Orderly tyrant

Time flies, and even the longest history of civilization is but a fleeting glimmer in the vast and endless universe.

In the blink of an eye, a century has passed.

From the distant depths of space, the once water-blue Earth now resembles a pearl adorning the black curtain, pristine white and faintly shimmering.

The immense Sky City layers upon layers, suspended above Earth, resembling heavy white clouds, enveloping the entire planet and adding a touch of hazy dreaminess.

A figure suddenly appeared above the boundless Sky City.

It was a young man.

When the Sky City's detection beams swept over him, it was as if they passed through a vacuum, eliciting no reaction.

"It's changed a lot since I last came back nearly a century ago..."

Lin Qing surveyed the current Earth with interest, noting the faint halo of the atmospheric regulation system shimmering at the edge of the outermost Sky City, making this globally encompassing Sky City even more dreamlike.

A century ago, he had heard Chu Hongjun say that he was preparing to transform Earth using the planetary construction methods of a certain Level 1.9 civilization.

However, he did not expect it to happen so quickly.

In just a century, the entire Earth had undergone a complete transformation, giving him the feeling of returning to his impoverished hometown only to find it suddenly transformed into an advanced city from a science fiction movie.

"There are so many people..."

With a sweep of his gaze, Lin Qing could see the connecting passages between the massive Sky Cities.

These passages were like ribbons wrapped around the floating cities, with all kinds of flying vehicles, large and small, weaving through them, crisscrossing, complex yet orderly. The central hubs where numerous passages converged were transportation fortresses, where various information and materials gathered and dispersed.

There were hardly any staff members to be seen, everything was managed and regulated by artificial intelligence to ensure the normal operation of the entire Sky City system.

Lin Qing's vertical eye flickered, and his gaze penetrated the spatial passages to see the interiors of the Sky Cities.

The cityscapes inside each Sky City were different, some still preserving the cityscapes of the 21st century or a retro style, and the clothing of the people on the streets also varied, mostly virtual projections.

"Today is May 20, 2249 AD. As a century-old tradition, 'Revival Day', the Earth's Supreme Council is also convened as scheduled."

"The intelligent main brain 'Archon', representing the Earth's supreme decision-making body, delivered an important speech at the meeting today. Upholding the will and thoughts of Chairman Lin Qing, it has decided to implement the Mars Immigration Project within five years. The initial number of immigrants is tentatively set at one hundred billion, all of whom will reside in the Mars city cluster 'New Chang'an'. A new birth policy will also be introduced."

"Looking back, Earth once struggled to survive in the apocalypse, from resource scarcity to ecological crisis, countless generations of difficulties weighed us down, but the indomitable human pioneers rebuilt their homes in the ruins and advanced towards the stars, finally ushering in this best of times."

"Today, the Sky City in Earth's orbit is brightly lit, and people of different skin colors are working together for a common dream. This is the glory that countless predecessors have exchanged with sweat and blood, please remember..."

Lin Qing flew between the Sky Cities while casually listening to the global announcements broadcast throughout them.

Enormous spaceports, shaped like floating silver behemoths, could also be seen in Earth's orbit.

Looking at the sun from hundreds of millions of miles away, strange web-like clouds could be seen encircling it, almost perfectly utilizing energy and transmitting it directly to every Sky City on Earth through transmission towers.

"Oh? Lin'an Number One?"

Lin Qing suddenly noticed that the city scene inside one of the Sky Cities was exactly the same as the Lin'an City where he lived more than a hundred years ago, and the familiar streets of Xiaoshan District also seemed familiar.

With a shift of his body, he flew directly into the Sky City called Lin'an Number One.

The familiar streets and buildings made Lin Qing feel a little nostalgic.

He could also see many tourists visiting nearby, especially the places where he used to live and the patrol bureau where he worked, which had many tourists recording memories.

Lin Qing could also understand.

Before he retreated into seclusion in the Vacuum Tomb, he had the intelligent life responsible for controlling and leading Earth's civilization generate an AI based on himself.

Whether it was thinking, image, accent, etc., it was almost identical to him, and it absolutely obeyed orders.

Coupled with the full cooperation of the propaganda department and various embellishments, it made him truly fit the glorious image of a leader, naturally everyone knew him and his global reputation was full.

"This current appearance is too ostentatious, let's change it."

While revealing his figure, Lin Qing also transformed into another appearance.

Then, he slowly strolled along the street, reminiscing about the feeling of those years.

"Esteemed benefactor, the universe is impermanent."

Suddenly, a bald monk in a retro monk's robe walked over, put his hands together, and smiled: "Would you like to learn about the New Impermanence Temple?"

"New Impermanence Temple?" Lin Qing raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Isn't the Impermanence Temple a temple in Lin'an City more than a hundred years ago?"

"Benefactor's history is quite good."

The bald monk looked at Lin Qing with some surprise, and then explained: "The New Impermanence Temple is built in the virtual world. The legendary Second Universe Network requires universe citizens to enter, but most people have no hope of becoming universe citizens and have limited lifespans in the future. However, after the development of virtual world technology, in the New Impermanence Temple that is infinitely close to 100%, uploading a personal memory backup can achieve eternal life."

"Eternal life?" Lin Qing was stunned, "Just long-term preservation of memory data, not consciousness uploading, how can it be eternal life?"

"Not so." The bald monk shook his head and sighed: "Benefactor, think about it, who are you? Is what you are sensing now necessarily your perception? What is truly important is your root, the so-called Alaya consciousness..."

Before the bald monk could finish speaking, a staff member in black walked over and frowned: "Hey, bald head, this is the Lin'an Restoration Scenic Area, didn't you see the new regulations? It is forbidden to spread any form of digital life ideology here, leave quickly."

The bald monk said helplessly: "I am not spreading religion, I am just..."

"That's not allowed either, get out of here." The staff member frowned.

The bald monk sighed and had to turn around and leave.

The staff member glanced at Lin Qing and reminded: "Young man, you are still quite clear-headed, don't believe these new digital life companies, they just want to earn your money."

"Young man?" Lin Qing smiled and didn't care, he just asked: "Are there many people spending money?"

"Many." The staff member sighed and said: "After all, it is difficult for most people to even awaken their genes, and their lifespan is only one or two hundred years, who doesn't want eternal life? Even if they know that digital life is unreliable, some people still believe it, causing an existential crisis. Recently, the Original Human Protection Association has been established, you can check it out online if you are interested."

"Okay."

Lin Qing smiled.

He continued to stroll around this restored city scenic area, while also using his telekinesis to observe the current Earth civilization.

"The number of people with gene awakening has increased a lot, but it is still only a minority, and there are even fewer who have become universe citizens, no wonder..."

Lin Qing pondered.

More than a hundred years ago, gene awakening was extremely rare globally, with only a few hundred gene awakeners out of eight billion people worldwide, not counting metropolitan areas.

Now, he can sense tens of thousands of gene awakeners with a careful sense.

However, compared to the current global population, it is still a minority.

Without gene awakening, even with current medical technology, taking various drugs that help the body evolve for a long time can probably live healthily to one or two hundred years old.

This lifespan is already very good compared to more than a hundred years ago, and there are almost no terminal illnesses, even late-stage cancer can be completely cured.

But people are afraid of comparison.

Compared to the few gene awakeners who have lifespans of hundreds or even thousands of years, they will naturally feel unbalanced.

No wonder some people take the opportunity to promote digital life, this unreliable method of eternal life.

"It's not too difficult to achieve universal gene awakening in Earth's environment..."

Lin Qing could sense that the various energy sources where Earth gathers cosmic energy are now accelerating the gathering of energy.

As long as enough energy is accumulated, it will once again be like two hundred years ago, a huge energy will erupt into an evolutionary radiation force field, and it will spread all over the world.

This should be the method of Chu Hongjun and the others.

When each planet transforms into a perfect planet, it will erupt with huge energy, which will turn into evolutionary radiation and spread all over the world, allowing the people of the entire planet to evolve and optimize their genes.

It's just... two hundred years ago, the energy that Earth erupted when it transformed into a perfect planet was turned into a doomsday storm that destroyed the world by the Zhis.

Now it should be the energy that Chu Hongjun and the others have re-accumulated.

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"Meet them." Lin Qing immediately flashed and disappeared in place.

...

"Lin Qing, you're back?"

Qi Lingxiao, who arrived first, looked at Lin Qing with a smile, "I didn't expect you to retreat for so long, how is it now? Are you confident in the Star God Trial?"

"Almost." Lin Qing nodded, "I see that Curator Qi's Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall is promoted well, has it become a high school course?"

"It's been improved again, but unfortunately, it's still difficult for ordinary people to use this to cultivate to gene awakening." Qi Lingxiao shook his head slightly, "We can only wait for Chu Hongjun to replenish Earth's energy."

"It was indeed done by Dean Chu." Lin Qing nodded slightly.

"Chu Hongjun said that he is going to replenish Earth's energy three times, each time accumulating about one hundred and ten years, so that the genes of Earth people can be optimized to the point where they can awaken their genes naturally." Qi Lingxiao said.

Lin Qing suddenly realized and said, "More than three hundred years? That's not very fast."

"It's quite fast."

A calm voice sounded, and Chu Hongjun, who was still wearing a white coat as always, appeared and said, "In the past, after the initial humans appeared on Earth, it took hundreds of thousands of years for Earth to accumulate enough energy. Now it has been shortened to one hundred and ten years, which is already very fast."

Irena Duo also came in, but she was not wearing a nun's habit today, it was more casual.

"Okay." Lin Qing didn't understand very well, anyway, there is an intelligent main brain to make decisions, so there is nothing to worry about.

"How many people are there on Earth now?" Lin Qing asked curiously.

"One hundred and thirty-seven billion." Chu Hongjun said.

"So many people? No wonder..."

Lin Qing glanced at the Anti-Entropy panel, and the current Order level has reached more than eighty thousand, not far from one hundred thousand.

More than a hundred years ago, there were only eight billion people on Earth.

Now it has increased more than tenfold, no wonder the Order level is so high.

It's just that the number of strong people has not increased much, so the Order level has not broken one hundred thousand.

"This Sky City, which imitates the Cloud Country of a Level 1.9 civilization, is most suitable for increasing living space and population on life planets. In addition, with sufficient resources purchased by the Golden Merchant Guild, it is not fast to increase to more than one hundred billion in more than one hundred years."

Chu Hongjun said: "The main thing is that it took twenty years to adjust the ideology of the society. In the past, people advocated not marrying or not having children, and it takes time to reverse it, otherwise there would be at least more than two hundred billion people now."

"Can the Sky City accommodate it?" Lin Qing asked.

"Even one trillion people, the Sky City can accommodate now."

Chu Hongjun said: "However, considering the energy burden of Earth, the Supreme Council has begun to implement the immigration plan. After the first global outbreak of evolutionary radiation, people who have no hope of achieving priesthood and lack talent will immigrate to Mars to live, and the life star transformation plan on Mars is also being implemented."

He glanced at Lin Qing and said, "It's a pity that there are no void creatures, otherwise the planets in the nearby star system can also be developed for immigration. Relying on fortress transportation alone takes too long."

Lin Qing was thoughtful.

Yes, if there are void creatures, they can create space materials to open up wormholes and create wormholes.

Otherwise, even with ten times the speed of light travel technology, it would take ten years to go hundreds of light-years away.

"It's okay, I have a feeling recently that as long as you give me enough time, I should be able to transform into a void creature." Qi Lingxiao suddenly said.

"Curator Qi has high comprehension?" Lin Qing said in surprise.

"Just good luck." Qi Lingxiao smiled, "The main thing is that I got a 'Priesthood Guider' of a Starry Sky Warrior when I explored the Silver Labyrinth for the second time. Coupled with priesthood specialization, it is indeed much easier to cultivate. I have already practiced combined divine skills."

"Oh?"

Lin Qing's eyes lit up and asked, "Curator Qi is now at the tenth level of Star Abyss strength?"

"Barely." Curator Qi nodded, "I tried many times, and I was lucky to pass the tenth level of Star Abyss."

Lin Qing couldn't help laughing and said, "Then Curator Qi can also enter the Vacuum Tomb as long as his authority meets the standard. There is hope to become a tomb keeper. When I pass the Star God Trial, I will help you try. If you can visit the Universe Wonders Museum in the Vacuum Tomb more, the probability of transforming into the void will be greater."

Unfortunately, he is not sure to forcibly control the princes of those nine-star civilizations. If the other party commits suicide when extracting the source of authority, it will be troublesome.

"What about Ms. Irena Duo?" Lin Qing looked at Irena Duo again.

"Transforming the void... I don't have any ideas for the time being." Irena Duo shook her head slightly, "In these years, I mainly have to observe the evolution of civilization and guide it at all times, I don't have so much time."

As a rare civilization guide, she can accurately discover the birth of geniuses, the direction they are good at, control the energy distribution within the Earth on a large scale, increase efficiency, and even affect the civilization's luck, or the universe's preference.

These jobs are also more mentally exhausting.

Lin Qing didn't try to persuade her further, simply saying, "Once things stabilize, Madam Yilena still needs to focus more on her personal evolution."

Madam Yilena gently nodded, saying, "Visit Jiayi more when you have time."

"We see each other often on the Second Universe Network."

Lin Qing perfunctorily answered his mother-in-law before saying, "Also, in the past hundred years, this space-time of Earth should have been explored multiple times by Tier 2 civilizations. Some auras are powerful to an unbelievable degree, probably terrifying existences descending from the Void Star Sea. Fortunately, they can't find Earth."

He glanced at the three of them and said, "So, it's best to improve as soon as possible. Even if all the Gravekeeper's points are used to hide Earth, it might last for hundreds of thousands of years, but one day we will have to face these Tier 2 civilizations."

Chu Hongjun nodded slightly, saying, "I've already told them. How is your cultivation going? Whether or not your Star God Trial is successful has the greatest impact on Earth's civilization."

"I'm planning to... participate in the Star God Trial tomorrow," Lin Qing said.