This is not mechanical ascension...

Chapter 620 Late Modulation
This sudden news was jointly announced by the three major civilizations.

What followed was a large number of interstellar media working together to reprint and spread the news, reaching every corner of the galaxy at the fastest speed.

In just half a day, it topped several search lists, causing an interstellar shock.

However, many ordinary citizens came in with an expectant look on their faces, and then left with a confused look on their faces.

Because they really have no idea about the so-called forbidden life.

The words used by most interstellar media to reprint are mostly words that have a threshold for understanding, such as "forbidden creatures in interstellar circulation" and "invincible life in the deep dimensional world".

However, many ordinary life forms have never even heard of the dimensional world, let alone the deep dimension.

Many people left comments such as "What the hell is this? I've never heard of it" and "No one cares. It's just a waste of time."

Many people are unable to understand the meaning of the news at first, so naturally they have no interest in continuing to pay attention to it and turn around to browse other news.

The remaining group of people who were a little more curious began to look for relevant analysis of the so-called "forbidden life forms". As the news spread, related science videos also emerged one after another.

Some of them are rather obscure, even involving the birth and subsequent evolution of the universe, which makes people drowsy.

Some are very straightforward -
"…In theory, there shouldn't be any way for X-level life forms to kill forbidden life forms, no matter how many there are…"

This surprised many citizens of the civilization, as the presence of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms became increasingly felt.

X-level life forms are no longer mysterious in the eyes of many people. They know how powerful they are, and they never expected that there are such life forms in the universe.

There are also some people who actually believe that forbidden life forms are the evolutionary level above level X life forms. There are quite a few people who have this idea, and it is because they really don't know much about the level division of higher life forms.

"Uh... so, Lord Qinglong is also a forbidden life form?"

Somehow, someone came to this conclusion and it seems to make sense.

"X-polar life forms cannot win by sheer numbers, as was clearly demonstrated in the chaotic Star Gap Battle a while ago."

It had not been too long since the Chaos Star Gap Battle ended, so naturally many people made comparisons and the news spread quickly.

This caused some corrections and discussions, but the speed of interstellar information flow is well known.

This somewhat bizarre conclusion, before it was finalized, has already become known to many people and has been engraved in their minds.

Just like the rumor that "forbidden life forms are a higher level than X-level life forms."

However, compared to the vast majority of ordinary life forms who don’t understand or even don’t care much.

The reactions of the advanced civilizations, forces and life forms who knew the inside story were not so calm.

To them, this sudden news was like a thunderclap, shocking them greatly.

It also suddenly occurred to me that this was not the first forbidden life form killed by the three major civilizations.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a counterattack against Qing Long since the Chaos Star Gap incident had ended.

Qinglong's prestige continued to rise steadily with the endless news, such as "the independence of the United Organization of Higher Life Forms", "the apology of the three major civilizations", "the new path of evolution", etc., and it was unparalleled at the time.

This is the three major civilizations proving that they are still as powerful as ever. Even if they suffer occasional losses, they are still a long way from the so-called decline.

Qinglong can arm wrestle, but others had better think twice before doing so.

The effect was indeed very good, which made many people feel awe-inspiring and also stopped the arguments that were pessimistic about the three major civilizations.

More people then thought that the matter of the Holy Castle had not yet come to an end, and the three major civilizations and Azure Dragon were just maintaining a non-interference situation in the main universe.

But the holy fortress, whose location is unknown, will inevitably become the next battle point between the two sides.

Before, they thought Qinglong was sure to win.

But as soon as the news came out, many people couldn't help but murmur, adding to the uncertainty.

.........

Somewhere on the frontier of the Star Alliance, in a gray area called "Gray Snake", the gathering place was built on the remains of a broken planet.

One of the bars was crowded and very noisy, filled with hearty shouts and laughter, as well as the sound of people guzzling drinks, and the atmosphere was very lively.

The guests present came from various interstellar races and exuded a fierce aura. This place was similar in location to the Chaos Star Gap.

However, the life levels of the people involved in the activity are very low, far inferior to the Chaos Star Gap.

But because of this, they became more friendly to each other. Basically, they came here to escape disaster and did not have any big ambitions.

On the LCD screen hanging high up, news from the three major civilizations was being broadcast.

“…Oh my goodness, all the forbidden life forms have been killed…”

"…Hiss, I have an impression of this Istanbul. When I was a mercenary, there seemed to be people worshipping him in a certain star cluster. He was revered as the "God of Superpowers". It was said that as long as you could please him, he would grant you superpowers…"

"The three great civilizations, they made big news without making any noise."

Everyone was drinking and talking. In the corner, Gustav lowered his head and slowly tasted the red wine in his mouth, which tasted very bad, feeling doubtful and uncertain.

"The three great civilizations actually have this kind of method..." He was quite surprised, recalling some previous events.

This is not the first time that the three major civilizations have killed forbidden life forms. Now the world tree that supports the center of the dimension has also been killed by the three major civilizations.

But things are different now. When the World Tree was killed, the Empire was still at its peak, the Star of Eternal Silence was not lost, and the Spear of Kashmir was also in the hands of the Covenant.

But now, only half a fragment of the Star of Eternal Silence remains, and the Spear of Kashmir has been snatched away by Azure Dragon.

Of the three great civilizations, only the Void Anchor is left. How could it possibly kill Istanbul?

But he doesn't think this is fake news. He believes that some higher life forms have already gone to the deeper dimensional world to verify it.

If it is fake, the three major civilizations are slapping themselves in the face, which is completely unnecessary.

"Could it be..." Gustav's eyes flickered, "Is it the secret deep inside the Red River Star Stream?"

This was almost the only possibility he could think of, and he couldn't help but become more curious. What secret could allow the three major civilizations to achieve this?

"But..." He couldn't help but feel a hope.

Right now, he has only three options: either continue to disappear like this and operate on the edge of the universe.

Either he had to find a way to make Qinglong forgive him, or he had to surrender to the three major civilizations and become a dog.

Neither of the following two paths is a good choice. At least he is not willing to accept the first one.

Having once been glorious, to disappear until death is no less than a torture.

If Qinglong is killed, the problem will be solved. Thinking of this, Gustav shook his head slightly and sighed.

This thought only flashed through his mind, and he knew that the possibility of Qinglong being killed was very slim.

Even if the foundations of the three great civilizations were still there, and they used the secrets deep within the Red River Star Stream to research some means to turn the tables, the most they could do was force Qinglong to disappear like he is now.

At that time, he still had to live in fear and was stuck on both ends.

He had been thinking about it for a long time and still couldn't think of any solution that he could accept.

He stood up silently, leaving most of the remaining wine on the table. A few star coins popped out of his hands and landed on the bar. He had already put on his hat and left the bar.

"Perhaps, we can only wait until the ultimate life form is born..."

……

In Sheffield's secret base, deep in the modulation room, it is extremely vast and filled with sophisticated instruments and equipment. Every researcher moves quickly but steadily.

On the curved inner wall of the central culture chamber, a multi-chain structure entangled with each other was projected, like a glowing vine.

That was a gene sequence chain that appeared in real time. Sheffield stood in front of the culture chamber. His eyes had turned into snake pupils and his palms were covered with fine scales, flush with the gene sample in front of him.

The palm radiates green energy that wraps around the genetic sample in front of him. The energetic optical tweezers are struggling to pick up the biological particles and make fine adjustments to the genetic sequence. This is obviously an extremely difficult operation.

It is also the gene seed, the iconic link in entering the later stage of modulation, "sequence template manufacturing".

Only after this step did the gene seed modulation really begin. For so long before, Sheffield had been trying every possible way to dissolve Tegus's body, extract the damaged gene sequence, and repair it to a complete state.

In this step, we begin to refine the gene seed. The original machine has many useless sections, which will bring some weaknesses.

All he had to do was to eliminate enough useless genes while maintaining stability.

"…first order stability…"

"...prepare for superpressure stripping..." Sheffield said the requirements one by one in an orderly manner: "Serenthia solution...gene melting crystal..."

He was standing nearby, and the person who handed him the food one by one was Li Ming.

He is now like a mixing assistant, preparing various materials for Sheffield.

Other researchers glanced over from time to time, and they didn't expect that this big guy's student was actually interested in modulating genetic seeds.

However, what is even more bizarre is that Sheffield actually does not need this assistant at all. As an X-level life form, if he wants to use something, he can just pull his consciousness over.

Li Ming had a blank expression on his face, like a machine, listening to Sheffield's instructions.

But he was muttering in his heart, his eyes were distracted, staring at the control page, "One million per hour, the price is not low."

What he used was the [Assisted Operation] ability of the [Advanced Gene Seed Mixer] profession.

[Assisting work: You can assist other mixers in their work, consuming metal energy and increasing their mixing success rate.]

He acquired this profession when he found Sheffield with the corpse of the star beast.

However, the [auxiliary operation] capability can only be activated after entering the formal modulation process.

It was of no use in the early stages of dissolving corpses, extracting gene chains, etc., so we have to wait until now.

He didn't know how to judge this ability specifically, so he just became Sheffield's assistant, which was definitely considered an auxiliary.

Sure enough, after he became an assistant, metal energy began to be consumed at a rate of one million per hour.

"This ability is a powerful weapon, but I don't know how much it can increase the success rate..." Li Ming speculated secretly, and had already thought about the time when he would prepare the ultimate gene seed in the future.

"…Phase 1, removal of abnormal gene segments completed…"

Five or six hours later, Sheffield spoke in a low voice, and as he let out a long sigh, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes.

“Done in one go?” Other researchers also looked over.

The more qualified and older one even said directly: "Boss, this feels pretty good."

"It's really good..." Sheffield was also quite surprised.

The reason why advanced gene seeds cannot be mass-produced has a lot to do with their own strength.

Because its genetic strength is too high, it is difficult to break through its defense limit through pure instrument operation, and it will also cause great interference.

Assisting in the stable flow of energy requires extremely high intensity and extremely precise operating accuracy, which is a level that almost no instrument can achieve.

It would be better to use the energy of the living organism itself to operate, so this seemingly manual situation occurs.

The more powerful the gene seed, the more difficult it will be to operate. Sheffield is prepared for many failures.

But I didn’t expect the first step to be so smooth.

"It seems that the success rate of improvement is not low..." Li Ming thought to himself, this must be related to Sheffield's own technical strength.

Sheffield flexed his knuckles and glanced at Li Ming who was standing next to him, still confused.

What Qinglong meant by helping him was actually asking Li Ming to stand here and help him pass things.

"If it's surveillance, it's too late..." Sheffield shook his head secretly, and turned to Li Ming and said: "I feel good today, so I won't rest, let's do it in one go."

"No problem." Li Ming nodded.

"Get ready..." Sheffield was about to give the order when a rapid buzzing sound came from the door of the laboratory. A virtual screen popped up and Monica was outside, frowning. "Father, there is an urgent message."

Even though the entire base's external communications have been opened, this core modulation room is still shielded.

"Emergency news..." Sheffield paused, looked at Li Ming, and asked in a questioning tone, "Go out and take a look?"

"Okay." Li Ming looked at Monica on the virtual screen. This woman was very considerate. If it was just some general news, she would definitely not come to disturb him.

Sheffield took him out, and when the metal door closed again,
Monica Ya then whispered: "The latest news is that the three major civilizations killed Istanbul."

As soon as the words fell, Sheffield, who had been looking somewhat casual, froze and asked in astonishment: "Forbidden life form?"

Li Ming's eyelids jumped, and he remembered the terrifying life hidden behind the void when he snatched the Star of Eternal Silence last time.

Was he killed?
He was also surprised.

"Yes." Monica further said, "This is news from three days ago. A higher life form has confirmed the news, so I came here to report."

(End of this chapter)