Chapter 891: Joyfully Becoming a Father

The living room was profoundly silent, dark, and gloomy.

In the huge corridor outside the door, turbulent eddies slowly swirled.

“A Tenth-Tier? It seems to possess some unimaginable power, truly remarkable.” Xu Zhi opened his eyes. Returning from that path of inheritance, he sat calmly in his chair, merely organizing his thoughts.

He had to admit, the mysterious being he saw in the last scene had indeed left a strong impression on him.

This was the ancestral progenitor who founded the Iron-based civilization! This being had also reached the pinnacle of this grand path, looking down upon the entire universe. One could imagine how astonishing such an existence was; a hundred epic sagas would not be enough to describe its life.

“I just wonder if such a being is still alive.”

Xu Zhi’s eyes flickered.

After all, the inherited memories were merely images; whether the being was dead or alive remained unknown.

“But then again, this truly makes me an Iron-based life form, having received such systematic inheritance. It’s quite interesting...” He stretched lazily in his chair, feeling very relaxed. “Indeed, every great race in the universe that has survived for countless eons must be incredibly unique and splendid.”

He carefully pondered this inheritance.

The entire cultivation system was remarkably complete, from beginning to end, with every detail covered. This was the advantage of a mature system. Xu Zhi, by drawing parallels, felt he had gained a great deal.

In particular, the experience of the Nine-Tier path provided Xu Zhi with significant insights.

“Even though this cultivation technique can only be practiced by those with Iron-based life bloodlines, it’s still quite good.”

Xu Zhi remained indifferent.

His main body, a five-gene life form, had no intention of incorporating this Iron-based gene.

Even if it was powerful, he wasn't going to completely adopt others' methods. He could learn from it, but he couldn't abandon his own core research and development. If all five of his genes were from other civilizations, it would be quite meaningless...

“Speaking of deriving multiple systems, the cells of Iron-based life forms, which follow a high-density ‘spring’ pathway, are quite similar to the delicate density of the entire race’s cells…”

“However, the cells of the entire race are ceramic, with high density and hardness, leaning towards silicon-based rather than iron-based... Ceramic has poor ductility and elasticity, far inferior to ‘springs,’ so his cultivation technique cannot be used.”

While they appeared similar, the differences were actually quite significant.

“However, it might be possible to use this as a basis to develop similar cultivation techniques, as there is still a degree of similarity, and both can follow a high-density path.” Xu Zhi took a deep breath, his expression becoming incredibly calm.

He looked down at the Iron-based life form.

The soul of Xu Zhi’s clone had already abandoned its original body and entered this Zerg body. Thanks to the Zerg Mother Queen’s authority, there was no barrier.

He was currently controlling it to cultivate continuously, causing it to grow, expand, and swell rapidly.

At a rate of a hundred years per day.

“As mentioned before, the offspring of gods have almost no childhood... because they enter high-dimensional space-time to mature quickly, and it’s the same here.” He silently sensed the energy.

“It’s just absorbing energy too quickly; it’s a bit overwhelming...”

This energy absorption was almost draining him dry.

Indeed, one must remember that he now possessed a Mother River power station, as well as constant energy from various mature super-extraordinary sandboxes. The continuous cycle of extinction and renewal generated enormous, terrifying amounts of energy.

If he hadn't already stepped onto the Nine-Tier path and didn't require energy in the short term, he simply couldn't afford to sustain this super-devouring beast. Its terrifying size was almost unimaginably vast!

“The world is indeed balanced. The stronger the combat power, the larger the energy reserve required.” Xu Zhi watched the rapidly growing and expanding Iron-based life form; all the energy accumulated over these past days was rapidly depleting.

“I was just wondering what to do with the energy accumulated during this period, so I might as well invest it in cultivating this Iron-based life form... And to be even more decisive, I’ll abandon this Pangu true body as well.”

The next second, he instantly drained the vast Pangu true body, which was comparable to half a planet. It rapidly withered, becoming dry and shriveled like old black tree bark, transforming into a skeletal frame.

“Only seventy percent of the Pangu true body’s energy was recovered.”

He revealed a pained expression, retracting the unnecessarily vast form he had maintained, and rapidly transferred the energy to the Iron-based life form, enabling it to quickly reach adulthood.

The entire Iron-based life form rapidly grew, expanded, and heightened, becoming the size of a continent. Gradually, it transformed into a thin, short, 1.4-meter-tall Iron-based youth, sitting in the study chair.

This race was truly formidable; upon reaching adulthood, they possessed the realm of a Tier 7 Heavenly Emperor.

“I’ve done my best. There’s no more energy for now; I’ll have to wait... Its future size can develop gradually.”

The Iron-based giant sat in the chair, beginning to practice the cultivation methods of a deity.

Its entire body undulated, bulging and indenting, as if composed of spring-like particles. Various parts of its skin collapsed and withered to different degrees, shrinking itself and creating a strange sense of disarray, like a slowly beating heart of steel.

Xu Zhi’s expression suddenly showed a hint of surprise as he looked at the Iron-based crystal on the desk. There was still a trace of life circulating within it, and another spore had appeared...

“What? Another Iron-based life form has been born?”

He was utterly stunned on the spot.

At the time, when he saw a successfully mutated Zerg cell evolve, he had simply left it, focusing on carefully nurturing this one into the path of inheritance.

After all, the probability of success was too low; one was already good enough. Moreover, the entire culture dish had already consumed over sixty percent of the Iron-based cells at that time, and the spores were still rapidly dying. Xu Zhi thought it impossible for any more individuals with mutated adaptive genes to appear from the remainder...

“Did I win the lottery? Another one? This probability is so low that even miracle theorists couldn’t calculate it.”

He felt a bit bewildered.

After all, Iron-based life forms were a species with extremely low reproductive capabilities.

The current situation was like an Iron-based life form spending countless resources to have a child, only to be surprised by the appearance of twins.

However, for Xu Zhi, it was more alarm than joy.

Because he wasn't truly of the Iron-based lineage himself, he simply couldn’t afford to raise a second one, no matter how gifted the infant was...

One clone was enough for him; a second one was simply redundant.

“This is too much for me.” Xu Zhi shook his head, wondering how to deal with this situation.

But the next second.

“Papa...”

The Zerg spore transformed into a small iron ball, expelling tiny crimson iron filings. It seemed to sense the presence of its kin, full of joyful, innocent excitement.

Xu Zhi: “???”

His entire face darkened, and his mind went blank with shock. Looking at the little iron egg, a thought couldn’t help but surface: *I really have become ‘the old man next door.’*