The vast universe was filled with inexhaustible treasures.
At this moment, Xiao felt like a rat that had fallen into a granary, greedily stuffing every kind of resource he could find into the Dimensional World without restraint.
After working nonstop for several hours, Xiao experienced a feeling he had never known in his life—
satiety.
Not just physical exhaustion, but a deep, unmistakable sense of fullness in both body and soul.
Only then did Xiao finally realize a truth he had never noticed before.
The Dimensional World…
actually had a daily expansion limit.
Whenever the Dimensional World expanded to ten times its current area in one continuous burst, Xiao would naturally experience this strange sense of saturation.
If he stubbornly continued devouring meteorites and breaking them down by force, the sensation would intensify rapidly—until it felt as if his soul itself were about to rupture.
Only by waiting for a period of digestion—allowing both body and soul to completely absorb and refine the excess—could he begin another round of devouring and expansion.
Left with no choice, Xiao temporarily halted his "feeding frenzy".
Instead, he floated calmly beside the sun, focusing on absorbing and transforming the vast energy and matter pouring out from the star's core.
Although the material plane of the Dimensional World had reached its temporary limit, the Cyber Dimension was not bound by this restriction.
The Cyber Dimension was enormous, capable of storing massive amounts of energy.
Strictly speaking, it didn't even possess a fixed form or volume.
Its essence was a strange structure born from the fusion of data and energy.
As long as there was sufficient information and energy, the Cyber Dimension could expand without limit.
And data was the one thing Xiao lacked the least.
Countless believers were connected to the Cyber Dimension at all times, constantly generating thoughts, emotions, and cognition—each one a unit of usable data.
At present, Xiao's only real bottleneck in expanding the Cyber Dimension was energy.
And stable stellar energy was practically unrestricted.
What Xiao needed to test next was simple, yet critical:
How long could the Sun Wings remain unfolded?
Only by determining the absolute duration limit could he avoid fatal risks during high-intensity combat.
After all, if his genes suddenly reached their limit mid-battle—forcing the Sun Wings to retract—his combat power would plummet instantly.
The consequences would be catastrophic.
Time passed second by second.
Xiao remained close to the sun, continuously absorbing the immense stellar energy and channeling it into the Dimensional World.
As the energy accumulated, he discovered something unexpected—
His rate of meteorite decomposition was increasing as well.
Each time the Dimensional World approached full digestion, Xiao would immediately begin another round of meteorite collection, feeding it without pause.
After twelve continuous hours with the Sun Wings fully deployed, Xiao finally felt a faint tingling sensation deep within his genes.
There was no doubt—
This was the genetic backlash caused by forcibly activating chimeric Sky Islander traits.
It had finally surfaced.
Xiao did not hesitate.
He beat his wings hard and shot toward the moon.
The moment he landed, he decisively shut down the Sun Wings.
Without the Sky Islander gene support, torrents of Cyber Aura surged in, rapidly converging to repair the damaged gene chains.
After running calculations, Xiao confirmed that full genetic repair would take approximately one hour.
However, considering the body's natural self-healing capabilities, Xiao decisively set the cooldown for this ability to 24 hours.
Only this level of safety margin could ensure zero long-term damage.
If it weren't for Xiao's monstrous physique and superior bloodline, even maintaining the Sun Wings for a few hours would have been impossible.
For ordinary humans, activating this state for even a short time could require months of recovery—and might still carry fatal risks.
There was no denying it—
Sun Wings was currently one of the most powerful abilities Xiao possessed.
The moment it unfolded, his strength underwent a qualitative leap—
jumping directly from fifth-tier power to a level comparable to a seventh-tier superbeing.
Xiao's database formally registered the skill:
[Light Wing Expansion]
From now on, activating it would no longer require manual genetic alteration, wing construction, or matrix carving.
With full digitization, deployment could be completed instantly.
One click.
However, compared to temporary burst skills like Light Wing Expansion, Xiao still preferred deep foundational transformation.
Turning active abilities into passive systems was always superior—and far more stable.
Thus, Xiao added a crucial new research objective:
Integrate the solar energy matrix into the foundation itself, with a controllable amplification switch—allowing precise, flexible activation based on stellar conditions.
Yet just as Xiao was preparing to refine this new research direction—
The excavation of the lunar ruins was completed.
With no delay, Xiao uploaded all experimental data and research projects into the Cyber Dimension, handing them over to the Mechanicus.
He trusted those brilliant minds completely.
They had never failed to surprise him.
Lately, however, the Mechanicus had been working at full capacity.
Just deciphering the complex blueprints of Pluto had already drained countless brain cells.
Even so, they understood the significance of their work.
This wasn't merely about weapons—
It was the key to unlocking light-nuclear fusion,
to stepping into an era of limitless energy,
and to driving the next great leap in human civilization.
And that—
made every sacrifice worthwhile.
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