69novels Chapter 402 A Shocking Secret! We're Getting Closer to the Truth
Chapter 402 A Shocking Secret! We're Getting Closer to the Truth
"It seems Teacher Rui already knew I would come..."
Chu Yang sat opposite Ryze with a smile on his face.
Ryze took off his glasses, sighed, and said, "I know you already realized last time that I was hiding something from you."
"I am grateful that you did not press me further, because I promised the principal that I would not tell anyone those things before the time was right."
"But things are different now. Six months ago, the principal told me that you had already begun exploring the unknown universe. There are some things that you will soon find out even if I don't tell you..."
Chu Yang smiled without saying a word, waiting for what was to come.
Ryze continued, "Even the headmaster doesn't know much about prehistory."
"All the clues gathered by the Super God Academy point to an unknown universe..."
"There is a high possibility that prehistoric inhabitants lived there!"
Chu Yang stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and then said, "Teacher Rui, you just said you were hiding something from me, you didn't mean this, did you?"
"Since I did not discover the greatest secret of prehistoric truth in the void, it means that those secrets can only exist in the unknown universe."
"You should know that I've come here today seeking more answers than just this!"
Ryze shrugged, looking rather like a playful old man, and said, "That's all I know about the truth of history."
"But the biggest secret I've been hiding from you is actually about myself..."
"Hmm?" Chu Yang's eyes narrowed.
Ryze's expression turned unusually serious. "The principal and I are both prehistoric descendants!"
Chu Yang paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "In a sense, all life in the known universe can be considered prehistoric remnants."
"Even new life forms born after the Big Bang will have some prehistoric life elements mixed in at the deepest level of their genes."
Ryze shook his head and said, "No, no, no... My relationship with the headmaster is very special..."
"Unlike other life forms in the known universe, we are not new life forms born after the Big Bang, but rather survivors of the Big Bang!"
Chu Yang's pupils suddenly contracted. Could it be that the historical truth he had been searching for was right in front of him?
Upon closer examination, Kieran must possess some unique qualities to have become a higher-dimensional life form; otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve this solely through technological power.
And Ryze...
This old man appears to be crazy, but he is actually unfathomable. Even Chu Yang has never seen him make a move and does not know the extent of his true strength.
Even Pangu only judged Ryze to be weak, like a complete weakling.
How could someone who is weak in combat possibly survive from the era of the gods to this day, and even hold a very high position in the God Academy?
It's important to know that between the end of the era of the gods and before Keisha became the Queen of the Gods, there was a period of chaos in the universe.
During that period, those who possessed cutting-edge technology but lacked corresponding strength would become easy prey for various civilizations.
Ryze possesses the legacy of the Super God Academy, and the core technologies he controls are even more crucial than those held by Shenhe and Denuo. How could he not be coveted by others?
Even under these circumstances, Ryze has not only survived to this day, but the technology and data he possesses have not been leaked in the slightest.
This alone shows that Ryze is definitely not the weakling that Pangu judged him to be!
Chu Yang slowly calmed himself down, took a deep breath, and said, "Could you elaborate?"
Ryze nodded and said with a smile, "Now that I've told you about this, I naturally won't hold anything back."
"As I just said, this is all I know."
"Although the principal and I survived the explosion, we only retained incomplete genetic code."
"After a true resurrection, we will all lose our memories of prehistory and some key genes."
"Afterwards, whether it was establishing the Super God Academy or conducting various researches on genes, it was all to complete the genes we lacked and to recover our lost memories."
"The principal defined the missing part of our genes as 'divinity'."
At this point, Ryze paused, then casually took two walnuts from a package that Ge Xiaolun had just brought over and gently crushed them.
Ryze popped a walnut into his mouth and continued chewing, "Hmm... the headmaster said that technology can only accelerate the evolution of life and raise the upper limit of genes..."
"But all of this is merely to approach the level of 'divinity'!"
"It is precisely because of these ideas that the concept of God came into existence in the universe later."
"But no matter how hard we tried, we failed..."
"The principal prepared two final plans, which were used on the two of us respectively."
A glint flashed in Chu Yang's eyes, and he said softly, "So, the plan used by the Space Principal is to become a higher-dimensional being, abandon humanity, and pursue divinity?"
Ryze nodded, then sighed and said, "That's right, but in the end it still failed..."
"Higher-dimensional beings are completely different from the 'divinity' that the principal pursues, but he is unable to lower himself to a lower dimension, which deprives him of the opportunity to start over."
"However, the method used on me has shown initial results..."
"Oh?" Chu Yang raised an eyebrow. He vaguely guessed that it was probably because of this plan that Ryze was able to get through that turbulent and chaotic period!
As expected, Ryze tossed the walnut shells onto the coffee table and said with some melancholy, "This plan is actually quite simple: combine various genes from the universe and extract the factors from prehistoric life."
"I fused with the final genetic crystal, but that only gave me a portion of the power of the various 'divine' elements from those factors. I still couldn't make up for the lack of 'divine' elements belonging to me in the genes."
"On the contrary, because my genetic chain is too chaotic, I'm becoming increasingly forgetful, and my temperament and personality are becoming somewhat eccentric..."
At this point, Ryze suddenly stopped, and then his eyes were enveloped in a layer of white light.
After a long while, he muttered to himself, "Hmm... at least this time I didn't make a mistake!"
As the white light faded, he smiled wryly and said, "I'm sorry to have made you laugh. When I first discovered the side effects of gene crystallization, I stored all this crucial information and secrets away."
"After learning of your return from the void, I would take it out and review it from time to time."
"Speaking of which, I also wrote down our last conversation..."
Chu Yang was somewhat speechless, then said thoughtfully, "So you still failed in the end?"
Ryze shook his head and said, "It can't be considered a complete failure. At least the gene crystals worked, which is enough to prove that this direction is correct."
"However, I'm no longer able to delve into it."
Chu Yang leaned back on the sofa, closed his eyes slightly, and fell into thought.
He did not doubt Ryze's words, because the information Ryze revealed matched most of the clues he had obtained in the Void.
The most crucial issue...
Back when he displayed the original power of the Deno ultimate gene, the empress in the void mistakenly believed that he possessed the power of a prehistoric true god.
The Deno Ultimate Gene is a fusion of multiple top-tier super genes. All the characteristics of each super gene in the sequence are amplified infinitely under the influence of ultimate matter.
This includes elements of prehistoric life!
Since the strategy used on Ryze was effective, it means that the general direction was correct, but there were problems with the details.
In a sense, isn't the genetic crystal that Ryze fused with just a flawed version of the ultimate gene?
So...
Does the ultimate gene's primal power contain the "divinity" that Zilean and Ryze seek?
Divinity from prehistoric life!
Chu Yang slowly raised his head, looked at the sky outside the window, and squinted his eyes slightly.
Is this also part of your scheme, Heaven's will?
Leaving behind two prehistoric remnants, but causing them to lose the most crucial parts of their genes and memories, thus allowing them to guide new life in the universe towards a direction that is controllable for you in their pursuit of the truth.
What a grand strategy!
The Heavenly Dao of this god-like world is practically becoming sentient!
There is another crucial question that Chu Yang has never been able to figure out: the Heavenly Dao of the Gods is suspected to be incomplete or subject to certain restrictions!
This is also one of the reasons why he is so eager to find out the biggest secret in the truth of history.
Composing himself, Chu Yang looked at Ryze again and asked, "Since you and the Space Principal have already guessed that there is a high possibility of prehistoric people existing in the unknown universe, why not go and take a look?"
Chu Yang was puzzled as to why they ultimately chose two extreme solutions instead of exploring the unknown universe.
After all, compared to risking genetic mutation or embarking on the "path of no return" to become a higher-dimensional being, nothing is as safe as exploring the unknown universe.
Since Kieran is able to drive technological progress across the entire universe and has created the Great Clock, given enough time to climb the technology tree further, it's not impossible for him to cross the boundaries of the universe and explore the unknown universe.
Ryze shook his head and said, "That's impossible..."
"To be honest, your ability to do this has completely overturned my understanding of what's possible!"
"Why is it impossible?" Chu Yang frowned.
"Because..." Ryze opened his mouth, then looked blank and somewhat embarrassed, saying, "Wait a moment!"
After reviewing the stored information once more, he slowly said, "Regarding this matter, the principal only left one sentence as an explanation..."
"The way of Heaven is irreversible and cannot be defied!"
Chu Yang suddenly understood, and many of his previous doubts were suddenly cleared up.
No wonder!
No wonder that apart from void creatures, the known universe has never encountered any other alien invasions.
No wonder no one has successfully explored the unknown universe in the last hundred thousand years.
No wonder the known extent of the universe has always been fixed in historical records.
Heaven!
With the Heavenly Dao blocking the way, how could even the strongest "false god" or the most advanced technology possibly cross that "chasm"?
At least for now, it seems that Heaven has made perfect plans in this game.
Create an explosion, clean up the "virus," and isolate the "recycle bin"!
He confined the entire known universe to a self-imposed prison, and used Zilean and Ryze to advance cosmic technology, ushering in the "Age of False Gods" and erasing all traces of the existence of the true gods!
Carl's theory of ultimate fear was probably also secretly guided by the will of Heaven.
The Heavenly Dao is intentionally creating a life cycle that occurs once every 100,000 years; it's a flawless scheme!
Every 100,000 years, life in the known universe is treated as experimental subjects, and "trial and error" is carried out in batches until, in one cycle of life, life in the universe achieves the result desired by the Heavenly Dao.
If I hadn't appeared, how could this situation have been resolved?
Ge Xiaolun!
A glint flashed in Chu Yang's eyes!
The one destined for calamity?
He suddenly remembered his conversation with Kieran back in the Dark Nebula.
This old guy was actually lying to him!
Where are these so-called people destined for calamity?
It's clear that Kieran wanted to gain an advantage, which is why he created the Galactic Force and left behind so many strategic moves!
If Ge Xiaolun can defeat the void and preserve the known universe, it will be equivalent to preserving all life in the universe.
Kieran didn't want to see the potential "divine" factors in the genes of cosmic life being erased in one "cycle" after another.
But neither Kilan nor Tiandao ever expected that in this game of chess, there would be an anomaly like Chu Yang who would jump out of the chessboard!
The existence of a non-existent ultimate substance in the world of gods led Chu Yang to accidentally acquire so-called "divine" power.
As a special being influenced by the Soul Palace, Ao Ting was naturally not restricted by the Heavenly Dao of the Gods, so he was able to easily cross the boundary of the universe!
The Heavenly Dao wouldn't go to great lengths for this, since in its eyes, compared to Chu Yang, Ao Ting's threat was rather insignificant.
Chu Yang, the instigator, even used the Heavenly Dao to create a "recycle" and a "recycling station" to clean up "garbage" and "viruses," turning the world upside down!
We're getting closer to the truth...
Chu Yang slowly stood up, smiling as he said, "Thank you for your explanation, Professor Rui. Before I leave, I have one more question..."
"Are both the Deno Super Gene and the Shenhe Super Gene products created by purifying factors from prehistoric life?"
Ryze nodded, then shook his head, and said, "I guess so!"
"Their super genes do contain many prehistoric life factors, but these life factors are 'waste' that were filtered out during the purification process."
"Perhaps because the complete form of these factors suffered a devastating blow in the Big Bang, even if some of the factors were preserved, they contained no trace of divinity."
"The principal simply made use of waste materials, and thus created some super genes!"
"In contrast, angels and demons, as well as the genes of some advanced civilizations that start out strong, contain prehistoric life factors with divine aura."
Chu Yang nodded thoughtfully, then took his leave.
He understood Ryze's words, using a somewhat inappropriate analogy, like "tadpoles," a necessary element for human reproduction.
Some of the tadpoles are still alive, while others have lost their activity.
Those with active "tadpoles" were used by Kielan to create gene crystals, while those that lost their activity were used to create super genes.
Although it has lost its activity, it has not changed in essence and can retain some power to some extent.
After leaving the headquarters of the Super God Academy, Chu Yang left Earth and headed straight for the edge of the universe.
Now that we've figured out the whole story, only one question remains...
That is the secret about prehistoric civilizations and prehistoric gods!
Or rather...
That power came from prehistoric times!
Chu Yang was extremely interested in this!
However, judging from the information Ao Ting has given back, he has not yet encountered any prehistoric people, nor has he entered the truly unknown universe.
Chu Yang's trip to the edge of the universe was merely to observe the reaction of the Heavenly Dao...
(End of this chapter)