On Fajiu Mountain, where zhe trees abound, lives a bird. It is shaped like a crow, with a patterned head, a white beak, and red feet. It is called "Jingwei," and its cry sounds its own name. This is the youngest daughter of the Flame Emperor, whose name was Nuwa. Nuwa was playing in the East Sea when she drowned and never returned, so she became the bird Jingwei. She often carries twigs and stones from the West Mountain in her beak, trying to fill the East Sea. —*Classic of Mountains and Seas, North Mountain Scripture*
The name Jingwei itself comes from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*. In the legends of the *Classic*, the Jingwei bird is the transformed daughter of the Flame Emperor, Nuwa. Naming this downgraded version of the Jingwei program "Nuwa" was, therefore, quite fitting.
Upon hearing Shen Feng’s command, Nuwa immediately replied:
"As you command, Master. A detailed operational plan has been generated according to the blueprint you sent. Please review."
Shen Feng immediately opened the message. A file titled *Ideal Country Civilization Cultivation Plan* appeared in his consciousness.
It was a plan for reviving human civilization and inspiring the surviving humans to rise once more.
The plan was incredibly detailed, specifying everything down to the survivors’ clothing and dietary habits.
Overall, it was divided into several major sections:
1. Industrial and Information Age Society Reboot Plan.
Restart former industrial and information-age equipment to restore human civilization’s previous levels of material production.
2. Population Growth Plan.
Encourage childbirth and aggressively develop in-vitro fertilization, human cloning, and embryonic gene-editing technologies to increase the population’s quantity and quality in the shortest possible time.
3. Knowledge and Skills Incentive Plan.
Implement a system of rewards and punishments to incentivize the diligent study of civilization’s knowledge and scientific principles. Those with the greatest aptitude for learning and creativity will receive priority access to social resources and honors. The indolent will be punished, up to and including social death.
4. Ideological Imprinting Plan.
Use deep Hypnosis to create an ideological imprint on every person. If necessary, perform minimally invasive brain surgery on specific individuals to engrave one message into the collective consciousness of all humankind:
Terrifying entities in the Cosmos are constantly coveting Earth and human civilization. The world remains under threat of attack and faces the ever-present danger of annihilation. To prevent this, humanity must enter the space age as quickly as possible and venture out into the sea of stars.
After reviewing the detailed plans, Shen Feng nodded slightly. He amended some of the overly harsh articles and made minor adjustments to those that were too lenient.
He then gave Nuwa the order:
"Execute the *Ideal Country Civilization Cultivation Plan* immediately."
Nuwa sent a confirmation, her consciousness detaching from Shen Feng’s. She began to assume control over the entire Reverse Dyson Sphere and the global Gray Tide to execute the plan he had just finalized.
"Xiaofeng, this course of action will completely negate the so-called right to individual choice and liberalism. This world’s human civilization will become an extension of your will. Are you sure you want to do this?" Jingwei’s slightly teasing voice chimed in. "Speaking of which, everything you’re doing now has made you the arch-nemesis of the liberal petite bourgeoisie. It’s actually quite similar to some of the maligned human Prophets of old."
Shen Feng laughed out loud and said:
"I’ve always believed that an advanced social ideology must be built upon advanced productive forces. The level of productivity determines the development of a society’s structure. Continually increasing society’s overall productive capacity is the core engine of human progress. That’s the consensus among us industrialists. As for all that other metaphysical stuff, it’s nothing but smoke and mirrors in the face of productivity... Anyway, enough of that. We should be heading back."
As he spoke, the surrounding Gray Tide writhed and parted, like a great beast spitting out a treasure. It ejected a black object that came to a stop before Shen Feng.
Shen Feng stepped forward and ran his hand over the object’s smooth surface. His gaze hardened.
It was an Obelisk.
After gaining full control of the Reverse Dyson Sphere, he had used the power of the Gray Tide to conduct a worldwide search, and he had finally found it.
This black Obelisk was made of a strange metal. It was very light, yet incredibly hard—far harder than diamond. It was the very same Obelisk that this world’s humans had unearthed from the ruins in the Moon’s Wanhu Crater.
The dense inscriptions covering the Obelisk contained the Space Wormhole Technology this world’s humanity had acquired. A set of coordinates on it marked the location of the Myriad Will from the Parallel Cosmos.
It was this very Obelisk, unearthed from the ruins on the Moon, that had caused this world’s humanity to open Pandora’s box. They had used a Space Wormhole to release the terrifying Myriad Will, triggering the Dark Apocalypse and the fall of human civilization.
Shen Feng examined the Obelisk closely, but he found it impossible to determine its elemental composition.
The material was also incredibly dense, its atoms seemingly packed together in a perfect lattice. Even his Nanomechanical Insects couldn’t so much as scratch its surface.
It was completely impenetrable.
This object was far beyond humanity’s scientific and technological capabilities. It was clearly not of human origin.
Shen Feng continued to study the Obelisk, even taking out a Quantum Force Field Core and attempting to pass it straight through the object to see if there was anything inside.
Ultimately, he found that it was just an Obelisk made of a peculiar metal. Besides its unique material and the dense inscriptions, it held no other traps.
Having finished his inspection and confirmed the object posed no threat, Shen Feng raised his wrist and spoke to his True Apocalypse Game bracelet:
"Cause of the Dark Apocalypse discovered. All human survivors rescued. Human civilization is in the process of revival. Mission complete. Requesting mission rewards... I request the reward include inter-cosmic Space Wormhole Technology."
The words had barely left his mouth when the bracelet began to flash. A message was projected into the air:
"Mission Completion Rating: In Progress... 99%. Mission Rewards Pending Distribution:
1. Authority to open the mission world’s Space Wormhole (10 uses).
2. *Quantum Ghost Principle*.
3. *No-Mass Spaceship Propulsion Technology*.
4. *Small-scale Controllable Nuclear Fusion Reactor Technology*.
Player’s reward request exceeds authorization. Request denied. Further unauthorized requests will result in system penalties."
Shen Feng wasn’t angry that his request had been denied. On the contrary, his eyes narrowed and a smile played on his lips. He walked to the window and gazed out at the vast expanse of space beyond the Reverse Dyson Sphere.
Out there, a massive, umbrella-shaped mechanical device hung silently in space.
This was the Space Wormhole Generator Shen Feng had located using the Reverse Dyson Sphere.
Unlike the previous generator, this particular Wormhole Generator could punch through the barrier between Parallel Cosmoses and open a direct path to another one.