223: Chapter 223 The Strength of a Family of Four

"Congratulations, Mom, on becoming the third Level 2 Lifeform in our family."

Jiang Haipeng also stepped forward to offer his congratulations.

After saying that,

he looked at Jiang Chen. "Dad, you must also be a Level 2 Lifeform, right?"

To be able to survive for so many years in the thunderous snowstorms of the Arctic Eskimo Ice Sheet without a scratch, he definitely had to be at least a Level 2 Lifeform; Jiang Haipeng just didn't know the specific level.

Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback when he heard "Level 2 Lifeform," because he didn't know what that was.

He asked skeptically, "To be honest, I'm not sure what a Level 2 Lifeform is. How is it classified?"

He only knew that he had indeed evolved, but he had no specific way to measure the magnitude of that evolution.

Just as Jiang Haipeng was about to explain, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi took the lead, excitedly offering to educate him first.

"I know this! Let me do it."

After Commander Jiang Qiuzhi's explanation, Jiang Chen finally understood.

It turned out that everything between the B-sequence and the Super S-sequence were all Level 1 Life Forms. People at this stage lived at least 150 years, at most 300 years, with an average of around 200 years. Another characteristic was that their strength began to become extraordinary, surpassing that of ordinary people.

As for Level 2 Lifeforms, it was more complex: first, the Fusion Pill organ would appear, followed by the expulsion of lung function, and their most basic strength was enough to split mountains with their bare hands.

"Level 3 Lifeform... no one has reached it yet; it's a conceptual level. However, based on Mr. Jiang Haipeng's daily habits, some experts speculate that the daily life of a Level 3 Lifeform might involve eating planets, which is quite terrifying."

"One bite per planet, and once they finish eating, the energy of the entire planet is completely gone. They're no ordinary gluttons. This is what you'd call an interstellar-level glutton..."

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi spoke vividly, while the complexion of Jiang Haipeng beside her gradually turned liver-colored.

"Interstellar-level glutton? Who are you insulting!"

Jiang Haipeng glared at Commander Jiang Qiuzhi. "As one of the three Level 2 Lifeforms in this family, I have an obligation to remind some people that they need to work harder."

That's right.

There are four people in this family.

Three of them were already at least Level 2 Lifeforms, and you, Commander Jiang Qiuzhi, are the commander of Sister Li, with people about to challenge you, yet you're still lingering at the peak of Level 1 Life Form.

And you dare to call me a glutton.

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi said dismissively, "We are all one family, and of course, a family should be complete. You've all become Level 2 Lifeforms; what does that mean? It means I'm not far from breaking through to Level 2 Lifeform... What's with that look? What I said is perfectly reasonable."

"Thick-skinned." Jiang Haipeng curled his lip. You really are shameless.

"Glutton." Commander Jiang Qiuzhi retorted calmly.

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight,

Jiang Chen sighed and said, "I'm telling you, you're both fifty years old; can't you be a little more mature?"

"Let me ask a question: have you two found partners yet?"

At this age, fifty was roughly equivalent to twenty in the past, and Jiang Chen began to worry about his daughter and son's lifelong affairs.

Jiang Haipeng pointed to the hundred-meter-long jade legs of a red-crowned crane in the distance and said, "Dad, I like her... You're probably quite open-minded, right?"

"I am a woman destined to become a Level 10 Lifeform, so of course, I must be paired with a man who is a Level 10 Lifeform."

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi looked proud and haughty. In her previous life, she was a woman at the top of the food chain, and of course, she had to be in this life as well.

"It's over." Jiang Chen held his forehead, knowing that the family line of the Jiangs was about to end.

Qin Xueyao comforted him gently, "It's okay, dear. We can start over... Let's train a few more this time; surely one of them will be able to play a key role for the fire of human civilization."

"We must train a few more, at least an aircraft carrier strike group." This time, Jiang Chen readily accepted.

"Speaking of aircraft carriers, Earth doesn't have them anymore; they're all aerospace carriers and warships now."

Xue Yao looked up at the sky with a smile, as if Sister Li were right there in the sky. She said proudly to Jiang Chen, "Sister Li has also been refitted into an aerospace warship. It's a large aerospace warship, and its complement has expanded fivefold compared to before... Moreover, the current commander of Sister Li is standing right in front of you!"

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi's eyes lit up. She stepped forward and said heroically, "That's right, it is I."

"...The weakest commander of a large warship!" Jiang Haipeng added.

"Oh? Commander Jiang Qiuzhi has taken over Mom's position?" Jiang Chen was a bit surprised. He asked with a smile, "Are commanders these days all that powerful? If you're not a Level 2 Lifeform, you're considered the weakest?"

"I'm at the peak of Level 1 Life Form, just a tiny bit away from Level 2. Dad, teach me how to break through immediately like Mom."

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi looked at Jiang Chen expectantly.

In her memories, in her previous life, she seemed to have been a Level 5 Lifeform from birth; therefore, she was actually not very familiar with life forms at the levels of one, two, three, or four.

Because of this, she also believed that after reaching Level 5 Lifeform, she would definitely be more powerful than Jiang Haipeng.

Jiang Chen carefully sensed the energy particles emanating from his daughter; they were very intense fire-attribute particles, Fire Qi particles.

He said, "The energy in your body is all Fire Qi particles; you need to eat Mars, and you'll naturally break through."

"No wonder she's been unable to break through..." Xue Yao explained. "Mars Base has already become one of the three major planets colonized by humanity; you can't eat it."

"Is that so?" Jiang Chen nodded. Currently, in the Solar System, the place with the most Fire Qi particles was actually Mars, followed by those drifting in the void, which had been absorbed into the Antarctic continent.

It was just that the Antarctic continent was too large, and without specialized equipment, these Fire Qi particles were extremely dispersed.

"Since that's the case, we can only capture those fire-attribute energy fragments that occasionally fly by. If you catch a larger one, you might just break through," Jiang Chen said.

The Fire Qi particles in the Solar System weren't enough, but there were definitely some that occasionally flew in from outside the Solar System.

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi said in distress, "It's hard to capture. The Solar System is too big; a single patrol takes several years or more. Heaven knows which location such energy fragments of this attribute might suddenly fly into?"

"Even if the location is confirmed, it still depends on the patrol route of the aerospace carrier." Commander Jiang Qiuzhi shook her head. Aerospace carriers had their own missions; they couldn't just fly to a certain location just for her.

"Who is the commander of the aerospace carrier now?" Jiang Chen asked.

Xue Yao replied, "It's General Wei. He's of the new generation born after the establishment of the Great Wall Scientific Research Station system. In less than fifty years, he became a peak Level 2 Lifeform; even Haipeng falls a bit short."

"It's more than just a bit short; he's clearly three rankings behind!" Commander Jiang Qiuzhi corrected!

Jiang Haipeng was ninth on the Life Ranking, and General Wei was sixth.

Jiang Haipeng retorted to Commander Jiang Qiuzhi, "What about you?"

Commander Jiang Qiuzhi said proudly, "Like Mom, I'm ranked around one hundred."

"..." Jiang Haipeng instantly found it inconvenient to scold her.

"Peak Level 2 Lifeform, huh..." Jiang Chen suddenly felt that the gap between life forms in this era didn't seem to be very large.

Originally, he thought that since Xue Yao was a Level 2 Lifeform, the commander of an aerospace carrier should at least be Level 4.

But now that he asked, it was actually just a peak Level 2 Lifeform.

Jiang Chen wasn't sure if he was Level 3 or Level 4.

But he knew that more than thirty years ago, his lungs had disappeared.

Now, he even possessed special abilities such as 'resonating with and manipulating distant Lightning Qi particles' and 'separating consciousness particles from the body.'