Chapter 18: Advanced Nutrient Solution

"I don't need to go to the military draft."

Lin Yuan repeated.

Lin Yuan's original plan was to make a trip to the Evolver Association.

Register, and then as an Evolver, refuse the military draft.

However, after being promoted to a Second-Class Citizen, everything became simple.

Among the three methods for military draft exemption provided by the Goddess of Wisdom, both the Evolver and Second-Class Citizen identities granted the privilege to refuse the draft.

"Xiaoyuan, are you okay? Do you want to go to the hospital to get checked out?"

Mother Lu Qiong did not show the slightest bit of joy, but instead said with a face full of worry.

Mandatory military draft was no child's play; how could it be refused just because one wanted to?

In Lu Qiong's view, Lin Yuan had probably suffered some kind of stimulus leading to a mental breakdown, causing him to start talking nonsense.

"I'm fine."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly and pondered for a moment. "I should be an Evolver now. If you don't believe me, watch."

Lin Yuan raised his right hand and pushed towards the living room direction.

Several meters away, the ceramic bowl placed on the dining table turned into fine powder.

"Ah?"

Upon seeing this, mother Lu Qiong widened her eyes.

Faced with such an unimaginable scene, Lu Qiong's heartbeat suddenly began to accelerate.

"You're really an Evolver?"

Lu Qiong muttered to herself.

Aside from those miraculous Evolvers, how could ordinary people ever accomplish such a feat.

"Old Lin, Old Lin, get up quickly."

Thinking of this, Lu Qiong hurriedly ran out to report the good news to father Lin Shoucheng.

A moment later.

Lin Yuan sat in front of the dining table.

Father Lin Shoucheng and mother Lu Qiong sat upright, sizing Lin Yuan up and down.

It was as if they were meeting this son of theirs for the first time.

Especially Lin Shoucheng, who had been racking his brains over the military draft matter; even though the hope was slim, watching his son being sent off to risk his life against alien races was something he could not accept no matter what.

It was just that Lin Shoucheng never dreamed in his wildest dreams that the matter would be resolved through another way.

Lin Yuan had become an Evolver.

According to the Human Civilization charter regulations, even an unranked Evolver had the right to refuse the military draft.

"How did you become an Evolver?"

Father Lin Shoucheng couldn't help asking.

There were many ways to become an Evolver, but the vast majority required paying a sufficient price, either in money or other aspects.

Yet Lin Yuan was just an ordinary student; what price could he possibly afford to use?

"I woke up this morning after a sleep and had it."

Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and casually made up an explanation.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to speak of the Gate of Myriad Realms in his mind.

This was his biggest secret, one that he could tell no one else besides himself, not even his closest relatives.

It wasn't to say that his parents would harm Lin Yuan, but having one more person know meant an extra fraction of risk of leakage.

"Could it be an Awakening-type Evolver?"

Father Lin Shoucheng began to guess with great interest.

Evolvers were divided into two types: the unique type and the universal type.

Among them, the unique type was further divided into many kinds, with the Awakening type being one of them.

Awakening-type Evolvers contained evolutionary factors in their Bloodline; these evolutionary factors might never manifest in a lifetime, or they might suddenly manifest one day.

According to Lin Yuan's description, this son of his was very similar to an Awakening-type Evolver.

"Our old Lin family must have produced some powerful Evolver in our ancestry, otherwise it's impossible to have evolutionary factors passed down?"

Father Lin Shoucheng was quite proud of himself.

Mother Lu Qiong immediately became unhappy and pushed Lin Shoucheng. "Why couldn't it be the evolutionary factors from my side?"

The tone of their conversation was obviously much more relaxed.

Regardless of which side's evolutionary factors it was, since Lin Yuan had become an Evolver, the subsequent mandatory military draft had nothing to do with him anymore.

Of course, after being exempted from the mandatory military draft, those conditions previously offered by the government would naturally be canceled as well.

But these could not compare at all to their son becoming an Evolver.

After all, as long as Lin Yuan came into contact with the Evolver circle, not to mention soaring into the sky, crossing social classes would at least be a breeze, and they would even be able to share a bit of the glory.

Canglan Star Virtual World.

Central Plaza Area.

Those able to appear here were, without exception, citizens above the second class and Evolvers.

Ordinary citizens didn't even have Virtual World permissions, let alone entering here.

Among the seven areas of the Virtual World, the Central Plaza Area was the liveliest, with a giant monument formed by the Canglan Evolution Ranking standing tall.

Looked up to by countless Evolvers and high-level citizens.

"You have just become Evolvers and entered this Virtual World. First of all, you must know the significance of this Canglan Evolution Ranking."

In a corner of the Central Plaza Area, a middle-aged woman wearing black-rimmed glasses was popularizing common knowledge to several obviously young men and women.

"The Canglan Evolution Ranking records the one hundred most powerful evolution paths in the history of our Canglan Star, and some of those evolution paths even shine brilliantly in other Star Domains."

"You must remember that every single one of these one hundred evolution paths has gone through the baptism of long years. They are monuments to us Evolvers and cannot be changed."

The middle-aged woman with black-rimmed glasses said quickly.

The listening men and women nearby nodded repeatedly.

Are you kidding me? They weren't stupid; naturally, they knew the gold content of the Canglan Evolution Ranking.

"Mn."

The middle-aged woman with black-rimmed glasses slightly nodded.

This time, at least no overly ambitious and incompetent person stood out to refute.

"Next—"

The middle-aged woman with black-rimmed glasses was about to continue speaking.

Just at that moment.

A baby-faced woman below suddenly opened her mouth wide.

"Sister Ruan, it changed! The ranking list has changed."

"Did your eyes play tricks on you? How could the Canglan Evolution Ranking change?"

The woman with black-rimmed glasses slightly frowned.

The one hundred evolution paths on the Canglan Evolution Ranking were the strongest evolution paths forged out of countless evolution paths over nearly a million years.

A change in the Canglan Evolution Ranking meant that one of the evolution paths had been surpassed and kicked off the ranking list, which was obviously an extremely incredible matter.

However, out of curiosity, she still raised her head to look at the Canglan Evolution Ranking once again.

"Blood Evolution Path"

The woman with black-rimmed glasses first looked towards the 'Blood' Evolution Path ranked at one hundred.

"It's really gone?"

The heart of the woman with black-rimmed glasses skipped a beat.

The 'Blood' Evolution Path that was originally ranked at one hundred had disappeared, replaced by the evolution path that was previously ranked ninety-ninth.

"Martial Dao Evolution Path"

The woman with black-rimmed glasses quickly looked upwards and immediately discovered a 'new face' ranked ninety-third.

"This is the evolution path that fought its way into the Canglan Evolution Ranking?"

The woman with black-rimmed glasses took a deep breath, churning up monstrous waves in her heart.

Being able to fight into the Evolution Ranking had already proved the potential of the Martial Dao Evolution Path. What shocked the woman with black-rimmed glasses was precisely which big shot had developed this evolution path.

"Something big is going to happen."

The woman with black-rimmed glasses thought to herself.

A change in the Canglan Evolution Ranking would inevitably attract the gazes of many forces on Canglan Star.

For instance, that Blood Evolution Path had been squeezed out of the Evolution Ranking; those Evolvers who cultivated this evolution path were probably going crazy by now.

The change in the Canglan Evolution Ranking was perceived by other people in the square at the same time.

For a moment, the entire square instantly boiled over.

"Awesome! I remember the last time the Evolution Ranking changed was five hundred and sixty years ago."

"Ahhhhh, who on earth developed the Martial Dao Evolution Path? Dr. Chen? Or President Shi?"

"Not clear. Dr. Chen is my relative, and I haven't heard that he has been researching a new evolution path recently."

"How is the Martial Dao Evolution Path anyway? Has anyone tried it?"

Numerous Evolvers and citizens of the second class and above discussed animatedly.

They wanted to know who had developed the Martial Dao Evolution Path, but unfortunately, the citizen ID number was hidden, and no one knew.

Naturally, Lin Yuan was unaware that because he uploaded the Martial Dao Evolution Path, it caused a hurricane-like shock within the Virtual World.

At this moment, he was browsing the mall, wanting to purchase some nutrient solution in order to restore his strength as soon as possible.

The so-called mall was a shopping platform built officially by Human Civilization.

The goods inside were diverse, and the prices were also extremely fair, after all, it had official endorsement.

As a Second-Class Citizen, the product list browsed by Lin Yuan was basically restricted-grade.

Gene Potions, which ordinary citizens could never access, were also among them, and they cost only one million a bottle.

"Advanced Nutrient Solution?"

Lin Yuan quickly searched for a while, then locked his gaze onto the 'Advanced Nutrient Solution'.

'Nutrient solution' was one of the essential supplies for those starry sky explorers, capable of greatly replenishing one's own energy consumption.

Nutrient solutions were divided into low-grade, Intermediate, and Advanced.

The energy contained in a single portion of low-grade nutrient solution was enough for an ordinary person's consumption for a month.

In other words, as long as a portion of low-grade nutrient solution was consumed, a normal person could go a month without eating or drinking.

As for Intermediate and Advanced ones, their target users were mostly certain giant beasts and exotic beasts.

Ordinary humans simply could not withstand the terrifying energy within nutrient solutions of this quality.