Chapter 1444: Chapter 1444

1444: Chapter 1440: The Same Clan 1444: Chapter 1440: The Same Clan Professionals’ progress is like stacking building blocks.

Slowly accumulating, slowly building, and before you know it, it gets higher and higher…

when those tiny fragments become just the right components, they finally form one’s own “shape.”

How far a professional can go always depends on their accumulation.

Some things can’t be shortcut—the further you go, the more apparent the advantages of “real gold.”

A “brick”-made “Cat Statue” and a “diamond”-carved “Tiger Statue” are naturally not of the same class.

And the more types of parts you have, the more kinds of “statues” you can naturally create.

“This is the greatest advantage of the professional system, a stable and sustainable growth system…”

Big Cat, an entity from the Exotic Realm, had its own Extraordinary System, but ultimately fully integrated into the professional system, naturally because of this advantage.

Most ordinary Extraordinary Clans rely too much on their own talents, such as the octopus that Lu Ping’an had previously slaughtered, and the Energy Tribe he encountered before…

They are naturally extraordinary beings, naturally progressing on their own evolutionary path.

Lu himself had moved from “collecting building blocks” to “assembling building blocks.” Originally, his accumulation was insufficient, and he was definitely going to face a bottleneck.

But he happened to have collected some “Divine Level Building Blocks” that could serve as the core of a “statue” from the beginning.

At the same time, the Taboo Library, a base that allows for custom “parts,” was just too much of a cheat.

The only problem was the cost in points was too expensive, involving thousands of points for Rule-level elements, and with the tripling calculation that starts with each tier upgrade, acquisition of a complete eighth-tier profession could cost five to six thousand points…

“It looks like I can’t count on that.”

But at this point, Lu would only use points to forcibly break through at critical moments.

You get what you pay for, at least Lu, having acquired a “new toy,” was quite satisfied with this leap forward.

“Life and death, once again achieved balance…”

Especially when facing war, being able to test his abilities immediately.

This time, when the battlefield opened again, the forces that had just arrived at the battlefield couldn’t distinguish the situation for a moment.

A large number of the Bug Clan collided, in the sky, underground, and even in the water, the Abyssal Insect Race and the Awakened Insect Race began a brutal fratricide.

Hero Mudar and his people needed an opportunity to prove themselves.

This time, the skirmish was initiated by them.

They first intercepted the Insect Swarm trying to break through.

By the time reinforcements arrived, they had been fighting for an entire day.

Insect corpses were everywhere, on the ground, in the water, assorted bodily fluids flowing like streams.

It was difficult to distinguish individual creatures from one another as they continuously tore at and fought each other.

“…It’s overly enthusiastic.”

For most people who would feel physically uncomfortable with the scene, Lu Ping’an only saw the passing of numerous lives.

“Mudar, give me the command…”

The Heroes in the sky, having heard the message, were not shocked but delighted; for them, this might be an opportunity to be accepted by the New Kingdom.

However, if they knew that Lu Ping’an was a high-level Black Knight, their feelings might have been different… but most of the Awakened Insect Race still followed their old paths, perhaps the Intelligent Race with the lowest proportions of professionals in this world.

“You can use it to link to our grassroots commanders…”

Mudar landed heavily, then regurgitated a large amber-like sphere embedded with many beads, glimmering as if alive.

Lu Ping’an tried it out, and when his Spiritual Power sensed it, he used it as a pivot to connect with a “Child Body.”

This was the Mental Network of the past Bug Clan, a network structured with various pivot points as sub-cores.

In the past, the Insect Swarm, with this technology development, gradually reached the historical peak… They could exchange knowledge and wisdom at any time, collaborate with high tacitness, resolve disputes and misunderstandings with the voice of the mind, and mass-train juveniles quickly.

Hero Mudar, at that time a “Psychic Technician,” was an engineer proficient in using the Mental Network, his main job being nurturing juveniles, unlocking their potential and teaching according to their aptitudes.

But as they say, what raises you can also bring you down.

At some point, a “Mental Virus” appeared in the network, and the weak couldn’t resist, instantly falling into madness.

Only the most mature and potent psychological holders could resist this virus… Some Psychic Technicians developed a technology that linked the weak comprehensively through a “local network.” This was the rudiments of collective consciousness and simultaneously, the start of a nightmare.

The Mental Virus mutated repeatedly, and ultimately, once contacted, the original “temporary link” became permanent, original peace-loving transformed into cruelty, and malice… If they still couldn’t perceive this as a malicious virus created by some entity, then the survivors were too naive.

Some escaped this world, and without the source, the virus naturally weakened and lost that almost infinite variable evolutionary ability.

This was the origin of the Abyssal Insect Race and one of the sources of their greedy and brutal mind… Clearly, the original virus hadn’t completely vanished, or perhaps had permanently merged with them.

“You guys still use this?”

Lu Ping’an had some understanding of this history, and when he touched the Mental Network, he felt a bit creeped out.

“It is safe… precisely speaking, we set up countless technical barriers for safety in our time, but they were meaningless in front of ‘It.’ Now that It is gone, this technology has been repeatedly verified and is definitely safe.”

Lu Ping’an smiled slightly and didn’t continue to question.

Then why had the Mental Network only linked some grassroots commanders?

The real fear, forcing you to use it, was your own, right?

Awakened Insect Race was really penniless, perhaps even these things had been unearthed from archaeological findings.

As for Lu Ping’an today, he didn’t need to worry about corruption from such a thing, and he effortlessly completed the connection, his Spiritual Power resonating in the minds of various grassroots commanders.

“I am Lu Ping’an, and I’m now taking command, all of you are under my command.”

[Announcement: War Game begins, marking allies…]

And in this moment, Lu Ping’an’s Career Ability was activated.

Markers, which usually unfolded slowly, with the help of the Mental Network, expanded rapidly.

Looking at the various “red allies” before him, Lu Ping’an nodded in satisfaction.

At least for these foreigners, distinguishing friend from foe was crucial.

And this was also the prerequisite for Lu Ping’an’s use of his Career Ability…

this time, his ability was quite “delicate,” yet exceptionally lethal.