Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 187 Kashgar Metal Lifeform (Bonus Chapter for 'light_L's' 10,000-coin reward)

(The source of the setting is in the author's notes; feel free to discuss it.)

"Disciple, please sit down!" said Marquis Jin Guang, pointing to the chair beside him.

"Yes!" Yang Wu sat down immediately.

Then, Marquis Jinguang said to Marquis Zidian and the other two, "Marquis Zidian, I've brought Yang Wu here for you. What's on your mind?"

"Hahaha!" The ape-man clan expert, Purple Lightning Marquis, laughed heartily and said directly to Yang Wu, "Yang Wu, we've long heard of you, the peerless genius of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. We didn't come to see you before because we were afraid of disturbing your cultivation, since the finals are the most important thing."

"Now that the finals are over, a few of us rushed over immediately!"

"Indeed!" The strangely handsome Golden Feather Marquis also said with a smile, "I never expected that you, Yang Wu, would be able to defeat 'Death God' Bolan from the Noah Universe Kingdom. Bolan is known as a genius rarely seen in tens of thousands of epochs. I think you, Yang Wu, are a genius that appears only once every tens of millions of epochs. You are probably not inferior to even the most talented people in our human history!"

In an instant, several people who had been granted titles and honors boasted to Yang Wu.

Yang Wu chuckled inwardly.

These three giants are really...

Don't want to disturb his cultivation?

It's likely that these three giants didn't pay any attention to Yang Wu before he entered the Primordial Secret Realm!

A peerless genius who appears only once in countless epochs?

These people really dare to speak their minds! Although Yang Wu felt that he might not lose to people like Coty and Shi Huo in the future, he also knew that he was still far behind those peerless geniuses.

However, seeing the three's enthusiasm, Yang Wu quickly said, "The three seniors are the backbone of our human race! My teacher, Marquis Jin Guang, has always told me stories about these three seniors, which I greatly admire!"

Did Jin Guanghou ever mention these three giants to Yang Wu? Clearly not, not even once!

But Yang Wu still had to say it this way, both to flatter the other party and to subtly remind him that he and Teacher Jin Guanghou had a close relationship.

"Yang Wu!" After exchanging compliments, the girl in black veil, Hei Yanhou, finally revealed their purpose: "We've come to see you not only to witness your unparalleled genius, but also to bring you a gift!"

"Oh? A gift?" Yang Wu's heart skipped a beat.

This is a privilege that even Luo Feng didn't receive in the original story.

However, Luo Feng initially joined the Primordial Secret Realm, while Yang Wu directly joined the Primordial Secret Realm. It's understandable that these three giants placed their bets on him in advance.

Hei Yanhou said with a smile, "We've prepared a metal auxiliary life form called 'Kash' for you, Yang Wu. This metal life form has undergone perfect initial nurturing and we believe it will definitely become a great helper on your path to becoming a powerful figure!"

"Metal lifeform?" Yang Wu was taken aback, then said, "Lord Heiyan, thank you for your kindness, but I already have a plant lifeform to assist me!"

Yang Wu certainly wouldn't refuse the gifts from the three men, since he had no intention of causing them any trouble during his future tenure as Inspector.

However, Yang Wu felt that there was no need for metal lifeforms.

He already had auxiliary plant life forms. If it was only used for defense, only one of these two auxiliary life forms could be used at a time, so Yang Wu naturally didn't need to cultivate any new metal life forms.

"Haha!" the ape-man Purple Lightning Marquis laughed from the side, "Of course we know that you, Yang Wu, already possess a supportive plant life form, but this metallic life form 'Kash' is different from ordinary supportive plant and metallic life forms!"

"Oh?" Yang Wu immediately became interested and quickly asked, "I wonder what the difference is?"

Marquis Zidian chuckled and said, "As everyone knows, besides providing defense for their master, if a support life form's cultivation level is higher than the master's, it can also allow the user to unleash even greater power!"

Yang Wu nodded.

Assisted life forms, such as metal life forms, plant life forms, and energy life forms, can all possess other beings.

Just like in the original story, when Moro, a member of the Primal Secret Realm, used a support metal life form to fight against the Realm Lord at the cosmic level, once a support life form possesses a body, it can indeed enable the master to unleash extraordinary power.

This is also why Yang Wu chose to cultivate the two plants.

"But!" Marquis Zidian continued, "An auxiliary life form is, after all, just an auxiliary life form. Although it can greatly increase the user's power when it possesses the user, this power is ultimately not the user's own, so it naturally cannot be used perfectly!"

Yang Wu continued to nod.

"But this metallic life form 'Kash' is different!" Lord Zidian smiled and said, "This Kash metallic life form is an extremely special kind of metallic life form. Once it possesses a user, it can completely merge its power with the user's power."

"In other words, the user can use the power of the Kashgar metal lifeform as their own, and can use various secret techniques to attack, defend, and evade!"

"What?" Yang Wu was immediately taken aback after hearing this.

"If we can truly achieve a perfect fusion of powers, wouldn't the abilities of 'Kash' be close to those of the Yan God Clan's General Armor and King Armor?" Yang Wu couldn't help but think to himself.

Of course, even if a perfect fusion were possible, this metallic life form 'Kash' would still be inferior to the General Armor and King Armor. After all, the Flame God Clan's armor could be used immediately, while the metallic life form required continuous cultivation, especially with a significant probability of failure when breaking through to the Immortal stage.

Even so, it is still an extremely rare thing.

With this in mind, Yang Wu immediately began searching for information about the metallic life form 'Kash' through the auxiliary AI, Crimson Flame.

……

Kash metal lifeforms: A very special type of metal lifeform born in the vast universe, extremely rare in number. After birth, Kash metal lifeforms can evolve by consuming various metals; the higher the grade of the metal consumed, the stronger they become after evolution.

Metallic life forms come in many forms.

There are various other categories, such as those primarily for defense, offense, support, fusion, and so on.

Because there are many types of metallic life forms with countless functions, some metallic life forms can even give birth to rare and precious treasures, while others can fuse with other metals, such as fusing with an F-class spaceship to give the spaceship life.

In conclusion, there are a great variety of metallic life forms, and their functions are extremely complex.

The Kashgar metal lifeforms are known as the "most powerful auxiliary metal lifeforms".

Of course, the term "most powerful" here refers to the most powerful among all the auxiliary metal lifeforms that can be sold within the human race.

In the vast universe, there are still some unique and magical metallic life forms that cannot be sold normally. Even if someone were to sell them, they would be beyond the reach of a mere genius like Yang Wu.

The Kashgar metal life form has extremely unique characteristics, allowing it to perfectly fuse with flesh and blood life forms, perfectly bestowing its power upon the user, while also providing the user with some defense.

Of course, the defensive capabilities provided by the metal life form 'Kash' are naturally inferior to those of some plant life forms and metal life forms that are specifically designed for defense, but its auxiliary functions are the most powerful among all metal life forms, which is why it is loved by countless strong individuals.

The newly born metallic life form 'Kash' larva is priced at 10,000 Mixed Yuan Units, and the price will be even higher after a little cultivation!

Of course, although they are the same when they are young, their strength can be significantly different when they are raised in different ways.

Just like the Cloud Vine, when cultivated to the peak of the Realm Lord level, the best result is 360 main vines, while the worst result is only 36 main vines.

As for those Cloud Vine that only reach the cosmic or domain lord level in the end, there's no need to mention them.

Such a limited growth potential must have been due to problems in the seed stage of cultivation. Without paying a hundred or a thousand times the price, there would be no chance of growing to the level of a world lord.

Of course, if there is an extremely ordinary support life form that has been accompanying its master since the master was weak, the master may spend an incredibly high price to increase the support life form's potential after the master becomes powerful.

However, such a situation is extremely rare, since with that wealth, one could easily cultivate even more powerful auxiliary life forms.

The Kashgar metal life form is much more expensive than the Moyun vine, and its price is comparable to that of the most resilient plant life form, the Star-Eating Grass.

Once the Kashgar metal lifeforms reach the peak of the Realm Lord level, their bodies will be completely comparable to F9-grade metal. Among them, the worst-cultivated type can weigh up to 100,000 tons, while the best-cultivated type can weigh up to 10 million tons.

"Kashgar metal life form!" Yang Wu smiled as he looked at the description that appeared in his mind.

He finally knew what kind of auxiliary life form he was suited to cultivate.

However, given Yang Wu's current wealth, he can probably only afford to buy a simple Kashgar metal life form larva, not even for the first initial cultivation.

So, should I accept the goodwill of these three giants?

Yang Wu pondered this in his heart.

The setting of assisting life forms to possess and increase power is in Chapter 27 of Part 10 of the original text.

As for the setting of the Kashgar metal life form, I based it on the Star-Eating Grass.

The fragments of the Red Mixed Copper Mother obtained by Luo Feng amounted to over a ton, driving the Domain Lord into a frenzy. Therefore, I set the price of one ton of F9-grade metal at approximately one Mixed Yuan unit.

The strongest Kashgar metal life form, cultivated to its peak, weighs tens of millions of tons. Due to its life-like characteristics, its value would certainly exceed tens of millions of Hunyuan. This also largely aligns with the original story's account of how the Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass, a Realm Lord-level creature, caused a Marquis-level Immortal to lose everything.

If you have a better explanation of how to categorize and cultivate metallic life forms, please leave me a message.

Regarding the price of 30 Mixed Yuan Units for Star-Eating Grass seedlings mentioned in the original text, I personally believe it can be understood as having undergone initial cultivation. Even the weakest ones can grow into World Lord-level Hundred-Vine Star-Eating Grass.

(End of this chapter)