Since the third phase neared completion, the star ring in the sky has taken on a new appearance.
The once sharply defined metal ring is now covered with a layer of blood flesh, and compared to the original metal ring, the star ring has become significantly more robust.
Layer upon layer of blood flesh piled up, constructing many flesh chambers outside the original metal framework suitable for normal living and production.
To withstand the space environment, the outermost layer has grown a hard shell over the flesh, making the entire star ring resemble a giant scaly serpent encircling the planet.
As a particularly special phase, although the Fungus Blanket on the ground is still undergoing the final construction of the third phase, the star ring part has long been completed, beginning the fourth phase of construction.
Of course, this is not acknowledged by the panel, but the Mechanical Brain Worms directly built it following the blueprints, adding numerous giant artillery pieces to the surface of the giant serpent.
These giant cannons condense the research achievements of the time on the instance’s Mechanical Brain Worms, blending the peak of both technological and magical technical pathways within the territory.
Simplified rune structures were added to the original tech side’s framework, combining the advantages of both, preserving the original overwhelming power of the giant cannons while also adding various special effects of the Magic Side.
One shot is enough to damage an ordinary Seventh Rank, and with focused fire, it could even severely wound or instantly kill a Seventh Rank transcendent of the starry sky!
In contrast to the star ring’s progress, the ground appears to proceed much more slowly.
The third phase of the mother nest requires the ground’s Fungus Blanket to expand underground until it completely penetrates the earth’s crust.
This is not a small project and cannot be accelerated merely by Bai Yi’s desire to do so.
Though the underground work cannot be hastened, Bai Yi can act freely above ground, and the construction of the mother nest is not limited to underground.
While the original surface wasn’t directly covered by the Fungus Blanket, Bai Yi also didn’t intend to let it go. The research of plant avatars during this time has already transformed most of this planet’s native plants into Fungus Blanket-like structures.
Though they still appear as original plants, in essence, they have become a part of the Fungus Blanket, with the underlying roots connected to it, in a way manifesting the mother nest on the surface.
These new plants, together with the giant Fungus Umbrellas standing on the planet’s surface, collectively present the mother nest’s vibrant appearance, rich with the essence of life. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✶𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✶𝓷𝓮𝓽
Even though these plants appear to pose no threat, they can unleash their power whenever necessary.
This is why during the crimson descent, the entire planet could turn blood-red: these plants, essentially part of the mother nest, showed their true nature when maximizing their power, amplifying the mother nest’s force to the fullest.
Yet although their essence has become Fungus Blanket, Bai Yi hasn’t completely removed their independence, retaining all the original plant functions.
This is Bai Yi’s experiment, as the next superpower advancement requires constructing a biological sphere of her own, but establishing a biosphere is no easy task.
This serves as Bai Yi’s pilot project, attempting to learn and imitate based on the existing biosphere since a pure Fungus Blanket cannot construct a cycle.
From the research conducted during this time, Bai Yi finally achieved some breakthroughs today.
According to Bai Yi’s understanding, the most important part of a biosphere is relying on a core, transforming abundant resources through the power of biology via this core, thereby supporting a massive biocommunity capable of internal cycling.
Before becoming a Lord, this core was the sun, a star.
This is what her pre-Transcendent knowledge had informed her.
However, since encountering the Transcendent, this core has changed, as Transcendent beings not only acquire extraordinary power but also experience immense consumption.
Having one or two is manageable, but when an entire biosphere becomes Transcendent beings, relying solely on the sun’s weak sunlight is not enough to maintain the cycle.
At least in the superpower worlds she has encountered so far, although on the surface it still seems sun-centric, the energy the sun provides has become negligible.
Based on inspection results gained from modifying plants over this period, even in a world that has only been in contact with the superpower for less than a century, solar energy now provides merely half the energy for 1st Rank plants, with the rest being supplemented by magic power.
This figure decreases to just one-tenth at 2nd Rank and to one percent after the 3rd Rank.
Not to mention the plants she personally cultivated, which long ago ceased to require solar energy, basking in the sun is purely a personal... or a tree hobby!
If this theory holds, her mother nest could very well replace the core position in this biosphere.
It would provide the necessary magic power for the biosphere through its mastery over magic power, while the surface’s Fungus Blanket disguised as plants would handle the conversion into specific resources.
The only and most awkward problem is that after she purged this planet, it lacks the biosphere’s most essential biological cycle component.
Reconstructing the components of the biological cycle is challenging because, first, she lacks a point of reference, and even if she were to find a way to restore it, managing the vast species diversity within the biological cycle presents another challenge.
As her most central territory, she does not allow any accidents to occur in the mother nest.