Chapter 531 - 251: Pseudo Tier Four Life Form, Realm Trial (2)

Chapter 531: Chapter 251: Pseudo Tier Four Life Form, Realm Trial (2)

"So, Cloned Cells are fundamentally useless, especially for a Tier Three Powerhouse with a lifespan measured in tens of thousands of years."

"Their aging is a sharp decline in their capacity to hold Life Energy. The body is like a constantly shrinking measuring cup, not simple organ degradation." ℯℯ𝑙.

"And that’s precisely why they need to seize fresh bodies—to directly acquire new vessels that are still growing."

"But this process is extremely dangerous. After all, you have to transfer the entire brain, along with the Brain Marrow Crystal, into a new body. You also have to minimize the rejection reaction between them. Although, they mostly select superior candidates from over a dozen generations of their own blood relatives to avoid incompatibility between the spirit and the body."

At this point, under Lin Feng’s stunned gaze, Ling Yi’s tone shifted, becoming low and heavy.

"There’s a recorded case of a Pseudo Tier Four Life Form that had lived for 100,000 years. On its tenth body-swap, its Spiritual Power was several times that of a Tier Three Peak, equivalent to a Tier Four Late Stage being..."

"But that time, for various unfortunate reasons, the body it found was only at Tier Three Early Stage."

"This was like trying to force an entire sea into a small river. The transfer operation failed instantly, triggering a massive leak of Realm Energy. The radiation spread over a hundred kilometers in every direction."

"However, after we cleared away the radiated Energy, we were surprised to find that the body it had tried to possess still had biological activity and even some residual consciousness."

"The researchers experimenting on the body would constantly hear hoarse, agonized howls in their minds. And the Evolvers who were initially affected by the radiation’s spread would occasionally hallucinate painful, screaming echoes within the chaotic Spiritual Realm."

"It’s somewhat similar to what Shen Jie experienced..."

After hearing Ling Yi’s case study, Lin Feng quickly understood what he was implying:

"Are you saying my mother, He Yiwen, after becoming a Pseudo Tier Four Life Form, left some kind of Realm Energy on me, similar to a Spiritual Mark? And that’s why, when Shen Jie was trapped just now, he accidentally triggered this mark?"

Ling Yi nodded and added,

"More precisely, your Realm Ability is highly correlated with the bloodline your mother left you. Humans who get close to you have a high chance of activating this bloodline inheritance. While they can’t truly inherit the Realm Power, they can vaguely sense the Spiritual Energy of that former Pseudo Tier Four Life Form."

"It was the other half of Shen Jie’s human bloodline, combined with the fact that he happened to be near you, that fulfilled all the conditions. He was extremely lucky to have that pull him out."

"Otherwise, the two of us would have had to deal with the hot potato that is Shen Jie before we could start the Collective Mental Realm Trial."

After hearing Ling Yi’s speculation, Lin Feng let out a long sigh of relief. The fists he had clenched tightly behind his back slowly unfurled.

The sweat in his palms had already seeped into the deep imprints left by his fingernails.

He knew better than anyone that the biggest secret he harbored was the existence of his Upgrade System. Now, it seemed this was the gift He Yiwen had left him.

It had already saved Lin Feng from dire straits many times over.

After they finished discussing Shen Jie, the time was around five in the afternoon.

At five o’clock on a midsummer day, it was still broad daylight outside. The scorching sun, setting in the west, seemed reluctant to leave.

On the horizon of the winding mountain road, a number of armored personnel carriers appeared. At their head, Qin Hu sat in a heavy-duty jeep, following a leading Black Armored Tank, as they arrived at the main hive on the Northwest side of Yunxia Ridge.

Along the way, Qin Hu saw many signs of Zerg Race activity. He even spotted a few Tiger Spine Zergs brazenly lounging on a hillside, watching their arrival.

If they hadn’t been coming for an appointment and had left their weapons behind, Qin Hu and his Tier Two Late Stage Perfection Genetic Warriors would have wanted to go up and take care of this audacious Swarm with their bare hands.

Fortunately, Liu Yi and the others who came to receive them quickly explained the situation. It was only then that it dawned on Qin Hu, and he ordered his men to stand down and not be impulsive.

When the convoy reached the entrance of the main hatchery hive and he saw Lin Feng and his group, Qin Hu finally understood. ’With these god-killers of the Zerg Race around, how could those Tiger Spine Zergs still be alive if they hadn’t already surrendered and been disarmed?’

Lin Feng, who had come out to greet them, also showed a hint of surprise when he saw the members of the team Qin Hu had brought.

Including Qin Hu himself, he had brought a total of thirty-six Trial Takers. Lin Feng, on the other hand, had thirty-four, making for seventy people in total.

In reality, Qin Hu’s gains from the morning’s battle at Yong’an River were far greater than this. Although the Mother Empress entrenched at Yong’an River had a relatively weak Zerg force, it still included over six hundred Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs.

It was just that all the Tier Two Zerg Eggs he had on hand were used for his own upgrade consumption.

And over six hundred Tier Two Tiger Spine Zergs, plus one hundred Tier Two Zerg Eggs, were enough to allow the roughly forty Tier Two Middle-Late Stage Genetic Warriors under his command to reach Tier Two Late Stage Perfection.

Adding in the dozen or so powerhouses already at the Perfection stage, the on-paper strength of his Southern Corps now even surpassed the Salvation Army.

However, a fully-armed Tier Two Battle Group from the Salvation Army could easily defeat several times their number of same-tier opponents. While fighting ten to one might be a stretch, taking on three at once was still a walk in the park.

Besides the smaller number of people, many of the personnel brought for the Realm Trial were unfamiliar faces.

This was likely to ensure the safety of the Beihai Town encampment and to mitigate the risk of losing all his top powerhouses at once. People Lin Feng recognized, like Chen Shu, were not on the list of Trial Takers this time.

Clearly, after understanding the risks involved in the trial, Qin Hu had made his own arrangements.