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For the "Shadow of Giants," endless battles are simply a part of His daily life.
Much later, Luke realized that the "Shadow of Giants" might not indeed be the "light" that ancient humans had transformed into.
Because long before the "Dark Ruler" descended, Yuzare had pessimistically predicted the possibility of defeat in the battle.
It was both to leave a spark for an ancient civilization and for the native life on Earth that was destined to struggle in darkness...
Yuzare secretly carried out a special plan called "Successor of Light".
Through artificial intervention, ancient genetic material capable of transforming into "light" is mixed into the bodies of native Earth organisms.
Whenever darkness falls, Earth creatures infused with ancient genetic material transform into "light," fighting valiantly against the forces of darkness.
The "Shadow of the Giant" before us is the first "Inheritor of Light" to successfully assimilate with the stone statue.
Unfortunately, no powerful intelligent species had yet emerged on Earth during this period.
The ancient time machine was also unable to properly guide the initial growth of the "Shadow of Giants" due to interference from dark forces.
This directly resulted in the "Shadow of Giants" having the appearance of a giant, but its behavior and fighting style were more like that of an intelligent beast.
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"Of course, it just behaves a bit like a beast, but it's not a real beast."
"He possesses extremely high wisdom and comprehension, and can even learn our language in just a few days."
Seemingly worried that Lu Xuan might misunderstand something, Lu Ke spoke up at this moment to add something.
After the initial panic subsided, Luke and Dina tentatively began to make contact with the "Shadow of the Giant".
As it turns out, even the "Shadow of Giants," who is like a beast, still has a bright and kind side deep inside.
The "Shadow of Giants" may not know anything about good and evil.
But He truly fights on the front lines against the forces of darkness to protect other life on Earth.
Moreover, this "Shadow of Giants," who seems to have assimilated with some unknown creature, appears to still retain an impression of the name "Tiga."
However, it is unclear whether it was out of respect or some kind of perverse sense of humor.
"Shadow of Giants" simply reversed the pronunciation of the name "Tiga" and then gave this new name to the monster partner who fought alongside him.
That's how Gedi, the ancient Komainu monster, got its name.
The rest of the story is simple: Luke and Dina accompany the "Shadow of Giants" as they fight across the globe.
As darkness recedes and light returns, Luke and Dina decide to return to the stars to find their people who have long since left Earth.
Only the "Shadow of Giants" chose to remain on Earth, fighting alone until the end of his life.
"..."
It must be admitted that after hearing this story, Lu Xuan felt a rare moment of unease.
Whether Lu Ke is a criminal or not is another matter.
But the "Shadow of Giants," or rather, Galvin's predecessor, truly deserves the title of "Successor of Light."
Born as the shadow of Tiga, he fought alone on Earth after Tiga and the giants disappeared.
At the same time, Lu Xuan finally understood where the murals inside the Black Pyramid ruins came from.
A solitary struggle at the end of a dark age, alone welcoming the approaching dawn of hope...
Even if such an existence is not a "giant of light" in the true sense, it deserves to be remembered by the lives saved by it.
Is this you? The nameless warrior?
Lu Xuan gently clenched his fist, and for the first time, he felt a resonance with Galvin.
Even from Lu Xuan's perspective, he could not deny the greatness of the "Shadow of Giants".
This kind of greatness is different from Ultraman Tiga; it is a greatness that walks alone in the darkness, yet never forgets hope.
When the world is plunged into darkness, I will be the only torch!
—When the light returns, it will be the day I retire with my achievements!
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Chapter 633 The One Who Unifies All Things? The Human Instrumentality Project!
"What's next?"
"What happened on your side after you returned to the stars?"
Quickly composing himself, Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and pressed on with the question.
He has basically figured out what happened on Earth 30 million years ago.
But what about those ancient humans who left Earth?
What exactly did they experience during those 30 million years?
Why do Luke and Dina, father and daughter, want to return to Earth?
And why were they hunted down by other ancient humans?
These are all questions, and questions that concern all the truth that follows.
"Are those ancient humans who are hunting you down 'escapees' or 'immortals'?"
Faced with Lu Xuan's question, Lu Ke could only give a wry smile.
"Thirty million years have passed, and there are hardly any survivors left. What about the 'escapeists' or 'immortalists'?"
"If we really have to divide them, that group calls themselves the 'devouts,' and they call those of us who hold different views 'rebels.'"
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Over a period of 30 million years, the survivors of the ancient humans could not have been wandering indefinitely.
Not long after leaving Earth, the ancient humans found a planet called "Gurlan".
Although the environment of this planet is not as good as Earth's, it can still be considered a "habitable planet".
At the very least, for the ancient humans who had already transformed their life forms, living on the planet Gulan was not a difficult task.
The problem is that ancient humans have completely lost the possibility of reproduction.
Whether it was the "escape group" who arrived on Gran Star first, or the "immortal group" who came later...
They all underwent significant modifications to their bodies, their consciousness active within a dream world constructed from the essence of Zijra.
As for the physical body in reality?
It was merely an electronic bio-body that could be discarded at any time, and it had no real ability to reproduce.
In this situation, even if the ancient humans were able to achieve a certain kind of "immortality," the population of the entire race was decreasing over time.
This is clearly not what the survivors of the ancient civilization wanted to see.
After all, the reason they fled Earth was for the continuation of their race and civilization.
Such an outcome, which is tantamount to "slow suicide," is absolutely unacceptable to ancient civilizations.
So, what happened next was a natural progression.
In order to ensure the continuation of their race, the survivors of the ancient civilization began to conduct scientific research at a frenzied pace, attempting to solve the predicament of a continuously declining population.
From the most basic gene cloning to the seemingly insane concepts of personality replication and dissociative identity disorder...
The ancient civilizations exhausted almost every means to achieve positive population growth.
Unfortunately, these efforts and attempts either failed because they were too crazy or were thwarted by the harsh environment of Gulan.
"This guy has gone completely insane..."
"In order to avoid their own demise, they actually came up with the idea of expanding their civilization by assimilating other life forms and matter."
When he said this, Lu Ke's face was filled with helplessness and sadness.
Including Luke, a considerable number of survivors did not agree with the higher-ups' idea.
The ancient humans had already abandoned the carbon-based life form and transformed themselves into semi-energy beings.
If even the body and mind become assimilated with other things.
Even if such an ancient civilization did continue, could it still be considered an ancient civilization?
Unfortunately, the elites of the ancient civilization had long since perished with the arrival of darkness.
Those who remain today are a group of cowardly and short-sighted high-ranking officials who simply don't care about the opposition from ordinary people at the bottom.
With the collective wisdom and efforts of this group of high-ranking officials, the plan called "The One Who Unifies All Things" was forcibly passed.
Of course, upon hearing this, Lu Xuan actually preferred to call this insane plan the "Human Instrumentality Project".
As mentioned earlier, there has always been a concept in ancient civilizations that all things possess a spirit.
Since everything has its own "soul".
So why should the ancient humans, who have already abandoned the human body, cling to their original form of existence?
Carbon-based life or energy-based life...
Body, life, wisdom, and even thought...
As long as the traces of one's existence can be preserved, and even other substances and life forms can be transformed into a part of oneself.
Does this mean that the ancient civilization will continue forever?
Regardless of whether such a crazy theory is logical.
In any case, the ancient humans at that time carried out this plan and began experiments to merge their own consciousness with other matter.
This is the origin of the mysterious life form, Sphia.
To be honest, in the early stages of this experiment, although the minority group led by Luke clearly expressed their opposition, they did not forcibly stop the implementation of the plan.
It wasn't until the "One Who Unifies All Things" was actually born that Luke and his team realized the seriousness of the problem.
Assimilation and integration always begin with the same substance.
So the question arises: what is the material composition that is the same as that of the ancient humans?
The answer is the same type.
Indeed, before the experimental phase progressed to the point of integrating with other substances and life forms, the ancient humans who participated in the experiment had already begun the process of mutual integration.
Just like what happened on Gypsy III.
The consciousness of ancient humans began to permeate, merge, assimilate, and even devour each other.
Because those ancient humans didn't have physical bodies, the process of consciousness fusion was easier than anyone imagined.
However, the vast majority of ancient humans did not consider this a bad thing.
On the contrary, having long been brainwashed by the higher-ups, they believe that being able to become part of the "One Who Unifies All Things" and continue their civilization is a great honor.
Left with no other choice, Luke and his companions had to leave the ancient planet Gulan before being devoured and assimilated by the "One of All Things".
The final split of the ancient civilization occurred at this time.
Those ancient humans who believed in the "unity of all things" and thought that all things in the universe would be assimilated by their own civilization called themselves "the devout".
People like Luke and Dina, who chose to run away at the last minute, were naturally called "traitors".
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Chapter 634 For Immortality!
Luke's description of the ancient civilization is both terrifying and logical.
Having lost the vast majority of its elites and trapped in a vicious cycle of negative population growth, the ancient civilization could no longer be considered a normal civilization.
It's easy to imagine that this group of almost insane people would make any kind of decision.
However, Lu Ke's description of "the one who unifies all things" made Lu Xuan involuntarily think of the "Kiriel gods" spoken of by the Kiriel people.
Two civilizations with different experiences and circumstances present a remarkably familiar path of civilizational upgrading.
If there's one thing the Kiriel people lacked compared to the ancient civilizations, it's probably their level of madness.