The Bestowal of Power

The laboratory was a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

The first room was the Elf world.

The second room's ecological environment had already been modified. It was a special super deep-sea swimming pool, prepared as an alternate world to tunnel into.

Li Qing was in the third room, this laboratory.

Everything here was various bottles and jars, experimental equipment, piled high on shelves.

He was dissecting a biological cell.

[Reading gene sequence...]

A voice echoed in his mind.

Ever since he had fully Awakened the 80 biological computers for a second time, he had gradually gained a peculiar experience.

It was profound and mysterious, like having an extra brain.

Some scientific research indicated that the left brain focused on rationality and logic, responsible for language and abstract thought, while the right brain focused on emotion and imagination, geometry, and spatial functions.

He now felt like he had a "midbrain" that was responsible for integrating information and data, such as his heart rate changes, physical data, consciousness waves, and even helping to monitor his Vassals.

This was far more powerful than a smartwatch.

For example, right now.

[Reading complete. Please name it.]

"Great white shark gene," Li Qing murmured.

After recording it, he discovered that his [Earth Biological Gene Bank] already contained over a hundred types of gene-encoded data.

Li Qing had a grand dream: to store all of Earth's life within it!

This was the treasure of Earth's random evolution!

Fortunately, he had the microscopic vision to scan, photograph, and record. If Li Qing had to input them one by one, just the astonishingly long DNA sequence of a single organism would have been enough to kill him.

"This feels good."

Li Qing put down the test tube, put on his glasses again, and sighed inwardly.

After finishing the daily biological structure recordings, he looked towards the Elf world, his expression becoming somewhat strange.

I'm using them to guide this race and deduce civilization.

Herodotus created humans on earth to deduce civilization, even giving them a biological accelerator.

"He truly has the spirit of a self-taught capitalist."

Li Qing mused with a sigh, "He went from being an earthly rebel against heavenly Gods to now being a heavenly God shepherding earthly people. The dragon slayer has become the dragon."

I hope he doesn't mess up.

Based on Li Qing's own experience, shepherding lambs wasn't that simple.

His consciousness moved slightly, descending onto a spider.

"Senior, I want to possess power comparable to the Gods!" Ilis said quickly.

See, an unyielding lamb, here it comes.

There would always be unyielding lives that roared, shed their blood, wanting to slay Gods, build a new Tower of Babel, and kill the deities. Any healthy life would shout: We were born free, who dares to stand above us?

"Chaos Outer Gods, the Gods on our World Tree are too terrifying!" The little spider Ilis no longer believed it could rival the Gods through its own efforts. The development speed was changing almost daily.

Li Qing suddenly chuckled, "Little one, Herodotus is special. He's a unique soul-mutated individual among the trillions of lives created by the previous Gods of this world. They have their own 'specialties,' only two of them. The other one is basically dead."

"Please give me power!"

Seeing this, Ilis finally accepted the demon's temptation. "If it's you, you can definitely help me defeat this world and those weaklings on the tree who call themselves Gods, right?"

No, I can't.

Li Qing's expression was calm.

He still knew his limits; he couldn't defeat those wise beings whose technology was thousands of years ahead.

Of course, Li Qing wouldn't say that.

That wild voice from beyond the heavens suddenly burst into laughter, filled with mockery:

"Little one, what do you think Gods are?"

"The Ancient Gods beyond this world gave you life and powerful strength; this is already supreme grace. And you have demands, expecting them to be met? You're even more ridiculous than those Gods on the tree. At least they are striving towards the path of divinity, while you only have laughable greed."

Ilis was speechless.

"The invasion of this world was just a small experiment. There are many worlds I intend to invade, but I will grant you some power."

"Let me see how far you can go, let me see your mettle."

Li Qing used his consciousness waves to transmit an electric eel gene structure.

"This is a small test. If you can decipher it, you will gain brand new thunderous power."

Electricity, arguably one of the most potent offensive weapons.

All sorts of flashy Divine Techniques here—poison, vine restraints, fingernails—but a few hundred volts would show these little insects who the real daddy is.

And this spider, if it developed an organ to generate electricity internally, its silk could conduct it, it could spray electrical wires, weave an electric net—truly a Thunder Spider.

This kind of lightning technique is a dimensional attack.

Did Herodotus and the Gods, who were thousands of years ahead of their time, not research the potential of bioelectricity?

They really didn't.

Because they currently had too many projects.

Creating the Elven Race, creating the human race, researching Divine Techniques—even with the help of biological computers for calculations, it was already their limit.

No matter how fast they were, it couldn't hide the fact that their foundation was shallow.

"This power is..." Ilis exclaimed in surprise, sensing a special, powerful energy.

"This is the power I wield, the Ancient God who rules this world with thunder and commands the light," the voice from the other world laughed heartily.

"Kid, the Ancient Gods in the chaos create all living beings within their worlds, but we are not responsible for your fates. If you want power, if you want truth, then chase after it and strive for it!"

"I understand!"

It watched the humans hunting the living beings of the land and the indifferent Elven Race observing from the Elven God Tree, a feeling of unwillingness spreading.