Ant Lord in the Star Realm

"Conceal spiritual power, shield the soul, and use death power to cover and obscure vitality, then it loses its target..."

Dragon Cypress explained in detail the action rules of the strange primordial energy body, then continued:

"When I was on the Home Planet, during the condensation of a Water System Ability named ’Whirl Beast Devouring,’ I learned from the Saint Butterfly Tribe, mimicking their water system fifth state, the death state. I failed at imitation at the time, but when condensing the Divine Pattern, the Natural True God bestowed me with the death state ability."

Dragon Cypress lamented: "Without Origin Force Food with matching attributes to strengthen, I couldn’t comprehend power through repeated death and rebirth like the Saint Butterfly Warriors. This ability had always shown no progress and was nearly forgotten, yet unexpectedly, today it can save my life!"

——Is this even possible?

"..."

The five Spiders continued to remain silent.

Captain Upright Lotus used a Spirit Class attack ability to annihilate ordinary primordial energy bodies within a thirty-kilometer radius, and shouted:

"Back to the Starship! First, hand the items over to Cerbera for scanning and analysis. Then, we’ll assess the situation and discuss the next actions."

...

...

Cerbera Ship entrance.

Captain Upright Lotus led Dragon Cypress, first emerging from the Star Network channel.

Kansui, Giant Taro, Chickpea, and Purple Cicada followed closely.

"Back already!"

Ink Orchid cheered, her gaze locked on Dragon Cypress, sensing something was amiss, carefully scrutinized twice, anxiously bounced and exclaimed in panic.

"Dragon Cypress?"

"Five legs?"

"Missing a front leg?"

"Where’s the leg?"

"Did you fight?"

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress waggled the tentacle, "Ink Orchid, don’t fret! A mishap, and it was just sliced off, no big deal."

The door at the back opened.

Captain Upright Lotus urged: "Stop rambling! Speak inside!"

Dragon Cypress used the ’Heart Realm of Tree Blossom’ ability, directly writing the recent situation into Ink Orchid’s Soul Consciousness.

Ink Orchid shuddered in shock.

...

The Starship has an experimental cabin specifically for scanning and testing unknown items.

Captain Upright Lotus placed the black and white crystal on the central metal column circular platform.

"Cerbera, check the material. Scan the original energy patterns, analyze what exactly its function is."

"Alright!"

Red and blue primordial energy covered.

Cerbera: "Not a Universe Law naturally derived primordial energy material."

"Suspected to be unknown material cultivated or synthesized by a Technology Civilization. Chaos, Space, and Soul attributes."

"A first-level artifact, but with immortal traits and exceptionally high plasticity and growth properties. Intuitively speaking, it’s the type of artifact that can grow alongside its host’s growth, evolve along with its host’s evolution."

"Scanning to parse original energy patterns, please be patient..."

A countdown appeared on the circular platform screen: [23-59-55]

——It requires a whole day?

Dragon Cypress said: "Captain Upright Lotus, you keep watch. I’ll return to the nest for molting and healing."

Captain Upright Lotus appeared solemn, flicked a claw.

...

Nest room number 06 of the Starship.

Dragon Cypress recalled the recent scene, a spasm of fear in his heart.

Only after a long while did he calm down, the Ultimate Jungle Beast Divine Pattern on his forehead lit up, the carapace on his head cracked open, swiftly spreading backward.

Two crisp sounds clicked.

A small-sized Dragon Cypress, just over three meters long, emerged from the carapace.

That strange primordial energy body was also only about three meters long, but it stood upright, using weapons like humans, moving swiftly through space, fortunately its claw actions were relatively slow, otherwise his head would have been punctured a hundred times.

With a petite body, encountering it again makes dodging easier.

...

After eating and resting briefly, Dragon Cypress returned to the experimental cabin.

When Captain Upright Lotus, Chickpea, and Purple Cicada, the three old Spiders saw him, they were startled.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King?"

"What’s with this..."

"It’s just a severed leg, but your size has shrunk this much?"

"Is your body alright?"

"..."

From a normal size of four meters, shrinking instantly to three meters, is unsettling.

Dragon Cypress explained vaguely: "The Jungle Beast has no fixed form, mimicking all things, changing into numerous forms. I was influenced by it, decided my evolutionary path during the Insect King phase on the Home Planet, main focus being biomimicry, changes, and life adaptation, supplemented by combat offense and defense, and other abilities. I’ve mastered a derivative ability to alter size."

"Like that!"

"A path of evolution that changes in countless ways?"

"This Ant is remarkable!"

Chickpea and Purple Cicada praised.

Captain Upright Lotus asked: "Dragon Cypress Ant King, you deliberately switch to a petite body size? You’ve thought it through, and still want to try it?"

"No. It’s precautionary preparation."

Dragon Cypress’s gaze fell on the metal column platform.

A special primordial energy covered the black and white primordial crystal artifact, with purple-red and bright white lights constantly switching.

The countdown finished,

Cerbera: "My data information is limited, unable to fully parse, can only provide an imprecise result, I hope it won’t affect your judgment."

Captain Upright Lotus asked: "Cerbera, what is this thing? What’s its purpose?"

Cerbera: "A biomimicry artifact that imitates a Star Core, granting five abilities: spatial system teleportation, jump transition, gravity, dimensional space, and universal compass. These five abilities combined form a set of starship navigation abilities."

"Furthermore, it can accommodate a soul’s residence, protect the soul from attack, and contain various other primordial energy powers."

"My hypothesis is, lifeforms from a Technology Civilization can directly ascend to achieve Half Star Realm level by fusing such a manufactured Star Core, and freely navigate the universe."

"It can also be compatible with other system powers, and possesses excellent growth properties."

"!!!"

The five old Spiders all stood up.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid’s tentacles stood straight, eyes sparkling.

——Comes with five mighty spatial abilities.

——And it’s a complete set for space navigation!

Purple Cicada tempted, asked: "Cerbera, this is a biomimicry artifact made by a Technology Civilization, it can be fused and then separated, right?"

Cerbera: "Yes. But should be impossible below the Overlord Realm."

Purple Cicada hesitated for two seconds, decisively said: "I’ll give it a try! Cerbera, how to specifically fuse it?"

Cerbera: "It’s restricted by both genes and souls, races other than the Technology Civilization that crafted it cannot fuse and use it. Moreover, these restrictions cannot be broken. Forcing a break would require destroying the crystal structure. If the crystal structure is damaged, it will collapse. Hence, it remains unsolvable. At least in my calculations, this closed-loop design is unsolvable."

"..."

The insects fell silent again.

This ship’s Wisdom Brain isn’t wise at all.

If it can’t be fused and used, why talk so much?

A pointless excitement.

The insects were depressed.

If it can’t be used, then it only has research value, the item won’t sell for a high price.