It was really true that whitewashing weakened one by three points, while turning dark strengthened one by ten tis.
When Klein asked that sentence, it truly startled Li Yu quite a bit.
"Princess, why do you say that?" Li Yu fell silent for a mont, but he didn't answer directly.
"Was it Horus...?" Klein similarly didn't answer Li Yu's question, but continued asking.
"Princess, since you're asking this, you must already have the answer in your heart." Li Yu continued to deflect.
That Old Scher Horus, who knew if he had left so kind of surveillance thod here? Li Yu wasn't going to out himself.
"I just want to be sure," Klein emphasized. She slowly walked over, her strapless long dress revealing her exquisite collarbones perfectly, while a faint fragrance wafted into Li Yu's nose.
Li Yu's brows twitched rapidly. Klein's transformation before and after was way too drastic. Just how did Horus comfort her?
"Princess, there are so things that aren't good for anyone to delve deeply into." Li Yu continued his deflection, simply refusing to speak.
Klein frowned slightly and stared at Li Yu. "Can I trust you?"
Why do you want to trust ? We've only t a few tis! Didn't I just scold you last ti? Why hold such a grudge?
Li Yu grumbled in his heart, but on the surface, he nodded. "Princess, of course you can trust ."
"That's good." Klein nodded, but she didn't continue speaking along those lines. It seed she really was just asking casually.
"What do you think of my previous behavior?" Klein shifted her inquiry.
The leap in topic was so large that even Li Yu couldn't quite keep up. After pondering for a mont, he said sincerely, "Filled with utmost affection and kindness, truly admirable."
Based on the experiences of many big shots from his past life who had turned to the dark side, no matter how severely they blackened, their past experiences would always be the softest spot in their hearts.
They could hack and slash at it themselves without any problems, but if soone else even slightly touched upon it, there was only one result—death!
So Li Yu would never say Klein was wrong under any circumstances.
"I want to hear the truth." Klein's tone grew slightly heavier; she clearly didn't believe Li Yu.
After turning dark, her IQ has clearly increased. I even pretended to think for so long, and she still didn't believe .
Li Yu shook his head solemnly. "Princess, you seem to have misunderstood one thing. Your act of saving people and the betrayal of those you saved have no causal relationship."
"His mistake has nothing to do with you. On the contrary, there are many innocent people who have truly received your kindness." Li Yu looked at Klein and said sincerely:
"Better to err on the side of justice and execute the wrong person than to let a guilty one go, and better to save the wrong person than to let one slip away. I can't do that, but I admire those who can."
Hearing this, Klein's expression trembled slightly, and she looked thoughtful. Besides Horus, there was almost no one around who taught her.
She wanted to hear different words, words from soone other than Horus, which was why she wanted to et Li Yu.
Klein's gaze toward Li Yu softened for a long ti. Over these fourteen days, she had gone through a complex ntal struggle and ultimately chosen a path she had never envisioned before.
But just as Li Yu thought, many of the things from the past were the softest spots in her heart. Whether it was friends or saving people, she didn't believe she was wrong. Li Yu made her firm in this belief, and even... changed so of her thoughts.
"We will arrive in the Guixing Territory soon. After that, I will make you my 'Friend,' although my 'Friends' are a bit too common nowadays," Klein mocked herself.
Klein calling them "Friends" was just her own term. In reality, the official title of the Return Star Civilization was the Talent Support and Developnt Program.
It involved recruiting individuals with potential from within their own civilization or even from other civilizations, cultivating them, providing corresponding benefits, and requiring them to shoulder corresponding responsibilities.
It wasn't just the Return Star Civilization; other civilizations had similar programs.
Not all civilization Citizens would unconditionally serve their own civilization; they also needed sufficient benefits and interests.
For a top-tier cosmic civilization like the Return Star Civilization, their Talent Support and Developnt Program was actually quite strict, requiring multiple layers of screening.
However... who asked Klein to have friends all over the world and possess a relatively high status? This led to her raising many people who took the money without doing the work.
Even though quite a few were weeded out every year, many new ones were also added annually.
"It is my honor," Li Yu didn't echo Klein's self-deprecation but said solemnly instead.
Klein stared at Li Yu, pursed her lips, and said, "You may leave."
"Goodbye, Princess." Li Yu nodded, turned his head, and left the place.
Klein watched the back of Li Yu leaving, pondering sothing. Not long after, she raised her arm and waved her hand. A Holographic Screen appeared in front of her, and a command was about to be issued.
"Eliminate all outsiders in the Lower Hold except for Li Yu's group."
She thought for a mont and modified it to, "Upon entering the Guixing Territory, find a Life Planet and drop off all outsiders except for Li Yu's group. Eliminate those among them who are guilty."
Click send.
Klein stood frozen in place, quietly lost in thought. Her eyes were slightly unfocused; she had still been pulled back a bit by soone.
On the other side, Horus raised his hand and glanced at the command on his Smart Terminal. His pupils contracted slightly. Why was it a bit different from what he had expected?
Was it because of Li Yu? Did he have such great magic?
Forget it, it wasn't a bad thing. At least it saved him so effort. It was just that this Li Yu seed to require further attention.
Li Yu opened Return Star's Interstellar Network and found this Talent Support and Developnt Program, specifically looking at the B-Tier cultivation standards.
"...Provides 100 tubes of B-grade Gene Developnt Potion annually... Nutritional Potion subsidies... living subsidies... automatic promotion to Return Star Level 3 Citizen..."
"...Equipped with a professional team for quantitative training standards. If there is hope of stepping into an A-Tier Lifeform, the civilization will fully assist after evaluation..."
"...Cannot refuse when the civilization issues a mandatory conscription. Mandatory conscriptions will not exceed ten tis a year... If there are extra missions, you can also assist and there will be rewards..."
"...If mandatory conscription is refused, you will be removed from the cultivation program... In case of death..."
There were dozens of pages in total, with quite a few clauses. Most of them were notes, warnings, and compensations.
How should he put it... After reading it, Li Yu's heart remained unruffled. After all, carrying fifty billion Star Coins, the total annual benefits added up, when converted to Star Coins, were only around five hundred million.
Equivalent to exchanging five hundred million Star Coins for ten missions, it was sowhat of a loss for a B-Tier Lifeform.
However, the most crucial thing was the A-Tier Advancent channel. The A-Tier Advancent channels of all Cosmic Civilizations were tightly controlled.
Apart from Espers, it was almost impossible for wild A-Tier Lifeforms to appear.
These large civilizations' talent support programs were practically the only channel to advance to an A-Tier Lifeform.
But the civilization review noted in the support program was extrely strict and not easy to pass, involving issues of Loyalty.
However, Li Yu wasn't too resistant to it because of a very crucial matter: his Identity.
Besides Return Star, it was difficult to find another civilization qualified to contend with the Star Glory Empire. If he wanted to obtain enough resources, Return Star was also a good channel.
In interstellar space, there were many things that couldn't be bought even with money; one had to have high-end channels.
Returning to the Lower Hold, Li Yu went straight to knock on Peyton's door. During this period, under Li Yu's instructions, Peyton had been exceptionally low-key and almost never left his room.
Plopping down on the bed, Li Yu asked, "What kind of A-Class Gene Chain should I fuse?"
"Has your Gene Chain Developnt Progress reached its limit?" Peyton was sowhat surprised.
"Not yet, it's about 40%. But the Gene Chain Developnt Progress isn't the issue. It's better to prepare early," Li Yu shook his head. The B-Tier was not a threshold for him. Without Drug Resistance, he drank Gene Developnt Potions like water.
"Hmm..." Peyton pondered for a mont. "There are many choices for an A-Class Gene Chain. Furthermore, after reaching the A-rank, unless you have a systematic Gene Chain combination, you don't need to consider compatibility issues."
"Because the rest of the foundational Gene Chains will all have to be replaced."
"All replaced?" Li Yu only had a superficial understanding of this and wasn't too clear.
Peyton nodded. "Exactly. Although the foundational Gene Chains are constantly amplifying, they still have their own limitations. If you want to continuously evolve, you must replace the foundational Gene Chains."
"Is that the reason why Dark Star kidnapped you?"
Peyton thought for a bit and explained, "Dark Star's Gene Chain combination is rather special; it's unprecedented and created by himself. Therefore, while ensuring the structure of the Gene Chain, replacing the foundational Gene Chains with higher-level ones becos quite difficult."
"Oh ho, Big Brother Dark Star is a trailblazer," Li Yu couldn't help but tease.
"Although his Gene Chain structure is quite special, it isn't overly outstanding," Peyton didn't continue discussing Dark Star, but instead said:
"You don't have a systematic Gene Chain structure, so you don't need to consider too much. As long as the Gene Chain is strong enough, it'll do."
"Is a systematic Gene Chain structure stronger than one without a system?" Li Yu pondered for a while and asked Peyton.
"Not necessarily..." Peyton entered lecture mode. "The reason for forming a systematic Gene Chain structure is to make up for the lack of strength in individual Gene Chains."
"For example, the declining Ice River Nobles. The Ice River Gene Chain combination they ford using Frost Rabbit—Ice Direwolf—Frost Hunting Lizard—Cold Fla Mountain Beast—Magic Ice Tyrannosaurus is not very strong."
"As long as a single Gene Chain is strong enough, it can smash everything, right," Li Yu looked thoughtful.
"If I get the blood of an A-Tier creature, and I an an undiscovered creature, can you concoct a Gene Chain?"
"Undiscovered?" Peyton frowned, seemingly finding it troubleso. "If it's undiscovered, I would need a massive amount of experintal data to support it before I could concoct it into a Gene Chain."
Pausing for a mont, he added, "Such research doesn't hold much value."
Li Yu faintly felt that Peyton wasn't very interested in such research because no matter how much he researched, the final result was rely concocting a Gene Chain.
Peyton hadn't finished speaking yet. "Moreover, such research requires a Laboratory, a super-large Laboratory."
Hearing the word "Laboratory," Li Yu imdiately pulled a bitter face and tested the waters, "Is fifty billion... enough?"
An inexplicable color flashed through Peyton's eyes. "To build a Laboratory of that level, fifty billion Star Coins... is far from enough."
"Say no more..." Li Yu felt his flesh twitching with pain.
"I rember that the Bio-Virus ravaging the Return Star Civilization was spread from you, right?" Peyton said pointedly.
"Fuck!" Li Yu jolted up. Seeing that he had already set up defensive asures around the room and wasn't afraid of being monitored, he breathed a sigh of relief and praised his own quick wit.
"You can't just say things like that casually in the future; you have to take responsibility."
"What I an is, do you have a solution?" Peyton's tone carried a hint of anticipation as he stared intently at Li Yu.
"I know what you an..." Li Yu knew what Peyton wanted to say. "Using the solution to demand benefits from the Return Star Civilization. I've also considered this possibility, but there just hasn't been a suitable opportunity."
"We don't have enough weight to negotiate any terms with the Return Star Civilization."
Trading a single Athyst Core to the Athyst Civilization took all of Li Yu's effort, let alone dealing with Return Star.
"You really have a solution?" Peyton suddenly lunged forward. Li Yu almost instinctively blasted him away, but fortunately managed to stop himself.
Peyton grabbed Li Yu tightly, his eyes burning with passion. "To be able to research a virus with that kind of evolutionary speed, and also research the corresponding antidote, as well as a pill that triggers Superpowers without side effects, it must be one of those top Laboratories."
"Is it the Abyss Institute? Or the Black Blood Laboratory?"
"Let go in and take a look! Let go in and take a look!"
Damn it! He was set up by this kid. He wasn't thinking about getting benefits from Return Star at all; he was just testing him!
"Calm down, calm down..." Li Yu helplessly pushed Peyton away. "I haven't even heard of the places you ntioned."
"Is it the Savior Ark?" Peyton tossed out another term.
"Huh?" Hearing this na full of plot holes, Li Yu retorted, "I'm even an Alternate Dinsion Exploration Camp."
"Alternate Dinsion Exploration Camp?" Hearing this, Peyton frowned deeply. "I've never heard of this na. Are they active in an Alternate Dinsion? They're hidden so deeply. What's their main research direction?"
"Is it the evolution of lifeforms, the controllable awakening of Superpowers, or the rise and fall and origin of the Universe?"
Li Yu was completely speechless and continued to bluff. "We mainly research Alternate Dinsion creatures. Have you ever seen a Glove that can wipe out half the creatures in the Universe with a Finger Snap? Have you ever seen a quantum creature that can control ti?"
Peyton's eyes went blank. He held it in for a long ti before finally uttering a single sentence: "Do Alternate Dinsions really exist?"
This kid actually seed to believe it. Li Yu hadn't expected this, but thinking about it carefully, the items produced by the System indeed caused a massive shock to Peyton.
So it didn't seem strange that he believed in a place like the Alternate Dinsion Camp.
He originally wanted to explain, but Li Yu suddenly thought, wasn't this a perfect opportunity? If he conned Peyton now, he could use the Alternate Dinsion Camp to make him work for him in the future.
According to his estimation, there was a high probability that he would need to obtain the flesh and blood of powerful lifeforms from the System in the future to develop Gene Chains. Having Peyton research them wouldn't even count as deceiving Peyton.
After all, Peyton was a technical talent. He couldn't just forcefully suppress him with kicks and punches; he had to make him honestly work for him without thinking about so many unrealistic things.
Imdiately, he said profoundly, "Of course Alternate Dinsions exist."
"Let go in and take a look... let go in and take a look..." Peyton fell into a fanatical state again, the desire to explore the unknown deeply engraved in his marrow.
"The Alternate Dinsion Camp is extrely strict. I only beca their product tester by chance." At this point, Li Yu's tone shifted:
"But you are the most genius person I have ever t. As long as you show your brilliance by my side, they will definitely notice you."
Looking at Li Yu, Peyton gradually cald down. Suppressing the desire in his heart, he nodded heavily and said solemnly, "I understand."
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