Chapter 1 Holy Light Seed

Holy light particles were injected into Aurora’s body, beginning to merge with her cells. The life energy within her instantly stirred, producing a violent reaction.

Platinum light shone from every inch of Aurora’s skin, transforming her into a dazzling humanoid light source. Every strand of her hair seemed to become a solidified ray of light. She floated in mid-air, radiating an aura of nobility, moisture, and holiness.

His eyes rapidly adjusting to the intense light, Han Xiao stared intently at Aurora’s transformation, gripping the empty containment device. If any sign of backlash appeared, he would give Aurora another injection to extract the holy light particles.

To Han Xiao’s relief, the fusion process went smoothly. Only when the light subsided did Aurora slowly descend, seemingly immersed in the aftertaste, looking as if she hadn’t fully recovered.

*Snap.*

Han Xiao snapped his fingers in front of her eyes. "How do you feel?"

"It feels… pretty good?"

Aurora clutched her chest, looking uncertain.

"Since there’s no backlash, you’re now the host of the holy light particles. Can you feel its power?"

"You mean this?"

Aurora closed her eyes and focused, then extended her palm upward. With a slight tremor, a cluster of golden light burst forth, intensely granular, like a swarm of fireflies gathered together.

She mastered it so quickly? Generally, hosts who have just merged with an original ability need a period of adaptation.

It is said that the shorter the adaptation period, the higher the host’s compatibility.

The characteristics of life energy and holy light particles are indeed a good match, perhaps creating some kind of chemical reaction. This way, I can maximize the use of the holy light particles, which will also facilitate my plan… Han Xiao stroked his chin.

He reached out to touch the ball of light in Aurora’s palm, but it dodged to the side. Han Xiao chuckled and said:

"Ah Sheng, I know you can share the host’s senses after fusion and can hear me. Don’t play dead. What do you think of this host?"

"Hmm…"

The holy light particles bubbled, emitting a comfortable purring sound, like a cat stretching. No longer disliking Aurora, it immediately changed its tune:

"Too comfortable. This is the first time I’ve felt such surging vitality. This is the best host I’ve ever had…"

"Hmph, you weren’t saying that just now," Aurora pouted, displeased.

"I was wrong. No one is worthy of me except you~" The holy light particles orbited Aurora, looking just like a puppy clinging to its owner.

Han Xiao rolled his eyes.

Tsk, wasn’t it quite tough just now? It turned into a simp in a blink of an eye. Just say it smells good.

Aurora practiced for a while and quickly gained control, manipulating it as if it were a newly grown limb.

"Practice more when you get back. Original abilities have multiple functions. With the holy light particles, your self-preservation capabilities will be even better," Han Xiao instructed.

Aurora’s role is as a healer; her life energy lacks combat power. Now that she has become a host of the holy light particles, she has gained new abilities such as enhanced physique, super-speed flight, dimension traversal, and punishing evil.

In particular, dimension traversal elevates her mobility by several levels. If she encounters any danger in the future, it will be much easier to escape.

However, Han Xiao valued the ability to provide holy light seeds the most. He tested it and was pleasantly surprised to find that his idea was correct. Aurora’s life energy could indeed replenish the consumption of the holy light particles’ original core, meaning that a new power system for mass-producing holy light seeds was feasible.

This would be quite useful for the Black Star Army. On one hand, it could serve as an incentive for players and army soldiers, and on the other hand, it could attract a large number of ordinary people, allowing them to see the hope of becoming espers and supplementing the basic strength.

Han Xiao explained his idea, and Aurora shuddered slightly, her voice timid:

"You want to popularize it on a large scale…"

"More or less, but now that you’re the host, I need your consent."

Hearing this, Aurora hesitated.

She had just tried to split a holy light seed. Although her body could withstand it, it would consume a lot of life energy. If it were used on a large scale, she didn’t know if the life force she naturally accumulated each day would be enough. Perhaps she would have to experience being drained dry every day.

After hesitating for a long time, Aurora suddenly hardened her heart, closed her eyes, and firmly said, "Okay, I, I can handle it!"

"Why do you look like you’re gloriously sacrificing yourself?" Han Xiao pinched her nose and joked, "Don’t worry, I won’t let you bleed for nothing. You can recover holy light seeds, which can not only replenish your losses but also help you grow quickly, much faster than accumulating life force every day."

"Isn’t it bad to take away the efforts of others like this…" Aurora was somewhat resistant, as it didn’t align with her principles.

"Hahaha—" Han Xiao laughed and said in the tone of a big capitalist, "Isn’t it simple? Money can’t solve everything, but it can solve most problems. I’ll specifically hire a group of people whose job is to cultivate holy light seeds and harvest them for you after they’re done. Actually, this is no different from working, just with different job content. In essence, they’re all spending their time creating value for me. As long as the remuneration is sufficient, it’s a mutually willing transaction, so there’s no need to feel guilty."

"It seems to make some sense…" Although Aurora leaned toward lawful good, she wasn’t inflexible. With this explanation, she didn’t feel as resistant.

Taking away someone else’s labor without saying hello and saying that this is a job from the beginning are two completely different things. The work of cultivating holy light particles through meditation and sacrifice can also be done on the clock. In essence, it’s no different from those army clerks; they’re all wage earners.

Han Xiao chose Aurora as the host not only to maximize the ability of the holy light seeds but also to allow Aurora to enjoy the holy light particles’ leek-harvesting level of growth, accelerating her level-up speed.

In any case, Aurora had no bottlenecks. Harvesting leeks was much faster than naturally accumulating life force, many times over. It was equivalent to a large group of people helping her accumulate experience, which in his view, had the charm of shadow clone technique.

Bringing Aurora to a new level as soon as possible would make the Germinal Organization truly have three Super-As.

After encountering the Underworld Dimension, Han Xiao had this idea. His goal was not to further improve Aurora’s healing ability but to value the effects of the Underworld. Only when Aurora reached the Super-A level could she complete the "Impure Resurrection" operation…

Compared to her healing ability, Han Xiao was more interested in the pile of experts sleeping in the Underworld. This was a batch of super-strong combat power.

"I’m really a little genius…" Han Xiao chuckled to himself.

The only hidden danger was the Arcane Church. These people had an extraordinary interest in original abilities. If they knew that the holy light particles were on Aurora, they would probably find an opportunity to snatch them.

However, this was also a good way to lure them out. If the Arcane Church kept hiding, he wouldn’t be able to find them—the Arcane Church might not have the guts to attack him again, but they would still dare to attack the espers under his command.

As for Aurora’s safety, Han Xiao naturally wouldn’t ignore it. He planned to get Aurora a set of Emperor’s mechanized armor.

Not only that, but he also planned to build several sets of backup Emperors, placing the teleportation locator "Throne" on different people to ensure that he could descend at any time, simply using the Emperors as teleportation devices.

The Emperor was expensive to manufacture, making this very extravagant, but as a shareholder of Infinite Financial Group and with the lucrative business of the Evolution Totem, he could earn a large sum of Enas every year, and his ability to use cash was more than enough to cover this part of the cost.

After giving instructions, Han Xiao told Aurora to go back and develop the postures of the holy light particles. After she was ready, the Holy Light Envoy plan would be launched.

Watching Aurora leave the room, Han Xiao couldn’t help but think of Evans.

Both of this old iron’s past life’s golden fingers were pried away by him.

"How is Evans doing now?"

Phillip popped his head out. "He's still exploring his ability, buzz."

Han Xiao looked at the surveillance. Ever since Evans was sent back by him, he had been receiving secret training. Because there were no instructions from him, he had not replicated any abilities yet, with zero combat power and at the lowest E-grade.

"Have you found the target I asked you to find?" Han Xiao asked.

"The Undying who matches the ability has been locked down, the list is as follows, buzz…"

A miniature bookcase appeared next to Phillip. He rummaged through the cabinets, heaving and hoing as he pulled out a stack of documents, throwing them into the air. The scattered pieces of paper transformed into virtual screens, displaying the files of different people, suspended in front of Han Xiao.

Han Xiao couldn’t help but glance at him.

Little fellow, why are you so extra? Are you putting on a show for me?

While reaching out to press Phillip’s face, rubbing it back and forth on the table like kneading plasticine, Han Xiao quickly read these files.

His New God plan, implemented on the path of absorption, was to plan a growth route for Evans, constantly looking for the most suitable ability to possess in the early stages. The players in these files were all espers of two specific types: body enhancement and mind enhancement.

The E-grade load rate wasn’t high, so replicating two would be the most suitable. Body and mind were important basic qualities, making this the optimal configuration. Evans had his support, so he didn’t need to take the old path of the God growing up in slaughter. There was no need to worry about early combat power, as everything was focused on laying a foundation.

"These two then."

Selecting the two players with the best abilities, Han Xiao had Phillip issue them exclusive missions.

Just then, the panel suddenly moved.

[【Liberation of the Beast Ancestor Forces】 Completed!]

"Oh? The troops sent out a few months ago succeeded?" Han Xiao’s eyes lit up.

Before going on a two-person trip to the secondary dimension, a group of Beast Ancestor cadres, led by Jodi Nana, defected to him and made a request: to liberate the Beast Ancestor’s base camp.

Han Xiao had given the task to the Broken Star Ring headquarters at the time, and now, after a few months, there were finally results. It seemed very successful, and there should soon be a large number of new people recognizing a thief as their father.

…

The last planet in the Beast Ancestor’s base camp was ablaze with fire, as if the earth was burning. The planet’s defense facilities had all been disintegrated, and a large number of spaceship fragments floated in outer space.

Black Star Army warships hovered in the sky above the planet, using tractor beams to extract a large amount of supplies and countless prisoners, most of whom were rescued mothers and ignorant young offspring.

Inside the cargo hold of one of the transport ships, prisoners of different species huddled together in twos and threes, filled with unease. Squads of Black Star soldiers pulled the crowd apart, separating prisoners such as warriors, mothers, and young offspring.

"Don’t move, stand still!"

The captain of the transport ship shouted.

On the side, Mia, wearing black combat uniform and dressed in a style reminiscent of Hela, crossed her arms and rested her forearms on a mechanical spear, leaning forward and putting her weight on her arms. Her fingers pinched a bag of snacks, occasionally flicking jelly beans into her mouth, her eyes scanning the large group of prisoners in front of her.

Squads of Beast Ancestor soldier prisoners were sucked into the cargo hold, and the crowd became somewhat agitated, seemingly intending to resist. But at the sight of Mia standing by the wall, these restless prisoners shuddered and quickly dismissed their thoughts.

In the battle just now, they had personally witnessed a Calamity Grade cadre guarding the base camp being savagely chopped into dregs by Mia. No one dared to mess around in front of her.

Just then, a commotion broke out not far away. Mia turned her head to look and saw that several rescued mothers were arguing with the Black Star soldiers, pulling and tugging.

"Who are you people? Do you know who our spouses are? How dare you offend us!"

"Let go, don’t pull me!"

"When Lord Beast Ancestor returns, he will crush you!"

These few screaming guys were pushed into the crowd by the Black Star soldiers, still cursing and swearing, and their three sentences could not be separated from the name of the Beast Ancestor.

Seeing this scene, Mia curled her lips and shook her head.

At this time, the captain of the transport ship next to her sighed:

"It’s very sad, right? These mothers who were imprisoned by the Beast Ancestor are basically isolated from the outside world. For most people, this is a dark and hopeless life, but there are also a few who have been twisted and worship the Beast Ancestor instead, taking pride in this identity. Although our mission is to rescue this group of mothers, maybe many of them don’t want to be saved and just want to continue their former lives."

Mia glanced at him: "Do your job, my eyes are only on the mission, I’m not interested in this kind of thing."

The captain of the transport ship was bored and stopped talking, continuing to direct his men to work.

At this moment, Mia’s communicator rang. After connecting, Jodi Nana’s enchanting and wild face popped up, but this face was now filled with a holy maternal glow.

"How are those mothers and young offspring? Have they all been rescued?" Jodi Nana asked impatiently.

Mia smiled: "Don’t worry, everyone has been rescued, and they are all very moved."

"That’s great, I’m going to report the good news to the army commander!" Jodi Nana was overjoyed, "By the way, after you come back, I’ll teach you a few powerful moves."

Before she could reply, Jodi Nana hung up the communication in a hurry.

"What an impatient person." Mia laughed.

Although Jodi Nana publicly made a request to mate with her superior, shocking everyone at the time, the army cadres found that she was actually very easy to get along with. She was straightforward and decisive, and after a few months, she had made good friends.

In particular, Mia was on the best terms with her. They were both muscular women with endless topics to talk about.

Putting away the communicator, Mia looked at the crowd in front of her again, scanning over the faces that were either ignorant or flustered, and sighed softly.

"Nero, your godfather is really an amazing person, he deserves to be a man that even Her Excellency Hela is willing to follow…"

Although Black Star’s defeat of Gothan was out of personal grudges and revenge, from the result, it was indeed a great thing for the entire universe. Mia admired him from the bottom of her heart.