Compared to the moderately talented Liu Yi, Lin Feng was more inclined to let Liu Yueqi advance to Tier Three first.
After all, Liu Yi was just an ordinary Tier Two Awakener whose awakened ability was the common Physical Enhancement.
Furthermore, since he hadn’t undergone genetic modification, the potential boost was quite limited.
Even if he achieved Tier Three Awakening and gained a one hundred percent boost to his Physique Attribute, he would still be no match for a Tier Three Genetic Warrior.
If Liu Yueqi advanced to Tier Three, however, she could fully unleash the power of her Molecular Cut and perhaps even attain a Mental Realm.
She could elevate her Superpower to the level of a Mental Realm.
Ling Yi had explained the concept of attaining a Mental Realm before.
Besides requiring exceptional talent, it also depended on the potential of one’s evolved Superpower.
The rarer the Superpower, the more likely one could forge a Mental Realm.
Of course, it also depended on the user’s development, expansion, and mastery of their ability.
Lin Feng felt Liu Yueqi was a perfect example of this; she had developed her Molecular Cutting Superpower to produce various additional effects.
For example, she could imbue it into her weapons and equipment, and even subtly change their Quality Level over time.
It was equivalent to a weaker version of the Particle Control Realm.
However, it leaned more toward destruction and had an extremely potent cutting effect on life forms as well.
In comparison, Liu Yi’s Physical Enhancement Superpower seemed quite mundane.
Moreover, he hadn’t developed any additional effects for it.
However, according to Ling Yi’s theory, Physical Enhancement was a common type of ability among humans, a sign of evolution compensating for inherent weaknesses...
In the future, it might give rise to the strongest Physique Element Superpower...
This was related to the research Ling Yi was conducting for Lin Feng: altering the method of Energy Absorption and release in human cells. The goal was to elevate the chemical energy used by ordinary life to a more direct form of energy, eliminating the intermediate mediums in the conversion process.
This would allow them to adapt to life forms at higher evolutionary tiers.
Once the research into Electric Drive Cells reached a certain breakthrough, they could begin preliminary transplant experiments on Physical Enhancement Awakeners.
Helping Liu Yi achieve a Tier Jump Promotion then would likely yield much better results.
As Lin Feng led twenty members of the Guard Battle Group, relying on the Mother Empress for cover, they delved two hundred meters underground from the Hive’s surface entrance. On the way to the Nest, he had already decided the fate of this Tier Three Early-stage Mother Empress.
By the time the group reached the entrance to the Nest, they were less than a kilometer from the recovering Mother Empress inside. She quickly detected their presence and grew wary.
The aura concealment provided by the Mother Empress failed at that same moment.
But for Lin Feng and his team, engaging at such close range was more than enough!
At Lin Feng’s command, Jiang Yun’er cast layered Spiritual Shields over the twenty members of the Guard Battle Group. Lin Feng then took the lead, spearheading the charge into the Nest with seven or eight Tier Two Late Stage Perfection experts from the group.
Accompanying them, besides Liu Yi and Liu Yueqi, were several other commanders and vice-commanders of the Battle Groups.
Their power ranked among the strongest of the Pure-blooded Humans.
However, before the Mother Empress, a descendant of the Divine Race, they still seemed utterly insignificant.
Even a newly spawned, Level 30 Early-stage Mother Empress could easily suppress dozens of Tier Two Perfect Awakened.
This was the greatest weakness of a planet’s native civilization.
They lacked a stable, inherited evolutionary path and could only advance through trial and error. They had to constantly make and fix mistakes to pave the way for future generations...
...and forge a unique evolutionary path for humanity.
Unfortunately, with a great enemy at their doorstep, humanity had no time for a reprieve.
Having just entered the age of evolution, humanity had to learn to sprint, pushing past its fledgling steps to advance with haste.
At that moment, Lin Feng was piloting his Reproductive Armor Mecha, swinging the Hunter Emperor’s Chainsaw Sword in its right hand to slay the Peak Tiger Spine Zergs and Tier Two Late-Stage Samurai Hunter Zergs blocking his path.
He then unleashed his own immense Tier Three aura, instantly stunning the Mother Empress’s royal guards as they lunged at his Reproductive Armor.
In that brief one- or two-second opening, the Reproductive Armor Mecha sprinted at supersonic speed, closing to within a hundred meters of the Early-stage Mother Empress.
Her power had just reached Level 33, and the aura emanating from her massive insectoid body was still unstable.
Upon sensing the formidable Spiritual Power radiating from the Reproductive Armor Mecha—a power comparable to Tier Three Mid-Stage Perfection—the Level 33 Mother Empress immediately lost all will to fight.
Her first instinct was to flee.
Simultaneously, she began to mobilize the Energy in her body, preparing to sacrifice her hard-won Evolution Levels to perform a Summoning Divine Domain Descent. Her goal was to hinder the Reproductive Armor’s assault and cover her own escape.
This decisive, instantaneous choice was the best possible response the Mother Empress could have made in such a dire, life-or-death crisis.
However, even the best strategy could not overcome the enormous gulf in power between them.
Not only had Lin Feng himself reached Level 33, but the three pieces of weaponized equipment he wielded were also all of Golden Quality, on par with Tier Three.
His Level 33 Reproductive Armor Mecha, along with his two Level 31 weapons—the Hunter Emperor’s Chainsaw Sword and the Ion Laser Cannon—were all lethal armaments comparable to Tier Three power.
This meant the Mother Empress was simultaneously facing attacks from four Tier Three entities. Two of them—at Tier Three Early-Stage Perfection—were even at the same level as her!
With such a massive disparity in power, even if the Mother Empress successfully summoned a Divine Domain Descent, Lin Feng could easily break free from the phantom of a Tier Three Early-Stage Divine Realm, relying on the combined 7,800-point Spiritual Attribute Value from himself and his Reproductive Armor Mecha.