Gao Gong was startled. He had not expected such a good deal as choosing two out of three.
After pondering for a moment, he directly chose the first and third options.
He had the "Sea of Life." With transformation and enhancement, it could already allow ordinary mechanical units to approach Tier Four infinitely closely, while top-tier units would definitely advance to Tier Four.
By that calculation, this option offered almost no cost-effectiveness.
However, Gao Gong soon said apologetically,
"However, the 'civilization trump card' I'm going to transform hasn't been fully completed yet. You may have to stay here for a while, Mr. Cocoon."
This ancient Cocoon Tribe leader was surprisingly easygoing.
"It's fine. I can take this opportunity to properly digest the materials you gave me."
"That's good."
Gao Gong paused, finally returning to the topic they had started with.
"Mr. Cocoon, you just said there was a way to increase the odds of ascension?"
"Has Mr. Yuan already decided to take the carbon-based empowerment route?" the other party asked in return.
"Yes."
"Then your method of increasing the odds of ascension will have to rely on your carbon-based bloodline."
"I wonder if Mr. Yuan has heard of the 'primordial cosmic soup'..."
After a long while, Mr. Cocoon finally took his leave. Of course, calling it taking his leave merely meant that Gao Gong had arranged a room for him to digest the "ascension materials."
As for Gao Gong, he instead remained motionless, lost in thought.
The method the other party had provided was very unusual. It involved "tracing the origins of carbon-based genes," commonly known as "atavism."
The specific method was to trace one's bloodline back to its "place of origin"—that is, to the state of the primordial cosmic soup.
The so-called "primordial cosmic soup" had originally been used