Chapter 693: 524: Master of Humanity_2 |
With the full cooperation of the Descenders, the West Continent, severely wounded by war, was rebuilt at an astonishing speed.
Those enormous industrial marvels also rose from the vast plains.
The intelligent industrial templates left from the Federation Era were capable of analyzing and extracting resources from primitive planets and tailoring development plans accordingly. The battleships of the Dark Army that had fallen from outer space were repaired and, coupled with the construction of new warships using a vast amount of resources, a fleet mighty enough to traverse the Star Sea gradually took shape during this process.
During this time,
Su Heng was either deep in the Eternal Heavens, fighting unimaginable ancient races,
Or leading the Dark Army along with the elite of the Zhou Dynasty, cruising through the galaxy aboard the newly completed expedition fleet.
He burned bustling Life Planets to ashes, plundering every inch of their resources, committing wanton extortion, and exterminating one primitive race after another. He had not truly embarked on the trials of the Eternal Heavens, but the blessings he received kept increasing. Moreover, as vast amounts of resources were absorbed by Su Heng, his Life Level continued to rise.
Even though he had grown powerful enough to destroy planets, Su Heng was still far from reaching the limit of his talent, and was in a stage of rapid strength increase.
But at such a level,
Perhaps there was still one... that was the Eternal Heavens continuously eroding the reality of the universe.
Finally, after a hundred years of relentless fighting and looting, Su Heng had accumulated enough resources to push the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill to its limit. He began his retreat, and this retreat lasted for another hundred years. When he emerged from the Purgatory Melt Cave beneath Taibola Volcano, looking at the completely transformed and flourishing world before him, in an instant, Su Heng also felt the sense of drastic changes through time.
By then, his Life Level was incredibly powerful, even far exceeding the original framework when the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill was created.
His Life Force was inexhaustible, his physical body indestructible. Completely unleashing his constraints, his mere existence was enough to cause devastating damage to a Constant Star System.
And his spiritual power was even more terrifying.
With just a thought, Su Heng could extinguish the sun in the sky.
He spent a little time adjusting to his current state before visiting people he knew well.
In this lifetime, Su Heng's parents had not chosen to cultivate and had lived over a hundred years, passing away before his retreat. His elder sister, Su Li, had promising talents and, with a massive infusion of resources, smoothly broke through to the Earth Immortal Realm. However, she did not devote her energy to further cultivation but went to the West Continent and chose a Descender as her mentor.
Her talent in this field was phenomenal; she finished the courses in a few decades that normal people would take hundreds of years to master.
She now could independently lead teams in frontline scientific research and even achieved several notable results.
In this circle, she rose to prominence, though few knew of her relationship with Su Heng.
Perhaps due to Biological Alchemy, Su Li's appearance had hardly changed, but her personality had matured significantly, no longer the sister who used to call him "puppy brother." The female ghost, Little Qing, who used to follow Su Li, had also regained a physical body and looked to have decent cultivation, serving as an assistant to Su Li handling mundane tasks.
Su Heng spent half a day visiting Su Li's laboratory under the Holy Mountain in the West Continent.
Su Li was very happy, explaining what Biological Alchemy was to Su Heng while showing him her research achievements. The existence of humans has inherent limits. Previously, the Martial Artists in the Zhou Dynasty transcended the limits of the flesh by relying on the flesh and blood of Demons... and further, it was actually the power of the Eternal Heavens.
And so-called Biological Alchemy.
It involves modifying humans at the genetic level to raise their original threshold.
The "Genetic Original Liquid" is the pinnacle of Biological Alchemy. After optimizing with the "Genetic Original Liquid," humans, even without cultivating, can explode the ordinary powers of Destruction with mere physical strength. Once such a foundation is stepped onto the path of cultivation, like Lilith and Banda, they almost need no effort to be among the best in the Realm Lord Realm.
And building on this foundation involves the transformation of the soul, the specific outcome being Second Generation Descenders like Indra.
The biggest problem with Biological Alchemy is its "non-replicability."
Because of the massive fabrication of genes, even though they appear human, they are essentially two completely different species. Descenders also cannot reproduce among themselves; Lilith could be born because Jialuo attached his Spirit to a human persona he created to experience mortal life.
And her talents are actually more derived from the "Genetic Original Liquid."
Su Li's current research direction is "replicability," looking for ways to pass on genetic modifications completely.
She has already seen some promising leads, and the source of this idea is the Dragon Guard created by Su Heng. Since the Dragon Guards can implant their Genetic Glands into ordinary people to guide benign mutations, perhaps the same method could be used to create a diluted version of "Descenders."