Chapter 180: Subtle Changes

Nowadays, as long as the core Will Ring existed, Lin Lei could basically incarnate into millions of forms, just like Lenna once did.

Of course, having too many avatars walking in the Universe did not have much benefit; instead, it would greatly reduce the strength of the main body.

Therefore, on the eve of Leite’s invasion of Earth, besides sending an avatar to the ruins of the Allen Civilization, Lin Lei had another avatar on Earth.

Lin Lei’s impulse to destroy Leite did have some influence; at least, Leite’s spaceship arrived at Earth a few days later than in the original history.

Of course, this delay of a few days had no substantial effect. When Lin Lei’s Split Will arrived at Earth, that weak version of him had already been teleported to the Blue Rain Star by Yan Siyu.

This actually avoided the phenomenon of Will fusion that would occur if Lin Lei met his main body.

The current Lin Lei had completely shed the imprint of Earth. He arrived on Earth merely as an interstellar life possessing an incredibly vast Will.

This also triggered a strong alert from the Earth Will. As soon as Lin Lei descended upon Earth, the area quickly became covered with heavy dark clouds, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and a violent wind inexplicably started blowing.

The current Lin Lei was incredibly depressed. He had been here for less than five minutes and had been struck by lightning dozens of times for no reason.

He hadn’t done anything bad, so was it necessary to treat him like this? Wasn’t Earth being a bit too sensitive?

Although his body was extremely tough and such pure electromagnetic attacks could no longer pose a threat to him, it still made him look very miserable.

Anyone who was struck by arm-thick lightning a dozen times would lose their composure.

His current image was charred black all over, emitting green smoke, and the clothes originally used for decoration had long since turned to ash.

Lin Lei exhaled, and a puff of black smoke immediately rose from his throat, still carrying sparks. Lin Lei gave a bitter smile; Earth really didn’t recognize him at all.

The wind around him blew stronger and stronger, stirring up sand and dust from the ground, which formed a blurry human figure.

The sound of the wind’s whistling came from it. Perhaps to ordinary people, it sounded nothing special, but Lin Lei could analyze the message Earth wanted to express from these high-frequency air vibrations.

“Pan-dimensional Creature! You are not welcome here! Leave immediately!”

The Earth Will was extremely irritable, like a firecracker ready to explode at the slightest touch, completely different from the once gentle Mother Earth.

Lin Lei naturally knew what was going on. With Leite’s invasion imminent, facing him as an “outsider,” Earth had somewhat lost its rationality.

Planet Will was a wonderful existence, entirely constructed upon the matter of the planet. In comparison, planets with intelligent life had correspondingly higher intelligence. By the time it reached the Life Planet of the Watcher Civilization, the Planet Will had already merged with the individuals living on it, becoming an existence capable of deterring Pan-dimensional Life.

They also had flaws, which was the inability to possess the freedom of Pan-dimensional Creatures, and their concentration of Will was not enough.

For a Savage Planet, its Planet Will was just like a wild beast. For example, the Black Prison Star that Lin Lei had once visited was such a very barbaric planet.

As for dead planets, there was no need to say much; they were equivalent to the cellular development stage of carbon-based life. They hadn’t even generated a Will yet and acted on instinct. This instinct was the Rule of the Universe.

Planet Will was usually very vast, but its level was not very high. The reason for this was like the difference between a mouse and a blue whale; their bodies were very different, but their intelligence was not much different.

Therefore, although Earth was billions of years older than Lin Lei, he now viewed Earth’s Will as similar to a child who had just learned to walk. This didn’t mean Earth was useless.

The reason was that Earth had developed from nothing, but Lin Lei stood on the shoulders of giants.

“Calm down, okay? Being this anxious won’t solve any problems!” Lin Lei tried to soothe the Earth Will.

The violent wind did not stop. In response to Lin Lei’s actions, Earth’s reply was very rude; several more bolts of lightning struck towards Lin Lei.

Depressed, Lin Lei cursed secretly. Even for a cultivator undergoing a tribulation, they wouldn’t be struck by lightning like this. He hadn’t provoked Earth, so why be so merciless?

Of course, although Lin Lei was depressed, he couldn’t possibly attack Earth, so he just had to endure it.

The clouds in the sky eventually ran out. The dark clouds gathered by the Earth Will finally turned into a torrential downpour after striking Lin Lei with hundreds of wild thunderbolts, venting furiously.

Lin Lei also became soaked like a drowned rat, but he didn’t care.

“Alright, can we talk properly now? I think your behavior is very unwise. Provoking any Pan-dimensional Creature leads to disastrous consequences.” This Mother Earth really dared to do anything; no wonder she would use nuclear explosions in the future.

The Earth Will Body also discovered that whatever she did posed no threat to Lin Lei, so she stopped this meaningless act. At this moment, the clouds parted and the sun appeared, the breeze was gentle, showing none of the previous irritability.

Her voice also changed from the whistling of the wind to the whispering of a breeze: “Then why have you come to a planet that is about to be invaded?”

A Pan-dimensional Creature, if the main body truly came, could destroy Earth until nothing remained with a raised hand. The great existence before her with a good temper, however, sparked a glimmer of hope in the Earth Will.

Leite’s fleet was nothing in the hands of this Great One!

Lin Lei saw through the Earth Will’s thoughts at a glance. He said somewhat gloomily: “It is not convenient for me to obviously interfere in the matters of intelligent beings. You must know about the Watcher Civilization. Leite’s invasion is just a matter between civilizations, but if I were to destroy their fleet, the nature of that would be very different.”

Earth naturally knew this. She murmured: “The contract…”

However, the Earth Will, who was muttering to herself, quickly became alert: “Who are you exactly? Why come to my small place for no reason?”

There was some confusion in Lin Lei’s eyes. Yes, who exactly was he? This question had not become clearer with the growth of his strength; instead, it had fallen into a fog.

But his eyes soon became clear again. He spread his hands, looked at the blue sky and white clouds above, looked at the green fields and green mountains in the distance, took a deep breath, feeling the fresh atmosphere after the rain, and said leisurely: “Do you believe it? I was born right here in this small place you speak of.”

There was no response from around him for a long time, and even the breeze that had been blowing stopped, showing the Earth Will’s surprise.

“You are joking, or perhaps you think that by using honorifics with me, you can deceive me? What a joke!” The Earth Will was obviously shocked and somewhat incoherent.

There was not a single trace of the past left on Lin Lei’s body, and he didn’t want to argue in vain. Later, when that weak main body arrived on Earth, the Earth Will would naturally understand everything.

“Believe it or not. But I think that in the Galaxy, no one is more capable than me of helping you through this current predicament.”

Regardless, in Lin Lei’s heart, the emotion towards this mother planet that gave birth to him did not become indifferent with the widening of his horizons, but became clearer instead.

This was a very natural thing. For example, when you are in the country, the concept of China is certainly not as strong or intimate as when you are abroad.

Looking back at the entire Universe, Lin Lei, who was already considered a true upper-level life, was incomparably powerful, but what came with it was loneliness.

Isn’t that so? Look, even the former Mother Earth held an attitude towards him that was superficially rough but actually filled with awe. The originally gentle and close atmosphere could never be found again.

The Earth Will fell silent for a while, and the soft whisper in the breeze sounded again: “State your purpose, great life? I will try my best to satisfy your requirements.”

Earth would not believe Lin Lei just based on a few words. She still stubbornly believed that Lin Lei had some ulterior motives.

Lin Lei smiled bitterly. This was the price he paid for walking through time. The dimension of time was not something the current Earth could understand. Even if he told the truth, Earth would definitely think he was making up a story.

“Hehe, to be honest, in my eyes, any Life Planet below an eleventh-level civilization is insignificant. Whether it is the Planet Will or the matter on the planet, none of it catches my eye.”

Having said this, Lin Lei paused to observe, afraid that this fact would make Earth hostile towards him again. Fortunately, from his Will perspective, Earth had no reaction, and the breeze showed no sign of turning into a gale.

“But the reason I came here is because in the Galaxy, no one cares about your feelings. I do not want your Will to be assimilated by them after being ruled by Leite!”

The Earth Will became angry again, and the clear sky turned gloomy once more: “I would rather be destroyed than be assimilated. I am me!”

“But your resistance is limited. You are not a star, nor a large planet like Jupiter. A gentle Life Planet, where the power of nature is concerned, obviously cannot contend against a Fifth-grade Civilization. A true interstellar civilization is also not something the current humans can resist.” This was a fact; planetary-level power no longer had much impact on an interstellar civilization.

“Then can you help me, great life?” Earth used an honorific for Lin Lei for the first time, but it did not give Lin Lei any sense of superiority.

Lin Lei was waiting for this sentence: “That is exactly the purpose of my coming here, my mother!”

Subsequently, ignoring the Earth Will’s surprise, Lin Lei’s Split Will completely merged into Earth, and the two directly began communication on another level.

More than ten days later, Leite’s spaceship arrived on time, and the human tragedy was staged once again before Lin Lei’s eyes.

Only this time, he was not a bystander, but he also had no intention of changing humanity’s fate. This was humanity’s misfortune, but also the beginning of nirvana!

Lin Lei just protected the Earth Will from dissipating due to the sudden collapse of the global ecology. And when the Layite People attempted to land on Earth and establish a base, he used various disasters that were difficult for a Fifth-grade Civilization to overcome or explain—similar to supernatural events—to drive them away from this blue planet.

Until Lin Lei completed all of this and left Earth, Earth was still very confused about his actions.

However, the explanation for all this would gradually become clear with the rise of the other Lin Lei, and there was no need for Lin Lei, as a Pan-dimensional Creature, to worry too much.