Feng Qi's gaze swept over the domain creatures locked in metal cages, and he was genuinely surprised.
He had not failed to consider future gifts.
When he first planned the future line, his goal was to complement humanity. By sacrificing a path, he would open blocked roads for the human race, which would, in turn, assist him in his future growth after their rise.
The Crimson Research Institute had initially taken this approach.
However, Feng Qi felt that the day when all of humanity would provide him help was still far off.
After all, Star City, or the current Dawn City, was growing more and more resource-hungry. It would be impossible to use important development resources to raise domain creatures.
Now, upon seeing so many domain creatures imprisoned in iron cages in the underground plaza, Feng Qi realized that these were specifically prepared for him, and that there were six such breeding underground plazas prepared by Zhang Daowen.
Feng Qi was truly astonished and unable to understand.
Raising domain creatures was no small feat.
Especially those of stronger domain creatures, which required increasingly frightening amounts of resources to maintain.
A single suction cup was enough to make the Crimson Research Institute tighten its belt.
When they raised the "Spicy" creatures in the past, the situation had been similar.
As the cultivation system improved, the strength of humanity grew, but the resources they acquired also increased, and so did their consumption.
Turning to Zhang Daowen, Feng Qi voiced his confusion:
"Xiao Wen, how come you prepared so many domain creatures for me? Does the city have so many spare resources to feed them?"
Hearing this, Zhang Daowen shook his head and smiled:
"Qi-shu, if we were to feed them for thousands of years, we obviously wouldn't have enough resources. Six underground plazas, housing a total of 1,208 domain creatures, most of which are blood-based creatures, are a huge expense. The cost to maintain their physical consumption would be a massive expenditure, and it would seriously affect Dawn City's development and planning."
Feng Qi caught the implied meaning in Zhang Daowen's words and nodded in realization:
"So these domain creatures were only captured in recent years?"
"Yes, exactly. I knew roughly when you would return, so I started preparing thirty years ago. But due to time constraints, I couldn't select those with great potential. Basically, we took whatever we could catch. If I had a thousand years to prepare, I believe I could have done better..."
Listening to Zhang Daowen's explanation, Feng Qi gained a detailed understanding.
Zhang Daowen had known that Feng Qi would return around 1500 years later in reality, which is why he started preparing and laying the groundwork so early.
In thirty years, they captured over a thousand domain creatures of varying talents, locked them in six underground plazas, and waited for him to come and extract their talents.
Feng Qi understood that achieving this seemed simple, but in reality, it was very difficult.
A single species of domain creature was typically limited to one type per group, so capturing over 1,200 different types of domain creatures was no small feat.
Among them, there were domain creatures that attempted to infiltrate Dawn City and were captured, others were caught during the battles with Dawn City, but most were captured in the barren lands around Star City.
As Zhang Daowen said, the cages in front of them were prepared as a talent seed bank specifically for him.
And his ability to strip talents from these creatures could only extract a talent once per species.
Just like when he killed the Crimson Eye and obtained the "Evil Thought."
Even if he killed another creature of the same species, he would only gain bloodline evolution points, not a new talent.
Feng Qi's position was also swept by the power of extreme cold.
But clearly, Zhang Daowen had controlled it deliberately. The icy fog spread out in front of him, not making contact with his body, but he could still feel a bone-chilling cold.
This cold seemed capable of freezing the soul, slowing down thoughts. Feng Qi couldn't help but shiver.
In the blink of an eye, the entire underground plaza was covered in the icy mist.
All the domain creatures lost their ability to resist, turning into ice sculptures, standing motionless in various poses, unable to move an inch.
"Qi-shu, it's time to act. Just use your telekinetic power."
Upon hearing Zhang Daowen's words, Feng Qi did not hesitate. His flesh and blood dissipated from his body, continuously flowing towards his forehead.
After transforming into his skeletal form, a dark golden mark appeared on his forehead.
Raising his hand, telekinetic waves surged like tides, sweeping outward.
Just like when he froze the Dark God in the previous timeline, Zhang Daowen had clearly controlled the force. The telekinetic waves easily shattered the ice sculptures.
In the blink of an eye, over 200 ice sculptures were shattered by Feng Qi's telekinetic force.
After finishing this, Feng Qi saw thin blood mist rising from the domain creatures' bodies, flowing toward him.
The first batch of blood mist merged into his body and was absorbed instantly.
He summoned his attribute panel, which only provided 13 bloodline evolution points.
This wasn't hard to understand, considering the domain creatures here had been drained of their vitality and were all in a malnourished state. Their biggest function was as a seed bank for talents.
If properly nurtured, the development of Dawn City would be severely affected.
The second, third, and fourth batches... the blood mist continued to flow into his body. Feng Qi could clearly feel the dark golden hue in his blood increasing.
He summoned his attribute panel again, and the prefix titles were continuously increasing.
The super-long prefix titles that had only existed in his dreams were now becoming a reality.
[Keen Sense · Elemental Weak Perception · Fake Death · Earth Burrow · Water Breathing · Brain Overclocking · Mental Focus · Wind Perception · Throwing Mastery · Vitality Extraction · Mental Storm · Spiritual Energy Enhancement · Agility · Giant Strength · Iron Skin · Blink · Furious Waves · Water Element Resistance · Dizziness · Poison · Purple Soul · Herculean Strength · Hard Skin · Swift · Steel Bones · Thorns · Regeneration · Evil Thought · Blood God · Nightmare · Resilience...: Feng Qi]
The prefix titles stretched endlessly before him, continuously increasing.
The various enhancements to his innate abilities made him feel that his body was significantly strengthened.
This enhancement didn't only come from the bloodline evolution points. Many passive innate abilities also brought a variety of improvements to his body.
For example, the Mental Focus ability made his attention extremely concentrated, and he could easily enter a state of deep focus.
At this moment, the bloodline evolution points had reached 73,892/100,000, and were still climbing rapidly.
With each increase, a brand-new prefix title appeared.
The 278 domain creatures could provide him with 278 prefix titles and innate abilities.
Sensing the changes in his body, Feng Qi's consciousness entered his spiritual sea.
Above the vast and brilliant spiritual sea, a series of innate ability orbs appeared, one after another.
When his consciousness arrived at the talent trajectory, Feng Qi began inspecting the effects attached to these innate abilities.
These innate ability orbs were mostly below the 15th sequence, which didn't count as excellent talents.
However, among them were some abilities with potential.
For instance, Fake Death, which allowed the body to instantly enter a state with no life or spiritual fluctuations. Although it didn't help in combat, it could save a life in certain situations.
Another example was Brain Overclocking, which enabled the brain to enter an overclocked state, effectively improving attention and thinking efficiency, even making past memories clearer.
The scale of the spiritual sea above him expanded, and the talent trajectory also lengthened.
Various colored innate ability orbs circled his head, dragging starlight behind them as they moved.
At a glance, it gave the illusion of gazing up at the starry sky.
His consciousness withdrew from the spiritual sea, and the changes in his body had slowed down. The bloodline evolution points had reached 76,429.
The increase in bloodline evolution points was not large.
But Feng Qi didn't mind.
After all, raising these domain creatures had already brought significant pressure to Dawn City.
It was no small feat to sustain them, and it was even more impossible to maintain these domain creatures at their peak state given the lack of resources in Dawn City.
At this moment, Zhang Daowen's voice interrupted Feng Qi's thoughts:
"Qi-shu, the next round."
Feng Qi turned to look and saw Zhang Daowen smiling at him, pointing toward the metal door at the end of the underground plaza.
"Alright."
Feng Qi immediately nodded.
Next, Feng Qi followed Zhang Daowen into the second underground plaza where domain creatures were kept.
Here, over 200 domain creatures of different species were also held, each one different from the other.
Their arrival drew the attention of the creatures inside the metal cages, their expressions lethargic.
Roars rang out one after another, filled with hatred and despair.
Feng Qi scanned the cold metal cages, but his heart was calm, and he felt no pity.
The wars between races were this cruel and merciless.
In the initial timelines, humanity had also suffered greatly under the oppression of different domain species. Even the weaker domain races had infiltrated human society, killing numerous human geniuses.
He still clearly remembered that in one timeline, the humans in the Star City underground shelter had been oppressed by domain creatures, forced to endure humiliation while looking for a chance to turn the tables.
On his long journey of ascending to godhood, Feng Qi had seen too many domain forces that had been oppressed and turned into slaves.
He had also seen weaker races break free from the shackles of slavery and exploit other weaker races.
"Beep!"
After the urgent alarm sounded, Zhang Daowen, who had stepped to the center of the underground plaza, took action again.
As the ice walls in the cages melted away, the metal doors opened.
The icy mist quickly swept across, freezing the domain creatures that had exited the ice cells, or those that were nervously hiding in the cages, watching the situation outside. They were frozen in place, losing all resistance.
Feng Qi didn't hesitate and immediately used his telekinetic powers to begin clearing the area.
The telekinetic energy turned into a scythe of death, sweeping across the scene like autumn wind blowing away leaves. The domain creatures that came into contact with his telekinetic power shattered into ice in an instant.
Groups of blood essence floated up from the bodies of the deceased domain creatures, rushing toward Feng Qi as if returning to their nests.
A new round of enhancement and strengthening began.
When he summoned his attribute panel, he saw one brand-new prefix title after another appearing.
The satisfaction from these rewards made Feng Qi feel extremely pleased.
After harvesting from the second underground plaza, he followed Zhang Daowen to the third underground plaza.
There were a total of six underground talent seed prisons prepared specifically for him. After one round of harvesting after another, Feng Qi had obtained 1,176 talent abilities.
According to Zhang Daowen, there were 1,208 domain creatures being raised here.
But Feng Qi had only gained the talent abilities from 1,176 domain creatures, which meant that 32 domain creatures had been hunted by him in previous timelines.
Only domain creatures that had been hunted before would not have their talents extracted; they would only provide bloodline evolution points.
This gave Feng Qi the idea of creating a Talent Ability Catalogue.
He could record the types of domain creatures he had killed in the catalogue. The domain creatures recorded in this way would no longer need to be imprisoned and nurtured, reducing resource waste.
If every timeline ahead had many talent seeds to harvest, the probability of encountering domain creatures of the same type would gradually increase.
Reducing resource waste was a necessary measure.
At first, the effects might not be obvious, but it would definitely be helpful in future timelines.
Especially when humanity could support nurturing domain creatures with excellent talent abilities, the long-term resource consumption required for nurturing would be enormous. If the talent abilities couldn't be extracted, it would be a huge loss.
As his body changed violently, Feng Qi began reviewing the descriptions of the new talent abilities.
Among them, many abilities had effects that were of no use to Feng Qi.
For example, the talent ability Vitality Extraction could improve the control over vitality and accelerate the flow of energy within the body, putting the body into a state of overload.
For Feng Qi, who had the Blood God talent, controlling vitality was as simple as eating and drinking.
There was no need to equip another talent ability for that.
However, this time, Feng Qi chose not to dismantle these useless abilities.
Although these abilities were useless to him, they could become options for others on the path of faith development in humanity.
Perhaps others could create many possibilities from these seemingly useless abilities that Feng Qi couldn't even imagine.
After all, his imagination was limited.
But after establishing a talent skill library, the potential of humanity that would connect with it was limitless.
They might be able to make seemingly useless talent abilities shine brightly throughout history with their own abilities.
What Feng Qi needed to do was collect as many talent seeds as possible and build a massive talent skill library for future generations of humanity to choose from.
The 1,000+ talent seeds provided by Zhang Daowen seemed like a lot.
But in Feng Qi's vision, a talent skill library with over 10,000 was just the starting point, and 100,000 would meet the basic needs.
If humanity was to develop in a diverse way, the talent skill library would have to cover every field.
Lifespan, combat, technology, spirit, spiritual plants... These could all be skills required for humanity's development.
So, the 1,000+ talent abilities were just the beginning, far from reaching his ideal goal.
At this point, Feng Qi suddenly thought of the Elf King.
He came up with a possible method to mass-produce talent abilities.
The Miracle Life Furnace controlled by the Elf King was of no use to humanity.
After all, the conditions for using the Life Furnace were too harsh. It required offspring created through the combination of life sequences.
The failure rate was extremely high.
The Elf King could give birth to hundreds of thousands of beings at once, but for human mothers, having twins was already a rare occurrence, and the time needed for pregnancy was ten months.
The failure rate was too high, and the margin for error was too low.
This meant that even if humans had the Life Furnace, they wouldn't be able to use it to its full potential.
But the Elf King was different. It was very suitable for using the Life Furnace.
It was the Elf King's powerful reproductive ability that created the Elf race, a race with diverse talents and traits.
Feng Qi suddenly thought—what if he could cooperate with the Elf King?
Let the Elf King mass-produce different life-sequence offspring and then have him kill them to extract their talent abilities.
Thinking of this, Feng Qi's heart raced.
If this method worked, wouldn't he be able to exploit a bug? He could continuously extract different types of talent abilities through the Elf King!
The only limitation would be the Elf King's creativity.