Chapter 713 - 452: Pursuit of Immortality (Part 2)
Now, the only path to survival left for them is to uncover the deepest secrets of the Mariana Trench.
Otherwise, they will inevitably face extinction.
Particularly the United States, immediately decided to mobilize the nation’s entire strength to tackle the challenges within the Mariana Trench, even if it means using a nuclear bomb in the ocean to kill the Megalodon.
However, at this moment, Wang Ye was unaware of this. After withstanding the nuclear blast, he was already very exhausted both mentally and physically.
He needed to absorb some Carbon Atoms for recovery. He then returned home and devoured all the remaining Graphite Ore in the warehouse.
The hundreds of tons of Graphite Ore piled in the warehouse were visibly devoured to nothing.
Once the mountain-like pile of ore disappeared, Wang Ye’s body finally recovered to its peak.
After absorbing, Wang Ye couldn’t help but ponder,
with his current level of physical strength, what other ways could there be to continue enhancing his Defense Power?
If the limit of evolution he could achieve on Earth was just this, then traveling into outer space in the future might be extremely dangerous.
Even though his current Defense Power was already invincible in the world, he felt he had reached the limit, yet in the face of a nuclear explosion, it was still like paper, blasted into thousands of fragments.
This was enough to prove that his body was still very fragile in the Cosmos.
Not to mention encountering celestial disasters like Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and meteorites.
Even a city-destroying disaster like a nuclear explosion was enough to threaten his life.
This suddenly instilled a sense of urgency in Wang Ye’s heart.
Evolution must not cease; when you reach a level you once dreamed of, you will always aspire to higher levels.
"Extraterrestrial Crystal Clusters... I still need more Crystal Clusters."
The only solution Wang Ye could currently think of was these Extraterrestrial Crystal Clusters.
Before the next step of lunar exploration, he must excavate as many Crystal Clusters as possible for his own evolution.
This was the more prudent approach.
This nuclear blast challenge, frankly speaking, was somewhat too risky. If his recovery ability and Defense Power were any weaker, he might have died on the spot.
Therefore, to ensure safety, he still needed to enhance his power. Additionally, regarding the exploration of cloning and the Brain Domain, he had to continue advancing, and achieve the Phoenix Plan as early as possible to attain true immortality.
In the end, life evolution is nothing more than the pursuit of "life". Whether evolving lethal claws and fangs, thick shells, or advanced intelligence, it’s all about living better and longer. Even among humans, billionaires are willing to spend all their wealth in the end to pursue a longer lifespan.
Wang Ye was no exception. Although he ceased to be a normal Earth life form long ago, in his core, he still aspired for immortality. Because this is the essence of life.
Then,
he stood up again and flew toward the Mariana Trench.
About an hour later, Wang Ye arrived at the deepest part of the Mariana Trench and found the location of the Extraterrestrial Crystal Cluster.
He then transformed his hands into Bone Blades and harnessed all his strength to smash into the Crystal Cluster Vein.
Boom!!
Hundreds of tons of force concentrated in one point, instantly causing earth-shaking tremors,
the seawater rippled in all directions, and the vibrations triggered earthquakes within a hundred kilometers range.
If there were a nearby continent, a minor earthquake would surely have occurred by now.
But the nearest island was two hundred kilometers away,
so Wang Ye didn’t need to worry about endangering nearby humans.
After the tremendous force erupted in the Crystal Cluster Vein, a meter-long piece of Crystal Cluster directly broke off.
"It really succeeded!"
Wang Ye was ecstatic and immediately started excavating more Crystal Clusters.
After continuously digging around a ton of Crystal Clusters, he stopped excavating.
By now, about a quarter of the volume of the seabed Crystal Cluster Vein had visibly reduced.
It’s foreseeable that after another two or three excavations like this, the Crystal Cluster Vein will be depleted. New veins will need to be found to sustain his evolution.
But since the current consumption rate of Crystal Clusters isn’t fast, just this one-ton collection should last him for an extended period,
so he wasn’t worried about depleting the Crystal Cluster Veins.
After collecting, Wang Ye returned to the lab with a ton of Crystal Clusters and directly ground one kilogram into powder and placed it into a large liquid container prepared in advance.
As soon as a kilogram of powder contacted the liquid, it began to decompose into a large amount of indigo gas crazily.
The concentration of this gas was almost tangible,
every breath Wang Ye took was filled with terrifying energy, causing his body to begin natural evolution.
Even at his current physical strength, inhaling such a concentration of high-energy gas was painfully overwhelming. Without control, he might rapidly mutate like that lab mouse. Wang Ye immediately seized the moment of energy peak ascension to practice his Creation Skill, attempting to convert this energy into his own.
With the energy being absorbed like a whale swallowing, his Skill Level in Creation Skill also surged crazily.
In an instant, a whole day passed, the sun and moon alternated, and once the Crystal Cluster dissolved completely, he would grind a few more kilograms into powder to continue decomposing. The final result was that Creation Skill advanced two levels, reaching lv5, the maximum level.
At this moment, Wang Ye felt the amount of Primordial Qi within him was unprecedentedly high, seemingly saturated to an extreme, his body was filled with extremely high-concentration, even substantial Primordial Qi, and he felt that his Telekinesis strength could lift an aircraft carrier, wielding world-ending force.
Now, just sitting there, with subtle changes in thoughts and emotions, was enough to create a slight tremor in the surrounding real matter. If an ordinary person with incompetent Control suddenly gained this energy, they might uncontrollably destroy the cities within a thousand miles.
Because this energy was already comparable to a moving nuclear bomb, maintaining extreme rationality was necessary to prevent instantly crushing the surrounding objects.
"The Biological Force Field has also strengthened..." Wang Ye slowly stood up, his Biological Force Field could now completely isolate him from external dust and wind. He was like a person living in a sterile room, impervious to any viruses or bacteria, becoming truly untainted.
If he was to withstand a nuclear bomb again, he shouldn’t be as embarrassed.
But injuries would still be unavoidable.
If he could continue this specification, secluded cultivation for a month,
only then might he face a nuclear bomb unscathed.
But this was impossible since the Crystal Clusters he currently possessed could only sustain five days of secluded cultivation.
Moreover, Wang Ye discovered another issue.
His Creation Skill, after reaching lv5, seemed to hit a bottleneck, not advancing any further.
Wang Ye suspected it was because his current physical strength couldn’t support the Skill continuing to advance to higher tiers.
The Creation Skill was already an overly advanced Skill for him, as its full name was ’Mediation Creation,’ considered high-tier Divine Techniques in mythological legends, and when used to the extreme, it could change the heavens and alter the earth, affecting the entire Earth with its destructive power,
but Wang Ye’s current effect might not even reach one thousandth of Mediation Creation’s true power. If he continued to forcefully advance the Skill Level, he might touch some rule-based abilities, and his body wouldn’t withstand the Skill’s true power, threatening his life.
"It seems I need to cultivate more Skills..." Wang Ye actually wanted to cultivate more Skills for a long time because ordinary Skills maxed out can bring Traits.
And Traits generally enhance attributes by percentage, so their effects are very strong indeed.