Night slowly covered the floating island.
A cold wind swept across the grasslands beneath the sea of clouds.
Inside the wooden house, the atmosphere remained strangely tense.
Ever since hearing that the mysterious girl belonged to a family with “over ten thousand identical members,” nobody had fully recovered mentally.
Especially Tru.
She still looked traumatized.
— Over ten thousand…
— That’s not a family anymore…
— That’s an entire civilization…
Ki sat nearby holding his forehead.
— I still can’t understand how they recognize each other.
Even Em Bé Công Nhân quietly nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile—
Ut 2 calmly ate grilled meat at the table as if nothing was unusual.
Butterfly crossed her arms while staring at her.
— Explain properly.
Ut 2 looked up.
— About what?
Butterfly’s eyes narrowed.
— Everything.
Silence filled the room for a few seconds.
Then—
Ut 2 slowly placed the meat down.
For the first time since meeting her— her expression became slightly serious.
— Fine.
— I’ll explain a little.
Immediately, everyone focused on her.
Even Tru subconsciously sat up straighter.
Ut 2 spoke calmly.
— Our family is called:
“The Uts.”
— We do not reproduce like normal humans.
The room instantly became quiet.
Ki blinked.
— …What?
Ut 2 continued naturally.
— New Uts are “found.”
— They can appear anywhere in the world.
— Forests.
— Ruins.
— Dungeons.
— Cities.
— Battlefields.
— Sometimes even inside dimensional cracks.
Tru stared blankly.
— Wait wait wait…
— You mean you people just… spawn randomly?!
Ut 2 nodded.
— More or less.
The whole room:
— THAT MAKES NO SENSE!!!
Ut 2 tilted her head slightly.
— It makes sense to us.
Butterfly pressed her fingers against her forehead.
Clearly, even she was beginning to lose brain cells listening to this.
Ut 2 continued speaking.
— Every Ut represents a special system or concept.
— Some represent combat.
— Some represent defense.
— Some represent intelligence.
— Some represent unusual abilities.
She glanced toward Tru. You are reading on novelping.com, the official source.
— There are even Uts similar to you.
Tru pointed at herself.
— Me?!
Ut 2 nodded.
— Ut Tru.
Then she looked at Butterfly.
— Ut Butterfly.
Then toward Em Bé Công Nhân.
— Ut Worker Child.
Em Bé Công Nhân froze.
— T-there’s another me…?
Ut 2 answered casually.
— Probably many.
The room immediately descended into chaos again.
Ki grabbed his head.
— THIS FAMILY IS INSANE!!
Ut 2 ignored him completely.
— The number of Uts can theoretically reach infinity.
The moment she said that— everyone went silent.
Tru blinked slowly.
— Infinity…?
Ut 2 nodded calmly.
— As long as the world continues expanding…
— new Uts can continue appearing.
Butterfly finally spoke again.
— Then how does your hierarchy work?
Ut 2 leaned back slightly.
— The lower-numbered Uts are usually the “core Uts.”
— The foundations of the family.
Her eyes became slightly sharper.
— There are four primary Uts.
The atmosphere instantly became serious.
Ut 2 raised one finger.
— Ut 2.
— The eldest sister.
— Represents the physical strength of all Uts.
At that moment— everyone remembered the terrifying speed and power she displayed in the forest.
Ut 2 raised a second finger.
— Ut 7.
— Represents the intelligence of the Uts.
Ki muttered quietly:
— So there’s a terrifying genius somewhere too…
Ut 2 raised a third finger.
— Ut 4.
— Represents absolute defense.
Butterfly narrowed her eyes.
— Absolute defense…?
Ut 2 nodded.
— Nothing has successfully broken her defense yet.
The room immediately became silent again.
Then—
Ut 2 raised the final finger.
— Ut 1.
For the first time— even Ut 2’s expression changed slightly.
Not fear.
Not respect.
Something stranger.
— Represents transcendent speed.
Tru swallowed nervously.
Ut 2 answered instantly.
— Much faster.
Butterfly’s eyes sharpened immediately.
For someone like Ut 2 to say “much faster”— that speed was probably monstrous.
Ki looked exhausted already.
— Your family is basically cheating…
Ut 2 ignored him again.
— Uts with connected numbers usually possess similar levels of strength.
Tru tilted her head.
— Connected numbers?
Ut 2 explained:
— For example:
— Ut 7.
— Ut 17.
— Ut 27.
— Ut 37.
— They belong to the same line.
— Their strength levels are similar.
— But none of them surpass the original core Ut.
Butterfly immediately understood.
— So the “core Uts” are unique existences.
Ut 2 nodded.
— Correct.
Tru slowly raised her hand.
— Wait…
— Earlier you mentioned merging.
The room suddenly became quieter.
Even Ut 2 paused briefly.
Then she answered:
— Uts can merge together.
A cold chill instantly spread across the room.
Ki frowned.
— Merge… how?
Ut 2 spoke calmly.
— Two or more Uts can combine their existence.
— Memories.
— Strength.
— Skills.
— Instincts.
— Everything becomes one.
Tru’s face stiffened.
— That sounds horrifying…
Ut 2 tilted her head.
— Why?
Butterfly suddenly spoke in a colder voice.
— Because that means individuality disappears.
For the first time—
Ut 2 became silent.
A strange quiet filled the room.
After several seconds, she finally answered softly:
— …Sometimes.
Nobody spoke after that.
The firewood crackled quietly inside the furnace.
Outside the window— the sea of clouds drifted endlessly beneath the moonlight.
And for the first time— the group truly realized something terrifying:
the strange people they met in the forest…
were not simply a weird family.
They were an entire species beyond normal understanding.
~End~