Chapter 677: Difficult Evolutionary Path — Life Equation?

Accompanied by the continuous surging of the red particle stream, the Tree of Life repaired Li Yu's body.

It didn't last too long. The crystal located in the center of the Time Speed Controller gradually emerged, without a single flaw or mark, flashing with magnificent colors.

At the same time, the entire Time Speed Controller also began to operate. The symbols on the edges gradually lit up with light, and the machine seemed to be enveloped in a blurred force field.

Li Yu lowered his arm, looking at the Tree of Life with some heartache. This single action had basically completely spat out the growth progress obtained from devouring the particle state ocean last time.

However, the Time Speed Controller was of extraordinary value, so it was worth it.

"Claptrap, embed it into the module," Li Yu ordered.

Andrei and Bloodlust looked at each other and stopped communicating.

"Yes, Master."

Claptrap had already made preparations. A milky-white Light Beam enveloped the Time Speed Controller, as if it was integrating into an unknown place in the unseen world.

"Let's test its effect," Li Yu said with some anticipation.

"Yes, Master." Claptrap received the order, and then added: "However, this Time Speed Controller can only act on the cabins."

"Can only act on the cabins?" Li Yu frowned slightly.

Claptrap answered: "Yes, the cabins are considered independent spaces. Mobilizing its time as a whole experiences the least barrier. Otherwise, it is very easy to produce differential speed zones, causing Time Distortion."

Accompanied by the integration of the Time Speed Controller, Claptrap also seemed to have unlocked related knowledge.

The difficulty of mobilizing time was quite great. It was like in a flowing river, making the flow speed of a certain area faster or slower relative to other areas.

The larger the range, the greater the resistance encountered, and one could only try every means to weaken this resistance.

Carving out a separate area was like isolating a tributary, and the resistance would be much smaller.

Li Yu pondered for a moment. Using it in the cabin was enough.

Then, he headed to a certain empty cabin. Under Claptrap's regulation, the time flow rate in this space-time area had already reached 5:1 compared to the outside world.

With the help of the Time Stone's power, even without using Instruments to measure, Li Yu could still clearly sense it.

Currently, this was already the limit of what Claptrap could do, far from reaching the Time Speed Controller's limit—10:1.

It was mainly limited by the current Power Level of the Jade Void Palace. Moreover, if the cabin was kept in an abnormal flow rate for a long time, it would need to be destroyed every once in a while.

Because compared to erasing the impact caused by the time differential, the cost of directly destroying the anomaly source was smaller.

However, for Li Yu currently, it was enough.

Last time he used the God-King Form to forcefully activate the Thunder Cosmos Form of the Thunder Battle Armor, that already heavily shattered Battle Armor could almost no longer be used.

Fortunately, it could be slowly repaired now. Under the time differential environment, it could soon be repaired to the extent that he could use it at will.

And the speed at which he raised his Gene Chain Progress could also be increased again.

Under the long-term influence, the overall Strength of the Jade Void Palace would also develop at a very fast speed.

The only pity was that this time differential seemed unable to have any impact on the System.

However, this was not beyond Li Yu's expectations. After all, this thing had been high and mighty from the very beginning, with nothing able to affect it, jumping out of the Three Realms and not being within the Five Elements.

With the Time Speed Controller, Li Yu and Dark Star entered a state of "Ignoring All Outside Matters". Of course, he entered actively.

As for Dark Star... his opinion was not worth mentioning.

In this way, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.

Boom!

Intense Energy roars exploded. Dark Star's eyes were dull, and his expression was numb. Even though his body was covered in cuts and bruises, and blood covered his whole body, he didn't have any emotions.

His body reacted purely on instinct. When he raised his hand, an Energy Light Beam would blast onto Li Yu's face, and then he would chase after him to beat him up.

Various Energy Radiance flashed, figures crossed paths, and roaring sounds were continuous.

The two sides seemed to be fighting very hard, but no matter the circumstances, Dark Star didn't have any reaction, like a piece of stone.

Bang!

Another fiercely expanding Energy collision. The figures of the two flew backward for a long distance before stopping.

Right at this moment, Claptrap's voice sounded: "Master, this cabin has reached its limit and should be destroyed."

Li Yu's boiling hot blood quickly cooled down, and he asked somewhat astounded: "So fast?"

Claptrap's voice was peaceful: "Seventy-four days have already passed. This cabin has reached its limit. If it is not destroyed, it will produce a Time Distortion area."

"Alright, just in time to rest." Li Yu was somewhat disappointed, while in the Withered eyes of Dark Star not far away, similar to a Black Hole, a little color gradually surfaced.

It seemed that only at this time could he be considered a person, rather than a piece of stone.

"Woohoo, 87%, truly refreshing..." Glancing at his Gene Chain Development Progress, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

With the help of the Time Speed Controller, Li Yu's Gene Chain Progress was climbing at a terrifying speed, and of course, Dark Star's help was also indispensable.

However, estimating according to normal circumstances, his Gene Chain Development Progress should be a bit higher.

It was just that during the battle, Dark Star would occasionally ask for a rest. As a person who sympathized with his subordinates, Li Yu naturally wouldn't refuse this kind of request.

"...I need to rest, otherwise I won't make a move again, even if you beat me to death!"

In front of Li Yu's eyes, Dark Star's expression of Facing Death With Equanimity faintly surfaced, and there was even a bit of crystal-clear color in his eyes that had experienced the vicissitudes of life.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he wiped this image from his head, starting to think about another question.

With the Gene Chain developed to this extent, it was already time to start preparing for the fifth Gene Chain.

However, his fourth Gene Chain had already used Titan Genes. It was very difficult to think of a suitable creature that could be used as his fifth Gene Chain.

This was not an extra loaded Gene Chain from the [Code of Life], which wouldn't require spending so much thought.

This was an extremely important part of his own Evolutionary System, naturally requiring careful consideration.

He had thought about it a few times before. In the Main Universe World, it was very difficult to have a powerful race that surpassed the Titans.

And the worlds where the Avatar Deployment took place were not only uncontrollable, but it was also very difficult to find a race more powerful than the Titans.

Of course, he could also find something to make do with, but he was always somewhat unwilling.

Although he couldn't figure out the answer himself, he could request off-site assistance—the [Tablet of Life and Destiny].

A thing from Odin's treasury that could reveal the path of lifeform Evolution should be able to act on him.

However, before that, he needed to handle the matter of the Avatars first.

One, who had gone to [Ender's Game World], had already completed the mission and returned, bringing back the mission item.

[Mission - Acquire Zerg Mother Queen - Completed - Time - 149 days]

[...You arrived in this world...]

He roughly swept a glance. There wasn't anything worth paying special attention to.

With the Avatar's current Strength, it could basically be said to be a clean sweep.

After playing around a bit, it directly charged into the Zerg hinterland and completed the mission.

[Mission Completed — Avatar recovered, Cooldown Time — 100 days]

[Obtained Special Item -- Progenitor Zerg Mother: The origin of the Wise Zerg, the mother of the Zerg Mother Queen, capable of giving birth to Zerg Mother Queens.

The Wise Zerg possess extraordinary reproductive capabilities, Biotechnology, as well as space-time communication capabilities.]

Li Yu frowned slightly. This description of the so-called Wise Zerg seemed far from meeting his expectations.

It didn't have the ability to Devour Genes for Evolution, but instead had some Technology tree abilities.

However, he thought carefully, and it seemed that in the movie world, that thing was indeed not that great, otherwise it wouldn't have been crushed by a genius child.

"That's just right to be used as a Biological Weapon, and a Biological Weapon that can climb the Technology tree by itself at that."

Li Yu pondered. Either way, he wouldn't lose out.

Taking out the so-called Progenitor Zerg Mother to take a look, its surface skin was pale white.

The lower half of its body was supported by four scythe-like legs, its upper limbs resembled mantis blades, and its tail section was a large reproductive organ.

He prepared to throw it to that group of Gene Research Expert first to see if it could produce any synergy with the Xenomorph.

"Hmm, aren't the Wise Zerg equivalent to pawns, while the Xenomorphs are like generals? The two complement each other, seems pretty good." Li Yu muttered.

Then, he looked through Number Three, who was far away in DC. Although he had already come into contact with the Justice League, due to the influence of a certain unnamed Avatar previously, he was temporarily being monitored.

Although his personal freedom was not restricted, he shouldn't even think about moving freely.

This resulted in him not having any harvest worth paying attention to. Recently, Number Three had become severely dissatisfied with this behavior of the Justice League.

Moreover, due to his Strength factor, this behavior of the Justice League obviously couldn't last too long.

The more crucial factor was that Steppenwolf seemed to be coming, which meant Darkseid wasn't far away either.

"Isn't Steppenwolf just coming to deliver food? Perhaps when the time comes, there won't even be a chance for Number Three to get a stab in." Li Yu speculated, finding that this situation was highly likely to happen.

The Avatar's behavior was uncontrollable, and without any rewards worth paying attention to, he couldn't be bothered to pay too much attention.

Finally, it was the deployment of the Second Clone,

[World Deployment searching... Data analysis in progress... [World List] opened, Host please review.]

Li Yu opened the [World List], and three world names flashing with special colors appeared before Li Yu.

[Wandering Earth World]

[Signal World]

[Captain America World]

Without needing to think much, Li Yu directly locked onto [Captain America World]. For the current Avatar, this world was simply a Dimensionality Reduction Strike.

If starting from the beginning of the Timeline, which was the World War II era, it would be even more of a clean sweep. The Space Stone and whatnot would come easily.

[Mission Mode -- Acquire Infinity Stones]

[Second Clone deployment successful, please check the Task Log after the mission ends.]

This was not a difficult mission. Number Two should be able to complete it very quickly.

After dealing with the matters of the Avatars, next was himself.

He took out the [Tablet of Life and Destiny]. This was a very bizarre-looking stone tablet, with some special patterns on it.

"I hope it doesn't reveal some bizarre and eccentric Evolutionary Path..."

Li Yu tossed out the Card. Amidst a burst of dazzling radiance, the Tablet of Life and Destiny engraved on the Card appeared before him, projecting magnificent colors that shone on his body.

A large number of bizarre and eccentric symbols continuously evolved, and peculiar genetic structures also emerged.

In the unseen world, a piece of information poured into Li Yu's mind, making his expression slightly bewildered for a moment, but it quickly became clear.

Immediately, a touch of astonishment surfaced in his eyes, and he muttered in a low voice:

"How could it be like this?"

The Tablet of Life and Destiny before his eyes gradually disappeared. This thing could only be used once, but for Li Yu, it was enough.

He frowned tightly, as if thinking about something very difficult to understand.

The normal Genetic Evolutionary Path, after the additionally loaded Gene Chains developed to their limit, to become a Super Lifeform,

Required completely combining the extra Gene Chains and one's own Gene Chains into a Gene Chain structure, which could be said to be turning oneself into a new Ethnic Group.

As for other Evolutionary Systems, apart from Superpower, the Cybernetic Enhancement system had yet to give birth to a Super Lifeform level lifeform.

Not to mention other niche Evolutionary Systems.

But what the Tablet of Life and Destiny had just revealed was somewhat different.

For his normal fifth Gene Chain, the [Tablet of Life and Destiny] had given many choices. Things like Annihilation Giant Beast, Void Banisher, biological names that Li Yu had never even heard of.

And the lifeform closest to Li Yu among them was named—Fallen Star Dragon, and its specific location was precisely in the Fallen Star Cinders.

It seemed quite coincidental. In fact, according to the information provided by the [Tablet of Life and Destiny].

Each of these lifeforms was unique, not a group-based lifeform.

The required birth environment was special, unlike the Titans, which appeared in groups.

It wasn't that it happened to appear in the Fallen Star Cinders, but that the special environment of the Fallen Star Cinders gave birth to this creature, the Fallen Star Dragon.

This unique lifeform had a very high evolutionary potential. If given enough time, it could evolve to an unimaginable level and possess many powerful abilities.

"It can be used as a backup target..." Li Yu pondered. He still had time, so he wasn't too anxious.

He was thinking about another matter revealed by the [Tablet of Life and Destiny]. This stone tablet not only revealed the fifth Gene Chain, but also made a speculation about Li Yu's future Evolutionary Path.

"Because I have extra Gene Chains loaded onto every single Gene Chain, so it will lead to genetic collapse during fusion Evolution..."

According to the revelation of the [Tablet of Life and Destiny], due to the influence of the [Code of Life], he had five more Gene Chains than a normal Genetic Evolution Body.

If he became a Super Lifeform through normal methods, he would face the risk of genetic collapse at the final moment.

If he still wanted to become a Super Lifeform, he had to find a way to solve this problem.

And the method given by the [Tablet of Life and Destiny] was—

Life Equation

That was what Darkseid had spent his whole life searching for, containing the ultimate secret of lifeforms.

That thing could solve Li Yu's problem and allow him to achieve Advancement to a Super Lifeform.

But Li Yu's problem was—

You're a thing taken out from Odin's treasury, why can you reveal the thing Darkseid is looking for?

(End of Chapter)