The data set can automatically generate all possible attacks within its data range. Due to the increased three-dimensionality of the calculations, the computational workload for replicating superpowers in an instant is measured in terrestrial quantities. In terms of speed, no supercomputer in the world can match it. Therefore, as long as the totem creature doesn't launch a new attack, all of its attacks will be within Ling Yun's prediction. While the mental field is ineffective against the totem creature, Ling Yun also possesses more than one physical attack method.
The totem creature, unaware that it had become prey, continued its tenacious maneuvering. Its small body seemed to contain an inexhaustible battery, maintaining lightning speed and attacks capable of shattering rocks from the very beginning. Unfortunately, despite tearing the surrounding air into gales, the totem failed to even touch a corner of Ling Yun's clothing.
Ling Yun extended a finger and flicked it through the air. His mental energy field condensed into a simple light wave attack, instantly striking the totem creature ten meters in front of it. The data analysis indicated that the totem creature would magically appear there in the next moment. Ling Yun amplified the microscopic observation capabilities of his Eye of Illusion again, deliberately slowing down the process to clearly observe how the totem creature became immune to the energy attack.
With a whoosh, the totem creature streaked across the air like lightning, landing precisely on the light wave attack. The location given by the data team was extremely accurate, with an error of no more than five millimeters, so it looked as if the totem creature had deliberately taken the hit.
Ling Yun's pupils suddenly dilated. His Illusionary Eye and Copying Ability faithfully replicated every minute detail of the totem creature being attacked by energy. Under normal circumstances, one would only see the light wave flash across the totem creature and then disappear. However, the totem creature seemed not to have seen the attack at all, and its movements were not affected in the slightest. The energy beam of the mental field did not pass through its body, but mysteriously disappeared in front of it.
In an instant, Ling Yun slowed down his previous actions countless times, allowing him to perceive with exquisite detail everything that happened within a fraction of a second. The light waves, moving as slowly as a snail, struck the totem creature's body. In the microscopic world, the attack of the mental energy field was broken down into countless tiny, multicolored particles. In the center and around the particles, there was a ghostly blue free energy, which was thread-like with extremely strong adsorption capabilities at both ends, connecting all the particles together, making them look like a chain of balls tied together by ropes.
Each color of particle possesses its own unique properties, which, when viewed separately, are utterly ineffective. However, once all the particles of different colors are fused together by energy, they form a single, pure energy attack. Each particle moves at an unimaginable speed, resembling the Earth orbiting the sun. In the microscopic world, the shape of the particle is clearly visible—a perfectly spherical black bead, like a shrunken version of the Heavenly Eye. The particle displays even more microscopic structures, suggesting an even more mysterious miniature world. However, even with Ling Yun's abilities, he can no longer see into the inner workings of it all.
The internal structure of particles belongs to the realm of God.
In the instant before the telekinetic beam reached the totem creature's body, in the microscopic world, the totem creature's genes suddenly changed.
The silvery-white gene tree-like main line suddenly extended countless microscopic tentacles, almost the same size as the energy particles. Each tentacle had a smaller suction cup. When the microscopic particles in the energy beam were met head-on, the suction cups gently clung to them, then began to pierce into the interior of the microscopic particles like pile drivers. The tentacles appeared motionless, but in reality, they were trembling with almost imperceptible slight movements, constantly absorbing something from the microscopic particles. Then, the tentacles suddenly retracted from the energy particles, returning to the gene tree-like main line like billions of roots. After suddenly releasing a burst of dazzling light, the gene tree-like main line suddenly shot out the same multicolored energy particles into the air.
Two identical but diametrically opposed energy particles collided instantly, annihilating into nothingness in the blink of an eye. All of this happened in an instant; if Ling Yun hadn't slowed down the entire process countless times, he wouldn't have been able to see what was happening.
Ling Yun's heart clenched. He hadn't expected that the totem creature would use this method to become immune to energy attacks. The tree-like gene structure was indeed a marvel of craftsmanship, especially the silver thread representing the main gene information. It could decompose all the basic particles that make up energy the instant an energy attack occurred, and then, after a complex transformation, form a counter-current based on the opposite characteristics of each particle, using the attacker's energy to counteract the energy, thus forming the entire process of immunity to energy attacks.
Ling Yun was startled; this was the first time he had ever witnessed such a miraculous defensive ability, as if a whole new world had opened up before his eyes—a world he could never have imagined before. So, genetic defense could be like this! If he mastered the properties of the energy particles converted from the main genetic line of totem creatures, would it mean that he too could be immune to all energy attacks?
Ling Yun's heart pounded wildly. He knew better than anyone what immunity to all energy attacks meant: it meant he would be invincible in the world, unmatched by any other superhuman. All supernatural abilities were based on attacks rooted in mental energy fields; if these attacks were ineffective, then even the strongest superhuman, with the most powerful physique, would be no match for an equal. Such a genetic structure was truly unprecedented and unparalleled.
No wonder the City of Death had to destroy this powerful civilization. If the civilization had been allowed to continue, who knows how many more powerful and unpredictable artificial creatures would have emerged. In that case, biological weapons would be the nightmare of all other civilizations!
Of course, the genetic system that grants immunity to energy attacks is not so easy to grasp. Although the data analysis has faithfully recorded the original data, it is still impossible to perceive the genetic structure inside the totem creature. So far, Ling Yun can only see a specific shape. Only by scanning all its genetic sketches can Ling Yun know how the main genetic line transforms the properties of energy particles.
Even with all of this, Ling Yun still couldn't use energy immunity. Using energy immunity would require altering the entire genetic system, and Ling Yun didn't want to become a mindless monster. Once the genes changed the level of the brain's neural pathways, Ling Yun would never be able to turn back. It's like a magician who can turn into a real frog, but a frog doesn't have thoughts or consciousness, so it's impossible for it to turn back into a magician.
The totem creature made a bizarre turn in mid-air and charged towards Lingyun again. Unlike its opponent, it didn't know how it became immune to these energy attacks; it seemed to be an innate instinct, like a person wanting to eat when hungry or drink when thirsty. The massive energy attacks could only touch the surface of its skin, unable to penetrate any further. This gave the totem creature a sense of superiority; since its opponent was helpless against it, the scales of victory would eventually tip in its favor.
But this time, the totem creature met its match. The instant it charged, Ling Yun didn't choose to dodge, but instead opted for a head-on collision. A powerful fist slammed into the totem creature's neck. After countless periods of growth in strength, the boy's own power had reached a top-tier level.
Seeing its opponent constantly on the defensive, the totem creature's simple mind became conditioned reflex. Its intuitive feeling was that apart from the seemingly terrifying but actually ineffective energy wave attack, the opponent's only physical ability was far from being its match. Its somewhat divergent thinking did not think that the boy would pose a threat to it. So when it saw Ling Yun not dodging but counterattacking, it accelerated and charged forward, intending to tear the fragile boy to pieces with its sharp forepaws.
Its attack ended there. Ling Yun first punched the arrogant totem creature, making it dizzy and flying backward. But before its small body could fly away, Ling Yun had already reached out and grabbed the totem creature's slender neck without any suspense. Then, he grabbed it and slammed it hard into the ground.
With a loud bang, a deep crater instantly appeared on the incredibly hard black stone ground. The totem creature's body was much harder than the stone, so when the two collided, it was the ground that shattered. However, the totem creature was also hit hard, and its simple mind became somewhat confused. Before it could react, Ling Yun grabbed it again and slammed it against another spot on the ground. After this happened three times, the totem creature finally became a little dizzy. It half-opened its eyes and looked at the smiling boy in front of it with a hazy gaze, as if it were staring at a terrifying demon. It couldn't help but tremble with fear.
Ling Yun grabbed its neck tightly, lifted the totem creature high, and slowly reached out with his other hand, suddenly probing into the totem creature's body.
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His left hand easily pierced the totem creature's body, but strangely, the totem creature seemed completely unaffected, and no blood flowed out. It merely struggled weakly in Ling Yun's right hand. It hadn't lost its strength, but the sudden attack had left it dazed and confused. While not fatal, it instilled in the totem creature a biological instinct: fear. In its simple mind, the frail boy before it had become a completely different person.
Clearly, Ling Yun's evasion was merely a deliberate act of keeping a low profile. The totem creatures' current physical attack capabilities were no match for Ling Yun. As for why Ling Yun had only evaded and not attacked before, that was beyond the totem creatures' comprehension.
Ling Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Before clashing head-on with the totem creature, he had used the Hand of God to further modify the genes in his arm. The modified genes could strengthen his muscles several times over, which was equivalent to Ling Yun increasing his physical strength several times over out of thin air. If it weren't for this, Ling Yun probably still wouldn't have been able to defeat this thing that was barely bigger than a rat. In terms of physical attack power alone, the totem creature was already far stronger than most ability users.
A massive amount of data was transmitted to Ling Yun's mind through the hand that reached into the totem creature's body. The moment it touched the totem creature's skin, Ling Yun's hand suddenly transformed into billions of particles, passing through the pores on the skin's surface and entering the microscopic genetic level, carefully exploring the deepest secrets of the totem creature's genes that could transform energy particles.
This is a form of life completely different from any other life form on Earth today. Clearly, the genetic makeup of totem creatures has broken the inherent laws of life. After perceiving countless near-perfectly cyclical data, Ling Yun once again felt a deep sense of awe at the pinnacle of the ancient, unfamiliar civilization. This was a civilization that was beyond comprehension. Their development was completely at the opposite extreme from that of humanity. Humans are based on technology and constantly explore the basic structure of matter to use tools to achieve a higher level of meaning in life. This ancient civilization, on the other hand, improved itself and constantly corrected its evolutionary path through the original codes of nature and genes, hoping to find another path for the development of civilization.
It's difficult to say which of the two civilizations is right and which is wrong. Although their paths differ, their ultimate goals are the same. Ultimately, it's about challenging the authority of nature. After reaching its own limits, humanity prepared to be its own master, rather than succumbing to the constraints of laws and rules. When humanity attempts to create another set of rules or laws, it has already gone against the will of its mother, the development of nature.
After a long while, Ling Yun finally withdrew his hand from the totem creature's body. The moment he pulled it out, the totem creature's surface instantly returned to normal, as if Ling Yun had never entered its body. Ling Yun's expression was solemn. He had obtained all the genetic data of the totem creature, and the replication ability was being categorized. Clearly, the most significant discovery this time was obtaining the genetic characteristic of how to be immune to energy. However, even with the data, Ling Yun could not understand this characteristic, because in terms of data representation, it was simply an infinite, non-repeating, unsolvable equation.
The ability to replicate will be analyzed forever, but there will never be a result. Ling Yun doesn't know how the ancient, strange civilization added this unsolvable equation into the genes of the totem creatures. This is somewhat like the beginning of the universe. At the time of the Big Bang, it was just a point. This point exists, but it is infinitely small. The process of embedding the unsolvable equation is very much like the beginning of the Big Bang. It is fundamentally unsolvable, yet it exists.
The totem creature struggled weakly for a long time. When it realized that there was no way to break free, its flat head suddenly drooped down, and a trace of blood-red liquid flowed from its scarlet eyes. Then, its stone-like body went limp in Ling Yun's hand and lay motionless. It was dead.
Ling Yun was taken aback. He hadn't exerted any force, so how could the totem creature have suddenly died? And even if he had, it wouldn't have been possible to easily strangle this monstrous totem creature. Ling Yun was even certain that even if he increased his physical strength several times over and used all his might, he still wouldn't be able to kill the totem creature. Its seemingly slender neck wasn't a breathing passage, but merely a wing used for balance. The totem creature didn't even need to breathe; all its bones were hollow, without bone marrow, but filled with silk-like fibers connected to all the muscle fibers, moving at a speed like a lamp. This also gave it the ability to glide and turn freely in the air.
But it's too late to say anything now. Ling Yun originally wanted to use mind control to communicate with it. Although totem creatures don't have thoughts, as an experimental subject that has undergone countless trials to be considered basically successful, it should obviously still have a lot of valuable information in its mind that was not recorded in the information carrier. Ling Yun is very curious about this destroyed civilization, and he has also gained a lot of benefits in the process of fighting with the information carrier and the totem creature. It can even be said that Ling Yun has become the only combination of two very different civilizations.
The senses transmitted through his hand told Ling Yun that the totem creature was indeed dead. This wasn't a feigned death by a strange enemy, because even if external physical characteristics could be concealed, the deepest genetic makeup couldn't. Fortunately, Ling Yun hadn't closed his Eye of Illusion yet. At the microscopic level, a startling piece of information appeared: the totem creature's genes were dissolving at an alarming rate. In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the tree-like silver main gene structure had disappeared, leaving only a body devoid of any genetic characteristics.
Ling Yun was taken aback. He hadn't expected that this totem experimental creature would undergo genetic degradation simultaneously with its inexplicable death. This phenomenon had never been hinted at or predicted in the information carrier or the replicated totem genetic data. Ling Yun couldn't understand how this bizarre change was occurring. According to the common sense he had just witnessed, the totem creature should have transformed into a deathly gray pattern of lines. But now, the sudden death of the totem creature took on an indescribable allegorical quality, seemingly hinting at something to Ling Yun.
A strong sense of alarm suddenly rose in Ling Yun's mind. Just after the genes were completely dissolved, all the cellular energy of the totem creature suddenly began to condense towards the center of the cell nucleus like a violent electric current. It looked like a star shrinking violently as it reached the end of its life and became a white dwarf. As the volume of billions of tons shrank rapidly, it also began to concentrate rapidly. The space between the cell and the cell nucleus shrank rapidly, and the microscopic world was collapsing like the sky and the earth.
Ling Yun had no time to think it through, nor could he observe the next development. The totem creature's cells seemed to harbor a very deep level of consciousness, and it was this consciousness that led to the totem creature's final death and the onset of a series of changes. Suddenly, the swollen arm violently hurled the already somewhat swollen totem creature towards the spot Ling Yun could throw it with all his might.
Xiao Rou was slowly pulling her telekinetic spear from the center of a giant pillar, intending to rest before continuing her destructive work. A lightning-fast black shadow pounced, pinning her to the black ground. Xiao Rou was startled, initially thinking a powerful decorative figure had materialized; its speed was too great for her to react or dodge. But then she smelled a pleasant masculine scent and realized it was Ling Yun on top of her. She immediately stopped struggling. Although she didn't understand Ling Yun's intentions, Xiao Rou felt a sudden surge of joy, as if Ling Yun was doing her favorite thing.
Before Ling Yun could explain, he reached out and blindfolded her. The instant he did so, a blinding light filled every corner of the passageway. The light was so bright that it illuminated every nook and cranny. As the light grew stronger, all objects, including the giant pillars and the scattered rubble, vanished. Under the intense light, nothing could be detected; the passageway had become a sea of light.
The incredibly powerful shockwave instantly swept away everything standing on the ground. The cyan electric current mixed with the energy shockwave swept recklessly through the hundreds of meters high tunnel, destroying everything in its path. The remaining hundred or so giant pillars didn't need Xiaorou to do any more damage; they were instantly broken into several pieces the moment the shockwave spread. Before these pieces even fell from the air, they were once again surrounded and decomposed by the electric current and energy wave, until they were reduced to the smallest dust particles that could no longer be broken down before they fell to the ground with a soft rustling sound.
Ling Yun shielded the girl's entire body with his own, his mental energy field forming a transparent silver shield around his body, desperately resisting the attacks of the smallest possible energy and shockwave. Despite minimizing the impact area, Ling Yun still felt breathless, as if he were facing a giant wave hundreds of meters in the sky crashing down on him. Radiating currents rained down on his mental energy field protection, instantly creating countless cracks in the glass-like transparent shield. These cracks were then repaired by the rapid flow of mental energy, only to be covered with cracks again under further impacts, repeating this cycle repeatedly.
To prevent the powerful attack from instantly shattering his defenses, Ling Yun opened a gap in his mental energy field. The intense heat of plasma instantly struck his back, forming a blue sea of fire that hissed and burned the boy's flesh. Each strike felt like it was burning Ling Yun's soul, bringing him excruciating pain.
Suddenly, the girl forcefully flipped over, turning the engulfed Ling Yun beneath her. Her mental energy field even condensed into mercury-like droplets on her body, extinguishing the flames on Ling Yun's body with a sudden sound.
Ling Yun's consciousness was already fading. In his hazy state, he suddenly saw the girl's face filled with despair and grief. A slight look of pain was appearing on Xiao Rou's face. Feeling the soft, delicate body against his chest and the unique fragrance, Ling Yun hugged Xiao Rou's body without hesitation. The two people's mental energy fields instantly merged together, forming an indescribably powerful light body, struggling against the energy storm that had weakened considerably.
Everything returned to darkness, the storm suddenly stopped, and everything returned to normal. Apart from the dust on the ground and the two entangled bodies, the passageway finally became calm again.
After a long while, the boy and girl helped each other to their feet. Their initial movements were somewhat difficult and strenuous, but as a rosy glow returned to Ling Yun's face, his self-healing ability quickly took effect, and a powerful, cyclical life force surged within him. Glancing at Xiao Rou, who was swaying precariously around his waist, Ling Yun placed his hand on her back. There, a piece of her clothing was charred, revealing a large expanse of smooth, white skin and a shocking patch of charred black. Deep within the charred blackness, a deep pit had formed, revealing the writhing, carbonized internal organs.
The Holy Healing Technique was working rapidly, visibly clearing away impurities from the carbonized muscle tissue and blood in all the wounds, and continuously delivering nutrients from other parts of the body to promote wound healing at the fastest speed.
Ling Yun gritted his teeth, brought his wrist to his mouth and bit down hard. His sharp teeth immediately ruptured the vein. With his mouth full of his own blood, Ling Yun disregarded his reserve and immediately kissed Xiao Rou's bloodless lips, transferring his blood into her mouth.