Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Ink Orchid: "Inside the ruins, there is also a gigantic treasury. The Haimeng Ship’s intelligent system predicts that the treasure inside might be worth over a trillion. It could even contain cosmic treasures that can’t be valued by Primordial Crystals."

Southern Gorgon: "Greed has blinded the mantis’ eyes."

Ink Orchid: "..."

Dragon Cypress shook his tentacles and said slowly: "Actually, this isn’t just about how much we gain."

"If the adaptive evolution ability could reverse-engineer the genes of the ’Solitary Wolf Civilization’ and fuse with the ’Technological Star Core’, think about it..."

"Unused Technological Star Cores are valued at 30 million each. So what about those that can be used?"

"A complete set of spatial system abilities that allows free navigation in the universe, valued close to a Starship."

"Moreover, it’s a Starship that can be carried individually and evolve alongside the Insect Clan Warriors."

Ink Orchid concurred: "Right! If this succeeds. By then, it will be like each of our Xianglan Chamber of Commerce and White Ivy Chamber of Commerce will have a Starship per insect!"

"Great!"

Silvergrass listened, feeling the blood boil, and waved its front claws in excitement.

Poison Bean hesitantly said: "Isn’t it less effective than the Star Spider? At least not as good as a Third-Level Star Spider!"

"..."

White Ivy raised a claw and knocked on Poison Bean’s head as a warning, half-believing, and hesitantly asked: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, Ink Orchid, isn’t it that simple?"

"No way! No way!"

Red Peach shook his tentacles and said: "An ordinary Primordial Energy Body, when fused with a Technological Star Core, elevates to a Twisted Primordial Energy Body. But does an ordinary Primordial Energy Body have flesh and blood? Does it have inherited bloodlines?"

Red Peach held the Technological Star Core and turned it in front of his eyes, asking: "How does an ordinary Primordial Energy Body fuse with a Technological Star Core? The key lies in the soul, right?"

"Inherited bloodlines can be mimicked, but how do you mimic a soul? Every lifeform, when it ascends to become an Origin Force Life, its soul is already molded."

Dragon Cypress lightly nodded his tentacles and said: "Both genetic and soul restrictions. The current adaptive evolution is definitely not enough."

Dragon Cypress: "Before White Poplar advances to Half Star Realm, the White Poplar Fruit it produces can only affect the body. After White Poplar advances to Half Star Realm, the White Poplar Fruit metamorphoses, and its life-extension effect reaches the soul level."

"Great King Cypress mainly focuses on the Life System. By the same logic, when adaptive evolution reaches a certain extreme, can it also reach the soul level?"

—Right!

The insects all turned towards the Great King Cypress’s direction.

Great King Cypress: "...I’ll try."

Red Peach still shook his tentacles, seriously said: "Isn’t the Star Network Account also authenticated and recognized through bloodline and soul? If the soul can be mimicked and changed, wouldn’t that mean... for example, I could mimic Chairman White Ivy and access its Star Network Account, transferring its Primordial Crystal wealth to my own account?"

—Right!

All the insects were startled.

If this were possible, with everyone stealing from each other, wouldn’t the entire system of the Insect Clan Civilization fall into chaos?

Dragon Cypress: "The Star Network Account’s operations and management system were personally designed by the Natural True God, who wouldn’t leave such a significant loophole. Moreover, if it truly happened, we’d definitely get caught..."

Dragon Cypress waved his tentacles and said: "Let’s not consider that for now."

Dragon Cypress then said to Great King Cypress: "In the Star Marks Realm, White Poplar has condensed 23 traces. Great King Cypress, I’m setting you a goal, 27 traces, isn’t that reasonable?"

"Reasonable..."

Great King Cypress thought for a while and said: "Dragon Cypress, adaptive evolution is different from life-extension. Life-extension is a single Life System. Adaptive evolution is primarily Life System, encompassing strength, perception, carapace, physique, and all aspects of the system. It’s a complete ability system. To reach the depth you mentioned, 27 traces might not suffice! I can’t say for sure how much it would take."

Dragon Cypress: "...You’re right."

Dragon Cypress: "No worries. Discover the ruins and earn a windfall. When we get to the White Crystal Star System, we’ll vigorously buy Primordial Gemstones and speed up with them."

Great King Cypress: "I’ll do my best!"

Dragon Cypress called out: "Round Cypress, Fragrant Cypress, Spiked Cypress, Cypress, Silver Cypress, prepare a banquet."

"Green Heart, make a few trips to notify the Snakebark Maple and Red Moonseed about it."

"Other insects, let’s go around."

...

...

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid inspected the territory, checking the status of the Origin Force Plants, confirming everything was normal during their absence.

The insects gathered under the Azure Divine Seed Tree, eating, drinking, and chatting leisurely for a long time.

After the banquet, they each dispersed.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid went into hibernation on Xianglan Mountain.

Thirteen years later,

A Third-Level Star Spider from the White Crystal Star System arrived.

Upon receiving resources, Kansui and Giant Taro arranged for their immediate delivery.

Dragon Cypress used them and evolved once in slumber.

Half Star Realm 3 Age Period.

As predicted, the soul level smoothly broke through the bottleneck and reached the Planet Realm.

Spiritual power extreme perception range extended to 10 kilometers, doubling.

Coupled with nearly three hundred years of rigorous training,

Compared to previously facing the Half-Step Radiance Realm Twisted Primordial Energy Body, the rate at which spiritual power is deployed and retracted has more than doubled.

And quite crucially, the Soul-Setting Ability’s perception range surged to around 1800 kilometers.

Extremely long-distance luring of enemies, causing them to travel through space, increasing teleportation counts, lengthening the time needed, giving oneself ample time for reaction and preparation.

Dragon Cypress regained confidence.

The insects assembled and set out again aboard the Haimeng Ship.