Chapter 884: Post-Disaster-Grade

While they feasted, Yun Bing asked, "Zhang Lie, are the rumors true? Will you really build a kingdom of Limit in the third realm?"

If Zhang Lie were to do so, it would surely cause a great disturbance in the third realm, as well as in the second.

Zhang Lie contemplated Yun Bing's question for a moment. "You've already asked this, haven't you?"

Chu Feng replied, "We'd like to confirm it again."

"You can understand it that way, I suppose—but it won't take the form of a kingdom."

Building a new kingdom wasn't one of Zhang Lie's primary objectives, but rather a side effect of what he did want to accomplish—finding all the scraps of the map he had been collecting for so long.

The most straightforward way of doing so was to take down all the worlds of the third realm.

Chu Feng thought for a moment. "If that's the case, then anyone who's currently employed in the kingdom of Limit could advance to the third realm without giving up their positions… Linking the second and third realms together via the kingdom of Limit will be extremely impactful, I'm sure of it."

Those hunters of the Milky Way who wanted protection in the third realm would have to join the kingdom of Limit to do so, and they would strengthen the kingdom in the second realm in order to get a good start in the third.

All those who joined the kingdom of Limit in the second realm would be able to ascend with relative ease and limited danger—provided that they achieved something of note in the second realm, as though this were a New Game+ or some sort of roguelike game.

On the other hand, those who went against the kingdom of Limit in the second realm would be hunted down if they were to ascend to the third.

The second and third realms were no longer wholly separate or distinct entities, but rather a smaller and a larger stage for hunters of the Milky Way.

The appearance of the kingdom of Limit and its subsequent development in both realms would revolutionize the ascension of hunters.

Yun Bing asked, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Her abilities at governance and paperwork were extraordinary, and she had been employed to great effect in the second realm.

Zhang Lie didn't lack for skilled warriors, but skilled bureaucrats were a different matter entirely.

"The troops need a logistician to record the worlds that have been taken down, the number of native inhabitants residing within, and the distribution of resources from the world to the frontline."

Before this, the members of Team Zenith and the warlords hadn't focused on governing their conquered worlds at all.

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They killed the king of the realm and searched for the proof of kingship. If they were able to find it, they claimed it; otherwise, they informed the draconian sage of it, who subsequently relayed the information to Zhang Lie. The humans and the other hunters of the Milky Way would then comb through the world in search of the proof of kingship, unless Zhang Lie had other ideas.

What treasures there were in the conquered worlds were claimed by whichever hunter had a use for it, but they ignored the rest of the spoils. They were skilled at combat, but were no trained military.

The warlords, at least, had some notion of propriety and training, but the members of Team Zenith bumbled about for all that they were unreasonably skilled fighters.

Zhang Lie was also much more of a fighter than a logistician, so he had had no easy way of resolving the problem. With Yun Bing's arrival, however, things were different.

"Most of the resources should be allocated with a priority toward cultivating a post-disaster-grade lifeform. The remaining should be sent to the frontlines, though I expect they won't need many of the resources that are available."

Everyone had a storage-type soulshard of their own, and they were responsible for putting food and medicine within.

Yun Bing thought for a moment. "I disagree."

Zhang Lie blinked. "On which point, and on what grounds?"

Yun Bing replied, "As you said, the troops are able to function independently with their own storage-type soulshards, and they don't need to hunt for anything besides the king of the realm and the proof of kingship. In the past, that might have been reasonable, but now, with the Yeluo chieftain in the third realm as well, things have changed."

"Are you referring to the possibility that the Yeluo chieftain will be able to design better restoratives and healing potions in the third realm?"

"Yes, precisely. The research into post-disaster-grade lifeforms should be the top priority, but the development of better healing potions and restoratives should be a close second. These potions will immediately be helpful to frontline troops."

Zhang Lie nodded. He had never heard a single complaint about the potions that the Yeluo had produced.

Yun Bing suddenly asked, "Right, what do you mean by post-disaster-grade research?"

"I've been looking into how to make genetic lifeforms that are beyond disaster-grade in strength.

Yun Bing and Chu Feng were as stunned as Chen Fan and the draconian sage had been.

"Is that possible?"

Zhang Lie nodded. "It should be, but I haven't realized it yet. I'll have to do more testing."

Upon hearing that such a thing hadn't yet occurred in practice, Yun Bing sighed in simultaneous relief and regret.

If Zhang Lie had already developed a post-disaster-grade lifeform, that would be news that would shake the galaxy.

All life in the Milky Way relied on these gene fragments to grow stronger. Only with the existence of disaster-grade lifeforms could there be disaster gene fragments—and the same was true for post-disaster-grade lifeforms.

Once news of this discovery were to spread, the entire Milky Way would be abuzz.

The creation of limit-breaking potions had heralded the start of a new era. All the hunters of the Milky Way were studying these limit fragments, which had already been integrated into a hunter's education.

Allegedly, the world federation was intending to award Zhang Lie a medal of recognition for his services to the galaxy, and Earth would confer upon him the highest award he could receive for his scientific breakthrough.

The discovery of disaster-grade lifeforms was equally astounding, but it had led to a less pronounced impact simply because of the difficulty in finding and then hunting down such lifeforms.

Fortunately, no one had discovered the disaster-grade lifeform ensconced within the kingdom of Limit, or it would have caused a galaxy-wide hubbub.

If Zhang Lie were to succeed in his research on post-disaster-grade lifeforms, what sort of surprise would be lying in wait for the Milky Way? Zhang Lie simply couldn't imagine it.

In comparison, the construction of the kingdom of Limit would be a meaningless achievement. Only now did Yun Bing understood what Zhang Lie had once said: to others, founding the kingdom of Limit might have been an accomplishment they could brag about for the rest of their lives, but for Zhang Lie, it was simply a small part of his travels through the dimensional realm.

Yun Bing and Chu Feng glanced at Zhang Lie, their eyes gleaming. Following behind Zhang Lie was the most intelligent decision they had made—he was the one leading the entire Milky Way forward, the champion of the era, the peak existence of his generation. All the changes that had occurred in the Milky Way recently were inextricably linked to Zhang Lie in one form or another...