"By that same logic, the more times you absorb the Evolutionary Material of the same race, the less effective it becomes. Of course, the effect is also related to the evolutionary level of the target and the strength of their race.

"For example, even within the Crystal Race, absorbing the Evolutionary Material of a Sun God-level expert will be far more effective than absorbing that of Star God or Moon God-level experts.

"Absorbing the Evolutionary Material of a major cosmic race, like a divine spirit of the Witch Race, will also be far more effective than that of other Weak Races."

By the time Mu Wang finished, Su Ze had a basic understanding of the Human Race’s value.

The Blue Star Human Race had rarely, if ever, appeared in the universe. This meant the divine spirits of other Intelligent Races had never absorbed the Origin Genes of human divine spirits, making them a completely untapped market.

Every divine spirit from every Intelligent Race in the universe would gain a significant boost the first time they absorbed the Evolutionary Material of a human divine spirit.

As long as the Nian Race could cultivate a large number of human divine spirits, it would be a massive windfall—whether they kept them for their own divine spirits to pillage and absorb, thereby raising their collective strength, or sold them to other Intelligent Races.

By keeping Blue Star under their control, they effectively monopolized the "supply." Once Blue Star’s overall evolutionary level rose and god-level experts became more common, they could satisfy the needs of their own race first, then sell the human experts to other races for a profit.

Su Ze suddenly felt a pang of pity for the legendary Lin Hua. ’Was he really okay, a lone human who had recklessly ventured into the universe?’

’Has he been captured and farmed like livestock?’

’Or did he manage to become a god, only to be pillaged and absorbed?’

At the same time, he finally understood the actions of the Thought Race Divine Spirits.

’No wonder... The Nian Race doesn’t want to destroy or rule Blue Star. They want it to flourish and continuously produce god-level experts!’

’If that’s the case, why not help humanity eradicate the threat of the alien beasts?’

Su Ze didn’t have to ask Mu Wang this question; he figured it out on his own. ’Without pressure, where’s the motivation to move forward?’

If not for the threat of the alien beasts, without that evolutionary war that threatened their very existence, the evolutionary development of the Blue Star humans would never have been so rapid. It would have been impossible for so many experts to emerge in just a thousand years.

’Could it be... The Alien Party is deliberately leaving that New King Sponge alive to pressure humanity, to force a god-level expert to emerge from the Blue Star Human Race?’

’Or perhaps...’

Su Ze had another theory. To test it, he asked Mu Wang, "How do you become a god with Pillage Evolution?"

"With Pillage Evolution, becoming a god naturally requires pillaging," Mu Wang replied. "Just like before, you absorb the Evolutionary Material of a higher-level lifeform to use as a ’ladder’ to reach the god level."

"So, you need to absorb the extract from a god-level lifeform to become a god."

’So that’s how it is...’ Su Ze understood now. If the Nian Race wanted to cultivate a god-level expert from the Blue Star Human Race as quickly as possible, then of course, a god-level alien beast had to appear first.

Only by hunting a god-level alien beast and obtaining its tier-seven extract could a legendary expert ascend to the god level.

That was why they had allowed that Sponge Beast to become a god.

"’Extracts’ are something you Blue Star people came up with. It’s actually just Evolutionary Material extracted into liquid form. In the universe, it’s simply called ’Evolution Liquid.’ If the Evolutionary Material is in crystalline form, it’s called an ’Evolution Crystal,’" Mu Wang said. "But there is another way to become a god, one that doesn’t require absorbing a god-level extract. It’s just harder, more time-consuming, and has a lower success rate."

"What is it?" Su Ze asked hurriedly.

"Well... can you give me the Spirit-Eroding Fruit first?" Mu Wang tried to bargain.

"Answer my questions first. I’ll give it to you when you’re done."

Mu Wang fell silent for a few seconds before continuing, "The other method is reserved for true geniuses. The whole point of absorbing god-level Evolutionary Material is to obtain a divine skill to use as a ladder to the god level. But if you can master a divine skill on your own, without an extract, you can of course become a god directly."

"How can you get a divine skill without absorbing an extract?" Su Ze asked, puzzled.

Mu Wang replied, "At the Extraordinary and Saint levels—basically, from a Mortal-level Life all the way until just before godhood—the evolution of an intelligent lifeform is a process of ’addition.’ You constantly absorb Evolutionary Material, gain new skills, and strengthen them.

"But after becoming a god-level expert, evolving to an even higher state of being requires ’subtraction.’ You must continuously fuse your skills, reducing their number while increasing their power, tier, and quality.

"To get a divine skill without an extract, you primarily rely on ’skill fusion.’ If you can merge multiple tier-six skills, you might just create a divine skill."

"I see."

It sounded simple, but Su Ze knew it must be incredibly difficult. He, for one, had no idea where to even start.

In other words, before a tier-seven, god-level alien beast appeared on Blue Star, legendary experts of the past, like the legendary Lin Hua, could only have reached the god level through this method.

’The problem was, even if a tier-seven alien beast *had* appeared, those legendary experts wouldn’t have been able to defeat it!’

It was no wonder that even someone as astonishingly talented as the legendary Lin Hua had given up and ventured into the universe to seek his chance at godhood.

And if the Nian Race wanted to cultivate human divine spirits, using god-level extracts would certainly be the faster, more efficient method.

"Then if a tier-seven alien beast is born on Blue Star, how will you Thought Race Divine Spirits on the planet deal with it?" Su Ze asked.