Wen Jing then turned his gaze to the central information storage device. "Is this all the information your civilization has?"
The Master of the Furnace Core explained somewhat anxiously, "We apologize, Lord Star Extinguisher, this is only the most crucial part. We are currently compiling and uploading all the civilization information as quickly as possible, but it will still take some time."
This isn't just stalling; it's the truth.
The Forging Alliance surrendered completely, lowering its stance to the bare minimum in order for the survival of its people.
Moreover, since we have already surrendered, it would be extremely foolish to make any further moves now. If we were to cause the destruction of our civilization because of some minor mishap now, it would have been better not to surrender in the first place.
Wen Jing said he wanted all the information about civilization, so of course they dared not neglect it.
As the overlord of a star sector, a vast individual civilization, its historical information is already enormous, and new information is being generated every moment.
Even if we were to devote all the power of civilization to this task now, it would still take a certain amount of time. This is an inherent physical limitation of individual life, and we cannot expect them to be like the Light Language Civilization.
"I see."
Wen Jing maintained his persona, projecting an air of worldly experience. "I've seen even less efficient carriers before; I'll come back to pick it up every now and then."
Upon receiving this answer, the Krik People inside the Furnace Core building, whose tension had been running high, immediately relaxed.
"666666! You're so kind!"
In his excitement, one of the Master of the Furnace Core couldn't help but utter the word that expressed their strongest agreement.
As soon as he finished speaking, fearing that Wen Jing might misunderstand, he quickly offered another explanation.
The Forging Alliance wanted to get closer to Wen Jing, and seeing this opportunity, their top sociologist immediately mustered up the courage to step forward.
"My Lord, the Star Extinguisher, our original, unmodified form is similar to yours in some ways, having six pairs of limbs. However, due to later social evolution and cultural traditions, adult Kelike Tribe have had the middle, degenerated limb removed."
Wen Jing initially found it somewhat amusing, but after hearing the explanation, she realized it made sense.
Humans have ten fingers, so mathematics is based on the decimal system. Krik People six limbs, so mathematics was based on the hexadecimal system. It's perfectly normal for people to excitedly agree by saying "six sixes."
"... However, now, thank you for making us realize that this idea is wrong."
Wen Jing was willing to communicate, the sociologist on the other end quickly began to flatter him.
"Body?" Wen Jing replied without batting an eye, "No, you've misunderstood. This isn't my body, it's just my detector."
Actually, from another perspective, it's not wrong to say that the Reconnaissance Clone is her detector.
Upon hearing this, the members of the Forging Alliance were first taken aback, and then felt a bitter taste in their mouths.
Anomalies detected by fully active instruments, a weapon carrying matter conversion capabilities, and the ability to extinguish a star... it was just one of their probes!
After a brief moment of shock, the sociologist tentatively asked, "And your true form, sir...?"
"Of course it's at home," Wen Jing said honestly—after all, Ancient Wilderness is her home now too.
Upon hearing this answer, even if the sociologist had asked the question with the fear of dying, he dared not press further about where she lived, as this question was extremely sensitive at that moment.
In particular, Wen Jing had previously stated explicitly that if they could find her location, they would admit that they were not a 'primitive civilization'.
However, just from the fact that the other party said he was "at home," everyone present could realize that the mysterious civilization represented by Wen Jing possessed the technology to transmit information at faster than the speed of light across at least 30,000 light-years, and that it covered the entire region.
In comparison, the Forging Alliance can extend its reach to tens of light-years around it, and its communication technology also exceeds the speed of light. However, the limit of their normal response range is only a dozen light-years. Their current communication network is achieved by base stations deployed in several key locations in the small star cluster.
However, these things are now considered normal by the Forging Alliance. It would be strange if they didn't have the information base to claim a territory spanning 30,000 light-years.
If a civilization's information transmission is limited to the speed of light, then they are an information island and will never be able to truly contact other civilizations.
At this moment, the sociologist had a sudden inspiration and exclaimed in admiration:
"Sir, your probe's shape is truly unique, powerful, and beautiful, reflecting your cosmic-level aesthetic sense."
The other Krik People, upon hearing this, realized: Yes! Although it's a detector, there must be a reason for choosing this image as the detector.
Although their civilization has followed a path of abandoning primitive forms and moving towards mechanization, the external appearance of the high-level, fully mechanized individuals still bears a striking resemblance to their original forms, reflecting a fundamental aesthetic of life.
Even if the alien insect image before us is merely a detector from an individual of a mysterious civilization, it must be related to their original form.
"... snort."
Wen Jing remained noncommittal, letting them speculate, and then instructed, "You convey my rules to other primitive tribes you can reach, and store their civilization information using their information carriers. I will come to retrieve them next time."
Upon hearing this command from above, the members of the Forging Alliance present were not angry but rather delighted.
"666666! We will definitely not let you down!" The Master of the Furnace Core's voice boomed.
The implications of Wen Jing's words left them no choice but to be pleased. He would instruct them on tasks and entrust them with conveying the rules.
What is this? This is 'law enforcement power'!
This at least shows that they were useful to this mysterious and powerful civilization. Some people also recalled the conversation between the sociologist and Wen Jing, and felt that she made this choice because the original form of this civilization was very similar to theirs, which gave them this opportunity.
In the culture of the Forging Alliance, materials that can be 'used' and 'forged' are useful and will not perish, while materials that have no value to be transformed are waste that will be destroyed and decomposed.
They certainly didn't want to become waste here at Wen Jing.
Immediately afterwards, Wen Jing stepped forward and took the round, bucket-sized information storage device, then said, "You all step back."
"Yes." The others quickly obeyed and spread out, though they couldn't suppress their surprise and curiosity.
They thought Wen Jing would disappear without a trace like last time.
Wen Jing naturally wanted to take it away directly via the Ancient Wilderness Traversal, but although the Forging Alliance's storage device was advanced, it was not made of Ancient Wilderness materials and could not be taken away via the Ancient Wilderness Traversal.
The next moment, under everyone's watchful eyes, she used her forelimbs to draw a door-shaped spatial rift, and with the invisible Door Handle she made a switching motion on the spatial door, her figure disappearing into the 'door'.
The spatial traces torn by her extraordinary power disappeared the moment she left. However, this fantastical scene was seen by the members of the Forging Alliance as a long-distance spatial teleportation technology they had never witnessed before.
The silence lasted for a while before the sounds of communication finally broke out from inside the Furnace Core.
"I don't understand the principle at all... What advanced technology!"
"There's another action similar to opening a door, but instead of rotating, it goes downwards. What's the significance of that?"
"Perhaps they've controlled some kind of dark matter device."
The senior executives of the Forging Alliance discussed Analysis the issue from various angles, including technology, social customs, and even art and philosophy.
Although Wen Jing appeared to be absent, everyone tacitly chose their words carefully, assuming that none of their conversations could be hidden from her.
While the Forging Alliance was extremely cautious, afraid of saying the wrong thing, the mysterious ' Star Extinguisher ' in their eyes actually carried a storage device and teleported through the Door Handle to a desolate asteroid belt on the edge of their civilization's territory.
This is merely the theoretical frontier of the Forging Alliance, much like the border battlefields of the Federation. Although it belongs to the civilized territory of the Wilderness Weapon, it is clearly not equipped with any Oversight devices.
However, Wen Jing maintained his invisibility, even making the bucket-sized 'hard drive' that the other party had given him invisible as well.
After finding a place to stay, she focused her mental energy on the hard drive and began to read the core civilization information of the Forging Alliance.
This civilization's information storage technology is even more advanced than that of the Federation, not to mention Wen Jing's previous life on Blue Star. This information carrier, the size of a bucket, contains terrifying information.
Wen Jing only glanced at it briefly, but it took him quite a while. The Forging Alliance civilization had evolved for over 20,000 years, and the amount of its civilization information was comparable to that of the Light Language Civilization, which had been stored for 6.58 million years.
Of course, this is quite normal, because the Forging Alliance is a civilization composed of races. Just through their interactions, forms of combat, cooperation, and confrontation have emerged. Civilization information is not limited to technology, but has spawned a massive number of branches.
In comparison, the information records of the Light Language Civilization are much simpler and far less numerous.
Afterwards, Wen Jing summarized the gains from this operation:
"After consuming a red giant star, my first three attributes increased by an average of about 350 attribute points."
"But you can clearly feel it during the absorption process. It's like eating Ancient Wilderness treasures; the next time you eat one, the attribute points you gain won't be as high."
"Furthermore, stars in the material universe aren't something you can just eat casually. You need the Strongest Clone, and the chain reaction is huge. It's better to eat the Ancient Wilderness."
"The biggest gain was breaking through the 2000 attribute level and obtaining a new trait."
Through this new trait, Wen Jing also discovered that after her body could split, the acquisition of this trait was calculated on an individual basis; one of her Clone had to have an attribute exceeding 2000 to obtain it.
Because when her Clone temporarily 'combined', her total attribute value had already exceeded two thousand, but she did not gain any new traits.
As for the specific abilities of the three new features, they represent a qualitative leap compared to the past.
The first step is [ Cellular-Level Regeneration ].