This Is Called Prudence

Quintessa chuckled, "Then let's begin the second course. Master, choose your desired evolutionary direction."

Tang Chuan, who had already spread his arms, ready to endure humiliation, hadn't expected this.

He asked in surprise, "I still need to choose an evolutionary direction? The first course didn't have this step."

Quintessa patiently explained, "The first course was different. It mainly laid a good foundation for your future evolution, allowing you to adapt to most evolutionary forms. Therefore, it was quite versatile, strengthening your power, agility, resistance, and healing abilities comprehensively.

However, starting from the second course, we will shape your future life form according to your will. Even deities have certain powerful aspects and relatively weaker points.

I cannot make the decision for you, nor can you develop all aspects to the fullest. In fact, developing everything to the fullest sometimes means not excelling in any particular area."

Tang Chuan understood. That made sense. So, the first course was just about laying the groundwork for future evolution.

He thought for a moment and asked, "How should I choose? Can you give me some templates to consider?"

Quintessa nodded, "You can choose five attributes and rank them from first to fifth. I will focus on evolving your attributes in the order you provide.

For example, strength, agility, reaction speed, resistance, self-healing, elemental manipulation of the body, and so on. You can choose any of these attributes."

This was just like leveling up skills in a game.

But unlike games, these skills would be truly reflected in him through Fantasy Attributes and Diluted Divine Power!

Tang Chuan felt a surge of excitement after understanding this.

After thinking for a few minutes, he solemnly said to Quintessa, "Evasion first, self-healing second, defense third, reaction ability fourth, and strength fifth. For elemental manipulation and other abilities, I won't consider them for now. Evolve my life form according to this ranking!"

The reason he chose self-healing second, not defense second, was because Tang Chuan's thinking was that if he encountered danger, even if he got injured, as long as he could escape, that was enough.

After all, as long as he could survive until the end, he would be an invincible existence.

Therefore, defensive ability would have to settle for third place.

As he spoke, Tang Chuan thought of another point and added, "Regarding mental attacks, the Sovereign Spark can completely resist them. The Sovereign's mind is unshakeable; this is a universal iron law. So, you can just focus on stacking these physical attributes for me."

Quintessa was speechless, "You're too much of a survivor, Master. Are you sure about this? This concerns the direction of your future life form. Are you certain you want to place strength so far down the list?"

Tang Chuan: "(￣へ￣), this is called prudence. Watch your words. I've already made up my mind."

Quintessa said helplessly, "Alright, as you wish. By the way, Master, what do you consider to be 'surviving' then? Does Kubana count?"

Tang Chuan: "Of course, he's a survivor who became a traitor, showing a lack of faith."

Quintessa: "Master, isn't that called having double standards?"

Tang Chuan immediately became serious, "How is that possible? I never have double standards. This is merely a difference in thought caused by class and information asymmetry under the current reality, as well as differing cognitive perceptions between idealism and materialism."

Quintessa suppressed a smile, "Fine, whatever you say. Now, imagine a nascent life form in your mind, and then we'll begin."

"Okay."

Tang Chuan agreed and concentrated his thoughts. Various biological forms appeared in his mind, and he began to compare them.

Finally, he thought of the protagonist in a game on Azure Star called "Prototype Slaughter." The Darklight Virus that the protagonist was infected with provided a good foundation for a human-like form.

However, he had removed the Darklight Virus's mother body, allowing him to infect and devour the attributes of others.

He wanted all these attributes to be focused on survival abilities!

As long as he returned to the Sovereign, why would he lack the power to suppress others?

Tang Chuan said to Quintessa, "I've made up my mind. See if you can reasonably allocate them for me."

Quintessa said, "Um, Master, you need to take off the hat you're wearing."

Tang Chuan didn't suspect anything and quickly took off the "Crown of the Wine God" he had won from the drinking competition, handing it to Quintessa.

"This is my trophy. Please keep it safe for me. A king's crown must not be lost...

Quickly, my memory is bad, I'm already forgetting."

Quintessa smiled wryly, put away the Crown of the Wine God, and said, "Alright... Let's begin!"

The metal watch on Tang Chuan's wrist instantly began to expand and stretch, transforming into a smooth, metallic sphere that enveloped his entire body.

Inside.

The Divine Transformation Device activated. Under the impetus of Diluted Divine Power, gray gas began to be discharged from various parts of the sphere, and hundreds of needle-like protrusions, as fine as cow's hair, pierced into Tang Chuan's acupoints and neural clusters.

Evolution, once again, commenced.

Cangmang Star.

Canghuang Continent.

Several more years passed. Driven by the deities, the civilization of this world began to transition towards a city-state civilization at an astonishing pace.

The main regions of the Eagle Empire and the Sun Empire began to construct cities and palaces, and statues of the God of War and the Sun God were erected everywhere.

The Eagle Empire was particularly prominent, as they controlled the core technology.

This was mainly due to Sage Kubana's development of cement, bricks, and concrete formulas, which were incredibly effective!

This greatly ensured the speed and sturdiness of city construction.

Although the Sun Empire had managed to acquire superficial formulas through various means, there was one technology that the two leaders of the Eagle Empire held firmly under their control, unwilling to let it slip away!

Gunpowder!

Yes, Sage Kubana, through his own wisdom and supplemented by the "Enlightenment Books" in his mind, had already refined black powder from materials like saltpeter!

However, to strictly prevent the technology from leaking, the refinement of gunpowder was personally overseen by Hu'erlun and Kubana!

They even went to the extreme of having death row inmates earn their redemption by working them day and night in sealed environments!

After a hundred days of high-intensity labor, when these exhausted prisoners thought they had atoned for their crimes and would regain their freedom.

Their leaders would indeed take them away.

Not to send them home, but to simply kill them!

The reason was that anyone who left the palace could potentially leak the technology, a scenario Hu'erlun and Kubana desperately wanted to avoid!

And no one cared what ultimately happened to these condemned prisoners.

Firstly, they were all secretly summoned to the palace by the leaders.

Secondly, at worst, they would just die.

In the eyes of most people, they were already deserving of death, and people of this era wouldn't concern themselves with the final fate of death row inmates.

Under this extreme exploitation, Kubana quickly managed to create rudimentary "Explosive Barrels" and "Cannons"!

Although the Sun Empire's influence grew increasingly vast, and under the mighty power of Great Shaman Loserius, the number of Supernatural Beasts joining the Sun Empire reached a staggering nearly one hundred.

These supernatural creatures possessed enormous and powerful bodies, with scales that were incredibly tough and difficult to break.

Some even possessed intelligence comparable to humans.

They were supposed to be beings that the humans of this era could not defeat.

But with the Explosive Barrels and Cannons, and led by the strongest creature on the surface, Hu'erlun, the Eagle Empire could now attempt to engage the Sun Empire in direct combat!

The constant border skirmishes seemed to herald the imminent emergence of the ultimate victor on this continent.