"Parallel worlds? Or perhaps there's some connection between the two worlds...?"
Lu Sheng's eyes flickered as though he had just grasped something.
He quickly picked up the disk and began examining it carefully.
The surface of the disk was smooth, with no visible buttons.
Lu Sheng had no idea what this disk actually was, so he started inspecting it inch by inch.
Before long, he found a shallow groove in the center of the disk, barely a millimeter deep.
He compared it with his thumb and discovered it was just the right size.
"A fingerprint lock?"
Lu Sheng speculated as he gently placed his thumb into the groove.
About a minute passed, and Lu Sheng was just about to give up,
when a "beep" suddenly sounded, and the disk in his hand began to emit a faint blue light.
The blue glow intensified, yet remained gentle on the eyes.
This dusty, deathly still room seemed to stir awake with the appearance of that light.
"Welcome to Tianheng Technology..."
A soft female voice emerged from the disk.
Soon after, the blue light rapidly condensed into the outline of a woman.
"It actually activated!"
Excitement surged in Lu Sheng's heart.
But it didn't last long—
the disk in his hand quickly dimmed as if it had exhausted all its power,
and within seconds, it turned back into a cold, lifeless metal plate.
"Whoo—"
Lu Sheng exhaled, a sharp gleam flashing through his eyes.
"It seems this city still has some energy remaining.
If I'm lucky, I might be able to uncover more information about this world..."
He picked up the disk and swiftly exited the room.
He began searching house by house.
During the process, he found more disks in various colors and styles compared to the first one.
Lu Sheng guessed that these disks might be something akin to computers—
common household items, especially found in studies and bedrooms.
He collected roughly a few dozen of these disks,
then tried activating them one by one in a secure spot.
Soft blue lights would flash before his eyes, then disappear.
Most of the disks had run out of power.
The rest were either damaged or prompted a message saying Lu Sheng lacked access permission.
"Still need a password..."
Lu Sheng sighed in frustration.
Finally, a breakthrough came when he picked up a silver-gray disk.
He had found it in a box, apparently still unopened.
"Welcome to Tianheng Technology..."
The blue light gathered into the figure of a woman,
delicately beautiful, dressed in a pink bodysuit with impeccable proportions.
Lu Sheng waited a moment—
no prompts appeared asking for a password or retina scan.
Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"How do I use this?"
Lu Sheng hesitated for a moment.
But almost immediately, the holographic woman smiled and spoke:
"For first-time users of the Light Brain, please follow the instructions below to proceed..."
Thankfully, there was a beginner's tutorial.
Lu Sheng let out a breath of relief.
Under the intelligent guidance of the Light Brain,
he quickly learned how to operate it.
"Now, it's time to start understanding this world..."
Lu Sheng took a deep breath, paused for a moment, then issued a command:
"Pull up the latest news reports..."
"Connecting to SkyNet..."
"Connection to SkyNet failed."
"Connecting to Civilian Database of Base 1359..."
"Connection successful."
In the next moment, information flooded before Lu Sheng's eyes.
Wherever his gaze landed, the corresponding text would instantly enlarge and present itself to him.
"Martial Year 11024, June 21st — Main Base No. 2 successfully launched the 58th fleet of Life Exploration Ships, destination: Lyra System..."
"Martial Year 11024, July 12th — Base No. 105 has fallen..."
"Martial Year 11024, September 24th — Lieutenant General Sun Canghe has advanced to the Tenth-Star Realm, becoming the 472nd Tenth-Star Realm expert in the history of the World Martial Alliance. The Alliance now possesses a total of 23 Tenth-Star Realm powerhouses..."
"Martial Year 11024, September 30th — Bases 114, 893, and 1022 have fallen. The World Martial Alliance will convene its 274th Grandmaster Summit at Main Base No. 1..."
"Martial Year 11024, October 3rd — Bases 585, 697, and 1253 have fallen..."
"Martial Year 11024, November 19th..."
Lu Sheng quickly browsed through the flood of information displayed by the Light Brain.
Each headline struck his mind like a hammer—
Tenth-level warriors, planetary colonization plans, Grandmaster Summits...
Just as he had guessed,
this world's Martial Way civilization had far surpassed the one he came from—
they had even already charted a path beyond the Ninth Level, reaching the Tenth and Eleventh levels of martial mastery!
And yet, despite all that,
the majority of the news was about martial bases being overrun, one after another.
"This world's Martial Way civilization was brilliant beyond imagination,
flourishing to unprecedented heights.
But the enemies they faced... were even more terrifying.
Even Tenth and Eleventh-Level martial experts couldn't stop the collapse of humanity under the claws of the abyssal beasts...
Eventually, they had no choice but to abandon their home planet
and begin searching for a second habitable world.
But judging by the news..."
Lu Sheng's eyes lowered slightly.
The speed of blue text scrolling before him slowed.
"Up until the fall of Base 1359,
none of the exploratory ships launched had ever returned with encouraging news..."
Lu Sheng observed a silent moment of mourning for them.
In those cold headlines,
he saw the helplessness and sorrow of a glorious civilization slowly being extinguished...
He stopped reading the news, then spoke:
"Pull up world history."
"Retrieving historical records..."
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