Swallowed Star: Primordial Artifact

Chapter 220: Heart of Evolution
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As soon as Jiang Ye entered the barracks, his old friends, who had fought together with him through thick and thin, gathered around him. One of them, a bearded king, laughed and joked, "Huang, you were wearing black armor before, how come you changed to gold armor in the blink of an eye? Did you get rich and change into a top-grade armor?"

Jiang Ye raised his lips slightly, and said jokingly, "The color of this battle suit can be changed as you like. I always wore black before, and I'm a little tired of it. I want to change my taste. I'm not like an old guy like you who can wear the same clothes for billions of years."

As soon as these words came out, the kings around him laughed.

After chatting with old friends, Jiang Ye returned to his residence.

At this moment, he was lying comfortably on the soft beach, with the clear sky above his head and white clouds floating leisurely.

The breeze blew gently, bringing with it a hint of comfort, which greatly relaxed Jiang Ye's body and mind. It seemed that at this moment, all the fatigue and worries were thrown into the sky.

"It's time to study the spoils carefully." Jiang Ye whispered to himself, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

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In the world of the world ring.

The human-shaped Ancestral Dragon clone stood majestically in front of a tall and broken pyramid spaceship.

The appearance of this spaceship is full of the unique cold technological sense of the mechanical race. Even though it is damaged, people can still feel its former extraordinaryness.

"That mechanical clan warrior treasures this spaceship very much. It seems like it is his lifeblood, otherwise he wouldn't be trying so hard to get it back." The dragon man Jiang Ye followed the crack and directly entered the corridor of the pyramid spaceship. Then he followed the rotating corridor and began to carefully inspect each cabin.

"Xiao Pi." Jiang Ye suddenly shouted, his voice echoing in the corridor.

With a wave of his hand, dozens of robots of various shapes appeared out of thin air and were neatly arranged in the corridor, their metallic luster flickering in the dim light.

"You arrange to study this spaceship carefully." Jiang Ye ordered one of the smaller robots.

"Okay, master, leave everything to me." The robot responded crisply, and then many robots quickly dispersed and got busy.

Jiang Ye walked in front of a short G-class mechanical puppet. The puppet stood quietly in place, with traces of damage all over its body after being attacked... This was the only mechanical puppet in the entire pyramid spaceship that was made entirely of G-class metal. However, when it was bombarded by a million Zerg king legions, although the body of the mechanical puppet was not destroyed, the energy core in its body was completely shattered. After all, even a king at the peak of his power would be destroyed if hit, let alone this mechanical puppet.

"This G-class mechanical puppet, the metal alone is probably worth a fortune." Jiang Ye said as he activated the power of the world and quickly scanned all the items on the mechanical puppet.

Soon, he discovered a world ring that emitted a faint light.

"It should be a ring that hides an army of mechanical puppets." Jiang Ye's mind moved, and he immediately controlled the power of the world to penetrate in and investigate.

This world ring is controlled by a G-class mechanical puppet, so it has no life mark and is an ownerless object.

"Ha ha……"

The dragon man Jiang Ye had a big smile on his face, "Sure enough, there are 1 million mechanical puppets, all of them are F9 grade top-grade puppets, and each of them is intact." They had captured about 86 mechanical puppets before, but those were all whose energy cores were damaged after the attack of the Ancestral Dragon's clone, while those in the world ring were all intact.

Just as Jiang Ye was immersed in the joy of harvest, a hurried shout came: "Master, Master."

I saw a yellow mouse-like robot about 0.3 meters tall running towards me, as agile as a small animal.
"Xiao Pi." Jiang Ye turned his head and looked.

After the continuous infusion of massive amounts of information from the Virtual Universe Company, Xiao Pi has now been transformed into a truly intelligent life, so controlling a mechanical body is easy for him.

But using a metal body... this is a very common practice and is not of much help to intelligent life itself.

It is extremely difficult for intelligent life to cultivate and evolve. Unless a "heart of evolution" is integrated into the metal body and then intelligent life is allowed to move in, then... the intelligent life will be 100% integrated with the metal body.

Just like the perfect fit between soul and body.

Intelligent life will also possess the most precious body - the evolved body, so...

First, after being 100% integrated with the body, the clarity of sensing the laws of the universe will also soar, at least comparable to the level of ordinary human strongmen. And those who have not evolved their bodies, like "Xiao Pi", may be able to practice and comprehend, but they can't become immortal even if they have billions of years! Only those who have evolved hearts are qualified to become true mechanical strongmen.

Second, as the practice progresses, the body of the Mechanical Clan warrior will continue to strengthen, and the flexibility, toughness and other aspects of the body will be perfect, just like a real body.

So the "heart of evolution" is very important.

But no matter what...

The Heart of Evolution is only owned by the Mechanical Clan. This is the most important and precious treasure of the Mechanical Clan, so the Mechanical Clan strictly controls the "Heart of Evolution" and prohibits any Mechanical Clan member from selling the Heart of Evolution privately. This has long been integrated into the core of every Mechanical Clan. The Mechanical Clan can produce a large number of Hearts of Evolution and cultivate Mechanical Clan members one by one... But they will never sell any Heart of Evolution, no matter how high the price is.

This makes it extremely difficult to purchase a Heart of Evolution among many alien races such as humans and monsters!

Because it is too difficult to obtain the Heart of Evolution.

And only the mechanical race has the heart to evolve.

and so--

The price of each evolution heart has soared to tens of billions of Hunyuan units, which is almost the entire wealth of the immortal god.

For this reason, unless one considers the intelligent life that accompanies him as a brother of life and death and is a super-powerful person with huge wealth, no one would be willing to spend such a high price to buy it.

However, for Jiang Ye, who holds the Qiankun Ding, which is an endless treasure trove of minerals, these are nothing worth mentioning.

Moreover, in Jiang Ye's heart, Xiao Pi is not just an intelligent life. It is Jiang Ye's first friend since he came to this world and the companion who has been with him for the longest time. It has long been as important as a family member.

For this purpose, Jiang Ye specially ordered a top-quality evolution heart through Yubaotang.

You should know that an ordinary Heart of Evolution is worth hundreds of billions of Hunyuan units, and the value of this top-quality Heart of Evolution is even more inestimable. It not only requires a huge amount of Hunyuan units, but also some power and status to find it.

You should know that the origin of the Ultimate Evolution Heart is extremely extraordinary. It was born in the core area of the Mechanical Mother Star, the origin of the Mechanical race. It is a place full of mystery and unknowns. According to legend, when the universe was first created, the first Mechanical race life was born there.

Although an ordinary Evolutionary Heart can allow intelligent life to merge with a metal body and increase the clarity of sensing the laws of the universe to a level comparable to that of ordinary human powerhouses, an Ultimate Evolutionary Heart can allow intelligent life's perception of the laws to directly leap to the level of top human powerhouses, and the speed of comprehending the laws is several times that of an ordinary Evolutionary Heart.

In the subsequent training process, the evolutionary body shaped by the top-grade evolutionary heart has a much faster, more flexible and tougher strengthening speed than a body shaped by an ordinary evolutionary heart. It can withstand more powerful energy shocks and exert more terrifying strength in battle.

The status of this kind of thing in the Mechanical Clan is comparable to the blood of the Beast God. It is hard to come by. Yu Baotang only recently received news that a mysterious seller is willing to sell it.

After Jiang Ye learned the news, he contacted Yubaotang immediately without any hesitation and expressed his intention to buy.

The final transaction price was 110 billion Hunyuan units.

Although the price was high, Jiang Ye knew what it meant to Xiao Pi and bought it without hesitation. However, because Jiang Ye did not have that much cash flow, he had not paid yet.

Just as Jiang Ye was thinking,

"Master, don't try to conquer those intact F9-level mechanical puppets by force." Xiao Pi shouted.

"Hmm?" The dragon man Jiang Ye looked down at Xiao Pi on the ground.

"Those intact mechanical puppets have anti-attack measures. Once they are forcibly conquered, they will trigger a self-destruction program." Xiao Pilian said, "Now the mechanical clan strongman is extremely far away from us and cannot control these mechanical puppets, but if we want to conquer them, it will not be worth it if they self-destruct."

"Huh? Can't control it?" Dragon Man Jiang Ye said.

"Of course there is a way to control it, but Xiaopi's current intrusion capabilities are not enough." Xiaopi smiled, "So there is no need to break through it by force, just detect its interior and then sell it directly! Some departments of the Virtual Universe Company are fully capable of breaking through it easily, and we just need to pay them a small fee."

Jiang Ye nodded.

This intrusion...it's better to leave it to the professionals.

"What, are you done with the inspection?" Dragon Man Jiang Ye looked at Xiao Pi.

"Yeah." Xiao Pi nodded.

"We have completed the inspection. The many items inside the damaged pyramid spacecraft can be divided into four types of items."

"The first type is the expensive instruments in the core cabin. Those instruments are made of G- and F-grade metals. The energy programs are extremely complex. I dare not examine them carefully. However, the metals used in those instruments alone are worth more than 50 billion. The technology and methods contained in them are even more complex. The price is estimated to be very high. As for how high it is, I am not sure."

"The second type is the various G-level metal weapons stored in the spacecraft, as well as this G-level metal puppet. Although it is not a large puppet, it is a G-level metal block after all. The amount used is much larger than the G-level weapons used by the Immortal King. It is estimated that the total price of these is 140 billion Hunyuan units."

"The third type is the 86 mechanical puppets with damaged energy cores and 1 million intact mechanical puppets captured by the master. The total price is estimated to be around 80 billion Hunyuan units."

"The fourth, and most precious, is the damaged pyramid spaceship itself. This is a spaceship with an F9-class exterior, but its internal core is completely made of unknown metal materials. Compared with the known G-class metals, this material is only stronger, not weaker, and combined with extremely high-level energy defense, its energy shield is slightly higher than the current Yechen. Unfortunately, it was damaged in the previous attack, and the spaceship was directly cracked, resulting in its value mainly being the large amount of unknown metal in the hull. It is estimated that its total value will reach about 2320 billion Hunyuan units."

"Hiss, two hundred and thirty-two billion Hunyuan units!" Jiang Ye took a breath of cold air.

"Yes, Master, I quoted a lower price. I haven't found this unknown metal in my database, but it has comprehensive metal properties and almost no shortcomings.

It is certain that the total price of this spaceship is at least much more than the spoils of war that the owner obtained from the four demon tribes. The price of those spoils, except for the Beast God Inheritance Order, is estimated to be around 280 billion Hunyuan units. It is not even a fraction of the price of a spaceship from the mechanical tribe! "

Jiang Ye nodded and smiled.

It was still very profitable to deal with such a powerful person with a background. He only captured one of the five base spacecrafts, but he gained so much. The assets of the mechanical race strongman really surprised Jiang Ye.

"How can I sell an unknown metal?" Jiang Ye pondered. If he sold this unknown treasure at a low price, he would suffer a huge loss.

"Master, you can ask the Virtual Universe Company about the price first so you can have a rough idea of it." Xiao Pi said.

"Yeah." Jiang Ye nodded.

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Jiang Ye first used the detector to completely detect various objects, collected all the data, and then simulated them in the virtual universe.

In the original area of the virtual universe, in Jiang Ye’s manor.

"Your Highness Jiang Ye, it's an honor to meet you. I, the Northman, can't help but be delighted to receive your invitation." The immortal god, who was wearing a luxurious green robe, had a fat head and a pair of dead fish eyes, bowed very humbly to express his respect to Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye is the direct disciple of the Lord of Chaos City and has a very high status.

"Thank you." Jiang Ye smiled slightly.

"Look." Jiang Ye pointed to the open space next to him, where a damaged pyramid spaceship was parked. This was all simulated.

"What is this?" North Witch wondered.
"This is a treasure I got in a secret realm before. I want to ask, as the head of the acquisition department, what price can you offer?" Jiang Ye asked. The virtual universe company certainly has an acquisition department. Generally, acquisitions are directly entrusted to some intelligent people, while high-end ones are entrusted to some responsible internal members.

Like North Witch, he is one of the directors of the acquisition department of the headquarters, and usually faces immortal beings who have been crowned as kings.

"It's an F9-class spaceship forged by the Yanyu Stone Mother, but it's damaged. It's estimated to cost millions of Hunyuan units." The North Wizard said casually. He often dealt with Fengwang Immortal, and he didn't care about the transaction of millions of Hunyuan units at all.

"The real treasure is inside the spaceship." Jiang Ye said with a smile, "Follow me."

"Oh?"

The North Witch was surprised. He was curious about the disciple taught directly by the Lord of Chaos City.

Together with Jiang Ye, he stepped into the damaged pyramid spaceship.

(End of this chapter)