Chapter 960 (1/2)

Hao Ren did not pay much attention to the term that appeared out of nowhere when he first heard of the ‘Denizens of the Stars’. Even when he found clues about them in the ruins of the other civilisations, he still had not paid much attention to them. The universe was wide, and if a god-killing race could be born, the appearance of a couple of powerful and advance civilisationsis no surprise to anyone. The Denizens of the Stars had ran out and about trying to save those that were threatened by the apocalypse, and this was something any race with sufficient capability and heart could accomplish.

But when the Denizens of the Stars were linked with the holy relics of the Goddess of Creation, Hao Ren realised that these mysterious beings were even more special than he had initially thought.

They were not just special in their technological capabilities, they were special in their relationship with the Goddess.

“The Eternals is the collective name of a few particularly ancient and mysterious races.” Muru sat cross-legged, his voice thundering. “Long before our Mother started creating life, there were ancient lifeforms in the universe, and we call these races before the birth of the Goddess of Creation, the Eternals.”

“The Goddess of Creation did not actually ‘create’ a new world’ didn’t she?” Lily asked as she strained her neck looking upwards.

“Yes, the universe already there even before Mother was born. Mother was just the first of Gods to create a large number of lives, but she was not the originator.” Muru nodded. “So us guardians had used the era which a race was born, and how their birth came about to categorise them. Those who were around before the birth of the Goddess were all called the Eternals. The races that were created by the Goddess were call the ‘Godmolded.” while those born naturally after the birth of the Goddess were called the ‘Naturalborn’.”

“Yes, the Goddess of Creation is a unique entity, and in this universe only She alone is without a race.” Hao Ren nodded. “So tell me more about these Eternals. Are these ancient race powerful?”

In Hao Ren’s impression, ancient races are usually interlinked with strength, and the more ancient a thing, the stronger they are. Example being, old ginger, aged vinegar, aged wine, and a ten thousand year old old bat. So any races that were around before the birth of the Goddess of Creation can have the name applied to them. In any cases, even the title alone is probably some legendary orange title…

But Lemendusa shook his head. “No, not necessarily. The Eternals are just races that have existed far longer. Of course, any race given time will be powerful but this is not absolute. Some Eternals till now still sow the fields for a living, and some Eternals who had lived for centuries were suddenly wiped out by a flu. The universe encompasses everything, and nothing is final.”

Hao Ren was stunned, and murmured to himself why reality did not match what those sci-fi novels had said. Didn’t the books said that if something lived long enough, even a radix would gain sentience?

Scratching his hair, Hao Ren continued. “So, lets forget about those silly Eternals. What do you know about these Denizens of the Stars?”

Muru frowned, and there was a hint of uncertainty in his voice, the very first. “They are probably th most secretive of the Eternals, and if I’m not wrong, they are probably one of the stronger ones. These beings are very, very ancient, and it is possible that they are the primeval beings of this universe. They were already around when Mother had tried to create the first batch of living beings. But by the age when us guardians were born, the ‘Denizens of the Stars’ had rarely appeared any more. They have a very unique mindset and worldview, and they avoid contact with other races. They stay away from the material world, and neither do they build colonies or expand their territory and aside from some occasional wandering across the stars there were no visible activities from them. I’ve only saw mentions about them from ancient observation records, and I’ve only met them a few times at the border.”

“You’ve met on before?” Lily’s ears perked up. “What did you say?”

“There was no conversation per se.” Muru shrugged with a slightly awkward expression. “A small group of the Denizens of the Stars had visited a local planetm but they had stayed there for a long while, almost like they were sun-bathing. So I went up to speak with them and they…”

Muru frowned hard as he tried to phrase the sentence in his mind, and after while he finally figured out a way to express himself. “They shot out a series of rapid flashes, and even after hundred and further years of studies later I still could not decipher what they were trying to say.”

Hao Ren pondered for a bit. “It probably did not mean anything aty all, you had simply scared the lights out of them…”

“All in all, the Denizens of the Stars’ are just a very peculiar race.” Muru rubbed his chin. “Energy-based lifeform are all like this, because of their unique lifeform, they are distant towards most races. Even the guardians have not paid any attention to us, and neither them to us.”