A higher-dimensional incarnation, starting by leveraging the stars.

Chapter 29 The Primordial Ritual for Melting Gold and Igniting the Flame Appears

"A realm where earth fire melts gold, a curtain of heavenly acid corrodes bones, towering mountains press down, and the blazing breath burns eternally."

Lying on his bed in the dormitory, Hu Biao looked at the planet shrouded in acid mist in front of him. Hu Biao couldn't help but admire the old guys at the Institute of Archaeology. Their translations of the records of the Shan Hai civilization were so antique and full of flavor.

Venus, a world completely shrouded in thick, never-dissipating sulfuric acid clouds, which tumble slowly and eerily, reflecting the sun's rays and appearing bright yet lifeless.

Beneath the clouds lies true hell.

The surface world of Venus was laid bare before Hu Biao's eyes.

Although he had seen it many times before, this time, because of the specific goal, it felt different from before.

The dark red sky seemed to be forever shrouded in the ominous blood-red hue of dusk or the calm before a storm. There was no blue sky, no stars, only an eternal, suffocating orange-red.

As far as the eye can see, the earth is a mixture of scorched brown, dark red and black, covered with traces of volcanic activity.

The vast lava plains stretch endlessly, with solidified black lava flows resembling scars on the earth; towering volcanoes are even more majestic than Mount Everest, but their outlines appear somewhat distorted and deformed under the refraction of the thick atmosphere; fault lines and deep, dark canyons seem like fissures leading to the earth's core.

"Is this a place where ley lines converge, where metallic energy accumulates, and where subterranean fire melts gold?"

Hu Biao flipped the planets in front of him as if turning a planetary compass, and finally found a location that matched the data.

He stretched out his right hand, picked up a seed, and planted it in the soil according to his own understanding, which also combined with the research results of the Second Research Institute. He "watched" the golden heat wave rolling in from the ground, canceling the seed's higher-dimensional state.

"I'd like to see who's right and who's wrong."

Hu Biao looked at the buried seeds, and then his pupils suddenly dilated as an unbelievable scene appeared before his eyes.

The seed, which had existed for countless years and whose life could not be detected by any means on Earth, remained completely unharmed under layers of molten gold air currents reaching thousands of degrees.

The molten gold currents swept over the seed, but it was as if it were fleeting smoke; the seed remained completely unchanged...

Nothing changed!

This already speaks volumes.

This proves at least one thing: the basic conditions for the survival of carbon-based life on Earth are no longer valid.

The environmental framework given for the survival conditions of carbon-based life on Earth is based solely on its own life and life on Earth as samples, and thus has enormous limitations.

Those old guys at the archaeological institute are something else!

As for the researchers at the Institute of Botany...

There's nothing we can do; they're human, after all.

Ultimately, it's because humans are too self-centered!

Their center and limit of cognition is the self.

An artificial environment has been created for carbon-based organisms!

That is, they thought so...

Unfortunately, reality has dealt humanity a heavy blow.

Nature told them, and the miracle of life told them, "I don't care what you think, I care what I think!"

Isn't there a saying?

When humans think, God laughs.

Yes, I just laughed!

But he soon stopped laughing.

He took a deep breath, and without further hesitation, Hu Biao planted all the remaining dozen or so seeds he had found at the planting base of the Mountain and Sea Civilization, then looked away from Venus.

After all, these are ancient seeds, not magic. Even if they find the right environment, it will still take a long time for them to grow. They are not peas grown in a giant's house.

Facts speak louder than words, but this fact reveals a great deal.

Besides proving the accuracy of the script deciphered by the archaeologists at the Institute of Archaeology, it also illustrates something else.

A major event.

That is, the tentacles of the Mountain and Sea Civilization have clearly extended beyond Earth, which is inconsistent with the current assessment of several prehistoric civilization relics on Earth.

On Earth, the group studying the remains of prehistoric civilizations believes that these civilizations, at least the Western civilization and the Mountain and Sea civilization, may have been more advanced than human civilization in some technological branches, but in essence, they were still civilizations trapped in the planet's gravitational pull.

Otherwise, these two civilizations would have left behind more than just a few things. Even if they are no longer on Earth, they would have left some traces on the surrounding planets, at least on the Moon, a satellite of this blue planet...

It's impossible for it to disappear so cleanly.

Based on this, they believe that both civilizations are planetary civilizations.

"Something unusual is bound to happen. These two civilizations disappeared too completely; apart from a few ruins, it's as if they never existed at all. This is intriguing!"

Hu Biao rubbed his temples, no longer delving into the question. The higher-dimensional abilities had given him too many novel experiences, but he was just an ordinary person with limited time. Only by learning to let go of some things and focus on himself could he possibly grow.

"Hey, Sang Biao, it's not even dark yet, and you're already back in the dorm. That's rare!"

Just as Hu Biao was engrossed in planting jujubes in Jinxing, the dormitory door opened, and Sun Hao, covered in sweat, walked in.

Two weeks into the semester, the students in the dormitory each have their own unique characteristics. Apart from him, who is an extremely depressed and neurotic person, Sun Hao, who comes from Northeast China, has a good physique and loves sports. When he has nothing to do, he gathers some sports enthusiasts to play ball on the court, and incidentally attracts girls.

Liu Bo is a social butterfly. In just two weeks since the start of the semester, his social network has already expanded to include sophomores. He is rarely seen in public. As for Wang Zhe, well, he is an only child from Jiangnan. He is usually a bit timid, but he has excellent grades and a clear plan for his future. He is usually gentle, but when he gets anxious, he will spout a series of incomprehensible gibberish, which is quite interesting.

Because they were in the same dormitory, the four of them got along quite well, but because they had different interests, they didn't really hang out together, and each of them had their own circle of friends.

Hu Biao's circle was the smallest, but also the most enviable, because it only consisted of him and Lin Wanqing.

Aside from his roommates, he spends almost all his time in the library, even on weekends like today. Apart from occasionally contacting Lin Wanqing, he completely ignores everyone else and keeps to himself.

"I was tired from reading today, so I came back to rest and have a laugh," Hu Biao said with a smile. "How about it? How many girls' eyes did you attract today?"

"Hey, that's not important," Sun Hao said with a smile. "I'm going to take a shower. By the way, how long has it been since you contacted your girlfriend?"

"We were just high school classmates, not boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Hehe, go ahead and do it. I've heard that the line of men chasing after her can stretch from the west cafeteria all the way to the teaching building."

"It's not that exaggerated."

"It's much more exaggerated than that, Fang Wenyuan knows that, right?"

Who is it?

"Our school's design genius, a third-year student, won a major prize in the National College Student Cultural and Creative Design Competition last year when he was a sophomore. He's a genius in the design school, and I don't know how many girls are chasing after him. Lately, he's been hanging around your girlfriend. Rumor has it that he's preparing to confess his feelings to her..."

"Pshaw, someone who's only a design major dares to call themselves a genius?"

Hu Biao curled his lip, his face full of disdain.

"Oh!"

Seeing Hu Biao's expression, Sun Hao knew that the kid's professional discrimination had flared up again. After spending several weeks together, they also knew that Hu Biao discriminated against all liberal arts majors equally, and even severely. Therefore, he could only shake his head helplessly, pick up his clothes, and go take a shower.

Hu Biao remained lying there, the seed had been planted and needed time to develop; as for Lin Wanqing...

Confess your feelings?

Come on, buddy, are you an old man from the last world?

Now it's Generation Z, and everyone's playing extreme stretching games!

However, thinking about Lin Wanqing, it's been several days since we last contacted each other. Should I go and chat with her to spice things up?

"Hmm, what the hell?!" Just as he was thinking about whether to talk to Lin Wanqing and have a little tug-of-war, an extremely eerie feeling came from the bottom of his heart, and his mind cleared up instantly. In a vague way, it seemed that the speed of his brain's evolution had accelerated!

The next moment, his expression turned strange. "The primordial rituals? What the hell?"