Chapter 307: A Universe So Vast It Breeds Despair
However, these were all mere conjectures. Without anyone truly testing it out, no final conclusion could be drawn. Even the current Bai Mo primarily cultivated the Spirit Hub System and secondarily the Martial Path, treating other systems merely as references. There was little point in simultaneous multi-system cultivation, as any system with countless practitioners would inherently have no obvious shortcomings.
He dedicated a vast amount of his time to optimizing the circulation of his Spirit Energy and the methods of its utilization, leveraging existing scientific knowledge from Earth.
While Ying Huo had already performed a large-scale optimization previously, Ying Huo was ultimately Ying Huo, and Bai Mo was Bai Mo. Even though their powers originated from the same source, differences in their species still led to numerous subtle distinctions that required individual fine-tuning.
The two combat-type avatars, resting with closed eyes, were precisely engaged in this task. He had concentrated a total of six such avatars specializing in combat, while all the rest were research-oriented entities. Bai Mo's ultimate plan was still far from beginning; this was merely a period of quiet accumulation, and there was no need yet to maximize everything for combat power.
Accustomed to only fighting overwhelming battles, he disliked the idea of turning the tide from a losing position. Therefore, he preferred to continuously accumulate and wait. He possessed a long lifespan and an astonishing amount of exploitable resources, enough to allow him to wait for the opportune moment to arrive.
From ancient times to the present, eras that produced heroes were often times when nothing good was happening. Their appearance usually signified a suppressed overall situation, requiring someone to save the day. As the powerful side, possessing an overwhelming advantage, it was enough to simply avoid major mistakes; where was the need for any heroes?
In this era where an eternal hierarchy was gradually forming, where the strong grew stronger and the winner took all, he already stood at the apex of the pyramid. Thus, there was no need for him to rush. Only those at the bottom would be eager to reverse it all.
Though Bei Di'en harbored some questions, he quietly settled into his designated seat, awaiting the final period of preparation.
He and these avatars would be among the first to land on the Moon, ensuring the smooth deployment of the Moon base vehicle before subsequent waves of people arrived.
"Five, four, three, two, one, launch!" As the countdown completed, the space rockets, carrying over a hundred avatars, heavy base vehicles, and Bei Di'en, a Dharma Body powerhouse, began to launch one by one.
No one worried about anything going wrong. Unlike ordinary astronauts, the weakest of these avatars in the rockets were still mid-Fourth Tier. If necessary, they could even use Spirit Arts to freeze the entire rocket and control its slow descent to the ground.
Some had considered the feasibility of physically ascending to the Moon, but unfortunately, the speed of movement was simply too slow. The 380,000-kilometer distance between Earth and the Moon would require an unacceptable amount of time without rocket propulsion.
Even cultivators who seemed immensely powerful on Earth, capable of pulling down cities and destroying strongholds, only had a maximum speed of three thousand kilometers per hour. And among those who could maintain supersonic speed for a long journey exceeding a day, very few existed.
Even to reach the bright Moon, clearly visible by simply lifting one's head, would require a full three hundred hours of continuous, sleepless flight. Accounting for rest periods, a cultivator maintaining supersonic flight would need about a month to truly reach the Moon.
This universe was so vast it bred despair.
"Why is our world so desolate?" After flying out of the atmosphere, Bai Mo looked at the boundless space, and such a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
From a low-Earth orbit of two thousand kilometers, the Earth, that azure planet wrapped in an atmosphere, looked as beautiful as a sapphire, forming a stark contrast with the grayish Moon on the other side.
After observing the full appearance of Earth from space, the entire group suddenly felt how truly insignificant they were; their usual complacency was nothing more than a frog in a well, ignorant of the greater world.
However, everyone on the rockets had undergone repeated tempering to reach this point today, so naturally, they wouldn't experience any issues with their Dao hearts collapsing over such a minor matter. After slightly adjusting their mindsets, they quickly returned to normal.
At this moment, Bai Mo's main body, at the experimental site, also quickly recovered from the vastness of space and continued his experiments.
"Should this be called the Abyss Bloodline?" He was currently holding a test tube of golden-yellow liquid, continuously analyzing the changes within using his divine sense.
Many years ago, during a Dao Academy test, he had discovered an ability user with a transformation ability. When activating his ability, his body would manifest large amounts of ancient biological tissue. At the time, Bai Mo had jokingly called it a "gene lock" ability.
Afterward, Bai Mo had always sought an opportunity to research him, but unfortunately, when checking the records, he discovered that this young man had died in the nuclear attack on Tianhai, his remains utterly destroyed. Since then, Bai Mo had not encountered similar cases and gradually forgotten about the matter.
It wasn't until a few months ago, when he discovered that an experimental subject he had bought at a high price from slave traders possessed the same ability, that the relevant research was able to restart.
Through research on the experimental subject's genes, and by referencing Ramdo's painstakingly crafted Divine Blood Project and Black Crow's invented Life Alchemy Array, he finally achieved these results.
The golden-yellow liquid contained thousands of essences refined from Sea Race flesh and blood, a batch of flesh and blood essences from mutated creatures of the Secret Realms, a portion of the experimental subject's genes, and various other ingredients. He was like a mysterious wizard, creating unreasonable things in this somewhat unreasonable world.
Even the relatively simple creation of a Philosopher's Stone could provide its user with a certain degree of power. This massively costly "Abyss Bloodline" project naturally had even more terrifying effects.
Actual testing showed that any experimental subject injected with the Abyss Bloodline, as long as they survived the initial genetic mutation, would acquire considerable power. Through continuous purification of the bloodline within their bodies, more and more mutated abilities would appear, and their original power would continuously strengthen.
Whether human or other animals undergoing the experiment, the golden-yellow Abyss Bloodline could make them more powerful, even if they were already ability users or mutated creatures themselves.
At least for now, Bai Mo had not discovered any bottlenecks for them. However, despite this, he had no intention of making this substance public.
It wasn't a matter of selfishness, but because of an even more terrifying reason: by devouring beings that also possessed the Abyss Bloodline, the devourer could become even stronger, with instantaneous effects. Once this substance spread, he believed that with human greed, a true era of "man-eating man" would not be far off.
This was the true reason he named it the Abyss Bloodline.
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