Chapter 176

This scene prompted the consciousness within the Spacetime Amber to grumble, "If the next upgrade increases the splitting limit to eight, will we see the classic seven-in-one...?"

Meanwhile, sensing the enemy's sudden surge in power, the lava giant turtle's pupils dilated sharply, and the premonition of death made it struggle desperately.

Unfortunately, it was too late by then.

The next moment, the pitch-black alien insect Extreme Speed towards that fatal weakness.

The moment the attack hit, the Zerg had vanished.

Instead, there is a black hole that absorbs everything.

There was no sound, no explosion. All energy, light, and matter were absorbed. The giant lava turtle, along with the world's sea of magma, twisted Disintegration, all swallowed up...

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At Ancient Wilderness six o'clock in the morning, Wen Jing began a busy new day.

The three mobile Clone have had their attribute points redistributed and their respective action goals reassigned.

After the attribute points were redistributed, the physical strength of the three Clone was different.

The weakest among them was Wen Jing, who was in charge of reconnaissance.

Every morning, she would depart from the material universe, using the senses of the Secret Treasure Gate to travel through Ancient Wilderness Traversal, recording the coordinates of various civilizations, and conducting rapid reconnaissance to assess the risks of these civilization ruins.

This reconnaissance speed is highly efficient because it doesn't require conquering ruins.

During this process, she will frequently return to the material universe, and may travel to different planets in the meantime, searching for natural resources and civilizations that she can devour.

Some rare metals from the natural universe were added to Wen Jing's 'recipe' after she gained the Gluttony trait.

However, despite having this power, since her exile in the universe, she has selectively devoured planetary resources and has never completely devoured an entire planet.

"How about it?"

In the afternoon, Wen Jing, who was concentrating on practicing meditation, opened his eyes and looked at Wen Jing, who had just returned from scouting.

"I've been slightly injured; I need to improve my skills."

The two scenes do not need to speak, but communicate with even faster thoughts.

Then they clasped hands, and the attribute points were transferred from Wen Jing, who was cultivating, to Wen Jing, who had just returned. The allocation of attribute points requires direct contact and cannot be transferred remotely, so the Clone in the Spacetime Amber was not included in the allocation.

A moment later, the two separated.

Having fully recovered and leveled up, Wen Jing didn't teleport again. Instead, he sat down to practice meditation.

Once she has recorded a certain number of daytime cultural relics, she will stop and join in her cultivation.

Although each Clone can cultivate combat techniques and secret methods, the efficiency increases exponentially with each additional consciousness involved, and the efficiency is maximized when all consciousnesses cultivate with 'wholehearted' dedication.

The daytime passed by in cultivation, and as night fell, the two Wen Jing, who were cultivating, opened their eyes at the same time.

Without exchanging any words, the two figures flashed and disappeared simultaneously from the material universe.

The weakest Clone continued scouting, while the other Clone went to the already scouted natural dungeons to devour and acquire attribute points.

Therefore, this Clone is the second strongest among the three Clone.

As for Wen Jing, who is the strongest, he is working day and night to explore the most crucial civilization ruins.

Because the coordinates were obtained through the Reconnaissance Clone, Wen Jing didn't need to return to the material universe most of the time. Instead, he could directly enter one daytime ruin from another nighttime ruin during the day-night transition, truly realizing the 007 Ancient Wilderness Exploration.

However, occasionally, as night approaches, she would return to the material universe to transfer attribute points to her Clone that devours nature, thereby enhancing her individual strength.

The three Clone thus formed an action cycle, cooperating and dividing tasks while also concentrating combat resources.

Of course, plans are static, but people are dynamic.

Since the consciousness within the last Spacetime Amber is unable to act, it takes on the role of thought, macroscopically regulating and handling various temporary problems.

For example, when encountering danger or accidents while exploring the ruins of civilization, both the Wen Jing and Devouring Wen Jing can go to provide support, merging into one or three, as long as the current situation allows.

Under this planned operation, although Wen Jing is essentially still one person with one will, his different Clone have begun to subtly form the rudiments of a power in terms of their functions...

Chapter 176

In the Mental Vision, the insect swarms toward the clay movable type and quickly devours it.

As this process continues, the Skill Points on the panel will also increase.

3113, 3115, 3117...

[Gained Trait: Ability Printing]

When the movable type was completely devoured, the entire world collapsed, Wen Jing automatically returned to the material universe.

It was the Ancient Wilderness Night. The Clone responsible for devouring was active in the natural Ancient Wilderness, while the Clone responsible for reconnaissance was exploring and traversing.

She arrived at her temporary lodging, inside an asteroid.

At this moment, dozens of asteroids of varying sizes floated silently in the darkness, their surfaces covered with countless regular and deep holes, as if they had been visited by some powerful drilling machine, the edges of which were unusually smooth.

Once the largest one, rich in platinum group metals, is now just an empty shell, pierced by several huge tunnels tens of meters in diameter. Strange spiral patterns remain on the inner walls, traces left when matter was rapidly stripped away by the energy field.

Wen Jing Jingshun ate them all.

Now that her Digestion abilities have evolved to level seven, she can obtain nutrients not only from Ancient Wilderness and extraordinary materials.

Degenerate matter, radioactive heavy elements, nuclear fusion fuels, precious metals and platinum group elements, rare earth elements... many high-energy substances in the material universe can be transformed into resources for growth.

These substances are not abundant in habitable star systems, but they are quite plentiful on a cosmic scale.

With Wen Jing's current Digestion capacity, she could have completely devoured any planet she encountered. The reason she didn't do so was not because she was environmentally conscious.

In the previous life, people developed environmental awareness not for the sake of the Blue Star, but for the sake of humanity itself.

If technology were advanced enough to completely eliminate the negative impacts of social development, the concept of environmental protection wouldn't even exist.

A deteriorating environment will only wipe out humanity a few times over, but Blue Star will still exist.

The universe is so vast that planets are being destroyed and born every second. Wen Jing eating a few planets won't affect the 'ecological balance'.

However, in a technologically advanced universe, the sudden and unannounced disappearance of a planet, or even a large asteroid, would cause gravitational changes that are as noticeable as firing a gun in a silent environment.

Wen Jing is currently in exile in the universe and has no idea where he will appear in the universe each time. Without using algorithms to travel, he doesn't even know where the Federation's star system is.

Conversely, even if the Federation does not conduct interstellar travel, it can still detect gravitational wave background radiation in the universe.

The absence of mass will generate specific gravitational wave signals, like a pebble thrown into a pond, whose ripples will travel at the speed of light throughout the universe.

It could very well alarm the Federation or the Empire, or even... some advanced civilizations that may exist in the universe.

To prevent the Prophet from knowing that he is still alive, Wen Jing, who deliberately chose to be exiled in the universe, would naturally not make such a mistake.

"The Ability Printing feature allows me to temporarily 'print' a certain ability onto someone or something after expending energy. It's only a temporary enhancement; it disappears when the energy is depleted..."

"All the characteristics of my Clone are the same. This characteristic is basically useless, so I'll put it in the conversion options."

Thirty Ancient Wilderness days and nights, a full month, have passed since the shift in mindset and the Clone labor.

During this period, apart from the Reconnaissance Clone, the first three attributes of the other two Clone all exceeded 1000, and the Strongest Clone even reached more than 1500. In the three-in-one state, the attributes could break through 2000.

At the same time, along with the world he had just devoured, Wen Jing selectively conquered and devoured four mid-level civilization ruins, following the coordinates of the Secret Treasure Gate.

The world is set in Huaxia context, and at its core is a wine vessel. The characteristic gained from consuming it is [Intoxication], a mental attack ability that can distract, paralyze, or even put enemies to sleep.

However, this effect only works on Wilderness Beast in the natural Ancient Wilderness; enemies appearing in the ruins of civilization are products of the rules and cannot be affected.

For Wen Jing now, he can simply unleash the Ancient Wilderness directly; the chances of using this ability are very small.

The findings from the other two civilization ruins were similar.

One is a shard of the Western classical democratic system of Banishment. After being devoured, it gains the characteristic of "Banishment," a spatial ability that can temporarily isolate a target in the void, making them unable to attack or be attacked.

However, this property cannot Banishment targets stronger than itself, and Banishment consumes energy; the stronger the target, the shorter the Banishment time.

This characteristic made Wen Jing, who did not have spatial abilities, hesitate, and he ultimately kept it in the conversion options.

If you can't Banishment an opponent stronger than yourself, then the tactical significance is greatly reduced. For opponents weaker than yourself, you can simply kill or devour them; Banishment is just an unnecessary extra step.

Moreover, there's only one target for Banishment, so it's meaningless in group battles.

The other core of the ruins is a transparent stone that shimmers with an eerie light; consuming it grants the trait [Philosopher's Stone].

This property can consume energy to ' Turn Stone into Gold,' transforming ordinary substances within a certain range into rare and valuable substances.

For Wen Jing now, it's naturally just as useless.

In terms of combat style, her body is her strongest weapon. However, using this ability to create area-of-effect attacks is far less effective than the two domains she has already mastered.

As for converting matter and then consuming it, the final gain is lower than the consumption, which means that a portion of the energy is lost for nothing.