From the Star Abyss
Chapter 198

055: New Awakening

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After a whole night of arrests, interrogations, and negotiations, Li Aoz once again felt the excellent matching mechanism of the Frostplate Region.

In the Grant Republic, with a population of less than 50 million, there are a staggering 381 political parties, ranging from self-governing groups composed of a dozen or so neighborhoods to local religious organizations with tens of thousands of members. Bermudes's soldiers spent half a day busy managing to get a few people to flee the country, or Frostplate leave under the guise of political asylum.

These groups were mostly supported by Law Enforcement Division Three agents, with as many as four hundred Law Three Special Agent deployed in the Grandlands. Among them were some wicked individuals, such as the "Meishuang Group," who believed that Grantian were born inferior and that women must be encouraged to conceive Frostplate Citizen children. They also incited other countries to discriminate against Grandlands immigrants, aiming to exterminate all Grantian and allow the Frostplate to completely control the Grandlands.

Compared to the Colonial Party, both are considered patriotic.

However, in reality, some groups with too few members can't get their money out, but as soon as Bermudes knocks on the door and enters, they immediately cooperate obediently.

Their existence serves no purpose other than attracting attention and providing material for jokes; they are not even an obstacle to Bermudes's rule. Before they could be dealt with, Li Aoz's mission objective was already accomplished.

However, before that, the effects of the Aura Awakening Potion finally took hold at a snail's pace, awakening new Aoneng.

[Integrated Gene Sequence]

[Release Invalid Gene Fragments]

[Replicate Gene Fragments]

The New Aura Gene Constructed.

"I'm going to Pharmacokinetics at the doctoral level, this is too much of a hassle."

Li Aoz rubbed his neck and immediately flew to the desolate wilderness. Looking at the series of messages coming from the system below, he began to filter out the awakened Aoneng.

[Excellent work, Child of the Source Abyss. Your progress has made the entire universe take notice.]

[Your will has begun to interfere with the selection of genes; from this day forward, your physical body is no longer merely a shell of genes.]

The spirit of independence guides the future towards freedom; the stars will offer crowns to the true ruler.

[Please choose one of the following options as your subordinate Aoneng]: A - [Teleportation]: Y (the twentieth Greek letter) Aoneng, providing dual benefits of [Willpower] and [Charisma]. Your brain is incredibly powerful, capable of releasing powerful brainwaves and transmitting your will thousands of meters away.

Aoneng's performance:

Active Activation – Consumes Aoneng to transmit your will to distant creatures. When your [will] is strong enough, you can exert mental control over them.

Passive state - You have a very high probability of hearing the thought fluctuations of any living being within a spherical space with a radius of 10 meters; "Shut up, let me listen to your thoughts."

B - [Touch of Corruption]: Zeta-class (ζ, the sixth Greek letter) Aoneng, providing dual benefits to [Constitution] and [Charisma]. You can inflict the 'Corruption' status on any organic matter.

Active activation – By touching an object, it decays. If the target is a carbon-based organism, the decay has a high probability of turning into 'infection' and spreading to multiple targets.

Passive state - The [Charm] attribute can be used in place of the [Constitution] attribute for identification.

"It itches, but it tastes good."

C - [Physical Enhancement]: Kappa-class (κ, the tenth Greek letter) Aoneng, providing dual benefits to [Constitution] and [Charisma]. The enhancement of muscles and bones has reached an unbelievable level.

Active Activation – Muscle structure is recombined, density is greatly increased, bones are simplified, and strength is increased, allowing you to unleash terrifying monstrous strength (10 tons * your [Charisma] attribute). Passive Status – Each time you advance to a higher level, [Constitution] is increased by an additional 50, and maximum health is permanently increased by 1,000.

"Titanium-reinforced steel frame, the body of a hegemon."

D - [Eye of Truth]: Mystic-level (M, the twelfth Greek letter) Aoneng, [Charisma] single benefit. Your insight allows you to instantly see through an enemy's target.

Active activation – Instantly gain insight and display all target information within the field of view.

Passive state - You can identify items yourself and directly identify item information. The higher your charm, the more detailed the information you can see.

"A person can live in failure, but never in lies."

What to do? Li Aoz was starting to have a headache.

It wasn't that the awakened Aoneng was bad, but rather that it was too good; each one was very useful, leaving him somewhat at a loss.

[Eye of Truth] can directly counter Imitation Human and Imitation Society, and its passive effect is also very practical. After all, the accumulated appraisal fees are not a small amount.

Moreover, this is still a fallacy.

Li Aoz only needs Beta-class [Eye of Truth], since the potential of this Aoneng energy isn't very high if you explore it further.

But he never expected that his luck would actually produce a supernatural [Eye of Truth].

At this level, the Aoneng of [Eye of Truth] becomes extremely useful. He doesn't need to attack the opponent to see all of their attributes. This might not be obvious on Azure Planet, but it's incredibly important in the universe.

Li Aoz knew very well that the description of the "Eye of Truth" was "displaying all target information within the field of view," but its actual effect was to include the field of view of "using all visual observation sights."

What does this mean?

He used the most advanced telescope to see a fleet that had jumped in from several light-years away, and could observe it with the [Eye of Truth], seeing even the underwear of each person clearly.

Of course, theoretically speaking, if you can see the other person with your eyes, they should have already started attacking you years ago.

Because of this characteristic, those with the Aoneng of the Eye of Truth have always been highly sought-after individuals in the universe. Large civilizations don't care about this information, but small Cosmic Pirate and guerrilla groups are extremely eager for it.

However, he hesitated when he saw the other Aoneng.

[Mind Transfer] is an extremely powerful arcane energy, originating from Omega arcane energy, specifically the tenth primordial sequence [Intent], possessing limitless potential. It can be said to be one of the main arcane energies developed by the [Radiant Torch Master] path.

Although the [Touch of Corruption] is only Zeta-class, its destructive power is extremely terrifying. For carbon-based life forms like humans, which are also social beings living in large groups, the [Touch of Corruption] can easily cause large-scale panic and chaos, disrupting normal society.

The source of this Aoneng should be from Sequence 44, [Filthy World], an extremely disgusting and terrifying Omega-class Aoneng, a typical attack on civilization, and a highly dangerous Aoneng.

The person who mastered Sequence 44, [Filthy World] in his previous life was the boss of version 14.0, ' God of Pure Land ' Dexter, a level 340 Virus Monarch with terrifying power. He easily infected 120 star systems under the 8th narrative. His virus can directly corrupt planets, turning them into larger infected entities that continuously erode the entire universe.

Before crossing over, Li Aoz was busy fighting against this guy's ' Dustless Ones ' legion.

However, version 14.0 is too late. Li Aoz felt it wasn't a big problem, as there was plenty of time to prepare, and he could put it aside for the time being.

As for [Physical Enhancement]... This is the third time that Li Aoz has seen Physical Enhancement type of arcane Aoneng. The Kappa-class [Physical Enhancement] will directly raise his physical attributes to the level of Gamma Rank [Martial Artist] or [Doctor].

However, the potential of this Aoneng is really not impressive.

Its origin, Sequence Eighty-Two [Bloodline], is the only sequence in Omega-class Aoneng that can be easily defeated by non-sequence Aoneng.

It's extremely embarrassing.

But to say that the attributes provided by [Physical Enhancement] are useless? Of course not. Everything must be viewed dialectically.

In fact, a full 50 points of [Constitution] and 1000 points of maximum health are quite generous attributes.

[Constitution] is closely related to lifespan and physical strength. Like Alexia, who has a high [Constitution] attribute, even if she sleeps for hundreds of years, she can still wake up as if nothing happened and beat up other Beta-rank.

Without protective gear, humans can only survive for 13 seconds in space. However, if one's [Constitution] attribute exceeds the standard for the Gamma Rank (60 to 100 points), they can withstand the vacuum of space for three hours without any protection. This is more than enough for space operations or combat.

The most important attribute for going into space is physical fitness. Humans don't have that kind of superhuman physique, so we have to keep selecting the best. That's why astronauts are so valuable. Every one that dies is one less, and we don't know how long it will take to train them.

After much deliberation, Li Aoz gritted his teeth and finally chose the [Eye of Truth].

The [Teleportation] of the Yupushilong class is an important cornerstone of the [Radiant Torchbearer] path, but it is not very meaningful for the [Starcaller]. His [Gravity], when explored to a later stage, also has the ability to transmit information.

[Physical Enhancement] - Li Aoz plans to directly replace it with [Mountains Armor]. On the one hand, he does not lack tankiness. The mimicry health bar provided by [Biochemist] allows him to focus on stacking the [Charm] attribute, and his health will naturally increase. He doesn't need to worry about anything else.

With the power of gravity at his fingertips, there is nothing in this world that he cannot move, so naturally he looks down on the force of 1000 tons.

Glass Cannon is Glass Cannon. The super-strong recovery ability provided by [Blood of Immortality] allows him to quickly return to the battlefield with full health.

"You're the one."

You have chosen [The Eye of Truth]

[Gene Fragments has been attached]

[Due to the influence of Aoneng, your Gene Load has increased]

Li Aoz felt the burning sensation in his eyes, and several tiny black runes slowly appeared on the edges of his originally gray irises.

[Eye of Truth] is a typical Magic Side Aoneng. Li Aoz felt his eyeballs begin to absorb free elemental power from the outside world and store it in the back of his eye.

It doesn't have much impact on vision, and the refresh rate is just so-so. It's just that when he focuses his gaze on an object, a series of information will automatically appear in his mind.

The texture of the stones, the material of the bullets, the composition of the air, the degree of decomposition of the corpses, the meaning of the micro-expressions of pedestrians...

The world suddenly seemed to become both rational and ugly; everything had an extremely filthy side. Even in the seemingly clean air, there were still many molecules of blood, feces, and sweat spreading. Even in the intestines of beautiful women and handsome men, there was rotting food.

But once Li Aoz got used to it, he found the world around him to be more interesting, and he began to have a curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring the inner essence of things.

The world is not entirely perfect, but the process of exploring it, analyzing the information gained, and then using that information to transform it brings immense joy and satisfaction.

"Now I understand how Old Dimitri felt. Seeing the truth directly may be shocking and despairing, but it seems that nothing could be more terrifying."

Li Aoz seemed thoughtful, but this was not the reason he chose the [Eye of Truth].

Most importantly—he simply could not tolerate the existence of Imitation Human in the world.

The thought that this Imitation Human was breathing the same air as him, still trying to steal the trust of others, and that many people like Qiu Ran had suffered such a terrible fate— Li Aoz felt disgusted.

He will not let any of the Forgery Society · Philolis and its Imitation Human- citizens go unpunished.

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