Swallowing the Stars: Reboot, The Eternal Serpent!

Chapter 33 Mechanical Demon!

"Original Essence?"

"It must refer to the 'nameless spot of light,' it finally has a name."

"However, the [Conqueror] talent technique states that the essence of source is used to... transform the body and soul?"

The contents recorded in the innate secret technique startled Jiang Zhe, but he quickly realized what it meant.

"It absolutely does not refer to the use of 'light spots' in 'Blueprint of Life' to transform the body and soul, nor does it refer to raising the genetic level."

"Even the primordial will has to restrict the 'Nine Tribulations Secret Scripture,' it's impossible for it to steal and bestow such a heaven-defying secret technique... It's so stingy even when bestowing it upon a clone, let alone teaching you how to improve your genetic level through cultivation? Don't even think about it!"

"Remodel?"

This unique vocabulary, involving both body and soul, inevitably reminds Jiang Zhe of Luo Feng's upbringing.

—To cultivate the secret techniques of the Meteorite Star Spiritual Master, one must first transform the soul;

—Cultivating the "Original World" involves transforming the body of the Golden Horned Beast by consuming endless treasures;

—The foundational content of cultivating the "Supreme Demonic Sound Secret Technique" is 99% about the transformation of the soul;

……

"But I don't have a secret cultivation method. Can I just use the essence of source matter to skip the steps and achieve the final result?"

Jiang Zhe touched his chin, seemingly understanding.

"After all, the original will of the universe can even create a secret technique like [I am the universe], so it's not difficult for it to casually create a secret technique for body/soul amplitude."

"Now there's another question—can the 'Spots of Light' dropped through the [Conqueror] talent arcane influence, and named 'Essence of Source,' still be used by the 'Blueprint of Life'?"

Jiang Zhe shook his head. "Forget it, I won't guess anymore. We'll find out the result when we go out and try it out later."

"The most urgent task is to use up the dragon blood to raise my mental cultivation to the limit and ensure my safety on Earth."

"Hopefully, dragon blood will still be useful to me, given my threefold genetic level..."

"Before leaving home, my punching power was tested at 68472 kg!"

"68 tons!"

"I was busy hunting for those twenty-odd days and hardly cultivated properly. Most of the time I relied on my body's instincts to absorb cosmic energy, and even so I still gained nearly 15 tons. My cultivation speed is still worthy of my bloodline level."

"My theoretical level, or rather my life level, is 34 tons, which corresponds to the cultivation of a sixth-level apprentice/early stage advanced warrior."

"After achieving the 3x gene boost, my punching power should now skyrocket to 100 tons, and my physical attributes will be comparable to a high-level beginner war god."

Dragon Blood can be obtained at half price for only 800 billion, which is affordable for the God of War if he grits his teeth.

The price speaks volumes. Even at the Warrior level, let alone the God of War level, the boost that Dragon Blood can provide is limited.

Thinking this, Jiang Zhe opened the small metal box he carried with him and examined the five tubes of dragon blood inside.

Logically speaking

Three tubes are enough, four tubes are too much, and five tubes are a waste.

Jiang Zhe didn't dwell on it. Did he really need to care about such a waste? The important thing was to make sure his body was well-fed!

Remove the SS-class combat suit, then force out the Black God Set.

Using his mental power, he removed the stoppers from the five test tubes and poured out the viscous golden liquid, spreading it evenly over his entire body without leaving any blind spots.

My whole body started to feel warm; it was working.

The heat gradually intensified, and the dragon blood on the skin's surface rapidly decreased, seeping into the body at a visible pace, with streams of warmth filling every part of the body.

It's burning hot!

grow numb!

pain!

His seated body trembled violently, his muscles twitched, his heart raced, and his blood flow accelerated.

The powerful heartbeat was like a drumbeat!

It made Jiang Zhe feel as if he were back on his birthday. He knew in his heart that this was because the solid sphere in the original core had been triggered, and it was rapidly releasing mental energy outward.

Combined with the power of dragon blood, it stimulates the improvement of physical fitness!

Why hasn't this happened before?

For example, when the gene multiplication is increased twice, the total amount of mental energy increases to a terrifying two or three times.

Because it's a comprehensive, simultaneous improvement, it can't find any loopholes to release its mental power.

Physical fitness can be likened to a wooden bucket, while mental strength can be likened to water.

The bucket was previously filled with water.

Now, the dragon's blood has increased the height of the barrel walls, thus increasing its capacity and allowing more water to be poured in.

In addition, when Jiang Zhe looked inward, he also discovered that the solid sphere of mental energy was expanding as his genes multiplied.

It's a good thing, but it also has its downsides.

The breakthrough method for mentalists given by Relic No. 9 mentions that some lucky individuals have excessively high brain capacity, making it more difficult for them to break through from the apprentice level to the planetary level.

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Somewhere in the protonucleus, liquid and mist filled the space.

At the very center was a sphere that had transformed into a purple-gold color, spewing out mist as if a dam had burst, wildly spreading to the surroundings and filling the entire space.

The fog concentration in the space has reached its limit.

The liquid condensed, fell as droplets, and flowed into the surging river of spiritual energy below.

……

After about two hours, the transformation was complete, and Jiang Zhe opened his eyes.

He looked as if he had just crawled out of a coal pile, his whole body covered in a layer of filth, completely black. After rubbing off a layer of black filth from his belly, his bronze skin underneath was revealed.

After cleansing himself in the underground river, Jiang Zhe reconnected the Black God Suit with his master, then donned the SS-level combat suit, restoring his heroic and handsome appearance.

At the same time, they are also trying to assess their current strength.

Logically speaking, it's very difficult to estimate accurately.

Because we don't know exactly how much of an effect the dragon blood exerts—is it less than twice the normal amount, or more than twice?

Based on the previous base figures, every difference of 0.1 times represents a difference of 10 tons of punching power!

Unlike in the past, this time Jiang Zhe was able to first determine the realm of a mentalist, and then infer the realm of a martial artist from that.

"Spiritual Master cultivation, Apprentice Level Nine!"

"...because, having finally met the standard, I was granted a chance to cut down a tree."

"I've only just figured out the pattern of tree cutting—you get one chance to cut a tree before breaking through a major realm and one chance to cut a tree after breaking through a major realm."

"As a quasi-martial artist who has not yet cultivated genetic energy, I have been given my first opportunity to chop down a tree before reaching the apprentice level."

"Breaking through to the Apprentice level coincided with the awakening of my mentalist abilities, and I immediately reached the third Apprentice level. But actually, I should have been able to get a second chance to chop down trees at the first Apprentice level."

"Now that my mental cultivation has broken through to the ninth level of apprentice, I have been granted my third chance to chop down trees."

"Furthermore, if I'm not mistaken, the fourth opportunity to chop down trees will only be available after breaking through to the Planetary level, specifically at Planetary level one!"

"It starts once and ends once; isn't that a kind of cycle?"

Jiang Zhe murmured to himself, lost in thought.

After a while, I shook my head, cleared my mind, and entered the inner world of the primordial core.

As his strength increased, the land within his inner world expanded to seventy meters in length and width, and the diameter of the ancient tree in the center also increased to seven meters.

The tree canopy still covers nearly 5,000 square meters of open space, with room to spare, and its vigorous branches extend into the chaotic mist.

The state of his inner world further proved his earlier assertion.

"Seventy meters... The martial artist's level is the seventh level of the apprentice, and the spiritual master's level is the ninth level of the apprentice."

Such is the level of theoretical understanding.

However, the combat power must be far greater; it must be multiplied by 3 to get the correct "base number".

Upon getting closer to the ancient tree, Jiang Zhe discovered that the second wound had indeed healed into a tree tumor, and the "new flesh" under the bark was no longer visible.

He turned around, picked up the wood-chopping axe from the stone table, and swung it forcefully to create a new wound not far from the two previous scars.

"A-Shu! A-Fu! Remember to create clones!"

Doo!

A burst of golden light ejected the axe blade embedded in the tree trunk, and a golden ball of light burst out of the wound and rolled to the ground.

The weight of the logging axe suddenly increased, and Jiang Zhe let it slip from his hand, flying back onto the stone table.

Bending down, his fingertips touched the ball of light. The golden light dissipated, revealing what was inside: a brass sphere the size of a human head.

It seems it wasn't a clone; Jiang Zhe was somewhat disappointed.

The brass sphere is engraved with intricate and dense patterns, interspersed with gear imprints of varying sizes, giving off a steampunk vibe.

A copper band encircles the sphere, and another half-band of copper band intersects it perpendicularly, dividing the entire sphere into three parts.

I'm currently reading the error-free version! This is the first time I've published this novel.

At the point where the two copper hoops intersect, a dull blue sapphire is set, like an eye.

Upon touching the "brass sphere," a message entered Jiang Zhe's mind, causing a look of astonishment to appear on his face.

After regaining his senses, he left the inner world with the "brass sphere".

Humanity's higher-ups are very tolerant of geniuses. As long as you don't come up with anything too outlandish, the giant axe and chaos won't pry too much into your secrets.

In Jiang Zhe's opinion, the value of this "brass sphere" was probably not even worth the attention of the Chaos City Lord, and it wouldn't even qualify as a "lower-grade" evaluation.

Because it is merely an appendage of metallic life.

In a dark cave beside an underground river, Jiang Zhe suddenly appeared, holding a brass sphere the size of a human head.

laugh!

Using mental power, an SS-grade throwing knife was drawn, slicing open the wrist and causing the blood to splatter onto the brass sphere, thus completing the process of recognizing the owner.

The cells were too active, and the wound healed rapidly, leaving Jiang Zhe with no choice but to reopen it.

Until that sapphire was completely stained into a ruby.

A dark red glow appeared, officially indicating that it had been activated.

The red light from the radiation suddenly froze, and the surrounding space solidified once again.

A will radiating endless domineering pressure... Returning to familiar ground.

To be honest, even the original will of the primordial universe was confused.

How come a new race has been born in this wretched place today?

It helps to solidify innate secret techniques; it records the life composition diagram of the new race and fills it into its own "database"...

The original will of the universe only retreated after the same old procedure was completed.

The frozen spacetime around them resumed its flow.

Jiang Zhe seemed to sense something, shook his head, and didn't think much of it.

The brass sphere rose off the ground to chest height, and with a series of turning sounds, shrank to the size of a fist.

With it at its core, the light emitted by the ruby ​​diffuses and intertwines to form a delicate doll-like silhouette.

Then, the virtual reality stepped into reality, and she truly became a delicate brass doll.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, my esteemed master. Please bestow upon me a name!"

The doll lady gave Jiang Zhe a Western-style maid's bow.

Even without a dress, she remains elegant.

Moreover, the greetings not only echoed in the cave, but also reverberated in his mind.

Jiang Zhe had anticipated this turn of events, and since the life and death of the dependent life were entirely in the master's control, he calmly accepted everything that was happening before his eyes.

"My name is you..." A mischievous glint suddenly appeared in her eye. "I'll call you Mechanical Demon Orianna!"

The doll-like woman bowed again, "Thank you, Master, for bestowing upon me this title and name. Orianna will certainly not disappoint your expectations!"

Jiang Zhe nodded in satisfaction, examining the brass doll with great interest, and then began to communicate with her using telepathy.

"Anna, you should have adapted to this universe by now, right? What's your current situation? Have you developed any innate secret techniques?"

"Master, according to the information you transmitted to me from the universe, my race belongs to the category of subordinate metal life forms, and we need to depend on you for our existence."

"I also belong to a special life form, with a life form similar to the mechanical race. Not only can I become my master's armor like the Moyun Vine, reducing the damage you receive in battle, but I can also perform the work of an intelligent life form."

"Furthermore, I can fight independently without you. My current strength is at the first level of the planetary level, and I have three times the level of life genes."

Jiang Zhe almost thought he had misheard, and quickly repeated, "Three times the genetic level?"

An unbelievable thought popped into his head: "The same as me? Could you possibly be synchronized with my genetic makeup?"

Orianna shook her head and replied telepathically, "I am a special life form, and my genetic level changes as my strength increases."

「行星级是3倍；恆星级是10倍；宇宙级是49倍；域主级是81倍；界主级是100倍！」

Jiang Zhe gasped, his mind racing: "Has it reached its peak? Can it still go higher?"

"Master, please look!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Zhe saw Orianna's figure turn from solid to ethereal and disintegrate.

Only the "brass sphere core" on his chest remained suspended in place.

The core suddenly began to split.

It started as a fist-sized piece and split into three pieces the size of an egg.

The rays of light from the three rubies once again intertwined to reveal Orianna's figure.

But this time there are three in total!

They all transformed from the virtual to the real, becoming three bronze figurines that actually exist in the real world.

Jiang Zhe understood. "This... a three-fold increase in genetic level, because you really are three people!"

"Yes, Master, 100 times is the limit of our natural growth. If we want to improve further, we need to assimilate metal life forms that are similar to our life forms."

Jiang Zhe exclaimed inwardly, "The Mechanical Race?!"

"Could it be that you can increase your life's genetic level a hundredfold by consuming members of the Machine Race?!"

Orianna and the others gathered together again and replied telepathically, "I'm sorry, Master, I don't know either. I need to be in close contact with a member of the Machine Race to be sure."

"Okay! Okay! There will be a chance." Jiang Zhe calmed his somewhat excited emotions. "There is a member of the Machine Race on Earth. I will take you to see him, even though he is a corpse."

"Thank you, Master!" Orianna bowed again.

Jiang Zhe waved his hand, "Between you and me, we depend on each other for survival, there's no need to be so polite."

"Yes, Master!"

Despite saying that, Orianna showed no sign of changing her mind.

Jiang Zhe did not correct him further.

I just couldn't help but think: anything made by a cheat program must be top-notch!

She was initially thought to be just an ordinary, unremarkable metallic life form, but little did she know that her genetic level might rival that of special life forms like the World Tree and the Insect King.

"Anna, you must have a talent for arcane arts, right?"

"Yes, Master, I have three innate secret techniques."

(End of this chapter)