Listening to Dr. Zhuang's response, Zhou Bai exclaimed in surprise, "Not the same group? Another group of extraterrestrial Spiritual People established this palace on the moon? Where are they?"

Dr. Zhuang said, "They left, for some unknown reason... one day, they all suddenly withdrew."

Zhou Bai frowned and asked, "When did this happen? And how did you find this place?"

Dr. Zhuang replied slowly, "I don't know, the only certainty is that they withdrew from here before the Celestial Court reached Earth. It can be said that they should be the first group of extraterrestrial Spiritual People to come to Earth, while the ones brought by the Celestial Court on Earth were merely the second batch."

Zhou Bai was shocked and asked, "They were the first group? What did they come here for?" Looking at the pavilions and towers before him, he slowly said, "They specifically established this palace on the moon... Could it be they were observing Earth? At that time, the Earth..."

Zhou Bai suddenly realized, "Were they observing the demons? Why?"

Dr. Zhuang performed a hand gesture of Dao technique, and the scene in front of them changed. They directly crossed space-time to another location in the palace.

Zhou Bai asked, "You can control the space-time transformation here?"

Dr. Zhuang explained, "The Mountain Gate Formation here can move space. As long as you're in the formation and invoke the corresponding Dao technique, you can enter different areas."

What appeared before Zhou Bai was an endless expanse of gourd vines, with many gourds hanging on them. However, unlike normal gourds, each gourd looked like a sitting humanoid animal, with vivid eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. You could even see their slightly heaving chests, as if still alive.

But in the next moment, as Dr. Zhuang changed hand gestures of Dao technique, the gourd vines quickly withered and decayed, turning into remnants.

And the gourds, which originally seemed like living creatures, shriveled up and dried out, one by one, turning into existences akin to corpses.

Zhou Bai exclaimed, "What is this? Gourd kids? So many?"

Dr. Zhuang tilted his head, "Gourd kids? That's a fitting name. I discovered their existence after I came here, but they were all dead, and I could only see some past images."

Observing the dried corpses on the gourd vines, Zhou Bai said, "Were these all demons that appeared on Earth? Not only were they observing demons, but they even captured a batch?"

Dr. Zhuang said, "It's not just that."

"Zhou Bai, have you ever thought that the power of demons is somewhat inexplicable? Their speed of evolution defies logic, indicating that the demon bloodline itself is unstable. Yet, their bloodline can store past information, passed down from generation to generation, which contradicts the instability of the bloodline."

"I have always suspected that the evolution of demons has artificial intervention. Initially, I thought it was done by the Ancient Demon, as they have the ability and have intervened in the evolution of demons several times."

But after coming here, I realized that the initial evolution of demons... might have been intervened by extraterrestrial Spiritual People."

"They used a certain Void Dao technique to stimulate the development of Earth's life, accelerating the evolution of demons, completely altering the direction of life evolution on Earth."

Zhou Bai asked, "Were they conducting some kind of experiment?"

Dr. Zhuang handed Zhou Bai a jade slip and said flatly, "See for yourself."

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit scanned the jade slip, finding it seemingly like a person's diary and notes.

...

The year 4752 of Dao Era.

It's been more than a hundred years since we came to the Qing-Jiazi Star. The speed of life evolution on this planet has exceeded our expectations.

We are continuing to increase the infiltration of the Void Pulse, to see if they can further adapt to the void.

But even if they can't, it's quite normal. Just the fact that the birds and beasts on this planet can be used to refine magic artifacts and elixirs is already a huge gain. Each species here will broaden our records, and they will all be invaluable treasures.

I have suggested to the Inspector to collect a batch of species to take back before increasing the Void Pulse.

...

The year 4759 of Dao Era.

Unbelievable, although there was initially large-scale species extinction, the surviving animals demonstrated astounding vitality.

They showed signs of adapting to the Void Pulse, so we selected the strongest few to take back, while most of the rest perished in the void disaster.

We named them Heavenly Yan Beasts and reported the matter to the Void Dao Palace, who instructed us to study these peculiar creatures on-site.

...

The year 4831 of Dao Era.

The fools at the Void Dao Palace simply fail to comprehend the value of Heavenly Yan Beasts. I fear they haven't even properly reviewed our report.

Over the years, we have hosted a total of one hundred and twenty-one void disasters on the Qing-Jiazi Star. Beginning with the Heavenly Yan Beasts, more than two hundred intelligent life forms have emerged, each possessing powerful adaptive abilities, even to a certain extent of adapting to the Void Pulse.

We repeatedly adjusted the direction of their bloodline evolution, and they are becoming increasingly intelligent and useful.

If they can fully adapt to the impact of the Void Pulse, then in the future, extracting their bloodline and transforming it into the Beast Transformation Technique will greatly enhance our ability to deal with void disasters.

Perhaps our research could become a universal program, enabling future human beings to resist the void through this method.

...

The year 4842 of Dao Era.

The resource and personnel allocation request to the Void Dao Palace has been rejected again.

Those people who can only lick the boots of the Dao Ancestor know nothing, only knowing how to pile resources onto some useless research. The so-called Heaven and Earth Calamity sounds utterly ridiculous.

We must prove our importance to the Void Dao Palace. I want them to realize the magnitude of their mistake. I want the entire universe to know about our discovery.

...

The bloodline of the new generation of Heavenly Yan Beasts has become extremely unstable. They are undergoing evolution almost constantly, and their bodies cannot keep up with such intense changes, with a consistently high mortality rate.

Some say the chaotic nature of the void has impacted the bloodline, while others suggest the direction of evolution has gone wrong.

I heard the Heaven and Earth Calamity side has already made progress, and once successful, the Void Dao Palace will fully promote the Heaven and Earth Calamity auxiliary cultivation system, making it a universal plan for the millennia.

By then, even if the research on Heavenly Yan Beasts is completed, the Void Dao Palace wouldn't have resources to push for a second universal plan.

We must quickly find the reason... Perhaps we can try extracting the bloodline of the Heavenly Yan Beasts.

...

It failed; the evolutionary runaway caused the latest generation of Heavenly Yan Beasts to transform into aberrations due to the void disaster.

Everyone's morale is very low, and we haven't even identified the cause of the evolutionary runaway.

The Great Debate of Hundred Pulses is about to begin, which is our last chance.

I can't hesitate any longer, I should try the last resort...