Chapter 536: Go to Qinglong for help?
The ladder leading to the ultimate life form?
The weight of this sentence is very heavy. When Levenbeck finished speaking.
The Virgin Mary and the Prophet looked at him fervently at the same time, breathing rapidly, and the Virgin Mary clenched her folded hands into fists.
The ultimate life form, the pursuit of all evolved beings, is right in front of us?
The Virgin Mary's body burst out with energy particles uncontrollably. She hesitated several times, and after calming down a little, she cautiously asked, "What substance is it, and how can it be used?"
Although the prophet did not speak, he also stared at Levenbeck. Facing the two people's expectant gazes, Levenbeck shook his head and said:
"I don't know what substance it is. You two can name it. As for how to use it, I still don't have a clue."
The atmosphere stagnated again. The Virgin Mary and the Prophet felt as if their high emotions were doused with a bucket of cold water, and the stairs in front of them collapsed.
You don't know anything, and yet you dare to talk about the ladder to the ultimate life form?
The excessive change of emotions even made the Virgin Mary unconsciously angry. She said coldly, "Are you saying that the conclusion you just made was just your own conjecture?"
"It's not completely conjecture..." Levenback explained.
But the Virgin Mary and the Prophet's expressions did not improve at all, and they still stared at him coldly.
Not entirely, but it does mean that part of it is true.
Levenbeck didn't continue to keep them waiting, and immediately explained:
"You two should both be familiar with His Highness Ryan. He is a prince of the latest generation and has not yet embarked on the path to the ultimate state. In fact, the progress of his gene seed development is not very high."
"Before his death, his development progress was..." Levenback's eyes flickered before he continued, "About 60%."
Or maybe he used alchemical substances to forcefully stimulate it, and it was only barely over 30%.
Levenbeck emphasized, "However, the development progress of this clone is now approaching 80%. That substance has forcibly stimulated the development of the golden seed in his body, and there are no side effects."
The most important thing is that there are no aftereffects, as his alchemical substances have too many side effects.
The two finally regained their interest. The Virgin frowned as she looked at "Ryan" curled up on the ground. "Is he an X-level life form?"
Levenbeck nodded: "Of course, it's just that this guy hasn't fully adapted to his body yet, and he also has no memory of Ryan. He's like a blank sheet of paper."
The Virgin Mary still had some doubts. She pointed out an energy particle with her delicate fingers and suddenly hit the clone lying on the ground.
The other party's face was filled with fear, and he shuddered again, even letting out an "Ahhh" howl, but there was indeed no scar left where the energy landed.
"Not only that..." Levenbeck continued, "That special substance repaired the damage to Ryan's body caused by the Azure Dragon virus and even strengthened his underlying gene seed..."
"What do you mean?" The Virgin Mary frowned, not very familiar with such knowledge.
"This is the correct path of evolution," Levenback said solemnly. "The ultimate path of genetic evolution shouldn't be to stack gene seeds within the body, but to use this substance to repair underlying genes and gradually strengthen them."
"Finally, make the ultimate leap and become the ultimate life form."
The Virgin Mary and the Prophet looked at each other. They were not surprised that the "Ultimate Path" was wrong.
At their peak, they almost controlled the entire empire, and a lot of relevant information about the empire was backed up within the Holy Mother Church.
Surprised by the second half of Levenbeck's words, the Virgin Mary couldn't wait to ask, "You mean, as long as we continue to extract this substance, we can shape it into the foundation of the ultimate life form?"
"You could say that." Levenback nodded. "Of course, there's also the crucial Ultimate Gene Seed."
"But..." Levenbeck shook his head again: "This condition is too harsh."
The Virgin Mary couldn't help but ask, "Can this corpse be made into gene seed? I mean the entire limb, not just this one arm."
Having said that, she even felt determined to go all out.
If the ultimate life form is truly within reach, we must find the remaining limbs and create the gene seed at all costs.
"Yes, of course." Levenbeck said, "Not only can it, but it doesn't need such a high degree of completeness."
"Low-level gene seeds require the body to be intact because the life form is low-level and gene fragments are scarce. It is difficult to extract perfect genes from a part of a limb."
"But this corpse is different. It has evolved to perfection. This arm can be used to produce more than one gene seed."
"Hmm?" The Virgin Mary and the Prophet looked over suddenly, their eyes gleaming. "Are you sure?"
"To be frank, I'm one of the top biology experts in the entire galaxy. There's no 'one' to speak of," Levenback said calmly. "If I say I can, I'm sure I can."
"But you don't understand what I mean." Levenback explained: "The current path of genetic evolution is one of conquering the powerful. In essence, it even relies on other life forms."
"If we can't find the Ultimate Life Form, we can't create the gene seed. No matter how good the preparations are, it's useless because the flaws are too great."
The Reverend Mother and the Prophet frowned, discussing the necessity of the entire evolutionary path, which meant little to them.
Levenbeck glanced at them and couldn't help but sigh, knowing that it would be useless to talk to these two guys.
He mused to himself, "The path of genetic evolution is essentially an imitation of the Titans' path of evolution. The Titans' path of evolution is also not perfect."
"Without the Ultimate Gene Seed, we can't evolve?"
His mind was full of thoughts, but he was interrupted by the Virgin Mary, "Then you should extract that substance as soon as possible."
"I can't extract it." Levenbeck came back to his senses, extremely helpless. "I don't even know how it was created. It's the product of a combination of factors."
"The black goat's egg, the cells from the severed arm, and Ryan's empty bottle. My alchemical substance cannot be born without any of these elements. And after it is born, Ryan will immediately absorb this substance to make up for his own shortcomings."
"This is a closed-loop process. If external forces interfere with this process, I'm afraid nothing will happen."
The Virgin Mary stared at him coldly, feeling that she had been fooled several times. It was difficult to talk to these technical workers.
The prophet listened for a long time, and finally spoke, "Then just tell me directly, how can we extract it?"
"I need more empty bottles. Ryan's nature is too simple. I don't know what role his Titan bloodline plays in the process. I also need empty bottles without Titan bloodline for comparison." Levenbeck said. Seeing the two people were silent, he further added:
"It is a life form that has been ravaged by the Azure Dragon virus, and whose potential for development has been completely destroyed."
"Desire..." The Virgin Mary immediately thought of it, and then said, "Because of excessive degeneration, she is now dead, but the gene fragments are still there. Perhaps you can clone her."
"I can't clone him." Levenback shook his head. "I was able to clone Ryan because of special circumstances. I was able to perfectly replicate his physical condition."
Ryan was once corroded by alchemical substances, leaving behind alchemical seeds, so Levenbeck was able to be "cloned".
It is not cloning in essence, but a kind of "life alchemy", and only one can be produced.
"We can't clone it, so we need a living one?" The Virgin Mary couldn't help but sneer. "Do we have to ask Qinglong for help?"
Levenbeck's eyes flickered. "Actually, I suspect Qinglong has already begun researching the future of genetic evolution. That virus should be a byproduct, used to create empty bottles."
At this point, Levenbeck couldn't help but sigh, "Unfortunately, I can hardly imagine how he did it."
After listening to what was said, the Holy Mother realized that there seemed to be no concrete progress and could not help but sneer, "Qinglong, Qinglong again?"
"Then what role does your Excellency have? We might as well just cooperate with Qinglong directly."
"Whatever..." Levenbeck didn't care, and the Virgin Mary was depressed.
The prophet said, "According to what you said, you haven't studied Ryan, the empty bottle, thoroughly yet. Is it not difficult to move forward?"
"That's right." Levenback nodded. "There are still many secrets about Ryan that I haven't figured out. I can't handle it alone. It would be best to find a few top experts in biology."
"Let's study it first." The prophet said, "The interstellar world is not peaceful right now. Someone is targeting us. They are quite powerful and have already destroyed several branches. It's not wise to go out and act rashly."
"Oh?" Levenbeck was surprised and pondered, "Actually, someone is also tracking me down, and the losses are not small."
"Hmm?" The Virgin Mary and the Prophet both looked slightly serious.
They rarely exchanged this information with Levenbeck, and it was even said that both of them rarely came to this experimental base.
It's not because they trust Levenbaker, but because they really don't understand. With Levenbaker's level, even if he fools them in person, they won't be able to figure it out.
"Who is pursuing?" the Virgin Mary asked. It was hard to believe that it was a coincidence that both parties were being pursued at the same time.
"The Covenant."
"Star Alliance?" The Virgin Mary and the Prophet were surprised.
Levenbeck knew what the two were thinking. "I don't know. Are they investigating me because of Ryan's interstellar massacre, or because of the Red River Star Stream?"
The Holy Mother frowned, and the Prophet shook her head, saying, "If this is about the Red River Star Stream, the ones investigating you should be the Empire and the Federation, not the Star Alliance."
The three of them fell silent. After comparing the information from both sides, they became even more confused.
The Reverend Mother thought for a long time before saying, "The Empire and the Federation were kept in the dark about our limb-severing. It's impossible for a third party to know that we went deep into the Red River Star Stream and even took away an arm."
"Qinglong..." Levenbeck suddenly uttered two words, and the atmosphere became stagnant again.
The prophet glanced at Levenbeck and shook his head, saying, "We had already left when the three great craftsmen arrived. How could Qinglong have guessed us for no reason?"
She asked tactfully, "Are you a little too... wary of Qinglong?"
"Just a casual mention." Levenbeck didn't think Qinglong knew they had been there.
As soon as I heard the words of the Holy Mother, the image of Qinglong popped up in my mind.
The two sides exchanged some information with each other before the Virgin Mary and the Prophet left here, their faces still looking a little gloomy when they left.
It seems like I got a lot, but it also seems like I got nothing.
After the two left, the members of the Holy Mother Church who were responsible for auxiliary work came forward and lifted Ryan up.
"Take him to his room, give him a bath, dress him, and teach him some common sense," Levenbeck ordered.
The members of the Holy Mother Church nodded, and Levenbeck watched Ryan leave. Silently, a scarlet light flashed in his eyes and disappeared.
Levenback suppressed his inner excitement. "...this substance actually exists, the perfect substance envisioned by alchemical civilization."
He bullied the Virgin Mary and the prophet for not understanding, and he concealed many things.
This kind of organization is the substance that he intended to use Li Ming to create before.
The higher-level substance that eliminates all side effects of alchemical substances can be called alchemical source substance.
It’s not that he can’t extract it, but the amount is too small to support his use.
Moreover, Ryan, the empty bottle, is already useless. His genetic defects have been repaired. Even if he is killed and refined again, it is impossible to produce this substance again.
He had to find more empty bottles before he could discover the mechanism of birth and even actually create this substance.
But when he thought of this, he thought of Qinglong again, during this period of in-depth research.
He became increasingly aware that the virus was definitely Qinglong's attempt to create the ultimate life form.
"Qinglong...Duanchui...Teacher, how far have you come?" Levenbeck suppressed his emotions and let out a long sigh.
The more he came into contact with Qinglong, the more he feared him. Coupled with the lingering impression of the forging hammer, he didn't dare to confront the other party head-on.
Unless he becomes the ultimate life form or possesses similar means, he will never be able to deal with Qinglong again.
…
In the Godcrafter Laboratory, the stiff bodies of Reynolds, Mikhail and the Dark Warrior suddenly trembled, and their mechanical pupils moved.
Immediately, Reynolds cursed loudly, his body buzzing with anger: "What a bunch of bastards! I knew they were shameless, but I didn't expect them to be so shameless!"
"I had anticipated this..." Mikhail said calmly.
Li Ming stretched his body and found this method more comfortable.
Reynolds scoffed at Mikhail's calmness. "You anticipated this? If you anticipated this, why didn't you think of a way to deal with it?"
Mikhail was too lazy to argue with him and shook his head, "I just didn't expect that they would know so much."
"Then why are you revealing everything?" Reynolds said coldly, "Qinglong has already said that. It's just a few bases, so it's fine if we lose them. But the path of mechanical evolution is our root."
"I don't believe they can really find the coordinates of this laboratory!"
Apparently, Reynolds didn't understand this, but suppressed it at the time and only questioned it now.
Mikhail frowned and said in a deep voice, "This is just the beginning. If we don't give them something, they won't give up."
"They've known about those two bases for a long time, but it's been a year since we returned from the Red River Star Stream. Why are they only bringing it up now?"
(End of this chapter)
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