Growth, and Another Five Hundred Years

"I hope they can get to the bottom of it."

Jiu Cai Rong grumbled.

It had to be said—the Yin-Yang Creation Furnace really was useful. Only after losing it did they understand its value.

They had to localize their system to this world, integrating it into the local Metal Stone system.

Otherwise, the moment they left the Chronicle of Ages, their power would plummet, and the Metal Ancestral Graves scattered everywhere would suck away their Three Flowers, Dharma Forms, and all sorts of techniques that unleashed explosive spiritual power.

This negative mana-drain buff was something they could not accept.

"How is the Giant Shrimp Civilization Laboratory No. 5 doing?" Ye Kuang Xiu could not help asking.

"Not too bad."

Medical Fairy Maiden said, "But there hasn't been much progress either. Over there, we're taking the mechanical armor route, rampaging around like some kind of Carbot, but it doesn't seem to be working very well."

"Whether it works or not isn't up to us."

Ye Kuang Xiu shook his head. "Our technology and foundation simply aren't enough to let us develop the civilization system we want. Mechanical armor? It's only skin-deep."

It had to be said that their self-awareness remained as clear as ever.

They were weak.

Over these seven hundred years, some of their embers had fully awakened, but most had only half-awakened.

Why didn't they simply use the sacrificed flesh and blood to awaken everyone completely?

Because they felt that after awakening into Strange Kings, even if they plugged the gaps and barely restored part of the Metal Ancestral Graves' foundation, the cornerstone of their system would still be Embers plus Three Flowers.

After all, Strange Kings were not called that for nothing.

They were creatures that belonged wholly to Jiuzhou. A Strange King's true body was a spirit