Infinite Chimera Creation

Hmph, let's begin then.

So, while Guro was racking his brains for the future of his race, his companions had already used their intelligence to win over the princess and reach the pinnacle of their beastly lives.

If Guro could know what his friends were doing right now, and compare it with himself, he would definitely understand how he got the title of Sage, and he would also understand how malicious the "Eternal" prefix before Sage really is.

Chapter 124 Deliberation

Before the Great Cataclysm, humans had explored most of the Earth except for the deep sea. However, after the First Cataclysm, in order to escape the terrifying Gastrea, humans were confined to settlements, relying on the protection of the monoliths to barely survive, and their range of activities was greatly reduced.

Subsequently, during the Second Cataclysm, in order to avoid the ubiquitous chimeras, humanity once again shrank its range of activity, staying only in three settlements and daring not to venture out.

Because of humanity's retreat, most of the Earth has become the territory of the synthetic beasts. They follow their instincts and roam freely across all the land they can see, with only a few places that they instinctively avoid.

Neither humans nor children of monsters, neither monsters nor intelligent Gastrea dared to interfere with their freedom, nor even monitor these chimeras.

Because these monsters have powerful souls, they are extremely sensitive to any kind of surveillance. One large group of Bartolo spiders even besieged their settlement for a full month due to satellite surveillance from Tokyo.

Although these giant spiders dared not actually invade Tokyo, which was protected by the serpent-patterned possessor, and didn't even dare to spit venom into the settlement from a distance, the people of Tokyo were still terrified. Since this siege, monitoring chimeras has become one of the most strictly enforced prohibitions among various factions.

It was precisely because no one dared to monitor these terrifying monsters that no one noticed the strange events occurring among these chimeras.

Thousands upon thousands of Bartolo spiders, swarms of Dosak eight-eyed lions, sky-covering variable crystal bats, burrowing burrowing worms, and semi-hydrous multi-armed clams that infest the nearshore waters—all these groups, which belong to the top of the food chain among the chimeras, one day tacitly gathered on a plain near the sea.

These monsters, who should have no intelligence and act only on instinct, gathered together without any command. There were no roars, no fighting, no commotion; these monsters, who had dominated the earth, lay silently under the scorching sun, waiting for something.

As time went by, more and more chimera groups arrived here. They also made no sound, randomly finding an open space to rest, and then waiting silently.

Finally, night fell, the darkness deepened, and the full moon reached its zenith. The chimeras could no longer wait, and the leaders of the various races rose to their feet simultaneously, followed by countless other chimeras.

"There's no need to wait for those weaker groups who didn't arrive on time. The meeting will now begin."

Standing at the forefront of the Dosak eight-eyed lion pride, the majestic eight-eyed lion, with its fur entirely black, unlike the bright red of ordinary Dosak eight-eyed lions, uttered a deep, almost roaring human voice.

If the leaders of those settlements could see this scene, they'd probably have a heart attack. The reason they've been able to hold onto hope despite the threat of the chimeras is because the chimeras lack reason, and with the help of the serpent pattern and cunning, humanity can retain a small space to survive.

But what we're seeing now clearly proves a terrifying truth: intelligent individuals have emerged among the chimeras, and these intelligent individuals may even have the ability to command non-intelligent individuals.

"Reconsider, the proceedings should begin immediately."

The Bartolo giant spider's metallic mandibles opened and closed, emitting a chilling metallic clanging sound, along with indistinct human voices.

Subsequently, the leaders of the various tribes expressed the same opinion as the giant spider leader.

Upon seeing this, the eight-eyed lion leader let out a short, powerful roar, and then spoke again in its voice, which sounded like an angry howl.

"Therefore, I will be frank. This is our only chance to return to Hell. The Dosak Eight-Eyed Lion Clan will fight with all its might and spare no effort to return to Hell. Anyone who tries to block our path back is an enemy that our clan must kill."

After speaking, the eight eyes of the Eight-Eyed Lion Chief began to flash with various colors, its threat evident in its words. Behind it, the eyes of tens of thousands of Eight-Eyed Lions also flashed with eerie light, and for a moment, the night seemed to be dispelled by these terrifying monsters.

However, the threat from the Eight-Eyed Lion leader was of little significance. How could any chimera that dared to come here be afraid of a threat?

Immediately, the ground trembled, and the giant, serpentine leader of the Zelo predatory worms burst forth from the map, letting out a sharp shriek.

"Dosak! As the strongest of the Cossack Eight-Eyed Lion clan, bearing the name of Dosak, how can you utter such unwise words!? What kind of life do we live in Hell?! Doesn't your bloodline memory record it!? In Hell, we are merely livestock, slaughtered at will. But here, we are kings, no one can defy us, no one dares to defy us! With such an obvious difference, why do you still want to return to Hell!"

The eight-eyed lion leader roared, its deep voice completely drowning out the howls of the hunting worms that were screeching along with the hunting worm leader, and sneered disdainfully.

"Livestock?! Without strength or intelligence, what's wrong with being livestock? But things are different now. We have the strength to stand firm in Hell, so why don't we go back there! Only by returning there can we have any hope of advancing further. Staying in this world, we will soon reach our limit and be unable to go any further!"

"The strength to stand firm? Dosak, how dare you say you have the strength to stand firm in hell? How could you say such a ridiculous thing? Has the fear of those weak lives clouded your judgment?"

As soon as the Eight-Eyed Lion Chief finished speaking, a large number of bubbles rose from the sea, and an enormous black seashell emerged from the water. The seashell did not open, but emitted a sound that was both an echo and a muffled thud.

"With our strength, even if we escaped the category of livestock in Hell, we'd only be cannon fodder. Anyone with a little status could order us around at will, even throwing us into testing grounds to test the strength of those dangerous items. And you actually say we can survive here?!"

Before the Eight-Eyed Lion Chief could refute the Multi-Armed Clam Chief's words, the Bartolo Giant Spider Chief stepped forward first, its mandibles clashing together, uttering indistinct yet firm words amidst the sharp metallic clanging sound.

“No, deep within our blood surges an impulse to return to hell. Regardless of the reason or our status, we should not go against the guidance of our instincts.”

"Ridiculous! Acting entirely on instinct, is your intelligence only good for figuring out how to eat?!"

"Indeed, wisdom is meaningless to our people. Our way of survival has never been about thinking, but about acting."

Chapter 125 Questioning

Upon hearing the giant spider leader's words, the predatory worm leader laughed in anger, losing all interest in arguing with him. He turned his eyeless head, staring at the eight-eyed lion leader with an unknown organ, and asked coldly,

"Cossack, are you like that guy who gave up thinking, willing to abandon everything and return to hell just because of that ridiculous instinct?"

“Yes, I also crave to return to hell because of my instincts, but my instincts are different from Bartolo’s.”

The Eight-Eyed Lion Chief looked intently at the Hunting Worm Chief, and answered slowly but firmly.

“My instinct is to become stronger. I am a lion, a lion standing at the top, looking down on everyone, and I should be the king. But you are just a filthy worm that only dares to crawl underground. As long as you can survive, you are content with the status quo and never think about how to become stronger.”

Upon hearing the Eight-Eyed Lion Chief's clearly insulting words, the seemingly hot-tempered Worm Chief did not erupt in anger. Instead, his demeanor instantly turned cold, and his voice became sinister and terrifying.

"I'm content with the status quo. I just want to survive. Is that wrong? Powerful? What's the use of being powerful? What reason do I have to give up the wonderful life I've worked so hard for for some vague and uncertain power?"

"So, you are just an insect, while I am a lion."

Looking coldly at the leader of the predatory earthworms, the eight-eyed lion leader remained unmoved by the other's words and said...

"Even without a decent status, I will hold my head high and move forward; even if everything is taken away, I will hold fast to my beliefs; even if I suffer all kinds of hardships, I will never give up; even if I can't bear it, I will grit my teeth and endure it. Nothing can make me give up. I will eventually reach the end of that road and become a king. As for you, perhaps your determination to maintain the status quo is as firm as mine, but even if you reach the end of your road, you will still be a pathetic worm crawling around underground."

The predatory worm leader suddenly swung its body and let out an angry roar.

"Dosak! In your eyes, crawling in the mud is dirty, a symbol of inferiority, but to me, the mud is as air is to you, as water is to fish. I will never think that crawling underground is something I should be ashamed of, never!! You have the pride of a lion and I have mine. You take pride in pursuing strength, you take pride in becoming a king, and I take pride in living, and in living longer. Something is wrong!!"

The words of the predatory worm leader not only failed to sway the eight-eyed lion leader, but also enraged him. With a roar, the eight-eyed lion leader simultaneously shot eight beams of light of different colors into the sky from its eight eyes, then slightly lowered its body, assuming a posture ready to attack.

"Enough! I have no interest in listening to the cowardly rhetoric of you, nor do I care whether you want to return to hell. I only ask one question: Who dares to stop my race's return?!"

Behind the leader of the eight-eyed lions, tens of thousands of them lowered their massive bodies, emitting muffled growls. It was foreseeable that if anyone dared to utter a word to stop them, these tens of thousands of terrifying lions would swarm forward and tear them to shreds.

However, faced with such a grand scene, the leader of the predatory worms was not afraid at all. With a sharp cry, the ground suddenly churned violently, just like boiling water. More predatory worms emerged from the earth, doubling the already large number of predatory worms once again.

These serpentine monsters twisted their bodies, and halos of light shone from their surfaces. As the halos fluctuated, the energy around them also became restless, and their power was in no way weaker than that of the eight-eyed lions who were skilled in combat.

"You ask if anyone is stopping you from returning to hell, and I'd like to ask if anyone is trying to stop us from staying. Come on, step forward! Anyone who tries to disrupt my peaceful life must bear my wrath."

Facing off against the eight-eyed lion, the leader of the predatory worms roared without hesitation, opening its saw-like mandibles and sending a beam of light soaring into the sky, its momentum no less than that of the eight-eyed lion leader's previous attack.

A hush fell over the scene; no one dared to utter a sound and break the tension between the two clans. After a long while, the Eight-Eyed Lion chieftain straightened up again, uttered the words, "Don't forget your choice today, and don't forget the Eight-Eyed Lion clan's determination," and then led his massive pride away in a grand procession.

Staring intently in the direction the Eight-Eyed Lion leader had left, the Hunting Worm leader was overflowing with murderous intent, clearly already harboring a desire to kill the Eight-Eyed Lion.

Shortly after the Cossack Eight-Eyed Lion departed, the giant spider leader let out a short, sharp screech, leading a dense swarm of Bartolo giant spiders away, leaving behind only a distant utterance: "Our race acts according to instinct, lives by instinct, and seeks survival through instinct. Anyone who attempts to interfere with our instincts is an enemy of our race, and we will kill them even if it costs us our last member."

Subsequently, the chimeras of various races left one after another. Some declared that they would return to Hell, some said that they had decided to settle here, and some left without saying anything.

Yuan Yuan, who was looking at him through the gap in the white light, couldn't help but smile slightly. He had just seen a fleeting magic mark that signified "Overlord" within the body of the Eight-Eyed Lion Leader.

Shortly after informing Guluo, Yuan Yuan suddenly remembered the chimeras he had sent to the surface. A brief investigation revealed that, indeed, among the chimeras prone to mutation, a number had developed intelligence. To make things more interesting, he informed all the intelligent chimeras of Guluo's discovery, then emphasized, "If the chimera race can become the final, dominant intelligent life form on Earth, then those chimeras who yearn to return to Hell will be allowed to do so."

Thus, the scene described above unfolded: the leaders of various tribes led their people to this place, which didn't even have a name, to discuss the issue of returning to hell.

To Yuan Yuan's surprise, or rather, delight, was that rudimentary magical runes appeared within the body of the Eight-Eyed Lion leader.

For Yuan Yuan, every magic rune was precious. So after discovering that the Eight-Eyed Lion leader had the potential to develop magic runes, his attention to him increased dramatically. Although he hadn't reached the level of people like Dolphin Dog and Gu Luo, who had already shown signs of developing magic runes, he was much more eager.

Meanwhile, the insignificant background character of the chimera in the final stage was transformed by Yuan Yuan into a slightly more useful extra.

P.S., my writing skills are still lacking. Whenever I try to write about grand scenes or their setup, it gets a bit messy.

Chapter 126 Soyog's Surprise

"I ask you, are you my Master?"

Staring blankly at the monster that suddenly appeared in front of him and roared loudly, Soyog had no idea what was going on.

As a newborn elf, Soyog is only a hundred years old at the moment, having just reached adulthood a few days ago.

According to the tradition set by Her Majesty the Queen, after reaching adulthood, elves must find their guardians in the Elf Kingdom to complete their coming-of-age ceremony.

A guardian can be a spiritual stone, a tenacious sapling, or even a piece of dead wood. In short, a guardian can be anything a young elf who has just come of age likes.

After choosing a guardian, the elf must complete a coming-of-age ceremony with their guardian, giving their virginity to them. Following the ceremony, the elf can then take their guardian home and invite friends to celebrate their adulthood.

Soyog's coming-of-age ceremony should have been like this, but just a few days before she was about to come of age, the Queen suddenly summoned all the elves and told them that they had unknowingly traveled to another world along with the entire Elven Kingdom.

At first, no one believed it. Some adult elves even looked pleased, saying that their queen had finally learned to joke, even if it wasn't very funny.

Then the Queen beat up those reckless fools, opened the gates of the Elf Kingdom, and let everyone witness with their own eyes a world they had never seen before.

Now everyone finally believed the Queen's words and was certain that they had indeed come to a different world. However, after a brief moment of surprise, everyone calmed down without any panic, including Soyog himself.

In any case, the Elf Kingdom has always implemented a closed-door policy. In the original world, the elves rarely interacted with creatures outside the Elf Kingdom. Now that they have changed worlds, it makes no difference to them. It's just a change of location to continue their closed-door policy.

However, the Queen's next words truly caused panic among the tribe. She said that along with the Elven Kingdom, Prince Voldemort and Prince Dumbledore had also come to this world, but both princes had been murdered, and the killer was unharmed.

Even though they rarely interacted with the outside world, the elves still knew about these two princes. After all, neither of them was inferior to Her Majesty the Queen. Back then, even Her Majesty the Queen had to expend a great deal of effort to reclaim the Elven Kingdom from Prince Voldemort.

But now these two powerful princes have died so suddenly, how could the elves not be shocked and terrified?

Then, Her Majesty the Queen revealed something even more alarming to the elves: the murderer who killed the two princes demanded that the elves participate in a death game.

Within three years, you will either become the master of the world or be destroyed.

These are the rules of the game, incredibly simple yet incredibly cruel.

Although the rules of the game were incredibly cruel, the Queen declared that the elves had to participate, because they were powerless against the game's initiator.

Although the elves are all quite powerful, they have long been accustomed to a slow-paced and peaceful life. For generations like Soyog's, battles are rare, let alone inter-racial wars.

For a moment, the young elves were all in a panic, while only the middle-aged elves who were already tired of peaceful life were in high spirits, as if they couldn't wait to declare war on other races.

Following that, Her Majesty the Queen announced some other things, such as the Elf race forming a temporary alliance with a race called the "Children of Monsters," and the Elf race temporarily refraining from declaring war on other races, instead using some time to gather information about their opponents.

These war-related details are not of much concern to Soyog. After all, Soyog has only just come of age, and even if a war were to break out, it wouldn't be her turn to fight. The elves of her father's and grandfather's generation, who participated in the war to reclaim the Elven Kingdom, would be the first choice to participate in the war.

After all, considering the lifespan of elves, even the oldest among their ancestors is still in their prime.

However, among these pieces of information, one thing connected to Soyog, and that was—

The newly grown elves chose their guardians in the outside world, instead of in the Elf Kingdom.

Her Majesty the Queen said this was to help the new generation adapt to this new world, gain some combat experience, and gather some information along the way.

Although Soyog's parents worried that she might encounter danger or suffer in the outside world, the elves would never disobey the Queen's orders. Whether it was the instinct in their blood or the stirrings of their souls, they would never question the Queen.

So after bidding a reluctant farewell to his parents, young Soyog left the Elf Kingdom with a heavy heart and stepped into the outside world.