The divine artifact underwent version update after version update.
One magic circuit after another was compiled and linked to the nerves. They effortlessly modified the eyes, turning the corneas into display screens and projecting images onto them.
Like the Golden Finger of an auxiliary wizard chip, it allowed these wizards to create increasingly sophisticated life structures, classify more perfect gene fragments, divide them systematically, and annotate them.
Li Qing stared at the scene, dumbfounded, then rubbed his nose.
"Giving them the principles behind the most advanced modern computer technology... Does that make me a traitor to humanity?"
At that moment.
The third great explosion of civilization had arrived. The microscopic civilization in this laboratory had already developed technology that seemed extraterrestrial. It had become difficult to understand.
The "Elf Forbidden Book Catalog," this artifact—or software—was born.
In this forbidden catalog, the organisms known as elves had truly become like characters on a game's customization screen: height, hair color, and more. They had thoroughly mastered this field and simplified the process.
Holding the catalog, they boasted, "Even an idiot can create an elf!"
However.
These were merely basic genetic data templates.
Height, weight, and hair color were all just an organism's basic attributes.
They began classifying genes by star rating, pursuing higher-grade genetic materials.
One-star basic genes: eye color, ordinary bones, height.
Two-star special genes: vampire genes, photosynthesis genes, ant muscle Great Strength genes, flying wing genes.
Yes.
They had already entered the second stage: researching "talent genes" and eagerly adding "skills" to organisms.
They even began searching the muck for all kinds of special biological genes, as if they had found precious equipment. They hid them away as their own private technology.
They even began conducting biological research of their own, each pursuing a field they excelled in. Some specialized in spiders, some in mosquitoes, and some in fish.
They soon discovered a problem.
Creating life and "equipping" it with genes depended on luck, strength, timing, and favorable conditions.
Different arrangements could produce countless variations.
It was like forging a weapon. The materials, heat, time, technique, and sudden flashes of inspiration all affected the weapon's strength. It might become an ordinary weapon, a fine weapon, a sacred weapon, or a divine artifact.
Now, they were immersed in "Life Alchemy," just like drawing cards.
Day and night, they held test tubes and researched various methods of refinement and concoction, seeing whose technique was superior.
Arizona, on the outskirts of Phoenix City.
"After several extinctions and the Tower of Babel era, only half a month had passed."
"Yet now, without realizing it, two months had passed while they researched biological alchemy and the forging of divine artifacts in the laboratory."
Li Qing's expression remained calm as he sighed. Cultivation knew no passage of time. He suddenly realized that the weather had grown cold, and the streets were deserted.
"Autumn has arrived."
He sensed his own power.
Eleven-second awakening.
Now.
He wore sunglasses at all times. He kept his eyes shut and no longer dared to look around recklessly.
After all, staring at one place for eleven seconds by accident was perfectly normal.
"It's time to have them present their final achievement—the Elf Giant God blueprint."
The results should have far exceeded expectations.
After all, a certain Elf Saintess had already been stuck in the rift between worlds for more than two months. It was time to let her out.
"In a certain sense, they've already become All Gods. They've completely surpassed Earth."
Li Qing suddenly felt as though a lifetime had passed.
He had no doubt that if he released them, these natural disasters could conquer the entire Earth within a year.
Humans were the overlords of Earth?
Nuclear weapons, hardened alloys, artillery, aircraft, satellites?
Technology was indeed formidable.
At present, they could not even shatter Tempered Glass, or even ordinary glass.
But the direction of the civilization tree was different. In the face of their life-gene technology, targeting humans—these flesh-and-blood organisms—would be far too easy!
With this technological foundation supporting him, Li Qing gradually gained courage and confidence. He no longer acted so timidly.
Crack.
He pushed open the door.
After returning home, he began pondering the expansion of his laboratory and its future direction. Suddenly, he thought:
"Now that creation is in its early stages, the eight thousand of them are each researching a different species project. The ecological chain of species for this civilization is nearly complete."
"It's time to truly advance the development of civilization."
At that moment.
A giant tree towered inside the laboratory. Countless creatures climbed across it, its branches and leaves spreading out, with some even covering the glass windows.
The walls had already become like an ant colony. Aerial cities were scattered everywhere, filled with living creatures.
A layer of soil covered the ground, divided into countless lush forests and plains. Countless ant-sized life-forms crawled through them, building cities and tribes.
The entire laboratory seemed to have transformed into a dense, highly efficient, three-dimensional ant kingdom that used every inch of space.
In the northern primeval forest, inside an earthen cave.
A deformed spider with an elf's upper body and a spider's lower body inspected its injuries at the mouth of the forest cave.
"Hmph. The Elven Race truly deserves to be the beloved children created by the gods. They're incredible—jumping, running, strength, everything is perfect. Unlike us, who only have speed." Ilis sighed.
The earth had become the gods' testing ground.
Aside from the Elven Race, All Gods were also creating and researching organisms suited to their own specialties.
All kinds of bizarre forms existed.
Many were defective products or useless trash. Countless others died soon after birth. Most of the gods did not care.
The god of her race was the Spider Ancestor God, one of the weakest batch of gods. This god specialized in researching spider-type organisms and was even more brutal toward them, often dissecting them.
Whenever this god descended from the World Tree, it would research them while cursing:
"You have no wisdom and no creativity. You're all useless trash. When I develop a truly powerful species, I'll completely crush the other gods. I'll definitely trample those other bastards beneath my feet!"
This was the cruelty of a god—creating them and treating them as private property.
Boom!
Just as it was lost in thought, waves of sound suddenly came from the distance, and a terrifying battle swept over.
"This is the Northern Spider Grand Cavern. Who dares run wild in the Spider Ancestor God's territory?" Ilis hid itself. It heard Consciousness Waves that only beings like gods could emit, entering its mind directly.
"You're insane! Why did you attack me? Why did you specifically ambush me at my spider testing ground?"
"Because you're weak. Spider God Kala, my research has reached a bottleneck, and I wanted to conduct an experiment. Our divine artifacts are all made from ordinary elf cells. If we use the intelligent cells of those who have ignited the Sacred Fire to make divine artifacts, their computing power should be much stronger, right? They might even be able to emit Consciousness Waves and telekinesis as exclusive innate artifacts."
"You—"
"Hahahaha! I'll turn you into an artifact spirit! I'll torment you forever, imprisoning you inside my exclusive divine artifact for all eternity!"
A terrifying battle descended.
The two gods controlled their divine shells, armed to the teeth, and fought like mad.
"The shell you created is pathetic. What exactly have you been researching? A talentless fool is always a talentless fool! The spider race you researched is also at the bottom of the food chain on the ground." The other party's voice rang out. Then, amid a scream, it said, "Your brain belongs to me."
Wuuu!
Ilis covered its mouth in terror.
The god who had created it had been killed.
An omnipotent god who created all things could actually die!
It hid as deeply as possible, knowing that it would certainly die if it was exposed.
But it was not so lucky.
"Is something watching me?" Footsteps slowly approached.
Ilis trembled in terror.
The next moment, the other party suddenly hesitated, as if something had summoned it. It immediately lost interest in investigating. "...Forget it. If a mortal on the ground saw me, so be it."
The voice vanished in an instant.
After some time had passed, Ilis stared at the sky in horror. "What is that?!"
Beyond the transparent Crystal Wall, a vast and enormous world-form looked down upon the entire earth. The lofty gods hurried toward the edge of the world, knelt on one knee, and prayed before that indescribably vast giant god.
"Lord, this is our answer sheet from the ground!"
On this day, the gods presented the fruits of their labor: a giant elf embryo seed as large as a pea, along with one hundred biological computers.
The items appeared few, yet they contained the complete essence of their civilization.
Li Qing was finally going to take the result and construct his own Elf Saintess. He would even use the biological computers to test the effects of an exclusive divine artifact.
"So it was Him! The Ancient God outside Chaos. That god who launched the ambush hurried off to meet Him, which was why I happened to survive." In the distance, Ilis stood stunned. It stared at the giant god beyond the wall, towering into the sky, with incomparably fervent and greedy longing. Gritting its teeth, it ran to the previous battlefield to search for the remains of its ancestor god.
"Quickly, quickly, quickly! I have to hurry! Those other fellows often come to hunt our Wyverns, and they might come too!" It frantically searched through the remains. In the end, it actually found a special cell.
"That god was in too much of a hurry and didn't take everything. Wait! Is this one of the god's brain cells?"
It was overcome with wild joy. "Wait, it didn't even take the Spider Ancestor God's exclusive divine artifact—the shell necklace? Did it look down on it?"
Gods were different from them. Gods possessed telekinesis, Consciousness Waves, and complete souls, giving them sound creative abilities. If it could fuse with this fragment of the god's remains—
"Wonderful! There's even a divine artifact!" It hurriedly left the primeval forest.
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