Intersellar world Shen Yu smiled and opened the door to his room. His younger sister and parents stood at the doorway with nearly identical expressions on their faces.
For them, this was simply too shocking.
Just moments ago, all three of them had simultaneously received a message from the Goddess of Hope, notifying them that they were about to receive family protection status for a Civilization Level researcher.
For a fleeting moment, they even wondered if the Goddess of Hope had been hacked!
This was as absurd as their ordinarily average child suddenly becoming a world leader!
It was simply unbelievable, almost impossible to imagine happening!
"There are some special circumstances, but it's real," intersellar world Shen Yu said with a smile. "No matter what, for now I don't need to go to the front lines. Staying behind will allow me to contribute even more to our civilization."
Intersellar world Shen Yu intentionally added the word "for now."
He already knew about the vast potential inherent in those like him—these various "Shen Yu"s.
It's possible there will be a day he heads to the battlefield again, but when that happens, it won't be to await death, but to bring death and fear to the enemy!
For now, regardless of how anxious or excited his parents and family felt, when the Floating Ship arrived on schedule in front of them, they finally accepted reality.
Their son had become a Civilization Level researcher, and the whole family would receive strict protection!
His parents were so emotional that they hugged each other.
Security was the most precious thing in this era.
Intersellar world Shen Yu used the travel time to have a one-on-one follow-up communication with the Goddess of Hope.
"I need researchers specialized in biology to study the characteristics and value of the eye worms. Also, based on the established alliance, we need to provide a certain amount of support to our allied civilization."
"Agreed." The Goddess of Hope always communicated directly, "I've already dispatched research orders to more than thirty researchers, including one Civilization Level expert. However, the level of support we provide must be determined according to the research value—you should actively seek out Doomsday Civilizations that offer even greater value for alliances."
The Goddess of Hope's defining trait was rationality.
So, since the "monster's" value wasn't yet clear, she considered the current allied civilization to be of limited value.
Within the Multi-Dimension Apocalypse Civilization Mutual Aid Association, there must be some civilizations even stronger than this one!
After a moment's silence, intersellar world Shen Yu replied, "Civilizations stronger than ours may not necessarily need our resources. The goal of the Multi-Dimensional Apocalypse Civilization Mutual Aid Association is complementarity, not one-sided support. However, I'm already actively contacting another member. That member's world possesses incredibly strong individual power, which could greatly compensate for our battlefield shortcomings."
Just like the "main" Shen Yu, intersellar world Shen Yu also temporarily concealed the existence of the Martial Arts World.
This served as a buffer for the "contacting other members" action.
Moreover, Martial Arts Extraordinary could serve a significant role in intersellar world Shen Yu's world.
The biggest problem on the current front lines is that AI robots alone can't form effective fighting power, while human warriors are too fragile and difficult to mass produce quickly, with a hard limit on numbers.
Even prosthetic modifications can only help a bit.
But if Martial Arts could be introduced and scaled up as a proven method...
Intersellar world Shen Yu was lost in thought.
But things had to progress step by step.
The Floating Ship soon arrived at a highly secured, top-spec secret research lab—currently unused, managed only by robots.
Twelve years ago, that attack involved not only the Powerful People, but some researchers were targeted as well.
The research institute had been abandoned ever since.
But with intersellar world Shen Yu's arrival, everything came alive again, and such institutes often held the highest security levels. He and his family would temporarily live here.
Soon, other researchers were gradually brought in by Floating Ship.
They did not meet intersellar world Shen Yu directly; everything was coordinated by AI.
These researchers were to follow orders and conduct their studies.
And when they learned what exactly they were researching—a certain type of creature—they each reacted with considerable amazement.
"Is this a new type of bio-weapon created by the Void Spirit?"
"Impossible! That suspected 'negative emotional signal' method would be deadly to our front line warriors. If the Void Spirit had such technology, there'd be no need to design such an easily dealt-with organism!"
"Exactly, simply replicating it in previous bio-weapons would be enough to strike a severe blow on our side."
"So where did this clearly weaponized organism come from?"
"Folks, that's not our concern. The mission is clear—we are to study its principles and assess its value for the front line war."
"Let's get started. I can't wait any longer."
"..."
This group of scientists were top-tier researchers within the Interstellar Human Civilization.
With assistive implanted chips, each excelled in their fields.
It was a perfect fusion of "knowledge" and "spirituality."
In less than half a day, they achieved research results equivalent to more than a month for Human Civilization.
And these results made everyone extremely excited!
The only Civilization Level researcher currently present personally reported the findings to the Goddess of Hope.
"This creature uses a kind of unique energy we've never discovered before! The energy has astonishing biological affinity—unbelievable—and just a thumb-sized organ can hold such a massive amount. Also, its reproductive method is extraordinary, the key lies in that energy: by extracting relevant energy from dead organisms it can almost perfectly replicate itself. If we can collect this energy and simulate its operating mode, we could make 'emotional attack' weapons, which would likely pose a fatal threat to the non-corporeal Void Spirits." The researcher's voice shook with excitement. "This will be a breakthrough achievement! A true breakthrough!"
A crucial aspect of this war is that humanity has difficulty dealing fatal blows to the Void Spirit.
The Void Spirit has no physical body—just bundles of information, sentient energy waves, information fields.
Much like the "ghosts" of legend.
But now, in these so-called "eye worms," they saw a real possibility of threatening the Void Spirit!