Chapter 164 Going Further on the Path of Evolution

The battlefield of the Secret War was too vast, and this small battle on one of the fronts did not receive much attention, with only Hannes taking it to heart.

Regardless of the reaction in the war sector, after winning the battle, Han Xiao refused Rexon's invitation to celebrate and took Hela to other frontline bases, providing her with more battlefields to collect gray souls.

While Han Xiao and the others were traveling around the battlefields, a new hot topic appeared on the forums. Many players who had attacked the W-58 stronghold together uploaded videos, and Hela's reappearance stirred up distant memories for the players.

Originally, these were just ordinary battle videos, but combined with the fact that Han Xiao and Hela had been together for three versions, especially after digging out the "old flame" between Han Xiao and Hela from the Galaxy Chronicles 1.0 version, the topic inevitably turned to the gossip that everyone loved to see. Various Shocking News editors crossed the sea, each displaying their own magical powers:

《Shocking! Black Star actually did this to Hela!》, 《Old flame rekindled? Or looking for new love?》, 《A love spanning twenty years, men will be silent when they see it, and women will shed tears!》, 《Who is the woman Black Star loves the most? Counting the beauties he has loved over the years》…

Players had the highest interest in gossip topics. Anyway, they wouldn't be responsible in the future, so they enthusiastically made up stories. The topic gradually shifted from Hela to Black Star, wanting to deeply explore his love life.

Han Xiao was now the most famous NPC in the Broken Star Ring players' hearts, with high status, a thick family fortune, strong strength, and quite handsome appearance. From version 1.0 to the present, players had never understood his love story. Regarding the emotional belonging of the faction leader, players were extremely curious. Just imagining it, they could come up with more than a dozen domineering president romance dramas.

Not only Hela, but all the known living female characters related to the Black Star Army, such as Ames, Sylvia, Aroshia, and others, became the objects of intense debate among players. On the forums, supporters of different female characters split into several factions, arguing on the basis of reason.

"Hela has known him for the longest time, it's obviously an old flame rekindled."

"Bah, childhood sweethearts can't beat those who fall from the sky, my Dragon Seat Party will never be slaves!"

"You guys don't know anything, Sylvia is the best, this is a nurturing system!"

"The Melos Party smiles without saying a word."

"The Haimer Party is not convinced and will chop off your heads with an axe."

"Please, you guys are very weak—greetings from the Phillip Party."

"The Fording Party announces its withdrawal. Fording is our husband, Black Star, you don't deserve him!"

"The Jin Dai Party hugs the little salted fish and dares not speak."

"At this time, Aroshia is still on her way."

"The leader of the Germination is silently watching you in heaven. I'm not targeting anyone, everyone here is a younger brother."

The hot topics on the forum increased the popularity of many cadres of the Black Star Army, and Black Star, as the protagonist of the topic, gained a wave of attention.

Gossip topics about big figures have always been popular. Han Xiao didn't pay much attention to them. These gossip topics appeared on the forums from time to time, and players used them to entertain themselves. Regardless of whether there was a conclusion, it would not have any impact. The only substantial consequence it caused might be to indirectly increase the production of doujinshi…

…

Traveling across several blockade lines, Hela's combat power rapidly increased by collecting gray souls. In just half a month or so, her energy level increased by more than 400 Enas. At her level, this kind of growth rate was enough to shock 99% of superhumans of the same level.

During this period, Han Xiao took action several times. The mental barrier and personal enchantment on his body reduced the growth rate of the soul embryo by about half, and the soul embryo's degree of completion increased from four percent to nine percent.

However, a considerable number of army players had already reached Grade B, and these people began to learn professional knowledge from experience. In this half month, Han Xiao finally gathered enough experience to level up to level 220 or higher.

Han Xiao stopped his journey, petted Fording for a while, and couldn't wait to lock himself in the training room.

Opening the panel, Han Xiao stared at the massive amount of experience and smiled with satisfaction.

After seven years, he could finally advance. It wasn't easy.

Without hesitation, all the experience was invested in leveling up.

[【Apostle Mechanic】leveled up to Lv25, Stamina +240, Strength +3, Agility +4, Endurance +5, Intelligence +10, you have obtained 8 free attribute points, 1 potential point]

Leveling up two levels in a row, the total level was 220, once again stepping on the critical point of advancement.

The panel popped up with the requirements for the advancement mission. This time, Han Xiao didn't even look at it.

The mission settlement card that had been hoarded for seven years finally came in handy!

Advance directly!

[Do you want to use 【Mission Settlement Card】, confirm/cancel?]

"Use."

The target was selected as the advancement mission.

[You used 【Mission Settlement Card】]

[【Edge of Death】is settling… settlement complete!]

[Level 220 advancement mission completed! Advancement successful! Endurance bonus increased! 1 Endurance = 175 Health Points = 185 Stamina Points]

This time, the endurance bonus increased by 30 points at once, which was 5 points higher.

Magma-like hot currents burst out from the heart, instantly traveling throughout the body. Every cell cheered up, and vitality surged. Han Xiao personally felt the enhancement of life force.

Han Xiao perked up. This time, the advancement was still a racial sublimation every forty levels. He paid twelve points of attention and looked at the panel prompts.

He had just rubbed off Fording's luck, hoping to draw some good options…

[You have taken a step further on the path of evolution, your life level has been sublimated, your genetic code has spontaneously reorganized, and you are closer to a new starting point in life…]

[Species detected: 【Void Distorter (Human Form)】… Randomly drawing nine matching evolutionary directions… Drawing complete!]

[Please choose one of the following nine options as your evolutionary race—Warning! The evolution process is irreversible, please choose carefully 【Appendix-Description of Evolutionary Direction Characteristics】]

[【Void Iridescence (Energy Field Form)】-38% Compatibility]

[【Void Jumper (Deformed Body)】-44% Compatibility]

[【Void Wisp (Spirit Form)】-28% Compatibility]

[【Multidimensional Shadow (Mental Signal Form)】-23% Compatibility]

[【Void Executioner (Human Form)】-71% Compatibility]

[【Blade of Mago Mo Duo (Human Form)】-57% Compatibility]

[【Void Star Chaser (Human Form)】-75% Compatibility]

[【Void Dragon High Concentration Hybrid (Human Form)】-66% Compatibility]

[【Saint · Cosmos Human Race (Removing Gene Limiter)】-54% Compatibility]

Staring at the nine options flashing with faint light in front of him, Han Xiao had a headache.

It wasn't that these options were bad, but that they were too good!

He had difficulty choosing.

Because he had once taken the core of the Void Overlord, Han Xiao directly skipped an evolutionary stage. If it weren't for that core, the options that appeared now should have been species of the same level as the Void Distorter.

And now, several options were evolutionary directions higher than the Void Distorter.

Han Xiao first eliminated the first four options. These four abandoned the human form, and the compatibility was too low, which didn't match his abilities. He was tangled between the last five options.

【Void Star Chaser】 was the direct evolutionary direction of the current race, Void Distorter, a cosmic lifeform that fed on cosmic radiation and stellar energy, while 【Void Executioner】 was good at fighting and was located in the middle and upper chain of the void life system, equivalent to a high-level overseer commanding a small legion.

"Mago Mo Duo" was a Void Overlord recorded in history. He transformed powerful void warriors through void energy, creating special elite units, which were the 【Blade of Mago Mo Duo】, extremely powerful. To describe it, it was like a fierce general who could fight a hundred enemies and was qualified to challenge in front of the battle.

【Void Dragon High Concentration Hybrid】 should be another evolutionary direction brought about by the Void Dragon Marrow he had taken before. Han Xiao didn't quite understand the final result of this evolutionary direction. Would the domineering void dragon genes eventually rewrite his own genes, turning him into a void dragon or some strange deformed creature?

And the last 【Saint · Cosmos Human Race】 was one of the ends of the cosmic human race's evolutionary chain. Removing the gene limiter was very tempting, which would complete a massive amount of attributes.

However, compared to the void system with evolutionary potential, Han Xiao didn't really want to choose this. Most evolutionary systems would have the effect of removing gene restrictions at the end. The void system was naturally no exception.

"Which one is better…" Han Xiao was tangled and paced back and forth.

Getting closer and closer to Grade Super-A, this might be the last chance for racial sublimation before Grade Super-A. He was very cautious.

"If considering combat power improvement, the Saint · Cosmos Human Race is the highest, followed by the Blade of Mago Mo Duo, while in terms of potential, the Star Chaser is the strongest, and the Executioner balances the two. As for the Void Dragon Hybrid, the subsequent evolution of this chain should not be very suitable for me…"

After thinking for a while, Han Xiao finally chose to prioritize potential, hesitating between the Star Chaser and the Executioner.

The evolutionary direction of the Executioner was toward the Void Lord and the Void Overlord, while the Star Chaser developed in the direction of the Void New Ancestor and the Void Apostle, each with its own characteristics.

"Racial talent has little impact on my combat power, it's more suitable for me to choose a longer-term potential…"

Han Xiao took a deep breath and made a decision.

[Selection complete, species evolving… Evolution complete!]

[Species changed to: 【Void Star Chaser (Human Form)】, molecular structure perfected, organ structure strengthened, metabolism changed, adaptability enhanced, gene code optimized… Your potential aptitude has been improved!]

[You have obtained attribute completion: Strength +154, Agility +179, Endurance +323, Intelligence +188, Mystery +120, Charm +70, Stamina +3760, Stamina level bonus attribute changed!]

Han Xiao's senses exploded!

It was like the soul leaving the body, the beginning of chaos. The spirit was clear qi, rising leisurely, and the body was turbid qi, falling steadily. The body and soul seemed to be separated, but in reality, they were closely connected.

Perception seemed to extend infinitely, the range constantly expanding, exceeding this star system, exceeding this star cluster, exceeding this star field, as if at a glance, taking in the entire universe.

Although this was just a perception illusion, it was almost indistinguishable from the real thing, allowing him to experience a moment of ultra-high-dimensional perspective.

The next moment, a strong pulling force erupted, and Han Xiao's perception returned to his body.

The body structure was rapidly transforming, the pain was unbearable, but as the transformation progressed, Han Xiao's perception became more and more sensitive, and he also had several more sensory visions, with more ways to see the world.

Although everything in front of him had not changed, it was completely different in his perception.

"Huff—"

Finally, the pain receded, and Han Xiao exhaled a long breath. The breath was wrapped in extremely small energy crystals, flashing with a gray-blue light.

At the first moment of species transformation, Han Xiao took out a mirror to confirm that he hadn't grown anything strange on his body.

Hair… not bald, still very thick.

Appearance… still the familiar handsomeness.

Figure… um, good-looking.

Tail… fortunately, it didn't grow out.

Han Xiao nodded with satisfaction. Although he was no longer human, he still hoped that he would look like a human because of aesthetic reasons.

After examining himself three times from head to toe, Han Xiao opened the panel and invested the remaining experience in leveling up.

After the advancement, the experience required for leveling up skyrocketed again, only barely leveling up once.

As a cosmic lifeform, the Star Chaser had a strong physique, so this racial sublimation completed a particularly large number of attributes.

He opened his personal attributes and checked his changes:

[Total Level: 221]

[Main Profession: Mechanic]

[Race: Void Star Chaser (Human Form)]

[Attributes: Strength 810, Agility 1316, Endurance 1658, Intelligence 3455, Mystery 654, Charm 284, Luck 1]

[Free Attribute Points: 24]

[Potential Points: 15]

[Health Points: 456060]

[Stamina Points: 382120]

[Stamina: 35530 【Lv13】]

[Lv13 Stamina Total Bonus: Strength +279, Agility +374, Endurance +466, Intelligence +544, Mystery +308, Stamina Upper Limit +50520, Mechanical Affinity +467% (Electromagnetic Induction)]

[Energy Level: 29277]

[Grade: A+]

[Grade A Grade Bonus: Endurance Bonus Additional +15, All Resistances +12%, Highest Attribute +15%, Other Attributes +8%, Extra 80 Free Attribute Points, 10 Potential Points]

【Meat Shield Hello, Meat Shield Goodbye】

This health, he himself wanted to vomit when he saw it.

In addition to the attribute completion of racial evolution, his Stamina also broke through the 30,000 mark, obtaining the bonus of the thirteenth layer, providing him with hundreds of points of attributes.

The effect of this advancement was very considerable, and the gap with Grade Super-A was further narrowed.

He hadn't enjoyed the pleasure of a surge in strength for a full seven years, and at this time, Han Xiao had only one feeling:

Shuang'er, you're dead. (Shuang'er refers to a character in a drama who died, implying that the feeling is amazing to death)

Entering the mental brain domain to take a look at the situation of the soul embryo, the completion of nine percent was directly suppressed to less than one percent!

"Steady, it's really too steady." Han Xiao grinned.

You, the secondary personality, still want to be born? Wait for a miscarriage!

After checking the attributes, Han Xiao moved his gaze and looked at the new racial talent he had obtained after evolution.