Swallowing the Stars: The Puzzle of Everything!

Chapter 30 From Nothing to a Handcrafted World

"How is it?"

Perseus smiled at Number 1, "I wasn't entirely unprepared either!"

"In the interstellar age, innovation is the primary productive force."

"This is also something we can take advantage of."

"I have enough advanced treasures. They don't need to be of high quality. As long as they are better than ordinary products sold on the market, they won't attract attention and can still be infiltrated. When I have enough strength, I will find a way to deal with the Mingguang Empire, the Fengying Universe Kingdom... and then do the same to the three neighboring races."

Suddenly, a phantom map appeared in front of him.

At the intersection of the four regions, a shadow appeared, covering the entire Seventh Battlefield and encompassing the territory of roughly ten cosmic kingdoms. It forcibly carved out a piece of flesh from the territory of the four peak races, making enough living space for the future Yanji descendants to develop.

"What should we do about this?"

Circle number 1 to mark the void above the inserted territory.

"Even if you, Master, become the Lord of the Universe and have the ability to protect this area, a race can only have a future if it constantly gives birth to new blood. The area near the Void is sparse in energy and the amount of cosmic essence is insufficient. If we really stay in this area, how can the race possibly develop..."

"Then take a look at this one!"

Number 1 looked at the five-colored ring that suddenly appeared in Perseus's hand and couldn't help but feel a stirring in his heart.

Five Elements Ring?

This thing can't just form ordinary energy crystals—wait!

As if thinking of something, Number 1 looked at Perseus, then at the Five Elements Ring, his gaze shifting back and forth between the two.

"Has the master set his sights on the Dark Universe?"

The Five Elements Ring is very special.

This special treasure, accidentally created by Perseus, seems to have a natural ability to connect to the dark universe, transforming the dark energy in the dark universe into cosmic primordial energy of various attributes.

Similarly, from space to the inner world, then to the divine realm, and then to the miniature universe... the expansion of territory cannot be separated from the primal energy of the universe.

Because as long as there is primordial energy of the universe, the essence of the universe will flow in.

Therefore, we can conclude that: the method of transforming dark energy in the dark universe + introducing the essence of the universe + a place to live = an infinitely expandable territory.

"Master, this is no small project."

Creating a territory from the dark universe involves a great deal of things.

The most basic thing is the configuration of various spaces!

Singularity, inner world, cosmic secret realm, divine kingdom, miniature universe... Without sufficient understanding of the laws of space, one might not even be able to discern the composition of space.

Even if Perseus had some kind of cheat code, it would be extremely difficult for him to achieve this.

The time and effort consumed in this process would probably be enough for a person to cultivate to become the strongest in the universe.

Perseus, however, was clearly very confident in his plan.

"Number 1, you need to know that creating space requires comprehending the laws, and improving strength also requires comprehending the laws. Although the purposes of these two things are different, the methods to achieve them are very similar."

"I will not explore outer space, let alone study the relationship between cosmic primordial energy and cosmic essence, until I truly understand the essence of the laws of space."

"but……"

He smirked. "Using the Five Elements Ring to absorb and utilize dark universe energy is also helpful to us, isn't it?"

"In the first phase, I plan to find a way to use the two-star level Five Elements Ring to manually create a cosmic crystal."

It's barely a change of pace!

The most important tasks, such as researching the toxins absorbed by the Poison Clone, which sound tedious, formulating new drugs for external sale, improving equipment performance, and forging Force weapons... these are all tasks of the clone.

At the same time, as his main body, in addition to the necessary cultivation and learning of secret techniques, he can also complete puzzle explorations that are helpful for cultivation.

Now, the cosmic crystal is a task belonging to the entity itself.

……

Perseus quickly became busy.

On his way back from Gulan Star, in addition to studying secret techniques every day and comprehending the fundamental laws through them, he also had to study how to jump from condensing ordinary crystal cores to condensing cosmic crystals.

The differences between these two types of energy are quite significant.

According to Perseus's speculation, the existence of cosmic crystals is closer to the state of fusion of attribute energies. Because of a unique cycle, different energies can flow continuously in a special 'ring'. When a certain type is needed, it can be interrupted at the corresponding node and then drawn out as attribute energy.

For this purpose, he specially ordered 100 cubic meters of cosmic crystals through the virtual universe.

After receiving the goods from the corresponding planet, the next step is to study these fundamental energy particles.

However, Perseus soon witnessed the wretched technological level of the Swallowed Star world.

Or rather, Swallowed Star is a fantasy world disguised with technology.

What does "insufficient precision" mean?

He couldn't help but frown and look at the staff member in the shop's back office who kept apologizing. Only after the latter's explanation did he roughly understand.

Nobody has the time to specifically study the particles of cosmic crystals.

The same applies to cosmic primordial energy.

The common understanding in the Swallowed Star world is that the most basic energy only needs to be understood in terms of its uses. As for the more subtle energy particles... would they help me improve my strength?

After understanding the basic situation, Perseus completely abandoned the idea of ​​purchasing standard-compliant finished equipment from the virtual universe and instead began to study various technological products related to Swallowing the Stars.

Subsequently, based on the ultimate goal of this research, he directly and manually developed a level 10 energy particle analysis instrument for two stars, which was sufficient to separate the primordial energy of the universe and the energy in the cosmic crystal, breaking them down into fine particles.

Finally, Perseus pieced together the redundant information to reveal the cosmic crystal structure made up of the ten major particles.

The universe really is a 'sphere'!

The structure of the cosmic crystal is a typical complex sphere composed of deca-system particles. It features constantly rotating multifaceted waves, bursting special thorns, and multiple deca-system particles that are perfectly fused together in a fixed way to form a hollow sphere. It looks like it is missing a lot, but when magnified, the flaws are not visible.

Later, Perseus used another "dark energy capturer" to capture dark energy for his research on composition.

He also discovered that dark energy is a sphere.

Moreover, it is a more complex sphere, the opposite of the cosmic crystal structure.

Perseus simply couldn't see the structure of the ball.

The energy particle analysis instrument of the Level 10 2-star is insufficient to fully describe its configuration, and can only present a relatively observable morphology under the current photograph.

Similarly, if a photograph is scaled down, as the pixel count decreases, when scaled up by a factor of ten thousand, the number of "parts" of this sphere becomes as many as that of a cosmic crystal.

"Does this mean that those at the Venerable level can perceive dark universe energy?"

If we remove the excess dark energy and merge these two types of energy...

In order to obtain a weakened version of dark energy, which is the opposite of cosmic crystal energy, Perseus also developed a level 10, two-star "energy surgery device".

The three instruments took him ten years to develop.

And then take into account the time spent studying the configuration.

Thirty years have passed, and as the research enters its most critical phase, Tor and his associates, who have been constantly on the move, have finally swallowed up the behemoth that is the Castle Merchant Guild and have begun to take over the forces and territories in which the other party has participated.

However, Perseus didn't have time to deal with these matters at the moment.

For many years, in addition to absorbing energy and practicing secret techniques, he has been studying energy configurations.

Finally, when he pruned the branches of dark energy and merged the cosmic crystal with the degenerated 'gray energy,' a miraculous change occurred...