Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Xiao Lu has a deeper understanding of life sciences, so much so that he quickly realized that his current body can do many things that ordinary people, even Gu Masters, cannot.

In direct combat, the body's strength isn't actually that exaggerated. The maximum force its muscles can unleash is probably only a few dozen tons. A level 3 Gu Master could easily overwhelm this level of strength. While its nerve reflexes and speed are excellent, and it possesses considerable innate magical abilities, that's about it. Its output power isn't even comparable to a 100-ton heavy tank. It's simply no match for the giant mechs in the Third Legion.

Relying on this body for direct combat is less effective than equipping a normal person with a powerful mech suit, which would significantly boost their combat strength. The true strength of this body lies in the diversity of its abilities; it can modify its body according to its needs, adapting to all sorts of special and extreme environments. It is particularly powerful in terms of vitality. If necessary, it can even regress its brain.

If the eldest son's brain degenerated in his original world, it means that his memories are very difficult to recover. Only abilities that deeply involve the soul can possibly restore the memories of someone who has lost their brain.

However, in the world of Gu, this problem is much simpler. There are plenty of Gu worms that can achieve this effect, including the three main types: thought, intention, and emotion. These three main types are further divided into countless subcategories, each of which can relatively completely preserve most of a person's memories.

If such a Gu worm is hidden in the body, it can completely degenerate its brain when necessary, transform itself into a state that can withstand extreme environments, and can even be awakened after sleeping for thousands of years.

"Theoretically, we can do everything I've mentioned. That is, as long as we bury a large number of warriors with unwavering faith deep within the grasslands, even if we are wiped out in this battle, these steadfast warriors will one day be awakened. Even after thousands or tens of thousands of years, they will still see the light of day again, even if our names have been forgotten and our deeds have been slandered by later generations. But they will eventually stand up, reveal the truth of history, and continue to fight for our great aspirations."

Xiao Lu wasn't a pessimist; he had to consider the worst-case scenario: if they were all wiped out in this battle, their spirit might be passed on to some. But there was also a possibility that the Golden Family might influence the narrative, distorting their deeds. After all, history is written by the victors, and this possibility was very high. If no survivors truly did exist, it was truly uncertain whether anyone in the future would accept their legacy.

This news completely put an end to the concerns of those who had been worried about what would happen to them after their deaths. Even if they were all wiped out, they would still be able to survive.

"Actually, that's not all. After my evolution, my biggest advantage lies in my ability to hide. I can degenerate all the cells in my body and disguise them as normal human cells. There is no simple and easy way to distinguish me from ordinary people."

In other words, we can infiltrate the Gu Masters, take root among them, and once we become an important part of this world, we can launch a complete uprising and overthrow the old world's rule.

Compared to direct combat, this evolutionary path we've developed is actually more suitable for infiltration warfare against traditional Gu Masters, rather than a direct confrontation with the eldest son. But now there's no other way; we must develop a method to maximize the combat power of this evolved form within the limited time available.

Xiao Lu felt that his energy was almost limitless, and he didn't need to worry about sleeping. He could work 24 hours a day without getting tired, so what else was there to say? "I suggest that everyone undergo the corresponding chimera modification. This state is an improvement in all attributes. Our inspiration and intelligence will even be improved to a certain extent. After the modification, our work efficiency can also be higher."

Thus, the entire biological research institute became the first department in the underground base to take the initiative as 007, and in wartime, everyone was squeezing out their last bit of potential.

Gradually, more and more people are accepting the modifications, and the increasingly mature technology is undergoing numerous clinical trials, continuously reducing costs and optimizing formulations. The cost is gradually approaching that of vaccines used for large-scale vaccination.

After the entire civilization entered a state of dying struggle, the humans in the underground base entered a terrifying state akin to a swarm of insects.

This modification agent, which had not undergone extensive testing, should have been used on a small number of people to verify its efficacy before being gradually rolled out. However, the underground base made the decision to carry out large-scale modifications, leaving only about 10% of the teenagers under the age of 18 without any modifications to ensure that civilization could continue to function should others experience health problems.

The effects of nationwide reform are terrifying, because it means a massive increase in productivity across the entire population. Whether it's mental or physical labor, or skilled workers, individual productivity begins to multiply.

In the workshops, workers dressed in semi-biological mechs are assembling the skeletons of biological war machines designed and finalized by the Eleventh Mechanical Research Institute. The one-piece cast parts, weighing several tons, are assembled without deviation under the clamping of the workers' extended amputation-like limbs. This equipment is designed to maximize the capabilities of the new humans.

The mecha's frame is composed of mechanical and electronic components, but the movement mechanism that fills the frame is a biological structure. If assembled, this type of mecha is very similar to EVA from the Neon Genesis Evangelion universe. Even the energy source for the mecha is a special life structure similar to the S2 engine.

Amidst the siege of the immortals and the underground base army, the eldest son is gradually becoming familiar with the various rules of this world. In order to effectively utilize the power of this world, the eldest son has also evolved corresponding organs. These organs are very similar to the immortal apertures of humans, but their sizes are vastly different. Each one has a diameter of several meters and is filled with special cells that, relying on the cytoskeleton, form a crystalline structure.

Each spherical crystalline organ harbors a massive amount of Hope Gu, equivalent to the total amount in the bodies of tens of millions of ordinary humans. This vast quantity of Hope Gu grants this pseudo-immortal aperture a terrifying reserve of true essence, practically an unlimited energy source in conventional combat. Its energy output power rivals that of a massive Dao Yuan reactor. However, this technology is currently only available to underground bases through cloning the eldest son's energy organ; it is ultimately a castle in the air. Once the cell samples degenerate, everything built upon this system will collapse. Therefore, the energy organ is currently only used as a temporary energy source.

However, it was precisely because of the deciphering of the eldest son's energy core that the strength of the various legions in the underground base was rapidly enhanced. In particular, the legion's killing moves, the strength of which depended on mental power, also stemmed from physical strength and true essence. Previously, the various legions generally had abundant mental power, but their physical strength and true essence were extremely lacking.

But now the situation has reversed. The modified warriors possess the ability to control the cloned energy core of the eldest son, which means they have gained control over a massive amount of true essence, and their bodies are countless times stronger than normal. Ironically, their willpower is somewhat lagging behind. The strength of the legion's profound energy has increased dozens of times.

Moreover, considering the need for high mobility in combat against the eldest son, almost the entire legion was converted to air force, and the mechs were not humanoid, but rather streamlined third-generation fighter jets.

The cloaking abilities of the Gu realm don't require consideration of radar detection; there are too many ways to interfere with the echo feedback from similar wave detection methods. As a result, their biological bodies completely pursue ultra-high aerodynamic maneuverability.

Originally, only the Seventh Legion possessed the ability to maintain its Legion Qi and war-dealing techniques in aerial combat. If other legions were too dispersed and the distance between them too great, the war-dealing techniques would be unusable, and the enhancement effects of the Legion's blessing on each individual would gradually diminish due to the distance.

Only through extensive training and a high level of teamwork can one master the ability to maintain the power of a killing move even at a relatively large distance.

Even though the Seventh Legion could barely manage to provide more food and drink, the special flight paths of the legions ensured that if the distance between them became too great, a third person would insert themselves between them to connect them. This ensured that, from the perspective of the overall situation, no one was left behind.

However, the root of this problem lies in the legion's insufficient Xuan Qi (mystic energy). Its overall strength is too low. Once the legion's overall power increases, this problem disappears. Even legions that haven't mastered this technique can maintain the legion's buff when their individual cloud-riding distance exceeds a thousand meters. This makes full-scale air force deployment possible.

Provided the fighter jets have sufficient energy, they can fly using a powerful, high-impact method, without needing to consider weight, and can carry munitions comparable to those of ground troops. This ensures that the entire air force will not have a significant weakness in ground combat.

The sheer size of the Eldest Son necessitates high-speed flight capabilities. With the gradual production and application of new military equipment, the 11th, 13th, and 8th Yeti Legions, fighting on the front lines against the enemy, have successively completed their refits. The Yeti Legion's mechs are specially designed because there aren't enough Yetis as samples to support the research and development of the chimera modification technology between the Yeti and the Eldest Son. The Yeti Legion's population is limited, making it impossible to send large numbers of volunteers to risk their lives on potentially unproductive missions. The machines they pilot are not tightly integrated with their own bodies, and the power source is relatively conventional. Fortunately, the Eldest Son's cells can transmit energy remotely. As long as the operational range doesn't stray too far from other legions' aircraft, combat effectiveness won't decrease significantly.

In this situation, the operational methods of the four legions differ from before. After forming their own flight formations, trains are no longer needed. At ground stations, simply opening the entrances and exits allows fighter jets to rapidly enter or exit. They then speed through underground tunnels, propelled by a thin stream into vacuum tubes where valves are closed. Within these tubes, they levitate using magnetic levitation. At extremely high speeds and with greater agility, like navigating a highway, they travel at supersonic speeds in space to reach the desired exit point. The tunnel doors then simply open, and the fighter jets emerge to launch an attack on the eldest son.

During this process, Qin Baisheng was also given a fighter jet because he couldn't keep up with its speed. Under full power output, the streamlined body, coupled with a jet engine specifically designed for acceleration in atmospheric conditions, while having a significantly lower total power output than the immortal, was far more efficient at converting power into speed.

Even Qin Baisheng, an eighth-rank rank fighter, was finding it difficult to keep up with the high-speed maneuvers. After all, these guys never stopped flying. The fighter jets weren't consuming their stamina; if they were damaged, they could simply replace parts. They could fly a fighter jet until it was scrapped and then replace it with a new one. But Qin Baisheng had to rely on his own strength to fly. The human body isn't streamlined, and even the wind blowing against his face was like a deadly attack. Day after day, he simply couldn't take it anymore, which led to the scene where he was riding in the fighter jet, providing support to the entire legion.

Immortal essence greatly enhances the power of killing moves in war. Even if their total amount of true essence increases significantly, it still cannot match the increase in output power brought by true immortal essence.

However, their reliance on this eighth-level immortal has decreased considerably. Although their strength is steadily increasing, they are still powerless to suppress their eldest son. At most, they can slow down the speed at which their eldest son becomes stronger, but they cannot completely stop him.

Even with their current high mobility, allowing them to maintain considerable distance from each other and launch sustained attacks on the eldest son before retreating, a single strike could potentially destroy two or three vital brain nuclei. However, this is far from enough to stop the eldest son from continuing to grow stronger; their rate of destroying brain nuclei simply cannot keep up with the rate at which the eldest son's brain nuclei regenerate.

Old Ancestor Xuehu was now somewhat bewildered. At first, he thought it was a powerful immortal who had used a long-range attack to effectively harm his eldest son. He assumed it was a fellow Daoist who had intervened, but after observing the situation repeatedly, he discovered that it was actually a group of mortals who, through inexplicable means, had unleashed an attack powerful enough to threaten his eldest son. At that time, he thought these mortals were doomed, but now, he painfully realized that his efficiency in harming his eldest son was actually slower than that of these mortals using such chaotic abilities.

[To be continued]

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