Chapter 638: The Brilliant Era Is Setting Sail

Xu Zhi’s gaze swept over the scene.

This pixelated "Snake" game creature was indeed something they had personally crafted using their self-researched splitting and aggregation technology! This was 'biological alchemy'. The mental operation method was quite simple: using mental power to split cells was like using mental power to decompose a piece of fresh red pork into individual granules, then shaping it, and finally using "regeneration" type spells to catalyze flesh growth and re-adhere it. To draw a parallel, it was like the industrial process of modern assembly-line artificial synthetic steak.

"Actually, the basic cultivation level required isn't high; at fourth or fifth tier, they can use mental power to decompose," Xu Zhi thought. "After all, their cell particles are so large they're visible to the naked eye, like dismantling tiny pebbles. But the workload is immense. Their current cultivation is too low, so they can only disassemble them grain by grain and then reassemble them..." Upon seeing this colossal mosaic snake, even Xu Zhi had to admit, it was hardcore! How enormous must that workload be? One particle at a time... How long would it take to disassemble and reassemble all that? These players were truly dedicated, like having cirrhosis from overwork. They were still excitedly gesticulating, believing they had successfully created life.

At this moment, a group of oddly shaped creatures on the ground, seriously clad in white coats and holding notebooks, looked up at the giant snake. "Indeed, simple decomposition and synthesis of blocks cannot create a soul!" "This 'Snake' creature has self-awareness because we used experimental subject Bai Xiaojun. After he broke through to the sixth tier, he successfully adapted to the environment and transformed himself into a low-pixel creature, which then integrated with other blocks and underwent modifications." "We planted seeds, grain by grain, onto his mosaic form." "Human Transmutation! This is precisely the forbidden realm of alchemists. Even if we haven't 'seen the truth,' we have finally opened the door to truth!"

Hearing these words, Bai Xiaojun's face darkened. He had the highest cultivation level, having broken through to the sixth tier and adapted to become a mosaic creature. Naturally, they had chosen him to be the subject, transforming him into a strategic, suppression-grade weapon.

Bai Xiaojun quickly spoke to the surrounding players, "At tier six, once I've practiced and mastered the decomposition and synthesis techniques, my speed will likely become very fast. I'll truly become a 'Snake' that can eat blocks, constantly growing larger and thicker. Right now, I'm only eighteen meters long."

"At that point, I'm afraid your 'husband' might not be able to handle it," one player said, pushing up pixelated black-rimmed glasses, looking like a scholar. "Specimen #007, I personally suggest you exercise moderation."

Bai Xiaojun's face was a question mark. "What the heck is 'moderation'? Can you even talk properly? Can we have a pleasant conversation?" he thought.

Nevertheless, everyone remained excited, continuing their discussion. "Our biological characteristic is evolution, adapting to the environment. Not only can we evolve species adapted to radiation, but we can also become mosaic creatures. We can integrate with this planet and then self-modify." "We personally believe that becoming mosaic creatures is also related to this race's assimilation characteristic; otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy to evolve." "My suggestion is, since we've become mosaic animals, we can follow the demon race's path: as primordial spirits, enter the sea of consciousness space, and undergo self-transformation and evolution in a high-energy concentration space!" "Good idea! But how do we create a sea of consciousness space?" "The Rubik's Cube! Although we don't have Rubik's Cube genes, I personally believe that the Gem Kingdom underground has structural characteristics very similar to a Rubik's Cube. Taking octahedral gem blocks from them might be the raw material for creating an inner space! We still have wizarding data on the Rubik's Cube, a spatial item from back then." "Then we'll have to contact our brothers over there."

Under Xu Zhi's curious gaze, they successfully obtained octahedral crystals from the Gem Kingdom. After arduously tinkering for more than half a month, they genuinely managed to create spatial storage items.

It was during this period that a cosmic war erupted. "Holy cow!" "No way!" "Star Wars!" "This is terrifying! Is this a cosmic-level hell mode world?" On this nocturnal planet, countless Asura warriors gazed up at the starry sky, witnessing what looked like colossal fireworks exploding, and fully realizing their own insignificance.

In the year 231 of the Cosmic Calendar, Stone Star and Cybertron had ventured into space, becoming aware of each other's planets. They simultaneously created star maps and used cosmic astronomical equipment to observe most of the surrounding cosmos. Both planets simultaneously recognized the other's existence. At the same time, they discovered a vast, boundless main planet at the center of the universe. This "cosmic center" was the original main planet from which Caroline had peeled off hundreds of acres of smaller planets. Now, this "cosmic center" was incredibly immense, equivalent in size to the entire territory of China, and held countless valuable resources. "Kill!" "Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!"

War erupted between the two super-powered planets. Over the years, numerous Heavenly Emperors had been nurtured, all vying for control of the cosmic center. The two races, their warships, martial artists, and mechanical suits in space were torn into scattered debris, drifting in the cold cosmos, becoming cosmic junk. Xu Zhi stood quietly in space, watching this war unfold. "Caroline left that immense main planet, barren of any life, precisely so that these various floating planetary civilizations would contend and battle for it! To occupy this unknown, vast central land!" All other planets revolved around this central planet.

In the year 232 of the Cosmic Calendar, after more than half a year of brutal fighting, both sides had suffered too many losses and realized they couldn't directly destroy each other, so they quietly ceased hostilities. Both sides shifted their strategic focus, descending upon the main planet to transplant animals and environments from their own worlds, reshape the ecology, and establish their own nations. Their goal was singular: Occupy, exploit, and excavate. Because this main planet was so incredibly vast — even their own home planets seemed like tiny ants in comparison — the two factions did not encounter each other on this planet, developing independently.

The following year, in the year 233 of the Cosmic Calendar, as the war approached a peaceful resolution, the Great Colonial Era began. The two super-powered planets continued to engage in minor skirmishes, but they tacitly halted large-scale full-blown warfare, instead turning their attention to weaker, indigenous planets. "Help!" "Alien monsters!" Extremely weak planets like Ramu and Pixel Star, along with countless others, began to be invaded and ruled by them. Their inhabitants, as natives, were even sold as slaves.

On Ramu: "Wuwuwu..." A group of Ramu natives wailed. Utterly weak, without any talent or potential, they possessed no strength to resist. "This planet is now our property," declared the King of Cybertron, a mechanical spark warrior from Cybertron, his gaze cold. "Very interesting life forms, self-camouflaging and color-changing?" "They are beings with strong reproductive capabilities. After ten months of pregnancy each year, they can give birth to one offspring. Females of this race can produce one offspring per year, and at least seven or eight in their lifetime. Their numbers are growing exponentially. If I'm not mistaken, this race's life is very weak. Their only characteristics are basic intelligence and super reproductive power, yet they will be a massive source of labor for the entire universe. They can even be cultivated like straw, raised and then harvested. Even if raised for slaughter, they provide excellent life energy, with the potential for deification." "On this planet, we will massively breed them—hundreds of millions, billions, tens of billions—and transport them to various places as slaves for planetary construction, or even kill them to harvest energy for breakthroughs." "We can also sell them to the faction on Stone Star, but only male laborers, so they don't get a chance to procreate. I believe they will also appreciate such cheap life. At the same time, we can exchange some of the planetary slaves they control." Cybertron, as a highly technologically advanced civilization, actually had an extremely sparse population, with only a few thousand inhabitants on the entire planet, so few that they could even know each other by name. The entire race amounted to roughly the student body of a middle school.

"This is the cruelty of the Great Cosmic Era," the King of Cybertron murmured, lowering his head. With a serene expression, he extended a mechanical arm and stroked the head of the opposing tribal elder, like a superior human looking down upon a pig in a pen. "As long as you obey, we will grant you sufficient human rights."

On Pixel Star: *Crack! Crack! Crack!* A tribe of pixelated natives roared defiantly at the sky, throwing spears. "A group of brute-force special creatures, very bizarre, though their numbers are relatively sparse, and their reproductive rate is slow," Frieza commented from within his cold spaceship, looking down upon Pixel Star. "The natives of this planet would make good cosmic warriors." The pixel tribe that had once defeated the players ultimately could not withstand the terrifying civilization of Stone Star. They were suppressed and subjugated with overwhelming force, wailing in despair. "Ulu!" They fell to the ground. The once "white dwarfs" had ultimately become dragons themselves. However, the Cell hidden on Ramu had not yet been exposed, and the group of players on Pixel Star were also lying very low. The two super-powered planets did not discover the anomalies on these two worlds, which harbored terrifying unstable factors.

On the Central Planet with its immense territory, with the continuous arrival of planetary slaves, two great slave empires instantly rose on the surface within just one year! Towering science fiction architecture. Cities of dark steel jungles. On one side were powerful martial artists and various androids, while on the other was a civilization of pure mechanical armored warriors.

"What a magnificent planetary epic... too grand, too vast," Xu Zhi marveled, watching the mythical stellar saga. The war erupted swiftly, without hesitation or negotiation, only cold indifference and ruthlessness. "This is truly a clash between civilizations. Although it's not the 'dark forest' law of the universe, where civilizations immediately destroy each other upon encounter, stronger civilizations constantly enslave weaker ones and restrict their development.... A jungle ecology, bloody, dark, and cruel. This small universe might have already simulated a portion of the true cosmic planetary structure." Even the benevolent Zach was transforming into a truly cruel and cold cosmic emperor. He gradually realized that his race's hero would inevitably be the tyrant of other races. He had to enslave and exploit other races to expand his power and resist and defeat his opponents! If he didn't want to be ruled by Cybertron and become a slave again, he could only become a new slave master.

And Xu Zhi clearly saw it. Cell from Ramu had finally made his move in secret. Beneath the dazzling and prosperous starry sky, an endless red plain stretched out, with straw-like plants growing lush and dense, swaying across the land, full of unique, exotic planetary charm. *Crack!!* From a pile of grass, a stone statue, with legs curled up and head tilted to the right, slowly opened its eyes and stood up.

"I was almost beaten to death back then. It would take over a hundred years to recover, far too slow. A hundred-year gap would leave me completely behind; I'd almost certainly lose. However, I now have a new method for recovering from injuries." He was green all over, with rustling black spots on his skin. A slender creature with deep eyes, he had a pair of beetle wings draped behind him, exuding an indescribable mysterious tranquility. "Do you know why I descended upon this planet? It's not just because it resembles a god..." Cell said with a faint smile, looking up at the distant Stone Star in the sky, a hint of longing in his eyes. "It's also because of you Ramu people; your reproductive ability is too strong, too strong. That's precisely why I came to this planet..." "I knew it would inevitably be colonized, and I also knew that with such a massive reproductive rate, billions of Ramu people under dark rule would generate sufficient resentment, despair, fear, confusion, and hatred." "Zach, Frieza..." The sky's atmosphere churned with violent black clouds, and a beam of black light shone down. "The Dragon Balls you once relied on—I will now use the Dragon Balls to defeat you!!!" Cell raised his hands and thrust them violently upwards. "I acquired everyone's bloodline on Stone Star, so naturally, I wouldn't miss out on your techniques... I also have the Dragon Ball manufacturing technique." "Buried deep within the earth, these seven Dragon Balls, sucking your despair, have already taken shape..." "Come forth! Shenron!"

*Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!* Innumerable residual broken souls from the earth, distorted darkness, transformed into wisps that surged towards the sky, explosively coalescing into a black dragon that roared furiously! "Excellent, this accumulated dark wish energy..." A cold voice echoed. *Roar!!* A hideous, gnarled black dragon, made of twisted lumps, materialized in mid-air, roaring wildly as if to gather all the dark power into the Dragon Balls. The black dragon's scarlet, tyrannical eyes shone. "Mortal, state your wish."

On Pixel Star: Deep within the pixelated, cute, and adorable forest, a group of oddly shaped pixel creatures trembled, hidden in the shadows. "The Great Cosmic Era has begun; every planet holds various terrifying opportunities." "We're almost ready." "If we keep hiding, our lifespan won't last long; we need to cultivate." "We can only continue hiding in a different way." "Those pixel native 'husbands' can no longer support us; they can't satisfy our appetites. We'll have to let others support us!" *Whoosh!* "Get on the cosmic slingshot!" With blood-pumping shouts, they entered a small cube-shaped space and sat on a giant slingshot. "To the Central Planet!" Screenshot. They transformed into tiny meteors, shooting into the vast cosmos, heading towards the Central Planet.

*Whoosh.* "Mom, look, a shooting star!" On the Central Planet, in the Western Cybertron Kingdom, a Ramu child from an ordinary family stood on a third-floor balcony, pointing at the sky. The Cybertronians, despite being a highly civilized and intelligent race with a sparse population, still didn't oppress their slaves too much, granting them "human rights." They lived in cities, enjoyed food, and even some computer equipment and technological entertainment to pass their ten hours of dull work each day. They even made the slaves feel that this was a grace bestowed upon them by a higher civilization.

*Whoosh!* The shooting star crashed into the garden. "Wow! A shooting star!" The Ramu child quickly ran downstairs and rushed into the garden. In a crater left by the impact, he found a square mechanical toy. It had several buttons. The child gently pressed one, and a beam of light shot out. It was a small, yellowish Agumon, composed of individual blocks—an animated creature from a game, a different art style from the real world. "O child of destiny, are you to be my partner, Agumon's friend?"

"Ah!!" The child trembled all over, too astonished to speak.