CHAPTER 246: CHAPTER 163: THE LIFE OF SAGE SAINT SHEN SHI_2

"I am also human," Shen Shi shook his head and simply said, "I naturally hope that human civilization can become stronger."

However, Gong Chu had already sent the trade application.

Shen Shi pondered for a moment.

He chose to agree.

In reality, whether he agreed or not was the same; he couldn’t do anything that would harm the future of human civilization.

Just like before, directly conduct the review via the black market terminal, but remove the "premises."

The next moment, the Collector also sent a request.

"Clan Leader!" The Collector looked at Shen Shi with piercing eyes, "I hope to obtain your absolute trust. I hope to know the secret that changes the fate of the Shen Clan!"

"..." Shen Shi remained silent.

"I don’t believe there’s truly a cosmic will watching over humans, but human destiny always changes again and again." The Collector stepped forward once more, not hiding his eagerness, "Starting from Sage Saint Shen Shi three thousand years ago, every change is inseparably linked to the Shen Clan, so the true changer of human destiny must be your Shen Clan!"

Looking at the somewhat fanatical Collector, Shen Shi actually understood that as his relationship with people in this future timeline deepened, it was inevitable for something to be guessed.

After all, he always maintained an anonymous status.

However...

"Not now," Shen Shi still said.

"Clan Leader." The Collector seemed to want to appeal again, "You don’t need to worry about secrets leaking; the black market terminal can restrict us, just like it restricts the existence of the black market. I believe even the Pasture Master cannot extract anything from our minds."

"Gong Mo!" Gong Chu suddenly shouted in a deep voice, "Obey orders!"

"...Yes." The Collector ultimately kneeled on one knee, "No matter what, I hope you can accept the modification of the Steel Seal from me."

Shen Shi glanced at the Collector.

He certainly understood that the Collector wasn’t interested in his secrets but had a fervent interest in everything from three thousand years ago, and the secrets of the Shen Clan were closely tied to human destiny and history.

Yet, even with heavy safeguards, Shen Shi still wasn’t prepared to tell them.

The reason was simple.

There was no need.

Although Shen Shi had indeed considered whether to bring reinforcements from the Future World to the modern world, that was based on a massive crisis in the modern world.

And now.

Though the Worren Fleet hadn’t been resolved, Shen Shi didn’t see it as a real threat anymore.

And the Daike People also couldn’t make Blue Star fall again.

Since there was no imperative to reveal, the secret of Time Crystal must be kept tightly.

Ultimately, Shen Shi agreed to the Collector’s application to modify the Primordial Energy Steel Seal.

Then said, "You may have your reasons, your desires, but I also have my judgments, understand?"

"Understood!" The Collector lowered his head, "From now on, your will is my everything."

"Rise," Shen Shi said, "This device, I’ll leave it to you all. I look forward to the day you truly grow stronger."

As his words fell, his figure slowly disappeared.

He went offline directly.

After he disappeared, both the Collector and Gong Chu faced the projection of the Crystal Tree, remaining silent for a long time.

Long after, Gong Chu finally spoke slowly, "Clan Leader, it should be that there was re-contact with that mysterious Star Sea relied upon by Sage Saint Shen Shi three thousand years ago. Only that Star Sea can easily bring out such a device... If we do not strive, I’m afraid we won’t be able to help the Clan Leader."

"What kind of force is Star Sea..." The aura of Primordial Energy on the Collector did not show any sign of fading.

Both of their hearts still brimmed with great excitement.

Only those who truly experience despair and hardship can understand how precious this hope and sense of security are in this cosmos!

At this moment, Shen Shi’s consciousness had already retreated back into his body.

His mood was extremely good.

The emergence of a new future timeline not only greatly enhanced his foundation but even the number one world line could benefit from it, further strengthening the foundation!

Only with more foundation, human civilization will become increasingly strong.

He glanced outside.

Ai Xin’Er was still chatting with Iwen.

Neither of them approached the villa, perhaps fearing to disturb him.

And at this time, information suddenly came from the terminal.

It was Peggy.

"Efficiency is fast."

Shen Shi was increasingly certain that Peggy was within the Solar System.

But there’s no need to be concerned now.

What is most important now is that he can finally clear up to what extent the second future timeline has developed!

What has human civilization gone through?

Shen Shi once again closed his eyes.

He directly backed up all the information in the repository to his personal terminal.

From the initial database to now, it already contained no less than ten sets of information repositories, forming an enormously vast repository. Fortunately, the terminal’s storage seemed nearly unlimited; otherwise, such a massive amount of information data would really worry about insufficient storage space.

And Shen Shi, the first time he opened the repository, searched for "Shen Shi."

Yes, he wanted to see what kind of life he lived in this future where he had such a high reputation, even being honored as "Sage Saint."

And with this search.

Countless, innumerable pieces of information flooded out.

Startling Shen Shi.

Although anticipated, this kind of situation was the first time appearing.

Previous repositories contained very little about him.

After all, those were futures where Blue Star had fallen, and with Blue Star’s fall, humanity lost its culture, which naturally included himself.

Now, Shen Shi could only continually narrow the search range.

"Limit history, remove literature, remove all evaluations, I just want the most basic, simplest history."

Finally, he found a suitable record.

"Shen Shi, the first Sage Saint of human civilization’s Starry Era, also the founder of the Starry Era, creator of Star Sea Company, the first commander-in-chief of the human civilization’s Interstellar Forces, one of the first supreme councilors of the Human Federation, Changer of Human Destiny..."

This first paragraph was filled with nothing but long titles.

Reading them even made Shen Shi somewhat embarrassed.

Other than the few he knew in front, there were many titles he was unaware of.

Like "The greatest military educator in human civilization," "A breaker of the longest-running human billionaire record," "The sole recipient of the highest contribution award in human civilization’s scientific research"...

Beyond these, the last title took Shen Shi aback.

"The most famous published author."

Published author? Me?

Shen Shi hadn’t thought that he had published books in this timeline.

This even made him curious.

Yet now was not the time to delve into these; Shen Shi had learned to ignore the countless praises and accolades in the introductions, focusing on the important information within.

The general historical development of human civilization was actually contained within his introduction.

As he kept reading, Shen Shi’s expression gradually became serious.

Though the human civilization of this future world indeed reached a certain pinnacle three thousand years later, becoming one of the most powerful members of the C-level Civilization within the Mude System, even able to produce devices rated as C9 in some fields, far stronger than the Daike Civilization that had reached its zenith in the first future timeline.

Yet, this three-thousand-year development history wasn’t just songs of praise.

There was also bloodshed and sacrifice.