Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

Before long, Lin Chen gently shook his head, clearing those irrelevant thoughts from his mind.

He calmed his mind and focused his attention deep within his mind.

The Primordial Creation Pearl floated quietly, emitting a warm and mysterious purple halo.

The charging of the Creation Pearl was completed in the early hours of this morning, and the vast and mysterious energy contained within it is now ready to be unleashed.

Lin Chen returned to the bedroom and locked the door.

They took out more than fifty third-order crystal cores from their storage space, which was all that Li Ya and her group had gained in the past three days.

"More than fifty... that should be enough for me to upgrade my ability to the fourth level, right?" he muttered to himself, then composed himself.

Without further hesitation, he picked up a crystal core and put it in his mouth.

The crystal core melts upon entering the mouth, transforming into a torrent of blazing and pure energy that surges into the limbs and bones, ultimately converging into the "Origin Imprint" deep within the sea of ​​consciousness, representing various types of supernatural abilities.

One after another, Lin Chen swallowed and absorbed all fifty third-order crystal cores.

Lin Chen felt as if every cell in his body was cheering and roaring, as if they had gained their own independent consciousness.

After a long while... he had actually lost track of time.

It may be very short, just a moment.

It could be very long, like living a lifetime.

It felt completely different from when he upgraded his A-level superpower back then.

What was once just an accumulation of energy is now more like the evolution of life!

As the last bit of energy was completely absorbed, Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes.

A deep purple hue flashed briefly in the depths of his pupils, and the surrounding air seemed to distort slightly for a moment before returning to normal.

But the oppressive feeling that emanated from within, more solid and heavy, could no longer be concealed.

[S-Class Space Travel - Level 4]

Maximum distance: 1500 meters

Carryable weight: ≤36 times its own weight

[S-Level Psychological Suggestion - Level 4]

Effect: Deep commands can be implanted through eye contact, and the target will see it as "reasonable behavior" and execute it resolutely, with the duration extended to 120 minutes.

The caster's mental strength is enhanced by 120 times, and no traceable thought process is left after the command is completed.

[S-Rank Body, Extraordinary Level 4]

With a 120-fold increase in physical strength across the board, conventional kinetic weapons can no longer penetrate its defenses.

The maximum running speed exceeds 480 km/h, and the reaction nerves and dynamic vision are simultaneously enhanced.

[SS-level Time Field - Fourth Order]

Effect: Allows you to create and precisely control a "time field" within a spherical area with a radius of 150 meters centered on yourself.

Currently, the time flow rate in this area can be bidirectionally controlled, with an adjustment range of ±150 times the normal flow rate.

Information flowed through his consciousness like water, each number and each description striking his heart like a hammer blow.

"The fourth tier... truly a watershed moment."

Lin Chen murmured softly, his voice trembling with a barely suppressed yet still barely perceptible tremor. He raised his hand, slowly clenching it into a fist, his knuckles distinct, as if unseen energy flowed beneath his skin.

One hundred and twenty times.

The initial spatial ability awakening increased the base value by five times. The first three stages of mental suggestion and physical transcendence increased physical and mental strength by ten times, twenty times, and forty times respectively. In addition, the initial awakening SS-level time field was strengthened by ten times.

Lin Chen is now at the fourth level, and his physical body and mental strength are 48 million times that of an ordinary person!

Just how special is this energy of time and space? It requires such powerful physical and mental strength to bear!

He could clearly feel every cell in his body cheering and jumping for joy.

That vibrant life force surged from the depths of his bones, washed over his limbs, and flowed into his fingertips, causing them to tingle slightly.

He couldn't help but laugh.

It wasn't the calm, restrained laugh of the past.

It carries warmth, and even a hint of... greed.

"After that..." He paused, lowering his voice even further, as if telling himself a dream he dared not proclaim too loudly, "I wonder if I could achieve rebirth through blood, or even... become a 'god'?"

The moment the word slipped out, he himself was stunned for a second.

God.

Before the end of the world, this is a term from mythology.

"After the apocalypse" is a term used to describe those S-rank seventh-tier supreme powerhouses.

He never imagined that one day he would put this word and the word "I" in the same sentence.

But he was indeed thinking about it at that moment.

Because he clearly felt that he was now far superior to Lin Chen, who had fallen at the threshold of the sixth rank in his previous life.

He was only at the fourth rank.

He has just crossed this threshold that he had trodden in his previous life but had not been able to cultivate deeply.

Fourth order.

What about the seventh tier?

He dared not think about it. Yet he couldn't help but think about it.

Just as this surging heat reached its peak, a thought suddenly pierced my mind, like cold water poured into boiling oil.

"wrong."

His brows furrowed suddenly.

"A 120-fold increase... the energy of the crystal core is definitely not enough."

The idea came too suddenly, yet it took root too deeply.

He closed his eyes and carefully reviewed the entire process of absorbing energy.

He had clearly sensed, tamed, and refined the energy of each of the fifty third-order crystal cores.

That energy is pure and intense, but the total amount is what it is.

It is impossible to create a qualitative change of 120 times out of thin air.

unless--

He opened his eyes and looked out at the howling wind and snow in the night sky, his pupils reflecting the cold silhouette of the window frame.

"Unless, the crystal nucleus is merely a fuse," he whispered, "human beings themselves... are passively absorbing some kind of energy from the environment."

This thought overturned all his previous understanding.

In his previous life, his supernatural talent was only A-level, and he had never come into contact with a certain S-level big shot.

The peak of the sixth rank was something to be proud of in that era, but it was also enough to trap him under some unseen ceiling.

He never imagined that there was another layer of sky above the ceiling.

And now, he vaguely touched the edge of that sky.

He didn't dwell on it. Deep thought was useless. He needed strength—right now, immediately, and more strength.

He took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and focused his thoughts into the Creation Pearl.

That power of creation, which was far superior to the crystal core and closer to the "origin of rules," surged forth as if sensing his call.

A purple tide surged into the depths of consciousness.

This time, the goal is clear—to enhance existing superpowers.

Without the slightest hesitation, he directed this vast power entirely towards the most mysterious and powerful primordial mark.

[SS-level Time Field]

The moment the energy surged in, Lin Chen's consciousness was abruptly pulled away.

What did he "see"?

That was not a picture, not a sound, not even any information that human senses could process.

Those are fragments of the essence of "time"—as grand as the flowing of stars and rivers, as subtle as the settling of dust; as cold as a glacier sealing all things, as gentle as a mother stroking her baby's forehead.

He doesn't understand.

But he remembered that feeling.