New Data Space

"Did I become Ikari Shinji?"

Gao Yuanyuan muttered to himself, looking around. Thankfully, there wasn't a circle of men and women smiling and applauding.

"Life Embryonic Sea, Primordial Bloodline, Primordial Bloodline!?"

Gao Yuanyuan had finally encountered a blind spot in his knowledge. In his previous life, as a sixth-tier virtual big shot, he knew quite a lot about the other three systems, but he had never heard of the Primordial Bloodline.

Especially since the system panel's note on it read:

Life Embryonic Sea (Primordial Bloodline): ???

This was the first time Gao Yuanyuan had seen a bloodline introduction consisting entirely of question marks.

A fourth-tier bloodline should be SSS-rank, right?

The Information System was the most complex of the four systems, with the Carbon-Based System right behind it. Gao Yuanyuan wasn't sure whether this thing counted as a cosmic bloodline.

Fortunately, while the Life Embryonic Sea had no introduction, the Primordial Bloodline did have a note.

Primordial Bloodline: Every planet that gives birth to intelligent life will produce a unique primordial soup. The first lifeform to emerge from that primordial soup is the Primordial Bloodline. The Primordial Bloodline is the only path toward becoming an immortal species. Likewise, once you become a Primordial Bloodline, you will have a ticket to attend the gatherings of the Ancients.

Holy shit, an immortal species!

Although there were all kinds of long-lived species in the universe, Gao Yuanyuan had always remained skeptical about immortal species.

Leaving aside the various problems species encountered during evolution, there was one thing: if you became "immortal," what about entropy? Did this guy intend to violate the second law of thermodynamics?

As for the Ancients, Gao Yuanyuan did know about them. They were a group of old monsters who had existed since the birth of the universe.

For example,