Chapter 578: [Ash Titan Gene Chain]

More than ten days later... Flames surged all over the sky. Before them was a world filled with flames. A large number of Transformers and Mechanical Xenomorphs were fighting with fire elemental creatures.

They were equipped with Condensation Devices, continuously using low-temperature attacks. Cold air and freezing temperatures shot out in all directions, causing tremendous damage to these mindless fire elementals.

The Twelve Golden Immortals swept across the battlefield. They mainly cleaned up the powerful Elemental Spirits.

The Mechanical Cauldron, Heaven-Overturning Seal, Metal Pagoda... Various powerful Weapons intertwined, and Energy Beams scattered everywhere.

The Crimson Mechanical Pupils contained no distracting thoughts.

The continuously flipping mechanical devices, gleaming metal shells, and Electric Arcs shooting out all over their bodies highlighted the aesthetics and violence of machinery, fighting for the supreme Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

The largest Fire Elemental Spirit among them let out an unwilling roar, and eventually fell into the flames. Li Yu walked out from the flames and glanced at the surrounding battlefield.

"About done..." He tapped casually on his Smart Terminal a few times, and muttered: "I didn't expect the mission to be completed at this time."

Soon after, the entire Fire Elemental Dimension World began to violently shake. The Dimensional Wall twisted, as if some massive object was descending from outside the Dimensional Wall.

A massive amount of Elemental Energy was absorbed by this Black Hole. Even the entire Dimension World seemed about to be Devoured into it in a twisted posture.

"This fire elemental dimension is actually quite powerful, even birthing an elemental lord. It's quite a pity for it to die just like this." Sakura descended, escorted by Transformers.

"It's exactly because this fire elemental dimension is powerful that the elemental lord had to be killed. Otherwise, that lord would be strengthened to a certain extent by this Dimension World."

"These Elemental Spirits can be kept, though." Li Yu pointed casually at the Elemental Spirits controlled by the Twelve Golden Immortals.

They were locked down by energy restraint devices, their massive bodies stuffed into small devices less than one cubic meter.

"Mm, you can have them assist your special warship. Their efficiency in refining metal materials is still acceptable." Sakura nodded and said.

"About how long will it take for the Jade Void Palace to Devour this Dimension World?" Li Yu asked.

He had scattered so many dimension search devices before, and scattered quite a few more later, and finally found this Fire Elemental Dimension World.

"It will take about three days. The Dimensional Ship has clear division procedures internally. A portion will be used to strengthen the Dimensional Wall; that is basic defense." Sakura estimated:

"Another portion will derive attack devices on the Dimensional Wall."

"The remaining portion will be used by me to construct the Dimension Engine."

"Alright, keep an eye on things here, I'll head back first." Li Yu didn't stay long, leaving hurriedly as if he had something to do.

Returning to the Jade Void Palace Base, he Impatiently opened the System.

Clone Three had completed the mission and returned.

Just now, while clearing out the fire elemental world, the System had sent a prompt. But since matters weren't finished at the time, he suppressed his curiosity.

Now he was naturally somewhat Impatient.

[Mission - Obtain enough Galactus Gene Samples - Completed - Time: 56 days]

[...You came to this world, feeling bored and bland. You could easily destroy this planet. Watching those hurrying humans, you felt no emotion, only hoping that in this world, there would be your Reincarnated First Love...

...You saw the rampaging Human Torch in the sky. They defeated Doctor Doom, Smug and Self-Satisfied...

...Your powerful Strength convinced the Human Torch. This Untamed Youth became your Little Brother, however, his friends were unusually vigilant towards you...]

[...You didn't care. After all, you had already confirmed that his sister Susan... was your Reincarnated First Love...

...She had already become Reed's partner and was about to enter the halls of marriage, but you were not discouraged...

......]

Li Yu sighed, his eyes continuously swiping down, skipping several pages of descriptions about Poaching Partners.

[...Although your power, handsomeness, and humor had a fatal attraction, Susan was not simple. She noticed the indifference and loneliness deep in your heart... and always maintained vigilance...]

[...They were going to become partners, but you didn't care, because the Silver Surfer ruined all of this...]

Li Yu roughly skimmed over the Plot summary. In fact, it was almost the same as the original, just with an extra clone watching the show.

Clone Three quietly tagged along. Although he knew the truth, he didn't say anything until the final battle...

[...The Silver Shadow was moved by Susan and decided to rebel against Galactus. In his final moments resisting Galactus, you decisively made your move and obtained the mission target...]

[...However, the aftermath of the explosion also heavily injured him. Susan was unusually moved, thinking you also got injured for the sake of stopping Galactus...]

[...A crack finally opened in her heart. At the final moment of submitting the mission, while seemingly on your deathbed in the eyes of outsiders, you asked Susan for a kiss... She hesitated for a moment, but still agreed...]

[...Under the gaze of the other three companions, under Reed's dark face, you kissed, and you gave Reed the middle finger.]

[Mission completed—Clone recovered, Cooldown time—100 days]

Fucking hell, Clone Three was purely disgusting people. Li Yu was completely Speechless. These clones were getting better and better at finding amusement.

[Obtained Special Item—Galactus's Genetic Sample: As one of the supreme Divine Spirits, theoretically it possesses the power to destroy everything. However, it often suffers defeat on an azure planet, making its name not match the reality.

However, it also has its own special essence—Hunger and Consume]

[Hunger—Rapidly digests physical energy, greatly amplifying the main body's combat power.]

[Consume—Rapidly devours various substances to restore physical energy.]

After reading all this, Li Yu's mood was not excited, but instead sank.

Because, although it seemed the description of [Galactus's Genetic Sample] was passable, whether it was [Hunger] or [Consume], they could be considered relatively powerful.

And it also made up for the method Li Yu currently needed the most to enhance his combat power.

But... the key to the problem was, that was Galactus! Galactus... and this was the result?

Li Yu was somewhat confused, even secretly suspecting if the System had nerfed him.

But then he suddenly remembered that in the [Fantastic Four World], Uncle Galactus seemed to be exactly this weak...

Basically a background board, and even threatened by his own subordinates.

"Either he's eating, or on his way to eat. The System giving these two abilities is really not wrong." Li Yu muttered twice, his expression somewhat hesitant.

If this was the case, the original idea of making Galactus his fourth Gene Chain, he felt... he needed to reconsider.

He always felt that an Uncle Galactus who was this weak... was a bit... not quite right.

What if after replacing it, he also became weak?

"I can only wait for Peyton's news, and then try that idea..." Li Yu took a deep breath.

No matter what, let's turn Uncle Galactus into a Gene Chain first.

Subsequently, he took the Gene Sample and went to find Peyton.

......

"Where did you get this from again..." The corner of Peyton's eye twitched slightly. It could be clearly seen that this Noble's demeanor was obviously somewhat abnormal. His eye sockets were deeply sunken, and his pupils were covered in bloodshot veins.

That was caused by working for long periods of time.

It should be known that Noble Genes came with self-repair, yet Peyton was still tortured into this state. It showed how deeply Li Yu had squeezed him.

"You don't need to say it, you stole it again, right?" Before Li Yu could answer, Peyton said it himself.

"Pretty much..." Li Yu gave a dry laugh.

"You really know how to find difficult problems for me..." Peyton couldn't help but complain a bit. Usually, such words couldn't be heard from his mouth, showing he was indeed very displeased.

"I roughly glanced at it just now. The Genetic Structure of this thing is very special. The workload shouldn't be less than the Titan..."

"What?" The Senior Researchers who were working immediately gathered around upon hearing this, scrambling to take a look.

After one guy finished looking, his face was full of joy: "This kind of Genetic Structure is too astonishing. How could such a creature exist..."

It was just that coupled with his currently sunken eyes, he looked somewhat terrifying.

"Uh... everyone, if you really can't hold on, resting for a bit is also fine." He couldn't help but say.

"It's fine!" A Doctor who was swaying as he walked waved his hand, feeling somewhat emotional: "I only regret not coming into contact with the Lord Duke sooner."

"That's good, that's good." Li Yu felt he still had a conscience, otherwise he wouldn't feel guilty.

"Just wait, wait until the modulation of the Titan Gene Chain is completed, it will be soon." Peyton cast a resentful glance at him.

Li Yu naturally didn't disturb the work of these professionals and left straight away.

Next was a relatively boring waiting period.

However, the Titan Gene Chain was already nearing the end. About five days later, Peyton sent news again.

"It's done?" Li Yu stared at the Golden Liquid in the tube.

"It's done. A Titan's essence is also a powerful lifeform. As long as there are resources and manpower, the difficulty isn't as great as imagined." Peyton nodded.

Although Peyton made it sound simple, during this period, the various resources they continuously requested were all obtained from Returning Star.

From the gnashing teeth expression of the official providing resources every time, Li Yu knew that those things were truly expensive.

Someone explained with great interest: "Lord Duke, we used 17,300 biological materials and performed microgram-level blending through the Heath formula. We even consulted Dr. Sakura..."

"Stop... stop..." Li Yu raised his hand. He didn't understand a single one of these terms, nor did he want to know. He said: "Thank you all for your hard work. There's also Galactus's Genetic Sample, keep up the good work... keep up the good work..."

Everyone Looked at Each Other in Dismay, but also saw that this Duke didn't care about the detailed process. They drank a tube of Nutritional Potion, and simply turned their heads to continue researching.

"Are you going to use it?" Peyton frowned and said: "According to your previous speculations, after using the Titan Gene Chain, I'm afraid you will be targeted by the Annihilation Device."

"Although whether it can be considered a true Titan through Gene Chain Fusion is still uncertain, Digor is a precedent."

By now, involving the true secrets of the Titans, Peyton also didn't have any advice to offer.

After all, he wasn't a High Echelon Noble before, and the information he knew was limited.

"I have an idea. Maybe it can let me find a path I can take." Li Yu hesitated.

"As long as you know what you're doing..." Peyton didn't offer excessive persuasion either.

The warning just now was just because he didn't want Li Yu to really die. It wasn't out of worry, but just because he was used to this working mode.

No one disturbed him, and there were constantly new things for him to research.

If Li Yu accidentally died, then all this would inevitably change, which would be quite a pity.

Li Yu took the Titan Gene Chain, returned to his room, and then had Claptrap lock down the surroundings. And he himself took out another item.

A pitch-black stone. He jokingly called this thing Digor's sarira. It was the only thing left behind after Digor died and the Death Wave receded.

He had researched it for a long time using various methods but gained nothing. This thing seemed like an ordinary, couldn't-be-more-ordinary stone.

But he knew that this thing was definitely not simple.

"It's been a long time since I felt like Gambling, please don't disappoint me." Li Yu took out [Item Forging]. It was a white mechanical pair of pliers.

That's right, he prepared to use [Item Forging]. He originally planned to use it for the Death Star.

But he thought about it, even if he used it, it was impossible to make the Death Star a Super Lifeform. The improvement would be limited anyway, so he might as well take a Gamble.

He selected the target as the stone before him and the Titan Gene Chain...

Both of these things were produced by Titans, so the compatibility was definitely very high.

Only he hesitated for a moment, and took out [Chaos Power] to place beside them again. A certain strange idea began to surface.

[Chaos Power] could modify reality to a certain extent. He just didn't know if it could erase the influence of the Annihilation Device. That thing was definitely awesome.

If he added it in, coupled with the System's assistance, maybe it could work.

It might also fail... After all, the compatibility of this thing with the Titan was too low.

Li Yu's eyes flickered, and eventually he gritted his teeth. Gamble it! Even if it failed, it wouldn't have much impact on him.

There was still Uncle Galactus's Gene Chain waiting. Although the attached abilities were relatively weak, the intrinsic Strength was absolutely beyond doubt.

He acted as soon as he spoke. Targets selected, he only saw these small pliers pinch the stone, open the lockdown device of the Gene Chain, and toss the stone inside.

Then it pinched the little witch and tossed her in too.

Seeing this scene, Li Yu was somewhat stunned. This... was too rough?

Fortunately, afterwards, this pair of small pliers turned into Flowing Light and merged into the Gene Chain.

Subsequently, the System refreshed a massive amount of information—

[Detected Ash Stone and Flawed Titan Gene Chain...]

[Detected supplementary material—Chaos Power...]

[Detecting compatibility between the two...]

[Forging...]

The System didn't refresh the next message for a long time, bringing Li Yu's heart to his throat.

However, [Chaos Power] wasn't considered an Entity item by the System, but a supplementary material. It should be because this thing was a consumable, so there was a high probability it wouldn't affect the success rate.

Fortunately, about ten minutes later, the Titan Gene Chain suddenly bloomed with dazzling Flowing Light.

[Forging successful. Obtained Special Item—Ash Titan Gene Chain]

Li Yu immediately let out a long sigh of relief. This name indeed had a flavor of being forged by some blacksmith.

(End of Chapter)