Chapter 2488 The Last Step

"That world... has so many resources... has so much light... there must be no war..."

In the end, they all perished.

Whether it is a two-limbed creature, a floating creature, or most light-chasing creatures.

Their populations disappeared one by one, and they were unable to continue pursuing what they were seeking.

Only the creature 'Snow Light' survived.

Xue Guang called this event the "Fireworks Extinction". Although it was also caused by the war, the main reason for the extinction of all living things was still "torches".

When the light-chasing creatures are at war, their troops must of course be in the anti-solidified light...so this requires some soldiers to wear torches.

Generally speaking, torches are a very precious resource, and both sides of a war will avoid attacking them in order to obtain them after the war.

Although it is not explicitly stated, most races follow this rule and try not to attack those wearing torches.

Because torches are very difficult to reproduce, if one is destroyed, there will be one less, and it is difficult to replenish them. Therefore, although killing soldiers wearing torches can quickly destroy the enemy, they rarely use this method.

However, the scale of this war is more brutal than any previous war, and the participating races no longer follow the rules.

Many species set a precedent... and began to directly attack the opponent's torch soldiers in order to quickly destroy the opponent.

In this war, they destroyed an unprecedented number of torches, which led to a situation...

A large number of torch debris fell on the battlefield along with the corpses of light-chasing creatures, but these torches were not completely dead.

Their remains began to emit large amounts of...fine particles.

These particles can float in the solidified environment and be sensed by the living torches.

When the living torches sense it, their bodies will trigger self-protection mechanisms to end the anti-coagulation field and enter a dormant state.

This is actually a natural protection mechanism of torches. When a large number of companions die, they will immediately stop all current activities and go into hibernation.

This is usually used to combat things like 'natural disasters'.

Because there were so many dead torches, the particles they emitted were almost sensed by all the living torches.

And when all the torches fell into dormancy, all the light-chasing creatures... also fell into solidification, and these species... were destroyed.

Except for the snow light.

The Snow Ray is a special creature... The Snow Ray itself is a species that cannot be parasitized by torches.

The main reason is that there are no parts of their bodies that are suitable for torches to parasitize. Xueguang has always maintained its own population by capturing "torch slaves". They often plunder and capture other species to serve as torch slaves.

Without slaves, they would perish.

Of course, Xue Guang noticed early on that they could not rely on slaves, so they began to find ways to make the torches parasitize on their bodies.

They have tried to dig out their own flesh to feed the torches as nutrients, dig wounds on their bodies to allow the torches to parasitize, and so on.

These effects are not very good, especially for those with wounds on their bodies. If they are parasitized by torches, they will die quickly.

But... there was one Xue Guang who succeeded.

The snow light dug a hole on its head and let the torch parasitize on it.

This snow light did not die quickly like other parasitic snow lights, but instead survived.

It also told its companions around it that it could sense the torch's...emotions and hear the torch's words.

This shocked the snow lights so much that many of them followed its example and dug holes on their heads for the torches to parasitize.

Then they all died.

Some even died before the parasites could dig a hole.

After investigation, Xue Guang discovered that the only individual that was successfully parasitized was somewhat special.

The position of its internal organs is somewhat strange, which makes it difficult for it to eat well and its movement speed is relatively slow.

Simply put, it is a deformed individual.

But this deformity has the ability to survive even if a hole is made in the head.

As for how it sensed the torch's emotions, Xue Guang had not figured it out.

But they didn't care about that. Later, they specifically looked for this kind of deformed individuals... The probability of a deformed individual being born is very low, and it is not hereditary. This is a purely random birth phenomenon. The possible reason for the birth is affected by the environment, or something else. In short, Xue Guang is not sure.

They will test each newly born snow light to see if it is suitable for torch parasitism. If so, they will cultivate it with all their strength and then make a hole in its head.

This way, the snow rays no longer need other species to help them carry torches.

These deformed individuals are very... strong.

Compared to other species, they can achieve a symbiotic rather than parasitic relationship with the torches, and the torches will not continue to absorb their nutrients until they die.

Although they consume more energy, which means they need to eat more food, a snowflake can live with a torch until the end of its life, which is a phenomenon rarely seen in other species.

This seems to be mainly because these deformed snow lights themselves have the ability to communicate with torches.

And they also survived the subsequent mass extinction event through this ability.

It is said that the abnormal snow light communicates with their torches, preventing them from going dormant.

So their population can survive...

But after the mass extinction, they could no longer hold on.

This is mainly because they cannot find food.

Although they explored the territories of other races, they found that all the food and other things were gone.

What's left are some inedible objects, like buildings and such.

At the same time, they did not see any other creatures.

When light-chasing creatures enter solidification, their bodies remain in their original form.

They will shatter instantly only when they enter the anti-solidification environment again.

That is to say, after the mass extinction, when Xue Guang explored everywhere with a torch, he should have seen completely shattered creatures everywhere.

But when Xue Guang was exploring, he did not see any other creatures being broken into pieces, nor did he see any fragments; they were all missing.

Xue Guang didn't have the energy to figure out why.

Finally, the snow light wandered on the snowfield. The deformed individuals that needed to eat a lot fell down first, and their populations slowly died out one by one.

Until finally the arrival of the Phoenix.

Feeling hopeful, the snow lights gathered around the Phoenix. Although the Phoenix didn't pay much attention to them... they were also full of excitement.

: