106: Family Rewards

Lin Chen and his Three Souls Clone easily located the spatial rift where the Beast Clan demigod squad descended.

This spatial rift had not collapsed; instead, it showed a tendency to expand, and around it were devices from the Beast Clan squad designed to stabilize the rift, indicating that this Beast Clan squad had more extensive plans.

The concept of 'Beast Clan' encompasses a vast number of races.

However, only the Human Race uses the term 'Beast Clan'; the Beast Clan themselves do not recognize this concept, referring to themselves as descendants of the Demon Clan, inheritors of the Demon bloodline, and successors to a super-large clan.

The Demon Clan, a super-large clan that existed in history, experienced an unknown change at the end of the Godfall Era and the beginning of the Hegemony Era, causing all Demon Gods to disappear and the Demon Clan bloodline to degenerate, eventually leading to the current Beast Clan.

True Demon Clan members were, like humans, naturally intelligent beings, possessing complete transcendent inheritances; any single Demon Clan member had a slight chance of becoming a god, inheriting a certain degree of the Demon Clan's destiny.

The standard for a super-large clan includes Foundation Level powerhouses surpassing main gods, over a thousand gods, a territory spanning at least tens of billions of light-years, and every clan member having a slight chance of becoming a god, marked by and favored by the clan's destiny.

The original Demon Clan was also a super-large clan like the Human Race, but it later declined, with the Beast Clan inheriting the residual destiny and degenerated bloodline of the Demon Clan.

The Beast Clan is merely a top-tier race and cannot compare to a super-large clan; without reverting to their Demon Clan ancestors, they will never be able to become a super-large clan.

The universe is vast enough to accommodate all living beings, yet also small, too small to allow for the emergence of any new super-large clans.

Currently, there are only seven super-large clans in the entire universe.

They are the Human Race, Insect Clan, Mechanical Clan, Demon Clan, Nether Clan, Yisha God Race, and Ancient Immortal Clan.

Getting back to the main topic.

Gazing at the deep spatial rift, Lin Chen and his Three Souls Clone did not act rashly; even exploring the Beast Clan world behind the rift was not something to rush at this moment.

Before exploring, some preparations needed to be made.

First, a sealing array needed to be set up to contain the rift within a certain range and prevent its further expansion, to guard against a large-scale invasion by the Beast Clan from behind the rift.

Next was to inform the nearest Federal garrison about the situation, reminding them to pay close attention to Ur Star and prepare for a localized cross-domain war with the Beast Clan.

Finally, he needed to find a safe place for his main body, ensuring no accidents befell him.

There are no absolutely safe areas in the starry sky, but relatively safe areas do exist, and the nearest Federal garrison is one such relatively safe area.

The Federal garrison is equipped with a Ascension to God army group, split equally between ground and air forces, radiating its influence over an area of several thousand light-years; in case of a major problem, they can request assistance from higher-level legions.

Under the escort of his Copy Bodys, Lin Chen arrived near the Federal garrison; he did not have the proper identification to enter the garrison and could only find a meteorite on the outskirts to serve as his temporary base and hiding spot.

All of this was naturally reported to the garrison; otherwise, the moment Lin Chen approached, he would become a priority target for the garrison's defense system, let alone being able to set up a hiding spot within its attack range.

Just as his Copy Bodys were preparing to explore the rift and before they had moved, Lin Chen's main body received a message from the Suspended Mountain Lin Family; the message was simple: a battleship carrying a large amount of supplies needed to be received by him.

As soon as Lin Chen finished reading the message, a massive battleship tore through space and descended before him.

The appearance of this battleship did not trigger a reaction from the garrison's defense system, indicating that it was a Human Race battleship and had already interfaced with the garrison's defense system, meaning it was an authorized vessel.

"Greetings, Commander, Void 2568 reporting."

While Lin Chen was still pondering, a projection appeared before him.

"You are?"

"Commander, I am the Mount Xuankong special customizable evolution-type battleship Void 2568, one of the rewards issued by the Mount Xuankong Ancestral Land to a territory-level prodigy, which is you, Commander."

As the projection spoke, Lin Chen began to understand what was happening; it turned out that this battleship and the resources it carried were rewards given to him by the Mount Xuankong Ancestral Land.

Only at the demigod rank does one truly enter the cultivation sequence.

Whether it's the Federation or a family, in-depth cultivation of prodigies begins at the demigod rank; various resources and treatments are fully implemented, providing strong logistical support to the prodigies so they have no further worries.

Before the demigod rank, it was all about having the basic ability; within the relatively safe Federation, one could freely experiment and accumulate resources to break through to the demigod rank.

Generally speaking, territory-level prodigies can break through to the demigod rank between the ages of 24 and 30, and this period is when prodigies are hot-blooded and full of adventurous spirit.

The garrison period is too free; prodigies who are left to their own devices naturally cannot stay idle, and exploring the outer star regions beyond the Federation is to be expected.

After all, garrison locations are situated on the frontier; just a few steps outward can lead one out of the Human Race Territory.

Being hot-blooded and full of adventurous spirit also means a very high possibility of accidents and a greatly increased mortality rate.

Accidents are the main theme of the starry sky; even with all life-saving trump cards maximized, some territory-level prodigies still die during this period.

To reduce the mortality rate of prodigies, at the beginning of the garrison period, the Federation will provide a significant enhancement to the life-saving abilities of territory-level prodigies, usually by allocating resources from their enrolled academies.

Territory-level prodigies with a prominent family background can also receive a wave of rewards from their own background, just like Lin Chen, whose rewards from the Mount Xuankong Ancestral Land have already arrived.

There are three types of rewards from Mount Xuankong.

The first type is the special customizable evolution-type battleship Void 2568.

Void 2568 is a nascent mechanical life form created by combining the peak technological achievements of the Human Race with various transcendent abilities; from its birth, it has only one master.

Currently, Void 2568 is merely a God Ascension First Order life form, but as long as it has sufficient cultivation resources, it possesses infinite potential and a 1% chance of becoming a god-level mechanical life form.

It serves as a means of transportation and can occasionally act as a combat unit.

A portable blessed land, reinforced by a god.

Portable blessed lands are a special product of Mount Xuankong and are standard equipment for the Lin Family's territory-level prodigies.

The entire blessed land is not very large, only about two thousand kilometers in diameter, and it is equipped with a god-tier energy source, providing an energy environment sufficient for Ninth Order Gods' daily cultivation.

Furthermore, it contains projected concepts of the sun and moon, and its time is synchronized with the external starry sky, ensuring it does not affect Lin Chen's accumulation of talent time.

However, there is nothing within the blessed land itself, only the basic environment; how it is subsequently modified is entirely up to Lin Chen.

This is merely the basic capability of the blessed land; its core capability is singular: should Lin Chen encounter an irresistible force, a situation where all his trump cards would still result in death, the blessed land will transform into a one-time teleportation device, ignoring all obstacles to transport Lin Chen back to the Mount Xuankong Ancestral Land, forcibly saving his life.

The Lin Family's unique blessed land is one of the top-tier life-saving trump cards in the entire Federation; only one can be produced every hundred years, so the inventory is not large, and very few have flowed out to the external world.

The last type is enough conventional resources for ten people to cultivate to the Ninth Order Gods; this is a standard configuration, and Mount Xuankong is certainly not lacking in resources.

"An excellent reward! I was just worrying about not having a safe hiding place, and the family's reward has arrived just in time."

Lin Chen immediately performed the recognition process for the portable blessed land; after the process was complete, Lin Chen's life became bound to the blessed land.

Should he face a certain death situation, the blessed land would take his place and transport him back to Mount Xuankong.

He refused to believe that whatever caused his certain death would dare to follow him back to Mount Xuankong.

On Mount Xuankong, there is a Human Race Foundation Level powerhouse overseeing it; that is the founder of the Suspended Mountain Lin Family and one of the founders of the Federation.

"Commander, what about me!"

"I won't forget you. This is Mirror Lin Chen; you'll follow him from now on. My main body won't leave the blessed land unless necessary. It's more suitable for you to grow by following him."

"Yes, Commander."

Lin Chen first accepted Void 2568's recognition, then granted control, evolution, and cultivation permissions to Mirror Lin Chen.

(The Copy Body will now be called Mirror Lin Chen, while the Three Souls Clone are Essence Lin Chen, Aura, and God Lin Chen, an idea taken from the comments section.)

Lin Chen took out two portions of conventional resources from the family's rewards, enough for cultivation to the Ninth Order Gods, and handed them to Mirror Lin Chen.

These two portions of resources can be used to cultivate the battleship Void 2568; after all, it's a potential Ninth Order Gods battleship-type mechanical life form, so cultivating it won't put any pressure on him.

In the early stages, it can be used as a bodyguard, so he doesn't have to use destructive technological weapons to completely annihilate enemies below God Ascension Third Order every time, leaving no spoils.

Later, if the battleship can't keep up with his growth, it can also be used as a pure means of transportation, and who knows, he might even be able to cultivate it into a god and gain a god-level combat power.

No one can predict the future, but for now, this is the arrangement; future matters will be considered and arranged by his future self, so he won't worry about them now.