After bringing Tony Stark from Marvel and placing him back on Earth, Malrick no longer concerned himself with the war between Earth and the Three-Body Universe. His focus remained on the ongoing integration of the Three-Body Universe.
This time, no God-level civilizations interfered with rule modifications, allowing his operation to proceed smoothly.
A few years later, with a subtle tremor, the Three-Body Universe fully transformed into a parallel world of the Biochemical Universe. The authority of this world expanded further, and Malrick naturally assumed control. The World Consciousness was pleased, though its influence was slightly diluted, reducing it from a major shareholder to a more modest investor role. Nevertheless, it remained enthusiastic and even suggested expanding into additional universes. Malrick, however, declined. The World Consciousness was too impulsive; it was better suited to act as a mascot. He still had many worlds awaiting integration.
Whenever Malrick arrived in a new world, he deployed a Rejedo m-body. Except for a few exceptionally large worlds, these m-bodies had evolved into World Consciousnesses themselves. Malrick expended immense energy either to absorb those worlds or to package them via his traversal abilities, marking the grand beginning of the universe integration initiative.
First came The Boys and Naruto, followed by One Piece and Bleach. He also absorbed worlds like Dragon Race, Stellar Transformations, and Under One Person. He considered Type-Moon as well, but because it represented an entire multiverse with an expansive Root, only a few singularities and Lostbelt worlds could be extracted.
This integration was carried out by arranging the worlds as parallel universes. In a few years, over a hundred parallel universes now orbited the periphery of the Biohazard Universe. A world once the size of ten solar systems had transformed into a colossal multiverse.
The World Consciousness was elated, though its authority remained equivalent to just five solar systems—slightly stronger than Alaya Gaia in the nearby Type-Moon singularity worlds. If the entire world group were likened to a Heavenly Court and Malrick the Jade Emperor, the World Consciousness and other minor consciousnesses were now mountain and river gods. They remained together, and when Malrick needed solitude, he would send the World Consciousness to Alaya Gaia to occupy itself with others.
Meanwhile, Malrick quietly studied the integration process of the universe.
"The rules of each world share certain commonalities, especially during integration," he observed, merging his consciousness with the universe and sensing the fluctuations of each world's rules.
"This commonality is essentially the essence of their laws, similar to the source code of a program. If I understand it fully, no world will retain secrets from me. Perhaps this is what exists above all things," Malrick speculated.
He also began transforming the world group itself. As the true World Consciousness, he could perform both macroscopic and microscopic modifications. He introduced the concept of parallel world evolution rules, derived from the Infinity and Eternity gods of Marvel and the Root of the Type-Moon universe. This allowed each world in the group to autonomously generate new parallel worlds, enabling the multiverse to grow infinitely.
Yet, midway through, Malrick paused.
"No, my understanding of the rules is insufficient. Adding this prematurely would only generate small parallel worlds around Earth, not what I truly need," he realized, and he set aside the transformation project.
The primary purpose of integrating this universe group was not only to reduce the number of m-bodies deployed, but to study and experiment with diverse rules.
"Understanding rules requires long-term accumulation," he concluded.
By now, his gene research had finally begun to yield results. Malrick floated in the Orion Arm of the Biohazard Universe, centered within a blue giant star. The stellar radiation amplified his cognitive capacity, constantly sparking inspiration.
"So much time has passed, and I've finally integrated the Doomsday gene," Malrick thought.
Over the course of more than a hundred world traversals, he had not intentionally manipulated time. He had only used the natural differences in time flow across worlds to study genes under sunlight. Most of his energy, however, had been devoted to understanding universal rules rather than gene research.
Having already comprehended the construction rules of two large universes, Malrick found the diverse and even conflicting universal laws of other worlds intellectually stimulating. They provided constant inspiration, gradually surpassing the understanding of any single Marvel universe. Using the Six-Gem Rules as a foundation, he combined insights from other worlds to develop his own framework of laws.
His only limitation was that his gene research had progressed only to integrating the Doomsday gene. Despite slow progress, he had traveled with Eriyi and Altria for nearly a century. After a hundred years, he successfully completed the integration.
The Doomsday gene was extraordinary. For a Kryptonian, it preserved all natural abilities and weaknesses while providing nearly immortal regeneration and the capacity to evolve continuously by overcoming weaknesses. Upon completion, Malrick's gene level skyrocketed: 30,001… 40,000… 50,000… 60,000.
His height, previously 1.9 meters, expanded to 900,000 kilometers before stabilizing at 90 million kilometers as he absorbed vast amounts of universal energy. He did not shrink immediately, instead reveling in the miraculous sensation.
Unlike other beings, whose growth at 60,000 gene multipliers merely increased body size and energy reserves, Malrick experienced a total rebirth. Every cell rejoiced like sprouting seeds. His skin longed for sunlight. He felt like a newborn Kryptonian, absorbing the sun's energy for the first time.
He sensed new abilities emerging, particularly those aiding his comprehension of universal rules. Genes from super-powered beings—Professor X, Jean Grey, Cassandra—integrated naturally, granting him extremely powerful telekinetic abilities.
"Am I becoming the Silver Superman of the Silver Age?" he asked himself, realizing this transformation occurred spontaneously as his body aligned with his will and desires.
Although he had previously studied other gene structures, he had never integrated them to maintain the purity of his Kryptonian lineage. Now, the abilities awakened naturally, guided by his thoughts.
Malrick's gene level surpassed 60,001. He deduced that the transformation from ordinary Kryptonian to Silver Superman occurred between 60,000 and 90,000 times gene amplification.
Basking under the blue sun and the yellow sun of the world ring, every cell glowed golden. His gene evolution accelerated toward Silver Superman, while his power state advanced toward Golden Superman. The sun's energy flowed through him, filling him with warmth and inspiration. He slowly closed his eyes, falling into a deep sleep at the core of the blue giant star, content and powerful.
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