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Chapter 291: Eighth-Rank Citizen
Chapter 291: Eighth-Rank Citizen (Seeking Subscription)
Battlefield B0001 was the site of a clash between two pinnacle races: the Human Civilization and the Celestial Feather Clan.
While the forces deployed by both sides were not considered large-scale compared to major battlefields, the total merits earned from a single war on this battlefield were still astonishing. Even a mere tenth of it would be a substantial figure.
It would be enough to make those high and mighty Evolution Scholars work themselves to death for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years.
"Twenty-seven million merit points."
A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face as he confirmed the latest addition to his merit point balance.
This number not only met but also exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations.
To put it into perspective, when Lin Yuan unveiled the complete Martial Dao Eighth Stage, the three goddesses had awarded him only twenty-two million merit points for that achievement.
Of course, whether it was the Martial Dao Eighth Stage or the First and Second Stages...
Even if Lin Yuan uploaded them, he would still retain ownership.
The Human Civilization officials served as intermediaries, and they would eventually need to provide Lin Yuan with his share of the profits.
However, earning nearly thirty million merit points was undoubtedly a huge profit.
"This is how one makes a fortune from war," Lin Yuan thought to himself. In peaceful times, it would take an unimaginable amount of effort to accumulate such a substantial number of merit points. But now, a single war had made it possible.
Of course, Lin Yuan was well aware that even on the battlefield against foreign races, it was exceptionally rare to obtain this many merit points.
Firstly, one would have to experience a war of sufficient intensity and emerge victorious.
If the Human race had lost or drawn in this war against the Celestial Feather Clan, Lin Yuan's share of the merit points would undoubtedly be far less than twenty-seven million.
Secondly, just like Lin Yuan, one would have to receive a share directly from the total merits earned.
Lin Yuan had this privilege due to his status, but other Eighth-Rank Undefeatables did not qualify for such treatment. For the vast majority of them, earning a mere hundred or two hundred thousand merit points in this war would already be considered a remarkable achievement.
Wars of sufficient intensity often lasted for decades or even centuries. The Celestial Feather Clan had been engaging in skirmishes with Human Evolvers for over a hundred years before deciding to launch a full-scale war, realizing that the Human Civilization was too preoccupied to spare any attention to this distant border.
"Aside from the merit points, there are also those eight Ninth-Rank secret treasures and a spatial secret treasure." Lin Yuan lifted his right hand, and nine palm-sized weapons floated before him, slowly rotating and emanating a terrifying aura.
By intentionally suppressing his strength, Lin Yuan had lured out one Eighth-Rank lifeform after another from the Celestial Feather Clan, each wielding a Ninth-Rank secret treasure. From the outside, it seemed as though the Celestial Feather Clan was exceptionally foolish.
However, this was only because they were unaware of Lin Yuan's true strength.
Before Lin Yuan had broken through the battlefield, even pinnacle races would not have imagined that there could be such a formidable Eighth-Rank lifeform.
Killing Eighth-Rank Undefeatables was as easy as slaughtering chickens for him.
He possessed battle prowess that far surpassed ordinary Ninth-Rank beings.
With the attention of powerful beings from the two pinnacle races focused on this battlefield, they could not directly ascertain Lin Yuan's true strength and could only send their strong members to test him.
As for why they didn't send them all at once? Each time Lin Yuan made a move, he didn't reveal a significant advantage. Where would the logic be in putting all his cards on the table from the start?
In fact, even if they had sent all their forces at once, it wouldn't have changed the outcome. Lin Yuan's current strength, even if it was just a single clone, was an invincible existence at the Eighth-Rank.
"These nine secret treasures, on average, are worth between five hundred thousand to one million cubic universe crystals each. Together, they wouldn't be worth less than four million five hundred thousand cubic universe crystals, and at a high estimate, they could be worth up to nine million cubic universe crystals."
Lin Yuan made a rough calculation, and the smile on his face grew wider.
Having just finished his eighth traversal, Lin Yuan had been feeling distressed about spending eight million cubic universe crystals on the Taiwei Qing Crystal. But now, in no time at all, he had acquired several million or even tens of millions of cubic universe crystals in wealth.
Such a substantial amount of universe crystals would undoubtedly be considered a fortune even among Ninth-Rank powerhouses.
"I should have enough merit points now to upgrade to an Eighth-Rank Citizen."
The thought suddenly occurred to Lin Yuan.
To upgrade from a Seventh-Rank Citizen to an Eighth-Rank Citizen, one needed fifty million merit points.
Lin Yuan had earned twenty-two million merit points from uploading the Martial Dao Eighth Stage, and with his previous remaining balance, he had a total of twenty-six million merit points.
Now, with the addition of the twenty-seven million merit points he had just received, Lin Yuan's total merit points reached a staggering fifty-three million.
"Let's go ahead and upgrade to an Eighth-Rank Citizen."
Without hesitation, Lin Yuan contacted the Wisdom Goddess to upgrade his citizen rank.
Each time one's citizen rank was elevated, it had to be done under the supervision of the Wisdom Goddess, mainly to confirm that the citizen's acquisition of merit points was through legal and compliant means.
"Honored Lin Yuan Great Scholar, your citizen rank has been upgraded to Eighth-Rank," the Wisdom Goddess conveyed in a solemn and chilly tone.
"Eighth-Rank Citizen," Lin Yuan muttered, glancing at the citizen rank column, which had changed from 'Seven' to 'Eight'.
The Eighth-Rank Citizen was a qualitative change. Often, a star alliance that ruled over hundreds or even thousands of star domains would only have three or four Eighth-Rank Citizens in the same era.
In fact, many Evolution Scholars had never attained the Eighth-Rank in their citizen rank. Fifty million merit points were incredibly difficult to accumulate and required Evolution Scholars to continuously produce results that propelled the development of the Human race.
Even if one wasn't restricted to the path of evolution, with the groundwork laid by countless Evolution Scholars over the past two million years, acquiring merit points through such means had become increasingly challenging.
"The privileges of an Eighth-Rank Citizen."
As Lin Yuan upgraded to the Eighth-Rank Citizen, he received a series of 'messages' from the Central Star Domain of Human Civilization.
Aside from congratulations, these messages also introduced the benefits and privileges that came with being an Eighth-Rank Citizen.
Compared to a Seventh-Rank Citizen, the benefits and privileges of an Eighth-Rank Citizen were undoubtedly elevated to a great extent.
Firstly, there was the Eighth-Rank evolution potion, which could forcibly elevate a Seventh-Rank Evolver to the Eighth-Rank. Although their destructive power would only be at the Eighth-Rank baseline and far inferior to those who had cultivated an inner world and weathered the heart devil tribulation, it was still a significant boost.
These forcibly elevated Eighth-Rank Evolvers might not even be able to defeat some peak Seventh-Rank Evolvers.
However, at the very least, their lifespan would not be any shorter than that of a typical Eighth-Rank Evolver.
This was something the Human Civilization officials eagerly anticipated. As long as an Eighth-Rank Citizen remained alive, they had the potential to create tremendous value for the Human Civilization.
As for battle prowess? The Human Civilization had not yet declined to the point where it needed Eighth-Rank Citizens to safeguard the continuation of the race.
With so many Evolvers and Star Masters, who would need the Eighth-Rank Citizens to fight?
"Automatically become the Chief Speaker of the Northern Cold Star Alliance?"
Lin Yuan glanced at one of the privileges that came with being an Eighth-Rank Citizen.
The Northern Cold Star Alliance was the star alliance where the current Galaxy Star Domain was located. It was a newly established star alliance that encompassed one thousand three hundred and thirty-five star domains.
The Chief Speaker was the highest position within a star alliance. While they couldn't directly command the various Star Masters within the alliance, they had a significant influence on the star domains within the alliance.
They even had the authority to dismiss or reassign a Star Master based on their performance.
Currently, as the Northern Cold Star Alliance was newly formed, it had yet to appoint a Chief Speaker, making Lin Yuan the first to hold this position.
In other words, Lin Yuan was now, without a doubt, the highest-ranking member of the Northern Cold Star Alliance.
Especially in this border star alliance, where the division of star domains was still unstable, the power of the Chief Speaker was even more formidable.
The names of the legislators of the various Star Alliances were listed on the upper echelon's roster, and the Chief Speaker's name would also appear on an even higher-level list.
"Yes, conceal it," Lin Yuan nodded.
Revealing his identity as the Chief Speaker would only bring him trouble, and he could still enjoy all the privileges that came with the position while keeping it hidden.
"Can an Eighth-Rank Citizen also establish an Evolver family with the prefix 'Human'?" Lin Yuan continued browsing through the privileges of an Eighth-Rank Citizen and was surprised to find this particular right.
There were countless Evolver families in Human Civilization, and new ones were established and disappeared daily.
However, it was incredibly rare for an Evolver family to be allowed to use 'Human' as their prefix, and such families almost never perished.
Evolver families with the prefix 'Human' were protected by all of Human Civilization, and unless they committed an act of betrayal, they would coexist with the civilization.
All Evolver families aspired to have 'Human' as their prefix, as it was an unparalleled honor.
"I never expected that becoming an Eighth-Rank Citizen would grant me this qualification," Lin Yuan marveled. Many of the privileges of high-ranking citizens like himself were classified and kept secret.
One would not know about these privileges unless they reached that level.
"A family with the 'Human' prefix..." Lin Yuan's thoughts wandered.
For example, if he were to establish an Evolver family now, it could be called the 'Human Lin Family.'
Members of an Evolver family with the 'Human' prefix would receive favor and preferential treatment from the three goddesses to a certain extent.
"What other privileges are there?" Lin Yuan calmed his mind and continued reading.
Many of the privileges of an Eighth-Rank Citizen were enhanced versions of those of a Seventh-Rank Citizen. For example, a Seventh-Rank Citizen was entitled to a guard team composed of Seventh-Rank Evolvers, while an Eighth-Rank Citizen would have a guard team made up of Eighth-Rank Evolvers.
However, this particular privilege didn't hold much significance for Lin Yuan.
A guard team of Eighth-Rank Evolvers? With Lin Yuan's current strength, he could easily kill even the most formidable Eighth-Rank Undefeatables, let alone ordinary Eighth-Rank Evolvers.
In the virtual world, within a mysterious space, the majestic figures of five Paramount Lifeforms appeared—Summer Supreme, Guli Supreme, Feather Supreme, and two others. They sat atop grand seats, their presence filling the area.
"Hehehe, those fools from the Celestial Feather Clan actually thought they could take advantage of the situation to strike at our Human race," Summer Supreme scoffed.
Both Human Civilization and the Celestial Feather Clan were pinnacle races, and their Paramount Lifeforms and ancestors had clashed numerous times. Summer Supreme held nothing but disdain for the ancestors of the Celestial Feather Clan.
Those bird-people never dared to engage him in direct combat and always relied on the 'authority' granted by their unique evolutionary path to fight from a distance.
"The Celestial Feather Clan has indeed suffered a loss this time," Feather Supreme said with a light smile.
Everything that had transpired on Battlefield B0001 was witnessed by them, and they even speculated whether the ancestors of the Celestial Feather Clan would be so enraged that they would disregard the consequences and enter the battlefield themselves.
Lin Yuan had intentionally shown weakness to lure out the geniuses of the Celestial Feather Clan, causing them to take the initiative to send themselves to their deaths, even if they were just clones. The Celestial Feather Clan had lost face in this battle.
Especially for Paramount Lifeforms, who looked down on the universe and were invincible, very few things mattered to them, but their reputation was definitely one of them.
It was humiliating for the juniors of their clan to be slaughtered by a human junior.
"However, speaking of which, that little guy, the Galaxy Star Master, is indeed unreasonably strong. Aside from those extremely rare or even unique special lives, can our Human Civilization's evolvers also achieve the level of an Eighth-Rank suppressing a Ninth-Rank?" Guli Supreme couldn't help but ask.
Even though he was a Paramount Lifeform, he had to admit that when he was at the Eighth-Rank, his battle prowess was far inferior to Lin Yuan's current strength.
"Let me see," Summer Supreme said as he looked forward, and scenes of Lin Yuan's battles on the battlefield appeared before him.
"He has comprehended the complete spatial rules and has completed half the process of fusing the rules. However, the power of the fused rules is indeed excessively strong," Summer Supreme nodded slightly.
Even though he knew that Lin Yuan had comprehended three higher cosmic powers and the complete spatial rules, and that the fusion of the two would undoubtedly result in formidable might, this was still beyond his expectations.
"Perhaps it's because of the unique evolutionary path that this youngster has forged?" Feather Supreme suggested with a smile: "But the stronger he is, the better it is for our Human Civilization. With such a genius, our race will only become stronger in the future."
"That's true," Summer Supreme and Guli Supreme nodded in agreement.
Only by having such exceptional individuals could Human Civilization continue to prosper forever.
"By the way, if I recall correctly, that cosmic secret realm should be opening soon, right?" Feather Supreme suddenly changed the topic.
"That cosmic secret realm..." Summer Supreme's eyebrows furrowed.
Cosmic secret realms were small worlds that existed within the main world.
They were originally hidden deep within layers of space, but due to certain reasons, they established a connection with the main space layer.
The Black Abyss Clan, which was part of the Bug Tribe Alliance, was a native race of the Black Abyss Secret Realm.
The space layer where the Black Abyss Secret Realm was located had formed a passage to the main space layer, and the Bug Tribe's Paramount Lifeforms had joined forces to drag the Black Abyss Secret Realm into the main space layer forcefully.
That was how the Black Abyss Clan had come to be.
"The last time that cosmic secret realm opened was twenty thousand years ago, if I recall correctly. Our Human Civilization suffered quite a loss back then," Guli Supreme said.
"But we also gained a lot," Feather Supreme replied.
Galaxy Main Planet.
Lin Yuan was currently focusing all his efforts on comprehending the 'Chaos Crystal.'
This treasure, which the owner of Demon Jade Tower had obtained by chance, provided significant guidance to Lin Yuan in his pursuit of fusing the rules.
Although the Chaos Crystal didn't contain specific 'demonstrations' of fusing spatial rules with the Taiji Rules and various cosmic powers, it offered valuable insights.
Watching the fusion of other rules, especially the fusion between basic rules and pillar rules, stirred something within Lin Yuan.
One could apply the principles to many other situations.
"Once the spatial rules and Taiji Rules, as well as numerous cosmic powers, are completely fused, there will definitely be a great transformation. At that time, the might of the fused power will far surpass what it is now, with only half the fusion completed," Lin Yuan thought as he continued his attempts at fusing the rules.
After surpassing the halfway mark in the fusion process, Lin Yuan noticed that it was becoming increasingly challenging.
However, with his heaven-defying comprehension talent, along with the 'Chaos Crystal' and occasional references to the 'Emptiness Interpretation', Lin Yuan's fusion speed remained unmatched by ordinary Eighth-Rank Peak Evolvers.
One day...
As Lin Yuan was continuously experimenting with fusing the rules...
Suddenly...
Lin Yuan opened his eyes.
"The teacher is looking for me?"
After some thought, Lin Yuan separated a strand of his consciousness and connected it to the virtual world to meet with Chi Qiu Star Master.
(End of Chapter)
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