Chapter 305: Eschatological Evolution

After the helicopter arrived at the Rose Manor, Lin Zaishan and Sophia immediately went to meet Xiangzhu and report the trip to her.

"The environment of the sinkhole is more dangerous than what your old man told us, are you fooling us?"

"Don't talk nonsense. With your human wisdom, can I fool you? The only explanation is that the sinkhole is evolving itself. ”

"What?" Lin Zaishan and Sophia were both taken aback.

"The stones grow upwards like plants, and the buds produce gems. Don't you think it's all a sign of a living thing? ”

"That's true." Lin Zaishan recalled what he saw and heard in the sinkhole, and found that the sinkhole was really like a living body, and it seemed to have a sense of self-defense.

Sophia said: "Master, if the sinkhole really has to evolve itself, then what kind of life does it belong to?" ”

"I can't answer this question, I can only say that many things that are happening in the last days are beyond the limits of what can even be explained by the normal human mind, and if we want to get out of the last days, we must grit our teeth and accept and learn all these surprises, horrors and shocks, and put ourselves at the top of the evolutionary chain as soon as possible - only in this way can we control our own destiny. If we remain as close-eyed, self-contained, and stubborn as we did before, we will only be eliminated and extinct. ”

"Master, we got a lot of gems this time, please take a look."

Xiangzhu Jushi excitedly probed the gem samples that Lin Zaishan and Sophia put on the table, "Great! What an unbeatable bonus! The two of you are far more blessed than I and my classmates. It seems that you are the best candidates to carry out the Helllight plan. With these gems, I have every confidence that I will be able to advance you to the sixth level of Star Soul in a few days. ”

"Really, master?" Sophia was excited, "You can also use these gems to evolve to level seven." ”

Xiangzhu Ju Monk shook his head, "The gap from level six to level seven cannot be bridged by gemstones. In order for any Star Soul to complete this evolution, it must mark the 7 threshold Star Soul symbols, and each Star Soul symbol needs to consume millions of energy reserves. ”

Lin Zaishan asked, "Aren't these gems we collected enough to supply the energy reserves needed to advance to the seventh level?" ”

"You should be aware that the difference between the energy reserves required to mark the Star Soul symbol and the energy supplied by gems and the like is not as simple as pouring water from one cup to another. The energy required for evolution must not only be pure, but must also be endogenous to the person trying to evolve, and its acquisition and use must conform to the rules of the galaxy system. For example, if you have an unlimited fuel depot, does that mean that your fuel car has unlimited power? ”

"Of course not. No matter what the external energy reserves are, the power of each car is limited; Moreover, the power cannot be increased at will, and its improvement requires innovation and improvement in software, hardware, process technology and other aspects. ”

"That's the truth. The acquisition of these energy gems only provides a large amount of external high-quality energy reserves for our evolution, but evolution still depends on the development of our internal energy storage and utilization ability. ”

"Master, no matter what, it's better to have these gems than nothing, right?"

"Yes. Not only do these gems contain powerful energy, but they also contain a lot of information about otherworldly beings and abilities. If we can extract and decipher this information, it will greatly promote the evolution process of the Star Soul and the mastery of the apocalyptic black technology and magic. ”

"Master, then what are we waiting for, let's crack it now!"

"Sophia, silly boy, cracking this information is not a job that ordinary trialists can do, only Star Soul coders can do."

"Can't even you?"

"I'm not a coder."

"So where can we go and hire a coder? If he doesn't come, I can tie him up. ”

"It's not a problem, we have a coder in front of us with a lot of potential." Xiangzhu looked at Lin Zaishan with a meaningful smile on his face.

"Zha Lin? He turned out to be a so-called coder? Sophia was stunned at first, and then smiled, "Master, you really have a good eye." ”

Lin Zaishan smiled bitterly: "Your old man is really scheming and cunning!" You chose me as Sophia's partner, probably because of my coder ability, right? ”

"Of the nine pairs of Helllight Trialists I've identified, there are only two coders. You Lin Zai Mountain is one of them. Your pair is also the most likely to complete the trial and be promoted to the seventh level of star souls, in a sense, the success or failure of the Hell Light plan and even the future and fate of the entire eschatological human race are actually pinned on the two of you. ”

"Are you sure that as long as we advance to level seven, we can save the earth and overcome the end times?"

"Of course, it will take a long and difficult process to achieve the ultimate goal of salvation, but as long as and only by advancing to the seventh level, the bottleneck can be broken, which means that the end-time human has the ability to break free from the deadly constraints represented by the Star Soul Shepherd, and thus freely create their own future."

"I know a seventh-level Star Soul Being, whose presence and appearance mean a lot to me, and who has saved me from deadly threats many times; But he did not significantly change the face of the last days and the overall course of humanity's decline. Did your old man exaggerate the role of a seventh-level star soul? ”

"I know you're talking about Trialist 99. He is currently the only known interrogator among our Earth humans who has evolved to the seventh level and is still alive. Trialist No. 99 is older than my master, and he follows the route of "half-ascetic-half-trialist", on the one hand, he accepts tasks from the system to strive for points and rewards, and on the other hand, he adheres to the rules and precepts, refuses to intervene in secular battles, let alone kills. ”

Lin Zaishan couldn't help but sneer when he heard "stick to the rules and precepts".

Xiangzhu sighed, "Don't despise the ascetic other half of the 99th trialist, this may be the key reason why he is still alive today. ”

"What do you mean old man?"

"Being promoted to level seven is of course an invincible existence on the earth in the last days, but at the same time, it will also be subject to more restrictions and punishments by the rules of the galaxy system, and if you are not careful, you may touch the 'curse'. Many Rank 7 Star Soul Cultivators were not killed by the threat of the end times, but died tragically in the 'Heavenly Damnation'. Because the No. 99 trialist adhered to the rules and precepts, he invisibly avoided a lot of 'heavenly punishment', so he can survive to this day. ”

"I'll go! So the seventh-level Star Soul is not a high-ranking and glorious king, but a high-risk profession that must be held between its tails? ”

Xiangzhu Jushi nodded, "However, the seventh-level star soul is not only the self-help of human beings in the last days, but also the only way for individual lives to reach eternity, and you can't bypass it." If you can't be promoted to the seventh level, you can only be eliminated or grovel to the fate of other seventh-level powerhouses. I believe that the latter situation is not acceptable to the two of you. ”

"I have a few questions to ask. First of all, it has only been a few years since the human race entered the end times, and how did the so-called No. 99 Trial Person, or Master of Empty Color, evolve to the seventh level? Is he riding a rocket? ”

"Of course, it is impossible to evolve to the seventh level in a few years, but a few decades or hundreds of years will do."

What do you mean by that? Don't tell me that Master Empty Color has been cultivating since his mother's womb, so how can his parents bear it? ”

"I don't know how many years it took Master Kongse to cultivate to reach his current achievements."

"Then how do you explain his seventh-level existence?"

"It's simple." Xiangzhu replied with great certainty: "Because he comes from a parallel world. Long before this earth entered the end times, he was already being tested on another earth. ”

"Parallel Earth?" Lin Zaishan was skeptical, "If this sentence comes from the mouth of a mad scientist such as Sam, I will not be surprised at all; But when you say it, I still feel incredible. ”

"Is it so difficult for a Buddhist believer like me to accept the theory of parallel worlds?"

"Do you have any evidence for the theory of parallel worlds or parallel earths?"

"Of course!"

"What evidence?" Lin Zaishan asked excitedly.

Xiangzhu Jushi smiled slightly, and replied unhurriedly: "Because I came from a parallel earth." ”

Lin Zaishan is petrified; Sophia also bluded her cheeks in contemplation.

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After a long time, Lin Zaishan came to his senses, approached the Xiangzhu monk, sniffed vigorously, and looked like he had seen a ghost.

The Xiangzhu monk slammed the bamboo cane on the floor and said angrily: "You are so rude. ”

Lin Zaishan said: "I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back my curiosity. I want to smell the scent of another earth from your old man; But I didn't smell anything but flowers. Can you tell us what kind of transportation you need to take to get from another earth to this one where I am? ”

"When you are promoted to the sixth level, I will tell you more about it. All you and Sofia have to do now is focus on leveling up, and you will do whatever it takes to get to levels six and seven in the shortest amount of time. I hope to see this day in my lifetime. If you could do it, maybe I wouldn't be harvested. ”

Sophia said: "Master, you are now level six, why don't you promote to level seven yourself, but ask us to achieve level five?" ”

Xiangzhu Jushi sighed and said to Lin Zaishan: "Explain it for me." ”

"Your master is now a harvesting target anchored by the Star Soul Shepherd, and any evolution of her will alarm the Star Soul Shepherd at the first time, and her blind impact on level seven can only lead to being harvested early. Am I right to explain it that way? ”

"Absolutely." Xiangzhu Jushi sighed again, "So all my hopes can only be pinned on you nine pairs of young people, especially the two of you. ”

"Please rest assured, master, I will never let you down!"

Lin Zaishan said: "I can only guarantee that I will do my best, but I am not sure that I can do it until I master the specific knowledge and methods." ”

"Maybe the Star Soul Coder is your characteristic, I hope to understand all the mysteries and be sure of all changes. That's good; But sometimes, we don't have time to think about it at all, and the only thing we can do is to do what we can do first according to the limited knowledge and resources at hand, like grasping the last straw. ”

"I have a more specific question to ask." Lin Zaishan said: "I took the white gem in the sinkhole, and cracked the code information inside to gain the space leap ability. ”

When Sophia heard this, she said with envy and hatred: "You can show it." ”

Lin Zaishan continued, "The spatial transcendence ability cultivation method I discovered requires three conditions: marking the relevant 1 Level 5 Star Soul Symbol and 3 Level 4 Star Soul Symbols, reciting the spell code, and taking the White Energy Gem. Sophia couldn't cultivate because she didn't meet her first condition; I tried to develop some pseudocode that would allow her to borrow space-spanning abilities, but it didn't work. Do you have any thoughts on this? ”

"I'm not a coder, and my space-spanning ability was a complete coincidence. Every time I used the space-spanning ability, I had to recite a spell from the white gem. I'll pass on the spell information to you now, and you can do your own research. The Xiangzhu monk said as he channeled a piece of consciousness into a white gem.

Lin Zaishan immediately took this gem, he was pleasantly surprised at first, but quickly shook his head in disappointment, "This spell code of yours is only valid for sixth-level Star Soul people, and it requires a bunch of additional conditions, even if Sophia is promoted to sixth-level, she may not be able to meet it." ”

"Let's not talk about the space-spanning ability, let's focus on how to use these gems effectively." Xiangzhu Jushi picked up a black gem the size of a peanut, "This gem contains about 10,000 units of pure negative energy, if the gem explodes, these energies are enough to severely damage a sixth-level star soul." But with a reasonable approach, it can be harmlessly absorbed. ”

"You don't happen to have mastered the method of harmlessly absorbing the energy of gems, do you?"

"Do you think I'm all idle and have nothing to do? These days, after a lot of research, I finally found a way to absorb the neutral and negative energy of gemstones harmlessly. The latter method in particular is of great significance, as it means that you do not need to create karma and release the dark side of your mind to be able to grow your negative energy reserves. ”

"Can we start absorbing it now?" Sophia was a little impatient.

"Don't worry, there is a note to be made clear: my method only works for you Sophia, not Lin Zaishan. Because he has been walking in the positive energy mode, the whole body and mind have become accustomed to being in harmony with positive energy, and the rash intake of negative energy will inevitably cause serious conflicts and even disability. ”

"I'll go!" Lin Zaishan exclaimed, "Fortunately, I have always stayed away from black gems and colored gemstones. But I have a question, isn't Sophia also a positive energy model? ”

"Sophia transitioned from negative energy mode to positive energy mode, and she can be in harmony with both positive and negative energy without causing physical and mental distress."

"Are you suggesting that this offer is available to those who have reformed their ways, turned their prodigal sons, and turned their backs to darkness?"

"Wrong. Sophie and your model are not replicable, you are both unique beings. ”

"That sounds good, but I still can't absorb negative energy, right?"

"I can't."

"Well, at least I'm less worried about a lot of things."

"Lin Zaishan, I'm going to help Sophia absorb the black gem below. Please go outside to protect the Dharma, and no one will be allowed to disturb you. ”

“OK！”

Lin Zaishan immediately walked out of the house and quietly guarded the door.

In a short time, an astonishing energy field was emitted from the room, and this energy field frightened the mutant birds passing by the Rose Manor into a frightening mess, and many plants shook violently as if they were being blown by a strong wind, and the people inside and outside the manor all stopped standing on their hands, and some of them could not withstand the impact and fainted suddenly. After a few minutes, the energy field returned to calm. After a few more minutes, more powerful energy appeared, and then subsided again. And so on and so on for many rounds.

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About three hours later, Sophia pushed the door open.

Although her appearance has not changed in any way, the aura, vitality and spiritual outlook of the whole person have been renewed, and even Lin Zaishan has a feeling of fluttering like a fairy.

"Is this the state after being promoted to level six?" Lin Zaishan was staring at Sophia curiously, but the latter suddenly jumped up and attacked him. The two attacked more than 500 moves in a row in 3 minutes, and finally separated.

Sophia smiled: "Stupid pig, how is the skill of a sixth-level master?" ”

"It's not bad, at least it's not worse than a martial saint."

"You're actually better." Sophia patted Lin Zaishan on the shoulder, "You can fight against me, a newly promoted sixth-level Star Soul Person, with more than 500 moves as a fifth-level person, which is enough to be proud." ”

Xiangzhu had already left the house and could see the battle situation between the two clearly, "You two don't need to brag to each other anymore, the next very critical challenge is in front of you, in a sense, the ultimate challenge has begun to be rehearsed in advance." ”

Lin Zaishan and Sophia both listened attentively. The rapid surge in strength has given them extraordinary self-confidence, and they will not easily panic when they encounter even the most dangerous situation.

"The energy field that escaped when Sophia was promoted to the sixth level Star Soul just now was extremely powerful, and it must have alarmed the Star Soul Shepherd. I judged that they would come in a very short time. You also know that they absolutely can't Earth humans have too many sixth-level star souls. The challenge for the two of you is to do everything you can to evade the Star Soul Shepherd, and Sophia will be the main target. Lin Zaishan, please be sure to give full play to the spirit of salvation and protect Sophia; Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain, and you will not want to live alone. ”

"Roger! I'm a professional in death, and now is the time for me to play professionally. Do you have any golden fingers? ”

"Let me give you a special reminder: the current Sophia should already have the conditions to cultivate the space crossing ability, which brings a lot of convenience to you to flash quickly. Take advantage of this ability, and the Star Soul Shepherd will have a hard time catching you. In addition, the Star Soul Shepherd has a lot of affairs, and it is impossible for one to pursue you, as long as you dodge for a few days and nights, you should be safe and sound for the time being. ”

Lin Zaishan and Sophia glanced at each other, and the former said, "Since that's the case, let's hurry up." Running fast saves your life, running slow kills. ”