Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 273 Sudden Changes in the Situation of the Extraterritorial Battlefield

"Six million kilometers tall, that's terrifying. And this is just the Tree of Life; how enormous must the strongest World Tree, which is 1.2 million kilometers tall, be?"

As his consciousness swept across the World Ring, Qin Mu was utterly awestruck by the Tree of Life that pierced the heavens.

How high is six million kilometers?

The Earth's diameter is 1.2 kilometers.

Placing the Earth under the Tree of Life is like a 1.2-meter-tall child standing in front of a 600-meter-tall giant tree—utterly insignificant.

The World Tree, the largest plant-like special life form in the primordial universe!

The Tree of Life, cultivated from a branch of the World Tree, is not as large as the World Tree, but it is still quite astonishing.

In Qin Mu's vision, the emerald-like Tree of Life at the center of the ring emitted bursts of emerald light, forming layers of halos. These naturally emanating halos had an extremely wide range, reaching about 6000 million kilometers, enveloping most of the world ring within them.

"As expected of the largest plant life form in the primordial universe."

"The Tree of Life's gift—the power to control time and space!"

Qin Mu was overjoyed. This was the most powerful talent for comprehending the fundamental laws of space and time, bar none!

What does it mean to master time and space?

That is when a Universe Venerable breaks through to the Universe Lord, fully comprehends the laws of space and time, is protected by the origin of the universe, and is granted the ability to control space and time by the origin of the universe!

If cast by the Lord of the Universe, its range can easily cover a planet with a diameter of 1000 billion kilometers. Its strength is even greater than that of a domain-type treasure, capable of annihilating high-level cosmic beings and making it difficult for cosmic overlords to move forward.

It can reverse time and return to the time layer where the target was not dead, reviving the target in that time layer, even if the target's soul has been scattered!

It can see all the possibilities of the past and future, easily obtain information from hundreds of millions of light-years away, and arbitrarily establish millions of fixed transmission channels. Its will and consciousness can maintain an extremely high frequency of 1 light-year limit teleportation distance, sense all spatial fluctuations within tens of millions of light-years and continue to extend outwards.

Of course, the talent of the Tree of Life that Qin Mu obtained was far from that powerful. Even the strongest World Tree's control over spacetime was far inferior to that of the Lord of the Universe.

Even the worst control over time and space is still mastery of time and space!

Within a range of at least 6000 million kilometers within the Tree of Life's domain, achieving instantaneous teleportation and time-stopping is extremely easy.

This greatly helped Qin Mu comprehend the profound mysteries of the origin of space and time.

"And there's the [Netherworld Venomous Python]."

Qin Mu happily turned his gaze to the outside of the [Tree of Life] domain, where a giant python, about ten kilometers long and covered with scales as deep as night, was in a deep slumber.

"The Netherworld Serpent is adept at concealment and lurking, able to hide within spatial layers, making its presence undetectable to enemies. At crucial moments, it can suddenly emerge from the void and deliver a fatal blow."

Although it is not large in size, even a massive peak-bloodline star beast will die instantly once it is infected by its venom.

Even immortal divine bodies will be annihilated by potent poison.

With a thought, the sleeping body of the Netherworld Poisonous Python was moved from the World Ring to the Inner World.

"What a powerful soul! It's comparable to the Zerg Queen."

Qin Mu sighed in admiration, and his consciousness suddenly invaded the Netherworld Poisonous Python's sea of ​​consciousness, beginning to transform into an insectoid form.

Sensing a deadly threat, the sleeping Netherworld Serpent opened its scarlet snake eyes and struggled desperately, but it was instantly crushed by Qin Mu's will, which was comparable to that of a cosmic overlord.

After a while, the Netherworld Serpent fully awoke from its slumber and naturally coiled up.

"No wonder it's called the Netherworld Poisonous Python; it turns out it has two talents, one of which is called Netherworld Shuttle."

It allows the Netherworld Serpent to move instantly without any spatial fluctuations. Even the spatial blockades cast by ordinary King-level experts cannot restrict its teleportation, making it as elusive as a ghost.

The second talent is the source of deadly venom. The Netherworld Serpent possesses a special venom gland that can absorb various toxins, constantly evolving to produce even more complex and deadly poisons.

Qin Mu's face lit up with surprise. Both of these talents were extremely powerful. Netherworld Shuttle was an enhanced version of teleportation. Combined with its deadly poison, Netherworld Shuttle was simply the most lethal assassin.

"With the deadly venom of the Netherworld Serpent, the swarm of insects can pose a deadly threat to even a King-level expert!"

However, judging from the memories of this Netherworld Serpent, producing this venom is not easy and requires a large amount of precious resources.

Equipping all units in the Zerg swarm with this item is impractical, but equipping the Hive Tyrant and the pinnacle-blooded Star Behemoth within the swarm is perfectly feasible.

After perusing the memories of the Netherworld Poisonous Python, Qin Mu said with delight.

"Swarm, begin analyzing the Nether Serpent's genes!"

After issuing the order, Qin Mu turned his attention to the Tree of Life.

"Boom!"

The Tree of Life, spanning 600 million kilometers, crashed into Qin Mu's inner world.

Having broken through to the World Lord level for several decades, Qin Mu's strength, under the feedback from the insect swarm, has reached the sixth level of the World Lord level, with the diameter of his inner world being approximately 9000 million kilometers.

Although the Tree of Life is enormous, it can still be placed within the body's inner world.

Following the same method, Qin Mu immediately began to transform into a Zerg.

"Hmm? What a powerful will! It's comparable to an immortal king!"

Qin Mu was secretly alarmed, and then mobilized the massive soul power of the insect swarm to forcibly invade.

In fact, this is why the Tree of Life has always been kept in the treasure trove of the human race.

It is extremely difficult to possess a special life form at this level; most realm lords wouldn't even dream of it.

Unlike the insectoid Nether Serpent, it took Qin Mu three full days to incorporate the Tree of Life into the insect swarm.

Not only is the Tree of Life's will extremely firm, but so is its enormous size!

"Is this what it means to control time and space? It's unbelievable!"

Qin Mu's consciousness entered the Tree of Life, sensing the area encompassing the Tree of Life with a diameter of 6000 million kilometers.

Within this region, Qin Mu can freely manipulate the power of time and space.

Teleportation, blockade, strangulation are just the most common methods. Time freezing, time reversal, and even time acceleration can all be achieved!

"Controlling time and space! As expected of someone who controls time and space! That's terrifying!"

"They are certainly no match for the true rulers of the universe, but if an ordinary king-level expert were to enter the 6000 million kilometer radius of the Tree of Life, they would probably only perish."

"With the Tree of Life, the space inside my body has become much more stable."

Without the Tree of Life, my inner world could easily cause even a barely Marquis-level domain to collapse. With the Tree of Life's blessing, even a King-level domain would crumble!

After mastering the Tree of Life and combining it with its innate abilities, Qin Mu felt his inner world becoming increasingly stable.

The more stable one's inner world is, the more difficult it will be to break through to immortality.

Qin Mu did not stop this change; on the contrary, he was happy to see it happen.

This is a good thing.

The more stable one's inner world is, the more difficult it will be to break through, but once a breakthrough is achieved, one's strength will also be greater.

Every sip and every bite has its cause and effect.

"The Tree of Life, being a plant life form, moves slowly and is not suitable for combat."

However, he possesses exceptional talent in comprehending the principles of time and space.

After breaking through to immortality, one can also suppress divine kingdoms and provide massive amounts of immortal divine power.

Qin Mu analyzed it carefully.

"During the Realm Lord level, besides comprehending the mysteries of the laws, the Tree of Life can also assist the insect swarm in various researches!"

"By controlling spacetime and leveraging the Zerg swarm's powerful ability to manipulate genes, the speed of research in all aspects can be greatly accelerated!"

"This is the best accelerator!"

……

With the two special life forms given to him by the Chaos City Lord, Qin Mu became completely immersed in cultivation and research.

The ability to control time and space is an incredibly powerful talent for cultivating the laws of time and space.

Knowing the answer makes it much easier to work backwards to find the method.

Qin Mu's swarm already included star behemoths like the Destroyer Behemoth, which possessed the ability to stop time.

With the combination of the two, Qin Mu mastered the profound mystery of time stillness in just over ten years.

Qin Mu also mastered the first level of "Nine Revolutions of the Galaxy" at an extremely fast pace.

The progress of the four secret techniques, "Star Strike," "Meteor Fall," "Nebula," and "Chasing the Sun in the Milky Way," is also incredibly rapid.

The second-generation divine bodies, the Zerg mothership, the Zerg fortress, and other technologies are steadily progressing under research.

With control over time and space, everything is clearly visible.

It can even control time reversal on a small scale, rewriting everything.

It's outrageous!

……

While Qin Mu was engrossed in his research and immersed in the thrill of his rapidly increasing strength.

The external situation has changed dramatically, and the war between the mechanical race, the insect race, and the demon race against the human race on the extraterritorial battlefield has become increasingly fierce.

Extraterritorial battlefield, the seventh battlefield.

"They've gone mad! They've all gone mad!"

"This is a super-large base on our human extraterritorial battlefield, second only to an AAA-level god base! How dare they attack this place!"

A human who had spent tens of thousands of years in the extraterrestrial battlefield was granted the title of Immortal and murmured as he looked at the battlefield.

This is a super battlefield spanning tens of millions of kilometers. On one side of the battlefield is humanity. Hundreds of thousands of human realm lords, led by powerful human kings, are struggling to resist the enemy's invasion, relying on a war base with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

This massive war base was completely enveloped in a layer of colorful energy shield, with mysterious and powerful solidification law patterns shining brightly, and mechanical cannons with diameters of hundreds of kilometers firing wildly.

"boom--"

With a single shot, the massive number of mechanical puppets and Zerg warriors in that starry sky were completely reduced to nothingness.

Even with the deafening roar of cannons, it was still unable to stop the invasion of countless Zerg warriors and mechanical puppet warriors.

There are just too many, far too many.

Some of the mechanical puppets that broke through the blockade, along with the Zerg warriors, fearlessly charged into the colorful energy shield and engaged in a desperate battle with the human world lords guarding it.

"roar--"

A human realm lord roared and transformed into a colossal star beast about ten kilometers long, engaging in fierce combat with the charging Zerg warriors.

Compared to him, those Zerg warriors who were only twenty or thirty meters tall were too small. The huge difference in size allowed him to kill several peak World Lord-level Zerg warriors with a single blow.

Slaughter! Frenzied slaughter!

However, his presence was soon noticed by a Zerg queen hiding in the hive.

"A human genius has been discovered who has evolved to the peak of the Starry Sky Beast bloodline! Begin the hunt!"

Silently, a group of Zerg warriors gathered together and launched a combined attack.

Amidst the dazzling pillar of energy, the human realm lord, transformed into a colossal star beast, looked down at his pierced chest and collapsed in despair.

On the other side, a human realm lord who had also transformed into a star beast had his body mostly shattered by the combined attack of the mechanical puppets.

Fortunately, his immortal captain rescued him and moved him to a base behind the battlefield.

Even the most powerful beings can recover from severe injuries as long as their original core remains intact.

"These damned Zerg and Mechs produce a massive number of golems; fighting them is a huge disadvantage for us!"

After rescuing the elite world-leading warriors from the same squad, the immortal captain looked at the battlefield with a grim expression.

Since the emergence of the third generation of human gene seed, the demon race, the machine race, the insect race and their affiliated alliances have united.

At first, they simply joined forces to kill humans.

Under immense pressure, humans in the Seventh Battlefield, who typically fight in small teams, are forced to band together.

Humans banded together, and naturally, the demon race, the machine race, and the insect race also began to unite.

The scale of the war is getting larger and larger!

The casualties on both sides are becoming increasingly severe.

The average mortality rate for humans skyrocketed from 96.8% to 99.98%!

In such a brutal war, the human race, empowered by the Seed of Genes and the Bloodline Elixir of World Lords, produced a large number of elite World Lord warriors who could rival immortal gods.

However, the demon race, the machine race, and the insect race soon began to change their strategies.

They began targeting human geniuses, especially those who evolved from the Seed of Genes.

Furthermore, the demon race provided resources to allow the mechanical race and the insect race to hatch a massive number of mechanical puppets and insect warriors, thus depleting the potential of the human race.

Furthermore, they are no longer satisfied with hunting humans who roam the streets, but have set their sights on human bases!

On such a high-intensity battlefield, even human kings wouldn't dare to act alone.

Once surrounded, they are all in danger of perishing.

……

"In the extraterritorial battlefield, the three major races of demons, insects, and machines joined forces to suppress the human race, resulting in heavy casualties for our human race."

A piece of intelligence flashed through Qin Mu's mind; it was sent back from the intelligence organization established by Bing Shan.

When the third-generation gene seed and the World Lord-level bloodline potion appeared, the Demon Race, the Insect Race, and the Mechanical Race united.

After the failed assassination attempt on Teacher Yu Chen, the war against humanity on the extraterrestrial battlefield intensified.

The pressure on humanity is immense, as it must contend with three major races simultaneously.

In recent years, in particular, the demon race has provided massive amounts of basic resources to the insect race and the machine race.

The Zerg and Mech races hatch and build countless low-level Zerg and mechanical golems to deplete humanity's manpower.

That's a huge loss!

Although the human population is large, it cannot withstand such depletion.

Although many geniuses who completed their evolution emerged on the human side during this brutal war, more and more of them transformed into peak-bloodline star behemoths.

But this will also deplete humanity's resources.

The demon race, the insect race, and the mechanical race clearly intend to wage a war of attrition, using resources to deplete humanity's potential.

Wars are fought over population and resources.

If the population is depleted, even if some outstanding geniuses are cultivated, it will not be worthwhile.

"A war of attrition is extremely deadly for the human race."

But for the Zerg swarm, it's the perfect battlefield!

"Evolving through endless war and slaughter is the shortcut for the Zerg swarm to become stronger!"

Qin Mu's eyes held a longing for war.

"Almost there! Almost there! The fourth generation of gene seed has been successfully developed, and the upgrade of the insect hive fortress combined with the Tree of Life is about to be completed!"

The second-generation Perfect Divine Body Project, including the fusion of the super-enhanced version of the twelve peak bloodline star beasts, is also showing promise.

"Only under the Tree of Life's control over space and time was the energy circuit hidden within the Flame God Clan discovered, and the mysteries of the Flame God Clan are about to be unraveled."

Qin Mu's calm gaze concealed a thirst for blood and fire.

Since leaving Earth, he has been conducting all sorts of research.

From the lowest level of bloodline evolution potions to world lord-level bloodline potions and gene seeds, to proposing the human gene ascension plan.

From ordinary bloodline star behemoths to peak bloodline star behemoths, and even insect hive tyrants!

Project Zerg Hive Fortress, Project Star Behemoth Fusion, Project Star Behemoth Mother Nest...

He studies so many things!

And this accumulation is the foundation of humanity, and the foundation of the insect swarm!

With the power of one person, he changed the landscape of the original universe!

"It won't be long!"

(End of this chapter)