The Trade of Knowledge

At present, Gao Gong's most deeply buried trump card wasn't a cosmic treasure or his flesh-and-machine fusion transformation, but the Memory Worm.

This fifth-tier information life-form had caused such a huge commotion in the Cyber Test Site that, if unleashed upon a level-two civilization, it would basically slaughter everything in its path. No matter how powerful a level-two civilization was, it couldn't possibly withstand the Memory Worm's devouring.

Even a level-three civilization—a quasi-ascended civilization whose reach spanned an entire galaxy—would have a low chance of stopping it.

As the Memory Worm's largest host, Gao Gong could now use most of its abilities. Bringing the dead back to life and regenerating flesh and bone were merely routine operations under the evolution of high-level information.

Soon, a thick, pale cocoon wrapped around the giant cockroach. One could vaguely make out the 'eggs' inside its body undergoing constant mitosis, while its shriveled flesh rapidly swelled. Four sickle-like legs pushed out from beneath its ribs, and a mass of intricate, profound alien writing appeared across its back, making its originally hideous and revolting appearance suddenly seem refined and elegant.

The countless intelligent species in the universe had different standards of beauty, but generally speaking, the higher a species' intelligence, the more firmly it grasped the matter of bearing, no matter how ugly its appearance.

As countless strands withdrew into the giant cockroach's body, its pair of pitch-black eyes slowly lit up. In an instant, Gao Gong felt as though the entire room had brightened.

This fellow's willpower is pretty high. Gao Gong raised an eyebrow.

To illuminate the day with a single thought, one's willpower generally had to exceed a thousand points.

Life-forms possessing such willpower were basically all third-tier, with Gao Gong himself being the sole exception.

Soon, the giant cockroach's oral organs