Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 478 Earths (5k)

"There are many suspicious points."

“Where are the suspicious points? This planet is full of suspicious points!” a spirit exclaimed dramatically.

Four golden lamps and over a hundred ordinary lamps flickered around the white skeleton before them, illuminating the withered bones with a golden glow.

One of the little lamp spirits cautiously stretched out its flame and touched the thigh bone of the skeleton.

"It belongs to hydroxyapatite crystals, specifically calcium phosphate, and is a standard carbon-based bone. There are no signs of upgrading or modification."

"What a pity. If he were still alive, I could have talked to the owner of this skeleton and asked him why he committed suicide."

The spirits have not yet mastered the technology to resurrect the dead, nor can they piece together the skeleton of the deceased back into a living person through particle assembly.

More than a hundred lamps floated around the room, circling the gleaming skeleton.

Among them, four of the purest golden lamp spirits flew out and carefully examined the condition of the skeleton.

Golden Lamp A: "Did you all notice that, just like this Earth, this skeleton has not shown any signs of decay even after 20,000 years?"

Golden Lamp B: "It's not just this Earth, the Earth next door is the same. The Earth next door is still in the state it was in a year after it was destroyed by nuclear bombs. The buildings have not collapsed, the nuclear radiation has not dissipated, the city ruins have not weathered, the acid ocean has not self-cleaned, everything is preserved in the state it was in 20000 years ago."

Golden Lamp C: "I can't feel any trace of nature on this planet... There is no nature at all on these two planets."

Golden Lamp E: "The reason is simple."

The other genies looked at it.

As the golden lamp E glowed slightly in the air, a large amount of silvery-gray flocculent matter appeared in the seemingly clean air nearby, falling down in the invisible air like flocculent sediment in a transparent solution.

The spirits stared at the silvery-gray, fluffy substance falling into the air before them, lost in thought.

"These are highly advanced nanorobots, a strong example of an 8B-level civilization. These nanorobots are about 1 nm in size and are distributed throughout the atmosphere, oceans, and crust of the entire planet."

They are everywhere, found inside plants, animals, and even bacteria.

Silver-gray fluff floated above the flame of the Golden Lamp E.

Then, the golden lamp lit up slightly, and the silvery-gray fluffy substances were instantly melted by the light.

Bacteria on this planet are about 0.2 micrometers in size, while this nanorobot is only 1 nanometer, a difference of three orders of magnitude. It is smaller than a virus (80-120 nm) and its volume is equivalent to that of a large molecule.

These nanorobots are too small.

"You mean, these nanobots are maintaining the appearance of the two Earths?" a spirit asked.

The Golden Lamp Spirit E blinked once, as if to confirm.

"Both Earths are covered with these nanobots called [enforcement units]. There are more than 10 of these nanobots in total. Under their control, everything from a speck of dust to a wisp of fungus is under their surveillance."

Golden Lamp Spirit E picked up a few bacteria from the soil outside and then threw them onto the skeleton.

Sure enough, a group of [law enforcement units] swarmed in and completely devoured the bacteria.

Then Golden Lamp Spirit E picked up a stone and threw it onto the skeleton.

The enforcement unit was dispatched again and immediately destroyed the illegally placed stone.

That wretched stone, how dare it invade the private residence of the property owner!

Kill!

The bewildered stone vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye, bitten into microscopic powder, which was then transported out by the [law enforcement unit] and scattered in the soil.

Golden Lamp E didn't experiment on any plants or animals, after all, these are living things, and throwing in some bacteria and stones is enough to explain everything.

Golden Lamp E: "Within the entire urban area of ​​the Earth, there are no bacteria, no dust, no plants except for green belts, and no insects. The sunlight is also weakened to a fixed power by nanobots. The atmospheric humidity is strictly controlled by these law enforcement units. Even every whirlpool in the ocean and every gust of wind in the atmosphere are under the strict control of these law enforcement units."

At this point, the golden lamp E dimmed slightly.

"The natural world of this planet has been completely killed by these law enforcement agencies. Without the regulation of nature itself, these cities can naturally remain immortal for thousands of years... As for the animals outside the cities, they are nothing more than pitiful creatures that strictly follow the law enforcement agencies."

Even though food was just a stone's throw away, the wild animals dared not venture into the city.

From large mammals to insects and birds, none dared to cross the line.

The law enforcement unit has carved out a new ecosystem across the entire planet.

The lamp spirits suddenly realized.

"So, the ocean planet next door is the same."

Enforcement units spread across the entire ocean planet killed all marine life, microorganisms, and prevented any plants from sprouting. The atmosphere and oceans of the entire planet were strictly controlled; even nuclear radiation and ocean acidity had to be kept within a constant range… This directly resulted in that ocean planet maintaining its nuclear wasteland character for the past 2 years.

Golden Lamp Spirit E tapped the lampshade.

Each of the lamp spirits captured a portion of the [law enforcement unit], examined its internal structure, and sighed.

Although this civilization's technology has not reached higher dimensions, it has already achieved the ability to freely control matter at the atomic scale, truly deserving of its Class 8B designation.

These [law enforcement units] don't even need additional energy replenishment; sunlight alone is enough to meet their daily needs. Moreover, the law enforcement units have the ability to self-clean, self-repair, and self-replicate.

This means that without external interference, these law enforcement units can operate autonomously for millions of years or even longer.

"This is unbelievable! This civilization has already built a fleet, but instead of exploring other star systems, they're just hoarding technology within planets. What's the point? No matter how powerful these [law enforcement units] are, they'll be frozen into interstellar dust as soon as they enter space. What's the point then?"

"A civilization that is involutionary is doomed to death."

"Speaking of which, where is the fleet of the Producers Earth? Weren't they quite formidable when they attacked Ocean Earth? Why haven't we seen them in near-Earth orbit?"

A spirit from the lightship E replied: "The entire fleet of the Producer Earth has scuttled itself on the 'ice giant' and 'cold giant' of this star system."

These spirits have already discovered a large number of fleet wreckages on those two distant planets. These warships are the same ones that destroyed Ocean Earth. According to the warship logs, after completing the bombardment of Ocean Earth, this mechanical fleet immediately turned around and headed towards the outer planetary belt, deliberately crashing into those two ice giant planets, where they were completely destroyed.

"This civilization is sick."

The lamp spirits thought for a long time, and could only come up with this one evaluation.

"They even transported all the refugees out of the country..."

"But these refugees are probably doomed. This civilization's technological path has been inwardly focused, and its interstellar travel technology is very crude. The speed of its spaceships is at most 1% of the speed of light, and even its armor is just primitive protection based on metallic bonds and intermolecular forces. Any meteorite would be a major disaster."

"I really don't understand." A small light kept flashing; it was the first time in its life that it had ever seen a civilization that would voluntarily 'commit suicide'.

"Since this final producer chose to commit suicide, he could have left this planet to the poor. Why did he have to drive everyone away before he died? Why did he have to destroy the ocean planet and even use law enforcement to prevent any life from growing on the entire ocean planet?"

“Only he knows the answer to this question,” said one of the spirits.

All the lamp spirits focused their lights on the skeleton, making it shine with a golden light.

...

The four golden lamp spirits, having left the skeleton of the final mother at some point, were still strolling along the deserted main street of the city.

It is called a city, but in reality it is all the courtyard of this final producer.

In many courtyard shops, they saw mechanical animatronics; the planet's animatronics technology was clearly quite advanced, with men, women, and children all rendered with remarkable realism. Among them were numerous humanoid figurines: a beautiful, giant mermaid; a nonchalant broker smoking a cigarette; a priest wearing a cross; and the recurring Tapped robot.

Among these simulated humans, the one appearing most frequently is none other than Sun Jack, who single-handedly killed forty-two Ultimate Producers, ending the Ultimate Producer Era and establishing a malfunctioning utopia… This guy seems to hold a very special position on this earth. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that the Ultimate Producer's personal preferences led to so many being displayed here.

Leaving aside Sun Jack, who was on one street, the four Golden Lamp Spirits became increasingly shocked and frightened during their tour of the entire city.

Only when they were there in person could the spirits truly appreciate how much this race called 'humans' resembled God himself, especially in appearance.

The four golden lamp spirits lowered their own light to a minimum, communicating tensely through low-frequency flashing.

Golden Lamp A: "Have you noticed? Whether it's the 'humans' of the ocean planet or the 'humans' of the final producer planet, they all look very much like God."

Jin Deng B: "It's not just similar, it's like they were made from the same mold."

Golden Lamp C: "I found God's race in the Federation's database."

"Isn't God just God? How can there be races?"

Golden Lamp C: "God is a later title. Before becoming God, God did indeed have a race."

"What is God's race?"

"Humanity."

The Golden Lamp C casually tossed out the answer.

The other three lamp spirits were struck dumb.

"Could it be a case of duplicate names, both called 'Human'?" Golden Lamp A asked cautiously.

"They all have two arms and two legs, two eyes and one mouth, and their noses and ears match up. Their race names also match up. Let's stop deceiving ourselves. So-called humans are God!"

"But these humans are not exactly the same as God. God has always been an old man with white hair, a white beard, and a white robe, while the humans on these two Earths have all sorts of hair colors and skin colors of black, white, and yellow."

"Young lamp spirits are all colorful, while grown lamp spirits will emit a golden yellow color."

The four golden lamp spirits were arguing using low-frequency light.

One of the golden lamp spirits suddenly spoke up, "Speaking of God, have you forgotten that we also met a guy who looked like God not long ago?"

The other two spirits quickly realized: "Festival Clan, Gagarin!"

Golden Lamp E was a little confused: "Gagalin? What are you guys talking about? I don't understand."

The other three Golden Lamp Spirits explained to this Golden Lamp Spirit their encounter with the Festival Tribe in the Pojiang Civilization.

After listening, Golden Lamp E commented:

Could it be an imitation?
Since the return of the Old God, many races in the Carbon-Based Federation have changed their appearance to resemble God. For example, our fleet commander, [Blue], has always maintained a God-like appearance.

He was accompanied by a fellow named Xiao Qing, also depicted as God. Influenced by God, many S-class civilizations have altered their appearance to resemble God… which is the human form we see.”

Golden Lantern B, who knows the Festival Tribe best, retorted: "It's unlikely. The appearance changes of the Festival Tribe are generally only related to the appearance of the tribe that celebrated its birthday last time. Don't forget, when we saw Gagarin, he was wearing a spacesuit!"

"Could it be that 'God' just hatched from its shell?" Golden Lamp E pondered.

“That’s impossible,” the other golden lamp spirits retorted simultaneously.

"Three gods have already returned from beyond the edge of the universe, and the news has spread throughout the entire Carbon-Based Federation. Most of the early gods have become old people, while a small number have become gods. You must know that even the Carbon-Based Federation was raised by these old gods from childhood. How could there possibly be gods who have just hatched? If you ask me, these humans are nothing more than life forms that have impersonated gods!"

Golden Lamp Spirit E pointed to the Earth beneath its feet: "Suppose, I mean suppose, if these kinds of humans were created by the gods? Otherwise, how do you explain the identical amino acid sequences on the two Earths?"

Golden Lamp Spirit E added, "As for that festival tribe called Gagarin, it's easy to explain. Suppose, suppose there are more than two Earths like the one beneath our feet?"

The light from the Golden Lamp E dimmed: "What if there's a third Earth, a fourth Earth, a fifth Earth... and each Earth has a human civilization that closely resembles God, and one of those civilizations has just hatched, and the one that hatched it is named Gagarin... wouldn't everything make sense?"

The lamp spirits all went dark at once.

After a while, Golden Lamp A asked, "So what should we do next?"

"Summon all lightships for in-depth tracking and research. Suspend all rescue operations and focus all efforts on finding other possible Earths," said Golden Lantern E.

"How exactly do you track it?" Jin Deng B asked.

"Didn't the Earth civilization, the final producers, launch a spaceship carrying 20 billion poor people before it perished? Let's follow the migration spaceship to find them!" Golden Lamp E said with great enthusiasm.

Soon, the Lamp Spirits obtained all the information about this civilization's migration 20,000 years ago and found the destination of these migrant ships.

Lamp Spirit E: "Let me see... Their destination is the inner edge of the Orion Arm, roughly near the midpoint of the arm's length, in a relatively empty region of the interstellar medium within the interstellar bubble, where there is a main-sequence star system."

The spirits A, B, and C stared blankly at the familiar destination.

This is the direction they came from—although there is a distance difference of about 10 light-years.

Lamp Spirit E: "What's wrong?"

Lamp Spirit A explained, emphasizing, "That place is very close to the Epsilon Eridani star system. Gagarin wouldn't allow us to get within 50 light-years of the Epsilon Eridani star system!"

Lamp Spirit E: "The Festival Clan and the Lamp Spirit Civilization are two equal civilizations. Even in this remote place, we don't need to listen to them. If there's anything, we can go back to the Carbon-Based Federation to argue about it. We don't need to worry about them."

"Let's go back first, convene a meeting of all the lamp spirits, and also notify the other six lamp ships in the squad."

Just as the four golden lamps were about to drift away, a voice suddenly called out to them.

"and many more."

The lamp spirits all froze.

"It is me, Earth's intelligent AI, the dead steward of the final producer. We communicated earlier through the [law enforcement unit]."

Suddenly, a "Sun Jack" figure started up and staggered off the figure stand.

"Is there something you need?" the lamp spirit asked in return.

The spirits instantly scanned the mechanical figure at the atomic level, confirming that it was an intelligent machine rather than a real person, and was establishing a 'hotspot link' with the central computer of the city below through an electromagnetic wave transmitter in its brain, thereby controlling the lifelike figure.

Thankfully, it wasn't a person, just an AI.
Fortunately, it wasn't a person, just an AI.
"Sun Jack" staggered to his feet: "Alien visitors, I have the locations of all six Earths here, as well as a lot of undecipherable God's technical data... These were all tricked from God by the Producers. Do you want them?"

The lamp spirits looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Conditions?" Golden Lamp Spirit A asked tentatively.

"I don't have any conditions, I just want to see how my younger siblings are doing."

Sun Jieke gave a stiff smile.
"Do you want us to take you away?" Golden Lamp Spirit A asked, mustering his courage.

For some reason, even though the Earth in front of them posed no threat whatsoever, the genies were still somewhat afraid when they saw the smile on the android figurine.

'Sun Jack' shook his head. "No, I'm not going anywhere. This is my home. This new final producer deserves to die, but after he died, this civilization was already extinct. I'm just a tomb keeper... Oh, I mean, after you find other Earths, you just need to send me a photo or a video."

"Let me see photos or videos, that's enough..."

After saying this, he lowered his head, his body seemingly trembling.

Finally, he said, almost pleadingly, "I just want to know, in this damn world, does... an eternal utopia even exist?"

The lamp spirits got goosebumps all over.

(End of this chapter)