This is not mechanical ascension.

The ladder leading to the ultimate life form?

The weight of this sentence is very heavy. When Levenbeck finished speaking.

The Virgin Mary and the Prophet looked at him fervently at the same time, breathing rapidly, and the Virgin Mary clenched her folded hands into fists.

The ultimate life form, the pursuit of all evolved beings, is right in front of us?

The Virgin Mary's body burst out energy particles uncontrollably. She hesitated several times and only after calming down a little did she ask cautiously, "What substance is it and how can it be used?"

Although the prophet did not speak, he also stared at Levenbaker. Facing the expectant gazes of the two, Levenbaker shook his head and said:

"I don't know what substance it is. You two can name it. As for how to use it, I still don't have any idea."

The atmosphere stagnated again. The Virgin Mary and the Prophet felt as if their high emotions were doused with a bucket of cold water, and the stairs before them collapsed.

You don't know anything, and yet you dare to talk about the ladder to the ultimate life form?

The excessive change of emotions even made the Virgin Mary feel angry unconsciously, and she said coldly: "You mean, the conclusion just now was your own conjecture?"

"It's not completely conjecture..." Levenbaker explained.

But the Virgin Mary and the Prophet's expressions did not improve at all, and they still stared at him coldly.

Not entirely, but it does mean that part of it is true.

Levenbeck did not continue to keep the two people in suspense and immediately explained:

"You two should both know about His Highness Ryan. He is a prince of the latest generation and has not yet embarked on the ultimate path. In fact, the progress of the gene seed development in his body is not high."

"Before his death, his development progress was..." At this point, Levenback's eyes flickered, and then he said: "About 60%."

Or maybe he used alchemical substances to forcefully stimulate it, and it was only barely over 30%.

Levenbeck emphasized: "However, the development progress of this clone is now close to 80%. That substance has forcibly stimulated the development of the golden seed in his body, and there are no side effects."

The most important thing is to have no aftereffects, as his alchemical substances have too many side effects.

The two finally regained their interest. The Virgin frowned and looked at "Ryan" curled up on the ground. "Is he an x-level life form?"

Levenbeck nodded: "Of course, it's just that this guy hasn't fully adapted to his body yet, and he also has no memory of Ryan, like a blank sheet of paper."

The Virgin Mary still had some disbelief, and with her delicate fingers she released a beam of energy particles, which suddenly hit the clone lying on the ground.

The other party's face was filled with fear, and he shrank back, even letting out an "ah ah" howl, but there was indeed no scar left where the energy landed.

"Not only that..." Levenbeck continued: "That special substance repaired the damage to Ryan's body caused by the Qinglong virus, and even strengthened his underlying gene seed..."

"What do you mean?" The Virgin Mary frowned, not very familiar with such knowledge.

"This is the correct path of evolution." Levenback said solemnly: "The ultimate path of genetic evolution should not be to stack gene seeds in the body, but to use this substance to repair the underlying genes and gradually strengthen them."

"Finally, make the ultimate leap and become the ultimate life form."

The Virgin Mary and the Prophet looked at each other. They were not surprised that the "Ultimate Path" was wrong.

At their peak, they almost controlled the entire empire, and a lot of relevant information about the empire was backed up within the Holy Mother Church.

What surprised her was the second half of Levenbeck's sentence. The Virgin Mary couldn't wait to ask, "You mean, as long as we continue to extract this substance, we can shape it into the foundation of the ultimate life form?"

"You can say that." Levenback nodded, "Of course, there is also the most crucial Ultimate Gene Seed."

"But..." Levenbeck shook his head again: "This condition is too harsh."

The Virgin Mary couldn't help but ask: "Can this corpse be made into gene seeds? I mean the complete limbs, not this arm."

Having said that, she even felt determined to go all out.

If the ultimate life form is really within sight, we must find the remaining limbs and create the gene seed at all costs.

"Yes, of course." Levenbeck said, "Not only can it, but it doesn't need to be that complete."

"Low-level gene seeds require the body to be intact because the life level is low and the gene fragments are scarce. It is difficult to extract perfect genes from a part of the limbs."

"But this corpse is different. It has evolved to a point of perfection. This arm can produce more than one gene seed."

"Hmm?" The Virgin Mary and the Prophet looked at him suddenly, their pupils shining brightly: "Are you sure?"

"To be frank, I am one of the top biological experts in the entire galaxy. There is no "one"." Levenback said calmly: "If I say I can, I will definitely be able to do it."

"But you didn't understand what I meant." Levenbeck explained: "The current path of genetic evolution is one of the inferior conquering the superior, and in essence it even relies on other life forms."

"If we can't find the ultimate life form, we won't be able to prepare the gene seed. No matter how well we prepare, it will be useless because the flaws are too great."

The Reverend Mother and the Prophet frowned, discussing the necessity of the entire evolutionary path, which meant little to them.

Levenbaker glanced at them and couldn't help but sigh, knowing that it would be useless to talk to these two guys.

He mused to himself: "The path of genetic evolution is essentially an imitation of the Titans' path of evolution. The Titans' path of evolution is not perfect either."

"Without the Ultimate Gene Seed, there is no way to evolve?"

His mind was full of thoughts, but he was interrupted by the Virgin Mary, "Then you should extract that substance as soon as possible."

"It can't be extracted." Levenbeck came back to his senses, extremely helpless, "I don't even know how it was born. It is the product of a combination of factors."

"The egg of the black goat, the cells of the broken arm, and Ryan's empty bottle. My alchemical substance cannot be born without any of these factors. After it is born, Ryan will absorb this substance immediately to make up for his own defects."

"This is a closed-loop process. If external forces interfere in this process, I'm afraid nothing will happen."

The Virgin Mary stared at him coldly. She felt like she had been fooled several times. It was difficult to talk to these technical workers.

The prophet listened for a long time, and finally spoke, "Then just tell me directly, how can we extract it?"

"I need more empty bottles. Ryan's nature is too simple. I don't know what role his Titan blood plays in the process. I also need empty bottles without Titan blood for comparison." Levenbeck said. Seeing that the two were silent, he further added:

"After being infected by the Azure Dragon virus, the potential for development of the life form has been completely destroyed."

"Desire..." The Virgin Mary thought of it immediately, and then said: "Because of excessive degeneration, she is now dead, but the gene fragments are still there, maybe you can clone her."

"I can't clone him." Levenback shook his head. "I can clone Ryan because of special circumstances. I can perfectly reproduce his physical condition."

Ryan was once corroded by alchemical substances, leaving behind alchemical seeds, so Levenbeck was able to be "cloned".

It is not cloning in essence, but a kind of "life alchemy", and only one can be produced.

"We can't clone it, so we need a living one?" The Virgin Mary couldn't help but sneer, "Do we have to ask Qinglong for help?"

Levenbeck's eyes flickered. "In fact, I suspect that Qinglong has already begun to study the future of genetic evolution. That virus should be a byproduct, used to make empty bottles."

At this point, Levenbaker couldn't help but sigh, "Unfortunately, I can hardly imagine how he did it."

After listening to the whole thing, the Holy Mother found that there seemed to be no concrete progress, and could not help but sneer: "Qinglong, Qinglong again?"

"Then what is the purpose of your Excellency? We might as well cooperate directly with Qinglong."

“Whatever…” Levenbaker didn’t care, the Virgin Mary was upset.

The prophet said, "According to what you said, you should not have studied Ryan's empty bottle thoroughly yet, and it is not difficult to move forward."

"That's right." Levenback nodded. "There are still many secrets about Ryan that I haven't figured out. I can't handle it alone. It would be best to find a few top experts in biology."

"Let's study it first." The prophet said, "The interstellar world is not peaceful right now. Someone is targeting us. They are quite powerful and have destroyed several branches. It is not wise to go out and act rashly."

"Oh?" Levenbeck was surprised and said thoughtfully, "In fact, someone is also tracking me down, and the loss is not small."

"Hmm?" The Virgin Mary and the Prophet both looked slightly solemn.

They rarely exchanged this information with Levenbeck, and it was even said that both of them rarely came to this experimental base.

It's not out of trust in Levenbaker, but because they really don't understand. With Levenbaker's level, they won't be able to figure it out even if he fools them in person.

"Who is pursuing?" the Virgin Mary asked. It was hard to believe that it was a coincidence that both parties were being pursued at the same time.

"The Covenant."

"Star Alliance?" The Virgin Mary and the Prophet were surprised.

Levenbeck knew what the two were thinking. "I don't know, are they investigating me because of Ryan's interstellar massacre, or because of the Red River Star Stream?"

The Virgin Mary frowned, and the Prophet shook her head and said, "If it's because of the Red River Star Stream, the ones investigating you should be the Empire and the Federation, not the Star Alliance."

The three of them fell silent. After comparing the messages from both sides, they became even more confused.

The Virgin thought for a long time before she said, "The Empire and the Federation were kept in the dark about our cutting off of the limbs. It should be impossible for a third party to know that we went deep into the Red River Star Stream and even took away an arm."

"Qinglong..." Levenbeck suddenly uttered two words, and the atmosphere became stagnant again.

The prophet glanced at Levenbeck and shook his head, saying, "We had already left when the three great craftsmen arrived. How could Qinglong have guessed us for no reason?"

She said tactfully, "Are you a little too... wary of Qinglong?"

"Just a casual mention." Levenbeck didn't think Qinglong knew they had been there.

As soon as I heard the words of the Virgin Mary, the image of Qinglong popped up in my mind.

The two sides exchanged some information before the Virgin Mary and the Prophet left, looking somewhat gloomy.

It seems like I gained a lot, but also like I gained nothing.

After the two left, the members of the Holy Mother Church who were responsible for the auxiliary work came forward and lifted Ryan up.

"Take him to the room, give him a bath, dress him, and teach him some common sense," Levenbaker ordered.

The members of the Virgin Mary Church nodded, and Levenbeck watched Ryan leave silently, with a flash of scarlet light in his eyes.

Levenback suppressed his inner excitement, "... there really is such a substance, the perfect substance imagined by alchemical civilization."

He bullied the Virgin Mary and the prophet for not understanding and hid many things.

This kind of organization is the substance that he intended to use Li Ming to make before.

The higher level that eliminates all the side effects of alchemical substances can be called alchemical source substance.

It’s not that he couldn’t extract it, but the amount was too small to support his use.

Moreover, Ryan, the empty bottle, is already useless. His genetic defects have been repaired. Even if he is killed and refined again, it is impossible for this substance to be produced again.

He had to find more empty bottles before he could discover the mechanism of birth and even actually create this substance.

But when he thought of this, he thought of Qinglong again, during this period of in-depth research.

He became increasingly aware that the virus was definitely Qinglong's attempt at the ultimate life form.

"Qinglong...Duanchui...Teacher, how far have you come?" Levenback suppressed his emotions and let out a long sigh.

The more he came into contact with Qinglong, the more he feared him. Coupled with the lingering impression of the forging hammer, he didn't dare to confront the opponent head-on.

Unless he becomes the ultimate life form or possesses similar means, he will never be able to deal with Qinglong again.

…

In the Godcrafter Laboratory, the stiff bodies of Reynolds, Mikhail and the Dark Warrior suddenly trembled, and their mechanical pupils moved.

Immediately, Reynolds cursed loudly, his body buzzing with anger: "What a bunch of bastards! I knew they were shameless, but I didn't expect them to be so shameless!"

"It was anticipated..." Mikhail said calmly.

Li Ming stretched his body and decided this method was more comfortable.

Reynolds sneered at Mikhail's calmness. "You anticipated this? If you anticipated this, why didn't you think of a way to deal with it?"

Mikhail was too lazy to argue with him and shook his head, "I just didn't expect that they would know so much."

"Then why are you telling us everything?" Reynolds looked at him and said coldly, "Qinglong has already said that. It's just a few bases. It's okay to lose them, but the path of mechanical evolution is our root."

"I don't believe they can really find the coordinates of this laboratory!"

Apparently, Reynolds didn't understand this, but suppressed it at the time and didn't question it until now.

Mikhail frowned and said in a deep voice: "This is just the beginning. If we don't give them something, they won't give up."

"They have known about those two bases for a long time, but it has been a year since we returned from the Red River Star Stream. Why did they bring it up only now?"