Chapter 1281
Chapter 1281 - 1267 Life Programming
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"What is a Peak Decree? It’s when several core Decree professions are fully cultivated, equipped with important professional abilities, and it reaches a high level within a short time—a level where there is no room for improvement."
Multiple sixth-tier professionals form a complete battle system; they reach the ceiling of Peak Decree, becoming mid-to-high level officials and elite members within any force.
"Generally speaking, a Peak Decree will constantly collect its own Decree components, hoping that quantity will transform into quality, reaching that upward threshold... Those who touch the ’Rule’ seeds and can still steadily ascend are called Quasi-rules. It’s pretty difficult, basically equivalent to being a big shot, just like Xia Qin’s master, the old Sword Saint."
In fact, comparing Quasi-rules and Peak Decrees doesn’t make much sense since, most of the time, Peak Decrees spend their whole lives unable to find their ’key’ and take that most difficult and crucial step."
They can only keep collecting more ’Decrees,’ attempting to piece together the seeds of rules, or perhaps risk high dangers to encounter ’Miracles’ and seek external assistance.
Ten Peak Decrees might not even produce one Quasi-rule, some things really aren’t just about effort... Otherwise, the Ancient City wouldn’t have attracted so many Peak Decrees to fight to the death back then.
"Uh, I am a Quasi-rule, but not a Peak Decree."
At this moment, Lu Ping’an felt a bit numb.
The staircase to a higher level was right in front of him, it seemed that just one step forward would allow him to touch it, but the ’foundation’ under his feet wasn’t solid enough.
The normal professional structure is a mountain-shaped one, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, but Lu Ping’an’s seemed more like a ’ladder.’
"Could there be a mistake...?"
"Your panel is filled with Rule-level abilities, with decades of gathering at the Quasi-rule level not matching up to your absurdity, how could there be a mistake?"
The sign of moving from Peak Decree to Quasi-rule is the creation of a Rule-level ability, even if it’s just a faint ’Power of Rules,’ it symbolizes a transformation from quantity to quality."
But Lu Ping’an’s sixth-tier profession is almost entirely composed of Rule-level abilities...
"Your sixth-tier profession... It’s actually stronger than many seventh-tier professions."
Big Cat sighed, understanding that this was Lu Ping’an’s professional template, which, with the comprehensive blessing of the courtyard, had gained all-around amplification.
"Don’t just tell anyone, I’m afraid you’ll get beaten up, even Quasi-Gods don’t see such cheating..."
Normally, Peak Decrees transitioning into Quasi-rules, accumulating decades is standard, and really breaking through would require a life-risking effort.
But Lu Ping’an, having just advanced, was already a true Quasi-rule level.
Lu Ping’an himself didn’t mind and shrugged, casually saying,
"Now enter the Rule level? Or still the old rules?"
Lu Ping’an could feel that he was still able to advance, perhaps by just a moment’s thought.
"Old rules, at least four... This step is very crucial. Well, all stages involving advancement are critical, but this time it’s really quite critical."
Since Big Cat had said so, Lu Ping’an was not in a hurry. He still had plenty to catch up on; a hollow sixth-tier couldn’t display the level of combat power expected.
The priority was to test his own abilities, and at the same time, make various preparations for the ’Plan’ in advance."
"Is this the core ability of Life Programming? A bit difficult to use, but indeed infinitely potent..."
Lu Ping’an’s ’Gardener’ core ability was no doubt ’Investment,’ and this time, it was its evolution after absorbing World Fragments.
In front of Lu Ping’an, blossoms of Lamp Flowers burst forth with dazzling brilliance, and this time, their branches bore ’Lamp Fruits.’
Originally, different types of Lamp Flowers had varying performances and wattages in their lighting organs, but this time, under Lu Ping’an’s ’Life Programming,’ all acquired the same ’Ignition or light module.’
In the past, Lu Ping’an’s investment involved inserting gene modules into Magic Plants, relying on luck.
But this time, he could directly "adjust" with a hundred percent certainty without needing extra points.
"It’s not that points aren’t used at all, but this ’Life Source Force’ can allow magic plants to pay for themselves....."
Under the control of Lu Ping’an, a carnivorous plant slowly changed its form, its branches and leaves stabilizing into glowing "Lamp fruits" transforming into "Fire apples."
This time, it was a change from an ignition module to a fire module, these were actual Holy Fire grenades.
"Firstly, I’m just programming, if no additional price is paid, then only equivalent changes can be made..."
Looking at the bioenergy, "Lamp fruits" and "Fire apples" are roughly on the same level, but the former is a light bulb while the latter is a grenade, which are completely different things in real combat.
"The premise of accepting programming is that it ’owes’ me... In this regard, an investment is needed to lay the foundation. Or, it originally belongs to me."
In front of Lu Ping’an, this "Fire apple" tree exploded directly, then the whole tree blazed intensely, reducing to ashes.
"Magic plants resulting from programming might not survive..."
This was expected and set a considerably high threshold for users like Lu Ping’an.
In actual combat, performing life programming might succeed in utilizing abilities, but result in the magic plants perishing, causing negative utility on the battlefield.
If the ability is limited to this, merely an "investment" evolved product then....
"... Wolf King reprogramming successful, replacing the somewhat useless ’Accelerated Regeneration’ with ’Brass Scales.’
In the cage before Lu Ping’an were a group of wild wolves, their bodies covered in thick skin akin to that of a lizard.
This time, it was ’life programming’ and not ’magic plant programming.’ Quasi-rule level Lu Ping’an had already surpassed the most fundamental limitations, capable of intervening in ’animal’ life forms now."
"Accelerated Regeneration" and "Brass Scales" are both Lower Brass passive talent abilities, but in actual combat, the latter can render common swords, guns ineffective, vastly more useful than the former when cannon fodder is needed.
These are not even the most significant enhancement effects...."
"Consider for yourselves what kind of ’rewrite’ your body needs..."
The "new life" bestowed by a fifth-tier benefactor was Lu Ping’an’s blessing, also within Lu Ping’an’s range of "reprogramming!"
"This is the strength of Rule-level and above....."
This was the direct assessment from Big Cat, without the Divine Foundation and World Fragments, who else at the Rule-level could be so extraordinary... More extraordinary was that Lu Ping’an was still at the Quasi-rule level, and he could advance further.
This was indeed the strongest yet weakest ability, as an attack ability it could be zero, but it could also be maximized in actual combat, depending on how it is applied.
And now, what Lu Ping’an needed to do first was a super project...
"Rewrite ’Redemption’...."
The Scene of Redemption, that landscape of despair formed by the Fusang tree, had once been Lu Ping’an’s ultimate weapon.
But in recent battlefields, he had barely used it..... He now needs to deal seriously, the Scene of Redemption is of little significance to him, and the enemies that could be easily handled by the Scene of Redemption, he could simply ignore.
Now, the towering tree in front of Lu Ping’an had already taken on the color of flames.
The excess Magical Vines, Lu Ping’an had already removed them, attempting to "restore" them to the shape the Fusang tree should have, and trying to evolve them into...
"The Mother Tree of Lamp Flowers, the living Sun Tree....."
— End of Chapter 1281 —