Chapter 657: Acceleration
As he continuously delved deeper into the memories of numerous Water Blue Star humans, Bai Mo's understanding of the two factions' grand designs became increasingly clear. Yet, at the same time, he also discerned the core issue.
Their battles were simply too protracted.
For a world to fully embrace the extraordinary, or to completely revert to the mundane, both required time measured in centuries, enduring the struggles of several generations.
Whether it was Lun Heping or the Emperor, they were merely pawns in one of those generations.
For civilizations like Earth, which had already ventured into space, the process of transformation was even more protracted.
They, who contended across countless spatial layers, were unconcerned by time; but Bai Mo, deeply troubled by Daoization, could not afford such leisure.
His time was running out.
Over forty years had passed on Earth, and with the true reproductive machines—artificial wombs—operating at full capacity, the population had exploded to over thirty billion.
Of course, a large number of mutated beasts practicing the Form Transformation Path also contributed to this. Aside from a few stubborn individuals who had already decided to leave, the majority of the Sea Race and land-based mutated beasts belonging to the Land of White had chosen the Form Transformation Path, gradually transforming into human form.
The thirty billion people now connected to the God Body network were originally expected to add only about two hundred years to his time, but in reality, they had bought Bai Mo nearly three hundred years.
As for the Reincarnation Tribulation, for him, who had to directly face the baptism of Daoization's power without a True Spirit Barrier to resist it, it actually proved to be rather inefficient time-wise.
Spending several decades to pass a tribulation could only add less than a hundred years to his time.
Of course, for other True Immortals who possessed a True Spirit Barrier, undergoing tribulation was extremely worthwhile.
After passing the tribulation and becoming an Immortal, their life essence fundamentally changed, and their expected lifespan could increase by two thousand years.
If they didn't strive for further advancement and stopped at the first tribulation, they could live out their lives peacefully until death.
However, if they still wished to ascend further, according to Bai Mo's calculations, they could extend their lifespan by another thousand years with each tribulation passed.
It was just that each tribulation only grew more arduous.
For instance, Bai Mo's second tribulation nearly resulted in him being brainwashed by the world's will, turning him into a mere tool, knowing nothing but to output energy for the Water Blue Star human civilization.
While Immortals utilized worlds for their advancement, the worlds, in turn, were attempting to "devour" them, assimilating them into themselves.
...
If True Immortals were likened to a cup, then each tribulation was a remodeling project aimed at increasing that cup's maximum capacity.
If the remodeling project wasn't continued, the upper limit remained fixed; once power peaked, there would be no further progress.
But each remodeling could potentially ruin the cup entirely, ending the "life online game."
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After hastily chasing away her intruding brother, the flush on Lun Qin's face slowly began to fade, and her limbs went weak, causing her to collapse onto the bedspread.
Sweating profusely, she dragged her nearly exhausted body, trying to walk step by step towards the bathtub.
Naturally, Lun Qin wasn't in this state for some reason that might invite speculation; it was simply because the pressure exerted by Bai Mo had exceeded her imagination.
Even an image projected onto a blank sheet of paper, sketched with a few simple strokes, the vast disparity in life-level between the two crushed her to the point of being almost breathless.
To merely exchange a few words with the life within the white paper, she had expended all her strength.
Meanwhile, the bad luck aura that constantly accompanied her was as docile as a kitten; its usual menacing display towards outsiders seemed to have turned into a gentle breeze and light rain, having no effect on Bai Mo whatsoever.
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"Sis! Look, the Origin Stone is actually starting to recover!" Less than ten minutes after being chased out, Lun Heping eagerly knocked on the door again.
"I'm showering! If you dare to come in again by yourself, you can expect to go blind!" The girl had apparently been somewhat traumatized by her brother's habit of barging in, so she gave him a preemptive warning.
"..."
The Origin Stone Lun Heping had obtained from Hui's parents had originally been mostly consumed, with less than a month remaining. When the Origin Stone was completely depleted, he would have to proactively move away from Lun Qin, otherwise, misfortune would immediately cling to him.
But after coming out of his sister's room, the Origin Stone suddenly seemed to rewind time, returning to its state from over a month ago.
At this moment, an inexplicably excited Lun Heping restrained his hand from trying to open the door and enter again, and forced himself to calmly sit on the sofa in front of the door.
Half an hour later, after waiting until he was practically frozen, Lun Qin finally emerged, dressed in a multicolored bath robe.
"Do non-blood-related siblings count as... 'orthopedic cases'?" This question inexplicably popped into his head.
"No, no, what am I even thinking?!" Lun Heping vigorously shook his head, trying to shake off such inappropriate thoughts, but it seemed to be of little use.
"Sis, look at the Origin Stone." He closed his eyes, then took out a white stone from his pocket.
"It actually reverted to its original state."
She felt an added sense of awe towards the life behind the white paper.
The Origin Stone was no trifling matter; the electricity it generated had almost sustained the entire world.
What kind of existence must one be to be able to replenish it?
"There's one more thing."
"Tell me."
"I've already exacted my revenge.
The noble who killed Mom and Dad, I ran him over with a car."
"Is the scene cleaned up?"
"There shouldn't be any problems. The car used for the killing was rented, the ID card for renting the car was bought, and I wore a disguise when I bought it. So, they shouldn't be able to trace me through the murder weapon."
"I wore gloves while driving, and I even specifically shaved my head bald and only wore a wig, ensuring no hair that could be traced by DNA was left behind." After saying this, Lun Heping deliberately took off his wig, revealing his gleaming bald head.
"So... what are your plans?"
"Uh, I also stole two guns from the Law Enforcement Agency."
"What?!"
Only after some explanation did Lun Qin understand what exactly had happened last night.
Her brother had inexplicably made enemies with a group of protestors, been tricked by several old foxes, and incurred a heap of criminal charges.
However, Lun Heping wasn't worried by his mounting troubles; he already had a life on his hands, so a few more charges were nothing.
"I'm going to avenge Hui!" the young man declared resolutely.
He couldn't attend school anymore, working was even more out of the question, and he even risked arrest if he went out in his true appearance.
After successfully killing a minor noble, Lun Heping became a bit overconfident, wanting to use the same method to deal with the villains who had captured his first love.
"Do as you please with the rest, but you must kill these people for me and seize the Origin Stones they've collected." Lun Qin pulled out a list from somewhere within her bath robe, along with a thick wad of cash.
"An interesting woman," Lun Heping thought, finding himself understanding this sister of his by circumstance less and less. Such a thought involuntarily popped into his mind.
"Stop learning weird things from the internet!!!"
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