"Is that His Excellency Li Xin? I didn't expect him to actually return today."
"Look, isn't that Yao Rao, one of Hong's three personal guards? I didn't expect her to come in person."
"It seems Hong takes His Excellency Li Xin very seriously. He even sent his own personal guard."
Although Li Xin had only shown his face without receiving them, not a single visitor dared to complain. It was as though his coming out to see them was already an immense honor.
"Li Xin, I'm Yao Rao, Hong's personal guard. My main purpose here is to invite you to join the War God Palace as a councilor. If you'd like to become an Inspector, you can also serve as the Inspector of Kyoto Base City..."
After meeting Li Xin, Yao Rao got straight to the point and explained why she had come. She also gave him plenty of information about the War God Palace.
"I'm already a member of the Extreme Martial Hall. How could I refuse the Hall Master's invitation? I can serve as a councilor, but I'll pass on being an Inspector. I don't like dealing with troublesome matters."
Li Xin gladly accepted Hong's invitation, but he had no interest in the Inspector position. He needed to grow stronger as quickly as possible and had no time to remain in Kyoto Base City.
He had also confirmed the timeline. It was now mid-July 2057, and Luo Feng would be heading to Australia Island in another month. He was pressed for time.
"In that case, I'll respect your choice. This is the sensory helmet for entering the War God Palace, and this is the Black God Set the Hall Master has given you."
"However, the Extreme Martial Hall has a rule. If you take a Black God Set, you must return a Black God Set to the Extreme Martial Hall in the future."
Seeing Li Xin accept, Yao Rao gave a rare smile, then told him some information about the Ancient Ruins.
"Also, the Hall Master has invited you to visit the Extreme Martial Hall headquarters."
As Yao Rao said this last part, she watched Li Xin closely.
"Please thank the Hall Master for his gift. However, I've only just broken through and haven't consolidated my strength yet. When I have time in the future, I'll certainly pay him a visit."
Li Xin politely declined Yao Rao's invitation.
Although Li Xin had now reached planetary level two, he was still far too weak compared to Hong.
Even though he knew Hong might mean him no harm, a wise man did not stand beneath a crumbling wall. He instinctively wanted to avoid facing someone who could take his life at any moment.
Only when he felt he no longer needed to fear Hong would he visit him at the Extreme Martial Hall headquarters.
"Just as the Hall Master said, you wouldn't agree."
"But that's all right. The Hall Master doesn't mind. Your access privileges on Limit Home have now been raised to the highest level below the Hall Master's. You can look up a great deal of information."
With that, Yao Rao left.
"The Black God Set, a First-Order Force Battle Suit."
After Yao Rao left, Li Xin returned to his room as well. He took out the Black God Set, and after he let it absorb his blood, it slipped beneath his skin.
With a thought, the Black God Set transformed into a suit of blue armor that covered his entire body. It looked somewhat like the Emperor Armor from Armor Hero, only in a different color.
"Transform!"
Using the Black God Set for the first time, Li Xin kept changing its form, like someone trying out all the different modes in a new game.
"Log in to Limit Home and search for all information about the Ancient Ruins!"
Only after playing with the Black God Set lost its appeal did he begin searching for the information he needed.
The second avatar Li Xin had chosen for himself was ancient civilization's Ruin No. 1. He also downloaded and read all the information about the other ruins.
"Let's go!"
After finding the information he needed, Li Xin immediately set off for the deep waters of Bermuda. At his current speed, it took him less than ten minutes to find the Machine Race Spaceship there.
The spaceship looked like an enormous silver-white pyramid, roughly a thousand meters tall. Although it had been submerged for many years, time had left no trace on it.
"Wow. As expected of an Immortal Level Machine Race vessel. It's enormous!"
After arriving, Li Xin did not alert the personnel stationed beside the spaceship. Only after quietly approaching it did he take out Eternal Divine Brain No. 2.
"Now let's see whether the Eternal Divine Brain can turn this spaceship into my avatar!"
Brimming with anticipation, Li Xin placed Eternal Divine Brain No. 2 against the spaceship's surface.
The instant Eternal Divine Brain No. 2 touched the spaceship, it rapidly merged into it.
He could clearly sense that after scanning the entire Machine Race Spaceship, Eternal Divine Brain No. 2 immediately merged into its central control room.
[Eternal Divine Brain sub-brain merging. Select an evolution mode.] [Option 1: mechanical flow treasure evolution mode.] [Option 2: machine race life evolution mode.] [If no selection is made within ten seconds, evolution mode 1 will be selected by default.]
At that moment, Eternal Divine Brain No. 2 sent back information.
The mechanical flow treasure evolution mode is essentially evolution through refining mechanical flow treasures. It doesn't require comprehending laws or anything like that. As long as I follow the evolution path provided by the Eternal Divine Brain and keep refining it into a higher-grade mechanical flow treasure, it can continue advancing.
Back then, the Eternal Divine Brain's main brain defaulted to the mechanical flow treasure evolution mode because I didn't make a selection. Now the main brain can't evolve on its own. I have to personally refine it into a higher-grade treasure before it can evolve.
The machine race life evolution mode is essentially turning this spaceship into a Machine Race life-form. It's like using the Machine Race's Evolution Heart on this spaceship, merging its soul with its body so it can keep advancing through comprehending laws, just like humans and other life-forms.
My original plan was to raise this Immortal Machine Race spaceship as a member of the Machine Race, so it could research advancement for the Eternal Divine Brain's main brain. The best choice is still the machine race life evolution mode.
"I choose option 2!"
Only a second had passed, but Li Xin had already considered it thousands upon thousands of times before decisively choosing to raise this avatar as a Machine Race life-form.
Once Li Xin made his choice, Eternal Divine Brain No. 2 fully merged into the Immortal Machine Race spaceship.
At that moment, Li Xin felt something incredibly strange. It was as though he had become an actual spaceship, and he knew everything within the entire vessel.
"Oh no, not again!"
Then countless torrents of information engulfed him, accompanied by a familiar stabbing pain in his head.
Even Eternal Divine Brain No. 1, which had already advanced to Planetary Level, could not absorb such an enormous torrent of information in a short time, despite running its calculations and deductions at full capacity.
Every step of the spaceship's construction, from the very beginning to its completion, all the knowledge and technology involved, and all the information from its adventures with its master swept over him like towering waves.
Not only that, but every experience and memory of its master-the deceased Machine Race Immortal-from birth to death also surged in with that torrent of information.
The more information Li Xin absorbed, the more he felt as though he was no longer himself.
He had lived for less than twenty years since his birth. Now the memories of an ancient being who had lived for who knew how many hundreds of millions of years were pouring into his mind. Would he still be himself after this?
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