Chapter 859: Chapter 578: Discovering 2 Civilizational Ruins in 1 Day!!

Lu Yuan cleared his throat: “Then let me ask a question: Is it a good thing or a bad thing for the [Ghost] to eliminate all taboos in the world?”

The strangers remained silent for a long time, reluctant to answer.

Finally, the Big Crystal Man sighed faintly: “Not necessarily a bad thing.”

This answer was quite subtle.

The existence of the [Ghost], eliminating a large amount of information, is surprisingly not necessarily a bad thing?

Lu Yuan furrowed his brow in deep thought.

Reflecting on the Snake-man Palace, where the [Demon] wanted to take over the [Ghost], its essence may not necessarily be bad.

Further contemplating the powerful civilization of the Eighth Epoch, which collectively sealed many [Ghosts] into the “Boundaryless,” indicating that [Ghosts] are not absolute righteous guardians.

“In other words, there are at least three forces, the Wise Species, [Ghosts], and those taboo monsters. Among them, the Wise Species are a mixed bag, each with its own agenda.”

Lu Yuan deeply sighed, after so many years on the Pangu Continent, historical residue issues are indeed too many, like a tangled ball of yarn that’s difficult to unravel.

So, what is the answer?

He now has a rough idea.

“[Ghosts] or the Four Great Calamities might be fierce competitors of some evil presence.”

“The harm of that thing is so terrifying that even [Ghosts] have become a minor ailment, turning their taboo-eliminating actions into a good thing.”

Upon careful thinking, it’s indeed true; the fighting ability of [Ghosts] is formidable, but trying to obliterate the Pangu Continent is still very difficult. After all, there are brilliant minds within the wise civilizations, with countless escape technologies and attack technologies.

Just like the Eighth Epoch, which is not considered a strong epoch, yet it created something like “Boundaryless”?

So what can annihilate the world?

Lu Yuan let his imagination run wild and pondered deeply.

“First is the Alien.”

“Besides the Pangu Continent, there might be other idealist worlds, also possessing Spirit Essence, Civilization Points, and other forms of Ideal Energy.”

“These aliens would directly compete with the Pangu Continent.”

“In the world wars of the previous epochs, all civilizations failed against the aliens, with life almost being slaughtered completely.”

This conjecture, though suspicious of “deus ex machina,” is certainly possible.

“Over time, the Pangu Continent became a plantation; in the early epoch, civilizations were weak and those powerful entities were not interested.”

“Once the civilization matures, the aliens would come to harvest. Tumors, strange spores, all are spread by the aliens.”

“But the [Ghosts] are an exception; these crazy beings are nearly impossible to harvest. The aliens find no need to fight them… so after one harvest, they would leave.”

After pondering for a long time, there seemed to be many clues unused.

If it truly were aliens, why would the [Ghost] eliminate taboos?

“Could it be that the more the life understands ‘taboo information,’ the easier it is for aliens to come here to destroy the world?”

“The second possibility is that the old monsters of the First Epoch are up to some mischief, just like starting a dark upheaval, continually harvesting.”

“The destruction of an entire epoch, the temporal and spatial disturbances it causes, would bring how much ‘luck’? This is an astronomical number.”

Swapping the role of the alien for the old monsters provides a more rounded, smooth explanation, filling in many details.

But honestly, if the old monsters could eliminate all races, even the peak civilizations would have to abandon everything and flee; how powerful would they have to be?

Even an optimist like Lu Yuan couldn’t help but feel despair, sensing that his efforts were in vain, and merely being able to escape would count as success.

Where would they hide, if they existed regularly?

In some kind of Different Space?

Lu Yuan thought of another point: “The world will of the Pangu Continent must be extremely averse to them. These world-destroying existences are definitely mortal enemies of the world will.”

“So they fled into the void, only to invade once more when the time is ripe…”

“Furthermore, these old monsters might support proxies, just like the Old Abnormal People support proxies.”

“The Golden Bronze Civilization believes this enemy is generally common and not necessarily too powerful, perhaps they encountered just a group of proxy civilizations.”

“These proxy civilizations naturally have varying combat power…”

“So, is it possible that the strangers are dangerous? It’s just that we’ve been lucky, encountering only the more normal ones.”

In reality, the strangers humans have encountered aren’t as numerous as imagined.

Ratman and the Golden Bronze Civilization strangers are from the Eighth Epoch.

The Old Abnormal People in the Snake-man Palace weren’t from the First Epoch either.

Altogether, there are just three batches of strangers, which certainly isn’t much.

“This conjecture seems more reasonable; strangers aren’t entirely trustworthy.”

Lu Yuan temporarily settled on the second possibility.

Even if it’s just a wrong guess, it’s better than having no guess at all.

When he snapped back to reality, all the Old Abnormal People had already left, clearly not wanting to discuss too much with him.

Lu Yuan gave a self-deprecating smile: “Forget it, no need to overthink. We humans can hardly be the most powerful civilization, there’s bound to be a naturally interstellar civilization on Pangu Continent, and when the sky falls, taller ones will hold it up!”

…

…

His consciousness left the Immortal Palace and returned to his human body.

He opened his eyes in that same dark little room.

Inside, there was only a crystal coffin.

Lu Yuan steeled himself and tossed the coffin into the Storage Space.

He painstakingly took out various tools and dismantled the “Legendary Level” large door.