Ultragenic Warlord

Chapter 1143: Describing the Worlds

The members of Team Zenith quickly made their way over after being summoned.

Sun Mengmeng asked, "Captain, did something happen for you to summon all of us?"

Fang Yi added, "Are we waging war again?"

Li Feng frowned. "Is there anyone else left in the third realm who can threaten us?"

Sun Xiaowu hazarded a bold guess. "Could we be waging war against the king of chaos himself?"

Zhang Lie waved a hand, cutting them off. "I summoned all of you not to wage war."

Sun Mengmeng frowned. "For what purpose, then?"

Zhang Lie scowled. "I'm not a battle maniac. We just had a battle of mythical proportions in the third realm—would I initiate a war again so quickly? Now, would all of you like to leave your mark in history?"

Fang Yi asked dubiously, "Aren't we famous enough already?"

They had accompanied Zhang Lie to break new ground in the various realms. They had taken the Void Throne in the first realm and slaughtered the xuluo in the second. Those two successes alone would leave a permanent mark in the annals of humanity's history.

Even centuries down the line, their successes and deeds would be spoken of among the Milky Way—though anything beyond that was hard to guarantee.

Zhang Lie clarified, "No, what I mean is, would you all like to go further and become others' research materials? You'll all be listed as contributors for instructional material for the next generation of hunters, and all researchers of the third realm."

Yang Ze's lips twitched. "That doesn't sound particularly enticing, honestly."

Sun Mengmeng chose the direct approach. "Captain, is something the matter? Tell us directly, please. There's no need to beat around the bush."

Zhang Lie sighed. "Alright. Well, this is something I'm not particularly good at. I summoned all of you here because Hong Tianqi wants us to compile some research material on the superior worlds."

Sun Mengmeng asked, "What's there to study about them?"

Zhang Lie replied, "Nothing of interest to us, of course, since we know very well what these superior worlds represent—but others don't share our wealth of knowledge. They've never encountered superior kings before, and quite a large number of hunters from the Milky Way have never been to or heard of superior worlds."

Sun Mengmeng frowned. "We're going to be leaving research material behind for the hunters of the Milky Way?"

Zhang Lie replied, "Not just for the hunters of the Milky Way, but also for humanity. After all, we can't have a future generation of hunters ascending to the third realm without realizing what superior worlds are."

Sun Xiaowu added, "If hunters ascend to the third realm and only know of superior worlds as host to particularly strong forces, that wouldn't be sufficient."

"But," Yang Ze began, "except for the king of chaos, the other superior worlds are affiliated with humanity now..."

Li Feng still seemed doubtful of the idea. "What's there to study? After all, we won't become enemies."

Zhang Lie warned, "Perhaps not now, but what about after we ascend? The draconian world has forged deep connections with humans over long years of partnership, but what about the other superior worlds?"

Fang Yi thought about the current situation for a moment. "Indeed, the superior worlds might remain allied with us for some time after we ascend, but who knows what will happen after a century or two?"

Zhang Lie continued, "Furthermore, it's true that we're currently allied with all other superior worlds than the world of primordial chaos, but the third realm won't remain static. There will certainly be more superior worlds in the future."

Everyone was growing convinced of the need to leave behind some details on the superior worlds.

While the situation was currently favorable to humans and the hunters of the Milky Way at large, that wasn't guaranteed to remain the case. Leaving some information behind could help during times of need.

The hunters stepped through the teleportation apparatus and returned to the Milky Way. Hong Tianqi had been waiting for their arrival, and the call connected to a display of him eating.

Zhang Lie suggested, "We'll call you back."

Hong Tianqi replied, "No, let's do it as is. Just speak, and I'll listen."

Zhang Lie asked, "Who wants to go first?"

Yang Ze shrugged. "Up to you."

Sun Mengmeng asked, "What should we describe?"

"Anything," Hong Tianqi replied. "The superior worlds of antiquity you've been to, for example, and what they were like."

Sun Mengmeng replied, "I'm simply not sure if it'll be of any use to you."

"Of course it will!" Hong Tianqi affirmed. "Every piece of information about the superior worlds of the third realm, of which we know almost nothing, is inordinately precious."

Sun Mengmeng nodded. "Very well. Let me describe the white world, a world perennially covered with white snow, hence its name. The world has remained permanently in an ice age, with sub-freezing temperatures on its surface. The king of the white world, the white queen, is a frost spirit—a half-ethereal being, in our terminology..."

As Sun Mengmeng began her exposition, Hong Tianqi began to take notes.

Sun Xiaowu added, "The white world was host to two other entities on the level of superior kings, likely post-disaster-grade lifeforms, one a dragon of crystalline frost and another a behemoth."

Hong Tianqi immediately asked, "After you killed those genetic lifeforms, did you find any disaster-grade cores or the equivalent?"

Sun Xiaowu shook his head. "No." However, they did consume all its flesh.

Hong Tianqi sighed. "It's a pity. Disaster- and above-grade cores can be absorbed, which would prove that post-disaster-grade lifeforms really do exist in the third realm."

The members of Team Zenith were silent. Thanks to Zhang Lie, they had discovered such lifeforms long ago, and had been farming them since. They peeped at Zhang Lie to see what he thought of revealing the information, but Zhang Lie shook his head, warning them against the idea.

Although Hong Tianqi was trustworthy, the news of monarch-grade lifeforms was incredibly overwhelming, and that information was tied to the existence of Zhang Lie's farm for genetic lifeforms, which he didn't want to expose.

That farm was the true treasure that Zhang Lie had cultivated in the third realm, which he and the members of Team Zenith would need to advance their own development as hunters. They hadn't yet obtained all their monarch gene fragments, and it was better not to reveal that secret for now.

Hong Tianqi requested, "Please continue."

Sun Xiaowu took his turn. "The behemoth was a huge titan, about the size of a battleship. It spent millennia hibernating deep within the subterranean ice..."

After Sun Xiaowu finished, Hong Tianqi continued, "Next, please."

Li Feng began his tale.