Honkai Beasts could go without sleep.
But any life's energy will eventually be exhausted.
Faced with [Shenhuo], a true encyclopedia in every sense of the word, even just flipping through the "knowledge" section about the authorities, if not for the assistance of [Light of Revelation], the time required would likely be measured in centuries. And that was just for flipping through, not for understanding.
More importantly.
Regarding the Herrscher authorities, this fallen civilization's understanding of them was not necessarily completely correct. It was even possible that they had never discovered certain aspects, or had walked a path completely opposite to the truth.
Knowing what it is, but not why it is so.
This was the main factor limiting Lu Xing's power.
He didn't even need to master all the authorities. If he could take even one to its absolute limit, his strength would undergo a world-shaking change, even if his stats didn't increase by a single point.
At that point.
He wouldn't even need to act personally. Just by converting this knowledge into power—whether by building starships or something else—he could easily achieve goals that would otherwise have required his full strength.
That was true "power."
"Well..."
In the pitch-black, silent deep space.
Lu Xing crossed his arms in front of his chest, striking a pose that would absolutely make his legions' jaws drop.
"It's too much to think about this now."
"If it were really that easy to learn... I wouldn't even have had the chance to 'come' here."
That's right. Lu Xing did not like studying, nor was he good at it.
That stuff...
Even if his mind, enhanced by his authorities, had reached the point of photographic memory, even if he was now in a state of carrying a "Fire-Maiden" assistant that had no ads and would never make a mistake, it could not change his opinion on "studying."
Unless he was in a situation where he would genuinely die if he didn't study, otherwise—
"Forget it."
Lu Xing gave up on the idea of looking through [Shenhuo], at least for the time being...
Wait!
Lu Xing had found a blind spot!
He was about to say that he would start reading seriously after all the matters of the Previous Era were concluded and he had some free time. But he knew that this excuse was also the one most people were best at using.
Since studying must begin at this very moment.
Then—
"Avatars."
That's right!
When they merged back into the main body.
All the experiences and insights of the avatars would also become part of the main body.
In other words.
"As long as I create enough avatars..."
It was a difficult but effective solution.
Lu Xing only faced two difficulties: overcoming "laziness" through willpower, and bearing the weakening of his mental power from "awakening" multiple consciousnesses at once.
The former was not difficult.
Even if he wasn't good at studying, the firm will he had cultivated over the past two years could overcome this difficulty to a certain extent.
The latter...
Lu Xing had conducted similar experiments before. While ensuring the stability of his own mental power, he could awaken a maximum of four concurrent consciousnesses. Considering that the Authority of Sentience was now complete and his mental power was more than twice as strong as before, splitting off eight avatars that retained his own consciousness should not be difficult for him.
"Tsk."
Lu Xing actually wanted to complain a little.
The Thousand-Person Herrscher... If the Herrscher of Domination, with its 1000 individual consciousnesses and weakened Herrscher authorities, could do this, with a learning efficiency a hundred times greater than Lu Xing's and the ability to completely hide within civilized society, what civilization could they not destroy?
"That's not just going easy on them..."
"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was letting the whole ocean loose."
The Emperor's execution ability was quite strong.
The moment he made his decision, Lu Xing directly split off eight avatars and handed over a portion of the Authority of Reason to them.
Then...
He threw them into a lunar crater to begin their great undertaking of progress.
Of course, it was better to be a master of one than a jack of all trades. Compared to the "Authority of the Void," which leaned more towards the philosophical realm and could be used easily without mastery, the field his avatars would first begin to study was naturally one of the fundamental forces: electromagnetism, which was the "Herrscher of Thunder's" authority, [Electromagnetic Command].
At least before hitting a bottleneck, it was best to figure out everything that could be figured out.
"Now."
Lu Xing shifted his gaze to the Earth and Moon.
Over 70% of the skills in his list came from Herrscher authorities—all of these skills could be improved through study.
However.
The system still left an opportunity for the illiterate.
[Analysis] for analyzing a target's attributes, [Stellar Ring] which could provide absolute defense against physical attacks, [Super Perception] for detecting long-range targets or being alert to one's surroundings, and so on. These moves did not require an understanding of their principles.
As long as he used them, they would display their greatest combat power.
And among them—
[Star-Annihilating Cannon] was the most representative move. There was no need to understand the principles of how this skill was used, nor to care why a civilization would receive a warning. As long as he could fire this move, all problems would be thoroughly solved by the elimination of the people.
However...
Unleashing the Star-Annihilating Cannon was not simple.
Corresponding to its devastating power of detonating a planet by piercing its core, the preparations required for the Star-Annihilating Cannon were actually quite extensive.
The Emperor performed a rather lengthy wind-up gesture towards the moon:
He needed to mobilize all twelve authorities simultaneously, causing the distinctly colored ribbons of light behind him to rise towards the [Divine Halo]. They would surround the [Divine Halo] like the light released from a star, then gradually condense on the halo into the shape of a crosshair—no, to be precise, a "hollow cross."
Then came the long condensation process.
With Lu Xing's energy recovery speed, accumulating enough Honkai energy to completely destroy the moon would probably require him to wait idly in outer space for two hours.
If he turned his sights to Earth...
This skill seemed to base its firing preparation on the planet's mass. With Earth's mass being over 80 times that of the moon, the preparation time to destroy Earth would be about one week.
The efficiency was not very high.
Because his main body could only stand there foolishly like a target.
If he was interrupted by something in the middle, he would have to restart, which would be very troublesome. The energy accumulated in the Divine Halo during that time could, of course, be released, but it certainly wouldn't reach the level of star annihilation.
The skill [Star-Annihilating Cannon].
Was less for destroying planets and more for actively providing a warning to a planetary civilization, or for use as a feint to relieve pressure elsewhere.
If he really wanted to annihilate a civilization.
Using [Civilization Impact] in coordination with [God Fist Pulverizer] would probably be faster. Of course, if he could truly endure the loneliness... firing the [Star-Annihilating Cannon] at the sun, it would only take a short 6,329 years to make the solar system disappear directly.
After a long while.
Having conducted a series of experiments in outer space, Lu Xing returned to his proper work, studying the matter that truly required "judgment"—
"The Flame-Chasers."
"It's been a while. Let me see... your progress."