Chapter 102: Has it Evolved?

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  However, the feeling was completely different from Xia Xingxiao's. The mysterious bead in his body seemed to be extremely welcoming of the arrival of the five furnaces. Its green light flashed even more happily. Because Xia Xingxiao's spiritual duplicate had already been stored in the minds of the five sandworm larvae, replacing part of their original consciousness. Therefore, in a certain sense, they were also part of Xia Xingxiao's body, and there was no estrangement between them at all.

  This is the magical place of the transformed Da Xin Zhong Mo Great Law. Although it doesn't have the effect of exchanging lives, it can make the furnace and tripod become a part of oneself, inseparable from oneself. As long as the Linghun copy is successfully replicated, there's no need to worry about the furnace and tripod rebelling. It will faithfully execute every command of its master, including self-destruction.

  For any practitioner, betrayal is the most heart-wrenching thing. Especially when in the most dangerous situation, being abandoned by one's own companion is something that no one can tolerate. However, people's hearts are unpredictable and changeable, who can guarantee that they will not be betrayed one day? Who can also guarantee that they will not betray others one day?

  On the cruel battlefield, anything can happen. For their own survival, humans are forced to make many helpless choices. These choices may be despicable, shameless, and violate moral bottom lines. But what's the difference? In a world full of starry skies, with so many rebels, bandits, and outlaws, aren't they all struggling for survival? Because from a moral perspective, it's almost meaningless to assign blame.

  If even the most basic right to survival cannot be guaranteed, what's the point of talking about morality and etiquette? Every cultivator should have sufficient mental preparation for this. Perhaps one day you will be betrayed by others. Perhaps one day you will also betray others. In the eight great empires of humanity, betrayal and rebellion are almost happening every day.

  Only the furnace and the destined beast are the most reliable. No matter how dangerous, they will fight to the end with their master. They will use their own lives to fight for even a thread of the weakest vitality for their master. Therefore, the trust in the furnace is unconditional.

  Of course, because the master and the furnace's life and vitality are shared. Therefore, if the furnace commits suicide, the master will also suffer a great loss. Fortunately, all of this can only happen within a certain range. As long as you exceed a certain range, you can remove this lock. Moreover, probably no cultivator would want their own furnace to commit suicide.

  Now, the distance between Xia Xingxiao and the five furnaces is obviously within the effective range. Therefore, the mysterious bead immediately took over the cultivation of the five furnaces. A green light passed through a channel that Xia Xingxiao couldn't understand, entering the body of the sandworm larvae. In an instant, all the cultivation of the five sandworm larvae was under the command of the mysterious bead.

  "Whoa! You're also too amazing!" Xia Xingxiao was shocked.

  He also thought that the mysterious bead would only take effect in his body, but unexpectedly, it could even control the furnace. Could it be that it can actually detect the spiritual duplicate? However, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this mysterious bead can not only control the primordial energy of heaven and earth, but also control the power of the stars.

  This is absolutely awesome.

  Xia Xingxiao can only be described with such words.

  The most important thing for a Space Beast is the Star Core and the Stellar Channel. The Stellar Channel is similar to the human meridian, it's the main channel for the beast to absorb stellar energy. And the Star Core, also known as Star Spirit, Essence Spirit, Crystal Spirit, Crystal Core, Beast Core, Demon Core, etc., are actually all the same thing. Its function is equivalent to the human Sea of Qi.

  The cultivation speed of cultivators is often inferior to that of demon beasts, because they cannot absorb the power of the stars. In outer space, the energy contained in the star's power is more abundant than the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, demon beasts have a natural advantage in terms of energy absorption. Especially during the active period of WST rays, the concentration of star power has almost doubled compared to before.

  Humans have been trying every means to absorb the power of the stars, in order to make up for the deficiency of the heaven and earth's original energy. Unfortunately, until now, no one has succeeded. Well, it's not that there hasn't been any success at all. Creating androids is a way humans have explored. The only pity is that while androids utilize the power of the stars, they also bring great harm to the human world.

  The cauldron is a compromise. Through the special effects of the cauldron, humans can utilize part of the star's power while avoiding the backlash of forming human-like beings. So far, the cauldron, or the destined beast, remains the best way for humans to borrow the power of the stars. However, if it's not a particularly good cauldron, it seems there is no value in using it.

  Some things are often like this. In someone else's hands, they work very well and smoothly, but when they come into their own hands, they feel powerless. The Benming beast is just like that. Within the same time frame, the energy absorbed by the Benming beast may not be more than that of a cultivator. It's just that because the lifespan of these demonic beasts are all very long, the energy they store up in the end will be astonishing.

  However, human lifespan is limited. The average human lifespan is generally around 300 years old. Highly skilled cultivators can extend it to about 500 years old. After humans die, their divine beasts naturally perish as well. The relationship between a master and their divine beast was originally one of shared life and death. If the master dies, the divine beast cannot survive either.

  In other words, the Benming Beast only has a growth period of at most 500 years. Compared to other demon beasts, this is greatly shortened. Unless it's a demon beast with very strong innate genes, it's possible for them to grow up in a short amount of time. Otherwise, they will ultimately be no match for those wild demon beasts. Therefore, the number of people striving in this direction has always been small.

  Xia Xingxiao discovered that under the guidance of the mysterious pearl, green light was constantly surging inside the five sandworm larvae, rushing back and forth. The green light not only expanded all the original star channels into long rivers like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, flowing endlessly, but also continuously developed new star channels. In less than half an hour, the bodies of the five sandworm larvae were packed with dense star channels, estimated to be hundreds of times more than before.

  Most of the demon beasts are actually the same as humans, and the star channels on their bodies cannot be fully opened. Those that can open more than 100 star channels are first-class demon beasts. Those that can open more than 200 star channels are second-class demon beasts. Those that can open more than 300 star channels are third-class demon beasts. And so on. The highest is ninth-class.

  In other words, no matter how powerful the demon beasts are, the stellar channels they can open are actually less than a thousand. Those that can open more than nine hundred stellar channels are already existences similar to demons. They are often referred to as divine beasts or sacred beasts. In the vast starry sky world, the number of divine beasts or sacred beasts is countable on one's fingers.

  Generally, sand worms are just opening up over a hundred stellar channels. In terms of grade, they are all the lowest first-grade demon beasts. If it weren't for their extremely long lifespan, they wouldn't become so fierce. However, after the mysterious bead expanded the stellar channels by hundreds of times, their growth rate can no longer be measured by common sense.

  The Star Channel has suddenly increased from over a hundred to over ten thousand, and the massive star power is like a tidal wave pouring into the sandworm's body, constantly swelling its crystal nucleus. In just a moment, the sandworm's crystal nucleus has swollen by more than ten times its original size. The sandworm's crystal nucleus was already very large, but now it looks even bigger.

  "Xī suǒ... xī suǒ..."

  It's likely that the sandworm larvae themselves can't withstand the fusion of so many star powers, and can't adapt to the massive energy accumulation. They're constantly struggling, rolling around in agony. Under the immense pressure of the star power, their bodies are constantly shedding skin, while their lengths are constantly stretching.

  Originally only twenty meters long, the body was quickly stretched to fifty meters. Originally only two meters in size, the body also stretched to four meters. The space pulled out was filled with astonishing energy. Such an astonishing change was basically completed within a few minutes. If not seen with his own eyes, Xia Xingxiao really couldn't believe what he saw before him.

  Due to the energy sharing relationship, Xia Xingxiao could clearly feel that the amount of energy he could mobilize had increased by several times. The energy contained in each of the five sandworm larvae was dozens of times his own. When combined, it was simply unimaginable. At this point, even if two avatars were used, or all nine avatars were deployed at the same time, they could probably last for a very long time.

  At this moment, Xia Xingxiao finally felt that the Dao Xin Zhong Mo Great Method was indeed very mysterious. However, it required the effect of the mysterious pearl. In fact, without the effect of the mysterious pearl, and without its expansion of the star channel of the sandworm larvae by over a hundred times, the sandworm larvae's energy would have been insufficient for him to use. Perhaps, he might even need to pay the sandworm larvae instead.

  "Heavens, has it evolved already?"

  Li Yuzhi and others also sensed the movement and rushed over in a hurry.

  The result is not good, it's better not to look. Their eyes, collectively stunned again. No way, everything in front of me is really too surprising. Wow, just under half an hour, five sandworm larvae actually evolved simultaneously!

  "My goodness, this Xia Xingxiao, how... Li Yuzhi felt that with his own IQ, he was already unable to describe the situation. He could only repeatedly use two words to describe it: perverted, perverted, perverted..."

  The secondary sandworm, still a larva, has already acquired certain self-defense capabilities. Its attack power, defense power, movement speed, and drilling speed have all been greatly enhanced. More importantly, its exploration radius has also increased to 50 meters.

  Don't underestimate the 50-meter exploration radius of this mine, there may be precious minerals within this range. Moreover, sand worms can drill holes, equivalent to a mobile detector, where they go, they detect. If you're lucky, you'll directly drill into the mineral vein.

  As expected, the sand worms, after evolving, seemed eager to try and drill into the rocky layers beneath Ailuoxing. Their natural instinct was indeed to dig tunnels. Xia Xing didn't stop them, letting them burrow directly downwards. Soon, all five sand worms had vanished from sight. On the surface of Ailuoxing, five holes with diameters of four meters each remained as exits.

  Due to the Linghun copy, at this time, in Xia Xingxiao's mind, various mineral data kept coming. They were all worthless mineral deposits. This was certain. On the surface of Aiyue Star, if there were any precious minerals, they would have been discovered and excavated by others long ago. If there really were any valuable mineral deposits, they must be hidden deep within the core of Aiyue Star.

  However, Xia Xingxiao soon discovered that the mining distance of these five sandworm larvae was absolutely not just fifty meters short. He roughly measured it and found that it was about 5,000 meters. It's estimated that because the star channel of the sandworm larvae has been greatly expanded, the radius of the mine exploration has also increased. A mining radius of 5,000 meters is quite good. Hmm, it's pretty good. If all five act together, they can indeed catch some rare minerals.

  It's rare that inside the sandworm larvae's body, some space has already appeared that can be used to load ore. These spaces are completely insignificant for the sandworm larvae itself, but in Xia Xinghe's view, they are already very spacious. At least, the volume of each space will not be less than one hundred cubic meters.

  In other words, these five sandworm larvae can dig for minerals while digging up rare minerals and storing them in their own bodies. Gradually accumulating a small amount, it's like a treasure basin. If all the space is filled, it will be a considerable fortune, more cost-effective than hiring workers to dig.

  Of course, even if it's a sandworm, wanting to drill into the core of Ailao Star is not that easy. The density of Ailao Star itself is very high, and the density at its core is even higher. Drilling through the dense core rock is no easy task. It must wait until the sandworm has strong energy to desperately dig forward.

  Fortunately, after all five star channels of these sandworms were opened, their cultivation speed was more than 100 times faster than that of ordinary sandworms, and their abilities in various aspects were greatly enhanced. The drilling speed also increased a lot. It is estimated that in the near future, their drilling ability will be very strong.

  Xia Xingxiao quickly filtered through the relevant mineral information, specifying that the sandworm larvae only explore and excavate certain valuable minerals, and temporarily seal up all related information until it's needed again. He left the exploration to the sandworm larvae to operate on their own, so he wouldn't have to pay attention to them all the time. With this, the five sandworms were basically settled. Xia Xingxiao didn't expect the sandworms to do anything big either, and he slowly forgot about them.

  "What shall we do now?" Xia Xingxiao looked around and asked casually.

  "Of course we're going back." Li Yuzi said. All of them needed to return to the Myanmar military base, to adjust their mood properly. If they were always stimulated by Xia Xingxiao like this, they would all go crazy sooner or later. This pervert!

  Before the words had fallen, every person's communicator received Commander Chen Duo Hai's order: "Attention to all small teams outside the base, our army has scattered mecha operators falling to the ground, please approach and search. Please note the coordinates announced by the command center. The confirmed coordinates so far are 4407, 4206, 6398..."

  C！。