When Master Gravi woke up, in addition to feeling a dull pain in his forehead, he was also shocked to feel that the spreading numbness in his body had subsided a lot.

The sluggishness and stiffness that had occurred due to the transformation of oneself into the Divine Tree Clan should have continued to worsen until he truly became an immobile plant...... But this state of affairs has actually eased.

This was really incredible to him, so he tried to sober up as quickly as possible.

"I'm ...... What happened? ”

The old man shook his head, banishing out the jumbled thoughts and memories in his mind - he remembered that he sensed that a killer was trying to attack him, and that a monster was coming, so he went to the fragments of the tree of life in the storage pod, prepared for everything, and decided that if there was really no way out, he would release the fragments of the tree of life for a final effort.

As a result, both the number of killers and the number of monsters were unexpected, and Master Gravi had already planned to use this last hole card...... Whatever your dreams, the most important thing is to live first.

It's also strange to say, obviously he wasn't this character before. Gravi remembers very well that he was supposed to be the type who would never spare his life for the sake of the future and the truth, and if his mentor wanted to do any experiments, he would definitely be the first to take the lead and use himself as experimental materials.

It was precisely because of this courage and determination to spare his life for the sake of truth that he received the true transmission of his mentor.

But I don't know if it's because I'm old or if I've seen too much death, he is more and more desperate for his life...... I want to live more and more.

Gravi suppressed the confusion of thoughts, and the old man squinted his eyes to his feet, and he felt the familiar warmth of the quilt underneath him, which made him realize that this was his room.

The master remembered, he remembered the killers who seized the last chance to destroy him, and he also remembered the scene where those killers were finally eliminated in an instant—he also remembered the end of how easily he was knocked unconscious......

Master Gravi opened his eyes and looked ahead.

What caught his eye was a white-haired scholar who was flipping through the materials.

The dark silver sealed box of silent silver was next to his hand, and the fragments of the Tree of Life were among them.

"Are you awake?"

The white-haired scholar turned his head, his smiling face and his pale blue eyes shining with a bright aura. It was impossible to forget, this look, Gravi recognized in an instant, the other party was the alchemist he had met by chance...... The genius who was famous in the imperial capital, the lord of the Xia Hui Lord.

"Ian Silverpeak."

Standing up straight on the bed, the master said in a low voice: "The strength of the third energy level - you killed the elite killers of the Three Kingdoms in an instant, it is impossible for anyone in the second energy level to do it, even if I use the fragments of the Tree of Life, I can't do it so easily." ”

"Hide it from everyone, young man. But why show your secret in this matter? ”

"It's a long story." Ian said, he turned his head and continued to flip through the information in front of him: "Speaking of secrets, you have a lot of masters. The Outer Gods, the Lost Age, and the materials of these primordial sublimators, I don't know about these things...... My clearance is still too low to know about this too old history. ”

"Interesting, Terra has a lot of secrets."

The young researcher read intently what was in front of him, revealing his back to Gravi defenselessly.

But the old man didn't have the slightest idea of sneaking up on the other party...... Even if he was at the second level, and he had transformed himself into half of the Shenmu family, he could face the young man in front of him...... It is still vulnerable, like a child facing a tiger, like an ant facing a human.

- The third energy level. This is too exaggerated, the third energy level of the seventeen-year-old.

Master Gravi closed his eyes. He thought to himself.

This matter may even be even more incredible than his own research, he just used the power of a mere god to strengthen himself, and planned to do some research that is not too outrageous to benefit the elves, this kind of thing has been done since ancient times, at most, the raw materials are relatively difficult to find, and there are relatively few qualified researchers.

In the final analysis, it is 'there were ancients before'.

None of these things add up to Ian's strength.

Seventeen-year-old third energy level......

This is unique in the world, unprecedented and unprecedented, and it can be seen that it will be difficult to 'come later' in the future.

"You ......"

Speak, then pause for a moment to gather your thoughts. Master Gravi said slowly, "You have restrained the changes in the higher life factors in my body...... This technique is very delicate, and it is clear that it has been the result of a long period of research and practical experimentation. ”

"You're from the Gnostic?"

"Nope. I had a little friction with the Gnostic. ”

Ian didn't look back, he was browsing the vast amount of research in Master Gravi's room at an almost flying speed: "I'm just curious, and I want to know everything. ”

"This box."

The boy turned his head sideways, and he stretched out his hand and lifted the silver box: "The contents of this box are the things I want to know most about the entire Siren." Truth be told, Master Gravi, I could have taken it secretly and watched you die and be killed by the killers. And then I'm going to recycle it. ”

"Easy, easy, fast, no aftermath and I get all the things I want."

"But I still saved your life. You know why. ”

"You want to know more." Master Gravi was a little stunned, he could fully understand Ian's thoughts...... The other party, like himself, was a man of truth, and the young man sensed the incompleteness of his own information, and there was still a lot of key information in his head, so he did not kill himself.

"If you want to know anything, you ask, and I'll answer."

I know that according to common sense, as long as I want to live, I have to grasp this information, and I can't tell Ian all at once...... But I don't know if it's because it's the same in nature, or if the Shenmu factor in the body is silent, allowing the old man to regain his youthful character.

At this moment, Master Gravi sat upright on the edge of the bed, and he said calmly, "And I want to know your true purpose—I am also curious about your secrets, young man. ”

"We can swap."

Bang!

The entire Siren was shaken violently, and the sound of artillery fire and battle could be faintly heard outside the room.

Heavy rain and thunder are sweeping the sea and sky beyond the cabin, and the sea beasts are storming the siren's defenses, and Captain Elden is holding back the three sea beast kings, but it will not last.

But neither of the two people present was nervous in the slightest.

Faced with Master Gravi's invitation, Ian turned his head.

He looked at the other party carefully, and then smiled: "Fair and just deal." Master, I have a feeling. ”

"What you want to do, I'm definitely interested in."

【Ladder Life Tree Fragments】

[Fifth Energy Level, Fragment, Breakage, Authority, Edible]

[The Larrell civilization in the center of the Spinning Light galaxy was a spark created before its homeland sank into darkness. It hatched in the moons of Deus, the sixth planet of the Terra Domain, and grew into a Tinder Body, and was eventually defeated by the local civilization of Terra after traveling to Terra, losing all of its soul and self-consciousness.

[This fragment is part of the remains of the Ladder of Life, and although it has lost its soul and intelligence, the body of the immortal thing still has a powerful effect]

[After long-term contact, the life below the third energy level will be gradually forcibly promoted to the descendant of the Ladder Life Tree]

[Essentia: 825.8733 Authority Units]

【……】

This is the original appearance of the little tree root stored in the Silver Vault.

A tinder.

A super life hatched from a fire.

The information revealed by the silver chip made Ian a little puzzled at first, and then suddenly realized.

Yes, tinder, tinder...... That's it!

From the very beginning, Ian wondered about the sparks of these alien planets—what was the point of them if they were just the tombstones of a civilization that stored all the information of a civilization?

Is it just for civilizations on other planets to pick up these technological and cultural gift packs, select their own useful parts, and then store them in a treasure chest for preservation?

Perhaps, some civilizations without technology can only do this. Their so-called spark can only be a tombstone, and they can only hope to wait in the void, wait for fate to guide the miracle to happen, wait for an incredible miracle, let everything out of the cycle of chaos and reappear in the world again.

As long as the tombstones are maintained, as long as these materials remain in the universe, then hope will always exist.

However, as long as there is a civilization with the corresponding technology, it will definitely make the fire of its own civilization a real 'tinder'.

As long as the right fuel is used, it can be re-burned and turned into a 'tinder' for a raging fire!

"The Lary civilization, located in the middle of the Spinning Light Galaxy, was the kindling that was created in its homeland before it sank into darkness. It hatched in the moon of Deus, the sixth planet of Terra, and grew into a Tinder Whole, and was eventually defeated by the local civilization of Terra after traveling to Terra, losing all soul and self-consciousness. ”

Ian repeated this sentence in his mind, emphasizing the message: "The Larrel civilization should be a plant-based, biotechnology-based civilization. The sparks they created were sent to Terra and hatched in the moons of Planet Six. ”

"It grows from matter and energy there, and eventually becomes the 'Tinder Whole'...... That is, the fifth level of super life, which is the existence of the 'top seat' of all things. ”

"Yes. This is the top seat. Only a civilization, all information, and all forces can be fused together to create a fifth energy level, and only the fifth energy level can sit on the top of civilization and nature. ”

"The Ladder of Life Tree is the complete form of the Larrell civilization fire, it is essentially a civilization recovery device, which will create a new Larrean on another planet, and like a super factory, create tools that can reproduce the entire Larrean civilization."

"Its so-called 'family sub-strain' may be the Larian in a sense...... It may be easy to say for an empty planet, but for Terra, who already has a native civilization...... This is tantamount to an alien invasion. ”

That's why.

Ian knew in his heart at the moment, he knew that the Lost Age lasted for nearly a thousand years, and it was impossible to be calm in the process, and the Terrans had almost lost all knowledge of the pre-era civilization after the Lost Era, which was difficult for the pre-era civilization with many large shelters to understand, after all, as long as the population in the shelters was large enough, they could preserve the civilization.

But if the millennium of the Lost Era refers to the fact that the Terra civilization has been constantly at war with various alien civilizations after the catastrophe of the Fallen from the sky, and has been at war with the 'gods of the sky' hatched from these fires...... It makes sense that civilization has been lost in the war, or has been reshaped into something completely different from before.

"In the Lost Era, the system of pre-era civilization was gradually reversed into a civilization dominated by sublimators...... This is necessarily a 'military superiority' that can only happen during war...... Yes, perhaps in the beginning, the sublimators of the human race did not have such a powerful power as the fourth and fifth energy levels, and those survivors of the pre-era civilization of Terra relied on the residual pre-era civilization technology to kill these outer gods, and used the flesh and blood of these outer gods to create the original high-level powerhouses! ”

To be honest, when Ian learned about the Sublimator System from Mr. Hilliard, a basic doubt popped up in his mind.

"Ordinary people gather in groups, and they can barely hunt the first-level demonic beasts, use their flesh and blood to refine magic potions, and make people become sublimators, and then it is more convenient to hunt demonic beasts after having sublimators, so that the number of sublimators can increase."

At that time, the boy expressed his confusion to the teacher: "Then, a large number of first-level sublimators gathered into a group, armed themselves with technology, and maybe they could also hunt second-level demonic beasts. I can still understand it up to this point, and it makes sense. ”

"However, even if it is 10,000 second-level demonic beasts, it is absolutely impossible to hunt a third-level demonic beast...... It's impossible, teacher! ”

A person, whose average physical fitness is 20 percent higher than others, can easily defeat several ordinary people who are only 20 percent lower than himself, but he will definitely not be able to defeat five or six people combined.

However, if this person's physical fitness is 100 percent higher than that of others, and he has twice the physical fitness, he can easily break through the encirclement of a dozen or even dozens of people with one punch, and even constantly annihilate the opponent with sports warfare.

Beyond a certain boundary, to reach the power of qualitative change, you can ignore quantity. Of course, if these dozens of people use firearms and use all kinds of technology, then the former may still lose.

But what if the former's all-round data is dozens of times that of ordinary people? The speed of a gun was not half as fast as his running, and such an existence was simply not limited by any number of people and technology.

Simpler reason: a tank can completely dominate the medieval battlefield, even if it is limited by various methods, defeated by medieval people using various fire bomb fuel and other methods, but the price paid by the opponent is definitely far greater than a tank.

But could the people of the Middle Ages deal with space-based strike systems in outer space?

Impossible, they can't even detect each other's presence.

This is a 'qualitative change'.

The third energy level, which is in Terra, a world with a large number of sublimators, has also reached the level of the smallest unit of this 'qualitative change'.

With the Heartlight shield, the third energy level is intact and uninjured, and there will be no fear in the face of ten thousand fully armed and even armored second energy levels.

It is absolutely impossible for a sublimator of the second energy level to use his own individual strength to obtain the materials of the third energy level...... This is the reason why in the continent of Terra, the first and second energy levels may still be relatively common, but the number of third energy levels is very small.

Because the access to the materials of the third level can only be given by the 'organization' that has the stronger one.

But here's the problem.

The third energy level is already so difficult to achieve, so what about the fourth and fifth energy levels that go up?

You know, generally speaking, an entire planet may not be able to nurture a fourth-level life!

Terra's original fourth and fifth energy levels, as well as their potion materials...... Where did it come from?

Ian didn't know it, but now, he did.

It's all tinder.

It's all out of the world.

The remnants of the pre-Terra civilization used their remnants, the last remnants of the civilization, to defeat the gods of the Outer Heavens who had first descended on Terra—they were devastated, their civilization was in tatters, but the enemies were still coming.

To this end, in order to fight against the constant flow of invasions and wars, destruction and apocalypse, these first ascensions took the most crucial step.

They devoured the corpses of the gods, incarnated themselves as gods, walked gods, and stood on the throne of all beings.

- This is the origin of Terra's original fifth-level inheritance.

Those, the beginning of the first 'bloodline' sublimators.

"yes. It's a given. ”

Ian muttered softly.

He still remembered that when he was watching the prophetic dream, he complained when he saw the information about the Flower of Karin - even the Earth in his previous life, such an interstellar civilization that had begun to build light-speed spaceships could not stop several super life invasions like the Flower of Karin.

Apparently, the Flower of Karin was presumably some kind of spark that was kept and contained by a pre-era civilization, but was released in the afterlife.

In the face of such invasions, one or two may be okay, but the more times they occur, the more people die because of the war, the weaker the civilization of the earth will be, and then decline.

It has nothing to do with the strength of technology, unless there is a generational gap, and one side can crush one side, otherwise, the result of the war will inevitably be that both sides will suffer.

The civilization of the Earth and the pre-Terra era civilization are both civilizations built on 'everyone'...... Everyone contributes to civilization, and everyone is a part of civilization and a force of civilization.

Such civilizations are relatively equal, and they are more adept at cooperating to overcome difficulties. But civilization cannot be perfect, and such a collective civilization will face the invasion of alien fire creatures that will cause huge damage and casualties every time, and even if it wins, it will seriously damage its potential.

The death of man is very important for such a civilization.

So, for the sake of existence, for the sake of continuity...... Faced with an unending war of interstellar invasion during the Lost Age, the Terra civilization has no choice but to embark on another path that does not know right or wrong, but can survive.

Sublimate the path of civilization.

Maybe it's because of the inspiration brought by the Tinder Super Life, or maybe it's some kind of homology between friend and foe.

The original sublimators may have been created according to the tinder model of 'one man is civilization'...... This is very similar to the existence of true dragons, so in the inheritance of the fifth energy level, there are also a considerable number of true dragons of all kinds.

This may also be some kind of 'cooperation' between the true dragon and the pre-epoch civilization - the true dragon provides power to the pre-epoch civilization, and the pre-epoch civilization needs to make another sacrifice for the true dragon.

In a word.

In the sublimation civilization, all individuals are the descendants and nourishment of the final sublimation, and the strong people created by such a civilization can deal with disasters that are enough to destroy the civilization with their own strength, and can defeat strong enemies several times in a row, and the required repair materials can even be taken from the enemy, not like people, dead is dead, and if you want to recover, you need to educate another one as complicated.

Just like the continent of Terra today, the four major Orthodox Christians have joined forces with the nations to suppress countless outer gods and alien fires, devouring these existential forces and transforming them into the power of humanity itself.

The power of the strong.

"The 'forerunner' of the head of the Xenomorph Research Institute...... Perhaps, it was he who developed the Potions system, the cornerstone of the modern Terra Sublimator, so he became a pioneer recognized by the chip civilization. ”

Ian knew in his heart: "His research has saved the civilization of Terra." But the existence of sublimated civilization binds the self...... Today's Terra has stagnated because of the existence of the strong, and the strife and contradictions between the countries cannot bring peace to all living beings. ”

"The arcane path I have developed can solve, or hopefully, solve these problems."

"So, I'm also identified as a pioneer."

Ian doesn't think that he is the one who can save something and solve all problems. But he believed he could open a door in a dark house.

That's enough.

"War."

After thinking for a while, Ian asked Master Gravi, "Are all the gods outside the heavens at war with humans?" ”

"Nope."

The red-haired elf shook his head, although he didn't know why Ian asked this question in the first place, but he still answered Ian in detail: "When the outer gods arrive in Terra, most of them will start to erode and transform our world...... Our ancestors had no choice but to go to war with them. ”

"However, there are some external gods who still have wisdom and can understand our civilization and choose to communicate with us. They are not enemies of us, they have even become part of us. ”

"The tree people of Canaan Moore, the spirit clan of Yanjiang, the bloodline inherited by those ancient tribes of the Nine Cold Silent Mountains, and even among the people of your empire, there are also races with the blood of the distant heavenly firmament. They are everywhere, they are human beings, they are no longer fires, they are fires that are intertwined with us. ”

With that, the bioalchemist smiled cheerfully at Ian, "Of course, it's not without a price. ”

"Distortion. The threat that all sublimators have to face is the result of this price. ”

Distortion ......

Ian thoughtfully, "I see. But the rumors circulating among the public are not wrong - the blood of many magical beasts is intertwined, and it eventually contaminates the human gene pool. ”

"However, there are many demonic beasts in the first place, which are the primitive bodies left behind by those aliens after they lost their intelligence...... It's like the Celestial Ladder of Life Tree's family, if they have intelligence, they are a branch of a tree man, and if not, they will be hunted by us. ”

"Exactly." Master Gravi sighed: "The truth is not hidden, but the method of interpretation is in the hands of a few people - the same thing can see many different meanings, which is the most absurd and true lie." ”

"But I still feel weird."

Ian's brow furrowed, his perspective always unique, and he was able to grasp some of the most critical issues in things: "The reason why these outer gods came to Terra is to multiply their race and civilization. They should actually communicate, because everyone knows that if they come to a planet with a high civilization, and then spread regardless of it, they will definitely be wiped out. ”

"It is true that many of the outer gods have been destroyed, and their sparks have become fragments of your box, trophies of war for us humans. But it shouldn't, I don't believe that the wise men of other civilizations could not have imagined that this was possible, and as a spark of continuation, it was impossible for them not to communicate. ”

"Perhaps." Regarding Ian's thoughts, Master Gravi was noncommittal: "It's just Ian, you may have imagined civilization too unified. ”

Saying this, the old man raised his hand and raised his fingers: "We humans use the decimal system because we have ten fingers. This may not be true, but let's leave it at that. ”

"Civilizations, then, with a different number of fingers, will use different decimal systems...... Coupled with the fingerless creatures, they only exist in the virtual realm, and they can understand many truths in this world without even mathematics, build civilizations, and reach consensus. ”

"Such a civilization is simply not able to communicate with us...... Even mathematics and constants cannot communicate, because they observe the universe in the system, and we humans who use physical bodies, optical sensing systems to observe the world, and flesh and electrical signals to sense the world...... It's not at all. ”

"Think about it, civilizations are strange, and there are infinite possibilities for living things—the knowledge that we humans can know, the common sense that we can understand, is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. It would be a bit arrogant to expect us to understand all civilizations, or rather, to expect all civilizations to understand us. ”

"That's just the way it is."

Master Gravi sighed: "Even between people, as long as they have different concepts and different levels of knowledge, it is difficult to understand each other. You are concerned about the future of your country in 100 years, thinking about its way out in 100 years, while ordinary people are only thinking about how to buy more goods tomorrow to make a living...... The same is true of civilization, everything that we humans take for granted is completely different from another civilization, and it is not surprising that something unreasonable, even sinful, is not surprising. ”

"To the outer gods, our Terra may be a broken stone full of pus, with many abominable little bugs, dangerous man-eating beasts, a horde of demonic beasts with great unknown powers...... In order to survive, they must destroy us. ”

They may not even be aware of our existence. For example, if a mayfly can only live for a day or two, how can it understand the lifespan of us humans, and understand spring, summer, autumn and winter? Our seasonal changes are one incredible after another for the mayfly population. ”

"yes."

Hearing this, Ian also understood a little, and he sighed: "Indeed. It is impossible to expect the entire universe to speak a lingua franca, nor is it possible that all aliens are humanoid beings with similar social formations...... Communication is also a laborious task. ”

"Yes."

Master Gravi shrugged his shoulders, he had also been troubled by this matter in the past, he was a person from the past, so when he saw Ian, who had the same confusion, he couldn't help but feel a little closer: "Ian, you don't need to understand and think about these outer gods, unless they can understand us. We just need their strength. ”

"It's arrogance, but it's also humility. They exist as one. ”

Truly. Ian nodded slowly, it was wonderful to expect the Terrans to understand each other with extraterrestrial life.

Soon, he continued to speak.

"Master Gravi, I think I understand the true purpose of your research."

Setting aside the papers he had read, Ian sat in his chair, his legs crossed, holding the silver box containing the long story of the Tree of Life.

He stroked the smooth surface of the silver box and said calmly, "The reason why you stole the fragments of the Tree of Life from the Gnostic Academy is not to provide them to Canaan Moore, so that Canaan Moore can also obtain research materials related to it and make progress in biology...... You don't want to prolong your life through the clanization of the Divine Tree. ”

"What you really want to study is actually a kind of transformation."

"A powerful lifeform, the transformation of other weak lifeforms, and the enhancement. That is, dependentization. ”

"In this process, only essentia is needed, no potions, no hunting of demonic beasts, no alchemists...... All it takes is one god. ”

"This is the way to popularize the whole people and turn an entire nation into an extraordinary existence."

Saying this, Ian smiled at Master Gravi, whose face changed slightly, "It sounds like there is a lot of trouble in the future—turning yourself into a family is indeed the same as entrusting your life and soul to the hands of other people's outer gods...... But what if God died? ”

"As long as the god is killed, use the fragments of the god's body after the fall of the god as the material for the promotion and transformation of the family...... As long as God becomes a 'pillar of God' that cannot be resisted, into a force that can be controlled by us humans, a natural phenomenon. ”

"Then the so-called dependents can be free, surpass the so-called dependents, and transform into a more superior existence."

"Become a higher being."

"A kind, a whole new sublimator."

Speaking of this, Ian couldn't help but think of the passage he had exchanged with Adalbert in the Xia Hui Collar.

- As long as the AI that can gather computing power and create essa structures is hidden in the virtual realm, then the future of human beings will only see it as a natural phenomenon, and as long as they meditate, pray, and sign a contract, they will be able to gain power.

That being the case, the essentia structure given by AI may be essentially the same as that of a dead god.

Oh, yes...... To give mankind a new possibility, to transform from the 'wartime road' of the path of sublimation, and once again get more choices and possibilities......

While it may not be right, it may cause more disasters and may go astray...... But this heart, this heart that wants to go far, is definitely not wrong!

Master Gravi is his fellow traveler.

Yes, of course, it is not comprehensive, and there are many aftermaths, but ...... Master Gravi, like the Great Prince, does have the same 'Arcane Path' in his heart as his Ian, but it is different!

"Incredible......

Master Gravi's face changed drastically at this time, and he couldn't imagine that Ian could really see his purpose—the old man's expression was extremely complicated at the moment, and he looked at Ian with the horror of a dangerous person who had completely seen through himself, and like the ecstasy of a lonely person who had finally met his colleagues.

"Who the hell are you?!" The elven master couldn't help but ask: "It is impossible for an ordinary alchemy genius to see through this step!" Who is behind you, and whose disciple are you?! ”

"Their names can't tell you, that's a temporary secret."

Sitting in his chair, Ian calmly replied, "As for me...... You could consider me a 'forerunner'...... No. ”

The boy changed his tune. He thought for a moment, then said softly, "You can call me ......"

"[Pioneer]."

Ian, of course, is not the great being in the previous books, but there is never only one pioneer, and the future will go a different way.

But now, there is no doubt that Ian is a pioneer in leading the future of civilization and forging new directions, and there is no ambiguity for that.

Today's chapter is very difficult to write.,I'll update it every day at 8 o'clock as much as possible.,It's good to wait for the body to fully recover.,Everyone has actually been very uncomfortable lately.,Be considerate of each other ()

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