Wonderland Space.
After making a trip to Celestia and taking control of the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles and "Heavenly Principles," Nolan returned home.
It was still not yet noon, and for the time being there was nothing urgent to deal with.
Nolan continued searching for new world bubbles in the Sea of Quanta. Just like that, two days quickly passed.
During these two days, his main task was searching the Sea of Quanta, and he did gain some results — he found five world bubbles.
Altogether, the total had reached thirty. The fused "assembled continent" world bubble grew even larger, and the total population reached two billion.
After a period where the cultivation progress he gained each second had been declining, it rose once again, returning to thirty thousand points per second.
He checked his status panel. At this speed, it would only take about half an hour to reach Level 160.
As for secondary matters, he brought Ningguang to the space station on behalf of the Sweet Flower Merchant Association to discuss cooperation with Asta.
As long as they relied on the space station backed by the Blue Star, daily living supplies would certainly never be lacking.
Therefore, Teyvat's side would mainly sell creations of elemental technology, such as elemental storage devices.
There were also various Teyvat specialties.
In terms of elemental technology, their technical level was barely presentable — this was also their bargaining chip for academic exchanges with Herta Space Station.
Otherwise, even if Asta agreed out of friendship, if the researchers themselves had no interest, the cooperation would be meaningless.
Thinking carefully, Teyvat actually had quite a lot of subjects suitable for academic exchange with Herta Space Station: elemental technology, runology, formations, and so on.
Other civilizations might possess similar fields, but since each world developed independently, the differences were plentiful and certainly valuable.
Besides these two matters, Nolan also occasionally met the Astral Express crew at the space station, getting familiar with each other.
Later, he planned to invite them to visit Teyvat.
Nolan checked the time — it was 11 p.m. in Teyvat, while at Herta Space Station it was probably around 7 a.m.
In about half an hour he would reach Level 160, and since it was still early, he planned to go over after leveling up.
He couldn't just wait idly during this time either. Although with Arlecchino's affection skill he could level up even lying down, that wasn't a reason to become lazy.
Right now, lying on the bed in Arlecchino's room, Nolan turned sideways and looked at Arlecchino, who showed no sign of fatigue and continued clinging to him.
He smiled, then turned over and pressed her beneath him.
Half an hour passed unknowingly during their intimate cultivation. At that moment, a notification popped up on the status panel:
[Your Level Has Increased To Lv.160. Evolution Has Reached A New Stage. You May Obtain One "Racial Specialty." Please Choose.]
Feeling his body and soul continuously strengthening, just as expected — it was time once again to choose one of three racial specialties upon reaching Level 160.
With anticipation, Nolan examined the options:
[Final Apocalypse: Possessing the "Final Apocalypse Physique," every second of existence destroys all tangible matter around you. The more destruction caused, the stronger you become. Upon reaching a certain level, destruction extends to intangible things such as energy and laws, ultimately annihilating everything and becoming the universe's sole existence.]
[Plague Brood: Through contact, you can master any virus, including information viruses (memetic hazards), and freely combine them in any formula to unleash greater power.]
[Trinity: Consciousness, soul, and body become one. As long as any one of the three remains intact, the other two instantly recover regardless of damage. Your condition is determined by whichever of the three is in the best state. Lifespan becomes infinite — eternal existence.]
After carefully reading the options, Nolan chose "Trinity," feeling it suited him best.
The earlier "Final Apocalypse," although it would eventually turn him into the universe's absolute strongest being over time, was not something he wanted — he had no intention of becoming a solitary existence.
The second option was actually quite good — essentially a divine ability that allowed him to control all kinds of viruses, with no apparent side effects.
If the third option had been underwhelming, he would definitely have chosen that one.
But after reading the third option, Nolan felt it suited him better. First of all, unlimited lifespan wasn't that big of a deal.
Because of his "Beloved by Maidens" physique, he could absorb energy at any time and convert it into lifespan, which already meant he would exist eternally.
However, with "Trinity," as long as one of the three — consciousness, soul, or body — remained unharmed, it would synchronize that undamaged state to the other two.
Wasn't this an outrageously powerful life-preserving ability?
An attacker would have to damage Nolan's consciousness, soul, and body simultaneously in order to truly injure him.
Due to the synchronized state of Trinity, his consciousness, soul, and body would all become equally powerful. As long as one of them received a buff—
—the other two would receive it as well.
For example, an ability that increased physical defense would also increase the defenses of his soul and consciousness. Compared to his previous "Heavenly Soul Body," this was even stronger.
You could never have too many life-saving abilities. Given that he wasn't lacking in offensive power or other special capabilities, choosing survivability was clearly the better cost-performance option.
After making his choice, Nolan glanced at his status panel:
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Name: Nolan Walker
Level: Lv.160 (225,452 — 30,000+/700,000,000)
Race: Human
Title: Adventurer Beyond Legend
Innate Talent: Entangling Affection
Skills:
- Lumine's Musou · World Lv.10 ( Void Starsea Manifestation)
- Flowing Sky Shot: Arcane Level Lv.10 (Frostglow Arrow)
- Star Abyss Power Lv.10 (Transcendence)
Specialties:
- Beloved by Maidens (Exclusive)
- Unmoving Gospel of the World Tree (Exclusive)
- Threads of the Northern Wind (Exclusive)
- Spiritual Core (Exclusive)
- Imaginary Energy
- Drifter of the Imaginary Sea
- Devour All Things
- Heroic Spirit Affinity
- Distance Between Stars
- Trinity
Adventure EXP: 14,752,812
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Aside from now requiring seven hundred million EXP to level up again, there were no major changes. The progress gained per second remained at thirty thousand.
At this rate, he could level up again in less than seven hours. However, as time passed, the speed would gradually slow down.
For example, when he originally leveled from 154 to 160, if the rate had remained at thirty thousand per second, it wouldn't have even taken two days.
It was only because the speed slowed later that it required so much time.
Still, that wasn't a big issue. As long as he found a few more world bubbles, he could continue maintaining a gain of thirty thousand cultivation progress per second — or even higher.
(End of Chapter)
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