A snow-covered forest in North America.

The cold wind is cold, and the goose feather snowflakes are fluttering and sprinkling.

Most of the animals in the forest hide in warm nests. Occasionally, hardy snowbirds roam through the snow in search of food.

The snowfowl alarmed the squirrels in the hollow of the trees, and poked out its curious head to look at the uninvited visitors from the air. After making sure there was no danger, the squirrel retreated into the warm hollow of the tree, ignoring the guys who couldn't store food. Looking at the dried fruits such as pine nuts, hazelnuts, and acorns in the hollows of the trees, the psychology is beautiful.

A few 'poignant' bird calls rang out, and the sound of flapping wings sounded, which frightened the squirrel's body trembling, and it cautiously poked out its eyes and looked down.

I saw a group of two-legged beasts holding skis and wearing white coats and hats suddenly came from the clearing in front of the forest.

The little squirrel was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, and lay down directly in the tree hole. This is one of the most powerful beings in the land, some good and some evil. The little squirrel saw a little friend being disemboweled, grilled into meat skewers, and never dared to approach this two-legged beast again.

The group, which numbered of five people, frightened the foraging snowbirds, and did not stay, continuing to glide through the wind and snow.

Soon they came to a valley where the shadow of the rocks obscured them. The leader took out an instrument and pressed it, and a downward staircase appeared on the ground.

They put away their skis and walked in, and the ground closed automatically. Soon a cold wind blew, rolling up snow all over the ground, obscuring their tracks.

The electric lights on both sides were constantly lit, illuminating the tunnels, revealing the cold and damp staircase. These voice-activated orange electric lights are relatively old-fashioned, and it is clear that this place has been established for a long time.

The five of them walked for half an hour before they came to an iron gate. The leader, with a few clicks on the wall, revealed a PINpad, where he typed in a set of 13 numbers and letters. The PINpad retracted, revealing a tablet-sized display, and he pressed his palm up, and the sound of "Fingerprint confirmed!" sounded.

The iron door slides upwards and is absorbed into the wall. It's an ultra-modern corridor.

With a wave of the leader's hand, the five of them walked in and continued on their way. Five doors were opened along the way, and six methods of confirming unlocking were used: iris, voice, electronic password, fingerprint, gene lock (blood test), and designated key.

Open the sixth gate, revealing a huge hall, and the white lights turn on automatically. It's like the operation room of an interstellar battleship, where all sorts of advanced equipment start to kick in and emit all sorts of light.

The boss arrives at the console and places a crystal skull the size of a human head. Screens began to light up automatically, revealing lines of font, but not any kind of text on Earth.

The other four people, although they were puzzled, did not dare to ask.

There was a strange tone, which was spoken in English more than a hundred years ago. "Humanity, why awaken the great Celestial Shell Forsaken Sage. ”

The leader of the humanitarian: "The great Teng Shell forsaken the Sage - do not fall into the rice ball." In keeping with our sacred promise, David Smith, the tenth head of the Hyde family, has come to fulfill his promise. ”

"What time is it?" a cold voice rang out.

The man at the head, uncovered his coat and hat, was a man in his forties with blond hair, deep eyes and a high nose, and he replied respectfully: "XX month XX day of the year 47XX." It's been 60 years since the last fulfillment. My father, the last fulfiller, died of the virus not long ago, and on his deathbed he ordered me to come and continue to fulfill the contract!"

"What do you want, and what are you ready to give?"

David Smith said: "I want to get eternal life, immortal power, strong body! I am willing to exchange all my wealth and resources at my disposal, if you can help me rule the earth, I am willing to give you eighty percent of the resources on the earth!"

"You're so greedy! It seems that you are much smarter than your father, and he chooses the wealth of the country. As long as you focus on developing technology, you will get these things slowly. Why rush?"

David Smith said, "The Sage doesn't know anything. At present, the virus is rampant on the earth, and people are suffering from it. The development of science and technology in our country is sluggish, and the progress is slow, and by the time science and technology develop, I have long since turned to dust. Besides, if there is a better way, why not use it?"

"So which one do you choose?"

"I choose eternal life. ”

"You see, there is no eternal life in this world. There is only a longer life, and according to your current state of soul, I can extend your life for two hundred years, and even then, do you insist on choosing it?"

"Yes, Sage!"

"Okay, come here, take off your coat, and lie down in the psionic incubator. ”

There was a sound of the machine, and a sci-fi nutrition pod opened.

David Smith walked over, hesitated, and said, "You four are waiting here! ”

"Yes, Lord Smith!"

David Smith took off his coat and walked inside, lying in the conversion cabin. The module closed automatically, and needle-shaped probes stretched out and inserted into his body. Soon his head and limbs were filled with tubular needles, and blue liquid, red energy began to be injected into his body from the transparent tube.

David Smith felt a huge pain all over his body and wanted to shout loudly, but he couldn't make a sound, as if he was being suppressed by a nightmare. Soon he was fainted by anesthesia and severe pain.

He had a strange dream, in which he turned into a virus, ignorant and constantly reproducing and regenerating, from one to ten hundred thousand, and then to ten billion, conquering the city in the body of a giant. Eventually, the giant was killed by him, and he began to devour all the clones, and as he devoured more "himself", his wisdom slowly grew, and he gradually remembered everything. I'm a virus, no, I'm David Smith, evolving from a virus. He shook his head and opened his confused eyes. Who am I and where do I come from?

Four familiar faces appeared in front of him, and all his memories were recalled at once. I'm David Smith, I did the transformation experiment, and I made it!

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

One of his men reached out and pulled him.

David Smith pulled lightly, and when he touched this strong subordinate, he let out a scream, his palm was twisted and deformed, and blood flowed.

When the others saw this, they were startled and pushed back.

David Smith let go of his palm and said, "Daniel, I didn't mean to! I don't know why the power has become so great? Hurry up and bandage it, and we'll go back and heal well." With that, he stood up from the transformation pod.

Daniel frowned, whispered in pain, and bandaged his right palm with his left palm. Secretly said: "It's so unlucky! I wanted to please the head of the family, but my hands were almost abolished." ”

David Smith took the coat handed over to him and put it on his body. Said respectfully, "Thank you to the great Tenghu Forsaken Clan Sage. You are my regenerative parent, giving me a strong body and a long life. What do you need? I am willing to serve you despite the commands. ”

When the other subordinates heard this, their eyes showed envy, and their eyes rolled. glanced at David Smith obliquely, and saw that he was not paying attention, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. From time to time, his eyes glanced in the direction of the transformation module, which was empty, and the transformation module had long been hidden.

"Very good! I guess you also feel that you are strong! There is no end to strength, and life can be extended. Although you only have 300 years to live now, as long as the technology continues to develop, your life can be extended in the future. ”

"Really! Great! What do I need to do to repay you?"

"You continue to develop genetic evolution technology, robotics technology, human modification technology, digital immortality technology, soul transplant technology, memory transfer technology, and so on. I wait for you to build me a perfect body. ”

"Yes, Sage, rest assured, we will build your body as soon as possible. ”

"Alright, the transformation for you has consumed the energy I have saved, and I am going to recover from my sleep. Get out of here, all of you. ”

David Smith said, "Yes!" and then led his men out of the tunnel in silence.

It was still snowy outside, but David Smith no longer felt cold, and a strange energy rose from the surface of his body, blocking the cold outside.

The entrance to the underground cave closes automatically.

David Smith put on his skis and said, "No one is allowed to expose today's events!

"Don't worry, my lordship, we have decided to keep it a secret!" the four men said in unison.

David Smith thinks he's getting a big bargain instead of paying for the development of technology. In fact, what he didn't know was that his soul had been polluted and parasitized, and the life of a freed shell deserted tribe was parasitic in his soul, constantly absorbing his soul nutrients—spiritual power, soul origin, memories and experiences, and so on.

This parasitism is like starting out like a symbiosis and does not affect the thoughts and behaviors of the parasite, but also brings the benefits of increased lifespan. By the time the life of the Alien Clan grows up, it will begin to devour its host like a virus and become an independent life. And the host's body, mind, soul, memory, etc., are all turned into its nourishment and possessed by it. However, the body of David Smith can only be used for a hundred years, and then it will corrupt and die, and only a few can turn into a cocoon and re-transform into a parasitic seed. Although it will take 300 years to live for dozens to 100 years with the body of animals and humans, the people who have left the shell are happy!

Therefore, in the second universe, it has been called a "technological evil race" and a "life-prolonging virus". Their lower forms can parasitize living objects, and the evolved higher forms, the Sages, can also absorb the spiritual power and faith power attached to scientific and technological items to survive, so it is difficult to be killed and killed, as long as the technology is not destroyed, it can last forever.

The civilizations of the universe are divided into inner and outer civilizations. Inner civilization is to develop the energy in the body of intelligent organisms, constantly absorb and transform the energy outside the body, and serve the storage, transformation and utilization of energy in the body of intelligent organisms. Outer civilization is to use the energy of the outside world to serve the improvement of the life and body of intelligent life, and take the road from the outside to the inside. It does not directly increase the lifespan and physical strength of intelligent beings, but it can increase it indirectly.

There is no distinction between inner civilization and outer civilization, but there is a difference in difficulty.

There are good and evil, good and bad in both inner and outer civilizations, and this has nothing to do with energy, but is caused by the minds of intelligent beings.