Just after Su Ming was discharged from the hospital and had once again devoted his energy to dismantling machines, a major disturbance—neither big nor small, but with far-reaching consequences—erupted in a distant galaxy!
The Bander Galaxy was a remote galaxy on the edge of the Busa Free Federation, and one of its members.
The Busa Free Federation was one of the five most powerful hegemonic forces in the human world—a Super Galaxy Cluster level force!
It was a superhuman force on the same level as the Monkeli Great Empire!
What was a Super Galaxy Cluster?
A massive celestial structure formed from multiple galaxies like the Milky Way was called a galaxy cluster.
A structure formed from multiple galaxy clusters was called a super galaxy cluster!
The hierarchy of cosmic forces was determined by the breadth of the starfield they occupied.
Surface, planet, star cluster, galaxy, galaxy cluster—after those came Super Galaxy Cluster level forces.
And throughout an entire super galaxy cluster, there were tens of thousands of galaxies!
Among them, the Bander Galaxy was merely an extremely insignificant peripheral galaxy.
But at that moment, the Lothar Party in the Bander Galaxy joined forces with more than a dozen surrounding galaxies and launched a coup!
The Bander Galaxy, leading ten other galaxies, began questioning the Busa Free Federation's free will and declared that if the Free Federation did not adjust its democratic system, the Lothar Party would lead the surrounding galaxies in seceding from the Free Federation in the future.
They would establish an independent Galaxy Cluster level force!
In truth, coups like this occurred among the human forces of the universe every so often.
After all, the greater a force was, the broader the territory it occupied, making it difficult to care for many peripheral galaxies.
Moreover, the Busa Free Federation differed from the other four Super Galaxy Cluster level forces. The core spirit of the Free Federation was free will, so it was governed by multiple political parties.
This resulted in... although the Free Federation was a complete whole, it had a great many independent autonomous starfields under its rule!
As far as the Busa Free Federation was concerned, coups like the one in the Bander Galaxy had long since become commonplace. They were barely enough to cause any pain.
As was customary, the Free Federation's core political party began by rather perfunctorily adopting conciliatory measures and guaranteeing the Lothar Party its rightful political interests in the future, among other things.
However... the Lothar Party never responded. The officials dispatched by the core political party were even detained in the Deban Galaxy.
This immediately aroused the core political party's displeasure.
It was a typical case of refusing to appreciate someone's goodwill!
Compared with the core political party's power, the Lothar Party's strength was probably less than one ten-thousandth.
With such an overwhelming disparity in strength, the core political party had no patience to spare and gradually began applying pressure to the Lothar Party.
Both sides were now displaying a tough attitude, causing the atmosphere within the Free Federation to grow tense.
Originally, none of this had anything to do with Su Ming.
But... by coincidence, Planet Nop, where Su Ming lived, was extremely close to the Deban Galaxy of the Free Federation.
The distance was less than five light-years.
Five light-years might seem extremely far away.
But... even an ordinary Planet level space-jump system could cross five light-years within an hour!
In other words, if any disturbance occurred in the Deban Galaxy, it was highly possible that people from the Deban Galaxy would use spaceships to jump directly across the starry void and enter the territory of the Monkeli Great Empire.
That was something the Monkeli Great Empire absolutely would not allow.
Whether it was the outbreak of war or smuggling across the border in advance, the Monkeli Great Empire had to stop it. Otherwise, the slightest lapse in caution could easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings with the Free Federation.
For now, these matters had not affected the residents of Planet Nop. Su Ming did not even know about them.
At that moment, Su Ming looked solemnly at Warren and then said softly, "All right, there's no one around now. You can inject the Gene Potion!"
Warren looked nervous as he held the Gene Potion he had just bought.
Warren had saved enough money to purchase the Gene Potion. He had Su Ming stand nearby and help protect him before he unlocked his genetic lock.
Warren was now nearly seventeen years old, long past the earliest age for injecting the Gene Potion, so he was more nervous than anyone else as he prepared to inject it.
He glanced at Su Ming. Encouraged by him, he took a deep breath and injected the Gene Potion into his arm.
"Phew..."
Warren let out a soft breath, then closed his eyes and sat down on the ground.
Soon, a faint green light radiated from Warren's body.
The energy within his body then began to grow violent, as if it might break through some kind of restraint and erupt at any moment.
This was the sign of unlocking a genetic lock.
The closer it got to this moment, the less Su Ming dared to lose focus.
There were simply too many special situations that could arise while unlocking a genetic lock. Gene Potions carried a certain degree of risk, especially one purchased on Planet Nop. No one could guarantee its safety.
Su Ming had already mentally prepared himself to send Warren to the hospital at any moment.
Fortunately... after enduring the initial period of pain, Warren's body stabilized.
Then, a powerful energy level erupted from within his body.
This energy level was far inferior to Su Ming's, but compared with Warren's energy level before injecting the Gene Potion, it was vastly stronger!
When he sensed this energy level erupt, a trace of joy immediately appeared on Su Ming's face.
It had worked!
Warren had successfully unlocked his genetic lock.
Moreover... based on Su Ming's perception of Warren's Physical Level, Warren's Physical Level and Brain Domain Level were both around thirty.
When an ordinary person unlocked their genetic lock, their energy level was only around ten. Even Su Ming had possessed merely twenty-five points at the time.
But... Warren was nearly seventeen years old and had cultivated for a full year longer than ordinary people, so it was not strange that the energy level he awakened with was higher than normal.
Furthermore, this situation verified Su Ming's previous theory about the relationship between genetic locks and cultivation.
It was not that cultivation was only effective after unlocking a genetic lock. Cultivation before unlocking one could likewise be converted into a Physical Level and manifested within the body.
Su Ming himself might not have realized that this seemingly insignificant little theory of his would later, throughout the development of the universe, almost completely change the way humanity's genes evolved!
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