Chapter 1 A Person is a Civilization_3
This continent really is massive, it's like an infinitely extended version of the continents on Earth.
Lu Yuan was stunned by the magnificent and magical scene.
A faint ripple appeared in space, and in a moment, the Pangu Continent shifted to the current space, replacing the original Earth.
…
Lu Yuan suddenly realized that with the appearance of the Pangu Continent, he was only tens of thousands of meters above the ground.
A surge of excitement filled his heart, "Could there still be hope for me?"
He stretched out a finger, extending the very tip out of the Different Space.
Subject to gravity, this little piece of his finger began to experience free fall.
Due to the Different Space being connected to his body, as the finger fell, it also pulled the "soap bubble" containing the Different Space down with it.
About three minutes later, with a light "pop," Lu Yuan successfully landed in a grassy field.
He took a few deep breaths to calm his anxious state of mind.
Looking up, viewing the Pangu Continent from a close distance, it seemed somewhat different once again.
The majestic ancient mountain range, the vast sea of clouds, the cyan-gray jungle like a long dragon, stretching to the ends of the earth.
At the front of the cliff, a waterfall cascaded down, creating a mist of water.
Through the hazy mist, one could see the intermingling of white water vapor among the green moss and hills, accompanied by the crisp sound of flowing water to one's ears.
Many trees in the mountain range were three to five hundred meters high, exuding an aura of quiet serenity that warned strangers to keep their distance.
From afar came the occasional roar of wild beasts.
"These trees are just too tall."
Lu Yuan was sweating profusely, feeling like a hopeless ant that had inadvertently entered a garden of deities, where any insect could crush him alive.
Without needing to think about it, it was clear that the Pangu Continent must be fraught with dangers, otherwise there would be no need for a so-called "Safe Zone."
That cold voice still echoed in his ears:
[Analyzing possible existing relics of civilization.]
[Searching for a suitable location to sow the Extraordinary Seed.]
This voice would sound every few minutes.
But for Lu Yuan, it had already become a matter of little consequence.
He simply had no idea what to do.
Even though he had successfully landed on the ground, he had only gone from certain death in a hellish difficulty to a nine-in-ten chance of death in a nightmare difficulty...
While the "Different Space" ability could indeed avoid many risks, as an ordinary person, he needed to sleep, eat, recharge, rest, and entertain; the "Different Space" was not omnipotent.
From this moment on, he must be self-sufficient, hunting for his food, gathering resources, doing everything by himself.
He couldn't afford to get sick, because the slightest illness could be fatal.
How was he to survive?
His mind was a blank slate.
"I didn't even bring a small knife, nor do I have a lighter. I have nothing but a smartphone on me, and its battery... 66%?"
[Creating Civilization Milestone System.]
[Warning, detecting a missing branch of civilization... Race, Human...]
Huh?
Has God discovered me?
Is this speaking to me?
"Please, send me back to Earth quickly!"
[Adding the 18th branch of human civilization, current total population: 1 person.]
[Addition successful.]
[Civilization number: 7812HSKKJ-18, please remember your civilization number.]
"???"
After a while, the cold voice spoke again:
[Congratulations to your civilization for obtaining the Unique Milestone, the First Pioneer of the Ninth Epoch.]
[Condition achieved: Among all civilizations, the first to leave the Safe Zone.]
[History is always created by life, and a world without life is just a wasteland.]
[Today, you take the first step in exploring the Pangu Continent. Your small step as an individual is also a giant leap for the Ninth Epoch.]
[With a heart full of trepidation and bewilderment, you stride into the dense unknown. Perhaps you will die tomorrow, but you also represent the Ninth Epoch's courage to pioneer.]
Lu Yuan gazed blankly into the clear azure sky, and it took him a good long while to grasp that "God" really had considered him a civilization on his own.
Wasn't he indeed the first pioneer in history?
He had entered the newly formed Pangu Continent at its very first minute!
The normal civilizations, they were all hiding within the Safe Zone!
Lu Yuan let out a bitter laugh; it was a dark sense of humor for sure.
Based on his understanding of humanity, it would be impossible for humans to reach a consensus and leave the Safe Zone without at least ten years of protracted struggle.
A bolder estimate would be that dissolving the Safe Zone within twenty years would already be a miracle in the human world.
Considering the time flow difference of one to a hundred, a single year for human civilizations would become a hundred years on the Pangu Continent.
For human civilizations, ten years would mean a thousand years on the Pangu Continent.
Lu Yuan couldn't help but recall the story of the "Rotten wood man." Jinren Wang Zhi went up the mountain to chop firewood and happened to watch two old men playing chess. After watching the game, Wang Zhi found that his axe handle had rotted away. When he returned home, he discovered that hundreds of years had passed in the world, and all his neighbors were long gone.
"So, while only a year will have passed in the Safe Zone, a hundred years will have passed here, and I would be dead."
A mere hundred years is but a fleeting moment for a civilization; the more time for development, the better.
But for an individual, this burden is unbearable.
Leaving aside monsters and the like, just this immense mental pressure was enough to crush Lu Yuan.
However, at that moment, the cold voice spoke again: [Your civilization has received the Unique Milestone reward: Pioneer's Eye. This ability will allow you to read the information of most items (randomly awarded to one person in the civilization).]
[Your civilization has received the Unique Milestone Points reward: 5000 points. (This function is not yet activated)]