Transcending Godhood: I Extract Keywords and Crush the Gods

Lin Yuan finished his cultivation.

I opened my eyes; the time acceleration card's effect had worn off.

The millennium-long closure of the divine realm has ended.

A thousand years in the divine realm is but a few days in reality.

Each time time acceleration ended, it was like opening a blind box, always bringing Lin Yuan unexpected surprises.

He closed his eyes, his spiritual energy descended, and he landed above the Wasteland God Realm.

Suddenly, the view opened up.

Lin Yuan floated in the sky, looking down at the world below.

The area of ​​the divine realm has increased.

He brought up the Divine Realm panel, where the data was fluctuating.

[Divine Realm Area: 3,580,000 square kilometers]

Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows, noting that the area had expanded by more than 300,000 square kilometers.

This territory of 300,000 square kilometers was entirely formed by the Demon Tree drawing energy from the chaotic void on its own.

He turned his gaze to the Liquid Gold Blood-Devouring Demon Tree in the central basin.

The roots of the Demon Tree are embedded in the spatial crystal wall at the edge of the divine realm, piercing through the void and drawing energy from the universe.

"Having a capable, epic building certainly saves a lot of trouble."

The resource structure within the divine realm has also undergone a qualitative change.

Lin Yuan's spiritual power swept across the ground.

Deep within the strata near the crystal walls, silver-gray and black-gray veins meander and spiral.

They are all ores related to void energy.

On the ground, small red trees and black thorn grass covered the hillsides.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the Dark Abyss has increased several levels compared to a thousand years ago.

His gaze stretched outwards, across the Blood Abyss Sea, and landed in the direction of the new continent.

The next second, his gaze froze.

In the heart of the New World, on a flat, dark purple wasteland, stands a colossal creature.

A blood-red giant tree nearly 10,000 meters tall.

The tree trunk is covered with dark red veins, and swollen growths hang among the branches and leaves.

Lin Yuan was taken aback.

He remembered very clearly that he had never deployed anything like this in the New World.

A mental scan revealed a notification on the panel.

[Mutated Demon Tree Sub-Body]

[Rank: Transcendent Rank (Incomplete)]

[Characteristics: Energy Absorption, Extraordinary Flesh Tumor, Extraordinary Dark Abyss Spiritual Energy, Flesh Devouring...]

Looking at the dense insect nests beneath the tree canopy and the worker insects constantly carrying ore and flesh scraps to the tree roots, Lin Yuan instantly understood.

This is a spectacle created by the Zerg themselves.

They spent thousands of years nurturing an ordinary little red tree into a low-budget version of a magical tree that was ten thousand meters tall.

"These insects have evolved their brains a bit too fast."

Lin Yuan clicked his tongue in amazement.

Since the Zerg were not entitled to receive the nourishment from the Demon Trees in the Central Basin, they created a substitute for themselves.

This extreme creativity and almost obsessive execution are truly admirable.

What surprised Lin Yuan even more were the high-level insectoids surrounding the subtree.

He saw a dark red worm, five meters long, hovering in mid-air.

This insect has wings on its back that burn with dark blue flames, and its carapace is covered with dark blue patterns.

Lin Yuan brought up the insect's interface.

[No phase source insect]

[Rank: Diamond]

[Characteristics: Triple Adaptation (fusion of Vulture, Bone Fish, and Fire Spirit genes), Control of Karmic Fire, Void Shadow, Extreme Water Realm, Gravity Reorganization, Soul Wave...]

A glint of light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

New branch.

Moreover, it is a Frankenstein's monster, a fusion of the powers of several species within the divine realm.

The most outrageous thing is that they even got their hands on the karmic fire of the fire spirits in the far north.

Karmic Fire is the innate law of the Fire Spirit race. How did these insects manage to do that?

Lin Yuan didn't dwell on the source of the karmic fire for the time being, and continued to check other information on the Divine Realm panel.

The surprises didn't end there.

He turned his gaze to the sky and the sea.

Amidst the thunderclouds, millions of mutated demonic vultures circled. At the bottom of the River Styx, tens of millions of bone fish and liquid gold crabs swam.

Lin Yuan casually opened the panel of a Platinum-tier Magical Vulture.

Mutant Demon Vulture

[New Feature: Imitation]

[Skill Library: Thunderous Power, Venom Spray, Void Wings, Liquid Metal Body, Gravity Reconstruction...]

Lin Yuan frowned slightly and opened the panel of a liquid gold crab.

It also possesses the characteristic of [imitation].

The sea and air races, whose skills were originally monotonous, now have frighteningly long skill bars.

A wide variety of styles, a flourishing of diverse ideas.

They can spray poison, hide in shadows, generate electricity, and even condense a layer of golden liquid similar to that of the Violent Demon race on their bodies.

"imitate?"

Lin Yuan clicked on the detailed introduction of this feature.

[Imitation (Incomplete): By observing and enduring enemy attacks, there is a certain probability that their skills will be imprinted into one's own genes.]

This ability originates from devouring genetic fragments of the alien species "Star Wanderers".

Starry Sky Wanderer.

Lin Yuan chewed over and over these words.

The contents of the book "Illustrated Guide to Strange Species in the Abyss" in the Starry Sky University library flashed through his mind.

The Time Demons specifically target divine realms that are in a state of accelerated time and closed off from control, plundering their origins.

At the time, he thought that the universe was so vast that it was impossible for him to encounter such an obscure species.

Now it seems we really have encountered it.

Lin Yuan imagined the scene at that time.

A group of Time Demons, after overcoming numerous hardships, broke through the temporal turbulence and joyfully entered this "unclaimed" divine realm, which was in a state of accelerated time.

As soon as it appeared.

The eagles that fly in the sky, the bony fish that swim in the sea, and the insects that crawl on the ground.

And the group of bloodthirsty demons from the central basin, who were looking for fights everywhere, all surrounded them.

These demons probably didn't even have time to scream before they were treated like takeout from the sky and eaten up, leaving not even bones.

Even their prized racial talents were taken for free by the sea and air races.

"Even deliverymen aren't this dedicated."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's lips.

To satisfy the genetic mutations of tens of millions of sea and air races, the number of these space wanderers must be considerable.

These unlucky guys not only failed to seize the source, but instead became the nourishment that propelled the evolution of the Wasteland God Realm.

It's a good thing that we were defeated when foreign enemies invaded.

Lin Yuan continued to review the overall troop strength.

Today, every species within the Divine Realm has surpassed the tens of millions, reaching an extremely terrifying scale.

The total number of mutated magic vultures and magic blade bats in the sky reached 25 million.

The number of mutated bony fish and liquid gold crabs in the ocean is also approaching 30 million.

The combined strengths of the sea and air races, honed over millennia and enhanced by their "imitation" traits, have led to an explosive surge in their power.

Then came the Zerg.

The panel shows that the total number of Zerg is currently over 70 million.

Lin Yuan was slightly taken aback when he saw the number.

Seventy million sounds like a lot, but for a race like the Zerg that excels at massing units, it's rather low.

According to Lin Yuan's prediction, with the acceleration of a thousand years, the number of Zerg should be at least over 100 million, or even 200 to 300 million.

He took a closer look at the resource consumption report and suddenly realized what was going on.

All the resources were drained by that new branch.

The birth and evolution of the [Formless Robber] branch.

In order to cultivate those diamond-stage phaseless protozoa that have completed secondary and tertiary adaptations.

The Zerg Queen almost completely stopped hatching most of the lower-level cannon fodder, and poured a lot of resources into the elite.

The quality of soldiers is more important than their quantity.

The Insect King clearly understood this principle as well.

Lin Yuan shifted his gaze to the central basin, the territory of the Violent Demon Clan.

When the data was displayed, Lin Yuan couldn't help but gasp.

Dual-sequence monstrous monsters, numbering close to one million!

The number of single-sequence monstrous monsters on the periphery is approaching ten million!

Nourished day and night by the 100,000-meter-tall magic tree.

The strength and numbers of the Demon Clan have become so stable that it is outrageous.

Their inherent strength is so great that it defies reason.

A newborn monstrous cub, the moment it landed, its aura was already approaching that of a half-step platinum.

After spending a few days in infancy and eating a few minerals, you can easily enter the platinum stage.

Even more terrifying is the top-tier combat power.

The number of Diamond-tier Berserkers has reached over 50,000.

Fifty thousand dual-sequence diamond-tier monsters.

This force, if unleashed, would be enough to flatten a slightly weaker, transcendent alien plane.

The tyrant sat enthroned in the center of the Blood Abyss Sea, like an insurmountable dark gold mountain.

Its aura is as deep as an abyss, and it has reached the level of Diamond Eight Star.

"Perform your usual routine."

Lin Yuan was very satisfied with the performance of the Violent Demon Clan.

Finally, Lin Yuan turned his gaze to the far north.

Before the time acceleration, the Fire Spirit race had been reduced to just over three thousand members due to the pressure of the unlimited life-or-death battles and the Demon God Altar.

Lin Yuan originally thought that this race was difficult to reproduce, and it would be good if they could reproduce to 30,000 in a thousand years.

The mental energy swept across the far north.

Lin Yuan was stunned.

The area of ​​the far north has tripled.

The hundreds of volcanoes that once stood together have now become a continuous mountain range.

At a glance, there are at least a thousand active volcanoes erupting day and night.

The lava lake was filled with countless dancing, dark blue flames.

[Calamity Fire Spirit]

Total quantity: 350,000

[Number of Diamond Tiers: 9,800]

More than three hundred thousand!

Lin Yuan repeatedly checked the data on the panel, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

This rate of reproduction is somewhat contrary to the normal laws of elemental life.

He spread out his spiritual power, carefully sensing the fluctuations of the laws in the far north.

He soon discovered something was amiss.

The white bone altar standing atop the highest peak is still in operation.

However, the negative debuffs associated with the Fire Spirits, which were used to support them, have disappeared from the altar.

They were completely devoured.

Over the course of a thousand years, more than 400,000 fire spirits have digested the negative connotations and transformed them into their own inner strength.

"No wonder." Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

However, simply absorbing negative terms cannot explain this exaggerated surge in numbers.

The propagation of elemental life requires massive amounts of energy as fuel.

Lin Yuan suppressed his doubts, and with a flash, returned to the sky above the central basin.

He hovered in front of the 100,000-meter-tall Liquid Gold Blood-Devouring Demon Tree.

This epic building played a crucial role.

Lin Yuan channeled his mental energy to convey a sense of praise to the giant, liquid metal face of the demonic tree.

"Well done."

The trunk of the demon tree trembled slightly, and the giant face twisted.

After a while, a stiff, slow, and somewhat clear-headed mental fluctuation returned.

"Hungry...eat...tree...sleepy."

Lin Yuan's lips twitched.

A thousand years have passed, and this thing's intelligence doesn't seem to have increased at all; it's still as dull and stupid as ever.

But upon further reflection, Lin Yuan felt relieved.

The Demon Tree is an epic-level extraordinary plant life form, and its lifespan is very likely calculated in epochs.

A thousand years is a period of profound change for humankind.

If this were applied to a demon tree, it would probably be equivalent to a human spending a month, or a long afternoon nap.

Expecting it to become a wise man after a nap is indeed asking too much.

"Eat slowly, just don't overeat," Lin Yuan casually reassured him.

After the inspection, the overall combat strength of the Divine Realm was as expected.

It can be summed up in one word: strong.

The buildings in the divine realm have also been upgraded by one or two minor levels, just like before.

Some have reached a bottleneck in their rank and want to advance.

Either Lin Yuan needs to intervene, or luck and opportunity are required.

Lin Yuan had a thought and prepared to sever the mental connection and return to reality.

Just as his consciousness was about to fade, a commotion at the edge of the far north caught his attention.

Lin Yuan zoomed in.

On the scorched earth dividing line in the far north.

Hundreds of thousands of worker insects, mixed with white phaseless source insects, lined up in neat rows and entered the Fire Spirit's territory.

They had no defensive formation whatsoever; it was as if they were on a pilgrimage.

Ahead, thousands of fire spirits had been waiting for a long time.

Excited flames flickered in their eye sockets, and with outstretched arms, they unleashed a deluge of karmic fire.

Hundreds of thousands of worker insects turned to ashes in the karmic fire, and their bio-energy was absorbed into the bodies of the fire spirits.

The fire spirits' aura visibly grew stronger.

Meanwhile, the phaseless source insects in the worker insect queue survived the scorching heat of the karmic fire.

The shell's appearance also changed to the dark red color that Lin Yuan often saw.

The fire spirits ignored this and allowed them to retreat back to the New World with the power of karmic fire.

Lin Yuan witnessed the entire process, which could only be described as magical.

He quickly pieced together all the clues in his mind.

The Zerg's exaggerated control over the Infernal Fire.

The Fire Spirit Clan's abnormally fast reproduction rate.

The Zerg are short of 70 million units.

"Goodness."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

These insects and fire spirits actually engaged in a sordid cross-species transaction within the divine realm.

The Zerg used massive amounts of low-level cannon fodder as fuel, actively feeding it to the Fire Spirits to help them rapidly multiply and expand their strength.

In exchange, Fire Spirit allowed the Zerg to steal and adapt to their power, completing the evolution of the Impermanent Zerg.

Each gets what they need; a win-win situation.

The Zerg used the lives of cannon fodder to gain the power of the Infernal Fire.

Lin Yuan did not intervene or act as a check and balance.

He admired this instinct to stop at nothing in order to survive and evolve.

This is the real wasteland.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.