Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 217 Earth Years Later

Time flies. No matter how long the history of civilization is, it is nothing more than a moment of light and death in the boundless universe.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed.

Seen from the distant deep space, the once aqua blue Earth now looks like a pearl dotted on the black curtain, pure white with a hint of luster.

The huge sky city is stacked up one after another, suspended above the earth, like thick white clouds, wrapping up the entire planet, making it look a bit hazy and dreamy.

A figure suddenly appeared above the Endless Sky City.

It was actually a young man.

When the detection light from Sky City swept across him, it was as if it swept across a vacuum, with no reaction at all.

"I haven't been back for nearly a hundred years. A lot has changed..."

Lin Qing looked at the earth today with great interest. He could see a faint halo of the atmospheric control system flickering on the edge of the outermost sky city, making this sky city covering the entire globe even more dreamy.

A hundred years ago, he heard Chu Hongjun say that he was planning to transform the Earth using the planet construction method of a Level 1.9 civilization.

But he didn't expect it to be so fast.

In just a hundred years, the entire earth has changed completely. It feels like returning to a remote hometown, only to find that it has suddenly turned into an advanced city that only appears in science fiction movies.

"There are so many people..."

With just a glance, Lin Qing could see the connecting passages between these huge sky cities.

These channels are like ribbons wrapped around the floating city. Various large and small aircraft shuttle back and forth in the channels, crisscrossing each other in a complex yet orderly manner. The hub centers where a large number of channels converge are transportation fortresses, where all kinds of information and materials gather and divert.

There are almost no staff to be seen, and everything is managed and regulated entirely by intelligence to ensure the normal operation of the entire Sky City system.

The vertical eye between Lin Qing's eyebrows moved, and his gaze saw the interiors of the sky cities through the space channel.

The urban landscapes inside each sky city are different. Some still retain 21st century or retro style urban landscapes. The clothes of people on the streets are also different, and most of them are realistic projections.

"Today is May 2249, 5 AD. As the century-old tradition of 'Renaissance Day', the Earth's Supreme Council is held as scheduled."

"The Archon, the intelligent mastermind representing the highest decision-making level on Earth, delivered an important speech at the meeting today. In line with the will and ideas of Chairman Lin Qing, it has decided to implement the Mars immigration plan within five years. The number of the first batch of immigrants is tentatively set at 100 billion, all of whom will move into the Mars city cluster 'New Chang'an'. A new birth policy will also be introduced."

“Looking back, the Earth once struggled to survive in the apocalypse. From resource scarcity to ecological crisis, the numerous difficulties of the times have overwhelmed us. However, the indomitable pioneers of mankind rebuilt their homes in the ruins and headed towards the stars in the universe, which finally ushered in this best era.”

"Today, the sky city in the Earth's orbit is brightly lit, and people of different skin colors are working together for a common dream. This is the glory that countless ancestors have exchanged for with their sweat and blood. Please remember..."

While Lin Qing was flying between the sky cities, he casually listened to the global bulletin broadcast in each sky city.

In the Earth's orbit, you can also see an extremely large spaceport, shaped like a suspended silver ship.

Looking at the sun from billions of miles away, you can see a strange network of clouds surrounding the sun, which uses energy almost perfectly and reaches every sky city on Earth through transmission towers.

"Oh? Lin'an No. 1?"

Lin Qing suddenly discovered that the urban scene in a sky city was exactly the same as the Lin'an City where he lived more than a hundred years ago, and the familiar streets in Xiaoshan District also seemed familiar.

He moved and flew directly into the sky city called Lin'an No. 1.

The familiar streets and buildings made Lin Qing feel nostalgic.

You can also see many tourists and pedestrians visiting nearby, especially at the patrol office where he used to live and work, and many tourists take notes as souvenirs.

Lin Qing could also understand.

Before he went into seclusion in the Vacuum Tomb, he had the intelligent life in charge of controlling and leading the Earth's civilization created based on himself.

Whether in thinking, image, accent, etc., they are almost identical to him, and they absolutely obey his orders.

In addition, with the full cooperation of the propaganda department and various beautification measures, he truly fits the glorious image of a leader. Naturally, he is known to everyone and his global reputation is at its highest.

"The current look is too ostentatious, let's change it."

When Lin Qing revealed his figure, his whole appearance changed into another one.

Then, he slowly strolled along the street, just in time to reminisce the feeling of those years.

"Donor, the universe is impermanent."

Suddenly, a bald monk wearing a retro monk robe came over, put his hands together, and smiled and said, "Would you like to learn about the New Wuchang Temple?"

"New Wuchang Temple?" Lin Weiqing raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Isn't Wuchang Temple a temple in Lin'an City more than a hundred years ago?"

"Your Excellency has learned a lot of history."

The bald monk looked at Lin Qing in surprise, and then explained: "The New Wuchang Temple is built in the virtual world. The legendary second universe network requires universe citizens to enter, but most people have no hope of becoming universe citizens. Their lifespans are limited in the future. But after the development of virtual world technology, in the New Wuchang Temple, which is infinitely close to 100%, uploading personal memory backups can achieve eternal life."

"Eternal life?" Lin Qing was stunned. "It's just long-term storage of memory data, not uploading of consciousness. How can it be eternal life?"

"No." The bald monk shook his head and sighed, "Donor, why not think about it, who are you? Is what you perceive now necessarily your perception? What is really important is your root, the so-called Alaya consciousness..."

Before the bald monk could finish, a staff member in black came over and frowned, "Hey, bald man, this is the Lin'an Restoration Scenic Area. Haven't you seen the new regulations? It is forbidden to spread any form of digital life ideas here. Leave now."

The bald monk said helplessly: "I'm not spreading religion, it's just..."

"That won't work either, get out of here now." The staff member frowned.

The bald monk sighed and turned away.

The staff member glanced at Lin Qing and reminded him, "Young man, you are still quite sober. Don't trust these new digital life companies. They just want to make money from you."

"Young man?" Lin smiled lightly, not caring at all, and just asked, "Are there many people who spend money?"

"A lot." The staff member sighed and said, "After all, most people have difficulty even awakening their genes, and their lifespan is only a hundred or two hundred years. Who doesn't want to live forever? Even though they know that digital life is unreliable, some people still believe in it. As a result, there is an existential crisis now. Recently, an association for the protection of original people was established. If you are interested, you can check it out online."

"it is good."

Lin chuckled.

He continued to stroll around the restored urban area, while using his telekinesis to observe the current Earth civilization.

"There are many more people who have awakened their genes, but they are still a minority. Even fewer have become citizens of the universe. No wonder..."

Lin Qing was thoughtful.

More than a hundred years ago, genetic awakening was a very rare phenomenon in the world. Among the eight billion people in the world, there were only a few hundred genetically awakened people, excluding urban areas.

But now, if he senses carefully, he can sense countless tens of thousands of genetically awakened people.

But compared to today's global population, it is still a minority.

If there is no genetic awakening, even with current medical technology, long-term use of various drugs that help the body's evolution would probably allow one to live healthily to one or two hundred years old.

Compared with more than a hundred years ago, this life expectancy is already very good, and there are almost no terminal illnesses. Even advanced cancer can be completely cured. But people are afraid of comparison.

Compared with the lifespan of a small number of genetically awakened people, which is hundreds or even thousands of years, one will naturally feel unbalanced.

It is no wonder that some people would take the opportunity to promote digital life, an unreliable method of immortality.

"Given the environment on Earth, it's not too difficult to achieve universal genetic awakening..."

Lin Qing could sense that all the energy sources on Earth that gathered cosmic energy were accelerating the gathering of energy.

As long as enough energy is accumulated, it will once again burst out with huge energy to create an evolutionary radiation field, just like two hundred years ago, and it will spread all over the world.

This should be the method used by Chu Hongjun and his men.

When each planet transforms into a perfect planet, it will explode with enormous energy, which will transform into evolutionary radiation and spread all over the world, allowing all people on the planet to evolve and have their genes optimized.

It’s just… Two hundred years ago, the energy that exploded when the Earth transformed into a perfect planet was turned by the Zhixing people into a doomsday storm that destroyed the world.

Now should be the time for Chu Hongjun and his team to accumulate energy again.

"Meet them." Lin Qing immediately flashed and disappeared on the spot.

……

"Lin Qing, you're back?"

Qi Lingxiao, who arrived first, looked at Lin Qing with a smile, "I didn't expect you to have been in seclusion for so long. How are you doing now? Are you confident in the Star God Trial?"

"Almost." Lin Qing nodded. "I noticed that Master Qi's Chaoyang Martial Arts School has done a good job in promoting it. Has it become a high school course?"

"It has been improved again. Unfortunately, it is still difficult for ordinary people to cultivate to genetic awakening through this." Qi Lingxiao shook his head slightly, "We can only wait for Chu Hongjun to replenish the earth's energy."

"It was indeed done by Dean Chu." Lin Qingwei nodded slightly.

"Chu Hongjun said that he plans to replenish the earth's energy three times, accumulating it for about one hundred and ten years each time. This will allow the genes of the earthlings to be optimized to the point where they can be born with genetic awakening." Qi Lingxiao said.

Lin Qing suddenly realized and said, "More than three hundred years? That's not too fast."

"Pretty fast."

A calm voice sounded, and Chu Hongjun, who was wearing a white coat as usual, appeared and said, "After the first humans appeared on Earth, it took hundreds of thousands of years for the Earth to accumulate enough energy. Now it has been shortened to 110 years, which is already very fast."

Irenato also followed in. Today she was not wearing a nun's uniform, but a more casual look.

"Okay." Lin Qing didn't quite understand, but since there was an intelligent brain making the decisions, there was nothing to worry about.

"How many people are there on Earth now?" Lin Qing asked curiously.

"One hundred and thirty-seven billion." Chu Hongjun said.

"So many people? No wonder..."

Lin Qing glanced at the Anti-Entropy panel. Now the order level has reached more than 80,000 levels, not far from 100,000 levels.

More than a hundred years ago, there were only eight billion people on Earth.

Now it has increased more than ten times, no wonder the order level is so high.

It’s just that the number of strong people didn’t increase much, so the order level didn’t break 100,000.

"This sky city that imitates the Cloud Country of Level 1.9 civilization is most suitable for increasing living space and population on the life planet. In addition, the resources purchased by the Gold Chamber of Commerce are sufficient. It is not too fast to increase to more than billion in more than a hundred years."

Chu Hongjun said: "It took 20 years to adjust the social ideology. In the past, people advocated not getting married or having children. It takes time to change this. Otherwise, there would be at least 200 billion people now."

"Is there enough room to live in Sky City?" Lin Qing asked.

"Even if there are 1 trillion people, Sky City can accommodate them now."

Chu Hongjun said: "However, considering the energy burden of the Earth, the Supreme Council has already begun to implement an immigration plan. After the first global outbreak of evolutionary radiation, those who have no hope of achieving the priesthood and lack talent will immigrate to Mars to live. In addition, the life planet transformation plan on Mars is also being implemented."

He glanced at Lin Qing and said, "It's a pity that there are no void creatures, otherwise the planets in the nearby star system could also be developed for immigration. It would take too long to rely solely on fortress transportation."

Lin Qing was thoughtful.

Yes, if there are void creatures, they can create space materials to open wormholes and build wormholes one after another.

Otherwise, even with navigation technology that is ten times the speed of light, it would still take ten years to travel hundreds of light years away.

"It's okay. I have a feeling recently that as long as I am given enough time, I should be able to transform into a void creature." Qi Lingxiao suddenly said.

"Master Qi has a high level of comprehension?" Lin Qing asked in surprise.

"I was just lucky." Qi Lingxiao smiled, "It was mainly because I went to explore the Silver Labyrinth for the second time and got a Star Fighter's 'Divine Guidance Device'. With the divine specialization, it was indeed much easier to practice. I have already mastered the combination of divine skills."

"Oh?"

Lin Qing's eyes lit up and he asked, "Master Qi, do you now have the strength of the tenth level of Xingyuan?"

"Just barely." Master Qi nodded. "I tried many times and was lucky to pass the tenth level of Xingyuan."

Lin Qing couldn't help but laugh and said, "Then as long as Master Qi's power meets the requirements, he can also enter the Vacuum Tomb and have the hope of becoming a tomb keeper. I will help you try after I pass the Star God Trial. If you can visit the Museum of Cosmic Wonders in the Vacuum Tomb more often, the probability of transforming into the Void will be even greater."

Unfortunately, we are not sure how to forcibly control the princes of the Nine-Star Civilization. If they commit suicide when we extract the source of power, it will be troublesome.

"Where is Ms. Irenato?" Lin Qing looked at Irenato again.

"Transforming the Void... I don't have any idea yet." Irenado shook her head slightly. "These years, I have mainly been observing the evolution of civilization and guiding it at all times. I don't have that much time."

As a rare guide of civilization, she can accurately discover the birth of geniuses, the areas of expertise, regulate the energy distribution within the earth on a large scale, increase efficiency, and even influence the luck of civilization, or the universe's preference.

These tasks are also quite mentally demanding.

Lin Qing did not persuade her much, but just said: "After stabilizing, Ms. Irenado should still spend more time on personal evolution."

Ms. Irenado nodded slightly and said, "Please visit Jiayi more often when you have time."

"We often meet in the Second Universe Network."

Lin Qing perfunctorily said to her mother-in-law, and then said: "In addition, in the past hundred years, the space and time of the Earth should have been explored many times by people from the second-level civilization. Some of the auras are so powerful that they are unbelievable. They are probably terrifying beings that have descended from the void star sea. Fortunately, they can't find the Earth."

He glanced at the three of them and said, "So, we should upgrade as soon as possible. Even if all the points of the gravekeepers are used to hide the Earth, we may be able to hold out for hundreds of thousands of years, but one day we will have to face these second-level civilizations."

Chu Hongjun nodded slightly and said, "I have already told them how your cultivation is going. Whether you succeed in your Star God Trial or not will have the greatest impact on Earth civilization."

"I plan to... take part in the Star God Trial tomorrow." Lin Qing said.

(End of this chapter)