I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1394 - 991: Everything Was Arranged from the Start
"Is this considered the fee for cross-world rescue? Sounds quite reasonable, but it’s not so easy for outsiders to be accepted, is it?" Chiang Wei said with a hint of resignation.
They were also considered outsiders, but they were quite welcome here because they came as collaborators and had the support of Zheng Yichen, the ’savior’.
So there wasn’t any issue with being accepted, especially since they were here for technological exchange and wouldn’t be staying long.
The glittering crystal beings, however, were different; they would be living in this world for the foreseeable future.
"Is that an issue? Before there were extraterrestrial beings, the World Tree almost never intervened in the development of civilization here. But now that extraterrestrial beings have been here, the presence of the World Tree has been fully manifested."
Zheng Yichen, seeing Chiang Wei’s concern, smiled and reassured her, "Do you think, under such circumstances, even if the glittering crystal beings actually wanted to cause trouble, would they have the chance? So stop worrying about that. When it comes to destruction, do you think the World Tree would be gentle?" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
"Uh, I think the World Tree is kind of friendly." Chiang Wei looked at the vines near the window. The place where she stayed was ’drafty’.
This kind of draftiness was protected by the World Tree, like having air conditioning, and there wouldn’t be any insects to bother her; even dust couldn’t get in.
Every morning, she could see large, ripe fruits on some of the vines.
When staying up late at night, there would also be free fruits growing above.
These everyday details made Chiang Wei feel that the World Tree was very gentle, like a mother, always taking care of people in the details.
"I’m friendly too, but I’m also a killer," Zheng Yichen said with a smile.
"...Who says things like that." Chiang Wei’s mouth twitched slightly. "According to you, what about those who defend their homes?"
Many people had died at Zheng Yichen’s hands, but they all had a path to death they couldn’t avoid.
Chiang Wei had no sympathy for those invaders of the world. Her current concern was about the possible troubles the glittering crystal beings might cause once they developed.
After all, she had spent a significant amount of time with the natives of this world and felt a greater fondness for them.
"In conclusion, the World Tree is very friendly, but you can’t understand the World Tree’s thinking with human concepts.
If the glittering crystal beings are willing to live here well and integrate into this world, the World Tree won’t hold any prejudice against them... well, nor will there be any special favors.
But if the glittering crystal beings really want to cause trouble, what’s waiting for them will be Wrath of Nature, more dangerous than environmental changes.
What’s more important is that I’ll take action if necessary, or perhaps even before the critical moment."
"You should have said that earlier. You had everything arranged for them from the start." Chiang Wei suddenly felt this issue wasn’t a big deal.
If it were in an ordinary world, there surely could be unwanted incidents, now or hundreds of years in the future. But in a world with the World Tree and Zheng Yichen.
Is this even a matter?
For fleeing survivors, to be honest, the treatment the World Tree offered was quite good—a still undeveloped environment, a town tree capable of changing the environment of a planet.
The future looks promising.
"Going by these records, it seems you place a lot of importance on that world." Chiang Wei sat on the sofa, dragging her fingers across the projection screen in front of her.
Looking at the information behind, as for the glittering crystal beings who chose to stay, she could only say the proportion is truly low, no wonder it’s those who went through layers of screening.
"That world is quite special, let’s put it this way, any random trip over there will lead to discovering a pile of untouched mineral ores."
Zheng Yichen waved his hand over the table, and a pile of bottles appeared on it. Chiang Wei picked one up and took a look: "Can I open it?"
Zheng Yichen had a gentle smile on his face, and Chiang Wei rolled her eyes: "Alright, tell me what these things are all about?"
"It’s just as I said, meteorite ore."
"Oh, oh, something that can directly affect a planet’s environment? More powerful than Red Star Rock."
The special product in her world was Red Star Rock, but unlike that, which wouldn’t affect the environment itself and could be picked up if well-protected, getting scratched by Red Star Rock was a different story.
Chiang Wei took another look at Zheng Yichen’s chest and sincerely said, "You’re really a superman."
This meteorite, capable of altering a planet’s environment, had no effect on Zheng Yichen. On the contrary, those glittering crystal beings were brought to near extinction by it.
"Luckily, as I’m not a native of that world, exposure to this stuff doesn’t have much impact; it just leads to instant death at most."
"..." Chiang Wei felt, as an ordinary member of the human race, there’s less and less normal conversation topic between her and Zheng Yichen.
"I’ll give it to you. This amount is not enough to affect the planet’s environment, at most just a small area, and it will dilute quickly." Zheng Yichen pushed these things towards Chiang Wei.
"Okay, as soon as there are new research results, I’ll let you know." Chiang Wei did not stand on ceremony, putting away the transparent bottles with meteorite fragments inside.
The bottles even had something akin to QR codes on them, which the Illusory Eye could scan to view relevant information.
When researching, it could skip the initial steps of confirming the meteorite’s effects.
As for the reason for giving them for research, Chiang Wei already knew. Although Lilith could act as the most versatile researcher.
When she obtained the evolution program, she made it clear that she was not a natural life form and lacked the unique spirituality of natural life forms.
Giving these materials to them, many research findings might have already been studied by Lilith, but it was possible might someone among the findings, through inspiration, could come up with results that Lilith hadn’t ’discovered’.
After that, Chiang Wei regained a lot of confidence. Yes, artificial intelligence is powerful, and reaching Lilith’s level is like a deity among AI.
Nonetheless, such an existence still lacks the unique spirituality that natural life forms possess.
She could continue to strive and advance in her field without feeling discouraged by the strength of artificial intelligence.
Even if AI has very strong learning capabilities, there will always be a unique domain it can’t surpass. When faced with limits, AI hits a loop, while natural life forms find inspiration to breakthrough.
Understanding this, Chiang Wei found her daily life becoming more sunny and easygoing.
"This is just a portion I picked up; more new meteorite ores will emerge in that world in the future. Just because of this point, the world can’t be missed."
"I understand, I understand, just like a lottery in a game." Chiang Wei showed understanding for Zheng Yichen’s thoughts.
The next topic was about the glittering crystal beings’ genetic code. Their civilization code is encoded into their genes, with each individual carrying different fragments. A certain degree of completeness is required to be operational.
If that level isn’t reached, it suggests that the glittering crystal beings are truly on the brink of extinction, making it unnecessary to seek out civilization relics.
This was also a self-protection mechanism left behind by the glittering crystal beings.
The current number of these glittering crystal beings hasn’t reached a complete level of extinction, and the civilization code can still be assembled to a usable state.
It doesn’t need to be very complete, as long as those important civilization relics are found, the rest can be located, and the follow-up unlocking by the glittering crystal beings won’t need Lilith involved.
Zheng Yichen valued the glittering crystal beings’ stable techniques and improvements in genetic mutation; after all, his Ark of Life needed some professional knowledge too.
