Chapter 229

For a Level 3 civilization, all they need are Awakened, and they don't care about the age of the Awakened. On the contrary, Awakened awaken at a young age are easier to control and exploit.

And what about within humanity itself? We cannot overestimate the moral bottom line of capital.

Oppression from fellow citizens and from other races is no less severe, and may even be more brutal.

The fact that only pure humans aged eighteen can awaken this line, conversely, allows Type III civilizations to preserve the bottom line of certain dark aspects of human society.

As for the third anomaly, it was discovered through the Creation Personality: why do Awakened have clothes after traversing between the Ancient Wilderness and material universes?

"Although it can be explained by a complex set of rules governing matter transformation, it's quite unusual to limit it to just the attribute of 'clothes'."

"Weapons and equipment other than Wilderness Weapon, as well as prosthetic limbs, cannot enter the Ancient Wilderness. Moreover, during the period when humans were brutally domesticated by the Alaya Race, the concept of wearing clothes did not exist," the Creation Personality said.

Humans initially wore clothes to protect themselves in the natural environment, but this gradually evolved into a social consensus. Many of the extraterrestrial civilizations that Wen Jing encountered during his exile in space did not have the concept of clothing at all.

All three anomalies, when taken together, are beneficial to humanity.

"Is it because the consensus of human society has, in turn, influenced the extraordinary rules? But these anomalies have a strong bias. If an individual can exert this level of influence... then why couldn't they resist the oppression of a Type III civilization?"

Of course, ultimately, the greatest 'benefit' is also the source of humanity's domestication—why only humans can give birth to Awakened.

These currently unanswerable questions were stored in the information database. The other two Clone entered the Ancient Wilderness, where they absorbed and replenished their knowledge. In the future, they will re-enter the black hole to utilize the time difference for learning and research.

Wen Jing's three currently active Clone can switch between each other's personality nodes, but one needs to maintain its infiltration activities within the Empire. Therefore, the learning of the other two personalities in the black hole is carried out alternately, with one learning and the other maintaining.

Furthermore, although after evolving into Gestalt Consciousness, she can voluntarily abandon her body in times of crisis, returning only her consciousness, the consciousness that has been recycled into the Mind Palace cannot return to the 'corpse' to be resurrected.

This touches upon a certain cosmic rule: there is an invisible barrier between a dead body and a living consciousness.

Wen Jing tried to evolve to break down this barrier.

However, just like her resurrection ability, the feedback from the panel shows that even with 900,000 Skill Points, it's still far from enough.

This made her realize... that this might be the boundary between life and death, as if determined by fate.

As for the continued evolution of new personality nodes, it is estimated that around one million Skill Points will be needed.

Because it's not simply a split personality, but rather an increase in 'life'.

Fortunately, the Clone inside the Spacetime Amber has begun to receive light from the outside world, and it is expected to be unsealed within a month. At that time, Wen Jing will have one more 'hands'.

She had already figured out the direction of this personality's thinking.

*

Everything that happened in the Mind Palace was merely part of Wen Jing's journey out of the Void Realm Trial Camp.

As soon as she stepped out, she encountered the Virid Family's aircraft.

The hatch opened, revealing Xu Yuan, who had come specifically to pick her up.

She immediately showed a look of surprise and went inside.

What brings you here?

Xu Yuan smiled shyly and said, "I missed you."

"I miss you too." Wen Jing sat down intimately next to him on the surface, but in her mind she said, "They really can't wait... Are you ready?"

"Ready," Xu Yuan replied in his mind, and also sent the message to Wen Jing.

"They" are naturally the Matter Transformation Faction, and "impatient" are naturally the research on her by Xu Yuan.

Upgrading Xu Yuan to a Level 3 Researcher and unlocking Level 4 privileges wasn't really for watching them act out a pure love story.

Upon receiving the Wen Jing, Wen Jing's gaze momentarily faltered.

Although the design is based on 'character design', what you actually see is still...

How strange!

Weiluo's reputation... no, by the time Weiluo is brought back, her identity will most likely have already been exposed, and it will only damage her reputation.

In reality, Xu Yuan approached Wen Jing, his voice a few decibels lower than usual, and continued to press, "What kind of thought is it?"

"Um?"

Wen Jing tilted her head slightly, her eyes somewhat unfocused, and her cheeks began to flush. Then, as if realizing something, she subconsciously looked away.

But the next moment, Xu Yuan lowered his forehead and gently touched hers, preventing her from escaping.

Their noses brushed together almost imperceptibly, their breaths mingling.

Wen Jing met his icy blue eyes, momentarily lost in thought, then made conversation, "Um... why have the lines around your eyes changed?"

Because of the advancement in research level, the bloodline title on the surface of the Xu Yuan has been upgraded from a blue emblem to a red emblem, and the blue patterns at the corners of its eyes have turned into a faint red. Combined with the claim of 'matching' the future Tianheng Lord, this is naturally quite reasonable.

"My family used a special ritual to enhance the purity of my bloodline, and I can now perform deep spiritual guidance for you. I have learned a great deal..."

Xu Yuan spoke, he reached out and took Wen Jing's hand, his thin lips moving silently over her fingertips.

"I will definitely make you satisfied."

Wen Jing's pupils dilated almost imperceptibly.

This wasn't an act.

This is bad...

She probably shouldn't have shared her feelings with Xu Yuan last time—this guy not only fits her every whim, but now he really understands her preferences!

The aircraft flew directly to the front of the Virid Family's detached house, which belonged to Wen Jing.

"Bang!"

Two figures entered, and then the door slammed shut.

Within minutes, bursts of energy began to erupt intermittently within the room.

The commotion was so great that even the highly private architectural features of interstellar-era buildings could not be concealed. In fact, the energy was so strong that it exceeded the safety Threshold, and the alarm sounded once before being turned off after a while.

"What happened? Isn't that Lady Weiluo's courtyard?"

The ordinary staff members who were carrying out routine maintenance at the Virid Family were unaware of the situation and looked over in surprise.

"It seems like they're conducting psychological counseling..." someone said, emphasizing, "Deep psychological counseling."

At this moment, the expressions of the people around them became subtle.

In reality, the actual situation inside the room has nothing to do with the apparent activity...

The so-called 'deep psychological counseling' is nothing but an act.

Having evolved to this point, Wen Jing cannot be said to be without worldly desires, but rather has reached a level where he can rationally and freely control all his desires.

But now it's not a question of whether or not she has such feelings; under the surveillance of the Alaya Race, she certainly couldn't possibly have such thoughts.

After Xu Yuan unlocked the Alaya Race's Level 4 Researcher access technology, Wen Jing, who had spent many years studying and researching in the black hole, directly provided a data report tailored to the Alaya Race's needs.

The process then involves using Information Touch to shut down the monitoring equipment, coupled with occasional 'energy runaways' to achieve a perfect disguise.

As for the experimental records, they were short films fabricated by Xu Yuan based on information provided by the Alaya Race.

The Alaya Race care about experimental data, not the meaningless data collection process.

And so, one night passed...

Wen Jing opened the door with a refreshed expression, walked out of the room, and headed to the training camp.

After a long while, Xu Yuan appeared, his hair disheveled and bearing unspeakable, ambiguous scars.

Even when wearing the standard robes of a bloodline, the teeth marks on his Adam's apple are still visible.

"Lady Weiluo... has such a peculiar fetish!"

The Vered family servants, who had been watching the commotion since yesterday, were shocked to see this scene.

Being the spouse of an A-level Awakened is definitely not that easy!

Soon, the freshly baked, scandalous gossip spread like wildfire throughout the capital, even faster than when Wen Jing received his Survival Trial Medal.

"Well done!"

At the same time, within the Stellar Consciousness of the Alaya Race, Panxi was reviewing the latest experimental report, praising Xu Yuan without reservation.

Xu Yuan simply replied, "Sect Leader, my proxy body is about to be completely destroyed."

"Oh... this test subject does have personality issues." Panxi finally realized, and encouraged her, "It's alright, as long as you produce results, our faction will naturally give you our full support. Just ask for any resources you need."

"I want to unlock more technologies to enhance the strength of living beings." Xu Yuan seemed completely focused on the experiment. "The experimental body currently only has a 20% compatibility rate. Once her compatibility rate increases... my current ordinary agent body simply can't handle it."

Panxi readily agreed, "No problem! I'll unlock it for you right now. You should also study this area more thoroughly, and make sure you keep her firmly under your control!"

On this day, the Empire obtained explosive gossip, the Matter Transformation Faction obtained experimental data, but Wen Jing lost his reputation...

Chapter 229

The concept of time was meaningless in the area of the glowing floating islands.

After Wen Jing obtained the [Standardization Meme] and infected the nearby giant insects, he remained in a strange, still state. Even the pale white light he emitted was in a stable area, but then it began to flicker.

The intervals between the flickers got shorter and shorter, until this moment.

An invisible tremor emanated from the central area, and these floating islands, which had remained intact for an unknown period of time, began to crack, as if millions of years of solid ice were finally thawing.

"Click--"

The first crack appeared on the largest floating island, where the giant worm, which was a thousand meters long, suddenly lit up its signature red and blue crystal tubes, piercing the void with a light ten times more intense than before.