly absorbing energy to refine Qi. He once thought he was still in the experiment on Earth.
"The kindling program attached to the subject also managed to survive, but because this universe is too strange and the energy absorbed by the subject was too vast, the energy meant to sustain the kindling Armor's continuous random space jumps for thirty Nuoga revolutions was nearly exhausted in just three."
"Thus, the civilization main body was forced to make an emergency landing on this planet inhabited by a low-level civilization."
An oval planet appeared in the image; the sphere tore through the atmosphere, igniting in flames as it fell toward the ground.
"The kindling program also fell into hibernation due to energy depletion, splitting off this emergency program and its associated Emergency Armor to ensure the safe growth of the only civilization main body in this universe on this low-level planet. It will wait for the kindling program to recover and then rebuild the Nuoga Civilization."
"After the emergency landing, the subject was discovered by the low-level natives of this planet."
The screen showed Ned raising his sword, about to stab the Infant.
"This low-level native once had thought waves about killing the subject. It is recommended that the subject destroy all low-level organisms on this planet after the kindling program awakens."
An Chang ignored it.
"After the kindling program fell into hibernation, the suppression of the subject's thought waves was lifted. Shortly after the subject's consciousness recovered, it went silent for unknown reasons."
An Chang remembered his first conscious cultivation.
"Subsequently, an unknown energy field separated the Armor from the subject."
"The unconscious civilization main body was carried by this low-level native through a series of meaningless primitive battles between low-level natives."
An Chang listened, somewhat speechless.
Then the mechanical voice stopped, but the images before him continued to change, showing him everything that happened while he was cultivating and unconscious.
Looking at the images on the light screen, seeing Ned, who had tied him to his chest, climbing a large tree, being pelted with arrows, yet trying his best to curl his body to protect him, An Chang was a bit moved.
Then, seeing Ned transform into a giant, he didn't even know where to begin complaining.
As if sensing An Chang's thought waves, the emergency program spoke again.
"At that time, the subject was in crisis, and the subject's consciousness could not be linked, making it impossible to fuse with the Emergency Armor. To ensure the safety of the civilization main body, a sub-body was split off to fuse with this low-level native."
"Afterward, due to the lack of orders from the civilization main body and an unknown mutation in the sub-body, it has been made independent. Since it has no attached program, it is named the Ultra-low-level Laborer Armor, abbreviated as 'Hyper-Bitter Rig'."
"..." An Chang didn't want to speak.
The images changed.
A quite pretty Wet Nurse, Ned on the road.
Meeting up with Robert, a series of tragic battles, King's Landing with its gates wide open, the Lannisters coming out to welcome them, the city being burned, killed, and looted, and the panicked, numb residents.
A hasty coronation ceremony, Jon becoming the hand of the king, Ned returning to The North, a beautiful long-haired lady, the bustling Winterfell, and himself, who never woke up.
Scene after scene flashed before An Chang's eyes from Ned's perspective.
An Chang pondered for a long while.
His thoughts fluctuated slightly, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Connecting everything, it seemed reasonable, but there was one major doubt that he couldn't figure out.
"Why on earth did I become some Nuoga civilization main body and appear in this strange world? Why me?"
No one could answer him.
After forcing himself to accept all this, another thought popped into An Chang's head.
"Assuming for now that some unknown reason caused me to become like this, then finding out where exactly I am is the key question to determine whether I can still return to Earth with the help of Nuoga Civilization's Armor technology."
An Chang moved his body, carefully sensing the unknown energy field that had transformed from the previously vast sea of Qi.
He was certain that his extraordinary five senses were not brought by the Nuoga Armor, but were granted by this thin energy field formed from Qi.
No, An Chang discovered an anomaly!
The causal relationship was reversed. It wasn't that the extraordinary five senses were granted by the energy field, but rather the extraordinary five senses and some other abilities An Chang vaguely perceived composed this energy field!
Or rather, the Qi he refined by absorbing the massive energy of the kindling Armor had completely transformed this body after he took control of it, which is why an energy field was generated on the surface of his body.
Thinking of this, An Chang tried to cultivate for a bit and was stunned to find that this Qi was no longer stored in the Energy Center, but existed everywhere throughout his body.
Immersing his mind, An Chang finally discovered that the Qi currently in his body seemed to originate from the deepest part of his body—so deep he couldn't perceive it—and emerged at the very shallow surface of his body. It then returned to the deepest part of his body with traces of energy.
Back and forth, forming a cycle. This process was extremely fast, yet An Chang's mind could just barely capture it: 3.3 billion cycles per millisecond, which resulted in the thin energy field on the surface of his body.
He felt it was somewhat incredible, thinking of Superman, who also possessed an energy field and only existed in comics and movies.
Could refining Qi eventually turn him into Superman?
He had no idea how massive the energy of the emergency program actually was; it was enough energy to annihilate several galaxies if it were to explode.
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