Let's call him High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu for now.

He took a slight breath, suppressing his excitement, and continued, "The world I'm in was, three hundred years ago, still a Magicless World. Compared to the world of the original Shen Yu, it's just about three times bigger, but otherwise, a lot of things are strikingly similar. But three hundred years ago, other universes suddenly became connected to ours, opening up space channels!"

Everyone's mood sank a little.

Space channel!

It was just like the discovery of the New World back in the day; the result was self-evident.

Sure enough, High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu continued, "Back then, the technological progress of my world was about equivalent to the era of WWII. In the face of high-level martial artists from other worlds, we had absolutely no power to resist. It just took a single person to utterly destroy us. But we were somewhat lucky; the first alien civilization to connect to our world wasn't focused on destruction. They enslaved humanity, letting us barely survive that initial period— However, that alien civilization was defeated and enslaved themselves two hundred and sixty years ago, and we humans changed masters. Then, a hundred and ninety-three years ago, we were defeated again for the third time. That time, the old masters were completely destroyed, and we barely gained our freedom... but it just meant a different kind of exploitation, even more ruthless!"

As High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu spoke of these things, his fists clenched deathly tight.

The rest of the Shen Yus all furrowed their brows.

From just these scattered words, it was clear that the plight of humanity was truly dire.

If not enslaved, then exploited in another way.

Actually, simply losing their freedom, or unfavorable circumstances, to most of the Shen Yus, were just minor issues.

After all, they'd encountered far worse situations before.

The current Association is no longer the original Association.

But what worried them most was courage.

Had these three centuries of upheaval and humble submission worn away the courage of human civilization to its core?

If so, that would make things difficult.

No matter how powerful, it's very hard to save a civilization that's become humble to its bones. Or rather, it would take a long time and extremely complicated methods to correct it bit by bit.

However, Shen Yu keenly noticed something.

High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu had always used "we" to describe that world!

This meant that, as a traveler, in just a few short years, he had already blended in.

Given what Shen Yu knew about himself, to do this, that world must not be a completely humble, chaotic civilization.

"It sounds like the circumstances of human civilization over there really are complicated." Shen Yu suddenly spoke. "But just hearing you say this isn't enough for us to truly understand. Is it possible for us to come over and see for ourselves? Don't worry, we'll strictly follow the Association's rules. We can even stay hidden the whole time, and without your permission, we won't make any moves."

"Of course there's no problem." High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu replied without even thinking.

His feelings at this moment were probably something only he could understand.

And facing these "selves," as well as the Association, and the surging power within his own body, he had already regarded them as his greatest saviors!

This sentiment was something most of the other Shen Yus could fully understand.

Except for Cultivator Shen Yu, was there any Shen Yu who, before entering the Gray Mist Space, hadn't already felt the crisis of their own world deeply?

It wouldn't be an overstatement to say that the Association and the Gray Mist Space were their saviors.

So, in this moment, all five Shen Yus hid themselves completely and followed High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu into his world.

"Because there are traitor forces within human civilization, and hostile alien races that disguise themselves and infiltrate, every human city is under energy monitoring."

With High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu's heads-up, all the Shen Yus suppressed their power, even going as far as to use some Gray Mist.

They remained invisible and saw a fairly bright house.

About eighty square meters, neat and tidy, with quite a few pieces of technology—like a fully automatic cleaning robot, even an automated cleaning system for the kitchen.

However, they were also surprised to find that High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu wasn't living alone here.

In another room, there was a girl—a very beautiful girl.

Cohabitation?

"That's my matched fiancée, named Han Qingyan," High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu didn't feel embarrassed at all, directly introducing in their minds, "In this era, population size is the most important element of a civilization—not just because of war losses, but because the larger the population, the greater the possibility that martial arts geniuses will appear. So every child undergoes marriage matching at fifteen, then lives with their matched partner. During this time, either can re-match as many times as they want as long as both agree, but if by eighteen there has been no martial arts breakthrough, they must enter into marriage and forced childbearing."

High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu's explanation made everyone nod slightly.

The whole civilization had been slaves for a hundred and ten years; under such circumstances, talking about so-called human rights was laughable.

Everything had to serve the strength and continuation of civilization.

So having this kind of regulation was hardly surprising.

"I'm now seventeen and a half," High-Level Martial Artist Shen Yu said, "My talent is decent, so I have a good chance of reaching the required martial arts standard by eighteen, and entering the military to gain higher social status. Qingyan's talent is a bit worse, so her pressure is huge—if she can't make the breakthrough, given childbirth's consumption and time, it'll basically be impossible to break through in martial arts later. She'll become nothing but a breeding tool."

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