Xue Hua was lying on the boulder and thinking wildly in his mind. He thought of the two little girls who were still in the Haworth Islands and were preparing for the promotion trial. He also thought of Aman, who had just been accepted by Kane as his apprentice.
.....
But no matter how he tries to diverge his thoughts, his thoughts will eventually return to the same starting point.
The starting point is what Leoric said to him in the tomb.
The road to transcendence is destined to be difficult and full of thorns, and may lead to death at any time.
The road to upgrade, safety and stability, step by step, the road to Suncheon that climbs up step by step along the ladder created by the rules.
Which one is better or worse?
It is difficult to define and difficult to choose.
Leoric once told him that it was time for him to make a choice.
If he continues to follow the path of a professional, it will be equivalent to automatically choosing the second, safer path.
But how to embark on the road to transcendence?
Leoric didn't say anything, but looked at him with a meaningful look.
Just when Xue Hua was puzzled by Leoric's intentions, Abathur's voice suddenly sounded in the mind of the main nest.
"Master, the mutation plan for your psychic system has been completely optimized. Do you want to start evolving and mutating immediately?"
Upon hearing its words, Xue Hua suddenly had an idea flash in his mind.
He stood up from the rock and asked Abathur in a solemn tone: "Reintroduce your optimized mutation plan to me."
"The new mutation plan is based on the previously obtained high-purity evolutionary spiritual energy, assisted by the evolutionary information stored in sublimation skills, and your spiritual energy level is used as nourishment. It completely separates and hides the spiritual energy system in your body from the rule network.
, thereby freeing you from the restrictions of the rules of this world and having the ability to independently evolve to a higher level of life."
Abathur introduced it step by step, but Xue Hua didn't quite understand what it said.
So he ordered Abathur to tell him directly what he would gain and what he would lose through this mutation method.
"You will have freer means of increasing your psychic level, and the insect swarm will completely break free from the rules of this world.
However, this kind of breaking away is a two-way street. When you get rid of the constraints of rules, the rules of this world will no longer protect you.
Although I can hide your psionic information so that you can continue to use this world's psionic devices, you will lose all of your class levels and class psionic skills.
Compared with the gain, this is a negligible loss. The skills of using psychic powers can be imitated and changed at will by improving the mastery of psychic powers. Just like the superpowers that exist in this world, they can shape their own psychic powers at will.
Skill.
Another loss for you is that you won't be able to gain 'upgrade power' from slaying hostile creatures of lower psychic levels, but when you defeat a more powerful enemy, the Ascension skill will absorb far more for you than it originally did.
'evolutionary energy'.
The current energy reserve of sublimation skills has reached the threshold, and with just one more tiny energy accumulation, your high-level life sublimation will fully begin."
"I see... I have been working on this for a long time and this is the path to transcendence!"
After hearing what Abathur said, Xue Hua slapped his thigh excitedly.
Isn't Abathur's skill mutation plan the so-called "road to transcendence"?
Completely breaking free from the shackles of the world's rules, and no longer being protected by the world's rules. At the same time, you cannot increase your strength by killing a large number of low-level demon projections and demon clones. You can only constantly challenge stronger ones and learn from your opponents'
Nutrients for growth are obtained from the corpse.
Lose fixed professional skills, but gain more dexterous means of using psychic powers.
Lose career levels, but gain a less rigid path to advancement.
Lose attribute data, lose the so-called "mana upper limit", take all power out of the rules and return it to yourself.
The effects of the equipment worn on the body are no longer as obvious as those of professionals.
After the evolution was completed, these equipments had only three characteristics left in Xue Hua's eyes.
——Defense strength, psychic amplification level and sharpness.
It turns out that this is what Leoric calls the "path to transcendence"!
But how did he know...
Xue Hua frowned again, and Leoric's meaningful gesture made him feel like everything about him had been seen through.
"Master, do you want to start skill mutation immediately?"
Just when Xue Hua was still struggling, Abathur's voice sounded in the main nest mind again.
"Well...let me think about it..."
Facing the inquiry, he frowned hesitantly.
Xue Hua is the master of the insect swarm, and the insect swarm is an important source of his power and his strongest backing.
The insect swarm, with its huge number and evolutionary potential, is fully capable of fully supporting his ambitions for this universe.
From this point of view, it doesn't seem to matter whether he is strong or not.
Therefore, the slow but very safe upgrade path seems to be the choice he should make.
Let the insect swarm evolve step by step, and one day they will be strong enough to face any enemy. At that time, the only threat he faces is to beware of the enemy's decapitation tactics.
This path seems feasible, and it doesn't require taking so many risks and experiencing so many thrilling moments.
Xue Hua likes adventure, but he doesn’t like risking his life every time like facing the Skeleton King...
The power of the Skeleton King made him deeply aware of the horror of the extraordinary powers in this world.
Faced with such a terrifying existence, Xue Hua believed that he was not so lucky to come back alive every time.
I often walk by the river, and my shoes don’t get wet!
However, just when the scale in Xue Hua's heart began to tilt toward a steady path of upgrade, a hypothesis about biological evolution that he had seen on the Internet in his previous life suddenly appeared in his memory for no reason.
This hypothesis is called the "Red Queen Hypothesis".
Its general idea is that living things need to continue to evolve in order to maintain their original position in nature. Once they stop, it means going backwards.
And if organisms want to continue to move their level in nature to the top of the pyramid, they need support from leaps in evolution and bolder risks in biology.
This hypothesis just flashed through Xue Hua's mind at that time. It should have been completely forgotten by him. I don't know why it suddenly jumped out of the depths of his memory at this time, and it is still vivid in his mind.
appeared before his eyes.
What does it mean?
Xue Hua slowly frowned.
Jump-start evolution and adventure?
Does constant evolution just keep living things in the same place?
...I see!
After thinking for a while, he suddenly raised his head as if he understood something, his eyes shining brightly.
The evolutionary process of living things is a process of survival and continuation.
Although the evolutionary purposes of the insect swarm are different, in the final analysis they are the same.
If you want to pursue strength, you must take risks.
Step by step, you can only jog in place. If you want to surpass, you have to take bigger steps!
You evolve, others evolve, and your enemies evolve too.
The xel'naga, the demons, they are getting stronger every day.
Want to be faster and stronger than them?
Then run! Jump! Leap!
Even if you are running across a river of lava with a wooden stake as big as a needle tip under your feet, it is better than safely crossing the bridge and having the enemy put a knife on your neck!
Thinking of this, Xue Hua nodded fiercely and said to Abathur in the main nest mind.
