Chapter 14 The Great Being

Vice President Chih Meng observed the cosmic fruits before him. These fruits varied in size, each containing energy that Chih Meng could clearly perceive, even sensing the source behind the cosmic fruit.

That towering behemoth!

"These fruits vary in size; I hope they bring you different gains, Vice President," Xu Jingming said. He also looked forward to the Vice President reaching the Supreme Realm. Having guarded the border for so many years, Xu Jingming understood very well.

If the human race wanted to live better and not be plundered and slaughtered by alien races, the only way was for the human race to become stronger. And the foundation of that strength lay in the Supreme Realm. "Different fruits have different characteristics, especially the largest one. I can sense even denser power," Vice President Chih Meng said with a smile. Last time, a cosmic fruit with a diameter of 1.6 kilometers was purchased by the Yuanchu Research Institute for 10 million credits.

"I'm offering a 10% premium. I'll price these fruits according to their energy content. The total price for these 50 fruits is 632 million credits. I'll transfer them to you now."

Hundreds of millions of credits seemed like a huge sum, but Vice President Chih Meng earned an astonishing amount of credits each time he fought on the Void God battlefield. In many crucial moments, the cosmic human race relied on Vice President Chih Meng's strength to make the final decision.

His strength was clearly in a league of its own, far surpassing the other six cosmic legends of the human race.

The Void God Clan had a wider territory, more cosmic legends, and more powerful high-dimensional weapons. At the cosmic legend level, they were generally superior to the human race, but the three strongest cosmic legends of the Void God Clan were only comparable to Chih Meng.

Moreover, the Void God Clan was simultaneously at war with more than a dozen large groups! The power used to deal with the human race was limited.

Individuals at Chih Meng's level only took action occasionally.

Because his intervention meant that the war had reached a sufficiently high level of intensity.

"632 million credits." Xu Jingming also received a notification from the Yuanchu Research Institute that his credits had greatly increased.

"Xu Jingming," Chih Meng looked at Xu Jingming and smiled. "Last time, after obtaining that cosmic fruit, I've gained quite a bit from studying it these past few years."

"The source of power of this cosmic fruit is also traced back to Yuanchu Star. That great being's achievements are no less than the Dean's."

Chih Meng said, "They are just in different directions compared to the Dean."

"That great being places more importance on the body," Chih Meng said. "The Dean is more balanced."

Chih Meng looked at Xu Jingming. "If you want to break through to become a high-dimensional lifeform in the future, and are considering how to construct your 'high-dimensional lifeform,' you can consume these fruits and carefully sense their power."

"By comprehending a little, you might be able to construct a 'nascent' high-dimensional lifeform," Chih Meng said.

Xu Jingming understood. "I understand."

"Also, you've already become a tenth-order," Chih Meng said. "From now on, you can consume a piece of a 1-kilometer-diameter cosmic fruit every year, finishing an entire fruit in over a hundred years. This will greatly benefit your cultivation of the Yuanchu Star lineage. You'll understand the specific benefits once you taste it."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Thank you, Vice President."

"I should be thanking you."

Chih Meng nodded. "Keep more of these fruits for yourself. It would be a waste for most tenth-order source lifeforms to consume them. After all, there are only a handful who can become cosmic legends in this era, and aside from me, you may be the only one with hope of becoming high-dimensional."

Chih Meng was well aware of how difficult it was to become high-dimensional.

Xu Jingming also sensed the Vice President's high regard for him.

"Alright, go. Contact me anytime if you need anything," Chih Meng said.

"I'll take my leave now." Xu Jingming immediately bid farewell and departed.

Chih Meng went to his own meditation room, sat down cross-legged, and with a wave of his hand, took out the largest cosmic fruit, with a diameter of 2.7 kilometers.

"This fruit has the closest connection to that great being." Chih Meng looked at the fruit before him. Space twisted, and under the distorted space, the 2.7-kilometer-diameter cosmic fruit looked like a peach.

Chih Meng opened his mouth, and the cosmic fruit flew completely into his mouth and was swallowed in one gulp.

He sat cross-legged, and his body naturally grew larger. The space in the meditation room also grew larger in sync, and scorching flames emerged from his skin. Chih Meng's eyes began to turn golden, emitting a blazing golden light.

"Big is beautiful, and large naturally carries more energy." Vice President Chih Meng felt it. "That great being is indeed remarkable in terms of lifeforms."

"This time, I'll sense it more carefully."

"My lifeform's basic units can be modified this way." Vice President Chih Meng looked ahead. Source power was naturally constructing the structural units of life, and the new inspiration from consuming the fruit allowed him to modify it further.

This structural unit of life, clearly suspended there, naturally entered another level—a high-dimensional space—during the modification process.

This made Vice President Chih Meng overjoyed.

"High-dimensional characteristics!" Vice President Chih Meng revealed a look of joy.

Suddenly—

At the deepest part of the strange building where the Dean was in long-term seclusion, a miniature Yuanchu Star floating at the very depths suddenly had a figure condense within it. The figure in the miniature Yuanchu Star was thin and had cold eyes. His gaze pierced through all obstacles, looking toward Vice President Chih Meng's meditation room.

"There's a new high-dimensional lifeform aura at the headquarters of the research institute." The moment he sensed it, this consciousness carrier immediately awakened. Because the appearance of an unfamiliar high-dimensional lifeform aura was a very dangerous thing. Was it an invasion by an alien high-dimensional lifeform, or was there another reason?

"Chih Meng, have you broken through?" The figure in the miniature Yuanchu Star said, his voice filled with joy.

Chih Meng, who was in the meditation room, heard this and immediately said, "Dean, I've only just taken a crucial step. This basic unit of life still needs to be perfected and made more stable."

"You've already taken the most important step. The rest is just a matter of spending some time," the Dean said happily. "How long do you estimate it will take to completely perfect it and break through to become high-dimensional?"

"It will be enough in a thousand years at the earliest, and ten thousand years at the latest," Chih Meng replied.

"That long?" the Dean asked, puzzled. "Your high-dimensional structural unit is already very good. It only needs slight perfection, so a few decades should be enough."

"I consumed a cosmic fruit and saw another direction of Yuanchu Star," Chih Meng explained. "So, I want to create an even more powerful high-dimensional lifeform that can simultaneously carry the three types of high-dimensional power I possess."

"A single entity, accommodating three types of high-dimensional power?" The Dean looked at Chih Meng. His gaze could sense the cosmic fruit that Chih Meng had consumed. "So, you obtained that monster's cosmic fruit."

"Monster?" Chih Meng asked, puzzled.

"You'll soon enter the realm of high-dimensional life, so it's fine to tell you." The Dean explained, "This monster is an ancient being that died long before our human race was born. It was born in high-dimensional space and was a high-dimensional lifeform from birth. I heard that it pitied the weak and cherished the low-dimensional lifeforms in the universe. However, it showed no mercy to some high-dimensional lifeforms who were guilty of heinous crimes. Because of this, it devoured too many high-dimensional lifeforms and provoked too many enemies. Even though its body was terrifyingly strong, it still ultimately fell. I'm not too clear about the details of its death, after all, our universe had only just been born at that time."

"It has a close connection to our universe. It is said that it fled to our universe when it died." The Dean said, "After its death, some of the treasures it left behind caused some high-dimensional lifeforms to enter our universe to fight for them. The high-dimensional lifeform war was too intense, and it caused all the races in the entire universe to fall into great extinction during that period."

"After the great extinction, the original races were annihilated, and new races had the soil to gradually multiply and grow." The Dean said, "Without the great extinction it caused, the human race might not have appeared."

The Dean sighed, "Of course, the human race was born relatively late, and survival was also very difficult."

Chih Meng also nodded. The human race's path to rise was not easy. In the early days, they were weak until the Dean and the other two broke through to become 'eternal' high-dimensional lifeforms before the human race's status gradually stabilized.

Even so, the rise of the Void God Clan made the human race's living environment difficult again. Fortunately, the forbidden weapon was developed, and the Dean and the other two used it to greatly increase their strength, allowing them to truly resist the pressure from the Void God Clan.

Throughout the universe, the races near the Void God Clan that still had vast territories were all difficult to provoke. The human race and the Ice race were both strong enough.

"This cosmic fruit was discovered by Xu Jingming?" The Dean learned the information with a slight investigation.

"He discovered the attached universe, registered the universe coordinates, and sealed it with a high-dimensional gate." The Dean looked in a certain direction from afar. Knowing the exact coordinates, his gaze arrived there and observed the attached universe.

Everything within the attached universe.

The cosmic fruit trees that had been picked, the thirty-six patterned stone pillars, the two high-dimensional fruit trees, the palace, and the universe spirits within the entire attached universe were all under the Dean's observation.

"This monster is indeed very powerful in terms of its body." The Dean praised as he looked at it. From a few traces, he could infer the monster's achievements in the body.

But it was only praise. His own path was clear, and it was impossible for him to be distracted by other paths.

Chih Meng sat cross-legged. The Dean suddenly stopped speaking, which made him somewhat puzzled, but he waited patiently.

"I just observed the attached universe discovered by Xu Jingming." The Dean said, "Within the attached universe, there are indeed treasures more precious than the cosmic fruit."

However, it would not help Chih Meng.

"After all, your path is already clear, with the three high-dimensional powers of the Yuanchu Star lineage as the core." The Dean said, "And that monster... its essence is not only the power of Yuanchu Star. There is also power from the abyss."

"The abyss?" Chih Meng couldn't believe it.

"It devours everything, even many high-dimensional lifeforms, and even devoured a large amount of Yuanchu Starfire." The Dean said, "The reason it is so good at the Yuanchu Star lineage power is because it devoured too much Yuanchu Starfire. But its true essence is devouring, a power originating from the abyss that devours everything."

"That is not suitable for you." The Dean said.

Chih Meng understood. "No wonder, no wonder this great being's body could be so huge."

"Although it is not suitable for you."

The Dean was quite expectant. "But Xu Jingming has only just broken through to the tenth order. Not to mention high-dimensional power, he hasn't even completed the accumulation of the tenth order. His path is not clear, he is a blank sheet of paper, and he can paint whatever he wants! He can completely walk this path."