Chapter 890 - - 603 Origin of Mankind

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Gathering the entire planet’s resources, along with the systematic knowledge provided by Duge, the pace of scientific research was incredibly fast. In just over ten days, they had progressed to the stage of manufacturing spacecraft.

Scientists, politicians, or ordinary people alike were all eagerly anticipating the spacecraft that would soon enter space, for it signified a step up in the civilization level of the planet, and their ability to capture resources from space.

The economy of Emperor Star had completely collapsed, and the rulers hoped that entering space could alleviate the impending economic disaster.

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However, after examining the scientists’ spacecraft design, Duge decisively abandoned any expectations of them. The theoretical maximum speed of the spacecraft that excited the whole planet was only at the planetary level, a mere one-thousandth of the speed of light.

Even traveling to the nearest planet would take three days, let alone exploring the universe with it—it was simply not possible.

To break away from the current star system, a spacecraft nearly reaching the speed of light had to be created;

To freely navigate the entire universe, mastery of wormhole technology was essential…

Duge calculated that at the current rate of research, it would take Emperor Star at least twenty to thirty years to build a star-level spacecraft.

For space technology, twenty or thirty years was already a miracle.

But for Duge, such a long time was unbearable—by then, even the daylilies may have cooled; he couldn’t wait that long.

After unifying Emperor Star, his ranking was thirty-six. Now, more than ten days later, his ranking didn’t rise but fell, dropping to over seventy.

This proved that there must be a super large civilization in the universe, or a collective of civilizations, where Alien Warriors would just do something trivial and it would have a greater impact than his unification of a planet.

Twenty or thirty years later, even if he were still trapped here, not to mention whether he could break free from the control of Pan-Universe Entertainment,

If those powerful Alien Warriors who had been tempered in the universe came looking for him, wielding weapons like the Star-exterminating Cannon or Two-Dimensional Foil, he might not necessarily be able to withstand them.

Duge certainly didn’t expect that higher civilizations would carry lightsabers to duel with him.

Moreover, even if other Alien Warriors didn’t come looking, if he faded into obscurity in this game and the audience of Pan-Universe Entertainment lost interest in him, what might await him upon his return could indeed be the dissection of his soul.

In light of all this, Duge decisively shifted his focus, setting new research goals for the scientists on warp flight and wormhole technology, while he devoted all his energy to the study of Mutants.

Relying on a group of scientists starting from scratch to achieve technological leaps was less practical than figuring out how to traverse time and space through individual capabilities and skills.

However,

Before focusing on Mutants, Duge issued a new order to randomly broadcast radio signals into the universe by all means, with the message consisting of only “I am Duge, converge towards me.”

This method was equally a shot in the dark, but what if it just so happened to work out?

In this Alien Battlefield, he had comrades…

As for attracting powerful enemies?

That would be even better.

In Duge’s view, enemies often equated to opportunities…

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“Wendell, have you still not found the cause for the emergence of the Mutants?” Duge asked, flipping through all the data on the Mutants he had in hand.

“Without any signs, they appeared as if out of the blue; they didn’t go through radiation, and their diet, food, and water are all the same as normal people. The emergence of Mutants is like God Spirit throwing dice in the heavens—whomever is chosen undergoes genetic changes and awakens unique superpowers.

Furthermore, each Mutant’s genetic map is different, like pi, with no discernible pattern,” Wendell said, pushing up his glasses. “Genetic Mutation allows them to influence the external environment with their own bodies, which is quite strange.”

As the top expert in The Splendid Country’s research on Mutants, he is now Duge’s assistant, in charge of all research related to Mutants.

Before, the genes he collected were only from the captured Mutants, but after Duge unified the world, all Mutant genes were at his disposal, greatly enriching his database.

In fact, he was even more curious about the genetic maps of Duge and Jannie, but he didn’t have the courage to make that request to Duge.

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There wouldn’t be a species that appears out of nowhere—there must be a deeper reason behind the Mutants, which is the direction of Duge’s investigation.

There must be something or someone on Emperor Star that he didn’t know about.

The data in Duge’s hands provided a detailed categorization of each Mutant according to their level.

Apart from the four S Levels, two individuals were notably marked.

One was named Emily, whose superpower was to dispel the abilities of other Mutants. Anyone within a hundred meters of her would instantly revert to a normal person, losing all their abilities;

For many Mutants, her power was actually useless, and because of her existence, they became threatened, thus Emily has always been a target for assassination by many Mutants.

She was very well-protected by The Splendid Country, and the weapons that restrain Mutants were developed through the study of her genetic map.

Emily’s importance is higher than Edward and others; her codename is “Endgame,” signifying the elimination of everything.

The other person was named Sandru, whose awakened superpower was replication;

He had no abilities on his own, but by touching another Mutant, he could acquire their superpower, until he touched a second Mutant, at which point the previous ability would be overwritten…

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