"......"
When the Dragon People revealed the reason for their extinction, everyone present was left speechless.
A creature, clad in bio-armor and looking like mythical beings from legends, ultimately faced extinction because they couldn't reproduce. Who would have thought?
Such a reason seems less reliable than claiming aliens attacked Blue Star and wiped them out.
"This set of bio-armor, although it grants us temporary survival power in the galaxy, any malfunction would be a crisis for our entire race...." Despite seeing the stunned expressions of everyone, the Dragon People weren't particularly concerned about the odd looks opposite them, and slowly said:
"Our civilization was built on the mother plant."
"As we explored the stars, we brought back some bases different from Blue Star's life, resulting in our gene pool being polluted...."
The Dragon People's technology tree, in some sense, resembles an old saying.
They put all their eggs in one basket.
The Dragon People explained it simply, but that perspective is on a macro scale; they initially spent a long time trying to find the cause of their reproductive failure.
The bases they collected from the stars were highly similar to those of the Dragon People, with a genetic matching discrepancy of only 0.00%.
Those bases and the Dragon People share the same origin.
However, the few digits after the decimal point caused pollution in the Dragon People's gene pool, which, under the catalysis of Spiritual Particles, expanded the pollution infinitely, consequently wiping the Dragon People off the historical stage of Blue Star.
"Under the catalysis of Spiritual Power, the civilization crystal we researched was tantamount to a racial extinction poison."
"Situations like this are not accidental, but rather inevitable after setting foot in the stars."
The Dragon People glanced around the crowd and smiled:
"So, do you now understand why we destroyed all the crystals before our demise? The technology we developed couldn't adapt to a universe filled with similar bases. Leaving them here would block the paths of Blue Star's creatures."
When recounting the history of their race's extinction, the Dragon People's gaze lingered on the humans for a moment.
The Dragon People are extinct.
But they achieved immortality at the genetic level.
Upon realizing they couldn't save themselves, they extracted their race's pure genes and gave them to other Homo sapiens living on the same continent, using their genes to aid those groups' evolution.
The Dragon People are extinct, yet the blood of dragons still lives on in another form in the world.
If this gene, considered mundane among the Dragon People, were placed within the same order and genus, it could help them swiftly traverse the Dragon People's path, firmly establishing their foothold on Blue Star and expanding their domains, becoming the new overlords.
If fungal technology were also granted to them, they could essentially become the new Dragon People, but the Dragon People didn't choose to do so. Just like the scientists of the former flesh civilization left their warnings, the Dragon People also hoped their successors could complete their unfulfilled mission.
The bases spread throughout space are not without reason.
Before the race's true end, the Dragon People in the research institute vaguely learned from the top levels that there was speculation the bases now filling space possibly originated from a massive stellar explosion, having spread directly from there.
But this cannot be confirmed.
They couldn't travel that far.
......
"Your civilization is still very basic, having not reached the so-called origin of all beings. The brief history of the Dragon People's extinction that I've shared should be taken as a friendly warning."
"I hope you will not meet a sudden demise like us and the flesh civilization."
The Dragon People's figure gradually dissolved, turning into a black liquid that flowed down from their bodies. Before dissipating entirely, they specifically looked towards Li Wenkang, as if transferring some message telepathically.
Li Wenkang was momentarily dazed, looking towards the Dragon People.
"By the way."
"There's one more thing I forgot to say. If you ultimately fail to set foot in space and cannot decipher the code of life, try leaving behind a legacy warning site just like we did for future generations."
"There's no need for later generations to step into pitfalls that have already been encountered." After saying this, the Dragon People's gaze lingered on Wang Ya, smiling at her.
The defense facilities in this site were all built using Dragon People technology.
It's only natural that they could sense the remnants of Dragon People technology traces within Wang Ya.
But those traces are harmless; the reason for the Dragon People's extinction wasn't technological failure but rather a misfortune because they put all eggs in one basket, hence getting wiped out.
A clump of black fungus, anthropomorphically acting unnoticed, quietly approached Wang Ya's foot and naturally hopped onto the back of her foot, merging into her body.
[This site....]
[Even though we left none of our technology, there are some humanities and social science histories inside. I bestow you the Dragon People's language, pass it on for me!]
Before completely dissolving into a heap of black-grey colored fungus, the Dragon People transmitted a thought to Wang Ya.
The Dragon People civilization's highest technological crystal and the former flesh civilization's technological crystal are extraordinarily powerful for the current Blue Star, yet they all perished.
Although their causes of death varied.
However, the Dragon People revealed the essence to the Security Bureau.
Spiritual Particles!
During a time when civilization was still primitive, Spiritual Particles were immensely beneficial to Blue Star's creatures.
But once civilization evolved to a certain degree, the catalytic properties of Spiritual Particles functioned as a kind of magnifying glass.
In the flesh civilization, Spiritual Particles catalyzed a strain of botulinum bacteria that could not be suppressed, leading to their doom.
Moreover, the spiritual energy civilization, which inherited part of the flesh civilization technology and developed further, encountered simple problems catalyzed by Spiritual Particles, polluting and parasitizing their gene pool, thus leading to their extinction.
Spiritual Particles are good things.
But they can also be harmful.
They already stepped into that pit.
On Blue Star, some people are treading new paths while others are repeating old ones.
The Dragon People made no judgments, only completely shared past events with everyone present.
"Clatter, clatter——"
The petrified Dragon People statue shattered and fell, startling everyone in the conference room who was in deep thought.
"Secure the gates...."
Li Wenkang, recovering immediately, ordered the woodcutter on guard in front of the door and a group of Spirit Beasts.
Turning around, he addressed the scholars and logistic personnel inside the conference hall:
"The events today are far from being simple as a mere relic. The necessary measures should be understood, stay here for now awaiting further instructions from above."
"Fox, come with me..."
Li Wenkang gestured to Ansheng and Wang Ya, indicating they should follow him outside.
Exiting the conference hall, Li Wenkang faced the woodcutter and the external support, Master Fuli, saying:
"Tonight's mission has changed."
"From capture to annihilation."
"They've gotten nothing significant, just some humanities and social science documents left by the Dragon People and a seed named Parasite Inspector."
Even though internally Xia Country was peaceful, overseas the Security Bureau's diplomatic experts had already politely 'greeted' the holes in the Forest Wolf Organization's direct female members; they're just short of putting a knife to their throat.
The other side showed no fear, outright denying handing anything over, and at best would consider sharing.
But the Security Bureau must ensure that spies caught during this mission are sent back.
The courtyard, first floor, and second floor had all been cleared out over the years by the Forest Wolf, just like ants moving house.
The Security Bureau initially thought there might be important documents worth trading to retrieve.
Ancient Spiritual Particles civilization documents were like jigsaw puzzles.
Sometimes an unnoticeable record on one might help decode crucial data on another.
The more collected, the smoother the decoding and translating work would be for the Security Bureau.
But upon encountering the Dragon People, Li Wenkang realized that those damn foreigners were spewing lies, using another stone tablet's documents as relic documents to fool them.
Damn it!
The Dragon People stated they practiced spiritual energy ascension, yet you bring a flesh civilization tablet?
Fine, go ahead if that's your game?
Alright, I promise not to capture any of you now, I'll execute you wherever you're caught.