He had been extremely weak before, so when he could once again absorb Gene Arcana, Ling Jiu tossed everything aside and started to absorb.
As his mind cleared up, Ling Jiu became aware of the difference.
The Gene Arcana he had absorbed was significantly denser, more condensed, and purer.
Ling Jiu did not understand why at first but now… it seemed like he fathomed the reason.
Once the Dark Bio-energy spread from the dark universe to the bright universe, the effect of energy-level attenuation would cause its power and effects to be greatly diminished.
It could be visually understood as a downgrade from high energy to low energy.
The previously absorbed Gene Arcana had all been downgraded ones, and in the present, he had absorbed the purest of Dark Bio-energy. Hence, it felt very different.
9527 laughed. “Whether it is to strengthen your body or the power of your Arcana, the power of the Dark Bio-energy is far, far more powerful than the degraded Gene Arcana. There’s probably a difference of… about 10 times.”
“Ten times?”
Ling Jiu could not help but gasp. The power earlier on was… 10 times stronger than before?”
That was quite outrageous, was it not?
Did that now mean that his Arcana… was ten times more powerful than before?
Dimensional Arcana… ten times?
Gravity Arcana… ten times?
Other Arcanas…. ten times?
Was this not too overpowered?
“If what you say is true, then I won’t bother holding it against you when you grabbed me for the assessment and nearly got me killed,” Ling Jiu said.
“Give it a try once you’re out.”
9527 smiled. “As a proper warrior of the Emessian Civilization, mastering the absorption of Dark Bio-energy is the most basic of skills! This is the first reward you have received!”
“I’m quite pleased with this!”
Ling Jiu nodded, and even without any further rewards, this alone was enough to satisfy him.
“Moving on, every lifeform is made out of flesh and soul just like an artificial intelligent form is made out of both software and hardware systems.”
9527 continued, “As a proper warrior of the Emessian Civilization, you should not have any obvious shortcomings. So, your flesh and soul cannot fall behind, hence the ascension of both is king!
“As such, your second reward is a Dark Psionic Crystal to strengthen your soul!”
Ling Jiu’s eyes lit up!
The soul…
It was a mystical realm!
There were many ways to strengthen the body on Earth, but there were only two methods to strengthen one’s soul. One was to obtain treasures of heaven and earth that strengthened the soul.
The other was to raise the body and soul as a whole. When a body ascended, the soul would as well, so only by strengthening one’s body would the soul also see ascension.
The former was unlikely because there were just too few treasures, while the latter was too inefficient. Neither method was clearly a good idea.
9527 laughed. “As I’ve said before, the soul is made out of Dark Psions.
“However, compared with Dark Bio-energy, the amount of Dark Psions it has is far lesser!
“Unless you become a higher lifeform, you will never be able to absorb Dark Psions.
“This means that a planetary lifeform like you will never be able to ingest Dark Psions and lift your soul for ascension.
“Given the situation, I will specially reward you with a Dark Psionic Crystal. Once you have completely absorbed this crystal, the strength of your soul can be comparable to that of a Stellar Lifeform.”
“A Stellar Lifeform?”
Ling Jiu was confused.
“You have passed the assessment and become a member of the Emessian Civilization, so you have the authorization to know about this!”
9527 smiled. “The universe is vast and infinite. It has given birth to countless lives and is subdivided into various species, as well as categories, the same way it is on Earth.
“Life in the universe is similarly divided into many levels, and the lowest and weakest of them all are… the Planetary Lifeforms!”
“Planetary Lifeforms, as the name suggests, can only survive on their mother planet and cannot leave the planet, or else, they will die.
“So, a Planetary Lifeform is weak and belongs to the bottommost existence in the universe. The flora and fauna, the common people, and even a powerful Arcanist like you on Earth, belong to the weakest Planetary Lifeform category.”
“The weakest?
“The bottommost?”
Ling Jiu was stunned. He felt that he was not weak at all…
“You’ve also seen for yourself that even between Planetary Lifeforms, they are divided into levels. Generally, Planetary Lifeforms are divided into ten different orders. With zeroth being the weakest and ninth the strongest. You are a Level 6 Arcanist, so you belong to the Sixth Order of Planetary Lifeforms.”
“Sixth Order of Planetary Lifeforms!”
Ling Jiu took a deep breath.
“Above a Planetary Lifeform is a Stellar Lifeform. In the words of Earthlings, an existence like a Level 10 Arcanist and above is a Stellar Lifeform.”
9527 explained, “By becoming a Stellar Lifeform, you can break out of the shackles of your mother planet like those man-made satellites and go into outer space!
“When that time comes, no matter how harsh the environment in outer space is, it will not be able to threaten the safety of a Stellar Lifeform.”
“As long as the Stellar Lifeform wants to, they can travel around their mother planet, similar to a man-made satellite orbiting the Earth, or they can even walk on the moon!
“If they really want to, they can even wander farther away. The only problem is that if it’s too far away, it might take a very long time!”
Ling Jiu was somewhat shocked. “Is a Stellar Lifeform that powerful?”
“For a being that is able to escape the shackles of one’s mother planet, being strong comes naturally.
“In fact, for an elementary civilization or an even more primitive civilization, a Stellar Lifeform is almost no different from a god!”
9527 suddenly said, “Speaking of which, a Stellar Lifeform appeared on this planet the other day. He’s called Emperor Might or something. That person is quite strong, and according to the energy signatures I observed, he is at least a Sixth-Order Stellar Lifeform.”
Emperor Might!
A Sixth-Order Stellar Lifeform!
Ling Jiu could not help but gasp. He had learned from the camp commandant earlier on that Emperor Might was an existence beyond Level 10.
However, Ling Jiu did not expect Emperor Might to actually be a Sixth-Order Stellar Lifeform. If he was to use the categorization of Earth… he was a Level 16 Arcanist!
“Level 16! A whole ten levels higher than me!”
Ling Jiu was shocked. The elation he had earlier after receiving the ability to absorb Dark Bio-energy was swept away. He suddenly felt that he was still very weak.
“You don’t need to feel so down!” 9527 comforted.
“Although Emperor Might has reached the Sixth Order of a lifeform, I’ve observed that he only has the downgraded Gene Arcana inside his body.
“Therefore, he belongs to the weakest, most primitive form of the Sixth Order. When you get to that level, you will definitely be stronger than him!”
“With Emperor Might being so powerful, doesn’t he know the method to absorb Dark Bio-energy?”
Ling Jiu was puzzled.
“To you Earthlings, a Stellar Lifeform is indeed powerful, but to us Emessians, a Stellar Lifeform is merely a toddler!”
9527 smiled faintly. “Also, don’t think it’s easy to absorb Dark Bio-energy from the dark universe.
“In the absence of elementary training and certain talents, even a more advanced lifeform may not be able to master it, much less a Stellar Lifeform.”
“In actuality, many primitive civilizations have given enough to many powerful Stellar Lifeforms or even other higher lifeforms. Nonetheless, they have not mastered the correct method of absorbing Dark Bio-energy.”
“Oh, I see!”
Ling Jiu nodded.
“The most significant difference between a higher civilization and a lower civilization is not the development of weapons and the strength of arms, but it is a richer reserve of knowledge, more advanced technology, and more mature ideology.”
9527 continued to smile faintly. “Let’s talk about the third reward then. As an Emessian warrior, an Emessian Battle Suit is a standard-issue!”