You're Not A Lord Of The Apocalypse Chapter 279: The Growth of Potential - Novel Cool

Chapter 279: The Growth of Potential

Chapter 279: The Growth of Potential

"Portable space has been successfully developed, but it can't be used."

Qin Muye looked at the latest experimental results. This thing had succeeded, and it could carry items. However, the problem was that once it was loaded onto a spirit creature, it would become a 6th-rank spirit creature.

At that point, it wouldn't be recruitable, so Qin Muye could only put it on hold for now.

Anyway, it had been developed, and he could load it when he reached the 6th rank.

He could also manually modify each one, but the cost was too high, considering the number involved.

"Seems like there aren't many major projects left on hand. Let me see, optimizing the Gargoyle-level armor to make it a divine artifact."

"Too expensive. I've changed it from an exoskeleton to a symbiotic form, and it has a cost. I'll need to pass this cost on later."

"Optimizing the Demon Puppet-level mech. I can spare some time to research this. As a divine artifact with such mediocre attributes, there's still room for improvement."

"Then there's the Titan-level mega-construct. Let's put this on hold. Research isn't the problem; the issue is that my territory is simply too poor to build it."

The Titan-level mega-construct included massive structures like ring worlds and Dyson Spheres, encompassing the entire territory's defense, offense, and ecosystem. The resources required were estimated to be enormous, as it wasn't just one structure. If he were to calculate it, it would be even more expensive than building a floating city.

At the very least, he would need to wait until the 6th rank before he could even consider it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be feasible, at least not at his current stage.

Even a simplified version. Oh, he could build a simplified version, but why would he? It would waste resources and have poor effects. If it were a simplified version, it wouldn't be a Titan-level mega-construct but just an ordinary defense system, which he didn't lack.

"Then there's the 6th-rank spirit creature engineering. We'll talk about this later, and it needs to be well-planned. After all, 6th-rank is the divine level."

Qin Muye knew that 6th-rank units required special recruitment resources, but he probably wouldn't need them. After all, while they were called 6th-rank, they were actually 1st-rank units that he had modified himself. So, he guessed it would only increase the recruitment cost.

He had inquired before and found out that the special recruitment resources were a certain output, which should become available later.

However, those 6th-rank lords were hiding it, so Qin Muye had to give up on that.

"Then there's the divine artifact plan. This can be done."

Qin Muye looked at the last project, which involved using his abilities to further optimize various aspects of his territory, making single-target divine artifacts have a group effect.

For example, his Titan's Sword could be loaded into the weapon system, enhancing the entire weapon system and making it unleash powerful strength, such as guaranteed hits, high damage boosts, and attack jumps.

Or the Dragon King's Power and the Angelic Alliance, making them form a halo-like effect, so that anyone in the area could receive the corresponding enhancement, changing from a single-target effect to a group effect.

"Let's choose the Demon Puppet-level mech and the divine artifact plan."

After some thought, Qin Muye decided to focus on these two projects.

The Demon Puppet-level mech was relatively easy and could yield new results within about ten days. Subsequent testing would take another ten days, so it could be resolved in about a month.

However, the divine artifact plan was a long-term project, requiring Qin Muye to gradually improve and form clusters of equipment and various facilities centered around these divine artifacts.

"There are also the 45 layers of the Abyss to be modified. Since I call it the Endless Abyss, it suggests that the Abyss can expand."

He had tried, but it seemed the Abyss was missing something, unable to expand effectively. Qin Muye felt that he wasn't feeding it the right thing, so the Abyss wasn't growing.

The Abyss was quite barren and resource-poor, like a blank shadow realm. However, it wasn't entirely empty; it had an extremely concentrated abyssal force. A 5th-rank entity entering would be eroded into an abyssal crystal, inheriting the powerful erosion of the crimson abyss.

However, Qin Muye and his spirit creatures didn't have the abyssal force and were even very compatible with it.

Qin Muye speculated that this might be because his territory's nature was ahead of the stages in the Lord Era. This led to many abilities not being unlocked yet.

After all, his territory was different from him; it was a concrete form of the Lord Era, and it was unlikely to completely break free from its stage system at this stage.

Qin Muye had gradually regained control through various improvements, especially after his territory transformed from an extradimensional floating city into the Endless Abyss. He now had a small portion of the authority in his hands.

The rank permissions, however, were not so easily extracted from the Lord Era. In his view, the territory's rank was the core of all its essential functions.

He was aware that it wasn't easy to fully take control of the territory at this stage. After all, he was only at the 5th rank, and there were still many ranks he needed to unlock.

For instance, the 6th rank might be the beginning, as there weren't many changes from the 1st to the 5th rank.

As for the native inhabitants' 6th rank, it wasn't very relevant for comparison. The Lord Era relied on upgrades, while the natives relied on cultivation. The two methods were vastly different.

They might be part of the same system, but the methods of advancement were entirely different.

"By the way, I wonder if there are any good professions in this world, like Warlocks?"

Qin Muye suddenly realized that since the server was called the Warlock Dynasty, the most powerful profession must be the Warlock.

He had limited knowledge of Warlocks but was somewhat familiar with the Great Abyss Dynasty.

Within the Great Abyss, besides the noble families, there was another major force: the Warlock Academies.

Of course, there were also cults, which were considered a variant of the academies. These cults were formed after being corrupted by the spirits of the spirit realm, using faith in these evil spirits as a means to enhance their power. They were regarded as pariahs in the Great Abyss Dynasty, existing only as small factions that couldn't grow.

But even pariahs have their ways of surviving. Despite being universally despised, they managed to endure, and many Warlocks were twisted in their thoughts and souls, joining these cults like cockroaches, impossible to eradicate.

As long as the source of their corruption remained, they would never disappear.

In contrast to the noble families, who maintained their power through bloodlines and familial ties, the academies served as an alternative pathway for advancement, preventing the noble families from monopolizing power and maintaining the vitality of the Great Abyss Dynasty.

The noble families passed down their influence through generations, relying on kinship and bloodlines.

However, the academies recruited children with sufficient Warlock potential from the common people, nurturing them from a young age and then assessing them to enter government positions.

The academies were backed by the government and the Emperor of the Great Abyss. Although there were different academies, the assessments and promotions were all overseen by the government, which also provided the resources for each academy, essentially functioning as a large-scale training institution.

Noble families, on the other hand, were not allowed to privately cultivate children from outside their family, except for those like house-born children or orphans, and even then, not on a large scale. This was a red line set by the Emperor to prevent the noble families from monopolizing power.

This created a competitive dynamic, but there was also cooperation.

For example, academies might affiliate with noble families to become their retainers, while noble families might send their own children to the academies for better advancement.

"Different Warlocks seem to belong to different professions. I'll need to choose an epic-level profession that suits me, or I can try to cultivate one myself if nothing fits," Qin Muye thought.

The Warlock profession wasn't a single category but had various subcategories, such as Soul Warlocks and Pure Yang Warlocks. It was similar to how the magic continent had professions like mages and warriors, all part of the same system that primarily used magic and mana, but with distinct differences.

In Qin Muye's view, the potential of the Warlock profession was significant. Otherwise, the server wouldn't be named after Warlocks.

Just like how the magic continent was characterized by magic, the Warlock profession was the defining feature of this world.

He also had the cultivation methods for mental energy, collected by the spirits he had dispatched into the Great Abyss Dynasty, though he had been too busy to process them.

"Once I have a large number of Warlock texts, I can start cultivating. I can create my own unique Warlock profession."

"Right now, I should focus on optimizing the Demon Puppet-level mech."

Qin Muye didn't find the existing professions appealing and wanted to create a Warlock profession that suited him directly. The first step was to create his own cultivation method.

This required a lot of data, and fortunately, the alliance conditions included Warlock texts.

(End of Chapter)

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