The Sea of Quanta.
As always, it was ever-changing and impossible to predict. All kinds of projections continuously appeared and vanished, and only world bubbles could exist here with relative stability.
Nolan began searching for the sixty-sixth world bubble. Following the guidance of "Drifter of the Imaginary Sea," he chose a direction and moved forward.
Although the nature of the Sea of Quanta meant that coordinates were constantly shifting, his specialty allowed him to maintain a relatively stable connection with the world bubble he had sensed.
Thus, it did not affect him much.
In about ten minutes or so, Nolan arrived in front of this world bubble.
He entered it and briefly sensed its conditions, fortunately discovering that this world bubble contained a type of intelligent fungal lifeform.
Individually, a single fungus was far too small to possess intelligence, but when hundreds of millions of them combined, their unique properties allowed them to form a thinking life system.
There were roughly twenty billion of these special lifeforms on this world bubble. This number was actually considered small, since fungi in suitable environments could grow in unimaginable quantities.
However, once they formed intelligent life systems, the addition of cognitive functions greatly increased the energy required to sustain themselves.
If not for resource limitations, exceeding twenty billion would have been effortless.
Considering how tiny these fungi were and how easily they could harm other lifeforms, Nolan, when merging this world bubble, separated them into a designated region just like other special lifeforms.
At the moment the sixty-sixth world bubble finished merging, and the light of the "Accursed Moon" shone upon this newly added region, Nolan saw that the cultivation progress he gained per second on his status panel surged to over one hundred thousand points per second.
Based on his experience, as time passed, this number might continue to grow for a while, but after a few days it would gradually decline and stabilize at a relatively steady value.
From finding the world bubble to completing the merge only took around twenty minutes, and soon Nolan set off again to search for more.
However, this time, even after two hours, he had only just found the sixty-ninth world bubble, and the increase in intelligent life was not particularly significant.
With some time still left before noon, after merging them, Nolan quickly found the seventieth world bubble.
Entering it, he spread his spiritual power across the entire world bubble, briefly understanding its situation.
Fortunately, he discovered that this was also a complete planetary civilization. Unfortunately, due to a disaster known as "Hollows," the entire world had been reduced to a single city called "New Eridu."
With only one city remaining, it was easy to imagine that the population of this world was not large, probably only a few million.
However, because of "Hollows," most lifeforms in this world had transformed into monsters known as "Ethereals."
Even if all of the few million inhabitants cultivated the power of the Accursed Moon, they would only contribute a few million points of cultivation progress. But here, there were tens of billions of Ethereal monsters!
If all of them could be eliminated, the Adventure EXP gained would be unimaginable!
Nolan felt it was necessary to find time to explore this world bubble. Perhaps clearing out these Ethereals would be enough to push him past Level 200.
Thinking this, he felt a bit excited, and then skillfully began merging the seventieth world bubble.
In just a few minutes, the seventieth world bubble merged with the previously fused sixty-nine world bubbles.
However, this time, the fusion was no longer as calm as before. Perhaps after merging so many world bubbles, a qualitative change had finally emerged from quantitative accumulation.
Nolan watched as the golden world bubble suddenly trembled, ripples spreading out invisibly, while a massive amount of energy from the Sea of Quanta surged into it.
Something miraculous happened. Starting from the top, the world bubble slowly shed its golden color, transforming into a brilliant, semi-transparent glass-like hue.
"What's going on?" Nolan felt slightly surprised.
To prevent any accidents, he needed to enter the world bubble and check the situation. Otherwise, a single mishap could mean the extinction of hundreds of billions of intelligent lives, which would be terrifying.
Of course, since he still didn't understand what was happening, Nolan did not risk going in personally. Instead, he sent the "Lumine's Sword God" inside using spatial traversal.
Fortunately, through their shared vision, Nolan discovered that nothing unusual had occurred within the world bubble. The life inside continued as normal, seemingly unaware of anything.
However, Nolan noticed that the space inside had become more solid, and various rules had grown more rigid. Different forces seemed more harmonious, as if they were forming some kind of self-sustaining cycle.
He was still pondering what was happening.
Suddenly, a female voice came from behind him, speaking in a surprised tone:
"How did you do this? I've never seen such a phenomenon in the Sea of Quanta."
Hmm? Nolan turned around in surprise, looking at the person who had suddenly appeared nearby. After wandering the Sea of Quanta for so long, this was the first time he had encountered another living being.
It was a beautiful girl.
Her long, smooth gray hair cascaded down her back. Her eyes were a purplish-red, and her attire was rather intricate.
She wore a high-collared black single-sleeve bodysuit that clung tightly to her figure. At the center of her chest was a diamond-shaped cutout, revealing a hint of her fair, soft skin.
Over her shoulders draped a white shawl adorned with decorations resembling peacock feathers. Around her abdomen, she wore a slanted, strapless short skirt.
Behind her trailed a long skirt tail that brushed the ground, while the front hem appeared to cover only the right side, leaving a portion of the triangular bodysuit underneath exposed on the left.
Her legs were dressed asymmetrically in an unusual fashion.
Her right leg, beneath the slanted skirt, was covered by black pants, the hem slightly parted to reveal semi-transparent black stockings underneath.
Her left leg, however, was bare of pants, fully displaying a leg wrapped in semi-transparent black thigh-high stockings with garter straps, along with her snow-white thigh.
One could even glimpse part of a white triangular undergarment extending from the bodysuit.
Additionally, below the garter of the thigh-high stocking, a white bandage was tied into a cross-shaped leg ring. On her feet, she wore mid-heeled shoes that exposed the upper part of her feet.
Overall, she gave off an impression of both elegance and sensuality.
At the same time, Nolan's Golden Eyes of Judgment and the Yae Miko's affection skill had already activated, allowing him to obtain some information about the girl:
[Level: 136]
[Affection Skill Potential: Gold]
[Vita: Originating from Venus in the solar system, she was once an apostle of "Sa," a powerful lifeform of the Sea of Quanta. However, she successfully turned the tables, and with the help of her friends on Earth, seized the authority and power of "Sa."]
(End of Chapter)
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