Chapter 173
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Chapter 173: Title
The Atlantean civilization, like humanity, originated on land but charted a vastly different evolutionary course after migrating to another planet. What intrigued Ye Linlang most was the underwater Atlantean civilization.
As the video played, the subaquatic vistas left Ye Linlang astonished.
She’d expected seabed conditions to mirror terrestrial environments, perhaps even deteriorate without technological intervention – after all, she couldn’t fathom how an aquatic civilization might naturally develop advanced systems.
Contrary to expectations, the underwater society appeared more sophisticated than its land counterpart. Translucent protective domes resembling inverted bowls dotted the ocean floor, their seawater-repelling technology surpassing anything on Blue Star.
"System, what’s this civilization’s rating?"
【Level 0.5.】
The answer startled her – she’d anticipated higher than Blue Star’s.
【Civilization tiers consider multiple factors. These protective domes aren’t Atlantean innovations, but relics from prior civilizations.】
The Atlanteans sported powerful azure fish tails instead of legs, propelling them through water at 40 km/h. They inhabited calm diving zones around continental shelves, never exceeding 500-meter depths.
While ordinary people’s world record stood at 313 meters, Atlantis’ merfolk thrived precisely at the 500-meter mark.
"System, submarine status?"
Though her tier two physical strength permitted deep dives, why exhaust herself when vehicles existed?
【Operational readiness confirmed.】
"Excellent." Ye Linlang snapped her fingers, spinning gracefully as her appearance shimmered into transformation.
Conjuring a mirror with fluid ease, she mused how magic’s convenience bred complacency. Still, the negligible Fantasy Points expenditure justified this comfort.
Her reflection revealed deep blue tresses cascading to the waist, accented by pearl-and-gemstone foliage. Azure eyes shimmered with transient golden patterns, their gaze radiating tranquil wisdom rather than conventional beauty. The silver forehead chain centered a teardrop sapphire precisely at her third eye.
Her ethereal gown of unknown material flowed with wave-patterned elegance, bare porcelain feet completing the visage of oceanic divinity. The ensemble mirrored depictions of Haetis – Atlantis’ mythical sea sovereign whose brow-jewel allegedly birthed their civilization.
Though surface and submarine mythologies paralleled each other, merfolk-human encounters remained rare except for coastal tribes’ sporadic sightings. Determined to unravel this cultural mirroring, Ye Linlang prepared to dive – intuition insisting answers lurked beneath the waves.
Smoothing her iridescent locks, she verified Blue Star’s status through the system:
【World fragment monsters 95% eradicated. Full clearance estimated within fifteen days. Battleground operational. Jiang Nan’s contact attempts intercepted.】
【Psychic energy absorption at 80%… Timespace riverhead forming… Historical-temporal branches consolidating… Secret realm for the saints completed…】
【At the Kunlun Mountain Top, Yujing Immortal City, Yaochi Fairyland, and the Three Immortal Mountains of Penglai in the East… Projection complete. Current exploration progress by Blue Star: 0.00%.】
【……】
【Martial Arts World – Tianwen, world evolution 89%, maximum power threshold: mid-tier two.】
【Magic World – Orilas, world evolution 45%, maximum power threshold: tier two.】
【Wuxia World – Phoenix Pavilion Grudges, world evolution 26%, maximum power threshold: mid-tier one.】
【Cultivation World – Mingze World, world evolution 15%, power ceiling: pinnacle of tier two.】
【Fantasy World – Manhuang Continent, world evolution 7%, power ceiling: tier six peak.】
【Technology World – Galactic Empire, world evolution 85%, power ceiling: Tier One Pinnacle (Civilization Level 2.1).】
【Fantasy World – Rise of the Sorcerers, world evolution 12%, power ceiling: Tier One Pinnacle.】
【Ancient World – Chaotic Times, world evolution 69%, power ceiling: mid-tier one.】
【……】
【Total of twelve worlds. Request detailed report?】
The fruits upon the World Tree revealed entire realms when magnified, existing in limbo between reality and illusion like their progenitor. Though fundamentally illusory, these World Fruits gained tangible potential whenever Ye Linlang channeled strands of cosmic energy into them.
Interworld conflicts centered around devouring this vital essence – the foundational lifeblood of existence itself. Her initial experiments involved crafting ephemeral realms with World Fruits, accelerating timelines through soul-reincarnation cycles fueled by Fantasy Points. These trials paved her path toward true worldshaping.
The Mountain and Sea Realm, Nine Heavens’ Sacred Mountain, Hell’s domains – all served as laboratories for her cosmic craft. Unlike spontaneously generated realms, her twelve designed worlds like Martial Arts World – Tianwen bore meticulously woven backstories.
As an author by trade, she spun grand narratives into reality. Observing these worlds unfold along her preordained storylines deepened her mastery over destiny’s threads. To their inhabitants, she was the undisputed Architect of Fate.
Some worlds served as training grounds for Blue Star. The system’s recent silence regarding approaching realms suggested either post-upgrade protective grace or temporary cosmic calm. Others would substantiate the Ancient Era’s fabricated history – archaeological theater to astonish future generations.
Her most ambitious scheme involved cultivating self-sustaining worlds. True realms required inherent cosmic essence, prompting her radical idea: rather than consuming defeated worlds entirely, why not farm them? Though vanquished worlds surrendered their consciousness, their residual energy could be harvested sustainably.
Extracting this essence meant annihilation, but perhaps managed cultivation could preserve these small worlds as talent incubators for Blue Star. For now, this remained theoretical – none of her twelve petri-dish realms had completed their evolution cycles.
"Defer the report until my submarine returns," Ye Linlang decided, her attention already shifting to oceanic depths.
……
Water foamed as the disguised submersible slipped beneath waves. From shore, Ye Linlang admired its false form – a vessel blending maritime elegance with understated sophistication.
【Your specifications have been precisely executed.】
Though artistically competent, she’d long delegated aesthetic matters to the system – an entity distilled from humanity’s collective cultural legacy. Its only limitation was originality, which her human ingenuity readily supplied.
As the submarine descended, its bioluminescent glow pierced abyssal darkness. Ye Linlang snacked on grapes, her perfect aim sending peels arcing into a wastebin with each casual tilt of the head. "Scan for edible fish species. Secure culinary candidates."
【Complying, Your Excellency.】
The Ark’s subsystem obeyed without hesitation. Thirty kilometers ahead lay their destination – a sunken metropolis. Schools of leviathanic fish swarmed their craft, some brushing against the hull before repulsion fields shooed them away. Mechanical claws snatched two particularly succulent specimens during the retreat.
"To the galley. Prepare an Atlantean fish banquet tonight." Her dismissal came absently, focus locked on probe footage revealing merfolk warriors locked in aquatic combat with giant serrated-fins.
