Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Lin Shen thought to himself: "Now that you know it's over, we need to escape quickly, or we'll all die. If I can convince An Yi and Tian Jiuyou to run away with me, maybe there's a slim chance to break out. At least we can split up and run, that way the only two chasing An Yi and Tian Jiuyou might not have time for me. As long as we leave this starry sky, Yan Ruyu can transport us to safety."

Lin Shen was about to persuade An Yi and the others to escape together, but then heard An Yi continue, "Emperor Tianshu has always hated people touching his head since he was young, and that Weier dares to do such a thing, he's done for."

Staring at An Yi, Lin Shen nearly choked on his words and almost suffocated himself internally: "No, bro, is that what we're talking about? Are you sure you know what you're saying? What do you mean 'hates having his head touched'? Is this about liking or disliking? I hate all people stronger than me too, but just because I hate them, do they explode right on the spot and ascend? His dislike is useless if he can't win, bro."

Lin Shen gathered his thoughts, planning to communicate with An Yi in the simplest terms; if they could communicate well, they would escape together, if not, he would escape alone.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw An Yi stand up from the ground, look up into the void with a deep, somewhat worried expression.

"You know how to worry too? Now is not the time to boast and show off, we need to escape quickly." Lin Shen thought to himself, and his gaze followed An Yi's.

And with that look, Lin Shen was stunned.

On that planet, smashed into the shape of a certain company's logo, a figure crawled out of the crater, spread its wings, and slowly ascended into the sky.

Lin Shen blankly watched the figure; the person climbing out from the crater was naturally Emperor Tianshu.

But the Emperor Tianshu now was not the Emperor Tianshu from before.

The Emperor Tianshu from before was a handsome and charming middle-aged man, but now, he was a shaggy old Celestial with nearly gray feathers, slightly bald, sporting an old face that Lin Shen found very familiar.

"Damn… Shaggy Old Celestial is Emperor Tianshu..." Lin Shen was dumbfounded.

He had imagined countless times what Emperor Tianshu looked like, but he never expected it to be like this.

"It turns out those things weren't just because I was lucky!" Lin Shen's expression became complicated for a moment.

He thought Emperor Tianshu just made him work, without really taking care of him, but now it seemed that was not entirely the case.

"Revealing this to me at such a time really puts me in a difficult position! Sigh, but there's really no way, I can't defeat him, I can only wait until I'm strong enough to seek revenge for you later." Although Lin Shen now knew Emperor Tianshu was different from what he imagined, he still didn't give up the idea of running away.

Even Emperor Tianshu, restored to his peak by An Yi, was no match for Weier, let alone now in his aged state.

As Lin Shen was about to voice his thoughts, Tian Xiaoya blurted out, "The Emperor has lost his peak strength, is that really okay?"

"You might have some misunderstandings about what his peak was," An Yi said with a complex expression as he looked at the shaggy old Emperor Tianshu in the void. "You think, where have nearly a third of our race's resources gone over these thousand years? What were they used for?"

"Weren't they spent by the... Emperor... himself?" Tian Xiaoya almost directly said Emperor Tianshu's name.

An Yi's mouth curled into a smile: "Correct. It was indeed spent on Tianshu, but contrary to what many think, most of those resources were not squandered on eating, drinking, and having fun, but rather in preparation for one thing."

Everyone was stunned; they always knew that Emperor Tianshu was excessively luxurious and a wasteful Heavenly Emperor.

But what An Yi is saying now completely overturns their understanding of Emperor Tianshu.

"Are you saying that you had already discovered the God-making Race's ill intentions towards our Celestial Race, so you've been accumulating Strength all along for this day?" Tian Xiaoya realized, speaking excitedly.

If that's the case, then their salvation might be assured.

"Not entirely correct nor incorrect. Indeed, long ago, we had already detected the God-making Race surreptitiously infiltrating our Celestial Race, but such preparations were not originally for them. We never expected to be pushed to this extent." An Yi sighed lightly, looking toward the Emperor Tianshu in the void.

Tian Xiaoya wanted to ask more, but the Emperor Tianshu in the void had already begun to move.

He no longer possessed the handsome charm of his youth, nor the allure of his middle years, and now looked just like a shaggy, old Celestial who was both old and bald. Even the dazzling radiance he once wore no longer shone brightly, now tinged with a dull yellow.

Yet, there was a settled lethal power in him that he never had in his youth or middle age.

It was the calm of having traversed through the long river of time, the composure of having grand landscapes in heart, the wisdom of having seen through the warmth and coldness of worldly relations.

Though his outward appearance had aged, his soul shone more brilliantly than ever.

"Do you know... what is faster than light?" the shaggy old Emperor Tianshu asked faintly, gazing distantly toward his sole interlocutor.

"Are you referring to space and time?" The thoughts in the other's mind flickered uncertainly before responding.

"A machine is but a machine, your understanding is too shallow. Faster than light is the soul… a thought becomes a god… a thought becomes a universe… a thought roams the sky… a thought overturns heaven and earth… Cosmic birth and destruction… all cycles of existence… all within a single thought…" Emperor Tianshu's dull eyes gazed at his interlocutor, pausing word by word, "At my single thought… let there be light…"

As Emperor Tianshu's words fell, a sacred radiance surged forth from him. Despite his nearing deathly body, it seemed to radiate with more vitality and brilliance than any younger person.

The omnipresent light brightened, illuminating the starry skies, the cosmos, and also shining onto his interlocutor, so fast that he could not even react.

"Ah!" The terrifying brilliance engulfed the interlocutor's body. No matter how he moved or struggled, he could not escape the reach of the light.

The dark green body, within the omnipresent brilliance, started to dissolve continually, the cloak instantly melting into the radiance, revealing the entirely dark green crystal body, along with the internal organs like crystal components.

The flowing light within his body ran amok, already smoking, an unimaginable power erupted from him, but in the ubiquitous brilliance, there was still only friction.

Cracks began appearing on his body, the brilliance seeping through the cracks into his body, forming dazzling streaks of light inside him that spread like a spider web.

Lin Shen watched, filled with shock and joy. The light was clearly everywhere, yet it uniquely did no harm to any person or matter, except for the interlocutor who was continuously invaded by the light, almost being cleansed into nothingness, such methods were almost divine.