Mutation I

Having determined that the evolution target was the Star God Crystal, Lin Hui skipped over a long list of related information and went straight to the bottom, where he saw four evolution branches, to his surprise.

In reality, at this level, advanced items often have only three evolutionary branches at most. This means there aren't many possible directions for evolution.

Calming himself, Lin Hui scanned them one by one.

1-- Star God Godhead: A special treasure that can transform anyone into a Star God.

The introduction is just one sentence, very simple, but the key issue is that, according to Lin Hui's understanding of the Star God, this existence itself exists in a way similar to a collective will. Because its physical form is an individual like a planet, it carries more life than ordinary life, just as humans are composed of countless cells. The Star God is even larger and more complex than that. Therefore, it is also more influenced by will.

If it were him in the past, he might have thought this was a great opportunity for advancement, allowing him to rise to the top in one step.

But now, he understands very well that the change of ethnicity will bring about a complete replacement of his senses, and as a result, he will no longer be like himself, but will become an individual of another ethnicity.

Let's look at the second branch again.

2-- Lunar Crystal Dew: Refined from the essence of countless star gods' souls, it can greatly change the essence of a life's soul, transforming it into Lunar Form.

Lunar Form: The ultimate physical form after the density of matter and energy reaches its limit. It represents the ultimate form of matter and energy.

It possesses extremely strong gravity.

Note that after the transformation, spacetime cannot sustain it; it can only be contained by the Black Domain Void. The original body can no longer re-enter the world sphere.

This matter will be put aside for now; Lin Hui is also unsure what benefits the Lunar Form could offer him.

"3-- Solar Crystal Dew: Formed from the essence of countless star gods..." The subsequent description is consistent with the previous one, except that the part about having super strong gravity has been changed to super strong repulsion.

He quickly passed by, Lin Hui looked at the last one.

4-- Void Star Projection: Star Gods represent the aspect of existence, while Phantom Stars represent the aspect of non-existence. Star Gods are transformed and derived from Phantom Stars. By fusing with this object, one can choose any type of Star God ability to continue evolving.

This branch...

Lin Hui frowned. Unlike the other three, the fourth branch mentioned a concept: Star Gods represent existence, while illusory stars represent non-existence.

He quickly glanced at the other three branches, each requiring 50 billion units of Existence Force, except for the fourth Void Star Projection, which required 100 billion units.

The difference before and after is double.

Lin Hui glanced at his current Existence Force Existence Force. Over the years, he had accumulated more than 40,000 Myriad Stars Fruit.

If he hadn't already plundered everything around him, forcing him to wait intermittently for the Existence Force to grow, his accumulation would have been far greater than this.

Therefore, 100 billion is just a drop in the ocean for him. Each of the Myriad Stars Fruit Existence Force, so 40,000 is directly equivalent to 4 trillion.

After confirming the Void Star Projection, Lin Hui began to rapidly absorb a massive amount of golden Existence Force.

Half a minute later, the Star God Crystal in his hand suddenly lit up with a dark golden light, which quickly dimmed and slowly turned grayish-black, forming a swirling vortex that floated above his palm.

"This is the Void Star Projection?"

Lin Hui looked at the vortex in his hand. It was like an illusion; there was nothing there, and he couldn't feel anything. It was as if it didn't exist.

His current soul imprint has reached the level of a half-step Celestial Venerable, yet even that cannot be sensed.

This demonstrates the special nature of this object.

But he still doesn't plan to use it.

After all, I don't intend to become a star god.

so..

Lin Hui re-examined the sample and then clicked on the new evolution branch.

This time, there are only two possible evolutionary branches.

1-- Void Star Conceptual Body: The origin of all Star Gods, the point of divergence in life, and an individual close to the concept of Void Life. Merging with it grants access to the essence and abilities of all Star Gods.

"2-- Void Star Eternal Body: The ultimate form and the culmination of all Star Gods. Merging with it grants the strongest Star God body and abilities. However, one's own soul imprint will be corrupted."

These two..."Lin Hui narrowed his eyes slightly, already noticing something amiss.

"The Star God and the previous original path seem to be two different routes... two different systems."

The Supreme Omniscience Seal in Lin Hui's heart flashed rapidly.

If the Celestial Venerable is the pinnacle of the original system, then this Star God path seems to lead to a pinnacle in a completely different direction.

These two branches of evolution, perhaps because they are more powerful than the previous ones, directly result in Existence Force of 500 billion.

It's more expensive than previous Original Object Projection.

Lin Hui pondered for a moment and chose the first option because the second option would result in mutation and significant side effects.

Countless Existence Force were consumed and absorbed like a tide, and he waited, hoping to evolve another treasure similar to the Original Object Projection, one that would allow him to advance even further.

Soon, the Void Star Projection in the palm of the hand evolved into Void Star Conceptual Body. The change was not significant; only the color of the vortex became much lighter and more translucent.

Lin Hui continued his attempt at evolution.

This time, there's only one evolutionary branch.

1-- Void-Born Black Domain: The initial prototype of the Void Black Domain.

There was no further explanation, just this extremely brief sentence.

But those words sent a shiver down Lin Hui's spine.

The required resources are one trillion.

He still has 3.4 trillion left, so it's not a big problem... Millions of years of accumulation, it's indeed incredibly substantial.

A moment later, Lin Hui's Existence Force was reduced to only 240 billion. In his hand, a tiny, extremely deep black dot, the size of a sesame seed, appeared. At this point, there were no more new evolutionary branches; this was the limit of his current evolution.

"Is this the Void-Born Black Domain?"

He examined the object closely but still couldn't sense it, as if there was nothing in his hand.

This thing exists precisely in the palm of his right hand, moving with the movement of his hand.

"So, how is this thing used...?" Lin Hui activated the Supreme Omniscience Seal at lightning speed, and the next moment, he suddenly pointed the object at his chest and slapped it.

The black particles vanished instantly, merging into his body.

The next instant, he realized the greatest use of this thing...

Because the Propagation slot he occupied has now begun to expand!

At the same time, his own imprint seemed to undergo some strange change, as if it had transformed into a completely new structural essence.

Whether it's an imprint, a soul, or a thought, they all gradually began to detach themselves from the surrounding Black Domain void and instead exist independently in another unrelated Black Domain void.

No...

Lin Hui suddenly realized that he seemed to have a feeling of being completely isolated from his surroundings.

At the same time, he clearly saw that the Propagation slot he had imprinted and occupied seemed to have taken a big step forward in some unknown direction.

To test what the new evolution had brought, Lin Hui left Clear Jade Mountain and randomly found Black Domain nearby with the most world spheres.

In the pitch-black void, Lin Hui floated among numerous world spheres, his entire body inexplicably flashing with a peculiar distortion.

He was clearly flying through the void, yet none of the cultivators who flashed by could sense his location.

It felt as if I didn't exist in this void at all.

A thought flashed through Lin Hui's mind. He flew for another hour and a half, but still no one noticed him.

Lin Hui simply picked a silver-white structural bridge between the world's spheres.

He descended rapidly, following the structural bridge, and landed in a somewhat bustling and lively trading platform.

On the platform, countless creatures of all kinds rose and fell, engaging in a simple barter exchange.

A quick glance at the entire platform reveals approximately 100,000 silver-white buildings of varying heights, most of which are trading shops.

Lin Hui quickly deduced that this should be a trading venue under the Seven Emotions Merchant Alliance.

The main activity is the exchange of resources between countries.

He then gently landed amidst a dense cluster of silvery-white houses.

puff.

The moment he landed and his feet touched the ground platform, an invisible distortion rapidly expanded and spread outwards from his toes.

In an instant, the distortion swept across almost all living things on the surrounding platform.

All cultivators, pets, and trading goods trembled suddenly at this moment.

Completely unaware, their bodies and souls began to transform rapidly, and in less than two seconds, they had all changed into another form.

"... This!!?" Lin Hui's eyes widened slightly as he stared at the exaggerated scene before him.

Centered on him, within a radius of millions of kilometers, all living things on all platforms transformed into females at this moment, and all of them were females with perfect appearance and body proportions. Even for other species, Lin Hui could sense that their lines and proportions were extremely consistent with the optimal data.

And they themselves were completely unaware of it.

"What... how far has this gone!?" Lin Hui even noticed that many people in the surrounding crowd had their bellies swelling rapidly.

In the short time he stayed there, at least a third of the people's bellies grew larger and larger, and then they suddenly squatted down on the spot. After pausing for a few seconds, they stood up again, and there were many small babies of various colors and shapes on the ground.

And this group of people seemed completely oblivious, continuing with their previous activities. They continued trading, taking off and landing, leaving and arriving.

As for the children they had during their pregnancy...

These children are even more bizarre.

After crawling forward a few meters, they quickly grow larger, their bellies swell again, and then they squat down again to give birth...

This process is repeated, in a loop...

Lin Hui only glanced at the screen and was distracted for a dozen seconds, and the number of people on the platform had already doubled.

He realized what was happening and quickly got up to leave the area.

Strangely, as soon as he left, the cultivators who were constantly giving birth suddenly realized what was happening and stared in shock at the strange pregnant women around them.

When they realized they had also turned into females, bursts of angry roars and screams reverberated throughout the area.

Everyone scattered like birds and beasts, flying away from the platform in the blink of an eye, disappearing in terror into the Four Faces void.

Lin Hui watched them leave, and looking at the bewildered infants who had already been born and were still on the platform, he felt an indescribable sense of unease.

The infants looked blank, unaware of anything, their minds completely empty.

Lin Hui sighed, swept his divine sense around, and directly enveloped all the children, decomposing them with Wind Energy and merging them into one.

These strange children originated from him and returned to him.

Having done all this, he turned and flashed away, disappearing into the void.