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…… Ye Chen turned and looked around. On this spacious platform, besides a large number of technological weapons, there were also some exquisite cold weapons, but not a single figure.

At a position not far away, there was a white crystal test tube, in which a rhombic energy crystal was suspended, emitting a faint halo, illuminating the white spots on the white crystal test tube. These spots were like circuits, transmitting the energy of the energy crystal to the surroundings of the spaceship.

"This energy crystal built by the Rune Civilization has not exhausted its energy over so many years. Although this spaceship has stopped in this alternate dimension and hasn't moved, maintaining the repair of the entire spaceship still requires enormous energy." Ye Chen was astonished in his heart, as if he had seen a mobile phone battery that could stand by for hundreds of days.

"If the spaceship can be energy-ized, then this energy crystal, as the core of the spaceship, as long as one controls the energy crystal, it is the button that transforms the spaceship from matter to energy." Ye Chen's heart sank as he walked forward, but Bailong and the others did not follow, instead enthusiastically selecting various cold weapons from the nearby walls. There were extremely many cold weapons here: knives, swords, staffs, halberds, everything was present, as well as many oddly shaped weapons, such as double-bladed knives, curved hook swords, and so on.

The only commonality was that every cold weapon was engraved with runes of various colors. …… Ye Chen walked towards the white crystal test tube and saw the rhombic energy crystal inside rotating silently, emitting a faint halo, like a flawless gemstone.

"I wonder where the opening mechanism for this test tube is?" Ye Chen looked around but couldn't find any special button, causing him to frown slightly and fall into thought. Just then— Suddenly, the rhombic energy crystal flickered, and an illusory figure drifted out from inside.

It was small in stature, with long white beard and drooping ears, and its skin was greenish, about a foot long—it was a Green Rune Man. The Green Rune Man elder was covered in wrinkles weathered by time, his eyes deep.

After floating out of the energy crystal, he hovered in mid-air, his body semi-transparent, smiling as he looked at Ye Chen and said, "Adventurer, hello, my name is Nordias!" Ye Chen's pupils contracted, and he looked solemnly at the Green Rune Man elder, saying, "Are you the intelligent system of this spaceship?" With the experience of his previous life, Ye Chen knew that in some advanced civilizations, there were intelligent systems that could manifest in various forms and exist in energy states. "Intelligent system?" The elder was slightly stunned, then laughed, "You could call it that, but we call ourselves Energy Controllers.

My duty is to manage the various energy channels within the spaceship. The intelligent system you mention is a product of the civilization before ours." Ye Chen took a deep look at him and said calmly, "Why did you come out?" The elder sighed faintly, a trace of melancholy in his expression.

"After that catastrophic war, our civilization vanished from the Beast Rune Planet (now called Earth). Many elders and deities entered the three-dimensional alternate space with the last vestiges of our heritage.

Our Captain, carrying numerous relatives, initiated the spaceship to near light speed, preparing to leave the Beast Rune Planet and venture into the vast and mysterious universe." "But..." He lowered his head and fell silent for a moment before saying, "Those dark devils were too powerful. They actually used Rune Pens to set up a tracker on the spaceship.

Before we could fly into the universe, they caught up, killed the Captain and the others, and finally abandoned the spaceship here." He chuckled bitterly, "With my core essence, I can't even remember how long has passed; I just feel in my consciousness that it has been a long, long time..." This was the sentiment of the lonely, the sigh of the isolated. Ye Chen was silent for a moment.

Did he share the same loneliness? That was why he had no reply?

"Adventurer!" The elder raised his head, smiling at Ye Chen, burying the previous sorrow deep in his eyes, "Most of the good things in this spaceship were stripped away by those dark devils. Only these things remain, which, with your strength, should be sufficient as handy weapons." Ye Chen nodded and said solemnly, "Your Rune Civilization was so powerful in prehistoric times, were you destroyed by those ant-like behemoths?" The elder sighed.

"I don't know what you mean by 'ants,' but those dark devils were indeed powerful, coming from the abyss of darkness. Although not numerous, each one was stronger than monsters like Ksanla and Zechani, possessing the most peak bloodline genes.

Their actual bodies were only 10-star weight, yet they could exert the power of 10,000 stars, equivalent to 1000 times their body weight—truly terrifying!" Ye Chen was shocked. If these dark devils were indeed ant behemoths, then the ants before the apocalypse were descendants of the dark devils.

After the great catastrophe, they degenerated into fragile ants, capable of exerting only 400 times their body weight. Now, due to viral evolution, these ants would gradually recover the ferocity and power of prehistoric times, once again becoming the strongest monsters on Earth.

The genes of every animal are different. The cheetah's genes and physical structure grant it exceptional speed; the golden eagle's genes and structure give it the ability to fly; the ant's genes and structure grant it monstrous strength four hundred times its body weight!

And with evolution— If the genes of some creatures are derived from prehistoric civilizations, then the prehistoric gene bloodlines within them will gradually awaken under the stimulation of the virus, evolving towards their ancestors. From this, it can be inferred that ants, upon reaching their ultimate evolution, will become the dark devils of the Rune Era.

What about lions and tigers? These originally powerful creatures might have been very small in the early stages.

Because those powerful creatures died for unknown reasons, these originally small lives rose to prominence later on. Different genes are like the potential value of a creature!

The higher the potential value, the greater the genius, and the faster their rate of improvement. For example, ants, initially possessing only a tiny bit of strength, gained the power of thirty men after the first month of evolution—a terrifying rate of increase!

A Blood-Toothed Tiger, increasing from the ten-man strength of a normal tiger to five hundred men, only increased its original strength by fifty times. It simply couldn't compare to ants!

The first month of the apocalypse was the period of virus outbreak, where all creatures could experience their maximum burst, essentially releasing the potential of their respective genes all at once. Then the second month belonged to normal evolution.

The increase in strength each time wouldn't be too large. For example, ants in the second month would have between 80 to 100 men's strength, about three times that of the first month.

The further along it went, the slower the power gain became, and after a year, it wouldn't double its strength anymore. In the post-apocalyptic era, tigers and lions were not the largest in size.

According to Ye Chen's understanding, around the seventh or eighth year after the apocalypse, the largest monsters on land were super-combat behemoths evolved from a rare animal. They were as tall as small mountains, and one swipe of a paw could overturn a building.

According to research, this animal was originally extremely small, only the size of a small dog. However, because its genes might be those of a descendant of a prehistoric super-beast, its speed and strength amplification rate could not match other creatures, but its physical growth rate was the fastest.

A creature the same size as it when it was born would take ten years to surpass its volume in just one year. Superior genes determine future potential.

This was why Ye Chen chose to fuse the genes of the weakest ant from before the apocalypse, rather than those of tigers or lions. Because in the later stages, the strength increase of tigers and lions slowed down more and more, eventually becoming weak existences, whereas these weak existences in the early stages would eventually surpass them later on.

"Adventurer." The elder looked at Ye Chen with melancholy and sighed, "You are now the hope of the next civilization. I hope you won't suffer extinction again.

I still have some remaining items here that might be helpful to you." As he spoke, a green ray flashed in his eyes. Kacha!

A white metal wall rose, revealing a small platform inside. On it rested a plate of golden fruits, the size of soybeans, emitting a rich fragrance that greatly stimulated the appetite.

"This is the Golden Bean, the daily food of the Green Rune Men. Your physique is too weak, only one-hundredth that of a Green Rune Man.

This Golden Bean can significantly increase your strength and improve your constitution. Those dark devil beasts disdained it and didn't take it, so I kept it," the elder said full of hope.

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback. If that were the case, Green Rune Men had the strength of ten thousand men.

How much dense energy would the food they ate daily need to contain to compensate for the energy consumed during their daily activities? However, such a huge temptation lay before him, yet he did not immediately step forward to take it.