Chapter 28: Detonation, Ancient Jurassic History?

Night fell. Rain dripped steadily down. Zou Anmeng and Li Feng, returning from school, rode the tram home together. The two climbed the stairs, opened the apartment door, set down their umbrellas, and wiped their wet boots on the doormat.

“Liu Jun, dinner’s ready.”

Everything felt warm and familiar, as usual.

Following their routine, they brought food from the student cafeteria for Liu Jun. But this time, both were unusually excited after school. Their faces were full of gossip, eager to share the day’s intriguing news with Liu Jun.

Though, to be honest, it wasn’t all that extraordinary.

Usually, they reported daily school affairs, mostly focusing on Xu Changsheng, the chubby kid, and the school beauty.

But today was different.

“Have you heard? The affiliated lab of Rehe No.1 High School next door has been researching ancient biological intelligence brains. A mysterious ancient creature has appeared.”

Liu Jun blinked, feigning interest. “Another natural-born sage?”

“No, it’s even more explosive than that!”

Li Feng, ever the chatterbox, said excitedly, “This ancient creature is a small round ball with wings, and it even saved a fire!”

He pulled out a video shot by a student caught in the fire, featuring a striking line.

The graceful angel slowly departed, leaving behind a group of survivors from Rehe No.1 Key High School.

On the screen:

“Who are you?” a student asked.

[Count back billions of years to the epoch. If humanity can explore the past, then call my name directly.]

Liu Jun stared blankly. “Such a show-off…”

“That’s called cool!” Li Feng’s eyes shone with admiration. “Ancient civilization—definitely ancient biological civilization.”

Liu Jun: ???

That afternoon, he suddenly noticed two mushrooms missing from his mushroom soup and was wondering where they had gone...

Turns out, some elderly angel emperor escaped with them?

And mysteriously possessed an experimental subject in the neighboring lab?

Suddenly, Liu Jun felt uneasy, anxious even.

I was just raising a mushroom soup...

But then something even more nerve-wracking happened.

Zou Anmeng, full of gossip, said, “Now, students from every school have gone crazy. They say that ancient creature isn’t just beautiful—it’s a righteous hero! More upright, kinder, and more beautiful than humans!”

“Even more, some insiders say that the little winged sphere is an ancient Jurassic life form evolved from the Amber Swallowtail!”

“Just like how ancient apes evolved into humans.”

As those words fell, their eyes sparkled, waiting for Liu Jun to gasp in amazement.

After all,

This was the Amber Swallowtail!

One of the three foundational fairy tales of the entire human world.

Most children grew up accompanied by the Amber Swallowtail—dolls, boots, clothes, theme parks.

Now...

The fairy tale had stepped into reality!

Still as kind, upright, and beautiful as in the dream—the butterfly...

Like a justice knight descending from the heavens, a savior of all living beings!

How could they not be thrilled?

To the two of them, Liu Jun must be equally excited.

Because he, too, was raised on the Amber Swallowtail, very sentimental.

“That’s truly incredible!” Liu Jun could only feign surprise, though inside, he was silent.

If he didn’t have childhood nostalgia, why would he have chosen the Amber Swallowtail fairy tale first?

You’re asking me like this... It’s like flipping the heavens upside down!

Liu Jun just pretended to eat, completely bewildered, realizing the matter was bigger than he had imagined.

Li Feng said, “That ancient creature is fierce. I heard it already escaped from under the God of Wisdom’s grasp.”

The God of Wisdom.

A fourth-tier electric realm—already considered a true deity in this world.

Liu Jun was surprised to hear this news.

Speeding like a shooting star, the creature actually fled that fast?

No, it must have combined the “deep feelings shorten life” technique—burning its body to increase speed further and escape pursuit.

Not knowing the details, Liu Jun could only silently suppress his doubts.

Zou Anmeng continued, “That’s not even the most explosive news. The most explosive is... that mysterious butterfly metamorphosed at the lab, the most vulnerable moment, and almost its entire memory was extracted.”

“Now, some big shots have uploaded its life memories online—it’s gone viral!”

“This is first-hand, top-secret material!”

“Apparently, you can use the children’s enlightenment book PC001 ‘Amber Swallowtail’ to download and enter that segment of ancient history.”

As they spoke, the two pulled out their intelligence brains. “Look! We came home late today because we redeemed our rented PC001 brains.”

Both had the Amber Swallowtail model.

“Tonight!”

“We’re going to study!”

“We love learning!”

The two were bubbling with gossip and excitement.

“This is our only chance to access it! We’re so lucky! Other classmates who use different models of first-tier brains were already crying after school, hahaha!”

“Come on, let’s take a look at this ancient creature’s world. This is first-hand material! If it weren’t for those big shots playing their games, would we even get the chance?”

“Maybe in a few days, it’ll be banned and the resources will disappear.”

Seeing their enthusiasm, Liu Jun was completely at a loss.

It’s over.

The Jurassic history...

From last week!

There is no creator god in this world.

He had only been following the wishes of some elderly emperor, offering a last comfort before death—nothing more.

But now...

Liu Jun’s heart was fully unsettled. He couldn’t help but ask, “Wait! How could such a book spread so fast?”

“Hey.” Li Feng laughed, “Anyway, a lot happened this afternoon. The lab at Rehe No.1 High School had insiders from other companies. You know, these big corporations plant spies everywhere—very sneaky.”

“Because the insider knew they might not be able to take everything away, when Rehe Heavy Industries caught them, they just uploaded it online. Now everyone’s seen it.”

Now, the spread of the book was unstoppable.

Plus, other companies wouldn’t tolerate Rehe Heavy Industries monopolizing it.

With various interests clashing, the book circulated this afternoon.

Though most guessed it would soon be banned.

But where in this world is there a shortage of freeloaders?

These free book resources—wouldn’t they download them furiously?

In their minds, as poor students, having a good book to read now could change their college entrance fate!

This was their chance before the exams!

Li Feng and Zou Anmeng hadn’t forgotten Liu Jun.

Zou Anmeng said, “Your first-tier brain is still rented out and not redeemed, right? Just watch mine.”

Li Feng added, “It’s just data, no info processing, so no first-person perspective or free movement. We can only watch like a movie, so you’ll see the same effect.”

The two enthusiastically pulled Liu Jun into the interface, beginning their evening self-study.

Once inside, the screen was flooded with comments.

“I heard something big happened in Rehe City today—made the news headline. Is there really a Jurassic civilization?”

“Hehehe, Amber Swallowtail, hehehe, Amber Swallowtail~”

“Big scoop! Super big scoop!”

“I want to see the ancient civilization revive and slaughter us all—I want rivers of blood!”

“Just hype, it’s a scam.”

“Ancient creatures resurrected for real?”

“I heard the angel is a ball? With tiny wings?”

“Too many movies. In mythology, angels aren’t human-shaped anyway...”

“Not necessarily. You know, butterflies undergo multiple metamorphoses. If angels evolved from butterflies, maybe angels have stages too. The little round angel we see is a lesser angel? The archangels we know come later in evolution?”

“When it saved the fire, what were those two gods? Probably the civilization’s Gods of Wisdom?”

“Who knows, just watch.”

Ignoring the chaotic chatter, the three poor high school students began reading this ancient Jurassic book.