182: Let's discuss heroes amidst the flowing clouds!

One sentence silenced Mountain Lord.

Right now, Blue Star seemed incredibly stable.

No matter how the King-level Lifeforms fought, or how many mushrooms were thrown, it didn't seem to matter.

But if Tomb Sweeping Day truly meant everyone's combat power surged, then Blue Star would become very fragile.

Furthermore.

It also knew about the matter concerning the sun.

As the global mutation process continued.

The sun would eventually extinguish.

At that time—not only would Blue Star become fragile, but even life itself would become incredibly vulnerable.

"Ye Su, let's form an Alliance after all."

Mountain Lord finally said;

"Although Blue Star isn't large, it isn't small either."

"It can accommodate both your Great Xia and our Yao Race coexisting."

The sea of clouds flowed in the sky.

Casting a layer of gold upon the dim sunlight.

Mountain Lord was unusually candid;

"The Insect Race is nothing more than a disorganized mob. Besides having large numbers, what else is special about them? Living underground, they ultimately lack perspective. Even the timing-aware Ant King is dead; they won't amount to much."

"What about the Sea Race? They are just as mediocre, a bunch of water-brained creatures. Because their start was too smooth, they lack any real ambition. If the Merfolk King truly dared to fight, how could he still be unable to reach the third stage at this point?"

"As for the Spirit Race, they are just wood. Although their potential is huge, the extinguishing of the sun would be an existential disaster for them. If they had risen earlier, secured their own territory as a core, and sought development, I might have given them more credit for handling the impending calamity introspectively, but now... hehe."

"Look up at the entire Blue Star."

"If only your Human Race and my Yao Race consider the bigger picture, seeking both the present and the future."

"If we truly form an Alliance, perhaps we can even survive the crisis of the sun extinguishing."

As he spoke, Mountain Lord flipped a claw.

Spiritual Qi erupted.

There was a blinding light.

That's right.

In this world, the sun isn't the only thing that can emit light.

Spiritual Qi can as well.

When the sun extinguishes, Spiritual Qi will have already reached Major Achievement.

"Your Great Xia has the legend of Hou Yi shooting the suns; perhaps in the future, you can create a sun using Spiritual Qi!"

"Cooperate, allowing our two races to survive better!"

"Isn't this a broad and smooth path forward?"

Mountain Lord said sincerely.

He was speaking the truth.

Of course, it was only because Ye Su possessed sufficient combat power that he bothered to speak the truth; otherwise—who did Ye Su think he was!

Ye Su sat up.

Slightly twisting his waist, his joints cracked audibly.

Discussing heroes under the flowing clouds!

Mountain Lord's pride and confidence were displayed vividly.

Now, there was opportunity; in the future, there was crisis.

If the two races advanced hand-in-hand, it might not be a bad choice.

But—"Mountain Lord, do you know about the security dilemma?"

Ye Su said calmly.

Developing together?

That would be excellent.

Not just with the Yao Race, but if possible, even all races on Blue Star developing happily together would be fine.

But—he couldn't trust them!

It was hard enough to achieve true trust between humans, let alone with other races?

"Do you know why there are so many countries in the world?"

"It's because even dividing people based on human ethnicity isn't enough to convince everyone."

"Not to mention, I am Human, and you are Yao?"

"Don't have illusions. The peace that once existed on Blue Star wasn't negotiated; it was maintained by the threat of mushrooms."

"Therefore, cooperation itself is the most difficult thing,"

Ye Su stated.

As he spoke, Ye Su recalled his own speculation about Tomb Sweeping Day.

Damn.

If... the path to godhood had one route for every race.

Then...

Every race would have one God.

In that case.

Could it be possible that these so-called Gods could, like mushrooms, deter everyone, thus achieving a temporary illusion of peace?

It was still too difficult.

The process in between would have countless unforeseen variables.

Speculating now held little meaning.

Just wait.

Wait for the arrival of Tomb Sweeping Day.

Mountain Lord stopped talking.

What Ye Su said wasn't wrong.

After that.

He didn't pay much attention to Ye Su wandering around the Yao territory.

He himself was very busy.

The embryonic form of the Yao Race had appeared, and many matters required him to preside over the overall situation.

First was the Yao Race army.

Yes.

Mountain Lord intended to militarize the Yao Race's combat strength.

Each race had points they were good at; they would be mixed together, with King-level Lifeforms serving as main commanders.

Forming massive, integrated military corps.

In future battles, they wouldn't be scattered sand, just rushing forward while roaring 'Awoo awoo!'

This was a massive transformation.

Just this method alone could boost the Yao Race's strength significantly.

This was why Ye Su said the Yao Race was terrifying.

They had numerous populations.

Once mixed and formed into combat strength, they would have almost no weaknesses.

Those that fly, those amphibious that can fight in water.

Those that run on the ground, the fast ones, the strongly defensive ones, and the fierce melee fighters.

Even under Mountain Lord, the Yao Race was developing ranged offensive capabilities.

For example, the Porcupine Race.

They were essentially using their own quills as arrows.

If they also had large avian Yao Race members to carry them.

Heh.

Aerial long-range strike capabilities.

Besides that.

There was also the grand plan for reproduction.

This Yao Race, lacking entertainment options, was truly simple.

During the day, they trained or formed teams while roaring.

At night, they roared while reproducing.

Their little days were lively and colorful.

They had completely mastered this spring equinox.

Following this path, their numbers would increase rapidly, their corps would become more combat-ready, and their individual systems would become more proficient.

A great enemy.

They truly were a great enemy!

Of course.

Great Xia wasn't idle either.

Although the strange dream incident had been suppressed by the higher-ups.

The Research Institute wasn't foolish enough to just wait for time to pass.

They launched various projects and began seeing results.

The cultivation system for Spirit Medicine became increasingly mature.

third stage Spirit Medicine had already been cultivated, and they were currently working on cultivating fourth-stage Spirit Medicine.

With this cultivation technology, the market for the number 3 potion immediately saw a downturn.

A large number of Professionals could buy the number 3 potion at a low price and rapidly increase their cultivation by relying on consuming potions.

The Droplet Realm was becoming mainstream.

Basically, all Professionals had advanced.

The Streamline Realm would become the next pursuit for Professionals.

It was believed that once fourth-stage Spirit Medicine was cultivated, the no. 4 potion would also be released to the market.

At that time—Great Xia would see a large number of beings with a Physique reaching 100.

Industrialization.

Was Great Xia's core strategy.

Cultivating Spirit Medicine, stockpiling potions.

Setting aside innate talent, they would first use industrialization to raise everyone's level.

As for how far their innate talent could support them in reaching, that was what the Research Institute needed to concern itself with.

Besides that.

The Suhang Research Institute had another achievement drawing attention.

That was the development of Trait Potions!

This included three types of potions:

Healing Potion.

Stamina Recovery Potion (later abbreviated as Recovery Potion).

And the most technically complex, the Spiritual Power Potion!