Chapter 1566
Chapter 1566 - 1562 Xuanwu
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"Is it done?"
"Really? So fast? The think tank estimated it would take at least twenty years."
"He must have been blessed by destiny; for that Phoenix City multi-world, this is also an opportunity..."
The same words took place in different worlds. As Lu Ping’an’s "answer" shocked the God of Martial Fight, it was also rapidly transmitted back to his homeland.
In a decision-making department in Wanjing, the information about the birth of "New Species in Phoenix City" had become the headline of the day.
This was quite abnormal.
You see, this department handles hundreds or thousands of major world matters every day, with countless messages labeled as "Urgent", "World-Destroying Events", or "(expletive), if you don’t approve this today, humanity is done!!"
The worst part is, these messages are likely not exaggeration... The General Staff Department and its subordinate organizations work overtime every day for the survival of humanity.
One can say they have become numb to decisions involving the obliteration of other worlds, only becoming more focused on events that involve the survival of Earth and humanity.
After all, with several hundred world-ending crises per day, even the most vigilant person would gradually grow numb.
Before many terrible events and attacks of the old era, it wasn’t that there were no intelligence and information, but rather there was too much intelligence and information to process in time... Fortunately, in this world, with the involvement of High-Tier Scholars and the integration of extraordinary abilities into decision-making, most decisions are made without mistakes.
Even with predictive abilities and the Destiny system’s aid in decision-making, countless world-level events have still met their end... Then it becomes a matter of how many people, how much land, and even how many Quasi-Gods must be sacrificed.
Few people know that, for worlds, Quasi-Gods and Deities are also a kind of expendable resource.
"The initial choice was correct, he indeed has great potential, very great potential. I propose to include him in higher resource allocation and also to integrate him into the subprojects of the Xuanwu Plan."
The Ancient Eastern Country likes to use ancient concepts as codenames for projects, highlighting its style and implying its "magnitude".
The most significant at present is the Nirvana Plan, or the Phoenix Plan, or the Phoenix Rebirth Plan... This actually covers a series of similar level plans, or different subprojects of the same plan.
"The Xuanwu of the Four Symbols? Has it been initiated?"
"It has been initiated since the beginning of the Nirvana Plan... However, for a time, there were no people, no resources, not even project progress plans. It’s only these past two years, with sufficient accumulation, that we’ve started to launch it in full swing."
The Nirvana Phoenix symbolizes fighting for life in death, pioneering in desperation, while Xuanwu is associated with water, signifying accumulation and foundational buildup leading to qualitative change.
"Our Art Calculators concluded that he could increase the success rate of the first phase of the Xuanwu Plan by 0.3 percentage point."
A subtly negligible ratio, yet, it caught the full attention of the entire logistics and strategy department.
After all, the initial success rate of the Nirvana Plan was only between 9% and 16%, and now it has just managed to rise to an average of 15%... While the associated Xuanwu Plan, even just its first phase, has at best less than a 30% success rate
A single individual capable of causing the progress bar to nudge slightly is already a considerable achievement.
Worth mentioning, Lu’s "plan to stabilize humans becoming professionals" also increased the success ratio of the Nirvana Plan by 0.5%, which is the root of him receiving a series of preferential treatments.
A high-tier combat power individual, even if they are a Quasi-God or a War God transcending ordinary deities, could not sway the overall strategic plan’s success rate; Lu Ping’an, on the other hand, with his logistic-oriented presence can affect the overall "chess game".
"Send out a special strategic team... We expect to bring back accurate data and materials, including the process of Creation, species information, combat scenarios, evolution paths, and also, make sure he returns alive. That world is not as calm as it appears."
From this moment on, Lu Ping’an has finally transformed from a "potential seedling" beneath the chessboard into a strategically valuable chess piece on the board.
In this competition of races and worlds, this is an honor, but also a risk.
When Lu Ping’an was deployed to support the Phoenix City World, many watched him closely, eager to see just how high his limit was... The most suitable environment is often used to protect the baseline, the basics, but in an unsuitable environment, one can best see the individual’s upper limit, and more importantly, their potential.
Now, as a brand-new species was born and immediately caught the attention of many, they unabashedly moved him into the higher priority of the Xuanwu Plan.
What is the Xuanwu Plan, specifically?
"Racial evolution and species ascension... As a Mortal ethnic group, humanity is too weak; we must fundamentally achieve a qualitative change."
Lu Ping’an himself was unaware that he had already made a name for himself back home.
Even his personal existence was now enough to influence the strategic layout of the entire grand world... In fact, not only the Eastern Country base, but other proper Gods from powerful factions also received the message.
Starting a race from scratch, many Quasi-Gods and Deities can achieve it, but to do so in an exceedingly harsh world like Phoenix City and still maintain human traits in this hybrid, these "custom-made" characteristics are particularly enticing.
From this moment on, Lu Ping’an has definitively raised his banner in the world of Explorers, and Rebirth Company ascended to the dimension of a major transdimensional corporation.
"...the 661st test... hmm, it seems there’s still some issue."
Lu Ping’an himself was still troubled by the progress of his experiments.
In a way, he was a lucky person... World Fragments, those precious things, he had already acquired several pieces in Mercury 42.
How important traits like "Life Weaving" and "Wisdom" are for creating an ethnic group, need not be further discussed... For other Creators, these are the most difficult steps, but he possessed privileges from the start.
Once he received the "Blessing of the World" and the "Favor of Destiny," this privilege even elevated to a King’s Right... the Official population’s highest priority Rule.
This is the true source of his work going so smoothly, as he waits with foreign full-suite Tools and has already turned on admin mode locally.
However, this patronage clearly began to fade with the birth of the new race... Lu Ping’an was working overtime, ready to take full advantage of this period to perfect this new race as much as possible.
Currently, atop the plains of Lu Ping’an, under the massive Trees of Crystal, crystal fruits kept falling.
Newborns continuously crawled out from them, receiving a foundational "Wisdom Enlightenment" during their gestation... Language, tool usage, and some basic "common sense."
"Every Newborn will know that they were created by humans... but the final relationship with them still needs to be written by us."
— End of Chapter 1566 —