Chapter 139 Black Spirit Evolution

The small silver-white cube hovered above the totem, spinning around and spitting out black cloud-like energy, giving it a magical artifact feel.

Evolution energy spread throughout the nest, enveloping each Black Spirit race member. For a time, black cocoons were everywhere, making rustling sounds, as if shells were cracking, undergoing a second growth.

Han Xiao's fingertip flashed with mechanical force, and the small silver-white cube clicked shut, obediently returning to his palm and being put back around his neck.

"Next, all I have to do is wait. I wonder what the Black Spirits will evolve into," Han Xiao nodded to himself.

Advanced civilizations more or less possessed secret technologies that others could not crack. The Evolution Cube was a relic of a quasi-universal civilization, and the essence of the technology it contained had been lost. When it was in Sisko's hands, the Void Spirit Religion didn't understand the principle either. Han Xiao had only measured the various parameters of the Evolution Cube.

The limitations of this cosmic treasure were relatively few. The Evolution Cube would automatically charge by absorbing multi-dimensional energy and dark energy. The method of large-scale use was to cover an area with evolution energy, which could simultaneously evolve the creatures within the area.

This kind of evolution energy belonged to the category of cosmic wonders, safe and harmless, surpassing all gene medicines and gene hormones, as if condensing countless years of natural evolution time onto an individual.

Before long, amidst the rustling sounds, a clear cracking sound suddenly mixed in.

*Crack!*

One of the black cocoons cracked open, revealing the Black Spirit inside.

The original appearance of the Black Spirit was a strange, pitch-black alien insect - with fluff growing between its shells, and mouthparts like small cones used to chisel through rocks. It had no eyes, only four sensory tentacles to replace vision, four muscular, reverse-jointed legs, and a shovel-shaped shell tail, looking more like a beast, extremely ferocious.

But now, the Black Spirit's appearance had changed drastically.

The proportion of shell to muscle became more coordinated, presenting a streamlined shape, much more aesthetically pleasing. The fluff that grew in the gaps all fell off, becoming smooth, without a single hair, much cleaner.

The fangs in the mouthparts became neat, and the four tentacles on the head had changed. The upper two became longer and thicker, drooping behind the head like hair, while the lower two disappeared and turned into mung bean-sized indigo eyeballs - sensory tentacles were organs formed to adapt to underground life, and the Black Spirits had begun to adapt to sunlight, trying to live on the surface. It would have taken many years to slowly evolve eyes, but the Evolution Cube had greatly shortened this process.

The Black Spirits still mainly crawled, but the muscles of their two hind legs became thicker, seemingly able to stand upright easily.

*Crack, crack-*

With the first Black Spirit completing its transformation, it seemed to trigger a chain reaction. Large patches of black cocoons shattered, and the refreshed Black Spirits looked around blankly.

The surprise of the Black Spirits was transmitted layer by layer in the mind network. These inner thoughts sounded like childish voices to Han Xiao.

"Wh-what is this feeling?"

"What clear vision, is this what vision is?"

"The sunlight is so dazzling..."

Having normal vision for the first time, countless Black Spirits felt novelty and adapted to their new organs.

Han Xiao was shocked to find that the biggest change in the Black Spirits was not their appearance, but their spiritual bodies… Congenitally possessing a mind link proved that the Black Spirits had extremely high mental talent, and now this talent had been amplified… The indirect effect was that the brains of the Black Spirits became more developed.

At this moment, a clear voice rang in Han Xiao's heart, causing him to be slightly taken aback. This telepathy did not pass through the Weirdstone group chat server, but was a mind transmission released directly with mental power.

"Black Star God, we will forever remember the gospel you spread."

Han Xiao looked over and saw that the leader of the Sprout Tribe was a circle larger than the average Black Spirit, quite conspicuous. His mung bean-sized eyes stared at him, and the telepathic message just now was released by him.

"You can use mental power?" Han Xiao asked curiously.

The Weirdstones were the base stations of the Black Spirit's mind network. Without this auxiliary tool, the Black Spirits could not mind link. At this time, the leader of the Sprout Tribe was able to complete mind transmission without the aid of Weirdstones, which had extraordinary meaning.

"I don't know either. I just suddenly felt that I could do it. I seem to be able to do this too." The leader of the Sprout Tribe shook his head, suddenly picked up a small piece of Weirdstone, swallowed it in two bites, and then a circle of invisible energy emanated from his head.

Fording beside him was slightly moved, "What special mental power, it has the aura of Weirdstones…"

The next moment, the mental power of the Sprout Tribe leader formed a new mind network. He turned himself into a chat server – he had produced some kind of benign mutation in the evolution, greatly stimulating his mental talent. There were dozens of such mutants.

Han Xiao's spirit was lifted. Each Weirdstone as a whole was equivalent to a separate mind network server, and only Black Spirits in the same server could communicate with each other. The totem of the nest was the main server for the entire tribe. And now, there were mutants who could build their own servers, once again improving the collective mobility of the race and making it easier to unify dispatch.

This was of great significance to a race. The racial talent had been enhanced as a whole, and it could adapt to more environments.

"With such a high potential race, perhaps they can really develop into an extremely powerful civilization in the future."

Han Xiao felt this in his heart.

He really did the right thing to keep the Black Spirits back then. Han Xiao had a hunch that this casual investment would probably generate benefits beyond his imagination in the future.

After saying goodbye to the Sprout Tribe, Han Xiao followed suit and completed the evolution for the other tribes.

Since the Black Spirits were unified in their migration, although the tribes had lived separately for ten years, they were very close to each other, scattered around the Sprout Tribe, and did not take much time.

Han Xiao brought the opportunity for transformation, and the Black Spirits were grateful to this "god," and their faith became more and more firm, believing that they were a race favored by the gods.

After Han Xiao left on a spaceship, the various tribes mobilized to carve new murals - a villain representing Han Xiao floated in the air, and below were countless Black Spirits worshiping.

This day was permanently recorded in the history of the Black Spirits.

…

Completing the evolution of the Black Spirits was faster than Han Xiao expected. He stopped and went along the way, looking for stars to practice Herber's Strength Training Method, and came all the way to Aquamarine Star.

"Welcome home."

At the pier, Bennett looked at Han Xiao getting off the spaceship, with a smile like an old friend reuniting.

Going home…

Han Xiao was in a daze for a moment, then came back to his senses, suppressed some emotions that suddenly arose, and looked at Bennett in front of him.

Bennett's posture was still so upright, and his white hair was neatly combed.

Behind Bennett was a large group of cadres, looking full of tension and fear. Facing Black Star, the guardian, only Bennett could talk and laugh, and the other superiors were in awe.

The story of Black Star "destroying a country with a word" had only passed a few years ago. These people still remembered the example of the Six Nations government. Facing an interstellar big shot who could decide the life and death of a regime with a single sentence, they couldn't help but be nervous.

However, Black Star's approach back then had shown its effect in recent years. From the perspective of the entire civilization, a unified regime was indeed beneficial, greatly reducing internal friction, and making decisions more efficient. If they had entered interstellar society in a state of divided regimes, the current situation of the Lu Han Orcs would be an example.

"You look very energetic," Han Xiao nodded in greeting, then turned his gaze to the little boy beside Bennett.

Nero looked up, staring at Han Xiao with curiosity.

He had seen Han Xiao's figure in textbooks countless times and had memorized his deeds. This was the first time he had seen a real person.

"Say hello," Bennett rubbed Nero's little head and smiled.

"G-godfather," Nero said timidly.

"Good boy," Han Xiao smiled, bent down and picked up Nero, holding him firmly in his arms, and poked Nero's forehead with his finger.

Nero was Bennett's child. Bennett decided to stay on Aquamarine Star and entrusted his child to him, and he was naturally willing to take care of his old friend's child.

Han Xiao's status was too high, and Nero was a little nervous at first, but Han Xiao was very kind to him, and he soon relaxed and laughed happily.

"I'll give you a toy."

Han Xiao waved his hand casually, and nanoparticles flew out of his clothes and quickly turned into a black and gold shuttle-shaped floating guard, flying around Nero nimbly.

This was a high-level orange item. The energy core was a stable dark energy reactor, which could attack and defend, and had multiple functions.

A ball of blue-gold sparks ignited in Han Xiao's palm and poured into the floating guard. At this moment, he attached the [Gift of the Emperor] and [Mechanical Fusion - Endowment] to the machinery, giving it growth potential.

"This floating guard is for you to protect yourself. You can give it a name."

Han Xiao pinched his fingers and created a nanometer-level neural link device, pressed it and implanted it into the back of Nero's head without any pain, and then added: "It can act according to your thoughts, but this thing is very powerful, it's best not to actively use it on people, especially not to use it to hit your dad."

The orange mechanical equipment manufactured by a Super-A grade had extremely powerful performance. With just this one floating guard, even without the bonus of mechanical force, it could easily deal with a C-grade superpower user. This kind of machinery had no level limit and was like a divine weapon to low-level superpower users. He didn't even sell it to players.

Nero tried to control the floating guard. With a thought, the floating guard acted according to his wishes, as easily as using his own arm. His eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a new world.

"Thank you, godfather!" Nero looked surprised, hugged Han Xiao's neck and rubbed against him affectionately.

"Go play," Han Xiao laughed, put down Nero, turned his head and went to the government building with Bennett.

On the way, Bennett began to report the situation.

"I have issued a call-up order in various cities, and the gathering work is almost done. I can't do anything about those who were missed."

He explained the situation of the Evolution Cube to the people of Aquamarine Star, and the people who wanted to evolve would gather voluntarily, which could save a lot of time.

But there were also some people who were unwilling to be summoned for various reasons.

"Let those who were missed go, I don't necessarily want to force everyone to accept the evolution," Han Xiao shook his head, "By the way, I'll use it on you first later."

Bennett smiled wryly upon hearing this, "I actually don't want to use it either…"

"You're different," Han Xiao waved his hand, speaking plausibly, "Involving the evolution of the entire civilization, can you rest assured if you don't personally experience it for the people?"

Bennett shook his head helplessly without refuting.

"By the way, there's also Nero…" Han Xiao paused, "Let me take him to the interstellar space this time, I'll help him become a superpower user."

"He's still too young…" Bennett was stunned.

"Becoming a superpower user is better sooner rather than later. Since you want Nero to hang around in the universe in the future, it's best to let him get used to interstellar life as soon as possible, and improve his cognitive level.

Besides, with me here, what are you worried about? Could it be that I will abduct your child? He's my godson, I'll take him to travel the universe for a few months, and then send him back."

Han Xiao laughed.

"Alas, okay then," Bennett hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. He chose to stay on the mother star, but didn't want to tie down Nero's future because of himself.

At this moment, Han Xiao suddenly remembered something.

The child of an old friend must be cultivated, and he remembered to check Nero's attributes.

Turning his head to look behind him, Nero was following behind them, playing happily with his new toy.

Han Xiao quietly released a weak mechanical force, causing the nanoparticles to deform into a metal needle that was invisible to the naked eye, and remotely controlled it to prick Nero's butt.

"Ouch!" Nero felt a pain in his butt, felt like he was pricked by something, cried out in surprise, and hurriedly looked around, but found nothing.

Because 1 point of damage was triggered, the panel popped up combat information, and Nero's attributes were displayed in his eyes without reservation.

Han Xiao glanced at it, his gaze suddenly froze, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Nero was still just an ordinary child, his attribute panel was empty, his abilities were extremely rare, but in the special skill column, there was a golden ability that moved Han Xiao.

Template Special Skill - [Advanced Luck Aura]!

"Th-this is the same level of luck aura as Fording's, is this kid a high-level protagonist?!" Han Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he almost wanted to rub his eyes.

In his previous life, Bennett's life trajectory was completely different, and there was no such character as Nero at all. This was also the first time he had seen him!

Bennett had a low-level luck aura, and his son actually had a high-level aura? The probability was too low, could this thing be inherited?!

At this moment, a bold guess floated into his mind.

"Could it be… that my factors are involved in Nero's high-level luck aura?"

Thinking about it carefully, Nero's father was the leader of the Aquamarine Federation, and his godfather was the Black Star who was famous throughout the interstellar space. He could receive personal training from a Super-A grade from an early age. Wasn't this great luck?!

Han Xiao never expected that such high-quality leeks would grow in his own vegetable garden. He was greatly surprised, and even the way he looked at Nero changed.

Although Nero was just a little kid now, in Han Xiao's eyes, this kid had become a treasure trove exuding the aura of a European Emperor.

If he had only decided to take care of Nero because of his friendship before, now he really wanted to cultivate this potential stock!

This kind of high-level protagonist will at least become a Calamity grade in the future!

"What a pleasant surprise…"

Han Xiao became excited.