Chapter 556 - 260: Dragon Lizard and Dragon Race, Pioneers of Blue Star

Chapter 556: Chapter 260: Dragon Lizard and Dragon Race, Pioneers of Blue Star

Ling Yi went forward and squatted on the ground, carefully observing the incredible footprint. She reached out and touched its surface:

"Logically, there shouldn’t be any other species here in the Land of the End. On all of Blue Star, besides humans—the sole intelligent species—no other complex organisms exist that can fuse with Spine Zerg genes..."

Lin Feng frowned slightly and proposed a different possibility:

"Didn’t you say before that the range of the Land of the End could create a quantum entanglement-like resonance with other Trial Worlds within a one-light-second radius, allowing it to invade and merge with them?"

"The speed of light is about 300,000 kilometers per second. Perhaps it could even reach other planets?"

After hearing this, Ling Yi looked up and rolled her eyes at Lin Feng:

"You have absolutely no concept of cosmic scales. Just think about why we use the light-year to measure distances between different star systems."

"Three hundred thousand kilometers per second is nothing in the Cosmos—it’s like running a hundred-meter dash. From Blue Star, that distance barely gets you to the Moon. In fact, you’d still be tens of thousands of kilometers short."

"The electromagnetic waves and light from the Sun’s surface have to travel past Mercury and Venus to reach Blue Star, a journey that takes a full eight minutes!"

"The distance between them is 150 million kilometers. At the average flight speed of a Tier Three Wind-winged Zerg—less than Mach two—it would take twenty years just to make a round trip."

"Therefore, any other race that could enter the Land of the End must be life from Blue Star..."

After Ling Yi’s brief explanation, Lin Feng finally had a visceral understanding of the vastness of the cosmic scale. The feeling of gazing into an endless expanse was truly despairing.

’A planet’s native civilization must either develop its technology to the highest level...’

’...or muster the strength of its entire race to cultivate a powerful Tier Four Life, one that could lead its people to the vast cosmos through its own evolutionary might...’

’...Otherwise, they are doomed to be trapped in the cradle of their homeworld for their entire existence, until a cataclysmic extinction event erases all traces of their civilization.’

"So, these things... they’re on Blue Star?" Lin Feng asked in a low voice, his mouth suddenly feeling dry.

While observing the depth of the claw print and measuring the ratio between the five claws and the main pad, Ling Yi quickly deduced other relevant information:

"Obsidian, formed from cooled volcanic lava, is actually very hard. It can withstand the weight of a Genetic Warrior, so your footsteps alone could hardly create a print like this, one that’s seven or eight centimeters deep."

"This isn’t a human footprint. Not even from a completely deformed human-zerg monstrosity."

"Furthermore, based on the size of the footprint, the unknown Life Form’s body should be around four to six meters tall, and I’d estimate its weight at two to three tons."

"That’s a level of physical strength that Tier Two humans can’t possibly achieve."

"And based on the five sharp claws in the print, we can basically determine that it belongs to the lizard family, one of Blue Star’s pre-existing species..."

The moment Ling Yi finished speaking, the onlookers who had stopped to listen all exclaimed in shock:

"Lizards?!"

"Reptiles?!"

Only Lin Feng’s brow twitched. His pupils contracted as he immediately realized what she meant.

Ling Yi glanced at Lin Feng, nodded, and continued:

"That’s right. Five sharp claws, with no separated, rounded pads. That’s characteristic of Blue Star’s lizards. No other Beast Class has feet like that."

She then stood up, looked at the six Genetic Combat Team Leaders present, and continued:

"Some of you should have participated in the underground battle in the county town North of the River in Wu City. You should also know about Chang City in Jiangnan, which we passed through back then."

"A city with a culture themed around Dinosaurs."

"Back then, I discussed it with City Lord Lin. The mass extinction event on Blue Star 65 million years ago, also known as the Dinosaur extinction."

"There’s something suspicious about it."

"And based on my judgment, the Dinosaurs existed for a very long time. Starting 250 million years ago, they went through Blue Star’s Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods—an evolutionary process spanning three entire eras, lasting 170 million years..."

"Such a long period of dominion..."

"It’s more than enough time to develop a Tier Three evolutionary civilization!"

"It’s also enough time to accumulate the genetic capacity required to produce a Tier Four Cosmic Life!"

"Of course, if we go back 300 million years to the Permian extinction of the Synapsida, reptiles have been on the scene for 230 million years."

"With that much time for evolution, even a tiny, insignificant insect has a high probability of evolving to an incredibly complex state!"

"Therefore, that extinction 65 million years ago was no accident. A Cosmic Civilization possessing a Tier Four Life would never be completely wiped out by a mere ten-kilometer-wide asteroid!"

"Judging from the remaining fossils, Dinosaurs were the largest land animals in Blue Star’s history. And creatures like the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Brachiosaurus were, from a life-tier perspective, at least at Tier Two of evolution."

"That’s only slightly weaker than you."

While the others were still reeling from the implications of Ling Yi’s speech, Lin Feng, who stood to the side, had already guessed the truth behind the print. With a grim expression, he looked at the half-meter-wide footprint in front of Ling Yi and spoke:

"If it’s really them, could they have escaped the Realm King’s attack?"

Ling Yi ordered the other team members to clear away the volcanic ash covering the ground, then turned to Lin Feng and shook her head.

"Impossible."

"Don’t underestimate the Realm King’s abilities just because it’s a support-type Zerg King."