Devouring the Stars: Soul Master

Chapter 99: Frenzied Upgrades, the War Begins!
Training room of the military martial arts camp in Jiangnan Base City.

Qin Ming sat cross-legged on the ground, and a wooden crystal appeared in his hand.

An enticing aroma of rice wafted out, making one's mouth water. Guided by the primal energy of genes, streams of vibrant energy rapidly surged into the body.

As soon as this power entered his body, Qin Ming felt his body growing rapidly, and his physical evolution was extremely fast.

"Such abundant life force! No wonder it's a treasure that even Domain Lords, Realm Lords, and Immortals would buy."

This powerful vitality greatly helps in improving one's strength.

In his state of inner vision, Qin Ming clearly saw each cell in his body rapidly absorbing this life force and becoming stronger.

Babata had also given Qin Ming a general introduction to the Muya Crystal. It was a treasure in the universe that was not only suitable for humans, but also for many other life forms such as monsters and plants.

It is the best cultivation treasure for the planetary stage.

"In terms of cultivation efficiency alone, the effect of the Muya Crystal is indeed higher than that of the flesh and blood crystal of a king-level monster."

However, Muya Crystal can only replenish life force and improve cultivation efficiency.

However, flesh and blood crystals have the effect of enhancing one's own potential and improving one's genetic level.

At this stage, the two can be used together.

Through introspection, Qin Ming was able to observe subtle changes in the genetic structure, so he easily distinguished the superiority or inferiority of the two.

When he consumed the flesh and blood crystals of a King-level monster, he could see subtle changes occurring in his genetic structure.

Although it's slow, it's been steadily improving.

This allows Qin Ming's potential to continue to rise.

While absorbing the Wood Crystal, Qin Ming's consciousness also entered the virtual space.

According to Babata, while a person's consciousness enters the virtual space, the physical body still retains its subconscious.

With Qin Ming's powerful soul and control over his body, he could easily multitask, learning the Meteorite Star's inheritance in the virtual space while absorbing the Wood Crystal.

This directly doubled Qin Ming's cultivation efficiency!
In the virtual space, you can not only learn, but also practice controlling the Sky Shuttle, engage in virtual sparring, and so on.

The effect is just as good as reality.

While Qin Ming was engrossed in his studies, he heard Babata's voice.

"Qin Ming, your damaged gravity chamber from China has been delivered."

Haha, the damage wasn't too serious; I've already repaired it using parts from some of the spaceship wreckage.

This is a basic gravity chamber in the universe, with a gravity range of 0-1000 cosmic standard gravity.

However, after my modifications, and using the C12 energy crystal, it can be improved to 0-90000 times the Earth's gravity.

This is already the limit; any stronger and the gravity chamber itself can't withstand it.

That's enough for you and Luo Feng right now.

"90000 times Earth's gravity? That's enough. Send the item over, and I'll test its effectiveness."

Qin Ming opened his eyes, his eyes filled with joy.

"Oh, it's already on its way. Your Chinese military is quite efficient, sending over a large number of various spaceship wreckage pieces."

With these wrecks, and the manpower and resources provided by your China, I will be able to build a spaceship that can enter space in three or four years at most.

"It can take you away from Earth and let you travel through the universe!"

Babata said excitedly.

This is two or three years shorter than it was initially expected.

As the undisputed number one superpower, China possesses a vast amount of archaeological materials, and it will do everything in its power to collect whatever it needs.

This is much more efficient than collecting data personally.

When they are around it, these people speak very nicely and will fulfill any request.

Overjoyed, Babata also created a low-level intelligent life form to assist in the development of Chinese technology.

This allowed Huaxia Technology to take off immediately.

Little did it know that when the top leadership of China learned of Babata's existence, they immediately assembled a high-level think tank and liaison team, and every word they spoke to it was meticulously planned.

"Alright, then I'll try out the wonders of this gravity chamber."

Qin Ming happily stopped cultivating and stood up.

The main reason he and Luo Feng left War Base No. 003 and returned to Jiangnan Base City was for this gravity chamber.

This was also to allow Babata to begin building spaceships.

Although Babata was originally planned to be built within his own world ring, after a series of actions by China, the construction base was left in Jiangnan Base City.

After all, there will be a continuous stream of spaceships and ruins to be transported, and it would be too troublesome to find Babata every time.

War Base 003 is too small to accommodate a spaceship production base.

"Luo Feng, let's go take a look together."

"it is good!"

Pulling along Luo Feng, who was also cultivating in the virtual space, the two headed straight for the southeast corner of the camp under Babata's guidance.

There is a row of five metal rooms, each six meters long, wide, and high, in the open space of the camp.

This is the gravity chamber that Babata transformed into!

After pushing open the door and entering, Qin Ming discovered that the walls, floor, and other surfaces of the gravity chamber were made of an alloy with yellow and black mixed parts.

The entire gravity chamber is affected by this unusual alloy.

"This gravity chamber has just been renovated. None of you have used it before. You can upgrade it step by step and feel the intensity."

Okay, let's start with ten times!

Luo Feng, you've only broken through to the planetary level in terms of mental power; you're still an apprentice-level martial artist.

The musculoskeletal system can withstand relatively high gravity, but the heart, liver, lungs, and other organs are relatively fragile, lacking a solid foundation and internal-external unity.

The phantom of Baba Tower was projected into the gravity chamber, looking at Qin Ming and Luo Feng.

That's right.

During the three days that Babata was repairing the gravity chamber, Luo Feng's mental power had already broken through to the planetary level.

Their physical fitness is still a little lacking.

"Okay! Let's begin!"

Qin Ming and Luo Feng exchanged a glance and nodded slightly. *Buzz!*
As soon as the words were spoken, the gravity-controlled indoor display screen activated, and the numbers on it began to change continuously.

2, 3, 4, 5...

Buzz~~~
Qin Ming felt an invisible force instantly envelop every part of his body, his heartbeat suddenly became stronger, and the sound of his blood rushing like a river.

Luo Feng, standing to the side, felt his vision go black, his face turned deathly pale, and he almost lost his balance.

"You felt it, didn't you? That's the effect of gravity."

Normal training can only exercise a part of the body.

However, the gravity in the gravity chamber acts on every part of the body.

It penetrates deep into your muscles, bones, blood vessels, internal organs, cells, and even molecules and atoms.

Gravity is everywhere, and naturally it will affect even the most minute details.

Then your cells will absorb a much greater amount of genetic energy.

Babata looked at the two of them with a smile.

Qin Ming nodded slightly and stretched his body. In his soul-visual state, he could see that every cell was rapidly consuming energy to resist this gravitational force.

This is far more effective than practicing under normal conditions.

"The two of you have different strengths and different levels of control over your bodies. Qin Ming, you need at least a hundred times the gravity to achieve the best effect."

"Luo Feng, go to the next room."

Luo Feng nodded, turned around and went directly to the gravity chamber next door. Since their strengths were different, it was best for them to train separately.

"Increase the gravity, first by 100 times."

Seeing Luo Feng leave, Qin Ming said.

hum!
As the data on the display screen rapidly increased, the gravity also became stronger.

"Make it even stronger! 200 times stronger."

After experiencing it for a while, Qin Ming continued.

After several rounds of debugging.

When the gravity reached 1000 times, Qin Ming's face turned somewhat pale, and his whole body shone with an earthy yellow light.

This is the manifestation of the martial artist's talent, Rock Body, after it has been activated.
Even so, he still felt inexplicably unwell and had difficulty breathing.

However, in this state, Qin Ming discovered through introspection that while his body's energy was being rapidly depleted, his absorption rate of the Wood Crystal's energy was also increasing significantly.

As his physical strength rapidly increased, Qin Ming discovered that his control over the subtle aspects of his body was also improving!
This is more than a tenfold increase!
More than twenty times!

Training under these conditions, coupled with the martial arts heritage from Meteorite Star, will inevitably lead to another major surge in his strength in a very short time!
……

From then on, Qin Ming trained in the gravity chamber every day.

This applies to both martial arts training and mental power training.

Even after he gets used to it, he can still separate a part of his consciousness into the virtual space to learn the basics of "Control" and "Illusion".

This amazed Babata.

It's not difficult to do this while meditating, but it's difficult to do it while simultaneously controlling the blades inside the Sky Shuttle.

Controlling the Sky Shuttle inside the gravity chamber is inherently much more difficult than outside!
At that moment, the Sky Shuttle launched out 30 blades.

Thirty blades simultaneously flashed with golden threads in mid-air.

Golden threads connected each other, and the 30 blades transformed into the approximate shape of a 'swordfish,' complete with a mouth and tail, lifelike in appearance.

Like a real fish, the swordfish swam nimbly around Qin Ming, its tail swaying slightly.

Bang!
The swordfish scattered.

Then it quickly transformed into 16 shields, still connected by strands of gold.

It has eight outer sides and eight inner sides, rotating simultaneously at different speeds, exhibiting a peculiar pattern.

The transition between the swordfish and the shield is extremely smooth.

"That's insane! He actually mastered the second form of the Sky Shuttle, the Swordfish Formation, the Sword Matrix, so quickly!"

Babata, who was constantly watching Qin Ming's cultivation, muttered to himself.

In just nine days, Qin Ming had completely mastered the first two forms of the Sky-Piercing Shuttle and was able to unleash its power perfectly.

It's just the third form, which cannot be used because it lacks mastery of the domain.

Then, under Babata's watchful eye, all the shields disintegrated into blades once more, flying back to the Sky Shuttle, leaving only one blade behind.

This blade travels at high speed through the gravity chamber.

"Wait? Is this the 'Condensation' technique from the 'Control Chapter'?"

This speed is too fast! Without the assistance of the inherited soul imprint, under normal circumstances, he would have difficulty even getting started!
How could he have mastered the "Condensation" technique, one of the nine fundamental techniques of the "Control Chapter," so quickly?

Babata, who was initially just a little surprised, finally couldn't help but exclaim.

Before inheriting the legacy of the Meteorite Ink lineage, Qin Ming was able to control 54 strands of psychic power.

However, these 54 strands of mental energy must each control one of the 54 blades.

They cannot act on the same object at the same time; once combined, they will affect each other.

How long has it been!

He was able to unite all his power into one!
This is clearly one of the nine fundamental principles of "The Controller": 'Condensation', 'Dispersion', 'Sharpness', 'Resilience', 'Softness', 'Dance', 'Illusion', and 'Fusion'.

The key to understanding this is the word "凝" (concentration).

This is simply incredible!

According to the requirements of the Nine Secrets of the "Control Chapter", once all nine secrets are mastered to a minor degree.

Then, mental power can be used to attack or defend according to one's will, and can be formed into a solid plate at will, or it can be condensed into a needle to pierce through the opponent's weapon and person!

Under normal circumstances, mental energy will directly merge into the physical body upon contact.

However, once the Nine Techniques of the "Control Chapter" are mastered to a minor degree, they can be made incredibly refined, and can unleash powerful force without the need for psychic weapons.

"After fifteen days, I have finally mastered the basic nine fundamental techniques of 'The Controller': 'Condensation'!"
"War is about to begin. Halt your training and annihilate all the King-level monsters!"

Qin Ming suddenly opened his closed eyes.

(End of this chapter)