Swallowing the Stars: Time Simulation

Chapter 252 Creating a Clone, Completing Missions (Two-in-One)

Virtual universe, Yuxiang Mountain primitive area, Yang Wu's manor.

After seeing off the staff who came to check on the completion of the task, Yang Wu connected his consciousness to the virtual universe and appeared directly in his study.

When Yang Wu opened his personal homepage, his personal score had already changed.

Personal points balance: 1111437.

Before Yang Wu went to the Blood Luo World, he almost used up all his points in order to help the Brahma Flower and Kash break through to the ninth level of the Domain Lord.

For the past thirty years, Yang Wu has remained in the Blood Luo World, without any other source of points.

Fortunately, he became a Black Warrior this time and completed a hidden mission. Combined with the rewards from the first two missions, Yang Wu finally obtained 111 million points.

"First, go buy the remains of the clone!"

Yang Wu thought to himself, then quickly clicked on the biological category and other special categories to start selecting materials.

"Thank goodness for the Blood Warrior reward, otherwise over 100,000 points might not have been enough!"

Looking at the prices of the remains of various life forms in the universe, Yang Wu was secretly surprised.

In order to temporarily conceal the fact that he had conceived a clone of the Flame God Clan, Yang Wu decided to purchase more remnants of various races. However, he did not expect that even the remnants at the cosmic level would be so expensive.

This is actually normal. The remains that Yang Wu wants to buy are mostly from races with extremely strong individual strength. Even if it is just a part of their genetic material, it is unlikely to be obtained in human territory.

Although various races can be seen on the battlefield outside the domain, the more extraordinary a life form is, the more difficult it is for it to reproduce.

Take the Demon Slayer race as an example. They are known as the strongest assassin race in the universe, but how many of them are there in total?

Those demon-slaying beings who dare to venture into the outer battlefields must at least reach the level of a realm lord!

Only the four top races—humans, insectoids, machine races, and demons—and their affiliated races, can field organized armies and possess a large number of cosmic-level warriors on the extraterrestrial battlefield.

Because they are difficult to obtain, they are even more expensive.

Fortunately, Yang Wu only needed some remains; he didn't need the entire body. A perfectly cultivated Star-Eating Grass, even just the seedlings, required hundreds of thousands of Chaos Units.

In the end, Yang Wu spent 47 points to successfully purchase cosmic-level remnant materials from dozens of powerful races. The Yan God Clan was completely insignificant among them, and no one would have imagined that he would give birth to a Yan God Clan clone.

……

Because the precious remains that Yang Wu purchased were all from the treasure vault of the Virtual Universe Company, they were quickly delivered to Yang Wu's hands.

After the deliverymen left, Yang Wu instructed Field and the others not to disturb him, and then returned to his quiet room alone.

Whoosh!

With a thought, a piece of blood-red skin appeared out of thin air in Yang Wu's hand.

Looking at the cosmic-level genetic material of the Yan God Clan in his hand, Yang Wu's heart pounded even harder.

He only has three opportunities to create clones in his lifetime, and each opportunity is extremely precious. This first clone of the Flame God Clan is undoubtedly the most important in Yang Wu's eyes, and it will be one of his future reliance.

The talents of the two races, carefully nurtured by a god-king level powerhouse, are perfectly combined; just thinking about it is exciting.

Isn't this much better than any special life form? Although special life forms are extraordinary, they are just randomly conceived in the primordial universe, and there are many of them in each cycle of reincarnation, not to mention the three thousand cosmic seas and countless cycles of reincarnation.

What about god-kings who can be reincarnated in the primordial universe?

While it cannot be said to be absolutely unique, it is certainly one of a kind in the cosmic sea of ​​Yang Wu's dimension.

Otherwise, if the original universe had other better options, it would never have summoned the God-King's body of the Mountain-Sitting Guest in the future.

"I hope it really is as I think!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

With a thought, Yang Wu's figure vanished instantly, leaving only a sphere radiating dazzling light in his place—that was Yang Wu's primordial core.

The auxiliary life forms Kash and the Brahma Flower that remained outside instantly enveloped Yang Wu's original core, protecting it completely.

……

Within the original core formed by the Star Pearl, a void space was created.

This void space is now completely empty, except for a large amount of misty energy, which is Yang Wu's source of power!

Inside this void, apart from Yang Wu and his future clones, no other life or object can enter.

This situation will only change after the future world lord opens up the inner world.

Whoosh!

Yang Wu's figure suddenly appeared in this void space, and then he made a thought.

"Talented clone, conceived!"

Rumble...

The entire void space trembled instantly. The Yan God Clan genetic material in Yang Wu's hand was lifted by an invisible force and suspended in the center of this void space.

Yang Wu's long-awaited first clone is finally about to begin to develop.

"Hiss..." It was as if it had vaporized.

The remains of the Yan God Clan members, suspended high in the air, instantly vaporized.

"Huff huff..."

The countless energies that were originally scattered throughout the void space now surged wildly toward the center of the void space, completely enveloping the remnants of the vaporized Yan God Clan's genetic material.

A moment later, only a dazzling, enormous sphere remained in place.

Around this enormous sphere, incredibly complex crimson runes were revealed, a hundred times more exquisite than those manifested by Yang Wu using the power of Blood Luo.

"here we go."

The gestation time of the clone is related to Yang Wu's own strength, as well as the strength and genes of the clone he conceives.

The stronger one's own strength, the faster one's clones can be created; however, the stronger the clones are and the higher their gene multiplication rate, the slower their creation speed.

Some special races with noble bloodlines and great strength may take hundreds of years to develop.

Like Luo Feng's future Blood Sea clone, even though his inner world has become incredibly vast, it has been gestating for over six hundred years.

"I just wonder how long it will take for this universe-level Fiery God Clan avatar of mine to be formed?" Yang Wu thought to himself.

The Flame God Clan is a powerful race capable of reproduction. Although their physical talents and potential are astonishing, their initial genetic multiplier is likely not very high.

Once the genes of the Yan God Clan were fully analyzed, Yang Wu's consciousness sensed that it would take about ten years to nurture this universe-level Yan God Clan avatar!

"Twenty years?" Yang Wu was quite surprised when he received the message from the nurturing space.

Compared to the power of the Yan God Clan, this timeframe is rather short.

It takes Luo Feng nearly four years to cultivate a second-tier, energy-type, cosmic-level Demon Slayer avatar.

However, Yang Wu's Yan Shen Clan clone is a ninth-order cosmic-level being, and its gene multiplier should exceed that of the Demon Slayer Clan. In terms of energy alone, it is hundreds of times that of the Demon Slayer Clan, and it is a flesh-and-blood life form, so its lifespan should be longer.

"Is it because my situation is unique that comparing me to the Golden Horned Beast is unreasonable?"

"Or is it that the Flame God Clan's avatar isn't what I imagined?"

Yang Wu's consciousness entered the nurturing space, carefully sensing the profound information emanating from it, and only then did he learn some of the details.

The life gene of the Flame God Clan clone chosen by Yang Wu is only twice that of an ordinary life form, while Yang Wu's original core is even more powerful, so the gestation time will naturally be shorter.

"Only twice the genes of a normal life form?" Yang Wu pondered to himself.

Such life genes are not even comparable to the most elite bloodlines of the human race!

"The truth of the matter will only become clear after the clone is formed!"

Once this innate ability to create clones begins to develop, it can never be changed, and there's no need to put any more effort into it; just wait quietly.

……

After his clone began to develop, Yang Wu returned directly to his quiet room.

After bringing back Kashgar and Brahma, Yang Wu began to quietly contemplate his next steps.

"I originally intended to find a way to obtain the method of creating clones in a cosmic-level secret realm, or to accumulate a large amount of wealth to purchase a race that can breed clones for possession, but I never expected to have such a great gain!" Yang Wu thought to himself.

The ability to create a clone is extremely rare. Even the kind of demon royal bloodline that Yang Wu saw in the treasure vault, which can create a clone, costs as much as 100 billion points.

Even a powerful, invincible expert wouldn't find it easy to acquire such wealth, let alone someone of Yang Wu's cosmic level.

For the strong, not having much cash is perfectly normal, because they have already converted their wealth into their own strength, such as supporting plant life, secret techniques, weapons, armor, spaceships, and so on.

Just like Yang Wu now, although he only has a few hundred thousand points left, the Blood Crystals on him are invaluable. The Virtual Universe Company alone offered a purchase price of 600 points for each crystal, not to mention the original core that is comparable to a top-tier treasure.

"I don't need points that much right now, but I still need to plan ahead!"

Yang Wu failed to break through to the Domain Lord level in the previous two simulations, so he did not cultivate the second level of the "Nine Refinements of Flame Crystal Body". However, Yang Wu still needed to prepare the money to buy the secret technique in advance.

After all, Yang Wu needed to have purchased such a top-tier secret technique in real life before he could use it.

Otherwise, even if he is an unparalleled genius among humans, he will definitely be investigated by the higher-ups of the human race!

The second level of the Flame Crystal Nine Refinements is priced at 100 million points, while the third level, which can be cultivated by World Lords, is priced at a whopping 1000 million points.

There are also the later volumes of "Time and Space Essays"!

With Yang Wu's current cultivation speed, plus the assistance of the simulator, he will probably be able to comprehend all 108 essential aspects of the laws of space in less than a hundred years. Therefore, the secret techniques to follow should be prepared in advance.

"Since my clone hasn't been successfully formed yet, I'll continue to take on dangerous cultivation missions! Once my clone is successfully formed, I'll start taking on extreme cultivation missions!" Yang Wu secretly planned.

According to the rules of the Virtual Universe Company, cosmic-level geniuses need to undertake cultivation missions; domain lord-level geniuses are sent out to take control of a region; and world lord-level geniuses need to undergo life-and-death trials.

A core member at the cosmic level can accept a maximum of ten cultivation missions every hundred years.

Furthermore, there is a limit to the total number of missions each person can accept. For example, members of the Primal Secret Realm like Yang Wu can accept a maximum of three Desperate-level missions and a maximum of fifteen Dangerous-level missions!

Even if Yang Wu had cultivated at the cosmic level for thousands of years, he could only accept this many at most.

Firstly, for safety reasons.

After all, cultivation missions are inherently extremely dangerous. If these geniuses were to take on cultivation missions that they were unable to complete from the very beginning, the mortality rate would be even higher.

Like those elders in the Primordial Secret Realm, for the first few hundred years, they all took on ordinary and difficult level missions to cultivate.

Only those with extreme self-confidence, like Yang Wu and Luo Feng, would accept dangerous missions from the outset.

Secondly, it's also due to the allocation of resources.

The minimum reward for a high-level mission is 100,000 points, and the maximum is as high as one million. Even for cosmic-level members of the Primal Realm, this is an astonishing number.

According to Yang Wu's plan, once he comprehends the 108 essential aspects of the laws of space and has passed through the primordial Tongtian Mountain of the universe level, he can directly break through to the Domain Lord level.

"Then, in the meantime, let's finish the dangerous missions first!" Yang Wu said confidently.

With his current strength, as long as he doesn't encounter any immortal gods during the mission, he will be in no danger!

In the dangerous missions of the Virtual Universe Corporation, missions with immortal gods like those in the Blood Luo World are extremely rare.

There are six "dangerous" missions in the Primal Secret Realm. If we add the three "extreme" missions that will be available after the creation of his clone, Yang Wu will have reached the limit of ten missions in one hundred years.

With the plan set, Yang Wu acted swiftly and decisively.

Yang Wu continued to undertake one dangerous mission after another.

For safety reasons, when Yang Wu encountered a mission with a high degree of danger, he would carefully complete the missions required by the Virtual Universe Company on his own. When he encountered missions with a slightly lower degree of danger, Yang Wu would rely on his own strength to explore the secrets contained within the mission.

Unfortunately, the level of secrecy involved in a mission is directly proportional to its level of security.

The two most dangerous missions are "Viscaria" and "Ruins of the Ancient Temple".

Both of these cultivation tasks were briefly mentioned in the original work. Luo Feng once relied on his Demon Slayer Clan clone to snatch a piece of "Purple Chen Hundred-Leaf" in the "Ruins Ancient God Temple" task.

However, both worlds contain immortal beings, and the original work did not elaborate on the opportunities. Most importantly, Yang Wu's clone had not yet been successfully conceived, so there was no in-depth exploration.

Because all six dangerous missions are located in the Primal Secret Realm, Yang Wu saved a lot of travel time.

In the end, Yang Wu spent ten years completing all six dangerous missions.

The reason it took so much time is that, apart from 'Viscaria Star' and 'Ruins Ancient Temple' which possess immortal gods, the strongest beings in the other four cultivation worlds are all peak Realm Lords.

With Yang Wu's strength, he should certainly explore this carefully.

Although the danger levels of "Viscaria" and "Ruins of the Ancient Temple" are very high, the mission of the Virtual Universe Company is quite simple.

Yang Wu completed the "Viscaria" mission over three months and received a reward of 20,000 points.

Yang Wu completed the "Ruins of the Ancient Temple" quest over five months and also received a reward of 20,000 points.

The other four cultivation tasks, although with lower reward points and lower danger levels than the two tasks, yielded great rewards for Yang Wu after his in-depth exploration.

……

The quest world of "Purple Flame Island".

Although Purple Flame Island has the word "island" in its name, its area is extremely large, with a diameter of over ten million kilometers, enough to contain dozens of ordinary stars.

Compared to the Blood Luo World, the Lasao World, and others, which are measured in trillions of kilometers, this Purple Flame Island is indeed pitifully small.

Due to the limited living space, the most powerful being on Purple Flame Island is only a ninth-level Realm Lord, with their understanding of laws around the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge.

Although Yang Wu was no match for him, he could never kill Yang Wu.

On Purple Flame Island lies a sacred site that nurtures a wondrous 'purple flame,' which greatly benefits those who cultivate the laws of fire.

Of course, Yang Wu has now gained the recognition of the Flame Law, so the help from the purple flame is negligible for him.

But this does not negate the value of this purple flame!

A single purple flame costs 50,000 points in the Virtual Universe Company's treasury. In the real world, even if it were available, its value would undoubtedly be far higher!

Of course, if Yang Wu were to sell the Purple Flame to the Virtual Universe Company, the acquisition price would definitely be significantly reduced, just like the Blood Crystal.

There are 21 mature purple flames in the Purple Flame Island Holy Land. Yang Wu spent two years to obtain the opportunity to go to the Holy Land to cultivate. Finally, after the purple flames became completely ineffective against him, he took six of them.

It's not that Yang Wu can't take too much, but the Purple Flame isn't that precious to him. If he takes it all, the Purple Flame Island Holy Land will be in a semi-paralyzed state for some time to come.

Over the course of two years, Yang Wu had developed a degree of acceptance of the natives of Purple Flame Island, and therefore did not push things to the extreme.

Yang Wu did not intend to sell the six purple flames; they were mostly prepared for his own relatives and friends.

Yang Wu always remembered the gift he wanted to give to his senior brother, Latte. It just so happened that Latte had been comprehending the laws of fire, and although this purple flame was not particularly precious, it was undoubtedly extremely suitable for Latte.

……

The quest world of "Flying Immortal World".

This mission world is very different from the other worlds Yang Wu has experienced!

The natives of this world place great emphasis on combat techniques when cultivating. For them, the sophistication of these techniques is even more important than their understanding of the laws.

In this world, even planetary-level beings are all creating their own secret techniques, much like how Hong and Thor created "World Destruction" and "Ninefold Thunder Blade" on Earth.

Of course, those planetary-level beings have systematic guidance, and the secret techniques they create are even stronger than "World Destruction" and "Ninefold Thunder Blade".

The "Flying Immortal World" has a total of 365 top-level secret techniques, each created by a world lord-level powerhouse, yet each comparable to secret techniques created by many immortals in the universe.

If we're just talking about grading, it should be classified as a common level, equivalent to the "Soul Imprint" created by Hu Yanbo.

The task given by the Virtual Universe Company was to obtain one of the 365 top-tier secret techniques.

Although most of these secret techniques are not suitable for Yang Wu, they can provide him with great reference value when he creates his own secret techniques in the future.

Each secret technique costs 10,000 points in the treasure vault of the Virtual Universe Company.

Therefore, Yang Wu spent five years in this world and finally collected all 365 top-level secret techniques. As for the relatively weaker secret techniques, there were as many as several thousand.

Unfortunately, the company had already collected all of these secret techniques, so Yang Wu only received 10,000 points after completing the mission.

……

The quest world of "Boundless Sea".

The entire world of this mission is an ocean. As for land, there are only a few islands, whose combined area is less than one-thousandth of the ocean area.

In this boundless sea world, humans exist on only a very few large islands, making them extremely rare.

Yang Wu's mission is to hunt down all sorts of monsters and ferocious beasts that roam the ocean.

The task was simple, but extremely tedious.

In the end, Yang Wu spent half a year completing the task and finally received a reward of 1.5 points.

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I really can't come up with a last world. If you have any good suggestions, please lend me a hand by joining the group and leaving a message. As for the Nightmare Candle King's strength, please refer to Chapter 19 of Part 12 of the original text if you have any questions.

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