"Your mission?"
"Our tribe is called the Steel Guardians, created by the Far Traveler. Initially, our ancestors were merely monotonous mechanical beings, endlessly devouring steel, silicon, and petroleum, and replicating incessantly. As with biological creatures, mutations occurred during the replication process. Useful mutations accumulated gradually, eventually giving rise to self-awareness. Judging by your expression, you must not know who the Far Traveler is, right?"
Liuzi nodded.
"The Far Traveler is our creator, born from the vast and boundless Sea of Consciousness of humanity, carrying the most beautiful and purest parts of the human Sea of Consciousness. After his departure, the remaining parts separated: the clear ascended to become gods; the murky descended to form the Shadows, and the middle connected with animals and plants, forming you."
The sudden expansion of the world view excited Liuzi.
