Chapter 197 Cosmic Fruits and Ancient Existences

Vice President Chi Meng observed the cosmic fruits before him. These fruits varied in size, and Chi Meng could clearly sense the energy contained within each one, even perceiving the source behind the cosmic fruits.

That towering behemoth!

"These fruits vary in size. I hope they bring different gains for the Vice President," Xu Jingming said. He also greatly anticipated the Vice President reaching the Supreme Realm. After guarding the border for so many years, Xu Jingming understood very well.

If they wanted the entire human race to live better, to avoid being plundered and slaughtered by alien races, the human race itself had to be strong. And the foundation of that strength lay in the Supreme Realm. "Different fruits have their own distinctions, especially the largest one. I can sense an even denser power." Vice President Chi Meng smiled. Last time, a cosmic fruit with a diameter of 1.6 kilometers was purchased by the Yuan Chu Research Institute for 10 million merits.

"I'm offering a 10% premium. Your fruits will be priced according to their energy levels. The total price for the 50 fruits is 632 million merits. I'll transfer them to you now."

Hundreds of millions of merits seemed like a huge sum, but Vice President Chi Meng had earned astonishing merits from his repeated actions on the battlefield against the Void Gods. At many critical moments, the cosmic human race needed Vice President Chi Meng’s strength to make the final decision.

His strength was clearly a cut above the other six cosmic legends of the human race.

The Void Gods had a wider territory, more cosmic legends, and more powerful high-dimensional weapons. At the cosmic legend level, they were generally superior to the human race. However, the three strongest cosmic legends on the Void God side were only comparable to Chi Meng.

Moreover, the Void Gods were simultaneously at war with more than a dozen major races! The power they could bring to bear against the human race was limited.

Chi Meng's level of power was only deployed occasionally.

Because his intervention signified that the battle had reached a sufficiently intense stage.

"632 million merits." Xu Jingming also received notification from the Yuan Chu Research Institute that his merits had greatly increased.

"Xu Jingming," Chi Meng said, looking at Xu Jingming with a smile. "From the last cosmic fruit I obtained, I've gained quite a bit from my years of research."

"The source of power of this cosmic fruit is also Yuan Chu Star. That great existence's achievements are no less than the Dean's."

Chi Meng said, "They can be considered to be in different directions from the Dean."

"That great existence places more emphasis on the body," Chi Meng said. "The Dean, on the other hand, is more balanced."

Chi Meng looked at Xu Jingming. "If you want to break through to become a high-dimensional lifeform in the future, and you're thinking about how to construct your own 'high-dimensional lifeform,' you can consume these fruits and carefully sense their power."

"Gaining a little insight might allow you to construct a 'nascent stage' high-dimensional lifeform," Chi Meng said.

Xu Jingming understood. "I understand."

"Also, you've already reached the tenth level," Chi Meng said. "From now on, you can consume a piece of a cosmic fruit with a diameter of one kilometer every year. It will take you over a hundred years to finish one. This will greatly benefit your cultivation of the Yuan Chu Star lineage. You'll understand the specific benefits once you've tasted it."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Thank you, Vice President."

"I should be the one thanking you."

Chi Meng nodded. "Keep more of these fruits for yourself. Most tenth-level origin lifeforms would waste them. After all, only a handful in this era can become cosmic legends. Apart from me, you might be the only one with hope of becoming a high-dimensional lifeform."

Chi Meng knew how difficult it was to become a high-dimensional lifeform.

Xu Jingming also felt the Vice President's high regard.

"Alright, go. Contact me anytime if you need anything," Chi Meng said.

"I'll take my leave then." Xu Jingming immediately bid farewell and departed.

Chi Meng arrived at his own meditation room, sat down cross-legged, and with a wave of his hand, produced the largest cosmic fruit, with a diameter of 2.7 kilometers.

"This fruit has the closest connection to that great existence." Chi Meng looked at the fruit before him. Space twisted, and the 2.7-kilometer-diameter cosmic fruit seemed like the size of a peach in the distorted space.

Chi Meng opened his mouth, and the cosmic fruit flew completely into his mouth, swallowing it in one gulp.

He sat cross-legged, and his body naturally grew larger, the meditation room expanding in sync. Intense flames emerged from the surface of his skin, rising and flickering. Chi Meng's eyes began to turn golden, emitting a scorching golden light.

"Big is beautiful. A massive form naturally carries more energy." Vice President Chi Meng sensed, "That great existence is indeed remarkable in terms of lifeforms."

"This time, I can sense it even more clearly."

"My lifeform's basic units can be modified in this way." Vice President Chi Meng looked ahead. Origin power was naturally constructing the structural units of life. The new inspiration from consuming the fruit allowed him to modify them further.

This structural unit of life, clearly suspended there, naturally entered another level—a high-dimensional space—during the modification process.

This delighted Vice President Chi Meng.

"High-dimensional characteristics." Vice President Chi Meng revealed a look of joy.

Suddenly—

Deep within the peculiar building where the Dean had been in long-term seclusion, the miniature Yuan Chu Star that floated at the deepest point suddenly had a figure condense. The figure within the miniature Yuan Chu Star was thin and had cold eyes. His gaze pierced through all obstacles, looking towards Vice President Chi Meng's meditation room.

"At the headquarters of the Research Institute, there is a new high-dimensional life aura." The moment he sensed it, this consciousness carrier immediately awakened. The appearance of a strange high-dimensional life aura was a very dangerous thing. Was it an invasion by a high-dimensional alien race, or was there another reason?

"Chi Meng, have you broken through?" The figure within the miniature Yuan Chu Star asked, his voice filled with joy.

Chi Meng, who was in the meditation room, heard this and immediately said, "Dean, I've only just taken a crucial step. This life's basic unit still needs to be improved and needs to be more stable."

"You've already taken the most important step. The rest is just a matter of spending some time." The Dean was pleased. "How long do you estimate it will take to completely refine it and break through to the high-dimensional realm?"

"At least a thousand years, but definitely within ten thousand years," Chi Meng replied.

"That long?" The Dean was puzzled. "This high-dimensional life structure unit of yours is already quite good. Just refine it a little, and it should only take a few decades, right?"

"I consumed a cosmic fruit and saw another direction of Yuan Chu Star," Chi Meng explained. "So I want to create an even more powerful high-dimensional lifeform that can simultaneously bear the three types of high-dimensional power that I've mastered."

"One body to contain three high-dimensional powers?" The Dean looked at Chi Meng. His gaze could sense the cosmic fruit that Chi Meng had consumed. "So you obtained that monster's cosmic fruit."

"Monster?" Chi Meng was puzzled.

"You will soon step into the high-dimensional life stage, so it doesn't matter if I tell you." The Dean explained, "This monster is an ancient existence that died before our human race was even born. It was born in high-dimensional space and was a high-dimensional lifeform from birth. It is said that it pitied the weak and cared greatly for the low-dimensional lifeforms in the universe. However, it showed no mercy to some high-dimensional lifeforms with heinous sins. Because of this, it devoured too many high-dimensional lifeforms, attracting too many enemies. Even though its body was unimaginably powerful, it still eventually fell. I'm not too clear about the exact cause of its death. After all, our universe had only just been born at that time."

"It had a deep connection with our universe. It is said that it fled to our universe when it died," the Dean said. "After its death, some of the treasures it left behind caused some high-dimensional lifeforms to enter our universe to compete for them. The high-dimensional lifeform war was too intense, causing all the races in the entire universe to fall into a great extinction during that period."

"After the great extinction, the original races were wiped out, and new races had the soil to gradually breed and grow," the Dean said. "Without the great extinction it caused, the human race might not have appeared."

The Dean sighed, "Of course, the human race was born relatively late, and survival was also very difficult."

Chi Meng also nodded. The human race's path to rise was not easy. They were weak in the early stages, and the human race's status gradually stabilized only after the Dean and the other two broke through to the 'Eternal Realm' high-dimensional lifeform.

Even so, the rise of the Void Gods made the human race's living environment difficult again. Fortunately, the forbidden weapon was researched, and the Dean and the other two used it to greatly increase their strength, which allowed them to truly resist the pressure from the Void Gods.

Throughout the universe, the races with vast territories around the Void Gods were all very difficult to provoke—the human race and the Ice race were powerful enough.

"This cosmic fruit was discovered by Xu Jingming?" The Dean glanced over and understood the information.

"He discovered an attached universe, registered the universe coordinates, and sealed it with a high-dimensional gate." The Dean looked in a direction from afar. Knowing the exact coordinates, his gaze arrived there, observing the attached universe.

Everything in the attached universe.

The cosmic fruit trees that had their fruits picked, the thirty-six patterned stone pillars, the two high-dimensional fruit trees, the palace, and the universe spirits within the entire attached universe were all under the Dean's observation.

"This monster is indeed powerful in terms of its body." The Dean praised as he looked, able to deduce the monster's achievements in the body from a few traces.

But it was only praise. His own path was clear, and it was impossible for him to be distracted by other paths.

Chi Meng sat cross-legged. The Dean suddenly stopped talking, which made him a little confused, but he waited patiently.

"I just observed the attached universe discovered by Xu Jingming," the Dean said. "There are indeed treasures more precious than cosmic fruits in the attached universe."

"However, it is of no help to you, Chi Meng."

"After all, your path is already clear, with the three high-dimensional powers of the Yuan Chu Star lineage as its core," the Dean said. "And that monster… its essence is not only the power of Yuan Chu Star but also power from the Abyss."

"The Abyss?" Chi Meng couldn't believe it. "I didn't even notice it when I consumed the cosmic fruit."

"It devours everything, even devouring many high-dimensional lifeforms, even devouring a large amount of Yuan Chu Starfire," the Dean said. "The reason it is so skilled in the Yuan Chu Star lineage power is because it devoured too much Yuan Chu Starfire. But its true essence is devouring, a power to devour all things that originates from the Abyss."

"That is not suitable for you," the Dean said.

Chi Meng understood. "No wonder, no wonder this great existence's body could be so huge."

"Although it is not suitable for you."

The Dean was quite expectant. "But Xu Jingming has only just broken through to the tenth level. Not to mention high-dimensional power, he has not even completed his tenth-level accumulation. His path is not yet clear. He is a blank sheet of paper and can paint whatever he wants! He can completely take this path."