Warren's Evolution

Just after Su Ming was discharged from the hospital and refocused his energy on dismantling machinery, a minor yet far-reaching upheaval occurred in a distant galaxy.

The Bander Galaxy was an outer rim system located on the periphery of the Busa Free Federation, and it was a member of the federation.

The Busa Free Federation, in turn, was a Super Galaxy Cluster level power, one of the top five overlords in the human world!

It was a super-human force on the same level as the Monkeli Great Empire!

What is a super galaxy cluster?

A super-large celestial organization formed by multiple galaxies, each like our own Milky Way, is called a galaxy cluster.

An organization formed by multiple galaxy clusters is called a super galaxy cluster!

The hierarchical division of cosmic powers is determined by the vastness of the territory they occupy.

The levels are: surface, planet, star cluster, galaxy, galaxy cluster, and then super galaxy cluster level powers.

And within an entire super galaxy cluster, the number of galaxies contained is as many as tens of thousands!

Among them, the Bander Galaxy was merely an insignificant, edge-case system.

But at this moment, the Lothar Party within the Bander Galaxy, in conjunction with the forces of over a dozen surrounding systems, launched a coup!

The Bander Galaxy, leading ten other systems, questioned the Busa Free Federation's free will and declared that if the Free Federation did not adjust its democratic form, the Lothar Party would lead the surrounding systems to secede from the Free Federation in the future.

They would establish an independent galaxy cluster-level power!

In reality, such coups occurred periodically within the human powers of the universe.

After all, the larger the power, the wider the territory it occupied, making it difficult to manage the many systems in its outer reaches.

Moreover, the Busa Free Federation was unlike the other four super galaxy cluster-level powers. The core spirit of the Free Federation was free will, so its governance was managed by multiple political parties.

This resulted in... while the Free Federation was a complete entity, it had a vast number of independent, self-governing star systems beneath it!

The Bander Galaxy's coup was something the Busa Free Federation had long grown accustomed to, almost to the point of indifference.

As per custom, the core political parties of the Free Federation began to perfunctorily adopt appeasement measures, promising the Lothar Party future political benefits and so on.

However... the Lothar Party did not respond for a long time. They even detained the officials dispatched by the core parties within the Deban Galaxy.

This immediately caused dissatisfaction within the core parties.

It was a classic case of biting the hand that feeds you!

Compared to the core parties, the Lothar Party's influence was likely less than one ten-thousandth.

With such a vast disparity in power, the core parties had no extra patience and gradually began to exert pressure on the Lothar Party.

Both sides adopted hardline stances, creating a tense atmosphere within the Busa Free Federation.

All of this had nothing to do with Su Ming, originally.

But... as fate would have it, Planet Nop, where Su Ming was located, was very close to the Free Federation's Deban Galaxy.

The distance was less than five light-years.

While five light-years might seem distant, even ordinary planet-level space jump systems could traverse that distance within an hour!

This meant that if any turmoil occurred in the Deban Galaxy, it was highly possible for people from the Deban Galaxy to use spaceships and directly jump across space into the territory of the Monkeli Great Empire.

This was something the Monkeli Great Empire would absolutely not tolerate.

Whether it was an outbreak of war or an illegal crossing, the Monkeli Great Empire had to stop it. Otherwise, if they weren't careful, it could lead to unnecessary misunderstandings with the Free Federation.

These events had not yet affected the residents of Planet Nop, and Su Ming himself was unaware of them.

At this moment, Su Ming looked at Warren with a serious expression and said softly, "Alright, no one's around. You can inject the Gene Potion now!"

Warren looked nervous, holding a newly purchased Gene Potion in his hand.

Warren had saved enough money to buy the Gene Potion and was now having Su Ming stand guard for him as he prepared to unlock his Gene Lock.

Warren was already nearing 17 years old, long past the ideal age for injecting Gene Potions, so he was more nervous than anyone else during the injection.

He glanced at Su Ming, then, encouraged by Su Ming, took a deep breath and injected the Gene Potion into his arm.

"Hoo..."

Warren let out a sigh and closed his eyes, sitting down on the ground.

Soon, a faint green light emanated from Warren's body.

His internal energy began to surge erratically, as if it were about to break free from some restraint and erupt.

This was the manifestation of unlocking the Gene Lock.

The closer it got to this point, the more Su Ming dared not let his guard down.

There were too many special situations that could arise when unlocking a Gene Lock. Gene Potions carried a certain risk, especially those purchased on Planet Nop, where no one could guarantee their safety.

Su Ming was prepared to send Warren to the hospital at any moment.

Fortunately, however... after enduring the initial period of pain, Warren's body stabilized.

Then, a powerful surge of energy erupted from his body.

This energy level was naturally much weaker than Su Ming's, but it was far more powerful than Warren's energy level before he injected the Gene Potion!

Upon sensing this energy level erupt, a hint of joy appeared on Su Ming's face.

Success!

Warren had successfully activated his Gene Lock.

Moreover... according to Su Ming's perception of Warren's physical energy level, Warren's current physical and brain domain energy levels were both around 30.

Normally, when a person activates their Gene Lock, their energy level is only around 10. Even Su Ming himself was only at 25 at the time.

However... Warren was almost 17 years old. He had cultivated for a full year longer than the average person, so it wasn't strange for his awakened energy level to be higher than normal.

This situation also validated Su Ming's previous theory about the relationship between Gene Locks and cultivation.

It wasn't just cultivation after activating the Gene Lock that was effective; cultivation before activation could also be converted into physical energy levels and manifest within the body.

Su Ming himself might not have realized it, but this seemingly insignificant little theory of his would drastically change the way humanity's gene evolution progressed throughout the universe!