The Growth of a God

Chapter 370 - 16: Canglong Civilization

Under the grace of the Creator, time in the Mountain and Sea Realm has never been of much value.

It seemed just a moment’s distraction, and the Canglongs once brought back by the Kuilong had all grown up and successfully become one of the Mountain and Sea People.

For the vast majority of the Canglongs, they are the Mountain and Sea People, the adopted children of the Kuilong.

Even if their genes bear the memories of Yu Yuan and the Ghost Dragon, these are merely scenes and images that occasionally appear in dreams.

However, just like any group, once their numbers increase, anomalies are bound to emerge, and the Canglongs are no exception.

Geng Chen, who displayed extraordinary talent from a young age, was one such anomaly.

Whether in intelligence or the mastery of thunder and lightning, Geng Chen was among the top of the adopted children of the Kuilong.

As for his origins, they were of course not simple either.

Besides being a Canglong, Geng Chen was also the Ghost Dragon hatched from the "Ghost God Egg."

Under normal circumstances, the "Ghost God Egg" would merge with the most promising young Canglong on Azure Dragon Island after hatching to become a real Ghost Dragon.

Unfortunately, Kuilong forcibly extracted the egg before it was fully developed, damaging its foundation and potential.

In such a situation, the fusion of the "Ghost God Egg" with the young Canglong lost its commanding power.

Kuilong deliberately selected the young Canglong with the strongest soul and firmest will, assimilating the Ghost Dragon within the "Ghost God Egg" through reverse interfusion.

Thus, a Ghost Dragon that is not truly a Ghost Dragon was born.

Geng Chen possesses all the abilities of a Ghost Dragon, yet his form remains that of a Canglong.

The most crucial thing is that Geng Chen is one of the few among the Canglong group willing to actively visit Yu Yuan to educate those native Canglongs.

Even though he knows the risks he faces in going to Yu Yuan are far greater than those faced by an ordinary Mountain and Sea Person, or even a Canglong.

Yet deeply influenced by Kuilong, Geng Chen understands that he is truly the opportunity to resolve the contradictions and conflicts between the Mountain and Sea Civilization and the Canglong Race.

Whether you say it’s destiny or call it sacrificing oneself for the greater good...

Geng Chen had been preparing for his journey to Yu Yuan from a very early time.

In order to better integrate into the native Canglong community, Geng Chen intentionally reduced the number of implants.

Apart from a few essential implants, Geng Chen retained as much of his original Canglong form as possible, so as not to provoke hostility from the native Canglongs.

Not many Canglongs made the same choice as Geng Chen, but there were some.

After some persuasion and selection by Kuilong, ten Canglongs eventually joined this plan, accompanying Geng Chen to Yu Yuan to educate those native Canglongs.

Without the various conditions of the Mountain and Sea Civilization, educating a tribe akin to beasts proves predictably challenging.

Let alone the presence of a Half-Step True God with unclear intentions behind these beasts.

In order to ensure no accidents occurred during the plan, numerous True Gods and Demigods, including Fu Xiang, were fully prepared, poised to support Yu Yuan at any moment.

To be honest, Geng Chen had long been ready to face death.

For Geng Chen, who had received the teachings of the Mountain and Sea Civilization and took Virtuous King Gu Sheng as an idol, there were many things more important than life.

Ensuring peaceful coexistence between the Canglong Race and the Hundred Races of Mountains and Seas was, to Geng Chen, more important than life itself.

As long as he could achieve this ultimate wish, his sacrifice was completely worthwhile.

However, upon arriving at Yu Yuan, Geng Chen found things to be quite different from what he had imagined.

As a unique race capable of living in sea, land, and air.

Every adult Canglong would disperse across the ocean, rarely engaging in collective activities.

This was why, despite having ample intelligence and even the concept of an intelligent race, Canglongs never developed a true civilization.

The ten Canglongs educated by the Mountain and Sea Civilization deeply understood the principle that a team is always stronger than an individual.

Thus, to change this state of affairs, the first step for the ten Canglongs arriving at Yu Yuan was to establish authority and form a tribe.

Starting with forcibly enlisting Canglongs to hunt together, and then gradually adapting to this collective life.

In this phase, it took Geng Chen and his peers a full fifty years to change the lone behaviors of the Canglongs.

It wasn’t that the Canglongs fundamentally changed their racial habits.

But rather, Geng Chen and his peers cultivated a new generation of native Canglongs in Yu Yuan and guided them from a young age to unite and cooperate, hunting together.

During this process, the Ghost Dragon they were concerned about did not show up to interfere.

On the contrary, as the new generation of Canglongs gradually grew, more lone Canglongs also joined Geng Chen’s group.

Replacing the old with the new, gradually removing the ingrained beliefs of the Canglongs...

This was the Mountain and Sea Civilization’s specialized assimilation strategy for the Canglong Race.

In Geng Chen and his peers’ determined execution, this strategy was much better than the Zhiku higher-ups had imagined.

But soon, new problems arose.

The solitary nature of the Canglongs’ habits was fundamentally the optimal choice based on the current ecology.

However, when Geng Chen and his peers forcibly changed this habit, prompting this apex predator to begin cooperating in groups, a new issue emerged.

Yu Yuan simply did not have enough food to support a group of Canglongs living together.

Fortunately, the Mountain and Sea Civilization had long prepared for this.

Since simple hunting was no longer sufficient to meet the Canglongs’ survival needs, they resorted to farming!

Although Canglongs are carnivores, Yu Yuan did not lack various herbivorous and omnivorous species.

Through continuous selective breeding, some special herbivorous species that fed on seaweed were cultivated.

These special species did not have other advantages but were able to eat, reproduce, and grow.

In a very short time, these species could proliferate massively, perfectly filling the role of the base level of Yu Yuan’s food chain.

Additionally, considering the characteristics of the Canglongs, the Mountain and Sea Civilization intentionally bred some species with electric cells and superconductive properties.

Although these creatures were not numerous, they could fully satisfy the needs of the young Canglongs.

At the very least, the mortality rate of young Canglongs born in Yu Yuan would greatly decrease, no longer needing to rely on dangerous Celestial Thunder for incubation.

With their numbers growing, communities expanding, and living habits gradually evolving into civilization...

In just under a hundred years, under Geng Chen and his peers’ leadership, the Canglongs of Yu Yuan truly entered the primitive tribe and civilization stage.

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