Chapter 472: Foes and Friends
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In this current era where endless foreign worlds and hundreds of supernatural creatures emerge one after another, many laws in human biology had been ruthlessly broken. However, concurrently, some of the laws were also getting nearer to the ‘truth’ being tested many times by the species from the worlds, for example, there was no difference in the nature of life between individuals of the same species.
To put it simply, the female of a species might be several times larger and more than ten times stronger than its male but at the same time, the male of a species might be larger and stronger than its female but no matter what, a circ.u.mstance where the male would turn out to be a carnivorous ‘lion’ while the female a herbivorous ‘takin’ would never occur.
An animal might be an aquatic species, a terrestrial species, or an amphibious species with wings that allow it to fly but animals of the same species would never differ in the way that one would have gills that allow it to breath underwater with no lungs, with the other having legs that allow it to run on land but with no gills, or another with wings that allow it to fly but with no legs.
Therefore, in the face of Trish’s question, Tina and Sheila’s eyes widened right away. Zhang Lisheng also felt a jolt in his heart. After a moment of contemplation, he lowered his voice and asked, “Trish, you mean, the Atlanteans are the saviors of Earth in ancient times and their enemy, the Tattdu, on the other hand, was invaders from the foreign worlds?”
“No,” To his surprise, the girl shook her head. “Lisheng, that time, the Atlanteans were here to save the Earth, not to save the Earthlings. They had severe differences in the treatment they have to the earth’s intelligent creatures, and in the end, the cruel ‘cleansing group’ has prevailed. I believe you understand what the word ‘cleansing’ stands for here?”
“Yeah. If there’s a national outbreak of the ‘Ebola virus’ in Mexico, I would support the use of incendiary bombs to wipe out all the Mexicans there,” Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a while before saying coldly. “This is quite believable, and is also the most humane approach, whether it’s done by Earthlings or aliens.
“Most of the Atlanteans who came to Earth in ancient times had the same thought as you do,” Trish said with a wry smile. “Which is why their enemies became more than just the G.o.ds who invaded the Earth from the foreign worlds. They had also set off the resistance of the original species of Earth…”
“Do you mean the battle between the primitive people and the cosmic warriors?” Zhang Lisheng sarcastically interrupted the girl’s words.
“No, I mean, the battle between the primitive G.o.ds and the cosmic warriors,” Trish shook her head and said as she stared into the distance. “Earth is located in a very special position in the universe. If we turn all the different planes into pages and staple them into a book, the starry sky where the Earth is located would just happen to be the staple that pa.s.ses through the book. If we see each of the universe as a horizontal line and see the planes’ segmentation as penetrating thread, the Earth would be the point where the two of them intersect. This is also why the supernatural beings from the foreign worlds would make it as the pedal to invade our universe. It is precisely because of the strange position of the Earth that the forces on the thousands of planes can somewhat affect it. For this reason, compared to the other planets, it’s easier for Earth to produce creatures with extraordinary power, which are also the ‘G.o.ds’ that we usually say. The Atlanteans did not understand this at first. Later, it became clear that the scene had become irreparable, so for this reason, the war, that should have been able to be won, was delayed because they had blindly underestimated their enemies, which eventually led to the outbreak of nuclear war. In the end, they unfortunately helped the foreign world’s people to destroy the fences and turned the Earth into the Colossal World. When they saw that the situation was spiraling out of control, the surviving Atlanteans chose to retreat and wait on their planet, waiting for the attack from the foreign worlds’ invaders. However, to their surprise, after the first wave of the horrible attack, the shattered world’s fence on Earth was actually miraculously repaired out of the blue, allowing the entire universe to escape from a terrible disaster…”
“Since everything became normal after they created the catastrophe and ran away, they shouldn’t have come to Earth again this time,” Zhang Lisheng could not help but chime in.
“But Lisheng, from the perspective of human nature, to both Earthlings and aliens, pinning one’s hopes on miracles and doing nothing is just an unbearable torment, isn’t it?” Trish repeated the young man’s words and replied. “Of course, this time, the Atlanteans have learned enough to know that if they want to protect the universe, they must cooperate with the Earthlings instead of becoming the enemy…”
“You actually believe the nonsense spouted out by the Atlanteans?” Zhang Lisheng interrupted Trish irritably. “The planets they live in are like several light years away from Earth so how did they suddenly find out that a pristine planet in a corner of the universe was invaded by some supernatural creatures from different planes in the ancient times? And besides, even if they manage to find out that the foreign worlds had invaded the Earth tens of thousands of years ago, why would they be so scared…”
“Lisheng, the invasion from different planes are very terrifying,” Trish heard the young man’s words and suddenly lost her cool by grabbing his palm. As though she was trying to take some courage from him, she said in a trembling voice, “I just personally saw the image left behind by the Atlanteans ancestors. Believe me, the ‘sea monster’ that treats the starry sky as an ocean and grows up by engulfing the planet containing life — Oh my dear lord — t-that’s a very terrifying and horrible creature!”
When Zhang Lisheng saw that the girl had lost her cool, he no longer reprimanded her. If you believe in one matter, you can get a thousand reasons to believe in it but concurrently, if you don’t believe in that matter, you can find a thousand reasons to not believe in it. A matter like this, that happened a long time ago, that n.o.body knew of, was unable to be pieced together into truth from the minor traces that had been based down through rumors. Since there were two very different inferences at the moment, the most important thing now was to see the Atlanteans’ behaviors.
And now, they were indeed helping the Earth civilization and had shown their sincerity.
“Alright, relax, Trish. Relax,” The young man thought for a moment, sighed quietly, and deliberately said with a relaxed shrug. “Maybe you’re right.”
However, Trish did not seem to see nor hear the young man’s easing att.i.tude. Instead, she continued to say in a daze, “The Atlanteans have shown their friendliness to the Earthlings and have decided to use the light stone to help activate the Aryan Special’s power in controlling the light and heat.
From the six billion people on the earth, at least 100 million people are red-haired Caucasians who may have the residual blood of Atlanteans. Even if only one-tenth of them can successfully trigger their recessive genes, it can still form a strong power. Of course, this is a long process and must be carried out step by step. The first step they chose is of course to persuade those prominent ‘Aryan Special’ figures, who have a wide influence on Earth, to accept the power activation. The first person in the world to accept this proposal is my father. He did so for my mother. You also know that my mother has always been ill and has been lying in bed all day after Henry’s death, to the point where she’s so thin that it’s completely heartbreaking. Fortunately, she and Dad both have red-haired traits so after she refused to receive the recessive gene activation from the Atlanteans, Dad set an example for her. Then, Hatton also decided to trigger the gene. It’s nothing, we’re still Earthlings, aren’t we? As long as our hearts remain the same, we’ll always be the Lord’s children…”
At this moment, Tina and Sheila finally understood the reason why Trish chose to activate the recessive Atlantean gene. Looking at their best friend’s pained expression, the two girls hurriedly stood up and embraced their best friend.
Tina continued to whisper words of comfort guiltily, “Of course my dear! You’re still an Earthling and the child of the Lord…”
Sheila, on the other hand, said, “Oh Trish. W-We didn’t know that there were such complicated reasons behind this. And besides, now that you told us that the Atlanteans actually had good intentions despite having wronged the Earthlings last time, and how they’re willing to become our comrade-in-arms sincerely now, I think that you should be proud for becoming the friendly bond between the Earth and Atlantis. We also feel proud to have a friend like you, and I believe your voters would feel the same way as well.”
“Really? Do you really think so?” After hearing the words of her two close friends, some light managed to light up in Trish’s eyes as she murmured her question. However, she looked past her friends’ embrace at Zhang Lisheng instead.
“Oh Trish, if you’re called as an alien after having mastered a little power to manipulate light and heat and light up into a lamp, then what should I, who have cultivated so many non-human transformations and incarnation power through bloodline cultivation, be called? The reason we felt absolutely horrified just now was because we thought the Atlanteans were our enemy. Now that we can see that they don’t want to be the Earth’s enemy, it’s completely fine already. This is your life so it’s right for you to choose whatever you want to be,” Looking back at the girl’s vaguely eager gaze, the young man said with a smile.
“Thank you, Tina, Sheila, Lisheng. Thank you for saying so. Actually, with the guidance from the high-quality light stone, the power that I will master is not controlled by the Atlanteans. If they really become enemies with the Earth in the future, I’ll use this strength that they gave to me to fight back against them!” Trish smiled and said with a sob, “Also, Lisheng, don’t you look down on my ‘little’ power of controlling light and heat. In order to show their sincerity to Earthlings, the Atlanteans have triggered my recessive genes using a stellar-level light stone. If I seriously evolve in the future, the power that I can master in the future is not necessarily weaker than yours. Don’t feel surprised if you’re saved by me one day instead.”
“They actually call a glowing stone stellar-level? Wow, what a big word right there!” Upon hearing the girl’s words, Zhang Lisheng only thought that it was a joke. Shrugging, he said unbothered, “But I still thank you for your kindness, Trish.”
Unlike the young man, when Tina and Sheila heard their best friend’s words, they clamored and asked in an interested expression, “Oh dear, we know that the Atlanteans always carry a mysterious substance called the light stone but what is this stellar-level light stone?”