Is He Even Human?

Kuka Planet's atmosphere was shrouded in clouds and mist.

A small spacecraft broke through the atmosphere and arrived at the spacecraft docking port.

Click!

The hatch opened, and under the guidance of a stellar-level staff member, Li Qi flew out of the cabin.

"Congratulations on becoming a member of the Stellar Training Camp!"

The staff member offered his congratulations first, then pointed to the nearest spacecraft. "This spacecraft is here to take you to the Stellar Training Camp."

"Thank you."

Li Qi nodded his thanks and looked in the direction indicated.

Because he was so close and the spacecraft was so large, he could not see its full outline. He could only see part of its hull.

The staff member guided him again. "Please follow me."

Following his lead, Li Qi arrived before one of the spacecraft's hatches.

Click!

The hatch opened without warning.

A burly man appeared before them, accompanied by an invisible pressure.

This pressure...

Sensing that familiar invisible pressure, Li Qi lowered his head slightly in respect.

Because the man before him was a universe-level powerhouse!

The instant he saw the burly man, the staff member hurriedly bowed. "Lord Borsway!"

What's going on? Why did Borsway come out?

Borsway said, "The person has been delivered. You may return."

Hearing this, the stellar-level staff member was greatly relieved and hurriedly replied, "Yes!"

Thank goodness! I thought I'd made some kind of mistake...

He quickly withdrew. His earlier envy toward Li Qi vanished, replaced by the feeling of having narrowly escaped disaster.

"Li Qi Royce?"

"Yes, Lord Borsway."

Borsway smiled. "Welcome to Sand Sea 1."

He had not seen such an outstanding little fellow, a planetary-level domain genius, in a long time.

"Follow me."

"Yes."

"Sand Sea 1 is a D9-class spacecraft. It has one D9-class laser main cannon and four C9-class laser secondary cannons. Even a domain lord would be unable to breach Sand Sea 1's defenses."

Led by Borsway, Li Qi toured most of the spacecraft and met the few crew members aboard.

In a lounge not far from the main control room, Li Qi sat stiffly on a sofa, looking at an agreement displayed on the light screen before him.

Borsway sat opposite him, holding a cup of greenish-blue drink and sipping it leisurely.

After draining the drink in one gulp, he smacked his lips and said, "For a genius like you, the Empire will give you another chance to choose.

"If you refuse, you may leave this spacecraft and return to Kuka Planet to await new orders from the Cultivation Planet Management Department.

"But if you accept this agreement, that means there is no turning back. You can only go to the Stellar Training Camp for life-and-death tempering.

"I'm sure you already learned some information beforehand and know just how high the Stellar Training Camp's death rate is!"

He leaned forward slightly and stared directly at Li Qi. "So now, what is your decision? Refuse, or accept?"

"I accept!"

Having already made up his mind, Li Qi did not hesitate. He used the index finger of his right hand to write his name on the light screen in the universal language.

"Very good!"

Borsway nodded with a smile, satisfied with Li Qi's decision.

He set the empty cup on the tray held by a robot beside him, then stood. "Follow me."

Li Qi hurriedly rose and followed Borsway out of the lounge.

Before long, the two arrived at the enhancement chamber.

The enhancement chamber was rather empty. There was only a silver-white nutrient pod about twenty meters long, six or seven meters wide, and three meters high, with several simple black buttons on it.

Two motionless robots stood on either side of the nutrient pod, red lights occasionally flashing on their foreheads.

"This is a C-class nutrient pod. It can directly enhance you to planetary-level ninth rank, and it is extremely valuable!"

Borsway added, "Universe-level powerhouses can use this nutrient pod as well, but for me, it only serves to heal injuries and replenish energy."

It's useless to him. That means he's at universe-level ninth rank.

"It will take us over a month to reach Sand Sea Planet. If you use this nutrient pod for enhancement, you can reach planetary-level ninth rank in twenty days at most."

Borsway lightly tapped the silver-white nutrient pod with a finger. "After you signed that agreement, the Stellar Training Camp sent you three more emails. Open the second one."

Li Qi did as instructed and used his communicator to open the second email. A light screen appeared.

After quickly scanning the email, he felt puzzled. Is this a genetic origin energy cultivation method?

Borsway explained, "This is a genetic origin energy cultivation method. When used with the nutrient pod, it can speed up the absorption of the nutrient fluid."

"To use this nutrient pod for enhancement, you only need to remove your clothes and enter it. The other two robots will handle the rest."

"I have other matters to attend to. You can decide for yourself when to begin the enhancement."

With that, he left the enhancement chamber.

Li Qi memorized the genetic origin energy cultivation method on the light screen, then spent some time learning it.

After trying to cultivate for a while, he discovered that it was just an ordinary genetic origin energy cultivation method. It did not improve cultivation speed by much.

It's probably another matching genetic origin energy cultivation method.

He muttered to himself, opened the nutrient pod, removed all his clothes, and lay down inside.

Before he could inspect the inside of the nutrient pod, the electronic eye of one of the robots beside it lit up, and it quickly walked over.

The robot operated the controls, and dark gray nutrient fluid flowed through pipes into the nutrient pod.

Very soon, Li Qi's entire body was submerged in the dark gray nutrient fluid.

This is!

The moment the nutrient fluid was injected, Li Qi felt energy brimming with vitality enter his body through every pore, seeping into his flesh, bones, and even his genes.

That life-filled energy was extremely special. After permeating his genes, it began driving them toward deeper levels of enhancement.

Feeling even his genes evolving, he silently began circulating the genetic origin energy cultivation method he had just learned, absorbing the nutrient fluid faster and more efficiently.

However, the speed at which he absorbed the nutrient fluid was somewhat unusual!

Eight days later.

Still aboard Sand Sea 1.

It was time for the once-every-ten-days inspection. A universe-level crew member was making his usual rounds through the spacecraft.

When he arrived at the nutrient fluid storage room, he checked the nutrient fluid reserve units as usual, casually marked a check on the inspection form, and turned to leave.

But after taking just two steps, he suddenly stopped!

He lowered his head to look at the inspection form in his hand. Staring at the checked entry marked "Nutrient Fluid Reserves: Normal," his expression changed!

The number of nutrient fluid reserve units seems wrong!

Aside from the specially stored C-class nutrient fluid, Sand Sea 1's regular nutrient fluid reserves consisted only of A-class fluid suitable for planetary-level users.

Under normal circumstances, one unit of A-class nutrient fluid could enhance a person from planetary-level first rank to planetary-level ninth rank.

However, due to differences in height, size, and bloodline, a unit of nutrient fluid might be left over or prove insufficient during enhancement.

Thus, whenever someone used the nutrient pod and the nutrient fluid proved insufficient, the robots would automatically replenish it.

He hurried back to the instrument recording the nutrient fluid reserves. After confirming the number several times, he could not help crying out!

"What's going on?! Why are there only twelve units of A-class nutrient fluid left?!"

He frantically operated the controls. When he saw where the nutrient fluid was flowing, his face immediately darkened. "How is that possible?!

"How could one person absorb eight units of nutrient fluid?! Is he even human?!

"No! I have to go take a look!"