RNP Chapter 54 The Empire of Eclipse
Chapter 54 The Empire of Eclipse
The cultivation method for Death Star Vine is not complicated; you just need to keep feeding it with Life Planet.
However, this is the least efficient way to grow.
It's not that easy. For a single Death Star Vine to grow from the first to the ninth level of the cosmic level, it needs to devour thousands of life-bearing planets. At the same time, it takes time to slowly consume each planet. Although the Death Star Vine devours planets faster as it becomes stronger, it is estimated that it will take hundreds of years to grow from the first to the ninth level of the cosmic level.
"Devouring planets one by one is too slow, and it's easy to attract attention. If they investigate, my secret of possessing the Death Star Vine will be exposed," Suk pondered. "Therefore, I absolutely cannot devour them on a large scale in the early stages; I must keep it a secret."
The value and potential of the Death Star Vine are beyond imagination.
A single Star-Eating Grass larva costs 30 Chaos Units, far exceeding the wealth of an ordinary immortal god. Even the cub of the Golden Horned Beast is probably not worth that much.
The main problem is the resource-intensive cultivation process!
The weakest of the 'Hundred Vine Star-Eating Grass' became an immortal deity, which can be said to be comparable to being granted the title of Marquis and becoming immortal!
When the Golden Horned Beast grows up normally, its strength is comparable to that of an immortal who has been granted the title of Marquis.
The strongest, the 'Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass,' possesses peak King-level strength, with toughness and sharpness reaching the limit of a King-level human, and its vitality is much stronger than that of a human King-level being.
His Death Star Vine is far more precious than the Star-Eating Grass larvae that can be sold. It is extremely rare in the universe and is destined to be cultivated to the level of a World Lord. Just reaching the peak of the World Lord level will far surpass that of ordinary immortal gods.
If it becomes immortal... that would be even more terrifying, but according to the information on that ring, because the breakthrough is too difficult, it seems that there are no Death Star Vines in the universe that have grown to the point of immortality.
Other truly intelligent life forms need to achieve something in the laws to become immortal. These metallic, plant, and rock life forms generally have very low intelligence. They are more like "things" and do not have much requirement for the laws of the universe. They can evolve by relying on external factors. Once they evolve, the universe will naturally enable them to comprehend the laws of the universe that are similar to their own attributes.
Even relying solely on external material resources, the requirements are incredibly high.
"Could it be a special life form? But it doesn't seem like it," Suk muttered.
The strongest 'Thousand Vine Star-Eating Grass' can grow to immortality and be comparable to the peak of the King-Sealing Realm, but it does not have the same tenfold life gene level as the Golden Horned Beast, which is a top-tier race.
Many amazing and powerful life forms in the universe have grown into terrifying beings for various reasons, but their genetic level is not high.
Although the Death Star Vine has been recognized as a master and cannot be forcibly taken away, the other party can completely control it, which is equivalent to controlling the Death Star Vine!
Thinking of the consequences, Suk's expression turned serious.
He would rather slow down the growth of the Death Star Vine than let anyone discover it, unless he had a powerful enough background to avoid all sorts of trouble.
"That being in the darkness is incredibly generous, actually giving me such a treasure," Suk exclaimed.
The reason the one in the darkness did this was because Su Ke had successfully cultivated the first diagram at the planetary level, which is why he brought out this precious Death Star Vine for him to choose from.
He couldn't help but be even more curious about what benefits the later fourth and fifth Nirvanas would gain from it.
"The cultivation method for Death Star Vine is indeed simple, but it's still a headache for me."
"If possible, find some treasures to help the Death Star Vine grow, such as the Heart of the Stars, which would be quite suitable," Suk thought to himself.
The Heart of the Stars is a truly magical item. In the vast universe, some planets are capable of nurturing life, such as plants, wild animals, and humans. These life-bearing planets have a "life cycle." When a life-bearing planet dies of old age, there is a certain probability that a "crystal core"—the Heart of the Stars—will be born within its core, gathering all the remaining life force.
The Heart of the Star is very precious, but it is still not as valuable as the "Fruit of Life".
The Fruit of Life occasionally appears at some high-level auctions, with each one worth around 2 to 3 trillion cosmic coins.
One trillion cosmic coins equals one Hunyuan unit. One Fruit of Life is approximately equal to 2-3 Hunyuan units.
The "Heart of the Stars" is approximately equal to 0.6 Mixed Yuan Units, which is 6000 billion Cosmic Coins.
Generally, the price of a star system with hundreds of thousands of planets is between 1000 billion and one trillion cosmic coins.
The value of a single star is comparable to that of a galaxy.
One trillion Jialan coins are only roughly equivalent to 30 universe coins.
Once Suk made that calculation in his mind, he had no more thoughts.
A single penny can stump even a hero, but now it's not just a single penny.
Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice! He couldn't do anything without money.
Suk was a little embarrassed. The Heart of Stars was the most suitable evolutionary resource for the Death Star Vine, which could be perfectly absorbed and evolved by the Death Star Vine, but he couldn't afford it.
If we devour a life-bearing planet, and that planet collapses, it will attract outside attention. If we don't devour a life-bearing planet, we'll need to use treasures, but we don't have the money.
Another compromise is to stop after consuming a certain amount, ensuring the planet doesn't immediately perish. This would cause the planet to show signs of decay and its value to decrease significantly, but at least it wouldn't collapse immediately, reducing the risk of attracting outside attention... However, this would be even less efficient. Moreover, for the Death Star Vine, complete consumption, devouring only the most essential parts, is the best approach. Completely consuming a life-bearing planet is probably more efficient than consuming ten life-bearing planets that are only 50% complete.
"Forget it, why think about things that far ahead? I don't have much money on me right now. Even if I sell the statue, I'll probably only get ten trillion Jialan coins, which would be enough to buy a dozen or so inhabited planets." Suk shook his head.
Ultimately, he still lacks a powerful background and has to consider various factors. If he were an immortal god, he could openly destroy a planet without any consequences.
In reality, what they are devouring is their own planet, not human life, so it doesn't violate the bottom line of the human race.
However, what he cares about is attracting the covetousness of some beings.
"Even though the Death Star Vine is difficult for me to cultivate right now, I still need to get it to the cosmic level first," Suk decided. "I can always figure out a way later."
Suk directly searched for suitable habitable planets nearby to purchase.
Of course, it should be an uninhabited planet with life, and the more remote and far away from other planets with life, the better!
"We are now in the Zhaiyu Galaxy, 51 light-years away from the Philo Galaxy." Suk looked at the star map on the screen. "The Zhaiyu Galaxy has a diameter of 28.45 light-years, but it's still too close to Blood Spring."
Although Suk currently has two cosmic-level servants, he is not yet confident in his ability to fight against the Blood Spring Society.
"It will take about a week to leave the Zhai Yuxing system."
Suk silently did some calculations in his mind.
"Let's run it for another month."
A month later they will arrive at a distance of a million light-years.
It belongs to the territory of the "Eclipse Empire," a primitive civilization in the universe.