madnovel Chapter 387 Eternal Virtual Universe! The Shocking Giant Axe!
Chapter 387 Eternal Virtual Universe! The Shocking Giant Axe!
Chapter 387 Eternal Virtual Universe! The Shocking Giant Axe!
After a while.
"The system's functionality has not changed much; the only difference is that the optimization limit has been raised from Void God to Eternal God. There are no new abilities."
"However, the improvement in the level of life also greatly increases the upper limit of the system's computing power, and the time for Void-level optimization tasks is directly shortened from a hundred years to ten years."
Chen Yuan could understand this. Although the system's computing power should theoretically increase a hundredfold after he broke through to the level of the Lord of the Universe, this was indeed the case.
However, having a hundred times the computing power does not mean that the completion time can also be reduced by a hundred times.
Just like Chen Yuan before he became immortal, he relied on primordial energy to shorten the mission time. Every time the time was halved, the primordial energy consumed increased exponentially. No matter how much energy was invested, it was impossible to complete the mission instantly.
The reason he can complete the optimization task instantly is because the task has already gone through the entire process in the simulation space, which is why he can do it.
As for the simulation speed, it is only affected by the system's computing power, and even if the source energy is invested, it cannot be accelerated—because the simulation task itself is affected by the maximum acceleration.
Therefore, the shorter the time required to optimize a task, the more computational power it consumes increases exponentially.
Therefore, even if the system's computing power has increased a hundredfold, it can only shorten the task time by tenfold.
"That's not bad either. If the time is reduced by ten times, it means that even if I optimize a Void Level 9 Secret Treasure, it will only take me a little over a hundred years to complete it."
Chen Yuan said quietly, "Of course, for me now, what's more important is testing the optimization conditions for the eternal level."
Soon, he attempted his first Eternal-level optimization mission, which was also the only mission he was able to optimize to the Eternal level using the Virtual Universe Secret Technique.
As an arcane quest, it doesn't require leveling up like item optimization; it can be optimized directly to its current limit.
The Virtual Universe Secret Technique is just like that. When he broke through to the Universe Venerable, it was directly optimized from a True God-level Secret Technique to the peak of the Void True God. Now, it can naturally be optimized to the peak of the Eternal True God.
"System," Chen Yuan instructed the panel, "Optimize the Virtual Universe Secret Technique. Optimization direction: Upgrade to the limit of Eternal True God, improve the concealment and detection capabilities of the Virtual Universe Network, increase its coverage area, and add content to the [Unreal] branch."
"Finally, abandon universality and use myself as the benchmark."
[Establish optimization task; optimization goal: Virtual universe secret techniques; optimization direction: upgrade the secret technique's grade, enhance network stealth, detection capabilities, and coverage, add content related to the illusory branch of the Great Dao, and abandon universality, focusing on the host's condition.]
[Estimated resource consumption for this optimization: 9999 trillion. Should we begin a simulation exercise?]
"Hiss." Upon seeing this energy consumption, Chen Yuan couldn't help but gasp. "9999 trillion? You might as well say 100 trillion. And that's only one percent of the energy consumption after removing the universality factor."
"So, the optimization cost for the peak of the Eternal True God level should be 100 trillion?"
"Based on previous optimization experience, the consumption of the eternal level should be 10 trillion."
Chen Yuan shook his head slightly. "Sure enough, for each increase in the upper limit, the optimization cost increases a hundredfold, while within the same major tier, it is no more than tenfold."
Through summarizing the patterns of energy consumption optimization over the years, Chen Yuan has become quite certain that the growth of optimization tasks is linked to the improvement of life level.
When he was below the Immortal level, from the Planetary level to the Realm Lord, the life level of each major realm increased by about ten times, so the growth of optimized energy also increased tenfold.
From Realm Lord to Immortal, from Immortal to Venerable, and now to Universe Lord, each major realm represents a hundredfold improvement, thus the optimization consumption also increases a hundredfold.
"Moreover, from this day forward, the Eternal True God, the Chaos Ruler, and the God King will all experience a hundredfold increase in their life level at each of their major realms."
"Each optimization should increase energy consumption by a hundredfold."
The thought of the astronomical numbers required for the subsequent optimization tasks sent chills down Chen Yuan's spine.
He glanced at his own primordial energy reserves. After accumulating for three hundred years, and after deducting the consumption of optimizing the Primordial Realm Ring, he had only about fifty quadrillion units left.
"It's not even enough to optimize the secret techniques of the virtual universe." Chen Yuan shook his head helplessly. "These reserves can only optimize the Primal Realm Ring to level nine, and then they'll be basically used up."
Want to optimize the Eternal-level treasure? He is currently accumulating primal energy at a rate of 4 trillion per year, which is exactly 50,000 years to accumulate enough for one Eternal-level optimization—because he still needs to spend an additional 10 trillion energy to unlock the Eternal-level optimization option.
In other words, optimizing a level-one eternal treasure requires 20 trillion units of energy.
"Also, this level of energy needs a new name; trillions sound too strange."
Chen Yuan frowned slightly. "We can convert trillions to trillions, but that's only a temporary measure. As energy consumption increases, the unit 'trillion' will soon be insufficient."
"Why not just focus on the terminology of the energy, like how I previously changed 'killing points' to 'primordial energy'?"
Chen Yuan thought for a moment, "Hmm—the essence of primordial energy is a fragment of the primordial Great Dao. Let's call the new energy unit 'Source of the Great Dao'."
"To put it in perspective, one trillion units of primordial energy is equivalent to one unit of the Great Dao Source."
With this in mind, he changed the unit representation of the energy reserve column from primordial energy to the source of the Great Dao.
[Source of the Great Dao Reserve: 5013 units, Current Absorption Rate: 4 units/year]
"Hmm, this looks much simpler."
Chen Yuan nodded, and then canceled the optimization of the Virtual Universe Secret Technique.
LOL, his current total reserves are only 5,000 units, which is far from enough to optimize.
Unless he is willing to optimize it only to the eternal level, in which case only 999 units would be enough, but given Chen Yuan's personality, how could he be willing to compromise?
"Anyway, it's only five thousand units short," Chen Yuan muttered to himself. "Now that I've broken through to the level of a Universe Lord, it's time for me to venture into the Universe Sea."
"With the power of the Primordial Hand, my gains in the Cosmic Sea must be considerable. After all, I can convert many treasure fragments, or even relics themselves, that are useless to cultivators, into energy reserves."
"Moreover, Irele has been exploring the Cosmic Sea over the years and has already determined the specific locations and conditions of many ruins."
Chen Yuan had sensed from the origin of the virtual universe that the topographic map of the cosmic sea within five trillion light-years of the original universe had been fully explored by Ireil, who even marked some key relics so that Chen Yuan could go there.
"Hmm, let's choose this minor relic first." He quickly locked onto a target. "Judging from the relic's strength, its maximum potential is only that of an ordinary True God. With my strength, I'm completely safe."
"Of course, before leaving the original universe, I should first—"
Before Chen Yuan could take any action, he suddenly received an urgent email in the virtual universe, sent by the founder of the Giant Axe!
Opening the email, I saw a message that read: "Chen Yuan, where are you? I've returned to the Primitive Universe, and I've brought back a lot of ruins and debris. I can deliver them to you if it's convenient."
Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then recalled that the giant axe had indeed said that his true body was exploring the cosmic sea and it would take hundreds of years to return to the original universe, and that it would bring him the remains of the ruins.
Now, judging by the timeline, the giant axe should be back by now, and it should have brought back a large number of ruins and remains!
Thinking of this, Chen Yuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately replied, "Where are you? I'll be right there."
Giant Axe had just sent the email and was probably waiting for his reply, so almost the next second after Chen Yuan replied, the other party revealed his current location.
Chen Yuan quickly located the giant axe through the virtual universe network, and the next second he arrived directly in front of the giant axe through optimized spatial teleportation.
"So fast!" Giant Axe was startled. This was the headquarters of Giant Axe Arena, and also the entrance to Giant Axe's miniature universe. It should be quite far from the Virtual Universe Company.
"How did you get here? No, wait—"
The giant axe suddenly paused, rubbed his eyes, and hesitated before asking, "Your aura—the Lord of the Universe?"
Chen Yuan smiled and nodded: "Just broke through."
He didn't choose to conceal his aura with treasures, so it wasn't surprising that he was detected. After all, at this level, there was no need to hide in the primordial universe.
"Hiss." Giant Axe gasped, then his face lit up with excitement: "So fast! It's only been seven hundred years since you last broke through to the Universe Venerable realm."
"Yes." Chen Yuan nodded. He broke through to the Universe Venerable realm in the Primordial Secret Realm. This information was seen by many people at the time and was basically public knowledge. It's not surprising that Giant Axe knew about it.
"I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge, and I have thoroughly understood all the laws except for those related to space."
Chen Yuan explained, "With the help of the virtual universe, my mastery of the laws was able to break through to the level of the Lord of the Universe very quickly."
"I see." Giant Axe nodded. He had some understanding of the virtual universe and wasn't surprised.
As for Chen Yuan comprehending the Nine Laws during his time as a Universe Venerable? Although it surprised Giant Axe somewhat, considering the other party's talent, it seemed to be a matter of course.
"Very good." A smile appeared on the giant axe's face. "Even before your breakthrough, you were already this powerful. Now that your only weakness has been overcome, you are probably comparable to the strongest being in the universe."
He paused, then added, "Of course, I'm talking about the true strongest being in the universe."
"I understand." Chen Yuan nodded slightly and smiled. "I do have that strength now."
"That's wonderful!" Giant Axe was overjoyed, as it meant that from now on, the human race would have two of the strongest beings in the universe in charge, with high-end combat power no less than that of the demon race.
"By the way, about the remains of the ruins you asked me to bring last time."
Giant Axe finally remembered his business and said with a smile, "I've put it back in my miniature universe. There's quite a lot of stuff, just come and get it."
"Okay." Chen Yuan nodded, his eyes flashing with anticipation.
I wonder if his energy reserves will exceed 10,000 after absorbing these remnants?
Soon, he followed the giant axe into the other party's miniature universe. As soon as he entered, Chen Yuan saw endless debris piled up in the starry sky in front of him, and it was obvious that it came from many different ruins.
Because many of the buildings and artifacts among these ruins have distinctly different styles, they likely came from different countries or tribes.
"These remains come from a total of 137 different sites."
The giant axe stood to the side and explained, "Because you said you needed these last time, I brought back all the ruins I had explored before on my way back."
"The materials used in these buildings are of quite good quality; some pieces could even be broken off and used to forge powerful treasures. However, many of the ruins are fused together by secret runes, making dismantling them too troublesome, so I moved the entire ruins along with them."
With that, the giant axe looked at Chen Yuan and asked, "So, do you find these things useful?"
"Of course." Chen Yuan nodded, a smile appearing on his face. "Although the quantity cannot compare to the nine garbage star regions, the quality far surpasses them, and their effect on me is even stronger than last time."
"As long as you're satisfied." Giant Axe smiled. To be honest, these relics, though valuable, were of little use to the tribe because they were difficult to dismantle. Therefore, he had never thought of bringing the relics back when he explored them before.
But things are different now. As long as Chen Yuan has a need, he can pay more attention to the ruins themselves when he goes out on adventures in the future.
With a thought, Chen Yuan manipulated the optimized space to absorb all these relics, and then used the Primordial Hand, driven by the Nine Nether Sea, to decompose them all.
Since the number of these relics and debris was far less than that of the garbage star field, he quickly decomposed all the matter into energy reserves under the ten-thousand-fold acceleration.
It is worth mentioning that some of the materials in these remnants reached the quality of a Void True God, so the third-order Primordial Hand could not completely decompose them.
A small portion of the energy was lost during the transformation and was collected by the divine kingdom, then injected into the Nine Nether Sea.
Although this energy was not much, it was converted from void-level materials, which was a great supplement to the divine body of the universe lord level, directly increasing the conversion rate of the Nether Sea Avatar's divine body by 8%, and the total conversion rate reached 72%.
As for energy reserves, Chen Yuan was even more pleasantly surprised, as they increased by a full 1.2 units of Dao Source, bringing his energy reserves to 1.7.
Ten thousand units!
Such a huge amount of energy also increased the Primordial Hand from 60% at the third level to 2% at the fourth level, which can perfectly convert Void-level materials!
"That's wonderful."
Chen Yuan smiled and said to the giant axe, "These remains have been a great help to me. Thank you, giant axe!"
"No need for thanks, they're just unusable wreckage."
The giant axe smiled and said, "Compared to your contributions to the human race, it's nothing at all."
"Moreover, these ruins are all I could find in a short period of time." He shook his head. "This time I've brought back all the ruins I've explored; there won't be such a good opportunity again."
"It's alright, I can accumulate them slowly, I'm not in a hurry."
Chen Yuan smiled slightly. Just now, he had spent 9999 units of energy to send the Virtual Universe Secret Technique into the simulation space.
[Optimization task established, remaining simulation time: 120 years]
In just one hundred years, he will be able to upgrade the virtual universe again and gain more features.
After experiencing the benefits of the ruins, Chen Yuan immediately said, "Giant Axe, you have helped me a lot this time, and I must show my appreciation."
3. With a thought, he took out all seven supreme treasures.
"As a token of my gratitude, please choose any two of these supreme treasures."
The giant axe's eyes widened instantly as it gazed at the treasures surrounding Chen Yuan.