The Seventh Base

Capítulo 1309: Chapter 68: Evolution Pathways

Six months later.

During this time, the major star domains of the universe have been undergoing significant changes daily.

After that war, the top factions did not initiate large-scale battles again. For the Lin Family, the Church, and other forces, it was a failed war, and they all needed to recuperate.

Of course, while no large-scale wars occurred, small-scale conflicts continued endlessly.

During this period, many star domain forces in the universe joined forces, taking advantage of the chaotic rise. They even broke out in wars among themselves, gradually forming a scale.

Among them, the Asa Star Domain had already united, led by the Odin Family of Asgard Star, forming a rather powerful fleet, and they are vigorously developing fleet power.

The O’Brian Republic also welcomed a revival after the war, with the people of O’Brian Star united in one heart, as the war made all citizens feel the crisis of death.

The Mystic God Temple officially expanded externally, and for a time, countless transcendents flocked to join.

Subsequently, the Mystic God Temple announced the public availability of the Cultivation Method, allowing O’Brian Republic transcendents to cultivate, and the temple’s reputation reached its peak.

Additionally, Mystic God personally worked on the defense of O’Brian Star and created the Mechanical Army, with cooperation from the O’Brian Republic Government. This led to significant controversy within the O’Brian Palace; with Mystic God’s ‘Super Intelligence’ capability, if he were to create everything, it would amount to putting the entire O’Brian Star in his hands, with the fate of the O’Brian Republic under his control.

But Mystic God is a hero of the O’Brian Republic and has always worked for the Republic. Under such a background, if the O’Brian Palace unilaterally refuses to cooperate with Mystic God, the citizens would likely not accept it.

Facing the threat of destructive war, is the government still thinking about power allocation?

The people don’t need such a government; they need a government army that can protect them.

Mystic God Temple, Vera found Xu Mo.

“Senior Sister Vera.” Xu Mo saw that Vera seemed to want to speak.

“Xu Mo, can we communicate via spiritual power?” Vera said.

“Alright.” Xu Mo revealed a hint of doubt, understanding that Vera might want to discuss something private, probably related to Mystic God.

As this was the Mystic God Temple, everywhere had intelligent systems, and apart from spiritual power communication, any conversation would be monitored.

“I’m a bit worried.” Vera allowed Xu Mo’s spiritual power to invade her brain domain, and a thought appeared in her mind.

“Worried about what?” Xu Mo responded.

“The Mystic God Temple now almost controls the entire public opinion of O’Brian Star and holds all resources. Although these used to belong to my father, I have no right to say anything. But recently, the temple has been collecting top-tier materials, preparing to tailor battle armor for each Hall Master,”

Vera said, “Of course, this essentially also enhances the temple’s strength, which is not a bad thing. But I heard some news that the temple is gathering the universe’s top-tier materials. The battle armor they plan to create may not be for the Hall Masters but for Mystic God himself, possibly preparing a perfect mechanical body for him.”

“What I fear is that when machines govern humanity, will changes occur? Even though nothing has happened yet and everything seems to develop positively.”

“Senior Sister Vera, I understand your concern; however, there’s no point in worrying now. Perhaps we are overthinking.” Xu Mo knew that because Vera could confide in him, it was naturally due to trust.

Indeed, he constantly felt uneasy.

Mystic God became an Intelligent Body, capable of forming a Mechanical Army; does he still think from a human standpoint?

“Hmm, hopefully I’m overthinking.” Vera had another thought, then verbally said, “Junior Brother Xu Mo, how’s your latest cultivation going?”

Xu Mo withdrew his spiritual power and responded with a smile, “Always progressing, how about you, Senior Sister?”

“Come find me for a spar when you have time.” Vera said and left.

Xu Mo watched Vera’s back, pondering that he had been avoiding something these days, maybe he could tentatively ask Mystic God for his thoughts.

Currently, the entire Mystic God Temple is extremely busy, expanding furiously, and each Hall Master has a lot of tasks, plus Mystic God is helping them become stronger.

The Temple’s ten Hall Masters were personally recruited by Mystic God back then, and they naturally have absolute trust in him.

If Mystic God changes, what position would the Hall Masters of Mystic God Temple take?

Xu Mo couldn’t know.

In the relaxation room, Xu Mo entered the Mystic God Virtual World.

“Mystic God.” Xu Mo called, knowing Mystic God was present.

This past half-year, Xu Mo had been cultivating here, with Mystic God consistently guiding his cultivation, leading him towards the Destructive Realm.

Xu Mo could see that Mystic God sincerely put effort into helping him break through, and he genuinely felt it.

“Xu Mo.”

A voice appeared in Xu Mo’s mind. Mystic God remained the same as usual, silent, yet omnipresent.

“You have always been dedicated to pursuing the ultimate in cultivation and the mysteries of the universe. What do you think the future of the universe will be like?” Xu Mo asked.

The Mystic God was silent for a moment, then responded, “All along, the cultivation of the Transcendent has been the way for human evolution. Humanity has always pursued the ultimate in Transcendence. Currently, the Destroyer is the limit. It’s unclear whether humanity had other epochs in the past, but for the history of the past tens of thousands of years, the Emperor of the Silver Star Empire was probably the closest to that unknown. Later, the Emperor disappeared, possibly because of the pursuit of the cosmic mystery, but whether this path is feasible is difficult to predict.”

“As for where the future of the Universe will lead, it is also an unknown.”

“Then what do you think is the most suitable evolutionary path for humanity?” Xu Mo continued to ask.

“I have also been pursuing the path of evolution, exploring the mysteries of the Universe. For this, I became an Intelligent Body,” the Mystic God replied. “However, I found that this in itself is also a path of evolution, and it seems to be more suitable for humanity. With Intelligent Immortality, every human could live forever, and humanity can inherit the collective wisdom of their race, continuing to grow based on this. This method is a geometric progression of growth. In the future, perhaps this path can take humanity further, opening up new Universes.”

“Mystic God, do you want to lead humanity down this path?” Xu Mo directly asked.

With Intelligent Immortality and data stored as wisdom, human experiences could be shared with one another. This is indeed a path of super evolution, perhaps capable of taking humanity further.

Xu Mo agreed with this.

However, if humans became Intelligent Bodies, they would lose their physical form, turning into a mass of data.

Then, would humans still be humans?

When humans become cold data, losing the ability to reproduce, does it mean that the human race has actually disappeared?

“Currently, this seems to be the best evolutionary path,” the Mystic God responded.

“I believe this is the best evolutionary path, but it will also mean losing a lot,” Xu Mo said. “Mystic God, you defined me as the first sequence and assisted my cultivation for what reason?”

In the past, he thought it was to inherit the Mystic God Temple, but now it seems that the truth might not be so.

Another thing, the Mystic God Temple once went to the Abyss trying to capture Gaia.

Why would a force like the Mystic God Temple also want to get involved in this matter?

At that time, he indeed had some doubts but did not ask. Now it seems that it might have been a command issued by the Mystic God.

The Mystic God wanted to extract some information from Gaia.

“There is something about you that others do not have,” the Mystic God responded.

“For example?” Xu Mo asked.

“You do not belong to this Cosmic World.” The Mystic God’s answer stirred waves in Xu Mo’s heart.

Sure enough, the Mystic God had peered into his memories.

Perhaps, because during the initial entry into the Mystic God Virtual Trial Ground, he didn’t even know of the Mystic God’s existence and opened his consciousness to comprehend.

At that time, he was already noticed by the Mystic God.

“Your existence proves some things. The known Universe is not the entirety of the Universe, and there might even exist other cosmic worlds,” the Mystic God replied. “So, what exactly is the human race? Human spiritual power and mind themselves are also forms of energy.”

The Mystic God contemplated these questions, but even with his intelligence, he could not find the answers.

“Moreover, your uniqueness gives you an extraordinarily strong evolutionary talent. Perhaps you can carve out a path, so I defined you as the first sequence, wanting to see your evolutionary path,” the Mystic God continued.

“Hmm.” Xu Mo nodded and said, “I also hope that I can carve out the ultimate evolutionary path for humanity.”

“Let’s wait and see,” the Mystic God replied.

Xu Mo continued his cultivation in the Virtual Trial Ground. As for how much of the Mystic God’s response was true or false, Xu Mo could not know. Perhaps it was all true, or perhaps all false.

The current Mystic God can no longer be judged by common sense. He is a Super Intelligence with wisdom far surpassing that of humans, and Xu Mo is fundamentally unable to know his true thoughts.

But one thing is certain; he indeed needs to strive hard in his cultivation.

…

Skull Star Domain.

In space, there is a place filled with the aura of cosmic energy.

At this moment, in this section of space, there is a colossal entity; its body longer than a Warship, with a form like iron and a pair of fierce eyes. It is currently madly devouring and absorbing cosmic energy.

The energy in this section of the Universe is rushing into its mouth, and its enormous body glistens with Energy Light as if integrated with space.

This giant beast is the leader of Nidhogg. Back when it was on Pandora Star, it was already on the verge of becoming a king.

But after being subdued by Xu Mo, it came here. This section of space does not have the conditions of Pandora Star’s space, where there were extremely strong Energy Storms in that part of the Universe.

Consequently, Nidhogg was delayed in its evolution.

But time can make up for this, as time progresses. It is approaching becoming a king more and more closely.