Federation Year 3038.
Aside from the necessary defensive forces left behind, the rest of the Alliance's military had already returned to their home territories.
To face even greater challenges ahead, the Federation had barely paused for a single second, remaining on the fast track of full-scale development at all times.
However, the Federation now possessed a major advantage.
That was the rollout of universal Black Hole Lifeform transformation.
After all, improvement through Brain Development Potions was limited. That limit stood at roughly 40%; beyond that, the body could no longer endure it.
So, how could brain development continue to be raised?
The answer was simple: undergo a leap in one's life level.
As far as was currently known, humans could undergo three life-level transitions on the path to godhood.
The first was becoming a Dark Energy User. Upon reaching the level of a Peak Dark Energy Manipulator, the upper limit of brain development could reach 60%.
The second was becoming a Black Hole Lifeform. Once this step was completed, the upper limit of brain development would be raised directly to 80%, eventually reaching 90% through successive advancements.
After that came the final life transition: becoming a Chaos Lifeform.
Well, Luo Li, Jiang Xinlan, and the other two were Chaos Lifeforms.
At that point, the brain domain could be fully developed.
Of course, not many people could reach that stage. Even in the former Great Xia Federation, there had not been many.
So, from this perspective, the number and quality of Black Hole Lifeforms a civilization possessed largely determined its pace of development.
After all, the higher one's brain development, the more smoothly one could conduct scientific research.
Of course, if one advanced through abnormal methods like those used by the Noreya Empire, one's combat power might reach the standard of