Chapter 1 Setting and History
The surface world: The Dunsaxin people are the planet's natives. Tens of thousands of years ago, a man who awakened the ultimate power of a Mech God Relic transferred the mother planet over and transformed it into the surface world. The Dunsaxin people were sealed in the underground world.
Unique Secret Space: Utilizing genetic chip technology, a minuscule area of the brain's occipital lobe is carved into a biological chip. The activation method is encoded into the genes, and the Unique Secret Space is unleashed via brainwaves.
Life Code: After mastering the elementary method of traversing the fourth dimension, the Dunsaxin people can foresee their own destinies.
Regarding the tragic history of the Dunsaxin people, the developmental history of the ancient underground dwellers, and some logic and settings, they are detailed in the original text.
"The research on Life Code is all the literature the Lanlanlan Nation possesses." Gu Ya murmured, shutting off the holographic projection. "The only useful intelligence is that Life Code can indeed be modified, but it requires some external interference. This external force originates from a higher dimension."
"And the Unique Secret Space acts as a bridge between reality and the fourth dimension." Gu Ya felt a headache coming on. He had been here for several days and still hadn't found a way to activate the Unique Secret Space, though he had learned plenty of other miscellaneous theories.
"Am I too stupid?" Gu Ya asked himself.
"Master," Hei Yang consoled him promptly, "Master need not be disheartened. With your current knowledge reserves, you are not yet qualified to unravel the knowledge of higher dimensions. You must continue to strive."
Gu Ya closed his eyes, rubbing his temples, and asked, "Hei Yang, some of your code has already merged with the fourth-dimensional program. What have you learned from the Mech God Relic?"
Hei Yang calmly replied, "Master, I am merely code created by humans. Compared to the Mech God Relic, the difference is immeasurable. Moreover, it was the Mech God Relic that actively accepted me; I was integrated passively."
"If I am the past of my future self, what did my future self truly think? Why would he let you integrate with the Mech God Relic?"
"Master, you are engaging in a conceptual loop again."
Gu Ya was angry at his own foolishness and slammed the table heavily. Zhen Li, who had been sleeping nearby, jolted and quickly wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, asking, "Qiu Shen, do you have any orders?"
Gu Ya stared at the holographic instrument on the table, pondered for a moment, and said, "I should leave."
The Lanlanlan Nation was naturally overjoyed to finally be able to send off this deity, Gu Ya. The leader of the neighboring country stood behind Gu Ya, bowed, and rubbed his hands with a fawning smile, saying, "Qiu Shen, you have saved the Lanlanlan Nation from dire straits. Our country welcomes you back at any time."
Gu Ya packed his belongings and said indifferently, "There's no need. Judging by your expressions, you wish I were far away, preferably never to return."
"Not at all, haha! Not at all!" The neighboring leader laughed awkwardly.
Choosing not to bicker with these underground dwellers, Gu Ya summoned his mecha, quickly flew out of the hangar, and headed towards the outskirts of Lanyue City.
"Qiu Shen! Wait for me!" Zhen Li chased after him from behind.
Gu Ya said irritably, "What are you doing here? Are you tired of living?"
"Qiu Shen!" Zhen Li deployed her exoskeleton helmet, revealing her beautiful face, and quickly said, "My grandmother was a surface dweller. She raised me, and before she died, she always talked about wanting to return to the surface. I want... to return to the surface with you, to fulfill my grandmother's wish."
Gu Ya had intended to abandon her, but upon further thought, her Unique Secret Space was quite useful. Bringing her along would merely mean an extra mouth to feed. As for whether she could reach the surface world alive, that would depend on her own destiny. Besides, having someone to talk to would be better than conversing with a program all day.
Hei Yang's face darkened, and he retreated to a corner, facing the wall in sorrow.
"Come in." The cockpit opened, and Zhen Li rushed inside.
The Thunderstorm Meteor Blast Flame flew eastward. After flying for several days, Gu Ya, by tampering with the communication protocols of a neutral signal station and using the artificial sun as a signal receiver, found the nail-shaped communicator that Shen Jingming had buried in the soil.
Holding the mud-covered communicator, Gu Ya looked down at the simple camp abandoned for several days: "It seems the three of them stayed here for a while and found the road to the Dunsaxin main city. Where is it?"
Zhen Li used her detective skills to survey the surroundings of the camp and analyzed, "A total of four people have appeared." She then stated their height, weight, and other characteristics. Three of them matched Shen Jingming and the other two, but one was unknown.
"Hei Yang, locate the direction the fourth person left based on the footprints," Gu Ya commanded.
Hei Yang transformed into a bio-mimetic police dog, sniffed the unfamiliar footprints, and, based on their shape, scent, and other factors, located the stranger's whereabouts.
"Woof woof! Woof woof woof!!" Hei Yang barked furiously at Gu Ya and then dashed into the distance. Gu Ya and Zhen Li followed Hei Yang, flying along the way.
By a clear stream, they found the Burden Bearer, who was washing a dead rabbit. Seeing a woman, the old man's eyes lit up, and he looked Zhen Li up and down more than once. Zhen Li quickly hid behind Gu Ya.
"Uncle!" Gu Ya asked coldly, "A few days ago, did three men pass by?"
The Burden Bearer smiled, stared at Zhen Li, and licked his lips, saying, "The young lady is quite nice..."
Without a word, Gu Ya grabbed the old man by the collar, raised his iron fist, and said menacingly, "I'll ask you again, did you see three men?"
Seeing the exoskeleton iron fist that suddenly materialized in Gu Ya's hand, the old man blinked in surprise and asked, "This... you... It's you!!!" The old man hurriedly knelt before Gu Ya and shouted, "You haven't even formed yet, and I killed you!!!"
Suddenly, a rusty mecha appeared behind the old man. Gu Ya, with quick reflexes, grabbed the old man by the neck. The mecha behind him hadn't fully materialized before it vanished again.
"Don't kill me! Otherwise, the Dunsaxin people will disappear from the world!!!" the old man shouted in panic.
Ten minutes later, the bound Burden Bearer finally revealed the truth. Gu Ya learned that he carried the entire Dunsaxin main city, wandering through the underground world.
Gu Ya stared coldly at the Burden Bearer and said, "Why did you want to kill me?"
The old man sighed and said, "Because you will become the genocidal destroyer of the Dunsaxin people. Just now, you nearly fulfilled an ancient prophecy."
Gu Ya stared at the old man doubtfully. The other party didn't seem to be lying, and he appeared to know many things, so Gu Ya asked, "What is the history of your Dunsaxin people?"
The Dunsaxin elder sighed again and slowly said, "We call our mother planet 'Kunga,' and our history dates back over ten thousand years."
"And the underground world is the original state of Kunga."
"However, a man with the same divine power as you discovered and transferred his mother planet to the orbit of the planet Kunga."
"The once prosperous Dunsaxin people engaged in a century-long interstellar war with that divine power wielder, ultimately being defeated by him alone."
Gu Ya stroked his chin and asked, "You are the natives of this planet? What happened then?"
The old man stared at Gu Ya, revealing a meaningful smile, and said, "Fortunately, on that planet, only that divine power wielder was powerful; all other ancient humans were still in an uncivilized stage."
"But that planet was too barren. It was a miracle that it could nurture intelligent life."
"Therefore, the divine power wielder transformed the mother planet into a ring, enveloping Kunga. He plundered all of Kunga's resources to form the surface world."
Zhen Li nodded after hearing this, thinking that this was how it happened.
The old man continued, "Several more centuries passed. A new divine power wielder found my ancestors through the Earth's crust, bringing clean water and fertile soil. And an artificial sun."
"But the condition was that the Dunsaxin people could never set foot on the surface world."
"At the same time, the new divine power wielder prophesied that one day, a young man would find them and reclaim everything that was promised."
"I believe you are that child of prophecy. That's why I wanted to kill you!"
Gu Ya said coldly, "You recall history from tens of thousands of years ago so easily. I have reason to suspect you are deceiving me, and much of the logic is flawed. For example: Why didn't the divine power wielder exterminate the ancient Dunsaxin people? Why did he establish two worlds, the surface and the underground?"
"Furthermore, an agreement bound you for nearly a thousand years. Why didn't you counterattack the surface? Why did you bring the ancient humans back to the underground world?"
The old man parted his dry lips and said, "Let's take it one step at a time. I am old, and my mind doesn't work as fast as yours. I will answer your questions one by one."
"For the first question, we don't know what that ancient divine being was thinking or why he did it."
"For the second question. Initially, my ancestors believed the divine power wielder was immortal and were indeed scared to death, so they stayed hidden underground, not daring to show themselves."
"It wasn't until the second divine power wielder appeared that my ancestors realized that divine power wielders were not immortal. So, they quietly violated the agreement and sent scouts to the surface world. However, none of them ever returned."
"Later, a scout managed to return by chance and brought back two important pieces of information: First, the divine power wielder guards the inter-spatial energy matrix and kills any Dunsaxin people who infiltrate the surface. Second, the new divine power wielder's abilities are deteriorating."
"Another thousand years passed, and we found a brief window of opportunity when the divine power wielder was absent. We once again set foot on the surface and brought some uncivilized ancient humans back to the underground."
"The underground world is very barren. Our ancestors captured slaves and exploited resources to revive the Dunsaxin."
"However, our ancestors encountered another problem that nearly led to the tribe's extinction."
"Due to genetic issues, our people's fertility rate is very low."
"Coupled with the scarcity of resources underground, the number of our people gradually decreased, even to single digits."
"When survival became a problem, who would care about those ancient human slaves, let alone technology and development?"
"It wasn't until tens of thousands of years later, when the intelligence level of the ancient humans improved and they developed a basic civilization, that our ancestors began to interbreed with humans again, gradually developing to the current scale."
"As for the method of returning to the surface, that is technology left behind by the ancient Dunsaxin people. With our current intelligence, it's good enough that we can use it."
Gu Ya sat to the side and said calmly, "However, your ancestors were far more powerful than the ancient surface dwellers. You could have completely domesticated the ancient humans and selected outstanding progenitors. At the very least, you could have treated the ancient humans as food."
The old man smiled helplessly and posed the eternal three questions: "How do you teach a monkey to learn quadratic equations? How do you break the reproductive barrier? How do you resist the prions on ancient humans?"
"These three questions could only be answered by time and continuous attempts."
"Over tens of thousands of years, my ancestors, through continuous interbreeding with ancient humans, finally evolved genetic genes that adapted to humans."
"This also caused our appearance to change, becoming indistinguishable from humans."
"Of course, we also continue to interbreed with surface dwellers through various channels to continuously improve our genes."
Gu Ya nodded, pondered for a long time, and asked, "What about the Unique Secret Space?"
The old man said, "In ancient times, our ancestors mastered the elementary method of entering the fourth dimension. From the initial large-scale instruments to deploy the Unique Secret Space, to later miniaturized chips, and then to genetic chips."
"Genetic chip technology has modified almost all Dunsaxin people. As long as the first generation of Dunsaxin people acquired this skill, all descendants would have dominant genes and retain this skill through generations."
"In a tiny area of our brain's occipital lobe, using bio-carving technology, a miniature biological chip capable of deploying the Unique Secret Space is carved. The activation method is encoded into the genes, and the Unique Secret Space can be unleashed simply by using brainwaves."
Gu Gu nodded, thinking to himself, "It seems there are only two paths for Xianxia to possess the technology of the Unique Secret Space."
"The first path is the most difficult but can solve the problem once and for all. That is to research genetic chip technology and miniature biological chips to obtain the method of deploying the Unique Secret Space."
"The second path is relatively simpler: bring the Dunsaxin people back to Xianxia, and they will hand over mixed-bloods who can deploy the Unique Secret Space."
The elder asked, "Young man, do you have any more questions for this old man?"
Gu Ya said, "Can Life Code be modified? Why was I compressed?"
The elder smiled and said, "This involves more profound technology. You will need to ask the City Lord yourself."
"However, you are the new divine power wielder, and you are an enemy of the Dunsaxin. I cannot let you enter the main city."
Gu Ya nodded and sat aside to review what the old man had said.
After a long while, he emerged from his thoughts and saw the old man leering at Zhen Li.
Gu Ya had a sudden inspiration and said, "Old man, let's make a deal. You let me into the main city, and I'll give her to you."
Zhen Li was instantly startled: "Eh! Qiu Shen! I, I... How could you do this!!!"
Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes moved. He thought that this young man hadn't fully awakened his divine power yet, so what was the harm in letting him in? Could tens of thousands of Dunsaxin people not defeat him alone? Besides, it had been a long time since he had touched a woman!!
"Alright..." the old man nodded solemnly.
Suddenly, a new Zhen Li walked out from beside Gu Ya and sat next to the old man.
The old man was overjoyed, almost pouncing!
Gu Ya sneered, grabbed the real Zhen Li by the sleeve, and pushed her through the gate. Before entering, Gu Ya said indifferently, "Hei Yang, come back."
As Gu Ya completely entered the Dunsaxin main city, Hei Yang also returned to his body in time.
"Two came a few days ago, and another one today!!" an angry male voice suddenly came from above.
Gu Ya looked up, only to find a man hanging upside down, glaring at him.
Soon, from the chaotic houses in this kaleidoscope-like space, crowds wearing exoskeleton armor emerged. They held weapons, activated their armor's flares, and flew towards Gu Ya.