Chapter 439: Unified Test
1 billion Magnitude of Power?"
Looking at his current strength, Maximus couldn't help but smile.
Over the past hundred years, his achievements were not only limited to the expansion of the population.
During this time, he also perfected his tier 8 realm foundation, creating the tier 8 chapter of the Origin Manual.
Unfortunately, because he didn't have a complete set of tier 8 ultimate treasures, his strength didn't increase much.
From 400 million to a billion, Maximus reluctantly broke through the billion mark.
Calculating it this way, it seems that having trillions of magnitude power didn't seem so difficult.
"Ultimate treasure..." Maximus murmured.
Otto could only sell him ultimate treasures from tier 0 to tier 7.
From tier 8, although available in the market, it's scarce.
Even after hundreds of years scouring the market for all the news, he only managed to gather tens of thousands of tier 8 ultimate treasures.
"It seems that I need to condense them myself," Maximus decided.
For the rarer tier 8 ultimate treasures, Maximus decided to condense them using the world tree.
With the perfect 161,803 elements, power of law, and essence of law, the world tree should be capable of perfectly condensing tier 0-9 ultimate treasures.
However, because it was a semi-dimension made of treasure, its ability to condense treasure was limited, only capable of condensing up to tier 7 ultimate treasures.
Fortunately, using the Seal of Truth, he deduced a solution that could allow the world tree to condense ultimate treasures of higher tiers.
The first condition was to have the corresponding lower-tier ultimate treasure of the element he wanted to condense.
The second is to have the power of causality acting as a catalyst to evolve the ultimate treasure to a higher tier.
Fulfilling all the conditions, Maximus deduced that it would take him less than a causality point to condense a tier 8 ultimate treasure.
Although he would have to spend his hard-earned treasure and delay the advancement of his family's physique, he still had to do it.
Thinking of his following plan, Maximus got on with his work.
...
A few years later.
After giving birth to a daughter they named Cathlin, Astra's mindset had gone from mild to worse.
He seemed to have forgotten that he was a reincarnator on a mission and just lived however he wanted.
If not for the urging of Neon, Astra wouldn't even train himself and just let the residual power from his peak automatically return.
[Agent 7 has fallen...] Neon muttered sadly.
Hearing this, Astra didn't react.
Years of nagging from Neon had already made him immune.
[This world is really dangerous; even a single-digit reincarnator could fall,] Neon continued.
Although he knew that Astra still had the heart of the organization, seeing him act differently from his previous missions, Neon couldn't help but sigh.
At Astra's previous strength, his will should be invulnerable, and relationships should be but mere scenery.
However, due to the consequence of cutting off his cause and effect, Astra was left with his bare Origin.
Only his core memories, emotions, mode of action, and temperament, were left.
Even the information of the Reincarnation Hall was only transmitted to Astra once he regained awareness of the world.
Unfortunately, the influence of the Etherium Realm, from the beginning of birth to adulthood, caused Astra to become degenerate.
The Etherium Realm seemed to be a big machine that devoured everything inside, turning it into its nutrients.
The variety of emotions one experiences living in the Etherium Realm couldn't help but make one indulge in it.
Seeing that it couldn't persuade Astra, Neon finally gave up.
Anyway, this was their last mission.
Furthermore, unlike their other missions to save the world, they were only here to spy and give information as timely as possible.
Astra didn't need to overreach; he just needed to be mindful.
After recollecting his thoughts, Neon looked at the cute Cathlin with a little joy through its little flame of soul.
[Agent 7, your daughter is already three years old. It's time for the unified test,] Neon reminded.
"I know. Little Cathlin is about to go to school..." Astra muttered, feeling happy and distraught at the same time.
"Daddy, what is school?~" Cathlin asked.
"School is for cute babies like you to study~" Astra explained.
With the explosion of population, the life of the new generation became more standardized.
From birth to three years old, they were to stay with their parents at all times.
At least one of the parents should be with the child, or they would be punished under the law of the Etherium Alliance.
Although many complained, as time passed, they noticed the benefits of taking care of their children.
The sentiment and the joy it brought made them feel their existence was meaningful, honing their minds.
This is also why Astra didn't train much.
Needing to take care of his wife and daughter, how could he still have the time to do such a boring thing?
After three years of bonding and nurturing emotions with the child, they were required to go to a unified testing.
There, their talent, potential, affinity, passion, etc., would be evaluated.
Based on the characteristics evaluated, they would be grouped and sent to the designated academy to conduct their 100-year study.
The years they could be at school were until the age of 100.
If they married halfway through, they could temporarily or permanently leave the academy to take care of their family.
After getting married, Astra directly chose to quit school and pursue the path of Star Lords according to the suggestion of his parents.
Thinking of his previous classmates, Astra couldn't help but reminisce.
At the young age of 50, he was already married.
With an indescribable mood, how could he continue to study?
The school was also too hectic with all kinds of tasks that would drown you; Astra felt tired.
As his strength grew, his previous knowledge was also recovering.
Thus, taking school was only to torture himself.
However, unlike him, Alice didn't quit school.
She continued to attend, getting exemptions from time to time.
Especially once she gave birth to Cathlin, as long as she willed it, she could leave the school and take care of her child.
It can be said that the Etherium Alliance was too considerate and caring for the new generation.
From birth to adulthood, everything was already paved away for them.
No need to think, no need to plan; they just needed to move and do what they were told to.
Although it was a bit boring, such a unified training regimen was indeed effective.
Especially designating various talents together, the competition and challenges that each had to face made the first hundred years of their life quite memorable.
Playing with Cathlin, who was curious about school, the time unknowingly passed.
Soon his wife, Alice, finished the preparation and came to them.
"Let's go, or we will be late."
"Mommy!" Cathlin, seeing her mother, smiled and ran to her.
"Baby~ Let's go, you are about to start your journey~"
...
Astral Continent, Testing Ground.
Taking their child to the testing ground, they looked nervously, fearing for the future of their daughter.
"Daddy, Mommy, can you take me there?" Cathlin said, looking at the playground in front.
As the testing ground for three-year-old children, the place was filled with many fun attractions.
From amusement parks, food, plays, scenery, music, dancing, etc., the testing ground can be said to be a paradise for these babies who still haven't seen the world.
"Alright, but Cathlin needs to go to the test later," Alice said.
They had already queued Cathlin for the test.
They just needed to wait for the announcement.
Playing in the park and eating delicious food, Cathlin became excited in school more and more.
She felt that school must be more fun than this.
Finally, a few hours later, it was Cathlin's turn for testing.
After undergoing a comprehensive test, Alice and Astra eagerly wait for the results.
"S-class potential?!"
"Husband! Cathlin has an S-class potential!" Alice shouted happily.
S-class potential is the highest rating one could have.
The S-class potential is the jewel of the Etherium Realm.
The Etherium Realm treasure vault would be practically opened for them, making sure they reach their potential as soon as possible.
Over the hundred years, there had been less than a thousand who had this evaluation.
Looking at Cathlin's evaluation sheet, Astra looked stunned.
[Cathlin Novare:
Physique: Ultimate Level
Affinity: S Level
Comprehension: S Level
Will: S Level
Luck: S Level
...]
"This-!" Looking at the evaluation, Astra thought he was hallucinating.
Looking at the row of S-level and ultimate level evaluations, Astra felt that if there were a higher grade, his daughter would reach it.
"Is this the blessing of the Reincarnation Master?" Astra thought, clenching his fist in excitement.
Astra only had a dimensional physique.
As for his peak, although he had an ultimate physique, it was later acquired through various means.
Seeing his daughter reach such heights from the beginning, Astra felt overflowing happiness.
"As expected of my daughter..."