"This is..."
High Engineer's gaze sharpened.
Amid the various cosmic-grade resources, a palm-sized gray stone floated.
Yet no matter what attribute of energy surged within it, it vanished without a trace.
This was extremely strange.
The instant High Engineer grasped the stone, he seemed to feel the countless carbon chains in his body begin weaving themselves into more complex structures.
The sensation vaguely let High Engineer experience genetic ascension ahead of time.
However, it was only a fleeting illusion. The feeling vanished in an instant, and there was no change whether he sensed it with his body or through the system.
So... was this really just an illusion?
Name: Impurities of Primordial Matter Category: ?? Quality: ?? Weight: ?? Function: ?? Remarks: ??
"..."
This was the first time High Engineer had seen something whose system remarks were nothing but question marks.
But although the system did not know, he did.
Or rather, he had heard legends about this thing.
According to legend, before the Big Bang, the entire universe had been an indescribable singularity. When the singularity exploded, it spewed out endless matter and spacetime energy, giving rise to the ever-expanding observable universe of today.
And at the instant this "cosmic singularity" exploded, the first wave of matter it spewed out was "primordial matter."
This substance was said to be capable of allowing a "Tier Nine species" to ascend to "Tier Ten."
In the mid-to-late versions, in the "World of Infinite Powerhouses," every time a Tier Nine powerhouse revived, some "primordial matter" would appear alongside them.
The most important reason this major version triggered a series of wars among advanced civilizations and even drew Tier Nine civilizations into the fray was precisely this legendary "primordial matter" that