But that would be no easy task.
Unlike her burning desire, it was not something that could be easily realized.
Lin Miao looked at Elise, who was currently moping in frustration.
Even if she used all her current resources, creating individuals capable of flying and roaming freely through the vacuum of space remained an incredibly daunting task.
“Manufacturing them with our current technology and materials is feasible, but the efficiency is simply too low.”
“Indeed. At this stage, we can't even conduct a proper trial without consuming an astronomical amount of resources.”
Listening to the conversation between Elise and Celia, Lin Miao gained a clear understanding of the bottleneck they faced.
It wasn't just a matter of creating a single specimen. To scale production up to a massive legion and deploy them effectively, they had to prove the process was efficient.
Currently, the Great Devourer colony lacked that efficiency in almost every area.
This included developing exoskeletons capable of enduring extreme cosmic environments, as well as propulsion systems that could deliver sufficient output.
“What should I do?”
Lin Miao muttered his worries aloud.
It seemed there was little he could do to help.
After all, Earth didn't possess any organisms—or anything else, for that matter—that could naturally survive in the vacuum of space.
He had heard of microscopic organisms capable of surviving in environments even more extreme than outer space, but they were likely too small for the Great Devourer to consume as food.
Perhaps those microscopic creatures were attached to the surface of the water or other food they consumed, but Lin Miao had never received any system notification about the colony devouring such microbes.
【Trait Enhancement Ticket is available for purchase.】
Right then, as if sensing Lin Miao's murmurs, the Divine Net reacted.
Lin Miao stared blankly at the words floating before his eyes, suddenly recalling a recent event.
It was when Celia had successfully integrated a portion of the holy civilization's power into the Great Devourer.
The Divine Net had recognized that feat as a major achievement, raising his Divine Status by a rank and unlocking all restricted functions.
The “Trait Enhancement Ticket” now appearing before him was undoubtedly a feature unlocked after his ascension to a Mid-to-High-Tier Deity.
【Trait Enhancement Ticket: Forcibly enhances one trait of a vassal.】
【Enhancible Traits: Bloodline Adjustment Lv. 10, Universal Cells Lv. 6, Energy Conversion Formula Lv. 6】
“Why does it cost so many points...”
This intangible currency, which the Divine Net translated as “points” for Lin Miao, was the medium of exchange used by the gods and a symbol of their order.
Lin Miao felt a pang of frustration seeing that a single enhancement ticket cost three hundred thousand points—nearly his entire accumulated savings.
Furthermore, the majority of these points had been collected by the human colony active on Earth.
They had been slowly amassed through the resources his vassals earned and sold while using the Awakened system.
To avoid exposing his identity, Lin Miao hadn't liquidated the vast resources and materials earned by the Great Devourer, choosing instead to let the colony utilize them internally.
Perhaps because the Great Devourer managed its resources so exceptionally well, Lin Miao had never run into any issues with this arrangement.
But if I use this, will it break through our current dilemma?
Staring at the glowing ticket floating before him, Lin Miao bit his lip and decided to spend the points.
This was precisely the moment his vassals needed his assistance.
While Lin Miao lacked the grand powers of those high-and-mighty goddesses and had no network of allies to call upon, as their god, it was his duty to provide this support.
Yet, even after resolving to purchase the ticket, his choices were not over.
Lin Miao's choice would still dictate everything. Of the traits Elise possessed, which one should he enhance?
【Bloodline Adjustment enhancement successful. Bloodline Adjustment has reached Lv. 11.】
Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Miao chose the trait that would allow Elise to devour more and produce more.
【Elise feels the divine protection of the Great One. Her entire body trembles.】
The reaction was instantaneous.
Resting inside her nest, Elise suddenly snapped her eyes open. Her body shook uncontrollably as she hastily raised her head, staring up at the opening in the ceiling.
Lin Miao was already standing before the terrarium, holding up a small vial.
Inside this vial of water were tardigrades.
But that wasn't all.
Lin Miao couldn't know for certain just how far Elise's devouring capabilities had expanded after the trait enhancement.
The system merely indicated that her threshold of capability had broadened.
Therefore, Lin Miao had prepared an entirely new type of food.
Unlike the living tardigrades he was about to introduce, this next offering was a severed piece of a dead organism.
The Outer God, Abhoth, already possesses powerful subordinates that have conquered and devoured countless worlds.
This was something Lin Miao had retrieved from his research laboratory—a flesh sample from a Tier 6 monster, the Abyss Kraken.
He had obtained it from the government for research purposes and had quietly pocketed a small piece.
Could Elise truly devour the remains of an Outer God's servant—a creature whose very biology was incomprehensible?
Lin Miao watched in silence as the worker ants carried the water droplets containing the tardigrades and the fleshy fragment of the monster over to Elise.
Uncharacteristically, Elise uncrossed her legs. With a solemn, almost reverent expression, she extended her butterfly proboscis from the opening in her palm and began to absorb the offerings.
“Ah...”
In that instant, as if catching a glimpse of something beyond, Elise stared up into the heavens amidst the soft glow illuminating her dim nest, letting out a soft gasp of awe.
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