Chapter 1278: Food Binding Technique
Chapter 1278: Food Binding Technique
2023-12-28
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
Seeing Su Yu’s sudden change in expression, everyone turned their attention to him.
“Nothing, I just suddenly remembered something from my time at the Figer Hub…”
Su Yu casually made up an excuse to brush it off, but he was already using his mental powers to ask AI Blue Whale, “Blue Whale, what’s going on?”
AI Blue Whale quickly responded, “Administrator Su Yu, this is an instance of ‘weak binding’ within the ‘civilization binding’ phenomenon. I assume you’ve been wondering how to bind to other existing civilizations, right?”
“…You’re right.”
This was indeed a question that had been on Su Yu’s mind for a while.
He often pondered the concept of “civilization binding.”
For the Blue Planet civilization, he had already made significant progress. Using the “Eternal Spring,” he created life, and once life spread across the globe, he was effectively bound to the Blue Planet civilization.
However, he was still unclear about how to bind to other civilizations.
He couldn’t exactly kill all the trillions of residents at the Figer Hub and create them anew, could he?
AI Blue Whale explained, “What just happened is one way to bind to other civilizations.
In simple terms, if the creatures of another civilization consume the food you create, they will form a certain level of ‘weak binding’ with you.
Of course, this ‘weak binding’ is extremely minimal, with almost negligible effects.
For example, the apples everyone just ate would have a negligible impact. It would take them eating your created food consistently over many years to gradually transform the ‘weak binding’ into a ‘strong binding.’
Take Xue Xiaotian as an example. If she continues to eat your created food in the future, she will slowly bind to you, eventually forming a complete binding.
If the residents of the Figer Hub continue to eat your created food, they will also form a complete binding, thereby completing your binding to the Figer Hub.”
“Oh, I see.” Su Yu said, finally understanding.
So, this was how you bind to other civilizations.
“How long does it take to achieve a complete binding?” Su Yu asked Blue Whale next. “For example, how long would it take for Xue Xiaotian to complete her binding by eating my created food?”
“About 1000 years.”
“Huh? Wait, you said ‘1000 years’?!” Su Yu’s eyes widened, thinking he might have misheard.
“‘1000 years’?! Are you serious?”
Such a long time to achieve a complete binding? Would it even be useful 1000 years from now?
“Just eating food is like that,” AI Blue Whale explained. “The binding efficiency is directly related to the strength of the practitioner. Xue Xiaotian is an eighth-stage practitioner, so binding her is naturally more difficult.
If it’s a regular creature or a third- or fourth-stage practitioner, the binding process would be much easier.”
“How long does it take to bind a regular creature?”
“Using the humans of the Blue Planet as an example, it would take about 3 to 5 months. For a third-stage human, it would take around 3 years.”
“3 years… That’s not too bad.” Su Yu let out a sigh of relief.
Three years wasn’t an excessively long time.
The majority of the lower-class residents at the Figer Hub were around the third stage. Binding them would significantly boost his strength.
AI Blue Whale continued, “There’s one more important point to emphasize—because you are particularly compatible with the ‘civilization binding’ technique, the process is much faster for you.
The times mentioned above are estimated based on your personal situation. If it were someone else, the times could vary.”
Let's take Xu Xiaotian as an example. If she were to use this cultivation method, her binding speed would likely be only one-tenth of yours.
In other words, if she wanted to use the 'Food Binding Method' to bind the third-tier residents of the Fig Hub, it would probably take her about 30 years to complete."
"I see." Su Yu nodded inwardly.
It seems he's benefiting from being a 'four-dimensional space-time being.' If he also had to spend 30 years binding the lower tiers, his strength improvement would be a distant dream.
"‘Food Binding Method’? Is that the name of this binding method?" Su Yu asked curiously.
AI Blue Whale replied, "This binding method doesn't have a name, as it was transmitted from the fourth dimension. The name 'Food Binding Method' was given by Lord Sanctus.
However, I must remind you that the 'Food Binding Method' can only be used on a large number of lower-tier residents.
As I mentioned earlier, this is just one of many binding methods. For higher-tier cultivators, there are faster methods available."
"Oh? What are those?"
"I can't explain them to you clearly right now," AI Blue Whale answered. "Once you successfully help the high-tier Blue Star humans reshape their physical forms, I'll provide a detailed explanation. At that point, you'll be able to master them quickly."
Explaining it to Su Yu now would be like trying to teach calculus to a child who has just learned multiplication. AI Blue Whale planned to wait until Su Yu had accumulated enough knowledge before delving into the details.
"Alright." Su Yu nodded, still feeling a bit unsatisfied.
At this point, he had a general understanding of the binding methods and a rough idea of how to bind other civilizations.
However, the challenge of getting the Fig Hub residents to eat the food he provided still needed more thought.
...
As Su Yu's expression continued to shift, the room remained silent.
Everyone could tell something significant had happened, but they didn't dare to disturb him.
They also hesitated to eat the apples in their hands and quietly set them down.
Finally, after a minute or so, Su Yu finished his conversation with Blue Whale and returned to normal.
"Ha ha, no worries, I was just thinking about something else." Su Yu looked around at everyone and smiled. "Let's continue our research on creating life."
Princess White Dragon, Keke, spoke up bluntly, "Big Brother Su Yu... are you really okay?"
"Really, I'm fine. Why would I lie to you?" Su Yu smiled at her. "Do you want to eat something else?"
Keke: "..."
"It's fine. The fruits we create are definitely safe. Everyone, please feel free to eat!" Su Yu emphasized.
However, no one responded.
They looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Su Yu didn't push the issue.
He continued to input materials into the 'Eternal Spring' and began the next phase of his creation experiments.
...
Over the next half hour, Su Yu attempted to create over a dozen different plants.
These included common vegetables like spinach, cabbage, and tomatoes, as well as common trees like poplars, metasequoias, and pines.
The 'Eternal Spring' also had a custom DIY function.
In the final few creation experiments, Su Yu used this feature to create several bizarre plants.
Some had deep red, fleshy leaves, others had extremely long trunks without branches, and some had large, extremely foul-smelling flowers...
While these strange plants had no practical use, they satisfied Su Yu's desire to play the role of a 'creator' and also demonstrated the limits of the custom creation function. He could explore this further in the future.
(End of Chapter)
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