Chapter 1731: Chapter 1731
1731: Chapter 1727: Newborn 1731: Chapter 1727: Newborn Would Lu Ping’an dare?
He probably really wouldn’t.
Lu Ping’an never denied greed as one of humanity’s inherent traits; he even considered it one of the driving forces behind human progress.
In his view, as long as it wasn’t excessive, didn’t cross lines, wasn’t illegal, or didn’t devour others’ shares, having big ambitions or being a little greedy and aggressive wasn’t a problem.
But seeking death was another matter entirely.
Never mind avoiding the AOE effects and battlefields of the deities’ deathmatches.
Gods kept falling one after another, their corpses transforming into Strange Domains.
Lu Ping’an figured that if he fell in, getting out would be one problem; wasting away decades or even centuries inside would be another, essentially rendering one useless.
In reality, some bold individuals had already ventured closer…
and most died to all kinds of inexplicable AOEs.
The lucky ones who managed to skirt around them would still end up swallowed whole by the “Eternal Hunger” New Gods.
Still, some scraps, crystallized divine powers, and other assorted chaos floated outward.
The outskirts remained crowded with ships, and even if they were just scavenging that “driftwood,” many lucky ones were likely born that way.
Just as the Big Cat said, if the Giant God truly fell, the world might fill its belly, and humanity, as the leading ethnic group of this world, might overstuff itself.
As for the deities used as scapegoats?
Ha, after lording over the world for so many years and after so many churches fought to monopolize societal resources, it was only fair for them to vomit it all out now that a calamity had befallen the world.
A sudden explosion caught Lu Ping’an’s attention.
It came from behind this time, which was unusual…
Sure enough, turning around, he saw the battlefield of two Quasi-Gods.
The reason for their fight?
Utterly simple—it was the driftwood beneath their feet.
Some things never change, do they.”
Where there’s noblest sacrifice, there’s the basest squabble.
What was once a “god” as rare as a precious treasure was now drifting with the sea, bound to spark fights and deathmatches.
Even comrades would turn against each other in an instant when faced with immense opportunity and profit.
“Lu Ping’an, they aren’t comrades…
one’s from the West, from Europa, and the other’s from the Eastern Country.”
Well then, that just meant there would be even less mercy.
Lu Ping’an considered it for a moment.
He was close enough—perhaps he could “mediate” and snag a share along the way.
After all, being only eighth-tier himself, there wasn’t much he could “consume.”
“Chris, come with me to mediate…
Let’s start by beating up the Europa one, so negotiating later will be easier…”
The abrupt sound startled Lu Ping’an awake.
Turning around sharply, he realized he no longer needed to mediate.
The driftwood suddenly sprang to life and swallowed the two dueling Quasi-Gods in one gulp!
Lu Ping’an was stunned.
He’d never seen anything before.
He hesitated for a moment, but his feet didn’t stop.
If this kind of monster broke through the blockade, the scale of suffering it would unleash was unimaginable.
But the next moment, he stopped.
He saw the monster, like a mass of black sludge, thrashing on the sea as if it couldn’t digest its meal.
If that were all, Lu Ping’an wouldn’t have stopped.
Yet through his Eye of Truth, Lu Ping’an saw something bizarre happening within it.
was transforming into a humanoid form.
Clearly, this wasn’t normal.
If you become what you eat, the Multi-universe would’ve been consumed long ago.
Lu Ping’an observed intently, surveying the complete energy fluctuations of its transformation, and finally discerned some patterns.
He saw the world’s “malice.”
As part of the Octopus God Above Gods’ bloodline, these newborns were, in a sense, fragments of It.
From birth, “gluttony” was their instinct and authority.
But gluttony was an impulse, a process.
After feasting, digestion was inevitable, and the nutrients absorbed naturally sustained life and even fostered evolution.
That’s the basic logic of life, and this world had conveniently exploited this logic.
It’s guiding ‘gluttony’ as ‘evolution,’ and within that evolution, steering the ‘prey’ to become templates for evolution, ultimately directing the outcome of life toward ‘humanity’…”
The lacking knowledge, memories, and rationality were all replenished from “prey,” with the missing intellect and reasoning copied from their templates, and finally constructing a body using humanity as a model…
Before Lu Ping’an’s eyes, a three-meter-tall humanoid creature was struggling to emerge from the black sludge.
or rather, she seemed to perceive herself as female.
Even in a posed meditative posture, the curves were unmistakable.
Was this “evolved” humanity truly human?
Lu Ping’an couldn’t define it, but at the very least, they would see themselves as human or Human Gods.
“Survival of the fittest, huh…”
This wasn’t merely an opportunity for the New Gods, nor just a hunting ground for human Quasi-Gods.
Everyone here was prey; every party had an opportunity for evolution.
The world cared only about results, needing more newborn deities to complete itself.
From the perspective of results, it was unclear who profited or lost more.
Debating chances was pointless…
Victory meant gaining everything, defeat meant losing all.
Each individual’s stakes were all that mattered; agonizing over probabilities was a distraction designed to nudge reckless fools toward certain death.
Witnessing the birth of this “goddess,” Lu Ping’an stared unblinkingly.
Not because he had peculiar tastes, but because such an “existence,” such a life form, genuinely fascinated him.
“So, this is an Innate God?”
In Lu Ping’an’s experience, whether it was natural deities or professionals who ascended step by step, they were essentially Wisdom Life forms that gradually transcended.
Yet, just like those Nine-Headed Dragons or Sea Giants under the Octopus, some beings started as horses, while others were born in Rome.
Even then, life forms born Decree-level or even Rule-level paled in comparison to this being before him.
“Whether artificial or coincidental creations by fate, this is pure ‘rule’…”
Like ancient god-demons in human history, they were extraordinary from birth…
Compared to mortals, their starting and ending points were leagues apart.
Lu Ping’an vaguely sensed that this nascent goddess could start at eighth-tier, but adulthood would likely bring her to ninth-order, and even now she could probably overwhelm mortal ninth-order Quasi-Gods in combat.
Their body structure and soul consisted partly of the God Above Gods, partly of the world (Earth), and partly of those “donors (sacrifices).” From the moment of their birth, they were designed for evolution, possibly becoming this planet’s “New Humans.”
The root of it all was that the world had rewritten the rules, turning the God Above Gods into the energy source for its ascension.
In a way, it was as if the world and It were endlessly birthing offspring, each fragmenting the God Above Gods’ bloodline and powers, gradually weakening It.
And the newborns would naturally become the cornerstone of the new world…
“Little one, you and I share a fate.
Would you like to join my camp?”
Having pieced everything together, Lu Ping’an acted immediately.
With a quick step forward, Lu Ping’an began his pitch.
The entity tilted her head.
The slender female with blue hair and silver eyes emitted a sound like a baby’s, adorably tilting her head.
Clearly, she was going to need some time to hit her intellectual stride.
Come with your big brother.
Big brother has whales at home, and a Big Cat that can do backflips.”
So, Lu Ping’an changed his approach, pulling out a handful of lollipops…
And wouldn’t you know it, it worked.
Though she now looked “human,” the essence of gluttony remained.
That faint sweetness instantly lit up the girl’s eyes.
With her safely stashed into his Courtyard, Lu Ping’an turned his gaze further into the distance.
Since he was here, he wasn’t leaving empty-handed.