Chapter 711 - 704: Permission

Chapter 711: Chapter 704: Permission

Although the staff at the Bernard City Jiaoxing Institute didn’t intentionally spread the news, word still began to circulate among the current batch of candidates.

"I heard the guy who defeated that Demon is actually one of the candidates from our batch here in Bernard City. They say the Jiaoxing Institute has already selected him as a seed contestant, even more important than the Demon was. He’s going to represent Bernard City in the competition for a spot in a top organization."

"Really? Do any of you know who he is? What civilization is he from? What’s his Transformation Level?"

"I’m not too sure about that. The Jiaoxing Institute is keeping a tight lid on that information; no Data has been leaked. It seems like they’re trying to hide his identity and strength so he can be used as a secret ace in the hole."

"Well, I heard a few rumors. His appearance seems to have been unexpected by the Jiaoxing Institute. But in reality, the Bernard City Jiaoxing Institute keeps all high-potential races and civilizations under close watch. For this guy to appear out of nowhere can only mean he wasn’t on their radar. From that, you can guess he probably comes from a civilization with low potential."

"A low-potential civilization? No way. How could someone from a low-potential civilization be that strong?"

"..."

News spread quickly among the candidates in Bernard City. Having just arrived in the True Land, their primary concern was, naturally, the other powerhouses in their own batch and at a similar level.

It’s only human nature to make comparisons.

And Zhou Yuanjue’s sudden appearance and defeat of the Demon instantly caused rumors about him to spread like wildfire.

The Martial Artists from Donghua, Zhou Yuanjue included, paid little mind to these rumors.

They were far more interested in intelligence regarding Transformation Levels and racial potential.

When they learned that the human race from Earth was rated as "below average" in racial potential with a relatively low Transformation Level limit, their spirits sank noticeably.

After all, they were Martial Artists who had once stood at the apex of humanity. They possessed powerful wills, an unyielding fighting spirit, and indomitable backbones. Whatever they did, they strove to be the best.

To suddenly learn their race was rated so poorly was inevitably disheartening.

However, after learning from Zhou Yuanjue that racial potential was merely a reference point and not impossible to change, their fighting spirit was reignited.

For the human Martial Artists, they never feared hardship. What they feared was a dead end.

As long as there was a path forward, as long as there was a sliver of hope, they would believe in their ability to succeed.

This was the will of a human Martial Artist.

They had walked the path from weak, ordinary humans to their current state step by step, breaking through their limits to become Holy and Bright, shattering the barrier the Spirit Guardians claimed no common person could surpass, and defeating the Celestial Demons.

Time and again, they had created miracles. The "below average" rating of their race’s potential only served to fuel their fighting spirit.

During the wait for the qualifying competition to begin, none of the Martial Artists remained idle. They began using their Identity Cards to access the maximum amount of relevant Data and intelligence, learning about the True Realm, the True Land, the Sacred Lotus Path, the essentials of life structure transformation, and more.

They didn’t rest for a moment. Even Nainte was astonished by the human Martial Artists’ drive.

On another front, two days later, the temporary access Modin had promised Zhou Yuanjue was finally granted.

The moment he received the news, Zhou Yuanjue rushed to the Dream Simulation Chamber. Using a Simulation Device and the authority of his Identity Card, he connected to an independent dream network and accessed the Data database.

Zhou Yuanjue’s figure abruptly appeared in a pure white space.

The space seemed endless. Shards resembling screens of light floated everywhere, suspended in various orientations.

Zhou Yuanjue extended his will and connected with one of the shards. Instantly, the light-screen shard shrank and flew before him. Streams of mental information flowed from it, allowing him to read the contents of the Data.

Racial Limit Breakthrough Data: File #1734714

Name: Black Sphere Structure.

Source Race: Black Dwarf Race of Babaka Planet

Individual Name: Heisa Jixi Baal

Original Racial Potential Rating: Low-Grade (Estimated maximum Transformation Level of approximately fifty percent)

Effect: After using this structure, the maximum Transformation Level breaks through to sixty-five percent, surpassing the original racial limit.

Specific structural data is as follows:

...

...

The Data on the light screen recorded the life structure used by an individual who had broken their racial limit. It even included a detailed Atlas of the life structure and related information. At the end of the file, there was even an addendum containing what appeared to be a researcher’s speculation on why this structure was able to break the racial limit, provided as a reference for the reader.

’The power level of this structure is even above the Ancestral Level... Although most of it appears to be a fusion with the Sacred Lotus Structure, this also means that once I successfully simulate it, the difficulty of fusing it with my existing Sacred Lotus Structure will likely be much lower...’

’This is the advantage of my unique simulation ability. If I can use these Atlases and continuously experiment with my ability, I can start to figure out the key to breaking racial limits. For me, changing my own race’s limit shouldn’t be too difficult...’

Zhou Yuanjue muttered to himself, his eyes seeming to glow.

He turned and looked at the shards of light within the pure white database.

While not quite infinite, there were at least thousands, if not tens of thousands, of them.

With this staggering number to choose from, he could select the most suitable structures and combine them freely. Both the range of choices and the strength of the final fused structure would likely far surpass the results of using an Ancestral Level structure.

’So this is the True Land... this is the True Realm... this is the accumulation of a High-level Civilization over countless eons...’

According to Modin, this was only a fraction of the low-confidentiality Data. The more important, classified Data wasn’t even included.

’Coming to the True Realm was definitely the right choice.’

’Just this level of Data... for me, right now, it’s like I’m in heaven.’

A faint smile touched the corners of Zhou Yuanjue’s lips as a fire began to blaze in his heart.

As long as he had enough Data and intelligence to study and reference, he was confident that his race’s limit would no longer be a ceiling holding him back.

’Perhaps even three hundred percent isn’t an unattainable goal.’