The Path of Evolution

After an unknown amount of time, Su Li finally woke from the endless torrent of information.

Su Li looked out the window. The sky was gray and dim; dawn was still a little way off.

"So that's what Superhumans are!" Su Li exclaimed. At the same time, he felt even more certain that buying "Infinite Star Sea" had been the right choice.

After witnessing the power of the D+ Cloud-Devouring Python, Su Li had developed a tremendous interest in continuing down the path of Superhumans.

But the problem was that he had no idea how to become stronger.

Naturally, Su Li thought of the three somewhat fantastical cultivation-method-like items sold in the Shop. He suspected he could find the way for Superhumans to advance there.

Limited by his Resource Points, Su Li had only bought the cheapest one, "Infinite Star Sea," earlier.

But now, Su Li felt that choosing "Infinite Star Sea" first had been an extremely wise decision.

The Path of Superpowers was, in truth, the process of life evolving into higher forms of life. Superhumans were a group of people constantly pursuing evolution.

However, the road to evolution was not easy. Without guidance, attempting to evolve on one's own was practically as difficult as ascending to heaven!

The Guidance Technique and Gene Blueprint were the guides for a Superhuman's evolution.

Evolution required energy, which gave rise to Guidance Techniques. Evolution also required direction, which was why Gene Blueprints came into being.

In the Shop, "Origin Record of the Celestial God" and "Nine Spirit Diagram of the Supreme God" were Gene Blueprints, while "Infinite Star Sea" was a Guidance Technique.

The reason Su Li believed he had been right to choose "Infinite Star Sea" first was that, at his current stage, he did not need a Gene Blueprint.

Superhumans only needed the guidance of a Gene Blueprint when their life level underwent a qualitative transformation. To cause such a transformation, a lifeform's life information had to reach perfection at a certain stage.

Take Su Li, for instance. He had only just gone from an ordinary person to an F- Superhuman. He was still far from perfection at this level, and to reach perfection, he would have to advance to F+.

Therefore, as a mere F- Superhuman, Su Li did not need a Gene Blueprint yet. On the contrary, with a Guidance Technique, he now had a way forward. At the very least, reaching F+ was only a matter of time!

"I never expected my talent to be this overpowered. I thought it was useless!" Feeling his flat, hungry stomach, Su Li's mouth twitched involuntarily.

Less than a day had actually passed since he became a Superhuman, yet his talent, "Eat," had already caused him quite a bit of trouble.

For a time, Su Li had even thought it was a useless ability.

But now, Su Li had changed his mind. From "Infinite Star Sea," he had learned that there were two sources of energy required for evolution: one was consumed by the lifeform itself, while the other came from absorbing cosmic radiation and other free cosmic energy.

Most lifeforms obtained the energy needed for evolution through the second method. After all, how much could one eat by relying solely on food?

Not to mention that quite a few energy-containing things could not be eaten by ordinary lifeforms. Take dry-cell batteries, for example. Let a person try eating one!

Even for extraordinary lifeforms, without the corresponding digestive ability, eating that stuff would be useless.

But Su Li's talent, "Eat," solved this problem perfectly.

The phrase, "Everything within Su Li's sight is his food," perfectly explained what it meant to truly be able to eat anything!

Su Li felt that with this talent, he probably would not have to worry about evolution energy in the future, and his evolution speed would far surpass ordinary people's imagination!

While Su Li was thinking about the information "Infinite Star Sea" had given him, the sky quietly brightened.

But although it was daylight, none of the others in the dormitory were awake besides Su Li, since they had no classes that morning.

As for Su Li, although he had not slept all night, aside from his head feeling slightly heavy, he felt nothing else. According to the theory of Superhuman evolution, his life level had already surpassed that of ordinary people by one level, so his resistance to fatigue was more than adequate.

After lying in bed and thinking for a while, Su Li ultimately decided to go out, eat something, and then test the effects of "Infinite Star Sea."

Although this thing could also be used in the Virtual Universe, manifesting its effects in reality required Resource Points, and Resource Points were precisely what Su Li lacked the most right now!

As for what to eat, Su Li still had not decided. But it definitely could not be too expensive. If he really let himself go and ate to his heart's content, Su Li estimated he would be eating dirt within days!

Though, given his current situation, he probably would not starve to death even if he ate dirt.

Still, Su Li felt it would be best to eat something more straightforward. Ordinary food might contain energy too, but its cost-effectiveness was not necessarily high in comparison!

After quickly getting dressed and washing up, Su Li soon left the dormitory building.

Since it was so early, there were barely any people on the streets.

Walking down the street with one hand in his pocket, Su Li used the other to search on his phone.

What were the sources of energy in modern society?

Su Li searched Baidu.

Then—

Coal, petroleum, natural gas, wind energy, hydropower, solar energy, nuclear energy...

After looking for a while, Su Li realized Baidu could not offer him much help. He knew about all these things already, but none of them seemed particularly reliable!

"I'll buy two dry-cell batteries and give them a try first!" Su Li muttered. Then he turned and headed toward a nearby supermarket.

Half an hour later, Su Li arrived near a hospital carrying a small bag of dry-cell batteries.

As for why he had come here...

Su Li felt he should be cautious. Although he believed the Blue Screen would not trick him, and he had previously eaten a stainless-steel tray raw, what if something went wrong from eating dry-cell batteries?

If he stayed closer to the hospital, there should still be time to get his stomach pumped, right?

Finding a deserted spot, Su Li took out an AA battery. Then, gritting his teeth, he swallowed it in one gulp.

A moment later—

Nothing happened.

Expressionless, Su Li took out a D battery. This time, he chewed it twice before finally swallowing it.

Another moment passed, and still nothing happened.

Only then did Su Li finally relax completely. His hands sped up as he continuously ate one battery after another. In only a short while, all dozen-plus batteries he had bought had gone into his stomach.

Feeling nothing at all, Su Li headed toward another nearby supermarket once more...