Chapter 11 Roaming

After leaving that planet personally created by Crow 12345, the two "people" continued to wander among the stars, continuing their previous conversation in their minds. Hao Ren didn't expect Crow 12345, this careless, neurotic god, to be so meticulous. He expressed his surprise, but the other party just smiled indifferently: "Ah ha, I'm usually just a bit rough around the edges, but I wouldn't let it interfere with my work."

"So, the religious attitude of mortals is of no importance to gods?"

"How to say... it's a rather complicated question. It's important, and it's not, depending on the civilization of the mortal race, and whether that civilization needs religion," Crow 12345 said slowly, seemingly trying to organize her words so that Hao Ren could understand these concepts. "The Xiling God System adheres to 'value supremacy.' Only things with value have meaning. This value is diverse, but basically it's to maintain civilization diversity and the stability of the orderly world."

"Is it the same on the Starfield side?" Hao Ren suddenly became interested in the other god system.

"Not quite the same. They're more... well, emotional than us," Crow 12345 shook her head. "If I had to describe it, they're gentler than the Xiling God System. And the Xiling God System was also different ten thousand years ago. We were originally more rational, even a bit... rigidly detached from humanity in the eyes of many ordinary races, but that's changed in recent years. Ah ha, it's all historical stuff, don't dwell on it too much, it would take a few million words to explain."

Hao Ren didn't quite understand what was going on, so he could only casually agree: "Oh... so, if those races in the Dream Realm don't believe in the Goddess, or believe in other gods, most true gods don't consider that a fault?"

"It's not, because it's not a proposition with any judgment value at all. It's like discussing the merits of a house plan when there's no house at all. It's meaningless to discuss whether mortals' offerings are adequate when true gods don't need them at all," Crow 12345 said, then suddenly changed the subject. "But the situation with that Goddess in the Dream Realm is a bit special. Her true god abilities are incomplete, so we can analyze it specifically. The rules I'm explaining to you today are based on the standard values of the Starfield and Xiling God System. You have to remember to distinguish between them."

Hao Ren thought about it and realized that the affairs between the Goddess, the Second Son, the Guardians, and the Firstborn in the Dream Realm were still a mess. He realized that even after talking with Crow 12345 in detail, he still couldn't use a simple, general regulation to judge the affairs of the Dream Realm, so he could only scratch his head: "It's really a mess..."

Crow knew what he was thinking. She patted Hao Ren on the shoulder. "Don't think so much. Civilization diversity is the top priority. The Firstborn and the Mind Monsters are already crazy. They threaten civilization diversity, so kill them if you have to. The Guardians are still awake, so keep them around if you can. As for the mortal races... it's all the business of the fathers. Don't let the later generations bear the responsibility."

The starry sky faded, and a sense of solidity came. Hao Ren's eyes blurred, and he was back in the withered garden, with the smiling Goddess sitting in front of him.

"It's a pity for those crazy Guardians," Hao Ren said with a sigh, looking at the withered leaves on the table. "But there's no way around it."

After reporting all the things he had experienced in the Dream Realm, Hao Ren remembered the order that the Guardian had mentioned, the order given by the Creator Goddess before her death: "Speaking of which, that Goddess also told the Guardians to turn on the safety switch before she died. If it weren't for that order, the mass extinction in the Dream Realm would probably be much worse than it is now. But I still don't understand... didn't she have any hatred at the time?"

Crow 12345 narrowed her eyes slightly: "She probably had hatred and anger, but she also had the instinct to protect her creations."

Hao Ren scratched his chin: "The instinct to protect them? That Goddess doesn't seem to interfere much with mortal civilizations..."

"Not interfering doesn't mean not caring," Crow 12345 shook her head gently. "Do you know what it's like to create a species? It's a job that requires a lot of energy. Whether you actively interfere with them or not, they'll keep waving in front of your eyes. You have to watch them grow up from scratch. For millions or even tens of millions of years, you watch a little bit of algae appear in the sea, watch single-celled organisms become multi-celled organisms, watch the most primitive amphibians crawl cautiously on the mudflats, watch more and more colors appear in the originally bare stones and sand... and then suddenly, the entire field of vision is occupied by strange creatures, and the smartest one or two of them do something that surprises you. You'll be pleasantly surprised to find that those molecular clusters you threw into the sea have learned to write, have started wearing clothes, have started observing the world as you observed them, they'll make some stupid little mistakes, but there are always some individuals trying to fix them, they're very, very weak, but they're always trying to survive... until they understand the earth and the sky, and even start to understand the stars, and even start to study how to create new life, just like you did in the beginning, you suddenly realize that it all started with the few seeds that were initially scattered in the sea... do you know how wonderful that process is?"

Hao Ren stared blankly at Crow 12345's eyes. The glimmer in those eyes gave him an indescribable feeling.

The Goddess smiled, seemingly immersed in the success of some creation: "I haven't seen the complete process of evolution from scratch, because I was born after the New Empire was promoted to a god, but even those races that I directly created from primitive humans gave me a lot of surprises. They may encounter setbacks for various reasons, but I'm sure that if anyone wants to exterminate them, I'll fight them to the death... I'll keep killing them into the void, leaving them with not even ashes."

After a long time, Hao Ren took a breath: "Really like a mother."

"You'll feel how wonderful it is once you've experienced it," Crow 12345 raised a finger and waved it in front of Hao Ren's eyes. "Sometimes I'm surprised that we never considered this aspect before we became gods..."

"But what if what you created is a rebellious child?" Hao Ren suddenly blurted out.

As soon as he said this, he felt that it was a bit inappropriate. It seemed that he shouldn't have ruined the saintly atmosphere in front of him, but he didn't expect the Goddess to answer so decisively: "I promise not to beat them to death, but I'll teach them a lesson with the determination to beat them to death. Even a biological mother beats her children sometimes. Did you really think that I wouldn't be willing to beat them just because I raised them?"

Hao Ren: "..."

"The Starfield and the Xiling God System have similar attitudes towards creation as parents, the difference is that we are more willing to beat our children," Crow 12345 rolled up her sleeves, and the image that had been so hard to build collapsed to the ground. "If they don't obey, they need to be beaten. So I'm starting to suspect that the Goddess in the Dream Realm isn't from Xiling. Her personality isn't like it—even if she really lost her memory, she wouldn't be bullied by her children like that. She's probably a silly big sister from the Starfield."

The cold sweat on Hao Ren's forehead was almost dripping to his feet: "Okay, okay, I understand... please don't roll up your sleeves, you finally have a good image... oh right! I have something else to give you!"

The Goddess was stunned: "What? Isn't it over yet?"

"It's related to Vivian," Hao Ren said with a wry smile. "I should have reported it earlier, but the emergency situation in the Dream Realm delayed it. We got a magic book a while ago that recorded the method of summoning the Blood King. Later, Vivian found out that the Blood King it mentioned was herself, but after we tried to summon her..."

Hao Ren took out the blood sample from his portable space: "A monster was summoned. It looked like Vivian, but after it died, it turned into a puddle of menstrual blood."

Crow 12345's expression immediately became serious after hearing Hao Ren's words, but her speech was still as crude as ever: "Your analogy is quite like me. Let me see... hmm... it's this."

"Can you see anything?" Hao Ren asked quickly.

Crow 12345 raised her eyelids: "This blood sample was left after you killed that 'monster'? It hasn't been contaminated, right?"

Hao Ren nodded subconsciously: "That's right. Is there a problem?"

He found that Crow 12345 didn't seem surprised by these samples, and he felt a little confused, but before he could ask, he was dumbfounded by the other party's words—

Crow 12345 shook the sample in her hand: "This is Origin Blood."

Hao Ren was shocked: "Origin Blood?! That's not right, I have an Origin Blood sample over there, the instrument detected..."

"Your equipment can't detect it," Crow 12345 raised her eyelids and looked at the data terminal on Hao Ren's shoulder, "Because this is Origin Blood in a state of death, it has completely changed. Only its original appearance can be seen from its information characteristics."

Hao Ren was dumbfounded.