Only I Walk Alone

Wu Ge temporarily resided in the Mars orbital base, as he frequently needed to clear Four-Dimensional Decomposers from the four-dimensional space. He no longer used the Golden Essence Sword to kill Four-Dimensional Decomposers; as his strength grew, he began using the hiltless flying sword, the Star Space Sword.

This sword only caused pure physical damage and did not possess the intense heat reminiscent of the sun like the Golden Essence Sword.

Three hundred seventy years had passed since the disappearance of all humanity, and Wu Ge’s cultivation had reached the pinnacle of the Out-of-Body realm. Unsure of how to proceed with his cultivation, Wu Ge’s progress was not very fast.

Although his cultivation level had not changed much, his strength was gradually improving. With his current ability to freely traverse the four-dimensional space, three-dimensional beings were as fragile as paper in front of him.

Even a hydrogen bomb explosion could not harm Wu Ge once he left the three-dimensional world. Moreover, a three-dimensional being in the four-dimensional world had one supreme ability: to “sidestep” in such a way that other four-dimensional beings could not detect them.

It was like a two-dimensional paper figure coming to reality and turning sideways; we, as three-dimensional beings, could not see them because they lack thickness.

Similarly, lacking one dimension, Wu Ge could become invisible in the four-dimensional world by performing the “sidestep” maneuver. In some ways, three-dimensional beings entering the four-dimensional world seemed almost like cheating.

That day, Wu Ge watched the S375 finals from the Mars orbital base. After 375 generations, electronic sports had evolved to no longer involve sentient beings as players.

The characters in the game were now controlled by ten virtual stars with different personalities and appearances. In today’s widespread virtual world, the Earth civilization’s passion for virtual stars was no less than the ancient humans’ love for real stars over three hundred years ago.

The virtual world had essentially become the main entertainment method for the Earth civilization, and the currency obtained from the virtual world was used for construction and production in other industries.

As a vast Earth civilization empire, they had well-developed political, economic, and cultural constructions.

Although religion, technology, and the military were firmly in Xiao Chao’s hands, it also allowed ordinary people to develop in areas such as gaming, music, and literature. Even Xiao Chao had to admit that these cultural industries each had their role to play.

If everything was discarded, focusing only on religion, technology, and military dictatorship, then this race was doomed not to go far, let alone have mental power cultivators who reached the Enlightened realm through art.

Wu Ge began to feel nostalgic, like an old man. When he watched the global finals, his heart was not stirred; instead, he thought of the humans abducted to another corner of the universe. What were their circumstances at this moment?

During this time, would they hold a global final? Did the Z-country team make it to the World Cup? Was Z-country’s table tennis still unbeaten in the world?

In this nostalgic mood, Xiao Chao suddenly issued a warning: “Alert! Alert! Unknown lifeform detected on the surface of Mars, has been contained, has been contained!”

Wu Ge was startled and quickly asked, “What do you mean? An unknown lifeform on Mars? What’s the information?”

Xiao Chao immediately transmitted the information. Wu Ge paused the live broadcast of the global finals, which had over a billion viewers, because it used quantum communication. Even though he was as far from Earth as he was, the information was transmitted without delay.

Wu Ge immediately began reviewing the data sent by Xiao Chao. In the data, a robot located an alive unknown lifeform in a cavern three thousand meters below the surface of Mars. This lifeform was less than one meter tall with a round head, a relatively fat body, no visible neck, short legs, thick and large feet, and very long arms that could almost touch its toes.

The creature’s skin had two colors; if its body were viewed as a clock, the area from 12 to 3 o’clock was red, while the rest of its skin was black. The coloration was symmetric front to back but asymmetric from left to right.

The alien creature was completely unconscious. Xiao Chao placed it in a medical room with very low oxygen content and fed it nutrients.

Xiao Chao explained, “The body composition of this unidentified creature is very similar to that of Earth’s organisms. It also has internal organs and a brain structure not much different from Earth’s creatures. One minute ago, we compared its brain capacity, and the likelihood of it being an intelligent creature is 95%.”

Wu Ge wondered, “Martians?”

Influenced by movies, he initially thought Martians would be creatures like octopus monsters, but now he sees that this Martian looks somewhat like a hairless penguin with a round head and large webbed feet, probably waddling like a penguin when it walks.

Xiao Chao analyzed, “This creature must live deep within Mars. To isolate from high temperatures, its skin has evolved into this heat-resistant type. Hair has probably completely devolved as unnecessary. The broad webbed feet are better for supporting its body, and flat feet also help in swimming, while long arms are good for climbing. Based on the creature’s physical traits, I have simulated its living environment.”

Xiao Chao quickly simulated a concept image of an underground world with an underground lake, where this group of Martians lived in underground caves and occasionally dived, indicating that there indeed are underground rivers on Mars.

“How do you explain the creature’s eyes?” Wu Ge pointed at the creature’s two tightly closed eyes, which were twice the size of human eyes. This was highly unreasonable, considering there’s almost no light source underground. What were such big eyes for?

Xiao Chao also scanned the creature’s eyes, saying, “Normal light can stimulate changes in these eyes, which indicates that there must be a light source underground. The creature is also wearing clothes made of leather and fibers, suggesting that plants also grow underground.”

Although it seemed incredible, Mars’s underground might very well have light sources, plants, animal communities, lakes, etc., possibly housing a highly civilized species.

Xiao Chao said, “Most places in this universe have harsh natural environments, but life is also very tenacious. I guess there might be a Martian civilization underground.”

Wu Ge then observed this unconscious Martian again. He saw many scars on its body and asked, “When this Martian was found, were there any high-tech weapons discovered?”

Xiaochao replied, “No, based on the crudeness of its clothing, I judge that their technological level is not very high.”

Wu Ge nodded, feeling the same way. This Martian civilization might not be very advanced. At this moment, the Martian suddenly made meaningless noises, showing a very uncomfortable expression and repeatedly uttering a monosyllabic word.

Xiao Chao said, “There’s too little pheromone information to decipher the language.”

Wu Ge closed his eyes, began to probe the Martian’s mental force, and tried to understand the meaning behind its expressions..

After a moment, Wu Ge opened his eyes and then showed a strange expression.