End of the World: My Items Can Be Upgraded Infinitely.

Chapter 251: Pseudo-fourth-order life form, artistic conception trial

"What do you think?"

After making sure that Shen Jie had gone far away and left the underground insect nest, Lin Feng stared at the dark cave entrance where his figure disappeared and suddenly spoke.

Long Yi frowned slightly and turned to look at Jiang Yuner who was adjusting the Queen Mother's colonization suit on the other side of the pyramid.

The other party immediately stopped gossiping, turned sideways, lowered his head and worked seriously.

She then gave her own opinion:
"Shen Jie didn't lie. The scene he described is almost the same as the seal scene left by the Insect King."

"The question is, who pulled him out of the state of mind in the end?"

"Generally speaking, without the fourth-order spiritual power, it is difficult to forcibly awaken a lost soul from the spiritual world."

Lin Feng was also thinking about this matter.

But soon, the quick thinking from the third-order brain, after searching and analogy, made him think of a possibility:
"Tell me, could it be my mother?"

Long was stunned for a moment, then his face changed suddenly.

Lin Feng then asked her counter-question:

"But you said that only a true fourth-order life form can leave its own artistic conception heritage in the bloodline of the tribe."

"My mother only broke the limit of her spiritual attribute, how could she appear in Shen Jie's artistic conception inheritance?"

After listening to Lin Feng's additional questions, Long Yi frowned even more tightly. Just as Lin Feng said, things became more and more strange.

It can be confirmed that what Shen Jie heard in his coma was indeed a human voice, and it must have come from another part of the human blood in his body.

But it is impossible for humans to have a fourth-order life form...

Otherwise, before the arrival of the Zerg, it would not have remained in a fragmented state, with many countries standing side by side and constant conflicts for thousands of years.

You have to know that any fourth-order cosmic life can easily unify the world. The meaning and responsibility of its birth is to lead its own tribe.
Go to the universe and expand the living space of civilization!

With the primitive state of human technological development, the possibility of the birth of fourth-order life forms is close to zero.

Even the fact that Lin Feng's mother had achieved half a step to the fourth level shocked Ling.

In order to find the source of the sound, a bright golden light appeared in Longyi's eyes, and he used the power of artistic conception to work frantically inside the purple crystal brain.

It was not until a moment later that she slowly spoke and gave the only explanation she had found:

"I searched and browsed through the ocean of knowledge that the Zerg has passed down for hundreds of millions of years..."

“Finally found a similar case.”

Lin Feng became serious. These pieces of information and knowledge were all intangible treasures that were hard to come by. Only the gods, who had passed down their heritage for billions of years, could have accumulated such a rich heritage.

Lingyi took a deep breath and said:
"Because of the uniqueness of fourth-level life forms, it takes millions or even tens of millions of years for a fourth-level strongman to be born in the same group..."

"And in this long river of time, the number of third-order life forms that can evolve is countless, like a multitude of carp crossing a river."

"Among them, there are also some gifted and talented evolutionary geniuses. In order to continue to break through the shackles of life evolution, they choose to give up the long accumulation of physical qualitative changes..."

"Instead, we take a different approach, focusing on spiritual improvement, and strive to extend our lifespan further."

“So there were a lot of third-order peak beings whose spiritual power broke through the limit.”

"They are also called... pseudo-fourth-order life forms."

“But physical fitness and mental fitness are an evolutionary path that complement each other, just like a bicycle. Only with two wheels can you be stable and go far.”

"Walking on one wheel is like walking on a tightrope. Every step is filled with danger."

"Especially after ten thousand years at the peak of the third stage, their bodies have already reached the age of decay, and their physical strength has fallen to the early stage of the third stage, or even lower."

"By then, the vast spiritual energy stored in the brain will change from a life-support to a deadly poison."

"Without a strong physique as a moat, an aging pseudo-fourth-order life form, after exceeding its original lifespan, is like a plastic bag filled with lake water. It may overflow and burst at any time, and gradually become fragile as time goes by."

"In this case, in order to continue to survive, they have only one way, which is to plunder the fresh bodies of other new generation third-level life forms in their own species."

"According to what you humans say, it's called taking over another's body."

Lin Feng frowned slightly:

"They can't clone their own bodies? Zerg biotechnology is so advanced, it shouldn't be difficult, right?"

Ling gave him a blank look and said speechlessly:
"The number of times any cell can divide is limited. As long as it has not escaped the realm of material life, it will inevitably suffer from the distortion of genetic information under the law of increasing entropy, until it decays, or forgets everything and becomes an idiot."

"Of course, if you just want to stay alive and would rather become a pile of rotten meat without self-awareness, then just become a biological meat nest."

"Otherwise, why would a fourth-order life form need to fuse group genes so extensively to expand its own sample capacity?"

"There is an upper limit to the amount of life energy that each gene can contain. The entire population must reproduce to a certain extent and have enough gene samples. Only after collecting and integrating them can the so-called uniqueness be condensed."

"The reason why the king is the king is that they have a complete sequence in their bodies. They can contain infinite energy and nurture the power of different realms. Eventually, at the peak of the sixth level, they will condense the immortal kingdom of God."

"The fourth stage is called cosmic life because from this point on, life has already embarked on the long steps to becoming a god."

"The road has been paved, and all that is left is more artistic conception to continue to accommodate and nurture it..."

"So cloned cells are completely useless, especially on the scale of a rank three powerhouse with a life span of ten thousand years."

"Its aging is caused by a sharp decrease in the capacity for life energy. The body is like a shrinking measuring cup, not simply the aging of organs."

"That's why we need to plunder fresh shells and directly obtain new, growing containers."

"But this process is very dangerous. After all, the entire brain, including the brain crystals, must be transferred to the new body. At the same time, the rejection reaction of both parties must be reduced. Although most of them will select excellent seeds from their own blood relatives for more than ten generations to avoid incompatibility between the spirit and the body."

At this point, in front of Lin Feng's shocked gaze, Long Yi changed the subject and said in a low voice:
"According to records, a pseudo-fourth-order life form that lived for 100,000 years, when it changed its body for the tenth time, its spiritual power reached several times that of the peak of the third order, which was equivalent to a late fourth-order existence..."

"But that time, due to various reasons, the body it found was only at the early stage of the third stage."

"This is equivalent to forcibly pouring a block of seawater into a small river, which directly led to the failure of the transfer operation and then caused a large-scale artistic conception leak, with a radiation range covering more than 100 kilometers in radius."

"However, after we cleared the radiation energy, we unexpectedly discovered that the body it had taken over still had biological activity and some consciousness remaining."

"The researchers who conducted experiments on the body could always hear hoarse howls of pain in their minds. The evolvers who were affected by the radiation spread also heard echoes of painful screams from time to time in their confused mental state."

"It's somewhat similar to Shen Jie's experience..."

After listening to the case introduction of Ling Yi, Lin Feng quickly realized what the other party meant:
"You mean my mother, He Yiwen, left a state of mind energy similar to a spiritual mark on me after she became a pseudo-fourth-order life form, so when Shen Jie got into trouble just now, he accidentally triggered this mark?"

Ling nodded slightly and added:
"To be more precise, it should be your artistic conception ability, which is highly related to the bloodline left by your mother. The humans who are close to you have a great chance of activating the bloodline inheritance. Although they cannot truly inherit the power of artistic conception, they can vaguely feel the spiritual energy of the pseudo-fourth-order life form." "It is the other half of Shen Jie's human bloodline, and it happens to be by your side. All the conditions are met, and it is extremely lucky to help him."

"Otherwise, we have to deal with Shen Jie, this hot potato, before starting the collective state of mind trial."

After listening to Long Yi's speculation, Lin Feng let out a long sigh of relief and slowly opened his clenched fists behind his back.

At this moment, the sweat on the palms has seeped into the deep marks left by the fingertips.

He knew better than anyone that the biggest secret hidden in him was the existence of the upgrade system. Now it seemed that this was the gift left by He Yiwen.

He has saved Lin Feng from danger many times.

After discussing Shen Jie's matter, it was around five o'clock in the afternoon.

It was five o'clock in the midsummer and it was still daytime outside. The setting sun in the distance was reluctant to leave.

On the horizon of the winding mountain road, a number of armored personnel carriers drove by. Qin Hu, the leader, sat in a heavy jeep and followed the black armored vehicle leading the way to the main nest in the northwest of Yunxialing.

Along the way, Qin Hu saw a lot of traces of Zerg activities nearby, and even a few tiger-backed insects, lying blatantly on the hillside, watching everyone arrive.

If they had not come to the appointment and had not brought weapons, Qin Hu and his second-stage late-stage perfect gene warriors would have wanted to go forward with bare hands to deal with these daring insect swarms.

Fortunately, Liu Yi and others who came to support him hurriedly explained the situation to him. Qin Hu then suddenly realized and ordered everyone to stay calm and not act impulsively.

When the convoy arrived at the entrance of the main hatching nest, Qin Hu realized after seeing Lin Feng and others that with these Zerg killing gods around, how could the group of tiger-backed insects survive until now if they had not surrendered and surrendered.

Lin Feng, who was going out for the new semester, showed a hint of surprise when he saw the team members brought by Qin Hu.

Qin Hu brought a total of thirty-six trial-takers, including himself, while Lin Feng had thirty-four under his command, for a total of seventy people on both sides.

In fact, after the battle at Yong'an River early in the morning, Qin Hu's final gains were far more than that. Although the queen entrenched in Yong'an River had average Zerg strength, she also had no less than 600 second-order tiger-spine insects.

However, the second-level insect eggs on hand were all used for his own upgrades.

More than 600 second-stage tiger-spine worms, plus a hundred second-stage worm eggs, are enough for the forty or so second-stage mid-to-late-stage genetic warriors under his command to reach the perfection of the second-stage late stage.

Together with the original dozen or so perfect strong men, the Southern Legion under his command is now even more powerful than the Savior Army.

However, the fully armed second-level regiment of the Savior Army can easily defeat beings of the same level that are several times larger than themselves. Not to mention fighting one against ten, they can still easily fight one against three.

In addition to the insufficient number of people, there are many unfamiliar faces among the people who participated in the artistic conception trial this time.

It is estimated that this is to ensure the safety of the Beihe Town camp, and at the same time to avoid the risks brought by the sudden drop of top-level strongmen. People like Chen Shu, who are familiar to Lin Feng, are not on the list of trial participants this time.

Obviously, Qin Hu made corresponding arrangements after understanding the risks of participating in the trial.

He left several successors he trusted in the camp to maintain order so that if anything unexpected happened during the trial, the entire regiment would not fall into chaos.

After a round of handshakes and greetings, Qin Hu and his 36 genetic warriors, led by Lin Feng and others, entered the hatching nest more than 200 meters deep underground.

All members of Lin Feng's genetic regiment, a total of thirty-four people, had already assembled behind Shen Jie.

At this moment, Qin Hu and others exclaimed in amazement after seeing this giant 50-meter-wide hatching meat tower.

But the hatching pyramid of the third-stage mid-stage Queen Mother is even more exaggerated. This one in front of us is only of medium size. The hatching pyramid built by the Queen Mother of Haicheng that Lin Feng and others saw underground in Jiangbei was really exaggerated.

The pyramid in front of everyone was densely inlaid with more than 200 fresh second-level insect eggs.

They will also become participants and embark on the biological incubation and hibernation chamber of the artistic conception trial.

However, when Qin Hu saw Long Yi, who was controlling all this, and Jiang Yuner, who was wearing a black cloak beside her, his brows slightly frowned.

With his extremely high degree of genetic fusion, it is not difficult to see that the two women in front of him exude a very strong Zerg aura.

The latter was fine. When Lin Feng returned from the capital city, he brought her to the military camp, proving that the former big star Jiang Yuner has now become a spy planted among humans by the Zerg Queen.

As for the former...

Qin Hu knew that she was Director Ling Shuyan, the researcher mentioned in the past letter, and also the most intelligent awakened person under Lin Feng.

But Ling Shuyan never said that the other party would have such a strong Zerg aura.

If it weren't for her beautiful appearance, which was no different from that of a human, Qin Hu almost had the illusion that a high-level Zerg queen was standing in front of him.

But Lin Feng and Shen Jie were also present. Their third-level strength was achieved by actually evolving across levels by killing the Zerg queen.

There is no possibility of being controlled by the Zerg Queen.

Noticing the astonishment and suspicion on Qin Hu and others' faces, Lin Feng explained:

"Miss Lin is a survivor I rescued from Jiacheng, which was besieged by the Zerg. The Queen Mother there is quite knowledgeable about humans and has tried to transform many human-Zerg hybrids. Miss Lin had the Queen Mother's cells implanted into her and later awakened the same mental control ability as the Queen Mother."

"Because her entire family died at the hands of the Zerg, her hatred for the Zerg is unforgivable."

"And this time, she and I will participate in the artistic conception trial together, helping everyone solve problems and providing escort."

The nearby trial participants applauded enthusiastically when they learned that their leader Lin Feng and Long Yi would also participate in the artistic conception trial.

The tension in my heart eased a little.

After listening to Lin Feng's introduction, Qin Hu nodded and stopped worrying about it.

For him, as long as he can repel the Zerg invasion, it will not be a problem even if he uses the Zerg's biological and flesh technology.

What's more, all the genetic warriors present, including himself, are strictly speaking hybrid products that have absorbed Zerg genes.

Qin Hu shifted his gaze away from Long Yi and looked at Shen Jie who was standing beside him in a daze.

After the Queen Mother's beheading operation early in the morning, he has successfully advanced to the third stage, becoming the third third-level awakener after Lin Feng and Long Yi.

In the eyes of the genetic warriors, Shen Jie is the first third-level awakener of their kind, and also their role model.

At this moment, all the genetic warriors looked at them with deep admiration and envy.

Shen Jie noticed these fiery gazes, turned around to look at everyone, and nodded slightly.

Lin Feng looked at the time and saw it was already half past five, so he gave the order:

"It's getting late, let's get started without further delay!"

The scorpion nodded slightly:
"Everyone, please come forward in an orderly manner! Let the artistic conception trial begin!"

(End of this chapter)