CHAPTER 317: CHAPTER 199: ARRIVAL AT THE COSMIC PEOPLE’S CIVILIZATION

It looks almost like an ordinary world, with mountains, water, trees, and seas, just not very large.

The surface area is about that of the Moon.

Of course, it’s spherical as well.

In the cosmos, a life planet as small as this is extremely rare, almost nonexistent, since its size determines gravity, and gravity determines the attraction of air.

But this is actually a false world.

Or rather, a world in a "dream."

It exists only in Shen Shi’s consciousness, yet in the dream, it is extraordinarily clear, signaling Shen Shi’s nearing mastery of Primordial Energy.

When one day, everything in this consciousness world reaches a molecular level of reality, that’s when Shen Shi truly becomes a Master of Primordial Energy.

Of course, becoming a Master of Primordial Energy is not solely determined by this.

The most crucial part is "life."

Yes, the cultivation of Primordial Energy is a process of self-exploration; this world is not merely a simple simulation, but a true manifestation of Shen Shi’s subconscious. To achieve the level of reality required by a Master of Primordial Energy, he must revisit the self within Shen Shi’s cognition, making him unwaveringly believe in this world’s authenticity.

In other words, it’s about the primal formation of the world and the development of civilization in his cognition.

This is the most crucial part of cultural legends.

Unfortunately, for Shen Shi, who has received a modern education, his concepts of planets and worlds are not like the mythological "Pangu creating heaven and earth," so the initial formation of this world follows the typical reality of a life planet.

First, vast oceans appear, then life emerges, lands appear, and land-based life appears.

Shen Shi swiftly bypassed this process.

At this moment, humans and civilization have already appeared in his mind.

Some ancient tribes have emerged near a river.

— The Yellow Emperor Clan.

In fact, before the Yellow Emperor, there were many other processes in Eastern civilization, such as the earliest Yuanmou Man discovered thus far, or the mountain cave people who started the matriarchal clans, and so forth.

Yet, like the initial emergence of life, these are not particularly special in the process of human civilization, so Shen Shi directly skipped over them.

Then came the Yellow Emperor Clan.

Actually, this clan only appeared recently.

According to Shen Shi’s knowledge of historical records, the Yellow Emperor lived over four thousand years ago as a chieftain of a tribal alliance in the Yellow River Basin. He advocated for the cultivation of grains and the domestication of livestock, which led this tribal alliance to gradually strengthen and subsequently defeat the Yandi Tribe in the upper Yellow River and the Chiyou Tribe in the north.

Unfortunately, this part of history is not very detailed, so even Shen Shi cannot provide specifics.

Thus, it can only be accelerated and skipped over.

He actually wanted to undergo a progression of mythological history, but unfortunately, this part of legend also lacks relevant historical documentation.

For him, it’s difficult to create a corresponding mythological progression with modern internet novels or TV series as cultural carriers, as these are recent records, while ancient myths like Pangu creating heaven and earth or Nuwa creating human beings conflict with his understanding of planetary and life origin.

Therefore, this can only be glanced over.

At times like this, he envies humans of the future world, who, even with a fantasy novel, might create corresponding virtual dungeons, which then play a role in actual Primordial Energy invasions.

Simply because of the traces of history embedded within them.

"I’m not sure if I can use The God-Sealing List and Journey to the West, but if possible, it’s best to have the old versions." Shen Shi has already started collecting antique versions of these two book series.

Only when there is such a need can one understand why future world humans crave cultural inheritance of human civilization so strongly.

For the next decade or so, Shen Shi is prepared to develop his consciousness world, aspiring to break through to Master of Primordial Energy, or at least reach the level before that.

By then, paired with his powerful Primordial Energy Device, he will not be defeated even if he encounters a true Master of Primordial Energy alone.

Thus, Shen Shi entered a state of meditation.

The entire spaceship fell into an extremely quiet state after the journey began.

Everyone was doing their own thing.

Human civilization of now has started adapting to the time perception of the "Longevity Species," where the passage of time doesn’t bring significant changes to their appearance and character; changes occur only in abilities, not in the sense of time’s wear.

If truly calculated, Shen Shi, after 26 years, is nearing fifty, yet he still feels like a twenty-something youth, a newlywed without children.

Time flows in this manner, year after year.

...

At this moment, in a corner of the cosmos, an orange-yellow star named "Cosmic Star" is radiating brilliance.

However, compared to other "quiet" stars, this star system is rather lively.

Spaceships are shuttling back and forth, and space cities emit a gentle glow, adorning the entire star system. At the edge of the star system, though, there is a vast "black curtain" trying to encircle and hide the entire system.