Infinite Paradise
Chapter 107 - 84 Gaia is the Primordial God (5000 major - s, subscribe request)_2

Chapter 107: 84 Gaia is the Primordial God (5000 major Chapters, subscribe request)_2

"After successfully creating life, Gaia also understood the meaning of life, which are beings both similar and different from herself. She hoped to comprehend more of the essence of life through these creations, so she granted them absolute freedom. Then, after some time of coexistence, Gaia fell into a deep sleep once again with anticipation."

"This time, Gaia’s sleep lasted even longer. For after understanding life, she also underwent the most important transformation of herself. When she woke from her slumber, she was no longer purely a planetary consciousness, but a true deity."

"And she longed for, once she opened her eyes, to see countless lives thriving on this planet."

"However..." at this point, suddenly, Le Cheng’s expression changed slightly, and he didn’t continue.

"However?" The audience, who were listening intently, found that Le Cheng had stopped talking midway and were immediately scratching their heads in eagerness, with some knights urging impatiently, "What about the rest of the story? What happened to those lives?"

Le Cheng looked up at them and frowned, "I suddenly realize that I may have veered off topic. To promote the divine name of Gaia to the people of the Empire, it’s enough to speak of how powerful and wise and valiant she is, isn’t it? Do I need to detail her personal growth?"

Damn, are you planning on abandoning the story?!

Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately frowned.

Even though the Empire was always in a state of high alert for war, such pressures were predominantly borne by the higher echelons. If even the commoners had to bear such wartime pressures constantly, the nation would not maintain itself for long. Therefore, the Empire always adopted a policy of strictness at the top and leniency at the grassroots. At least leisure and entertainment like dance performances and light novels were not scarce, even the Emperor’s Forbidden Army were not always on edge and occasionally needed to find relaxation activities.

Dance performances, as well as some less serious shows, were not only expensive but also required special scheduling, and hence not very cost-effective. Relatively, novels were cheaper and more convenient, thus quite popular among soldiers.

Since there was a demand, there would indeed be a supply.

Thus, the novel industry in this world was rather prosperous, and there even existed pure entertainment novels like "I am Emperor Sigma of the Empire." Of course, such novels were generally not publicly promoted or sold, but neither were they explicitly prohibited, so they were quite widespread privately—some knights and civil officers present had read a few of these books.

At this moment, Le Cheng’s words immediately reminded them of some unscrupulous novelists who, either due to lack of money or lack of creative desire, wrote halfway and then abandoned the story, which was utterly infuriating.

They were thoroughly enjoying the story, and an abrupt ending like this... even if it was Divine Envoy, that was unforgivable!

"No, it’s very necessary indeed!"

"The power of a deity is indeed very important, but the romance of growth is even more critical."

"Exactly, if we only promote the strength of the deity without knowing why she is powerful, isn’t it putting the cart before the horse?"

"Absolutely, getting a deeper understanding of the deity increases people’s devotion."

"Please continue, we love to hear it."

...

The people were all talking at once, even the usually composed and cold Lancelot’s eyes sharpened as if she would practically draw her sword if Le Cheng dared to leave the story unfinished.

"Alright, since you love to hear it, I’ll continue."

Le Cheng taunted the crowd without a change of expression, and proceeded to say, "However, when Gaia awoke, to her surprise, she found that the lives she had created had all disappeared, and the entire planet had reverted to a desolate and barren state."

"Why is that?" someone curiously asked.

"That’s a good question, Gaia wanted to know too, so she carefully investigated and discovered that the fundamental reason was the excessive freedom she had given to these creations. Excessive freedom meant life had no boundaries, and life without boundaries, once controlled by desires, would inevitably lead to disaster."

"Indeed, most of her creations were involved in internal conflicts, and a part of them, driven by curiosity, left Earth to venture into the starry ocean. However, being born on Earth, they could not adapt to the cosmic environment, causing them all to die in the vacuum of space."

"Though Gaia understood the reasons, she decided not to create new life, for after awakening, both her spirit and wisdom had matured; she understood very well that even deities could not master everything in this world, especially life, as they would find their own ways."

"And indeed, this was the case. Although Gaia’s creations had died, their death brought about new seeds of life. Influenced by time and environment, these underwent a long evolution and finally turned into various tiny life forms... of course, just like Gaia’s creations, these initial life forms also looked bizarre."

"Yet Gaia did not care; watching these tiny lives develop, evolve, and die in the harsh environment and then being reborn with her own power, she smiled with satisfaction. She decided to let them grow on their own without interference, and after this, she turned her gaze to the more distant stars."