Of course, Aslan knew the loophole here perfectly well.
After all, the Blacklight Virus, although capable of destroying human civilization and wiping out all humanity, could in a certain sense indeed be called the Last Trial of Mankind.
The Spirit Status ability granted after becoming a Last Trial of Mankind was indeed extremely powerful.
Limitless evolution, limitless adaptation, devouring ability, extremely high immortality, and the virus's spreading capability.
As long as it wasn't killed, it would only grow stronger.
But how? These abilities were rather straightforward, and the way to defeat it was also quite simple.
Just kill it before the Blacklight virus completed its evolution.
The Last Trial of Mankind status also had many flaws. It was forcibly elevated only by Anti-Utopia and Absolute Evil.
It wasn't the Last Trial of Mankind that was strong, but Anti-Utopia, which had defeated the entire Little Garden and the gods of the West Side.
Even the Absolute Evil wasn't as powerful as imagined. If Indra weren't a god, he could have killed the Absolute Evil alone.
The problem with the Absolute Evil was that it could only be considered surpassed if killed by a human.
Otherwise, it would resurrect with full power.
Meanwhile, Anti-Utopia was truly unbeatable throughout all of Little Garden.
But in reality, even in the original work, there was a Last Trial of Mankind who wasn't a Demon Lord.
Coppelia, who obtained the complete Eternal Engine Third Movement.
She eventually became a No-Name puppet.
So, the Last Trial of Mankind status wasn't as powerful as imagined.
It was only because Anti-Utopia and Absolute Evil left such a deep impression on Little Garden.
Here, it must be mentioned that Little Garden's judgment on human status was truly strange.
First, people like poets, magicians, and sorcerers weren't considered human, but chimeras.
Yes, exactly. After Aslan arrived in Little Garden, he immediately lost his status as a human.
Then, the Chinese people. They also lost their human status in Little Garden!
To Little Garden's Central Core, Chinese people were a dragon species, descendants of dragons—so they were no longer human.
Thus, Aslan, with his dual identity as a Planeswalker and a Chinese person, immediately lost his human status.
Was he human? Was he really human?
Of course, Last Trial of Mankind · Blacklight formed from Terminus · Biohazard caused by humanity's own reasons—
That wasn't something he could kill, and Aslan didn't have the qualification to surpass it.
But he exploited a bug. Namely, Aslan surpassed the Blacklight virus before it was granted the Last Trial of Mankind status. And he also saved the world.
So now, the result was that Last Trial of Mankind · Blacklight was surpassed, yet at the same time, it wasn't surpassed.
The final outcome: Aslan obtained the Last Trial of Mankind creature card.
It was the base version of Blacklight, newly emerged, at Five-Digit level.
How high its limits would grow in the future depended on whether Aslan was willing to raise it.
For this, he was certainly willing. After all, Last Trial of Mankind was still Last Trial of Mankind—it wouldn't be too weak.
It was just his Joker card, and also the greatest gain from this journey.
The Last Trial of Mankind wasn't strong—but it all depended on who you compared it to.
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Shiroyasha, who suddenly closed her eyes, opened them again. The image reflected in her golden eyes hadn't faded.
She couldn't resist using her Two-Digit authority to check the records of Little Garden's Central Core.
After all, only Little Garden Moon Rabbit nobles and Indra's followers had the qualification to connect their ears to Little Garden's Central Core—let alone them, the supreme beings of Little Garden, the mere seventeen Two-Digits.
Although Shiroyasha was now in a pitiful state, she was still one of the Two-Digits, a supreme being of Little Garden.
She had that qualification.
After reviewing Aslan's action records, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She had been so frightened—had she really found a hero comparable to Canaria?
But this was also good enough. At least she could still protect Aslan.
Yes, as long as she didn't reclaim her Spirit Status.
"You brat, your luck really is good."
Aslan had truly earned the achievement of a savior.
"My luck has always been excellent."
Aslan said with great confidence—except when he first traveled.
It made him feel like he had messed up the dungeon order. Wasn't his first dungeon supposed to be High School of the Dead?
According to normal growth progression, which time traveler had a first dungeon as high-risk as Little Garden?
This was usually a dungeon near the end of the story.
"But you haven't forgotten our goal, right?"
As she said this, Shiroyasha looked at him, hoping Aslan hadn't forgotten about searching for possible Authorities.
Though she didn't have high hopes either. Items on the level of Authority weren't that easy to obtain.
After all, you could only get an Authority if nothing like it existed in human history or Little Garden's Central Core.
But now, after countless gods and buddhas' observations, and countless worlds being observed, it was hard to say whether anything remained unobserved by human history and Little Garden's Central Core.
It relied more on luck.
"How could I?"
Aslan shook his head and said with great confidence. Although he was slightly addicted to saving worlds, he hadn't forgotten the true purpose of his interworld journey.
Before leaving, he had specifically asked someone to collect all Umbrella Corporation's technology.
Originally, he only intended to obtain an Authority similar to the Black Death virus.
But who would have thought the virus Mother would instantly become the Last Trial of Mankind? Its Authority naturally became his.
The "Outlaw of the World" Gift granted by Little Garden's Central Core made obtaining Authorities not too difficult.
All Umbrella Corporation's technology ultimately coalesced into a single Authority of genetic editing technology.
Although Umbrella Corporation researched viruses, this didn't negate their many era-surpassing achievements in genetics.
Even many genetic diseases previously incurable could now be cured.
Now, this achievement became one of the Authorities in Aslan's hands.
Of course, Aslan obtained this Authority also due to the advantage of the "Outlaw of the World" Gift granted by Little Garden's Central Core.
After all, things like Authorities didn't mean it belonged to you just because you were the first to discover or create it—especially since this was technology created by Umbrella Corporation.
This was like a patent. Little Garden's Central Core and human history had to recognize it for it to become yours.
The difficulty of Authority authentication was clearly enormous. Far from as easy as Aslan, who could casually complete authentication.
"Here, try valuing it."
As she said this, Aslan immediately tossed this Authority to Shiroyasha. Although he suspected others could gain decent achievements from this Authority,
Its difficulty level certainly wouldn't be low.
To gain achievements from a technological Authority, you first had to widely implement this technology across multiple worlds, trigger technological change, and make the people in those worlds accept this technology.
Then, influence human history, making human history recognize that this technology benefited humanity, and continue integrating.
Although it sounded troublesome, this was the way most divine groups and large communities gained achievements.
Although troublesome, it was safe, sustainable, and achievements gained this way could be easily shared, and directly assigned to subordinates for management.