Exploding God

Until she saw that message.

"...Whoever can grasp this key in advance will have the right to speak in the next era. The journey ahead is often a solitary one, so keep going."

The entire passage contains neither a single word of denial nor a single word of affirmation, but with the addition of the last two sentences, the meaning of this passage becomes an exceptionally strong affirmation, even carrying a certain decisiveness.

As Lin Yunxue heard the final "Go for it!", she seemed to picture a pair of eyes that seemed to pierce through time and space, eyes filled with wisdom and maturity.

Why are you so sure?

"Successful people walk alone... Although I don't know the reason for your decision, thank you anyway."

"After all, it doesn't feel good to fight alone."

A smile appeared on the girl's lips, and she felt as if all the pent-up frustration in her heart had been swept away. As for those meaningless comments, they never even entered her field of vision.

Before turning off the virtual projection, Lin Yunxue bit her lip, then suddenly stopped herself from turning it off. Instead, she clicked on the [Firebearer] avatar and paused for a moment after seeing the registration time.

It's an account that was just registered today?

Could this be a joke played by someone who knows my Second World account?

Therefore, before leaving a message for [The Fire Bearer], Lin Yunxue checked the other party's message history again.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Yunxue was finally certain that this person was neither an acquaintance from Shangnan City nor from any other region, because the account was registered through a special channel for combat personnel and contained no personal identification information. She had never mentioned it to anyone else.

Most importantly, the "Torchbearer" provided 12 answers spanning multiple disciplines within just half an hour, demonstrating an astonishing amount of knowledge.

Therefore, this further confirms Lin Yunxue's guess about the "Fire Bearer," who should be a middle-aged person with rich experience, whose true identity is very likely a master from the China Combat Association or the Yanhuang Combat Alliance.

Otherwise, given the experience of an ordinary person, it would be impossible to give such an answer.

Having figured everything out, Lin Yunxue's gaze held a certain respect as she opened the other person's message box and typed in a message—

[Dear Flame Bearer, thank you for your guidance, which has strengthened my resolve to explore the truth of the world. I would like to ask you another question: in your estimation, how long will this "key" remain in the hands of the pioneers? I look forward to your reply.]

After typing the sentence, Lin Yunxue reviewed it several times before finally clicking send.

After sending it, Lin Yunxue realized that she seemed a little nervous.

Seeing that the other person's status was [offline], Lin Yunxue figured they had probably gone to sleep. With that thought, she logged out of the forum and turned off the laser projector.

The thin gauze curtains blocked the night breeze but let the soft, playful starlight pass by. The girl lay on the soft bed, her beautiful eyes gazing at the ceiling, but a different, more beautiful scene from her imagination appeared before her eyes.

In that scene, amidst the endless fog, a completely different world was revealed.

The animals, plants, sky, earth, and ocean inside are completely different from what I have seen and learned in databases and classroom books. It is a completely unfamiliar world, with mist even shrouding another starry sky.

"An era that can be described as an epoch must be far more magnificent than we imagine."

As she pondered, the girl finally closed her eyes and fell peacefully asleep.

A gentle breeze blows outside the window, and the starlight shines brightly, casting shimmering light across the lake.

……

……

"799, 801..."

"825, 827... 831, End."

With a vertical height of 240 meters and 2493 steps, Lu Ze maintained a four-finger upside-down posture and reached the summit in 831 seconds.

As the biting wind swept across the rooftop, carrying away the heat from his body, Lu Ze blinked, landed on his feet, and slowly stood up. His rapid breathing returned to normal within just two seconds.

As you rotate, the starry sky, rooftops, and clusters of buildings in your field of vision change from reflections to normal.

However, in the unseen realm, the Star Source Power flows from the heavens and earth into the Star Source Consciousness Sea, and then the Consciousness Sea divides this pure energy into strands that permeate the limbs and bones. This is a continuous amplification process.

Spiritual practice is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind.

Lu Ze never slacked off in his cultivation.

Limited by his current identity, status, and resources, he is temporarily unable to create higher-level weapons. At the same time, before stepping into the Eleventh Star Realm: Storm, he is also temporarily unable to release his Star Source Power directly in the form of "Qi".

Therefore, the Star Origin Martial Art "Flowing Water Unloading Wind Fist," a representative of the martial arts style, will be one of the important close combat methods at this stage.

After a brief two-day combat test, Lu Ze gained a more intuitive understanding of his current strength, which helped him make arrangements for the next stage. Coincidentally, answering [Song of the Moon]'s question on the Planetary Geography Forum had also reminded him of some things.

"Genetic sense," a common term at present, is a unique term that has emerged from the testing of human bodies using instruments in the current world. It is a recognized standard for evaluating potential at the current stage.

But this is only a pathetic understanding...

The so-called genetic sense is essentially just the sensitivity of human cells to stellar energy. For cultivators, sensitivity means the upper limit of stellar energy that can be perceived per unit of time. From this perspective, a high genetic sense seems to mean that it is easier to acquire power than ordinary people.

However, reality often delivers a merciless blow to dreamers, because what matters most to cultivators is... the amount of Star Source Power absorbed and transformed per unit of time, which is the fundamental factor affecting cultivation speed!

Each time Stellar Origin Power fills and transforms a cell, it can be considered one unit of Stellar Origin Power. Later, after the true beginning of the Mist Invasion, the generally accepted classification of the power system was—

1-star, calm wind level, maximum Star Power reserve: 144 units.

2-star, soft wind level, maximum reserve of 288 units.

3-star, light breeze level, maximum reserve of 432 units.

4-star, light breeze level, maximum storage capacity 660 units.

5-star Japanese style, maximum reserve of 864 units.

6-star, strong wind level, maximum reserve of 1176 units.

7-star strong wind level, maximum reserve of 1440 units.

……

10-star Gale-class, maximum reserve of 5400 units.

If one's genetic sense is 100, it means that one can perceive 100 units of Star Source Power per hour. Compared to the power system, this may sound extremely exaggerated. However, before breaking through the limit and entering the Eleventh Star Realm - Storm, the conversion speed of a normal person is only (0.01-1) units/hour.

A genius like him might be able to bring that number up to 2 units per hour.

Furthermore, even if one is at a certain level and has a full Star Source reserve, without the mobilization of the Star Source Sea of ​​Consciousness, even a master's maximum mobilization range for a single attack is only one-tenth of the reserve.

Therefore, one can imagine how terrifying Lu Ze's [Flowing Water Unloading Wind Fist - Raging Waves] with nearly 400 units and [Flowing Water Unloading Wind Fist - White Dragon Roar] with a full 800 units were!

By absorbing the power of an ordinary cultivator's peak state over 400 hours and 800 hours, and releasing it in less than half a second, he ultimately caused the feat of severely injuring the Thunder Bear Fu Haonan with one hand and instantly killing the 6-star construct pilot Dominic.

This is the transcendence that the Star Origin Sea of ​​Consciousness and the Crimson Phoenix Scroll brought to Lu Ze.

Is that all?

of course not.

For the Crimson Phoenix Scripture, which once dominated the twenty-one realms, this... is not even a scratch.

Lu Ze closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the ground, his index and middle fingers joined together, his thumbs pressed together, forming an equilateral triangle seal in front of him. He sensed the Phoenix Flame in his sea of ​​consciousness, letting the faint red flame leap ceaselessly, absorbing star power and refining its essence.

With each breath Lu Ze took, his heart contracted and relaxed heavily, causing the strong winds blowing around him to pause for a full minute.

If a martial arts master were here, they would probably gasp in surprise at just one glance.

Forgetting oneself and the external world, one becomes one with heaven and man.

This is clearly the highest level of self-cultivation for martial artists!

Lu Ze's thoughts raced as he mentally sorted through his previous inferences and finally quantified them.

Conclusion 1:

"My genetic sensitivity is 50.1, which means my Star Source sensitivity is 50.1. My current level is six-star, Gale level, which corresponds to a Star Source Sea of ​​Consciousness affinity bonus of 120%."

"Therefore, the body's final star source sensitivity is 50.1 × (1 + 1.2), which is 110.22."

"With the Burning Star Control Technique, within the Sixteen Star Realms, whatever I see is what I obtain."

"In other words, my true star source conversion power is..."

"110.22 units/hour!"

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