Chapter 16 Planet Life, Perfected

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on the grass, gently tapping to raise his body to the limits of evolution!

"In the virtual world, a simple tap brings the body to its limit," Xu Jingming mused. "In reality, even after mastering a perfected evolution method, the body has to grow and strengthen gradually."

After tapping, his personal combat strength panel also changed:

Gene Evolution Method: *Tian Mang* Evolution Method (Perfected) (Practice Time: 98 days, cannot be improved)

Body: 1521

Skills: *Hua Hong* Spear Technique (Fifth Order 8%), Starry Sky Spear Technique (Fourth Order 99%), Footwork (Fifth Order 2%), Shield Technique (Fourth Order 99%)

Base Combat Strength: 273,780

Actual Combat Bonus: 220%

Combat Strength: 876,096

"At the Planet Life stage, my body's maximum is 1521," Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Compared to the transcended evolution method, the improvement is quite significant." After all, every cell had been strengthened.

"Practice time, 98 days?" Xu Jingming was most surprised by the time.

An ordinary person, relying on a perfected evolution method, only needed 98 days to transform to a body index of 1521.

Xu Jingming gently tapped the detailed prompt in the evolution method column.

"Reaching Fifth Order 50% in skills will grant you the Starry Sky Life stage evolution method."

"Perfected evolution method, cultivate three times a day, with at least one hour between each session. Consume 150,000 to 300,000 calories of food daily. Recommended food list:..."

Xu Jingming's eyes widened. "What the heck? Eat so much food?"

Clearly, to meet the speed of improvement with the perfected evolution method, he had to consume a minimum of 150,000 calories of food daily, and a maximum of 300,000. Less would greatly slow down the improvement speed, and too much would be harmful, having the opposite effect.

"That's ten times the food I had to eat during the transcended evolution method," Xu Jingming clicked his tongue. "If I only eat beef, I'd have to eat a whole cow a day."

Cows seemed heavy, but after removing bones and other things, the meat was only a few hundred *jin*.

"Where am I going to get a cow every day? Just sitting there and eating would exhaust me," Xu Jingming shook his head. During the transcended evolution method, he needed 15,000 calories of food a day, which was relatively simple. Eating three meals a day, each with a few thousand calories from rice, noodles, and meat, was quite easy.

But to multiply that by ten...

The problem of food was already a great pressure.

"Well, in 98 days, to transform from an ordinary person to a perfect Planet Life, the energy required is huge," Xu Jingming could understand why he had to eat so much.

"Buzz—"

Suddenly, a message request came in. It was from Director Zhou of the Life Evolution Bureau.

"Director Zhou's message?" Xu Jingming tapped to connect.

On the other side of the message, Director Zhou looked at Xu Jingming with a smile. "Haha, Jingming, congratulations on finally reaching the perfected Planet Life stage. Are you now worried about food in reality?"

"Yes, perfecting the evolution method requires at least 150,000 calories of food a day. I'm really troubled," Xu Jingming said honestly.

"I just sent someone to deliver some gifts to you," Director Zhou said. "They should arrive tomorrow during the day. It's a batch of high-energy food! One high-energy bar contains 150,000 calories. Just eat one a day. I've prepared a hundred high-energy bars for you in total."

"Thank you, Director," Xu Jingming was overjoyed.

"High-energy food comes in many flavors and tastes pretty good," Director Zhou said with a smile. "If your family wants to try it, be sure to control the amount. After all, one bar has 150,000 calories. If your evolution method isn't strong enough, you won't be able to absorb it, and it will be very harmful."

"Understood," Xu Jingming nodded.

"Now that you've reached the perfected Planet Life stage, there's no need to hide many things from you," Director Zhou said. "Once you reach Fifth Order 50%, you can cultivate the Starry Sky Life evolution method and completely transform into a Starry Sky Life. At that time... you can become a cosmic citizen. Only as a cosmic citizen can you enter the virtual world network under your own name and contact other civilizations in the universe!"

"Other civilizations in the universe?" Xu Jingming was secretly shocked.

It was just as he had guessed.

"Yes."

Director Zhou nodded. "Actually, when you possessed a cosmic powerhouse, you were connected to the virtual world network. Of course, that was an opportunity bought by Blue Star civilization under official capacity. I believe you already suspected that."

"Don't worry," Director Zhou said with a smile. "Although Blue Star civilization is weak in the vast universe, it has managed to gain a foothold! But we need to think about the future, so we must strengthen our civilization as soon as possible."

"The key is to allow everyone on Blue Star to enter the virtual world and cultivate the evolution method," Director Zhou said. "You must become cosmic citizens in order to help Blue Star civilization."

"Keep it up. All the secrets will be clear on the day you become a cosmic citizen," Director Zhou said with anticipation.

Xu Jingming nodded.

Now, he and the others were only logging into Blue Star's 'virtual world'! The 'virtual world network' of many civilizations in the vast universe required much more complex login devices. Xu Jingming had experienced that huge device before.

"Let me remind you of one more thing," Director Zhou said. "The 31st World Martial Arts Tournament, held on June 1st, will completely abandon the real-world competition and switch to a virtual-world competition."

"The 31st World Martial Arts Tournament? Held in the virtual world?" Xu Jingming was shocked.

After all, his goal since childhood had been the World Martial Arts Tournament, but he had broken his leg and couldn't reach the top.

"Future World Martial Arts Tournaments will all be held in the virtual world," Director Zhou nodded. "Moreover, it will no longer be selecting participants based on martial arts points, but directly screening everyone in the world! Selecting the 32 strongest to participate in one-on-one, life-and-death matches to determine the winner."

"I hope you can try your best to win the top three," Director Zhou said.

"Win the top three?" Xu Jingming was surprised. "Director, do you think it's difficult for me to win the top three?"

"Your strength is very strong, but it is indeed difficult to win the top three," Director Zhou said. "You'll understand when the competition starts. The experts who appear at that time will be more than just Tiano, Liu Hai, and the few you know."

Xu Jingming was puzzled.

"The reason for wanting you to win the top three is because the rewards this time will be very special," Director Zhou said. "The rewards will include the universal currency of the Cosmos Human Alliance!"

"Cosmos Human Alliance, universal currency?" Xu Jingming vaguely understood.

"Once you become a cosmic citizen, Blue Star currency can't be used in the virtual world network," Director Zhou said. "You need the universal currency of the Cosmos Human Alliance! The currency has a very high value and is recognized by all cosmic civilizations! In the future, when you interact with other cosmic civilizations in the virtual world network... you also need currency, otherwise many things can't be done."

"How much currency you get depends on your ranking in this competition," Director Zhou said. "Only those with sufficient strength can enter the top three."

"There can be no slackening!" Director Zhou reminded.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

Director Zhou knew his strength well. Reaching Fifth Order and perfecting the Planet Life stage, and even then, winning the top three was difficult?

"Not just Tiano, Master Liu Hai, and them?" Xu Jingming asked. "Have some extremely talented experts emerged during this period that I don't know about?"

"You'll know when the competition starts," Director Zhou didn't elaborate. "Keep it up! Becoming a cosmic citizen is just stepping into the lowest threshold of the universe; it's just the beginning."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The message ended, and the content of this conversation caused many thoughts to surface in Xu Jingming's mind.