Chapter 264

Low-level researchers like Xu Yuan need to pass through border checkpoints to enter human society, while the leaders of various factions have stargates that connect directly to the Awakening Temple.

"What's going on with this A-grade and completely unknown Wilderness Body?"

The sect leaders' white robes had a layer of dark gold patterns, and the moment they arrived, they looked down at the projection.

Upon seeing this, they, like the original organizers, froze in place.

On the platform below, a phantom image of Wen Jing's current Wilderness Body was being projected.

A sphere that is rotating at a constant speed.

Human beings typically take animal Wilderness Body, while plants or weapons are rarer types of Wilderness Body. At higher levels, they are mostly various fantasy and mythological species.

If this spherical Wilderness Body appeared on a mid-level Awakened, the Alaya Race present would also consider it a special type of Wilderness Body.

However, the detected energy level intensity was not only A-level, but also the peak A-level.

More importantly, the spherical projection is rotating.

There was also a kind of fluctuation that was extremely familiar to the Alaya Race, which was 'unconsciously' emanating from around Wen Jing.

Gravitational waves.

As life forms on this planet, the Alaya Race is extremely sensitive to gravitational waves.

"A celestial body! Her Wilderness Body is a celestial body!"

The six faction leaders present were in a state of high excitement.

Even the appearance of an S-class Awakened wouldn't have caused them to react this way.

As planetary life forms, the Alaya Race, with its Awakened possessing planetary Wilderness Body, is a research subject that any faction within them would dream of.

All of this was naturally orchestrated by Wen Jing.

The genetic disguise of Weiluo's appearance can be perfectly accomplished using the biotechnology that the Xu Yuan obtained from the Alaya Race, but the disguise of the Wilderness Body is not so easy.

The current 'Planetary Wilderness Body ' is a transformation of her ability to temporarily elevate [Complete Transformation] to the Information Touch level after she evolved [Weak Nuclear Force Control], one of the four basic forces.

Although Wen Jing's Wilderness Body has evolved to the point where it is difficult to connect with the form she displayed during the Federation period, what she needs to do is to attract the attention of the Alaya Race to the greatest extent possible.

Wen Jing can freely set her external level. However, with the Alaya Race monitoring all Awakened, her lower 'Awakening' level means lower freedom and influence.

That would be very inefficient and restrictive.

After obtaining local identity, her awakening level should be as high as possible so that she can enter the core of the empire, obtain more information about the powerful figures in human history and the core Alaya Race, and thus stir up trouble.

If Wen Jing hadn't suppressed his power... he would have been detected as an S-rank.

However, the Alaya Race cannot tolerate S-class Awakened who pose a threat to a level three civilization, and they may be nipped in the bud before they can fully awaken.

The claim that the Federation Empire has two S-class units that serve as a deterrent to each other is simply a way to fool humanity.

Therefore, she chose to awaken to Rank A, and to increase its importance, she deliberately designed the Wilderness Body to resemble a planet.

Sure enough, the next moment, unlike the others who had successfully awakened before, no one came forward to guide her. The platform beneath Wen Jing's feet rose, directly sending her into the floating seats where many bloodline nobles were located.

As soon as I entered, before I could even get a good look at the many white figures inside, a gentle female voice rang out, possessing a magnetic quality that made one feel lightheaded.

"Good day, Ms. Weiluo. I am the patriarch of the Aiselun Family. Your talent is astonishing. I sincerely invite you to join our family. I have several direct descendants who have reached the Jade Emblem level..."

Chief Aiselun was interrupted halfway through his sentence by a deep, resonant male voice:

"I am the head of the Heinrich family, the first family of the Empire. Ms. Weiluo, you have awakened an A-level aptitude, so you should join the strongest family. You will receive the best treatment!"

A cold voice rang out. "How come you're the number one family again? Did you declare it yourself? Ms. Weiluo, our Shadow Blade Family has the most Awakened with space-related abilities and secret techniques, which are the best match for your talents. Joining us is your best choice."

Upon being teleported up, Wen Jing was immediately offered olive branches by the six most illustrious bloodline families in the empire.

In fact, while there may appear to be some smaller families among the imperial bloodline nobles, they are actually all branches of the six major families, and within the Alaya Civilization, they are independent project groups within a faction.

When several factions want to study an Awakened, in order to balance the competition among the factions within the Alaya Race, the final solution is to allow the Awakened to choose freely.

However, there is no doubt that the final A-level Awakened will inevitably fall into one of the six major factions.

As for the 'contract' they are talking about now, it is the first thing that the Awakened of the empire must confirm after awakening.

Within the Empire, the basic consensus is that Awakened must receive regular 'mental guidance' from bloodline nobles to prevent Genetic Collapse.

Therefore, just as Federation students choose one of the three Awakener Academy after awakening, Imperial Awakened must also establish a contract after their initial awakening. Lower-level Awakened receive regular, unified guidance from the local Awakening Temple, but the number of free opportunities is limited. To increase their chances, they need to exchange various resources, primarily rare and Ancient Wilderness treasures, followed by large amounts of money, connections, and so on...

To advance further, one can enter the trial camps set up by various factions for Awakened.

These forces may range from major imperial departments and bloodline families to smaller regional powers. If you can pass the trial, you can not only join these forces and gain additional opportunities for advancement, but also receive rare rewards for outstanding performance.

Starting from the mid-level Awakened, depending on the different types of Wilderness Body, they will attract the attention of bloodline families. If both parties can reach a consensus, it is equivalent to being bound to this bloodline family, and they will basically marry into it.

In the eyes of lower-level Awakened, this is the true stable system, with a spouse providing dedicated mental support, unlike them who have to worry about Genetic Collapse.

Moreover, the marriage system between bloodline nobles and Awakened is unique, restricting Awakened from remarrying with other bloodline members, regardless of whether the Awakened remarries with other people.

Of course, there are also Awakened do not want to be bound to a bloodline noble and instead form a contract with a family, having several partners within that family.

Therefore, the empire had many different views on mate selection, including open, semi-open, completely faithful, and only requiring the other party to be faithful, etc.

This is why the data of even a random family in the Empire can be several terabytes.

For the Alaya Race, these are not problems at all; they can simply create more agents.

Some Awakened believe they have the blessing of having multiple partners are actually dealing with the same Alaya Race; conversely, some who believe their partner is one person may be using multiple Alaya Race aliases.

However, the research conducted by the Alaya Race is mostly one-on-one or one-to-many, because their members are relatively few in number, and the many-to-one format, especially when the subjects are high-level Awakened with special abilities, carries a greater risk of being detected.

In short, Wen Jing, who has just awakened, would definitely choose one of the six major families if he were a normal citizen of the Empire.

"Uh, let me think..."

As a newly awakened member of the lower class, Wen Jing naturally acted as if he was flattered when facing the most illustrious and noble bloodline family in the empire.

Seeing this, the six faction leaders, in their competition, offered a series of generous conditions that were unimaginable to ordinary Awakened.

Moreover, infighting was raging within the 'insiders' of the Alaya Civilization:

"Your faction just got the sample of that foreign reconnaissance aircraft, and now you want to take it from us?"

"What a joke! We got it because of our strength. Now this sample has even caught the attention of the prophets. It would be foolish not to try."

Just then, Wen Jing, who had been hesitant, suddenly changed his expression and said excitedly:

"It's you!"

Everyone followed her gaze and looked over there--

Then I saw the little invisible Xu Yuan standing on the side of the Matter Transformation Faction.

In this setting, even the person in charge of the awakening ceremony, who was originally a Level 2 researcher, stood silently behind the faction leader. How could someone like him, a Level 1 researcher, possibly have a place to speak?

"You know him?"

The other Alaya Race present were all shocked and spoke in unison. Panxi, the leader of the Matter Transformation Faction, even privately messaged Xu Yuan to inquire.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Xu Yuan, looking as if he had just recognized Wen Jing, exclaimed in realization, "... It's you?"

At the same time, he also passed on the record of his casual rescue and financial assistance to Weiluo to Panxi.

Upon hearing his voice, Wen Jing seemed to have completely confirmed his identity, and then immediately spoke:

"I owe everything I am today to your help. There's no need to choose anymore; I'll only join your family!"

Upon hearing this, the leaders of the other five factions paled.

Only Panxi was overjoyed. "Great! Great!"

As the faction that infiltrated the Xu Yuan using the ability of "Passerby Background," the Matter Transformation Faction is currently in a very weak position within the Alaya Race, having not produced any groundbreaking results in the past century.

Last time, Panxi blamed Xu Yuan for not obtaining the mysterious reconnaissance aircraft, but he didn't expect the other party to bring such a big surprise so quickly.

Awakened are the primary research subjects of the Alaya Civilization; compared to an A-level Awakened, the value of an external reconnaissance aircraft is negligible.

Wen Jing spoke with such certainty, the other five factions immediately went to investigate and found out the cause and effect, thus learning about Xu Yuan's previous practice of scattering money everywhere.

He only interacted with ordinary people, and it didn't cost the Alaya Race much money, so it wasn't considered a violation of the rules.

"How could this be?!"

The sect leaders discovered something even more outrageous: Lin Yue, who had awakened at his own expense at a C-level, was actually one of the people sponsored by Xu Yuan.

It's worth mentioning that this was actually beyond Wen Jing's expectations. The information of the Awakened is added during the awakening process. Even if she had Information Perception, she couldn't know whether a person could awaken before the awakening.