Chapter 12: Other Systems, Copy!
Ye Yu's mood brightened. Currently, All Things Amplification was only at ten times. He felt that to increase the multiplier, he would need to promote his System Rank.
A Rank 9 System must only be a starting point; the Ranks above were still unknown. As long as he passed this System Assessment, the All Things Amplification function would start at least at several dozen times.
However, speaking of broken rule-based System functions, Ye Yu felt that 'Plunder' had the highest ceiling. After all, being able to Plunder the System functions of others just by killing them was simply insane.
"I wonder what kind of function the person I'm fighting has... if it's too poor, it won't be any fun..."
Ye Yu muttered to himself. He had full confidence in winning this battle. Since it was a promotion assessment, the opponent was likely also a Rank 9 System. At the same Rank, how could three functions not beat your one?
...Somewhere in this realm.
"Congratulations, Star Lord, on surviving the Promotion Calamity. Your Civilization Rank has increased."
"Current Civilization Rank — level one civilization."
"Intelligent Race — Human!"
"Extraordinary Power — Magic!"
"Calamity Rating... S..."
"Comprehensive Evaluation... S+..."
"Granting a large amount of Creation Point feedback!"
The man listened to the prompt, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.
Finally, a level one civilization. It was worth the massive amount of Creation Points and system points he had spent.
[Congratulations, Host, for completing the promotion assessment. Mission accomplished!]
[Reward: 300,000 system points and three Silver Gacha chances!]
"System, use all three chances!"
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the B-Rank Talent 'Heart of Wisdom'!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the A-Rank Talent 'Magic Spring'!]
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining one Magic Crystal Mountain Range!]
Looking at the items from the three gacha pulls, Cao Mao was delighted. His luck was quite good this time, finally getting an A-Rank talent.
He then opened his System panel.
[Host: Cao Mao]
[Rank: Rank 3 Star Lord]
[Bound Planet: Demon Spirit Star]
[Talents: Extraordinary Power (A-Rank), Heart of Wisdom (B-Rank), Magic Spring (A-Rank)]
[Subordinate Civilization: Humans]
[Civilization Rank: Rank 1]
[System Function: Copy]
[system points: 300,000]
Extraordinary Power (A-Rank): A random extraordinary System is born within the civilization under the Star Lord.
Heart of Wisdom (B-Rank): The intelligence of the intelligent races within the Star Lord's civilization is enhanced.
Magic Spring (A-Rank): The world under the Star Lord possesses abundant magic power.
Seeing the effects of the new talent, Cao Mao's eyes lit up. It came just in time!
Although his first A-Rank talent had allowed his civilization to give birth to a magic System, there was no sufficient magic power within the world.
He had to constantly spend Creation Points to replenish the magic concentration of the Demon Spirit Star so his civilization's race could rapidly develop magic.
Recalling everything, Cao Mao couldn't help but sigh. Before, he was just a small Rank 1 Star Lord.
Then one day he bound with a System, and from then on, he set off on the path to success.
His System function was Copy. At first, he didn't know how to use it, but under the System's guidance, he ventured into a Star Domain where Star Lords gathered.
Originally, a weak Star Lord like him was a target for others to Plunder, but since he had no resources to begin with, the Star Lords who tried to rob him left in frustration.
Because that Star Domain had explicit rules prohibiting the killing of Star Lords, he managed to survive.
However, this was all part of his plan. One of the Star Lords who plundered him had the A-Rank talent 'Extraordinary Power'!
Although being robbed was humiliating and frustrating, for the sake of his future rise, he chose to swallow his pride. Through physical contact, he copied the other party's A-Rank talent!
That's right, this talent wasn't originally his. When the world changed, he hadn't awakened any Star Lord talent.
So for a long time, his development was mediocre. Fortunately, other Star Lords hadn't discovered the location of his home base, so he hadn't been plundered.
After obtaining the System, he used the copied talent to begin his path to prominence.
In a short period, he jumped from a Rank 1 Star Lord to a Rank 3 Star Lord, and his subordinate civilization Rank even reached Rank 1!
A level one civilization is also called a Planetary Civilization. It is a civilization Rank that can fully utilize the energy of its star reaching the planet and can control everything on the planet.
Currently, the strongest civilization Cao Mao had seen was only the Rank 2 Civilization he encountered when he visited the Star Lord gathering Star Domain!
Don't think that a Rank 2 Civilization is just slightly higher than Rank 1 and that their strength wouldn't differ much.
The gap between them is wider than the interspecies chasm between a dog and a human!
A Rank 2 Civilization is called a Stellar Civilization. Simply put, civilizations after Rank 2 break free from planetary control and can control the energy of a star, thereby controlling a star System. In other words, by controlling the energy of the sun, they can manipulate any planetary matter in the Solar System.
This gap is simply too large. If the other party wanted to wipe him out, it would be as easy as drinking water.
So even though his civilization had now evolved into a level one civilization, Cao Mao still decided to keep a low profile and not expose his location in the Universe.
There were two reasons for doing so: first, he was afraid of provoking high-level civilizations developed by other Star Lords; second, his civilization didn't yet have the capability for interstellar travel.
Not to mention the vastness of the Universe, trying to find other Star Lords was harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
"System, deploy the Magic Crystal Mountain Range on the Demon Spirit Continent."
[Ding! Magic Crystal Mountain Range has been deployed!]
Magic Crystal Mountain Range: Contains rich Magic Crystal Ore, and over time, it will generate new magic crystal veins.
Cao Mao wasn't too excited about this Magic Crystal Mountain Range. After all, having just obtained the A-Rank talent 'Magic Spring', his Demon Spirit Star no longer lacked magic power.
These magic crystals were merely the icing on the cake for the civilization's development.
"System, what should I do next?"
Cao Mao asked his System.
[Ding! Continue developing the civilization. First, let the civilization acquire Universe travel technology!]
"Does that mean I'm preparing to Plunder other Star Lords next?"
Cao Mao frowned. Wouldn't that be too aggressive?
[Ding! Correct. There is a potential enemy in this realm. If you can't kill them early on, once they react, it will fall into a stalemate!]
The System replied. The potential enemy it spoke of was naturally Ye Yu. Being a System itself, it naturally prioritized Ye Yu as the top concern.
This was a System Assessment. It didn't care how strong the host became; as long as Ye Yu was killed, it would pass the assessment and its System Rank would increase. What happened to the host afterward was none of its business; it would just drop everything and leave.
However, in the early stages, it still did its best to help its host develop. It didn't believe the opponent could develop faster than its own protégé.
In fact, this was true. The civilization under Ye Yu's command was still just a primitive civilization that had only recently entered the agricultural age, far from becoming a level one civilization.