vncnus Chapter 26 Journey Through the Dark Universe
Chapter 26 Journey Through the Dark Universe
In the vast, boundless dark universe, there is only a sea of light, with countless points of light shining like fireflies. Apart from these beautiful points of light, there is only a saucer-shaped, stone-gray spaceship flying silently at a constant speed in this vast space.
The spaceship now houses over a thousand people. The interior is divided into three levels, each over ten meters high, resulting in many rooms with bunk beds. A room only a dozen square meters in size can comfortably house eight people due to its ten-meter height.
Fortunately, they were mostly planetary-level powerhouses with amazing physical abilities. Even though the place was cramped and the living space was cramped, it didn't affect them much. They didn't need to breathe, and eating wasn't necessary. They could live by absorbing cosmic energy. Besides cultivating, they weren't idle in the spaceship. Suk was very considerate of these slaves. Before leaving Purple Phoenix Star, he bought each of them an auxiliary light brain and a virtual universe account so they could pass the time in the virtual universe when they had nothing to do.
"In the vast universe, you can see different scenery, but in the dark universe, you see the same things everywhere. It's a narrow and stuffy place, and it can drive us crazy if you stay there for too long."
"Yes, interstellar travel is very boring; the scenery outside is always the same."
"Thankfully, our owner is considerate and allows us to enter the virtual universe to have fun."
"Yes, it has found a good owner."
"Let's go into the virtual universe and play games later."
"No, I still plan to cultivate a little longer."
In a room, a group of planetary-level slaves gathered together and chatted.
Suk's relatives and friends, the Saki family, Eloi and her daughter, as well as his own parents, naturally had the best living conditions. They lived on different levels from the slave guards, and each person even had their own room, which was not crowded.
In one of the rooms, a pair of women with blue hair were talking.
She had long, deep blue hair, like the ocean, that cascaded down her fair shoulders like a waterfall, adding to her softness and charm. Her face was almost a carbon copy of Eloise's, only much more mature and with a fuller figure.
"Daughter, you've known Suk for so long, what do you think of him? What are your thoughts?" Eloi's mother seemed to be having a heart-to-heart talk with her daughter, but there was a hint of helplessness in the girl's eyes.
Eloi pursed her thin lips. Ever since her mother arrived on the spaceship, she had been subtly hinting at wanting to match her up with Suk.
No, to put it bluntly, it was seduction.
She understood her mother's thoughts; it was not shameful for the weak to depend on the strong, but she instinctively resisted this approach.
So impatient, making it seem like she's after something from the other person, Elo is still a very independent and self-reliant girl.
She touched the stone necklace on her chest and couldn't help but think of her deceased uncle, feeling a slight sadness in her heart.
On the other side, the Saki family home wasn't as quiet as Eloi's. There were more people in his family, and the children were more active. If Saki's parents didn't intervene, the kids would often get into a chaotic mess.
"This brother Suk is really something, he actually gave me so many cultivation resources." Saki, who had already broken through to the planetary level, said casually.
After purchasing training resources, Suk had some left over after supplying his parents, so he gave them to his two best friends, Saki and Eloi.
"Brother, my dear brother, you can't forget your cutest little sisters when you get something good!" The three little sisters clung to Saki, acting all cute.
They are still just apprentices, and seeing that this "unlearned" older brother has actually made a breakthrough, they are very envious and want to enjoy the same treatment.
They originally intended to pester Suk. The adults knew their limits, but these children didn't quite understand and didn't really respect Suk.
However, he was often stopped by the guards, which gave Suk a headache.
As for their relationship, they've known each other since childhood, much like Suk's sister.
So it's best to avoid it if possible, lest you inexplicably become the son-in-law of the Saki family one day.
Saki's two older sisters also envied their brother's situation, but as older sisters, they couldn't ask their brother for favors like their younger sister did. They could only think of other ways to squeeze some benefits out of their brother.
Saki grinned foolishly.
He felt like he had become the center of the family, and even his parents valued his opinions.
Of course... he wasn't really stupid; he knew all of this was because of his brother Suk.
Otherwise, why would those star-level powerhouses be so polite to him?
In a training room on the top deck of the spaceship, Suk, dressed in loose training clothes and holding a battle sword, was silently practicing the secret manual "Starlight Eighteen" with perfect posture and utmost seriousness.
It wasn't exactly restrictive; the walls, made of C6-class spaceship materials, were so small that even with strenuous practice, no marks could be left.
The attribute requirements are very rigid. If a move or angle is wrong, it's like practicing for nothing and you have to start all over again.
【Starlight 18: 12%/Level 3】
Half a month has passed since Su Ke entered the Dark Universe. He spends a lot of time every day cultivating the secret manual and using treasures such as the Azure Wave Marrow to improve his physical fitness.
They are now a full four galaxies away from the Philo Galaxy.
Having found no sign that the Blood Spring would catch up, Suk immersed himself in cultivation.
Generally speaking, cultivation is a very tedious and arduous process, and many people cannot persevere.
Cultivation is merely a means to become stronger, while becoming stronger is the process of achieving one's goal.
Therefore, strong people are usually unwavering in their will.
But Suk was different; he discovered that cultivation could be addictive.
This is a real-time positive feedback. Whether he is using treasures and watching his physical fitness improve, or practicing swordsmanship and watching his attribute bar progress, he feels happy.
There's a feeling that "my efforts haven't been in vain."
Forget about the details, just keep moving towards your goal.
Meanwhile, Suk was also researching his so-called "cultivation mutation" talent.
Discovering "spiritual alienation" should involve digitizing one's own spiritual state and then distinguishing it.
He vaguely realized that the digitized progress of his cultivation was different from his own.
In real-life cultivation, besides continuous accumulation, he might occasionally have a flash of inspiration and gain some insight, leading to great progress in a certain aspect of his cultivation.
However, the data after "cultivation mutation" is different. Before leveling up, the progress of 1% and 99% is the same and will not change.
Just like in a game, characters gain experience to level up, and only when they go from level 1 to level 2 can they add points and skills.
The progress bar for cultivation can only be accumulated honestly, one step at a time; there are no shortcuts.
However, after the breakthrough, one's body and consciousness will simultaneously be flooded with information and changes at the corresponding level, as if it were truly the progress one has made through so much hard work and cultivation.
That's a bit unbelievable.
"If someone is a genius, they might be able to reach level 99 in a year on their own. But if they work hard to train these attribute bars, they might still only be level 1..." Suk thought to himself.
Whether it was a tragedy or a stroke of luck, Suk wasn't a genius; he was just an ordinary person in the traditional sense.
Therefore, this cheat code is still very useful to him.
No conditions are required; you just need to practice according to the manual.
There are no bottlenecks as long as you don't reach the upper limit.
Therefore, the second shortcoming of this cheat is that it lacks creative ability; the upper limit of the cheat is its upper limit.
Fortunately for Suk, creating a secret manual is still a long way off.
"Boom!" Suk threw a punch, feeling the powerful force.
"Three times the power!"
Suk was moved.
After all those years of hard training, I still only need to exert a little more than twice the force.
And now, thanks to this talent, in just half a month, his power has increased by 3 times!
As those inexplicable memories flooded into his mind, it seemed that his skill level had also progressed from mastery of swordsmanship to perfection!
Practice a sword ten thousand times, and its meaning will become clear!
However, Su Ke was unsure whether this was due to his cultivation of a mutated talent or the result of his own accumulation and comprehension.
As Suk keenly noticed the process of progressing from level 1 to level 3 of the manual, the time required was increasing, or rather, the progress brought about by practice was becoming slower.
Although it's not obvious at the moment, he estimates that as the manual progresses to higher levels, the progress will be slower and require more and more time.
Besides, there may be some secrets about this "talent" that have not yet been discovered.
For example, is practicing an apprentice-level secret manual at the planetary level the same as practicing a planetary-level secret manual, or even a constant-level secret manual?
Suk is currently only practicing the apprentice version of "Starlight Eighteen".
During the monotonous journey of the spaceship through the dark universe, Suk experienced a bittersweet mix of pain and pleasure, idly thinking, "Hmm, if I can live long enough, maybe I can use this to become a Chaos Lord?"