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[One month later, you absorbed most of the accumulated elemental power, evolving your strength to the elite-level Deep Sea Dragon Lizard level.]

[Your evolution level has reached Deep Sea Dragon Lizard - Thunder Swallower.]

"You've advanced."

Su Chen withdrew from the sedimentation tank, letting his underlings rush in, and then went to the side to study it alone.

Thunder Swallower is a stage in the Deep Sea Dragon Lizard's advancement path. It has decent abilities and is considered a legitimate elite level. However, to defeat the three major dragon lizard tribes within, it needs to evolve to at least the next stage.

Su Chen waited quietly.

It took about three months for the dragon lizards to completely absorb the accumulated elemental power.

He discovered that these ancient elemental creatures had no concept of time. Oh, he himself was also an elemental creature, except that he had the ability to devour and absorb energy very quickly. For ordinary deep-sea dragon lizards, it would take tens or even hundreds of years to evolve to a certain stage, and they would also need a large supply of energy.

The growth cycle of elemental life determines that their evolution is slow. Of course, there are also some that are born with great power, such as the Dragon King Rota, whose power is connected to the land of Liyue and is an existence of the level of an elemental dragon king.

After absorbing the elemental energy, you didn't rush to expand the dragon lizard population. Instead, you began establishing territories and claiming land. The dragon lizards didn't understand the purpose of this, but they still followed your instructions.

[You expand your territory, then send out dragon lizards to scout the surrounding area, identifying any small dragon lizard groups. Aside from the three major dragon lizard tribes, the others are your targets.]

At forty, after several years of planning, you began to expand your territory. In just one year, you defeated all the dragon lizard tribes surrounding your lands, absorbing or devouring them.

At forty-one years old, your tribe has expanded to a point where it can rival the three major tribes.

"Swallow."

Su Chen devoured the corpse of a deep-sea dragon lizard.

"The increase in strength is too small. I feel like this stage is almost at its limit. Continuing to devour these ordinary dragon lizards is too ineffective."

Evolution requires energy, even if it's not a deep-sea dragon lizard. So Su Chen recently dug a lot of elemental sedimentation pools in other tribes, but even so, the energy sedimented in ordinary pools is not enough to support the evolution of a dragon lizard.

Those powerful dragon lizards have accumulated their strength over a long period of time to reach their current level, a process that is conservatively estimated to be several hundred years.

"Wow, the Elemental Life Template is really hard to play."

The more Su Chen thought about it, the more he felt an urge to crash into himself and start over.

After careful consideration, you have decided to launch an attack on the three major dragon lizard tribes.

Your intentions have been discovered by the three major dragon lizard tribes. Their leader, a highly intelligent dragon lizard, understood your plan and launched a fierce attack on your territory.

A chaotic battle ensues. In the pitch-black underground space, countless dragon lizards die every day. These dead dragon lizards are devoured by you, becoming nourishment for your evolutionary path.

After six months of fierce fighting, you have evolved once again, reaching the level of Deep Sea Dragon Lizard - Howling Thunder.

Inside the pitch-black cave, the deep-sea dragon lizard that Su Chen had transformed into had a massive body covered in purple patterns, with distinct and shiny scales that exuded power.

His evolutionary path has been extended once again, and his strength has also undergone a qualitative leap. It can be said that Su Chen's current strength is comparable to that of a world boss with 40 stamina.

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

The low growls of dragon lizards could be heard from all around.

Su Chen evolved, his strength increased, and as the king of the tribe, that was the glory of the entire dragon lizard swarm.

"I feel like I've seen this scene somewhere before."

Isn't this just the Ji clan's development model?

In fact, this kind of infighting within a group is something that exists within any species—survival of the fittest—especially among the deep-sea dragon lizards, who are regarded as monsters.

As elemental beings, dragon lizards can emerge from the earth's veins, and in a sense, they are almost inexhaustible, so fighting becomes a way for the species to evolve.

For Su Chen, as long as it's a path to becoming stronger, he has no psychological burden about devouring these dragon lizards.

This unwavering will stems from the added advantage of his innate talent. Su Chen discovered that this simulation of elemental spirits was a far greater test of his will than he had imagined, because he had to learn to endure the extended timeline and learn to survive the long years to become a top player.

For the first time, Su Chen felt the 'wear and tear' that time had on his life. Of course, he wasn't really experiencing any wear and tear yet; at most, he just hadn't fully gotten used to it.

At forty-two years old, after your second evolution, you displayed extraordinary strength. Even among those at the same stage, your power easily surpassed that of the three tribal leaders. You summoned your Stand users and, together, killed the leader of the Water Lizard tribe, seizing their territory.

At the age of forty-four, you successively killed the leaders of the Ice and Lightning tribes, led your men to seize territory, and from then on, all the dragon lizards in this dark space were under your command.

You named your dragon lizard tribe 'Gu'.

[Achieve achievement 'One Man Ruler'.]

You have awakened the ability of faith.

"Hmm, this thing actually has beliefs..."

Seeing the prompt, Su Chen was somewhat surprised. He remembered that when he simulated the Human Emperor, he also activated his faith at a certain level.

"Legend has it that there are three realms on the continent of Teyvat: the Human Realm, the Realm of Light, and the Realm of Nothingness. Each realm has its own power system. The Realm of Nothingness is the Abyss, and its power originates from the power of the Abyss. The Realm of Light is also known as the Realm of the Dragon Lizards, and it is the original primordial elemental power of Teyvat. The Human Realm is the surface of Teyvat, and it is now divided among the seven kingdoms."

Su Chen wasn't sure if the information he had gathered was accurate.

According to his understanding, the power of the human realm is composed of elemental power and other forces.

The elemental force evolved from the original primordial elemental force. At that time, the elemental force was too violent. Judging from the fact that the Heavenly Principle defeated the Seven Dragon Kings, the elemental force used by humans later should have been processed, possibly by taking advantage of the characteristics of the earth's vein circulation.

As for other forces, such as faith, they can all be attributed to human willpower; they are all mysterious and enigmatic things.

After activating his faith, Su Chen discovered that a power was slowly gathering around him from within the Dragon Lizard tribe.

"I get it now, the simulator is actually a farming game." Su Chen suddenly realized the new way to play the game.

At forty-four, you unified the dragon lizard horde, becoming their king, and began a period of rest and recuperation.

At forty-five, you are resting and recuperating.

At forty-six, you are resting and recuperating.

At forty-seven, you're still resting and recuperating.

【…】

【…】

"I must have been influenced by Zhong Li, which made me like to slack off every day."

"Next year, I must work harder next year."

At fifty-two, you decide to take another year off to recuperate.

"Su Chen, Kado, King of the Dragon Lizards, cheer up!"

At fifty-four, your dragon lizard subordinates discovered a path leading deeper into the world. Just to be safe, you summoned your Stand user to explore it. After three days and three nights of searching, you finally reached the end of the path.

[Push open the dusty stone door, and you'll find a whole new world.] [qian.xun] 554707555

Here, the most primal elemental forces reside, and powerful dragon lizards roam. You carefully guide your clone into the area and discover traces of 'humans' within. However, you quickly notice that these people have vertical pupils, reminding you of an ancient legend.

['It's an intruder, kill it!' A human discovered you and ordered the dragon lizards to attack. Your Stand user was instantly killed by the attack of countless dragon lizards.]

"call!"

As his consciousness returned to his body, Su Chen opened his eyes, still feeling lingering fear as he recalled the scene from just moments ago.

"Vertical pupils...it looks like a dragon-lizardman?"

Based on his understanding of the information about the Abyss Palace, the deep-sea dragon lizard is the most primitive creature, and it has the potential to evolve into subspecies with different attributes and abilities, and may even evolve into dragon lizard people.

However, Su Chen initially thought it was just a joke Yuan Shang made to divert attention, since the story later mentioned the background of the shrine maiden Aqi, although it was not elaborated upon.

Of course, the fact that the shrine maiden Agi is not one does not mean that the possibility of a dragon lizard turning into a human does not exist.

You've discovered a new world, and after much deliberation, you've decided to explore it.

[This time, you led a group of dragon lizards, infiltrating more cautiously into their natural habitat. The dragon lizards exhibited unusually high activity levels, but trouble soon followed. The group was quickly discovered and attacked, resulting in the deaths of most of the dragon lizards you brought.]

"Strange, how do they know who to attack? And who are the outsiders?"

Previously, the attacks between tribes were divided due to the conflict between the groups, with the left side attacking the right side. Even so, it was still chaotic, and there were often instances of infighting.

What Su Chen found strange was that almost every single one of the dragon lizards he had brought in had been attacked.

No, it seems he wasn't attacked.

Last time, a body double went in.

Su Chen couldn't help but suspect that these guys could not only distinguish between fakes, but also between native and exotic lizards.

To verify your suspicions, you decide to go in yourself.

[In fact, it turned out that after you transformed into a dragon lizard, you were no longer attacked by the dragon lizards inside. Even the dragon lizard people only glanced at you and then ignored you.]

Taking advantage of the opportunity, you begin gathering clues here. After more than a month of investigation, you learn that this is the original home of the dragon lizards, the location of the Light Realm.

[This place is very spacious, with countless dragon lizards, and even palaces built there. The dragon lizard people live in these palaces; they rule the Light Realm and are the rulers of this underground world.]

[The dragon lizards of the Light Realm, once fully grown, surpass other dragon lizards in both size and elemental purity. You now understand the key factors in distinguishing dragon lizard people. The reason you weren't attacked is due to your devouring ability; at each stage of your evolutionary path, you become the most powerful deep-sea dragon lizard.]

Those dragon lizards living outside are beings banished from the Radiant Realm and are not allowed to appear here.

The strong will be respected. Ordinary deep-sea dragon lizards will automatically give way where you go. Some dragon lizard people have noticed you and recommended you to become a dragon lizard captain, responsible for guarding the palace.

"The dragon lizardmen have a much higher status than ordinary dragon lizards, but in terms of actual combat ability, most deep-sea dragon lizards are still stronger. I wonder how powerful the dragon lizardmen in the palace are."

It's not that deep-sea dragon lizards are more powerful than dragon lizard people, but rather that there are too few dragon lizard people, so there are relatively few powerful ones.

Su Chen discovered that the dragon lizard people could communicate with each other using a language, but it wasn't the common language of Teyvat. As for what kind of bird language it was, Su Chen couldn't understand its garbled gibberish.

But the other dragon lizards seem to understand, or rather, just understand simple meanings, much like a clever dog understands what its owner wants it to do.

As the captain of the Dragon Lizards, you can roam freely without any restrictions. You've spent the better part of half a year mastering the Dragon Lizards' language, palace layout, and the most important locations in the Light Realm.

[You know there's a treasure kept in the palace, a priceless heirloom of the dragon lizard clan, but very few people know about it.]

You orchestrated a scheme, successfully killing a dragon-man, then devouring him and transforming into his appearance.

You have been granted the opportunity to walk through the palace, where many stone tablets are inscribed with text. Using your newly learned language to communicate with the dragon lizard people, you learn that they also have their own civilization, although it is still quite primitive.

At fifty-five, you learned that deep within the palace lies something called the Heart of the Elements, a sacred relic currently guarded by the Light Realm. Only the reigning leader of the Dragon Lizard Clan is worthy of possessing it, and the previous Dragon Lizard King has already died, with a new Dragon Lizard King yet to ascend the throne.

[You're planning to find a way to get your hands on the Heart of the Elements, you know, it's the key factor in your evolution into the Thunder Dragon King.]

[At fifty-eight, you've investigated for three years and made meticulous preparations, but you've discovered that the Heart of the Elements is hidden far too deeply. Not only are there countless dragon lizards guarding it, but there are also seven dragon lizard protectors stationed there. They are the highest leaders of the Light Realm, extremely powerful, and you have no way to attack it.]

So you changed your approach and began to utilize the favorable environment of the Light Realm to devour and evolve.

"Sigh, I should have chosen the talent that allows me to make up for my lack of talent through hard work."