novelraw Chapter 1753 - 43: Ziwei’s Mortal Bottle
Chapter 1753 - 43: Ziwei’s Mortal Bottle
More souls?
Zhang Xiaoman found the crux of the matter. A planet with only plants won’t do; low-level plants simply cannot give rise to civilization.
According to normal evolutionary rules, the most common method to acquire souls is to wait for the planet to evolve on its own. As long as there’s water and a suitable environment for life to thrive, after countless eons, animals will be born, which will gradually create their own civilization.
But this process is extremely prolonged, and waiting for them to evolve into a civilization could take an unknown amount of time.
Currently, the Boundary Value of the Original Realm does not support him using the authority to accelerate the flow of time, so acquiring souls through such natural evolution is clearly unrealistic.
Yet he has no choice but to do so. The reason is not just his interest in "homeland construction," but also because when these souls are resurrected, there’s a slight growth in the Boundary Value of the Original Realm Space.
Although this growth is negligible, as the Master of the Original Realm, he was still keenly aware of it.
Zhang Xiaoman calmed down and observed for a while. He found that the more pure and transparent the soul, the more it elevates the space medium during its growth, such as animals, human children, and those individuals who develop strong beliefs or significant improvements within the space.
He roughly understands the reason behind this. The enhancement of soul strength is considered an increase in energy, an increase that doesn’t rely on external materials and Dark Spiritual Power, but rather a method promoted purely through information growth.
In other words, souls just need to "consume information" to "grow tall." They can convert information into energy, and the total increase in energy elevates the entire universe along with it. This is why souls can bring increases to the Boundary Value of the Original Realm.
Thus, if Zhang Xiaoman wants this world to develop rapidly, he must choose another method.
Actually, his Star Pattern Talent is a great pathway for acquiring souls.
Zhang Xiaoman’s Talent Ability is very powerful, enabling him to directly bestow Life Force onto lifeless things, turning them into living beings.
When this object is bestowed with life, it also generates its own soul.
However, this method of creating souls has a downside, as it’s not transparent enough. From the moment they are born, they regard Zhang Xiaoman as the Creator God, and this belief is unwavering. In a sense, compared to those blank souls, they lack a certain degree of malleability.
Zhang Xiaoman wants to establish a world of diverse development in the Original Realm, not a base of fanatics.
After all, this kind of fanaticism is predestined from rebirth, lacking a process of soul growth, and what enhances the Original Realm comes precisely from this process.
So, there are only two methods left: either keep collecting Dead Souls from the outside and inject them into the Original Realm, and if he can effectively master the Guiding Skill for souls, this method would undoubtedly be highly efficient.
The only downside is that he can’t just destroy worlds to gather souls, and apart from areas where large-scale death and killing occur, it’s difficult to amass such a massive number of souls elsewhere.
Therefore, just relying on collecting from other universes is far from enough; he must also focus on the internal development of his realm.
Fortunately, within the Original Realm Space, souls can also self-generate, with the most common method being the nurturing of life.
New life goes from ignorance to gradually understanding the world. During this process, the information they receive enhances their soul strength and also brings growth energy to the Original Realm Space. That’s why Zhang Xiaoman created giants like Pangu to act as his assistants, creating planets and bringing life to the world.
But this plan still requires long-term planning. After completing the initial setup, Zhang Xiaoman temporarily shifted his focus to the Plague Relics journey, which he values highly.
"What? You want my Mortal Bottle?"
On Water Blue Star, in the Advanced Training Ground of the Star Alliance, Ziwei looked at Zhang Xiaoman with a face full of surprise.
"You’re not planning to take my bottle into the Plague Relics, are you? No way, no way! My bottle is especially fragile and will break with just a touch. If you bring it into the Plague Relics, it’s so dangerous in there, it’ll definitely get broken!"
Her head shook like a rattle, and she tightly clutched a small transparent bottle in her hand, which was the object of Zhang Xiaoman’s visit, Ziwei’s Mortal Bottle.
Unlike ordinary storage rings, the Mortal Bottle can contain living things, essentially serving as a small portable space. Ziwei stored all her belongings in it, often treating it as another home. Sometimes, even without a mission to carry out, she would place the bottle on her bed in the bedroom and sneak inside.
Last time, Zhang Xiaoman, invited by Ziwei, went inside for a visit. The space inside was very large, with a sky big enough to hold an entire super-large Fog Heart. Below was an endless sea surface with an island about ten square kilometers in size, roughly a tenth the size of Rebirth Island—that was Ziwei’s little haven.