Prosilicus.
A certain street in a bustling city.
Modern Prosilicans came and went in an endless stream.
Some of them would occasionally stop in the middle of the street to attend to other matters, without having to worry about any traffic accidents.
Ground transportation has been largely phased out in Prosilicus cities, with various airships being used exclusively.
The street-side shops were also very lively, with the aroma of various snacks intertwining in the air.
Lucas bought some to try.
The taste and texture were a bit unfamiliar, but acceptable. It could even be considered to have a unique flavor. Moreover, even an ordinary Earthling could digest it, so there was no need to worry about food poisoning.
'Is this a civilization designed by the Celestials? Even if the external manifestations are somewhat different, they are essentially highly similar.' Lucas withdrew his gaze from the pedestrians on the street, thinking to himself.
Prosilicus is separated from Earth by an unknown number of light-years. If they weren't screened by the same set of standards, these two civilizations shouldn't be so similar.
And Xandar and Earth. That was almost a replica of Earth civilization.
Lucas sighed inwardly.
After Ikor left, he came here alone.
To seek the truth of the ancient Prosilicus civilization buried in the dust of time.
At this moment, he felt that he had come to the right place. He really wanted to know why Prosilicus developed into a civilization highly similar to Earth.
"If possible, I wish time would stop at this moment, letting this beauty be eternally frozen."
Snap!
Imperceptible green light swept across the entire Planet at superluminal speed, and time on Prosilicus instantly froze.
The rapidly moving airships hung suspended in the air.
The pedestrians on the street paused mid-step.
A couple embracing each other looked at each other with deep affection, yet did not proceed to the next step.
"The love words of both civilizations are pretty much the same. But if time really stopped at this moment, I guess you wouldn't be happy."
Lucas withdrew his gaze, shook his head, and silently devoured the squid-shaped food on his plate.
After finishing the food on his plate, Lucas raised his hand, and a fluorescent glow entered the shop owner's body.
Although there was a suspicion of forced buying and selling, he thought no one would refuse to exchange a snack for a lifetime of health and immunity to disease.
After all this, Lucas walked out of the shop onto the street, then slowly floated up into the air.
Next, he was going to use some overpowered spells.
Looking at the Planet beneath him, a silver-white light surged from Lucas's body.
The silver light first dyed the Planet a silvery color. Then, it condensed an identical Prosilicus next to it.
"Let me see what happened in the past."
With a wave of his hand, the scene of the copied Prosilicus rapidly changed.
At this moment, the past of Prosilicus reappeared.
Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years.
Snap!
The image froze.
A humanoid creature about 600 meters tall, wearing armor, appeared in the image. Undoubtedly, this humanoid creature was a Celestial.
At this time, a type of humanoid creature lived on Prosilicus.
A humanoid creature similar to modern Prosilicans.
The only difference might be a layer of fascia connecting their arms to their torsos.
Snap!
Rewind continued.
The Celestials appeared once again in the image.
At this time, many types of humanoid races lived on Prosilicus.
Snake people with two arms on their upper bodies but a long tail on their lower bodies.
Bird people with claws for feet and wings for arms. These were the ancestors of modern Prosilicans.
The Celestials appeared for the third time in the image.
At this time, there were no humanoid creatures on Prosilicus. There were only some reptiles and beasts.
It was also at this time that this Celestial released some kind of substance onto Prosilicus.
The image changed for a long time before the Celestials appeared for the fourth time.
The Celestial that appeared this time was different from the Celestial that had appeared the previous three times.
He was about 2000 meters tall, and the mask of his armor had six vertically symmetrically distributed holes.
Arishem the Judge!
And at this time, those living on Prosilicus were the survivors of the ancient Prosilicus civilization.
The survivors of that civilization, both lucky and unlucky to be chosen by the Watcher.
After the Watcher left, internal conflicts within the Prosilicus civilization intensified, eventually leading to nuclear war. The entire Prosilicus civilization was almost wiped out overnight.
But a person who could be called a savior in the ancient Prosilicus civilization stood up.
Before the nuclear war broke out, he built a shelter underground. With this shelter, he protected nearly 100,000 people from the nuclear war and preserved a lot of industrial equipment.
After the nuclear war, Prosilicus was no longer suitable for survival.
He stood up again.
Leading these nearly 100,000 survivors, he first found shelters in other regions and achieved unification through various means.
Then, he led a total of nearly three million survivors to complete the reconstruction of civilization and built a sky city in the space of Prosilicus to avoid the nuclear radiation on the surface.
Furthermore, he formulated a fifty-year plan to create multiple engines on the moon of Prosilicus. He wanted to transform the moon into a spaceship, taking the moon to find a new home.
It was just a pity that he was already in his twilight years when the project began.
Even though he struggled to hold on, he never saw the moon ignite. He died on the eve of the project's completion.
It was also at this time that Arishem the Judge arrived.
The Prosilicans had a human-like torso, limbs, and head. Compared to humans, their appearance was even closer to the Celestials. They also had black carapaces similar to the Celestials.
But Arishem the Judge still judged them.
Lucas fell silent.
Even though this scene happened in the distant past, it was an established fact.
Even though he knew this outcome early on, he still felt very uncomfortable.
It was like reading a novel.
The protagonist went through countless hardships, narrowly escaping a world-ending disaster as if cheating, and then led the survivors to rebuild civilization.
Just as he was about to enter a new stage and achieve the great revival of civilization—
An indescribable monster appeared, killed him, and completely annihilated this civilization.
Lucas finally understood why Ikor harbored such complex emotions towards this planet.
He silently, once again, advanced the image. This time he skipped the nuclear war on Prosilicus and the arrival of the Watcher, going to the origin of the ancient Prosilicus civilization.
Countless years ago, an insect crawled from the ocean onto land. After a long period of time, it grew a human-like torso, limbs, and a head.
Its limbs continuously differentiated. Although it still retained the habit of running on all fours, its front claws became increasingly flexible.
This was also a humanoid race. And from a human aesthetic perspective, they were somewhat uglier compared to other humanoid races on other Planets.
Snap!
The image paused.
Lucas flew down from the air, to the Planet's surface.
He came before a Prosilican.
This was the first time a Prosilican attempted to use fire.
"Yin!"
"Yin!"
"Yin!"
This Prosilican was jumping and dancing in front of the fire, continuously uttering a short syllable.
"Is this the pleasure of the Watcher?" Lucas muttered a complaint.
Afterward, he spent a few more days with this Prosilican, watching how he taught others to recognize fire and use fire.
One night, they used fire to drive away a beast.
Then a group of Prosilicans, led by him, performed some ancient dance around the fire. Suddenly, they knelt facing one direction, continuously shouting.
"Yin!"
"Yin!"
"Yin!"
Lucas fell silent again.
Perhaps it was some kind of coincidence.
The direction these ancient Prosilicans were facing was precisely the direction he was in.
A few days later, an anomalous signal interrupted Lucas's 'observation' of the ancient Prosilicus civilization.
The male Ancient One sent him a message.
The gist was to remind him that the Sorcerers' Convention was about to start and not to be late.
"What a pity, this is a story with an ending already written."
Lucas sighed, ending his 'observation' of the ancient Prosilicus civilization.
Snap!
The silver light contracted back into Lucas's body. The scene of the ancient Prosilicus civilization also shattered like a bubble.
Lucas turned and glanced at Prosilicus, then, after some thought, flew towards the previous shop.
The snacks on this Planet tasted peculiar, and he planned to bring a portion for the male Ancient One.
Lucas arrived at the shop, and the shop owner immediately recognized him. He walked towards Lucas angrily.
"Oops, I forgot to brainwash him."
Upon seeing this, Lucas understood what was happening.
By this time, nearly ten days had passed.
As early as when Lucas copied a Prosilicus, he had lifted the time-stopping spell. He couldn't possibly freeze the time on this Planet just because of a joke between a young couple.
And after such a long time, the shop owner could still recognize him, a customer he had only met once.
There was only one possibility.
The shop owner thought he had eaten and run.
"Boss, I paid last time." Lucas said, cutting in front of the shop owner.
Although it was forced buying and selling, he paid.
"Uh... customer, you misunderstood."
The shop owner was stunned, he walked around Lucas towards a table behind him.
"You brat, didn't I tell you not to come looking for my daughter?"
Lucas looked behind him, it was the young man from last time who said he wished time would stop.
"Uncle, listen to my explanation—"
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, I don't agree and neither does my daughter."
Soon, the shop owner severely reprimanded the young man and chased him away.
Then he came back to Lucas and apologized, "I'm sorry, customer. You had to watch that. How about this? Today's meal is on me."
"Then thank you, boss. But could you tell me what's going on?" Lucas smiled, curious.
"This young man is my daughter's ex-boyfriend. A while ago, I caught him being intimate with another girl here."
(End of Chapter)
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