CHAPTER 348: CHAPTER 214: I AM THE FATHER OF HEROES_2

This is also the reason they have been able to persist until now under the invasion of the Daike Civilization, which is at the pinnacle of the C-level.

However, when Shen Shi covered his face and appeared before them, Gong Chu, who possessed such a vast amount of Primordial Energy, still showed signs of excitement.

"Captain, how did you appear... The Primordial Energy Device on your body, is it also from the Three-Day Civilization? I seem to feel traces of the same origin."

"It indeed comes from the Three-Day," Shen Shi did not conceal it, lifting his head to look at Gong Chu, his mind flashing back to countless suggestions offered from their first meeting until now, and finally, he just sighed, "You’ve worked hard."

"This was always my mission," Gong Chu’s emotions gradually calmed down, but when he looked at the mist covering Shen Shi’s face, he couldn’t help feeling a sense of undisguised disappointment.

He had already given everything, yet even here, even having become stronger than himself, the captain still refused to reveal his appearance.

Although Gong Chu knew he had no right to demand anything, absolute obedience did not mean erasing his emotions, thus he still had the right to express disappointment.

"Want to see my appearance?" Shen Shi asked lightly, "At this moment, I actually don’t mind letting you see it, but... it might bring unknown threats to all of human civilization. Even so, do you still want to know?"

"Your appearance... would bring threats to all of human civilization?" Gong Chu seemed a bit unable to grasp it, but then appeared to think of something, "Is it related to everything you have obtained, because... of the secret of the Shen Clan from three thousand years ago?"

Until now, Gong Chu had never thought of conjecturing that Shen Shi was indeed Shen Shi, his first thought still focused on the secret existing within the Shen Clan.

If the captain could produce such a powerful C9-level Civilization-type Energy Device, even becoming a Master of Primordial Energy in these short thirty years, it would be due to an incredible secret.

"If it indeed might bring such threats, then there’s no need for me to know." Gong Chu quickly stated.

"A wise decision." Shen Shi seemed to sigh softly, "But I still want you to know."

Gong Chu hadn’t said anything yet, but at the final moment, his pupils suddenly contracted, his emotions uncontrollably surged, forcing him to channel powerful Primordial Energy merely to suppress his feelings.

Only because the mist on Shen Shi’s face dispersed at that moment.

He saw Shen Shi.

As if traversing through history!

"Captain... you..." Gong Chu was momentarily at a loss for words.

His mind endlessly recalled everything with the captain.

When he learned the captain’s name, when he traded the warship to the captain, when the captain presented that endless, brand-new antique.

Conjectures emerged one after another, constantly explaining everything.

And in the end — a terrifying explanation appeared.

So terrifying that Gong Chu’s entire Consciousness World trembled!

"Now, you should understand everything I have said," Shen Shi sighed gently.

He had guessed that when Gong Chu saw his face, the fact of time-travel trading would be immediately exposed.

Only in the number one future line would it be so.

Because everything Shen Shi initially acquired came from there!

Wogte, fleet...

In the past, this might have been a coincidence, but now, this coincidence was the greatest flaw.

After a long time, Gong Chu’s consciousness slowly surged.

"You shouldn’t have told me." His emotions were still unsettled, filled with surprise, worry, realization, and even fear.

Indeed, this secret is too immense.

Too vast, too vast.

Just revealing even the slightest hint, perhaps even just a vague possibility, might bring forth existences like the Pasture Master.

After all, this is time!

Mastering time means mastering everything!

"I’ve already given you some buffer time." Shen Shi shook his head, speaking out, "Naturally, I have a certain degree of confidence in doing this; appearing here is merely a guise, my true self still resides in the past."

"I understand." Gong Chu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"But you all cannot escape here." Shen Shi glanced at him.

In his mind, Gong Chu’s utmost priority was always human civilization.

Even when he sacrificed his entire loyalty, it was because he believed that human civilization’s only hope, its sole dawn, lay with Shen Shi.

But at this moment.

Shen Shi was about to plunge all of human civilization into dreadful risk.

So Shen Shi particularly cared about Gong Chu’s reaction, one of the reasons he showed himself so straightforwardly.

Decisions had been made, yet the longer it dragged, the more troublesome it could become.

"Of course, risks exist, but in reality, these risks do not match the ones human civilization currently faces." Gong Chu seemed to have completely regained his emotion, maintaining his consistent rationality, "Moreover, my judgment was not wrong; you truly are human civilization’s only hope. As long as you exist, human civilization won’t face extinction; even if all of human civilization here perishes, it will still be worth it."

"...Seems like you’ve guessed quite a lot." Shen Shi was slightly surprised.

"At this moment, I’ve actually concentrated the power of human civilization, greatly enhancing my thinking ability," as Gong Chu spoke, the entire Primordial Energy Device was already operating in some state, "Thus, I can guess many things, for example, when we became a C-level Civilization, you could no longer affect us, which may also mean we could no longer affect you."

"Indeed." Shen Shi nodded, "My place and your place can already be considered two independent entities."

"Then there should be something new." Gong Chu spoke.

"Seems untenable upon scrutiny." Shen Shi shook his head.

Between past and future, there exists some almost apparent logic, if not thought of, there’s no problem, but once thought of, many things become obvious.

For instance, the number one future line.

Precisely after human civilization transformed into a C-level civilization, the things they traded to Shen Shi are no longer present in history.

Furthermore, Shen Shi suddenly presented an immensely powerful device to them.

Combining other information, deducing the truth is not difficult.

At this moment, between Shen Shi and Gong Chu, it seemed to fall into a certain silence.

After initially revealing his appearance, Shen Shi concealed it again; even Gong Chu, during his consciousness exchange with Shen Shi, remained unusually cautious and careful. For those unfamiliar with their truth, even if they heard this segment of exchange, they might not necessarily discern the truth.

And the current silence.

Was because Gong Chu believed he could not know any more; every extra piece of knowledge potentially increased the risk further, while Shen Shi’s silence was due to being at a loss for words.

From acquiring the Time Crystal, he was always extremely cautious, extremely sensitive.

Treating this secret as everything.

Even when the number one future line was already diverging, he never thought of exposing his past origins, his ability to travel to the future, or even the secret of trading items.

If he couldn’t directly appear here with a guise, having both security and greater operational capability, he probably would never choose to reveal it.

And now, there is now a second person aware of this secret.

"I want to use this place as an experimental ground." Shen Shi finally spoke, breaking the silence, "On one hand, it can test whether exposing the secret will indeed attract unknown enemies or if any unknown enemies are monitoring our Star System. On the other hand, adventurous attempts can be made, like exploring deeper secrets of the Mude System."