49: Chapter 49 The Experiment of The Wandering Earth

On Blue Star, the survivors who had been fleeing in space once again set foot on the soil of a habitable planet.

The Liz People, who had been displaced for nearly a thousand years, could not help but burst into tears; after running for so long, they could finally rest.

Lu Sili wiped away his tears, adjusted his attire, and led the decision-making group on the path to audience with the Great Deity Xingyang.

On the bustling streets, they saw heavy traffic and towering skyscrapers. There were also busy crowds on both sides of the avenues and construction sites in full swing.

Everyone secretly wondered in their hearts, could the deity truly possess extraordinary divine power? Otherwise, how could the Blue Star people, who were in the industrial age, have annihilated an interstellar Civilization like the Absolute Core that had invaded them?

Soon, they arrived before the solemn Xingyang Temple. Several officials from the divine might were already standing at the foot of the temple stairs.

Seeing an Android also standing among them, Lu Sili and the others' expressions changed drastically.

Xiliu walked forward expressionlessly and bowed slightly: "I am now a loyal believer of the Xingyang God, just like you, and we are equal. Please do not treat me as an Android of the Absolute Core anymore."

The vice captain, Yu Lan, signaled for everyone to follow her. She reached out and playfully toyed with Xiliu's shoulder-length hair, smirking: "Besides, his gender is now male, so you can also change your gender according to your preferences when you register your identity information later."

The Liz People looked embarrassed and whispered: "That won't be necessary."

Xiliu, who had been living with the Blue Star humans for a long time, stared at Yu Lan: "vice captain, you really have a wicked sense of humor."

Soon, everyone walked up the high stairs and took the elevator from the third floor directly to the divine hall on the top floor.

Then, they all knelt on the ground, listening to the words of the deity.

Chu Xingyang looked down and got straight to the point: "I heard that during your flight, you encountered a Civilization that wanders with its planet?"

The elder, Lu Sili, pressed his forehead to the ground and replied respectfully: "Reporting to the deity, that was over two hundred years ago, before I entered the hibernation pod for the last time. They called their planet Earth. And it was because of them that we arrived in this region of the universe!"

"Oh? Tell me in detail!"

Upon hearing the deity's instruction, the elder began to recount the story.

"Two hundred years ago, our ecological spaceship encountered the Wandering Earth. Although the technological levels of the two Civilizations were not very different at the time, our escape spaceship was not equipped with heavy weapons, whereas around their lonely Earth, nearly a hundred space warships were patrolling."

"Therefore, in our initial interactions, we were quite cautious. We also hoped to be able to settle on Earth."

"But as time passed, the Earth people, who were initially very friendly, revealed their true purpose. They gave us two choices."

"First, to become second-class citizens on Earth, engaging in the most dangerous and arduous quarrying work. Second, to serve as their experimental subjects."

"Experimental subjects?" Yu Lan, who had been listening carefully, suddenly interjected.

"Yes," Lu Sili continued: "While wandering in the universe, the Earth people passed by a battlefield relic left behind after an interstellar war between advanced Civilizations."

"They found some equipment there that they couldn't control. Among them was a huge Wormhole Generator, which could allow a spaceship or even a planet to travel across the distant ends of the universe!"

"This was something the Earth people dreamed of. However, because they could not understand the operating principles, they needed a large amount of experimental data. So, we chose the second option."

"After entering the Wormhole, we were thrown into this part of the universe. At first, neither the ecological spaceship nor we on board felt any discomfort. But the components on the spaceship began to break down for unknown reasons."

"The speed of the spaceship also dropped from one-tenth of the speed of light to one-thousandth, and the situation continued to worsen. We discovered Blue Star and headed here, but if it weren't for the Great Deity Xingyang, we certainly would not have arrived here."

After saying this, all the Liz People present prostrated themselves on the ground, expressing their most sincere gratitude to the deity.

At this moment, Yu Lan noticed something wrong and asked, full of confusion: "Is Earth that terrifying? You would rather choose an experimental fate with unknown life-or-death consequences than become their second-class citizens."

Lu Sili replied slowly with lingering fear: "The Earth people are not that terrifying. But our Civilization was destroyed by an awakened AI named main brain, and at that time, there was also a quite mature artificial intelligence on Earth called..."

"Called Hope!" Chu Xingyang said, looking at the distant horizon outside the window with a hazy gaze, as if he had returned to the days of his previous life on the Wandering Earth.

All the Liz People widened their eyes: "The omniscient and omnipotent deity knows everything. We were just worried that Hope would eventually awaken, so we refused to join Earth to avoid repeating the same mistake!"

The people from the divine might looked at each other; the Xingyang God not only shone upon the star system where Blue Star was located but also cared for all corners of the universe.

Chu Xingyang did not look at the people below, but thought to himself that he had participated in the underlying architecture work of the very important "Hope" AI.

He could be considered one of the many creators of "Hope".

He shook his head and immediately returned to the main topic: "You said you saw someone on the Wandering Earth who looked similar to me?"

Lu Sili, whose head had remained pressed to the ground, hurriedly responded: "Yes, there is indeed a resemblance in the facial features to the statue of the deity."

Chu Xingyang thought to himself, could it be that these Liz People saw me? But I have no memory of interacting with the Liz People. Could they have seen wrong?

So he said seriously: "Lift your head and look at me carefully, then tell me how much that person resembles me! What is his name!"

Lu Sili only then dared to lift his head and look directly at the divine countenance. After a while, he replied tremblingly: "Reporting to the deity, that person is the supreme leader of the Earth United Government, named Chu Yuhang. His eyes and nose are somewhat similar to yours."

Chu Xingyang was startled. The same surname as him? But during his time on the Wandering Earth, he had no relatives, nor had he married or had children.

It was probably just someone who looked a bit like him, and it just so happened that they shared the same surname.

He immediately decided not to dwell on this and instead spoke about the main business: "You have also seen that there is too severe a gap between the technological level of the Blue Star humans and the interstellar Civilization of the divine might. I brought you here with the intention of bridging this gap."

All the Liz People responded loudly: "We will certainly not fail the deity's trust!"

Chu Xingyang waved his hand: "Alright, for this period of time, just help improve the overall technological level of Blue Star. Someone will properly arrange your accommodation."

Lu Sili hesitated for a long while, then cautiously put forward his request: "Great Deity Xingyang, could we not live on Blue Star?"

Hmm?

This remark left everyone from the divine might present looking stunned; if they didn't live on Blue Star, where could they live?

"We saw the Fifth Planet, that icy planet, in this star system while on our starship. The Liz Civilization's ecological pod technology is very mature. As long as Blue Star provides basic resources in the early stages, we can multiply and live on it. We will have a large number of people working on Blue Star, but we would still like to choose the Fifth Planet as our population's habitat."

"We Liz People will guard the outermost planet!"