182: Chapter 181 The Lost Treasures of Civilization

The rate at which the Zhangyang Civilization expanded its territory could be called the most shocking miracle since the birth of the universe.

And this was even when the great deity did not personally intervene most of the time.

Chu Zhangyang would only reach the front lines in two situations.

First, when encountering an energy-based civilization, he would personally step forward to convert them directly into energy for the Shenxing Army's battleships to use.

Second, if the planet being conquered was inhabited by silicon-based life forms similar to mechanical organisms, he would directly establish a laboratory on the planet.

Then, he would soak the silicon-based life forms in black mist to study how long it would take and what kind of organic matter they would transform into.

After witnessing civilizations far more powerful than their own fall one after another, many civilizations sent envoys to the Zhangyang Civilization to seek surrender in any form.

Some envoys even begged obsequiously: "We are willing to become God Walkers, willing to serve as pawns in the sacred cause of spreading the divine light!"

"We only ask that the great deity still retains the individual consciousness of our people."

"We just want to pass down our civilization of tens of thousands of years by word of mouth!"

Hearing this, Chu Zhangyang first laughed loudly, then said with a look of disdain: "What kind of civilization is worth passing down from generation to generation before the great deity? It is all just trivial, worthless bits and pieces."

"The entire universe only needs one civilization to continue forever, and that is my Zhangyang Civilization!"

Consequently, those envoys sent to plead for surrender not only failed to receive a shred of mercy from the great deity.

Instead, they became the first "God Walkers" and turned around to attack their own home planets.

They were indeed thinking too wishfully.

For planets integrated into the territory of the Zhangyang Civilization, not to mention the civilization itself, even the carriers of that civilization would be wiped clean.

Books, including trees, would quickly rot and turn into a puddle of mud under the erosion of the black mist.

Data stored on various storage devices would also be quickly erased under the intrusion of Hope.

Even those stone tablets and utensils inscribed with text, including various statues and calligraphy, would be turned into fuel for unmanned factories under the control of artificial intelligence.

All traces of the entire civilization would disappear without a shadow.

Not even a single clue could be found.

It was as if it had never been born in the universe at all.

Facing the Zhangyang Civilization's expansion that left nothing behind, all civilizations, knowing they could not be spared, began a great escape.

Chu Zhangyang never thought about pursuing them; after all, the entire universe would be his sooner or later, and there was no need to care about those small fry that had temporarily slipped through the net.

Moreover, there were also not-so-advanced civilizations whose escape speed was not as fast as his expansion speed.

They simply chose another planet or another piece of space to become "God Walkers."

Among the countless fugitives, there were naturally Chu Yuhang and his party who had run out earlier.

Chu Yuhang, taking dozens of followers, shuttled through wormholes day and night.

But he soon discovered that no matter how they fled, his star-class spaceship seemed to always be near the territory of the Zhangyang Civilization!

And there were more and more spaceships fleeing alongside him.

But as long as a spaceship stopped briefly due to fuel exhaustion or malfunctions, it would be immediately devoured by the Zhangyang Civilization.

All the crew members inside would turn into terrifying and ugly monsters.

Inside the Earth Battleship, a crew member cursed in terror: "What kind of hellish Civilization of Gods is this? Its expansion speed is faster than a virus."

Someone on the side chimed in: "Isn't this just a virus? Look at what those planets have become after being occupied?"

"It's simply like a giant heart that died and rotted long ago, but is still beating slightly."

"That kind of black mist is converting inorganic matter into organic matter."

The entire Earth Battleship went quiet.

Everyone knew that Earth was gone and the Earth Humans were all dead.

Only thirty-eight people remained on this ship, struggling to survive, living in constant fear!

But everyone tacitly avoided saying these things; no one dared to pierce this layer of paper.

Only Chu Yuhang slammed his captain's chair in anger, roaring with tears streaming down his face: "Increase power, keep moving forward!"

"We are not fleeing for our own lives!"

"We are fleeing for the two billion Earth Humans and the tens of thousands of years of Earth Civilization!"

"We thirty-eight people are the last Hope of Earth Civilization, the last spark! Everyone, do not be discouraged, do not give up!"

"For Earth, let's keep running without stopping!"

The women among the thirty-eight, although they knew in their hearts that their compatriots were already dead and Earth had perished, still couldn't help but hug each other and cry when they heard Chu Yuhang shout it out so loudly!

But none of the men went to comfort them.

Instead, following Chu Yuhang's instructions, they performed their duties, controlling the spaceship, and desperately fled without stopping for a second.

But soon they also encountered the dilemma faced by the previous fleeing spaceships, which was that their fuel was about to run out.

Chu Yuhang looked up at the space outside the porthole, and the radar showed that the Zhangyang Civilization's Shenxing Army was approaching step by step.

It was ridiculous and pathetic that those spaceships filled with zombies were not intentionally pursuing him.

They were just incidentally wiping him out on their way due to their constant conquests and rapid expansion of territory.

"Are we just a grain of sand that no one will care about, being carelessly swallowed by a surging, unstoppable wave?"

Among the 38 survivors, a woman muttered to herself.

Even if they had made the right choice back then and boarded the General Commander's spaceship, their final fate would still be the same as those two billion compatriots.

Everyone crowded around Chu Yuhang, waiting for the final end of fate.

It seemed that Earth Civilization would ultimately disappear without a trace, just like those planets invaded by the Zhangyang God.

But just at this dead end, a huge battleship hovered beside the Earth Battleship.

The other party's inquiry sounded in the communicator: "Who are you?"

Chu Yuhang straightened his chest, thinking that this was probably the last voice Earth Humans would leave for this universe.

So he responded with a mix of tragedy and great heroism: "Former Commander-in-Chief of the Earth United Forces, Chu Yuhang!"

The other party was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting to encounter the last vestige of that wandering civilization here.

So they quickly responded: "I am the commander of the Resistance Army, Lin Han. Long ago, when the Three-Spiral System was just incorporated into the Zhangyang territory, I foresaw that something bad was going to happen, so I escaped at the first opportunity!"

"The Earth Humans have all turned into zombies; you are the last Earth Humans."

"Come aboard, join our Resistance Army. I think you, like me, hate that virus civilization to the bone!"