Chapter 586 - 271: Electric Drive, The Path to Tier Four, Hydrogen Bomb Acquired

Chapter 586: Chapter 271: Electric Drive, The Path to Tier Four, Hydrogen Bomb Acquired

The sample that had been struck by the Magnetic Storm Bomb’s current instantly became active, resting on Ling Yi’s two charred, yellowed fingers.

Its writhing and twitching were several times more intense and frequent than when it had been exposed to light radiation.

Just as Ling Yi had said, Sample One wasn’t destroyed by the electric current. Instead, it harnessed the electrical energy fluctuations as a power source to drive its cellular metabolism.

But what astonished Lin Feng even more was that this slab of white flesh, now fully animated by the electrical stimulation, actually began to attack and devour Ling Yi’s fingers beneath it.

It first devoured the layer of dermal cells on the surface of her fingertips that had been killed by the current, exposing the new, thin, transparent skin underneath.

At this point, Sample One’s advance and expansion were met with instinctive obstruction and resistance from the Tier Three Cells within Ling Yi’s body.

The force of this counterattack, from the powerful immune system of a Tier Three Life Form, was far more than the experimental sample—derived from ordinary Tier Two flesh—could bear.

However, the power source driving its cells was no longer the exothermic reaction of breaking chemical bonds, but the more direct release of electrical current.

This meant the cells could operate at full capacity and, because the metabolic waste produced was almost zero, they could continue moving indefinitely without fatigue.

At this moment, the sample’s cells contained countless gear-like structures, forming thousands of tiny electric motors.

Spurred on by the electric current, they spun madly.

So, even though their structural integrity was inferior to the Tier Three Cells in the flesh of Ling Yi’s fingertips, they could still rely on their own higher evolutionary level to resist the invasion of the foreign Tier Three Cells. At the same time, in the midst of the struggle, they absorbed the nutrients needed for their own division and proliferation.

It was a small display, but it spoke volumes. For the first time, Lin Feng witnessed the formidable explosive power of the Electric Drive Cells firsthand.

However, this suppressive power gradually faded as the stored electrical energy within Sample One was depleted, and it lost its previous vigorous vitality.

It began to be steadily beaten back by the Tier Three Cells on Ling Yi’s two fingers and was expelled from the epidermis.

In the end, it could only curl up and enter a semi-dormant state.

As the wounds on her fingertips healed completely, Ling Yi, quite satisfied with the result, nodded and began to explain:

"The driving force of life lies in reproduction and expansion."

"Reproduction through self-replication, and expansion through constant strengthening."

"Only in this way can one fight against their own decay and stave off the coming of death for as long as possible..."

"Right now, Sample One, relying on Electric Drive, can use its own Tier Two Cells to fight against the Tier Three Early Stage. Unfortunately, it can only withstand a tiny amount of electrical energy. Any more, or for any longer, and it will collapse due to the fragility of its cellular structure."

"Currently, its conversion rate has only reached 5%. It still has a long way to go before it’s ready for practical application."

"For the next stage of research, samples of Superpower Cells from Tier Two Awakened will no longer be very effective. We need to obtain more samples from Tier Three Awakened."

"This will be used to raise the life level of the Electric Drive Cells, while also increasing their tolerance for electrical energy and the efficiency of its release."

"Once it has a 10% conversion rate, it will be able to easily suppress Tier Three Early Stage cells. And after reaching 30%, it will be unrivaled by anything within Tier Three."

"Extrapolating from that, by having them proliferate and replace your original body tissues, you could gain a corresponding boost to your Physique and Power."

"I estimate that by breaking a 40% conversion rate, you could break through the physical limits of a Tier Three Peak and get a glimpse of the Tier Four Domain."

"Physical Tier Four Power is also a type of Pseudo Tier Four."

As she spoke, Ling Yi looked at the man beside her:

"Combined with the legacy of Tier Four Spiritual Power your mother left you, you might be able to step directly into Tier Four, becoming the first true Tier Four Life Form in human history!"

Lin Feng suppressed his inner excitement and took a deep breath.

"To evolve to Tier Four, don’t I need to kill a Tier Four Life Form?"

Ling Yi rolled her eyes at Lin Feng, the corner of her mouth twitching.

"Kill one? What do you take Cosmic Life for?"

"Some common, planetary Low-Tier Life form?"

"They are the sole existence condensed from the evolutionary essence of an entire race! An evolutionary process of tens of millions of years might produce only one!"

"Even among Cosmic Life Forms, none can guarantee they can completely kill one another. And you want to challenge a Tier Four Life with the strength of a Tier Three Peak?"

"Take the Tier Four Realm King above our heads, for example. Even if it had just traveled through a Wormhole and had only thirty percent of its power left, it could still easily sweep away a thousand Tier Three Peak Low-Tier Life Forms."

"If it wanted to leave, not even another being of the same tier could stop a Realm King that was determined to flee."

"That’s why, in all of recorded history, the only ones capable of achieving a Tier Jump Kill before stepping into Tier Four are the direct bloodlines of the gods. There are no records of it happening in any other ordinary Cosmic Civilization, and it’s completely unheard of among native, indigenous civilizations..."

"Besides, evolving by killing is, in essence, just a shortcut. It’s only because of the appearance of the Wormhole that the Life Energy within the Zerg Race became unstable, making it easily absorbable by the life on the enveloped Blue Star. That’s what allowed you humans to evolve directly by killing the Zerg."

"True evolution requires constantly breaking your own limits."

"Honing your body’s resistance and endurance."

"Step by step, you break through your limits and march toward the peak!"

"Of course, evolving through killing is one possible path, but it’s far too risky and wasteful. After all, the success rate for advancement this way is less than one in ten—not even 2%."

"So, apart from a few specialized trial planets, very few racial civilizations choose this as their path of evolution."