Chapter 1577
Chapter 1577 - 1573: Like a Newborn
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The news from home set a fire under everyone.
More and more messages came back... Overall, the situation is bad, or rather, terribly so.
"The invaders seem to be an alliance from four or five other worlds, with the Octopus Tribe taking the initiative..."
It’s something that was expected, but the most direct result is that the already difficult Pacific shipping is completely ruined, and with it, parts of the seas extending to Southeast Asia and East Sea have also become exceedingly dangerous.
Lu Ping’an sighed. The countries in this world line are not as prosperous as in the previous world. The global division of labor through high-cost freight is impractical, with just a few fairly stable shipping routes linking the continents, all of which are now cut off, having a tremendous impact.
Especially for some island countries, it’s truly hell mode... On this world line, fostering internal demand and economic circulation within the continent is the Main Road, relying too heavily on imports and exports, especially food and raw materials from outside the Domain, is like entrusting one’s lifeblood to luck, with overall development being too unstable.
"Wanjing receives distress reports every day, but if a large force is really dispatched to surround and suppress them, they might only encounter small groups harassing the Sea Tribe legions...." Small groups of Earth’s navy can’t defeat the Sea Tribe, and when more people deploy the fleet, the enemy flees rapidly.
Earth... mostly covered by oceans, when the ocean becomes the enemy’s battlefield, the land-dwelling ethnic groups on this planet, aptly named "Mercury," will be in considerable discomfort.
Lu had an idea why Mercury 42 had such large-scale national investment and strategic planning previously; it seems that someone received intelligence ahead of time and was really panicking.
The grand strategies were all laid out in the open; on one hand, igniting wars in the enemy’s rear, harassing their supply lines, and restraining their frontline forces, on the other hand, mass combat training, conducting naval training specific to the Octopus Trait...
"...Heh, if it comes to it, I might actually get to see Lulu and the others back home."
For Mercury 42, this is, in some ways, a blessing. For the Foreign Domain (allies), they do not fear poverty or lack of resources, but rather a total lack of strategic value... Once it’s confirmed that Mercury 42 can aid the war effort on Earth’s homeland, investments might well multiply by tenfold.
"Need to speed things up..."
Even without enlightenment, one must face reality, when orders, requests, and commissions are received, there probably won’t be time for declination.
"Let’s start the sixtieth experiment, try a new body..."
After being given research direction by Dr. Shui, the progress on Lu Ping’an’s side accelerated considerably.
This is mainly due to his "most-favored-nation" status in this world, along with the "Life Wishing" cheat.
His Wishing Pool could let life forms actively change their shape; as long as the points were sufficient, one could even change species, with professionalization only being part of the force.
Now, he was constantly making the people of the Phoenix Origin Clan actively transform...
"....Keep wishing, praying for a body structure more suitable for ’Dark Fire’."
Lu Ping’an’s approach was actually quite simple and crude; the first Wisher simply grew some organs for "ignition".
With the possession of the Holy Pillar, he further adjusted the structure, making the "ignition organs" a branch of the mass-produced species, then had them wish again.
With each species replacement, they gained more beneficial mutations, and gradually, their adaptability to Dark Fire reached the limits of the species.
The ability to continuously adapt to species traits, allowing beneficial mutations to be directly inscribed into the next generation’s gene modules, was something that deeply fascinated Lu Ping’an.
A species that could record beneficial mutations, one that could actively create beneficial mutations – when the Phoenix Ape People encountered Lu Ping’an, they naturally paved the way for rapid evolution of the entire species.
This is still a mutation, not evolution... because evolution requires time and combat to confirm if it’s a beneficial mutation, while mutation just needs to meet the needs.
They, according to Dr. Shui’s requirements, began to transform into semi-Energy State life forms, starting to lose their initial stable structure.
In theory, this should have already met the requirements, but Lu Ping’an still felt it wasn’t enough.
"Dark Fire, the negative flame of life, is the natural enemy of the Octopus Race..."
This has been tested in actual combat and Lu Ping’an has already evolved these "guard species" according to the needs of his battlefield.
Their form began to distort and change, they slowly returned to an energy-based body, yet still retained their self... Big Cat’s diagnostic result was that Lu Ping’an’s ability was effectively stabilizing.
They began to rely more on the traits of the Courtyard than on their own homeland.
"Boom!" Once again, Lu Ping’an tasted Death.
After the ashes, Lu completed Rebirth.
Lu Ping’an himself was also spending points to try changing his form... the avatar of Dark Fire, continuously wishing, continuously destroying, continuously modifying.
The Phoenix Ape People were trying to gain Lu Ping’an’s Traits, while Lu Ping’an was trying to acquire the traits of the Phoenix City World; both sides were integrating into each other. In Lu Ping’an’s Flames, more Life was added.
"Adaptability is sufficient, now it’s the combat skills."
Without hesitation, Lu Ping’an opened up his personal Martial Skill, Wave-Cutting Axe.
But actually, this set of skills should now be called "Vibration Shock Fist (according to Big Cat)," but Lu, nostalgic for the past, still used the old name.
Compared to the original, this Combat Skill originally used by low-level professionals had been completely transformed by him.
As for its power? Lu Ping’an used to be clear about that; it’s at the fifth-sixth tier, occasionally its Profound Meaning allowed Rule-level output, but how high the "Vibration" power of Lu Ping’an’s current world glory and the combination with the Eye of Truth are, probably, only actual combat will tell.
Even in its Lower level version, this set of Martial Skills has already reached the level of Abnormal Ability and is still compatible with the life forms of this world. They learned it without difficulty... Their Origin is the core of this Martial Skill, "the Silver Rune" shaped them, Cultivation could awaken instinct, increasing the limit of Life.
Lu Ping’an was generous, and these species kept changing, evolving, reorganizing, reincarnating.
The war at home accelerated all work and preparations; Lu Ping’an spared no expense in points, hoping to produce results ready for combat as soon as possible.
Finally, when a Crystal Pillar slowly rose in the Courtyard, a new ethnic group was already residing in Lu Ping’an’s Courtyard.
After obtaining stable survival in multiple Planes, they also reduced their adaptability to the Phoenix City World, and Lu Ping’an’s merchant group now had its first long-term Bodyguards.
As for their own will? When Lu Ping’an informed them that they could leave this world and go to the human homeland, they were overjoyed... Now with some human knowledge and humanity, they were somewhat disdainful of this dull world.
Everything is ready except for the opportune moment, but when the war summons truly arrived, everyone still felt unprepared.
— End of Chapter 1577 —