The Way Back to Civilization

Chapter 24 The Abandoned Stargate

“God?”

“How baffling…”

As he spoke, Gu Fan raised his hand and took off the white mask covering his face under the other party’s hostile gaze.

Humanity, a race that had once hated gods so much, had now become a new god in the faith that outsiders had shaped. It had to be said that this feeling was really strange.

Looking at the other party’s face that was similar to hers, the expression on Lilym’s face instantly froze.

Hairless smooth skin…

Black pupils as deep as the void…

Ears at eye level and, most importantly, a light body without a tail.

At this moment, she was stunned. She felt as if she was in a dream.

All the characteristics of the other party were actually so similar to the legendary gods.

“It’s the Star Creator…”

Seeing the other party call out that strange name in disbelief, Gu Fan only frowned slightly.

“There’s no need to call me that. Just call me Gu Fan.”

Although the process had gone through some small twists and turns, Gu Fan still successfully came to a conclusion in the end. Lilym’s race originated from human genetic modification technology.

In this way, it proved that their fellow humans had indeed sown the seeds of civilization in the universe a thousand years ago. According to the inference of time, they should have been threatened by the Wither Disease at that time.

In the empty staff canteen, Lilym was looking at the strange-colored nutrition bar in her hand, not knowing where to start.

“You mean you and your compatriots used to live in an observation post?”

As he spoke, Gu Fan, who had been observing for a long time, tore open the skin of the nutrition bar in his hand and took a big bite.

“Yes… Star Creator… No, it’s said that humans used to call that place that.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl named Lilym began to follow suit.

According to the other party, her race had been living in a human observation post since she was born. However, this was not what Gu Fan was most curious about.

“I’d like to know why you call my people Star Creators.”

“Because there’s a star surrounded by a steel frame skeleton near that galaxy. I heard from some older members that it came from the hands of humans. They said that with it, we can collect and use the energy in the star. The outpost we live in has always relied on that energy star to provide energy…”

After tearing open the skin of the nutrition bar, she brought the thing to her nose and sniffed it carefully. Surprisingly, other than a slightly sour smell, there was no other smell.

Use a star as energy?

If he wasn’t wrong, it should be a Dyson sphere. Once it was completely completed, the energy it provided would even be enough to power a galaxy.

However, Gu Fan did not understand why those people would build the Dyson Sphere in a living place. Obviously, this did not conform to common sense.

Although it was a little strange, Gu Fan was more concerned about where that place was. After all, a galaxy with outposts and Dyson Spheres was extremely valuable. He didn’t want those miscellaneous races to be the first to snatch such a huge gift.

At the thought of this, Gu Fan’s voice could not help but become excited.

“Do you remember what that place is? The name of the galaxy, or its code name?” However, what was disappointing was that Lilym only seemed to know the name of an outpost.

“Milos, this is the name of the outpost…” As expected, things were not as simple as he thought. For this reason, he decided to start from other aspects.

“Then how were you sent to Soma No. 4? According to you, you and your people almost never leave the outpost left behind by humans.”

At the mention of this, Lilym’s expression suddenly became very ugly. It was unknown if she had choked on a nutrition bar or if she had thought of something terrifying.

After a moment, she said a name hesitantly.

“It’s a guy who calls himself the Great Khan.”

“They are a group of barbaric pirates. One day, their fleet appeared near the outpost without any warning. They used the warship’s low speed to break through the outpost’s shield defense and then tore open the outpost’s armor with its spiked bow.”

“There are many of them. We don’t have the strength to resist at all.”

“After that, I was bought by a merchant and sold all the way to Wilm…”

Hearing such news, Gu Fan only responded with slight disappointment.

“Oh.”

Originally, he thought that there was a treasure that had not been touched and was waiting for him to dig it up. Unexpectedly, it had already been taken by someone else.

“Well…”

At this moment, Lilym suddenly said.

“If you’re willing, I can be in charge of the food on the ship from now on…”

As she spoke, her eyes kept glancing at the remaining half of the nutrition bar in Gu Fan’s hand. A sympathetic expression gradually appeared on her face.

It was as if she was saying that it was too pitiful to only eat such things every day. Lilym’s words piqued Gu Fan’s interest again.

In fact, he was already sick of these energy bars. The texture was like chewing another large piece of plastic.

“It’s mentioned in our canon that when God created us, it was to give us the task of making communion. Hence, he bestowed wisdom on our ancestors and enlightened our minds.”

“So every member of us has been learning the process of making communion since the day we were born.”

Communion? What kind of high-end thing was that?

Lilym’s words stunned Gu Fan. He could not help but be curious.

“So… what exactly is that? The name of some kind of cuisine?”

Faced with Gu Fan’s question, Lilym thought for a moment.

“Holy Communion is a series of complex and sacred techniques. To be more specific…’ “There’s double-cooked pork, egg fried rice, and…”

The moment he heard these familiar names, Gu Fan felt his eyes turn black.

At this moment, he roughly understood how his fellow humans had created Lilym’s race back then.

Perhaps they only wanted a cat that could cook at first…

They had clearly been forced into a dead end by the Wither Disease, but these people’s hearts were surprisingly big. Perhaps this should be called finding joy in suffering?

At this moment, Xue Feng’s voice suddenly came from the communication device that Gu Fan was wearing.

“An anomaly has been detected ahead of the ship.”

Hearing this, Gu Fan slowly stood up. He knew that it was time to rush to the bridge. “What kind of anomaly?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the other end of the communication device fell silent for a while.

A moment later…

“The presumed target is an offline stargate with insufficient energy.”