Monsters: Evolving from Titans to Ancient Gods.

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However, Earth's consciousness slightly raised its head and cast a reassuring look at its most promising eldest son.

Earth's consciousness responded that it didn't matter, as the Earth had already adapted to the still-heat-emitting aggregate of rocks in the sky.

The entire ecosystem today, including tides, is inextricably linked to the moon, which is now only a fraction of its original size, and there is no need to change it.

not to mention…

The Earth's consciousness, gazing at the seemingly minuscule moon, once again gave Longbo an answer.

He explained to Luna that although the moon is small now, it will slowly grow back over billions of years.

In His memory, the original moon wasn't very big, but over a long period of time, the meteorites that helped the Earth accumulate and gradually transformed it into its original form.

Therefore, billions of years later, it will return to its original form. There is no need to change it back directly; it will revert to its original state on its own.

Moreover, the changes brought about by such cumulative growth are not obvious, which allows various organisms on Earth to gradually adapt.

"If that's the case, then there's really no need."

Longbo felt a pang of emotion upon hearing Earth's response. He had forgotten that Mother Earth was an old veteran, far older than himself.

He casually mentions billions of years, as if he's treating billions of years like a few months.

Although Longbo was moved by what the veteran had said, he had to admit that Earth's consciousness was right.

Although I am now also a long-lived species with an infinite lifespan, I am still too young compared to the Earth's consciousness. Billions of years is still a huge number for me and is difficult to comprehend.

Then, Longbo looked at the inner world again, taking in the sight of the Ivi people there, who were now living as usual.

At this moment, the Ivi tribe still maintains the same way of life that has lasted for tens of thousands of years, living alone in the crevices between the giant beasts in the earth's core.

They also knew that the surface world had suffered a great catastrophe and that all of humanity had left Earth, but they merely recorded this history in murals, making it a new myth.

Compared to humans on the surface of the earth, they are somewhat like unique historians of the earth, living a life of asceticism, with their greatest pleasure being the recording of history.

In response, Longbo couldn't help but ask, "What do you plan to do with them? Keep them or what?"

Earth's unique consciousness quickly understood that Longbo was referring to the humans in the inner world of the Earth, and then gave an answer, which, if translated into human language, would only be a short sentence.

"Let's keep them for now and see. As long as they don't cause trouble, we'll leave them. Compared to their counterparts on the surface and their ancestors, they're relatively well-behaved."

The Earth's consciousness was quite kind to these peaceful humans, so it spared them.

Upon hearing this, Longbo nodded thoughtfully without asking any further questions. He then controlled his body to dissipate from Earth and return to the other dimension.

The Earth consciousness that resembled a miniature Godzilla watched Longbo leave before disappearing into thin air and returning to Earth.

...

In the alternate dimension, Longbo opened his eyes, feeling the progress of his fusion with many parallel universes and alternate dimensions, and his heart became increasingly calm.

He could clearly sense that that day was not far off, and that He would soon be able to take another step forward, which was undoubtedly a very important matter for Him.

Looking at the empty otherworldly garden before him, and seeing that the sounds of battle no longer echoed from the distant forest, and that the hounds chasing the golden ship were no longer seen wandering around the surrounding time nodes, he felt somewhat bored.

Instinctively, I recalled the extremely lively scenes here in the past, when you could open your eyes and see all kinds of monsters passionately fighting in the forest, as well as the daily activities of the hunting dogs and the golden ship, which were like cats and mice.

But now, all that comes into view is a scene of eerily quietude.

It seems everyone has something to do, busy in various parallel universes attacking entities and monsters from different dimensions.

In the vast garden, only the cursed children, who had neither the ability nor the desire to fight, frolicked.

They also appeared very reserved in front of Uncle Long.

Longbo's stay here gave Him a strange feeling, like that of a lonely elderly person left behind in a remote village.

After a moment of silence, Longbo turned his gaze elsewhere, while keeping an eye on his subordinates who had gone out to attack various other dimensions.

Right now, they are waging a one-sided massacre against those extradimensional entities and monsters in various other dimensions.

This made them extremely frustrated, and they even felt the grief and indignation of those planets in the universe who had encountered invaders.

They even wanted to try to break through these dragon subordinates, calling upon the giants of light from all universes to come here and end evil.

They succeeded, summoning some giants of light. But it wasn't entirely successful; these giants of light actually joined in beating them.

This made them feel as if the sky had fallen, and there must be some shady dealings involved. These seemingly righteous giants of light and these invading extradimensional entities must have some kind of connection.

Otherwise, why focus solely on attacking them? Even though they're not exactly good people.

But weren't those guys chasing him also soaked in extradimensional energy, their bodies emitting black smoke?

These extradimensional beings feel extremely frustrated with entities and monsters, but the outcome will not change because of their thoughts.

The battle situation in all other dimensions was completely one-sided; they could only watch helplessly as that army advanced from behind.

The entire alternate dimension was occupied by a certain being, which quickly devoured it. An extremely large outline transformed the alternate dimension into its own shape.

"What are you looking at?" The priestess's calm voice rang out, and Longbo turned to look.

The priestess stood quietly on her own shoulder, one hand gently supporting her bone armor, letting the breeze blow her long, white hair as she gazed in the direction her eyes could see.

"I'm checking the progress."

Longbo shared his perspective with the priestess, showing her everything he saw.

The scene that came into view made the priestess thoughtful. She could clearly see that Longbo had now occupied most of the areas of many other dimensions, and it seemed that the day was not far away.

Looking at all parallel universes, not all parallel universes have other dimensions, and there is no force in these dimensions that can rival Longbo's subordinates.

This led to the expedition starting earlier than she had anticipated.

Therefore, the priestess glanced at it briefly and then stopped paying attention, quietly sitting down on Longbo's shoulder and gently leaning against the bone armor on one side.

"Have you finished your business?" Longbo asked.

The priestess nodded. "Shingo Sakamizu is a very good person. It's a perfectly normal choice to entrust those children to his care."

She explained softly that she had now found a suitable place in the real universe to settle these children.

Shingo Sakamizu, who once served as Zoffy's human form, will lead them in their growth.

She transformed that planet into a replica of Earth and left psychological suggestions there so that future generations of humans would avoid the mistakes of their ancestors.

That was her last act of kindness; the children she selected were all those who couldn't survive until human rescue and whose parents had both died in accidents.

After learning that humans weren't foolish enough to stay on Earth and wait to die, she gave Shingo Sakami the means to contact those humans.

As for what they will do…

The priestess didn't know either, but she was already quite tired and didn't want to care anymore.

At least for this period, she no longer wanted to continue paying attention to humanity. She didn't know what the future held, and now she only wanted to focus on Longbo and her people.

The priestess sighed, "I hope Shingo Sakamizu can convey his beliefs to those children."

Longbo seemed to be deep in thought upon hearing this. He could clearly sense that the priestess, at least for now, really didn't want to get involved.

But this is not an important matter.

Just as the priestess was lost in thought, she heard faint sounds of playful laughter. Turning her head, she saw the cursed children, brought back by Longbo, laughing and joking among the flowers in the distance, their faces beaming with joy.

The priestess was silent for a moment, then laughed, got up from Longbo's shoulder, looked in that direction, and her eyes shone with maternal light.

"These children are more sensible and adorable."

Longbo didn't express any opinion on this. He was cute, but he was still a bit timid in front of himself and seemed too serious.

At least the hound pups dared to sharpen their teeth with their own feet when they saw him, not to mention the golden ship.

After a brief moment of reflection, the priestess lifted herself off Longbo's shoulder, stepped through the flowers, and came to the side of the cursed children, quietly watching them.

The arrival of the priestess brought joy to the children, who rushed towards her.

Just then, a series of spatial fluctuations came from the direction of the World Tree. Two beams of light streaked across the sky, landed among the flowers, and revealed human figures.

Shubi, who has now become human, and Kron appeared in the sea of flowers. They came because of these children. Ever since these children arrived in the other dimension, they have often come here to accompany them.

"Priestess!!" Kron, who still looked young with red hair, was taken aback at first, then cheered.

Still looking quite shy, Shubi lowered her head slightly and whispered a similar request.

The priestess released the child from her arms, smiled at the two of them, and nodded: "Long time no see."

"Where's Riku? It seems like he hasn't left Gensokyo in a long time."

"Because he's very busy with affairs in Gensokyo and hasn't found a suitable successor, he hasn't had the time." Kron shook his head, rubbed his forehead, and looked speechless.

The humans of Gensokyo have now ventured out into the stars after ten thousand years of development. Although they have had some conflicts and clashes with various races, they are still in a stage of vigorous development and progress, and it is an ideal society.

However, in the more than 10,000 years since then, Rick has not found a suitable successor, so he rarely has free time. If he hadn't already been an Ultra Warrior, he would have died of exhaustion long ago.

“I see…” The priestess nodded. Rick was a child personally raised by Lonbo, so she paid close attention to him. Now, seeing him leading humanity to flourish, she felt very gratified.

While feeling proud, he also felt a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, mixed feelings). He had to admit that, although both had accompanied humanity for thousands of years, Rick had done far better than him.

This made the priestess think about what she would have done if she had stepped forward from the beginning and led humanity towards the stars for thousands of years.

Will the outcome be different?

The priestess fell into deep thought.

Meanwhile, Longbo's heart was also stirred at this moment.

You have a new task; please execute it immediately.

[Mission Description: Defeat Nidhogg.]

[Note: You have no right to refuse]

Here comes the price of returning to the original mission timeline.

Three tasks to be executed unconditionally.

Lumberjack was lost in thought, Nidhogg…

The name made Longbo instinctively turn his gaze to Northern Europe on Earth, well... not this one.

But soon, a subtle thought crossed his mind: "Could it be the one that got lost?"

Most of Lombre's subjects lost by Hypergoldras have been found, except for those waiting for Blazer on planet M421.