My Identity Is Becoming More and More Astonishing

"..." The princess continued in silence.

"How about now?" Chen Yu smiled, "Thinking this way, do you feel a lot better?"

The princess raised her eyes, staring straight into Chen Yu's.

After a long time, wiping all the water from her face, she stood up, her gaze firm once again: "I still have to go."

"Go where?" Chen Yu frowned.

"I will continue to travel against time, to an even more distant past," the princess clenched her fist.

"As a tourist?"

At these words, the princess shook her head, took a deep breath, and said, "Back in the 'House of Fate,' I told you. When we meet, I would tell you a big secret."

"Oh, right." Chen Yu nodded, "You did say that."

"So now, do you want to hear this secret?"

"I don't want to hear it," Chen Yu replied instantly.

The princess: "..."

Chen Yu: "Didn't expect that, huh? Are you starting to feel uncomfortable now?"

The princess: "..."

"Okay, okay," Chen Yu grinned mischievously, "Go on. I'm listening."

"...Maybe, it indeed shouldn't be said," the princess pursed her lips, looking down, "The truth about the origin of all races, you'd be happier not knowing."

Chen Yu: "..."

The princess: "Didn't expect that, right? Are you starting to feel uncomfortable too?"

Chen Yu: "..."

Chen Yu: "Not uncomfortable. It's fated that you would spill the beans."

"Give me a cigarette, too," the princess reached out her hand.

Without a word, Chen Yu passed the cigarette he was smoking.

The princess, not minding at all, took it, then released a flame from her fingertips and lit the cigarette: "This secret, I learned it on your timeline. At that time, a human relic was unearthed. It clearly recorded the origin of all races."

"How did they come to be?" Chen Yu asked.

"You know, among all races, does human civilization have another nickname?"

"I don't know. What is it called?"

"Progenitor," the princess uttered the two words. Find adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

"Progenitor..." Chen Yu frowned.

After a moment, he was terrified by the implication: "Could it be that humans are..."

"Correct," the princess said coldly, "Humans are the progenitors of all civilizations. To be more precise, all the species in our world, their source, it all comes from humans. They... are all descendants of humans."

"Holy shit!" Chen Yu's scalp tingled instantly, "I just knew it! No matter the race, they all have a human-like face. Turns out they're all bastards!"

"According to the ancient glass stele found in the relic, a long, long time ago, possibly seventy or eighty thousand years before, there was only one intelligent civilization on Earth—humans."

"The technological level was neither high nor low at that time."

"The population was rather dispersed, totaling about ten billion."

"And there was no such thing as Transcendent powers."

"But suddenly one day, in a certain nation of humans, a Transcendent appeared out of nowhere. His strength was mighty. No form of weaponry could harm him. And then he conquered the whole world."

"Is he an Transcendent like those nowadays?" Chen Yu's eyelids twitched wildly as he interjected.

"No," the princess shook her head, "I saw the glass stele in the relic with my own eyes, and it was clearly written that this Transcendent possessed a special power called 'Qi'."

"Qi?" Chen Yu thought quickly, "What is that?"

"Not sure. Anyway, that Transcendent was very powerful. After intimidating the whole world, he began some form of enlightenment. He also worked with the scientific researchers of that time on a series of experimental studies until one day."

The princess swallowed, her expression complex, "It's unclear whether it was an issue with that Transcendent or the research project itself, but nature's reproductive isolation was messed up."

Chen Yu: "!!!"

"And then, in a human civilization known as 'Hardness,' various strange, human-like creatures began to appear."

"That, it's called 'India,' right?" Chen Yu tentatively said.

"Correct! I got it wrong! It's the name you mentioned!" The princess was horrified, looking Chen Yu up and down, "How do you know that?"

"I fuckin' wish I didn't know!" Chen Yu suddenly raged, "Are you messing with me? Is this how all the races came to be?"

"You... you know something else?!" Seeing Chen Yu's abnormal reaction, the princess quickly pressed.

"I don't fuckin' know anything! Damn it!" Chen Yu's brain was in turmoil as he began pacing the room frantically, "Komodo dragons... raccoons... centaurs... minotaurs... and those damned fungi! Damn! Even fungi weren't spared! This is indeed their style..."

He paced like this for almost ten minutes.

Only then did Chen Yu gradually calm down and sat back at the desk: "Come on. Continue with your big secret. Let's see if there's an even more twisted development."

"That's all... "

"So what are you continuing to go back for?"

"To the starting point of all races!" The princess's eyes were resolute, "To kill the Transcendent that appeared out of nowhere! To prevent the birth of all races."

"You want to prevent the birth of all races, what's the use of killing him?" Chen Yu snapped, "Kill India! If they're gone, there would be no more issues."

The princess was at a loss, "Is that... right."

"By the way, when do you plan to leave?" Chen Yu suddenly changed the topic.

"In a few days."

"How about taking me with you?"

Chen Yu had every reason to be skeptical.

He was the one who had traveled through time from that "sole human" era.

"Sure," the princess nodded, "But eighty or ninety thousand years of time, even by your flow of time, your current lifespan, won't last until then."

"Hold on, let me do the math." Chen Yu raised his fingers, "I've gone back in time by four thousand years and spent nearly eighty years in the Time House..."

"Not four thousand years," the princess corrected, "From your era to the present, it's only a little over two thousand years."

"A little over two thousand years... not four thousand?" Chen Yu was stunned.

"Let me do the calculations for you. Two thousand years of time, you've used eighty years to travel back. Just twenty thousand years later, your lifespan will be exhausted."

"How old can an A-grade Transcendent live?" Chen Yu asked, turning the subject.

"One thousand two hundred."

"So, even if I reach A-level, I can only travel through about thirty thousand years."

"Yes," the princess nodded.

"...Indeed it's 'fate', not leaving any gaps at all." Chen Yu, who was unusually emotional, quickly calmed down, "Then your return to the past is still utterly useless."

"I don't care," the princess said succinctly.

"OK, as you wish. But now there's a new problem. How the hell did I manage to survive until two thousand years later."

"It must have been with my help."

As she spoke,

the princess suddenly took off her coat, revealing a body familiar to Chen Yu, too familiar.

Chen Yu: "Huh?"

Chen Yu: "What are you doing?!"

Chen Yu: "Don't come over! Hey! Ah ah ah ah?!"

Chen Yu: "Are you sick? What kind of thought process is this? Weren't we talking about serious matters?"

With dexterous hands, the princess pinned down Chen Yu and took a deep breath, answering, "This is the serious matter. I'm going to reincarnate again, lend a hand."

"You TM..."

Ten minutes later.

The princess was the one being subdued.

She reached out, touching the ice blade on Chen Yu's chest, "Aren't you going to... pull it out?"

"He who stabs others, will be stabbed in return."

"..."

...

The imminent crisis of the human race.

It made the princess realize that humans must consume the soul orb no matter what.

It was beyond her individual power to stop.

The wheel of history kept rolling forward along its predetermined track.

After she and Chen Yu completed the preparations for their reincarnation, she began to get busy, helping Chen Yu successfully return to two thousand years later.

Chen Yu, too, hastened his pace.

While he oversaw the ancestral lands and waited for the second batch of top scholars to emerge, he also often ventured out to eliminate enemies for the current timeline's humanity as much as possible.

The two agreed to set out on their return journey in seven days.

The princess continued towards the past.

Chen Yu, on the other hand, returned to the future.

From now on, strictly speaking, the two would never see each other again.

It was a true eternal farewell.

However...

Five days later.

A D+ grade top-tier Transcendent in charge of the exam affairs came to Chen Yu with a severed head and saluted, "Your Highness! The task you assigned to me, I failed. This is for you."

Chen Yu numbly accepted the head handed over by the Transcendent, his face in shock.

"Your Highness, I keep my word! If the college entrance exam is not done in five days, I'll present my head to you!" The Transcendent stood tall, "Here's the head for you."

Chen Yu: "..."

Turning around, Chen Yu said to the princess, "Let's delay our departure by two days. I have someone to quarter first."

...