Chapter 136: The 19th Legion

The Dadian was dead silent.

When Xisi calmly said this, let alone mention that Bai'er, who had just suddenly acquired five hundred priceless "test subjects," was shaking with excitement, his rigid body trembling all over.

Even Fanluosi and the others suddenly looked up, their gazes fixed rigidly on Xisi.

Then they couldn't help but all glance at Daiweiluo beside them.

As the Astart who first fought side by side with Xisi, although Daiweiluo truly joined Xisi much later, even so, Daiweiluo's combat power had long already outclassed almost all Astarts of the same rank.

Perhaps only those who are also "protagonists" in their own stories—Tai Ri Tian and Xi Jian Sheng—could temporarily surpass Daiweiluo.

But that is only because Daiweiluo has followed Xisi for too short a time in the true sense.

And now, with the situation so rotten, Xisi actually intends to Primordial Forge all these veteran soldiers who first followed him!

Primordial Forging is a gift that Kao Er spent ten thousand years on for Kiriman; Astarts that have undergone Primordial Forging are far stronger than early Astarts.

It is also the main force of Kiriman's current Unyielding Expedition.

It's just that when something everyone is accustomed to is suddenly replaced by another thing they are equally familiar with, everyone finds it hard to accept right away.

Until everyone finally digested all the implications of Xisi's words, their eyes, which had been drooping from the dire situation, instantly filled with blood‑shot veins from the stimulus.

What's wrong with five hundred?

Five hundred is just five hundred; five hundred "people" gathered in one place, and the golden throne can be cut down!

The stifling heat dispersed the Dadian's gloom; only Bai'er, excited, twisted his stiff body, stared at the Black Watch on duty beside him, gulping saliva wildly, then asked a crucial question:

"Lord Sisi, whose Gene Seed will your Black Watch use?"

"Not that I'm boasting, but I personally recommend the Imperial Prince..."

Bai'er stopped there, and before Daiweiluo could glare and scold, the first to react was the pair of coquettish eyes behind Xisi, which flushed to the extreme upon learning that the five hundred Black Watch might all become Imperial Princes.

Even merely after Bai'er spoke, the Color Devil, currently revered by the Imperial Prince as a dark god, offered abundant Blessings without any benefit.

And watching Bai'er open his front foot to speak, Xisi's rear foot was already pink; not to mention the Dadian crowd fell silent and looked away.

A few in the Subspace also sneered and glared at each other.

Then other dark gods, unbothered by the chill, quickly had Daiweiluo and the earliest followers—the Plague Doctor and Qian Zi—summoned by the former master; they reluctantly came out and also recommended their own Gene Seeds.

Xisi has only one that is hard to snatch.

The Black Watch can have five hundred; that should at least let them have some broth!

Feeling the "hungry" gaze behind him, Xisi, after a brief silence, turned his back to the Subspace eyes behind him and offered another option.

"Using me as a template, create a new Gene Seed."

A Gene Seed is essentially just a scientific technique; for the Imperial Side, cultivating a new source of Gene Seed is extremely difficult, almost impossible.

But for Bai'er, the Galaxy's First Apothecary, it is not absolute.

After all, this old fellow hasn't cloned the Emperor yet, but he has cloned Original Bodies many times.

Even if those cloned Original Bodies lack Subspace essence, at least cultivating a new Gene Seed completely independent of all Astarts poses no problem for Bai'er.

Upon hearing this, Bai'er was momentarily stunned; though he didn't object, he showed a hint of regret.

The reason for choosing Original Bodies as the gene source is to obtain some Subspace essence behind the Original Bodies, making Astarts not merely strong in physical power.

For example, Qian Zi is widely learned yet possesses spiritual energy, and each Extreme Warrior is an outstanding politician; the strength of these Astarts also stems from their Original Body essence.

But with Xisi as the gene source, what essence could there be? It can't possibly be like Xisi, also… double… right?

Bai'er, of course, doesn't understand doubling; he and the others only know that Xisi seems to have extremely high comprehension, so anything that reaches his hands can exhibit a multiplied effect.

Thus, when Bai'er thought of this, the regret in his eyes gradually turned into horror.

Of course, it can't be that all are a Hundredfold like Xisi, the Father of Genes; the vast majority can at most double, and a few exceptionally gifted can reach twofold.

For story "protagonists" like Tai Ri Tian and Xi Jian Sheng, at most threefold.

But even so, this is something unimaginable.

If this must be counted as Xisi's Subspace essence, then in terms of combat power, this essence would become the strongest Gene Seed in the entire galaxy!

Bai'er grew even more excited; at this moment, what more of a damn Imperial Prince is needed.

He chose the Imperial Prince precisely for the Prince's "perfect" essence, and now if the Black Watch can inherit Xisi's "conceptual doubling", is there any existence in the whole galaxy more "perfect" than this?!

Bai'er trembled almost maniacally, his complexion shifting between pale and red as he thought.

Then it was as if he saw the ultimate beauty "beauty" of his world, eyes with sickly blood‑shot veins, licking his lips while scanning the distant Black Watch that even began to frown.

Until Xisi cut off his "appreciation" and got straight to the point:

"For cultivating Gene Seeds and Primordial Forging, how much time do you need?"

Cultivating Astarts is an extremely lengthy process, let alone first preparing brand‑new Gene Seeds.

Bai'er was finally pulled back to reality, then wanted to say that time didn't matter—he had plenty of it.

But seeing the two urging letters before Xisi and his own master's stern gaze, Bai'er was stunned, then buried his head and actually made a serious estimate.

He then lifted his eyes again, his face still excited but now with a hint of helplessness:

"At the fastest, it will still take three years."

Three years?

Xisi's face showed helplessness, while around him Daiweiluo, Fanluosi and others looked at Bai'er in extreme shock.

No wonder the Chaos aura's teeth‑itching also had to fiercely protect Bai'er; you kid have almost turned Astarts into an assembly line!

Know that a normal Astart, from mortal to final form, goes through three stages: selection trials, surgical modification, and training graduation.

Each stage's duration ranges from several years to a decade.

That is to say, even using an average of five years per stage, the fastest would still be fifteen years.

Yet Bai'er somehow only needs three years, even including the time to cultivate Gene Seeds; Bai'er truly lives up to his Old Chinese Medicine Doctor title.

He also does not betray the Chaos' top technologist, a being who can wrestle with Kao Er.

Knowing he couldn't keep demanding speed, Xisi merely waved his hand to signal Bai'er to leave, but this time, no matter how excited Bai'er was, he made no move; even Fanluosi stared eagerly as well.

"Sir, after the original forging, they can no longer be called Black Watch, at least not solely Black Watch."

Fanluosi spoke; after all, Black Watch had already been fixed as the Star Realm Army's name, and as the originally forged Astat born from Black Watch veterans, Xisi must give them a new name.

Facing the eager looks of his subordinates, they were waiting for Xisi himself to speak, to announce the birth of the galaxy's 19th Astat legion.

But Xisi was momentarily stunned, and then, surprisingly, he thought of the most fitting name in no time at all.

"101."

"My legion…"

"Just call it 101!"