Chapter 177

Although these four traits were not converted, they are all in Wen Jing's conversion sequence, similar to 'fixed assets', which will be converted into Skill Points when she is ready to evolve.

The three Clone, working together in a divided manner, brought about a qualitative change in Wen Jing's growth efficiency.

Her next evolutionary goal is naturally to further enhance her ability to split.

However, each upgrade to a powerful trait requires a lot of Skill Points. She vaguely sensed that upgrading to level three of the Split Skill Points.

It's worth mentioning that during the process of devouring the ruins of civilizations, Wen Jing discovered that the corresponding light spots in the Secret Treasure Gate of the worlds she devoured would also disappear.

This led her to a hypothesis—perhaps the Wilderness Weapon are a weakened replica of the core world within the ruins of a civilization...

Although the light spots inside the Secret Treasure Gate will disappear, new light spots will be born over time.

Currently, the four light spots have disappeared, and a new light spot has been created.

It seems that the rules of the Secret Treasure Gate automatically 'capture' the coordinates of the ruins of civilizations.

Of course, even if no new light spots are captured, there are still more than ten thousand light spots Secret Treasure Gate. Wen Jing, who is in charge of reconnaissance, has recorded a large number of coordinates. However, given her current priority of efficiency, she is choosing the fastest and most reliable method of world devouring.

As for whether doing this will one day consume all the natural Ancient Wilderness cultural relics.

Wen Jing had no time to worry about anything.

Based on the Federation's research on the Ancient Wilderness over the past two thousand years, the Ancient Wilderness world is theoretically infinite.

First of all, the Awakened have never explored the bottom of the Ancient Wilderness, which can be said to be infinitely deep.

Secondly, even if the depth of the Ancient Wilderness has a high and low range, if expressed mathematically within the range, the decimal point representing the depth can be extended indefinitely, which is equivalent to infinity.

The result is that subtracting or dividing infinity by a number still results in infinity.

Moreover, even if the Ancient Wilderness is limited, if devouring all of Ancient Wilderness could revive his teacher, Wen Jing wouldn't hesitate at all.

Ten minutes passed, and just as Wen Jing was about to continue traversing another civilization's ruins to advance his strategy, the Clone responsible for reconnaissance suddenly trembled, emitting a violent emotional fluctuation.

"Wait, I think I've discovered something from an alien civilization!"

"Um?"

Besides the consciousness focused on devouring, the consciousness of the Spacetime Amber and the Strongest Clone were both resonating mentally due to this discovery, and all focused their attention on it.

During his routine reconnaissance mission, Wen Jing Jinggang randomly arrived in an unfamiliar star field via the Ancient Wilderness Traversal. While conducting a routine investigation, he discovered a unique and independent small system through the [Key of Tuning].

It looks like a tiny, extremely thin, diffuse nebula of dust, quite ordinary and inconspicuous in the universe.

If it weren't for her special ability to sense things, she definitely would have missed it.

Upon approaching the nebula, Wen Jing pondered for a moment before using the [Key of Tuning] to activate its 'switch' and carefully released a small amount of his mental energy.

The moment my spiritual power touched the nebula.

The investigator Wen Jing, involuntarily shuddered.

"So beautiful..."

At the moment of contact with the nebula, Wen Jing did not see or hear anything, but instead gained a deeper experience.

She felt as if she had transformed into a special kind of life form that could blend into the environment, understanding and reproducing the physical laws of the universe by sensing the subtle changes in magnetic field lines, gravitational perturbations, and atmospheric composition.

She soars freely through the world, experiencing the symphony of magnetic fields and gravitational waves created by herself and other beings of her kind.

This is an art form distinct from that of humans, but what's amazing is that any creature with aesthetic sense and higher intelligence can appreciate its beauty.

Whether it's the beauty of emotion or the beauty of logic, it can be said that the higher the level of intelligence and the more complex the thinking pattern, the more beauty one can appreciate.

Wen Jing's Calmness did not force her to calm down at this moment, because it was not from any extraordinary power or negative influence on the battle, but rather a work of art that she could still be awestruck and admired with rational discernment.

Of course, it is both a work of art and a symbol of civilization.

This allowed Wen Jing to learn about a gaseous life form civilization that could be roughly translated as ' Weavers ' or ' Resonators '.

Each individual is a vortex of intelligent energy, without a fixed form, more like a stable atmospheric phenomenon, formed by charged particles and complex organic molecules under the influence of planetary magnetic fields, creating thought and consciousness.

They extract energy from atmospheric turbulence and planetary internal heat, integrating energy with the environment in an inexhaustible manner.

It can be said that there are no survival troubles or threats of any kind.

At the same time, because this physical form cannot escape the protection of planetary gravity and magnetic fields, this civilization did not develop an understanding of other planets and the wider universe; in their culture, their home planet was the entire world.

Therefore, this civilization fundamentally lacked the concepts of confrontation and competition; they placed all the meaning of civilization's development on art, thereby creating a monument of pure and beautiful art.

The entire history of civilization is a work of art.

This feeling of beauty was powerful and pure, like a clear spring, even injecting a fresh vitality into the deep pain and weariness in Wen Jing's heart.

However, after receiving all of Nebula's information, the three Clone couldn't help but sigh simultaneously.

"This civilization has been destroyed..."

Yes, the final 'footnote' on this business card is the destruction of civilization.

From the perspective of the ' Weavers ' civilization, a cold will from beyond their world destroyed the planet's atmosphere, which in turn destroyed their entire 'world'.

From beginning to end, they had no idea who the enemy was.

However, amidst the cataclysmic disaster, a cultural explosion occurred, once again exporting breathtaking and moving art, which became the final swan song of the entire civilization.

These records, which documented the experiences of an entire civilization, were preserved for reasons unknown, transforming into the nebula-like quantum memory field before our eyes, which Wen Jing happened to witness.

Wen Jing has always been filled with curiosity and speculation about the vast universe beyond our own galaxy.

She had considered various possibilities, including a dark forest, adherence to some kind of universal public morality, or the absence of any other civilization altogether.

Unexpectedly, the first alien civilization she actually came into contact with had already perished.

Chapter 177

The Nebula Relics gradually dissipated before Wen Jing's eyes.

However, it was harmless, because she had already extracted and memorized all the information inside.

This relic made Wen Jing realize that other forms of intelligent life and civilization truly exist in this world, and there is definitely more than one.

Although it was known for a long time that the empire next to the Federation had alien nobles, since they intermarried with humans and formed a common society, they were most likely 'humanoid' as well.

In Wen Jing's mind, he had always guessed that the empire's nobles were simply humans who had undergone some evolutionary mutations in the cosmic environment.

It could absolutely not be a gaseous life form like the Weavers Civilization.

If the aliens from the Empire were truly unique in appearance or life form, the teacher wouldn't have failed to mention it to her.

In the universe, besides completely harmless civilizations like the Weavers, there must be at least one aggressive civilization that, without any communication, would be wiped out upon discovery.

Is this universe governed by the Dark Forest Theory?

"No, we can't make that conclusion entirely. The Weavers Civilization hasn't even ventured into space, and they have no cosmic consciousness whatsoever. Perhaps in the eyes of some civilizations, they aren't even considered civilizations, just like people looking at monkeys."

"Furthermore, if a civilization's technology becomes so advanced that its 'territory' expands to an enormous extent, the destruction of an entire civilization might be merely the action of an individual within it, unrelated to the will of the civilization itself, like weeding one's own garden..."

"If human civilization didn't engage in internal strife and ventured into space, I wonder what kind of ecological niche it would occupy."

"Does the Prophet who holds absolute power in the Federation know of the existence of other civilizations in the universe?"

For a moment, Wen Jing's three consciousnesses were filled with countless thoughts.

An instinctive curiosity and vigilance arose regarding the possibility of civilizations existing in the universe.

Wow... so beautiful!

Just then, the consciousness that had just finished devouring a natural Ancient Wilderness world returned to the material universe. After 'recalling' what had just happened, it uttered a belated exclamation of praise.

The other three consciousnesses also subconsciously reviewed the experience, and during this process, a sudden inspiration struck them.

"Hmm? I have an idea."

The next moment, energy surged from the three Wen Jing in the two different locations.

They stirred up magnetic fields and gravitational waves, mimicking a fundamental art form in the Weavers Civilization.

Although the place she was in lacked atmosphere and a certain kind of 'string', and although her skills on it were still very raw, like a beginner playing a basic scale...

But having witnessed the grandeur of a civilized art edifice, she still managed to create a single grain of sand.

[Master ' Art-Weavers lv1 ', Skill Points +10]

Art that transcends civilizations is inherently difficult to replicate, and even for different forms of life, it is not easy to fully comprehend.

But the extraordinary characteristics of the Awakened erased all of that.

Mental power is the best 'decoder,' enabling one to comprehend all the information of other civilizations without loss or barrier.

At the same time, Wen Jing possesses extraordinary comprehension of four consciousnesses and the ability to influence electromagnetism and gravity. He can perform the 'string-plucking' without technological assistance; otherwise, he could only perceive it but not 'do' it, let alone master it.

"The interface even recognizes skills from non-human civilizations..."

Upon receiving the notification, Wen Jing's eyes lit up. "This is only a very basic level of mastery, and it's an artistic skill, yet the Skill Points I've gained are almost equivalent to mastering some combat techniques and secret skills."