Chapter 1440: 1339, Food Binding Technique

“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Seeing Su Yu’s sudden change in expression, everyone turned their attention to him.

“It’s nothing, I just suddenly thought of something from the time at the Fegg Hub…”

Su Yu quickly made up an excuse to brush off the matter, but he was already using his spiritual power to ask the AI Blue Whale: “Blue Whale, what’s going on?”

The AI Blue Whale quickly responded: “Administrator Su Yu, this is the ‘weak binding’ phenomenon within ‘Civilization Binding’. I guess you’ve always wanted to know how to bind with other existing civilizations, right?”

“…Indeed.”

This question had indeed been on Su Yu’s mind for a while.

He often contemplated the issues regarding “Civilization Binding”.

The binding of Blue Star civilization had already come to a clue; he used the “Eternal Spring” to create life, and after life spread across the globe, he completed the binding with Blue Star civilization.

But how to bind with other civilizations remained unclear to him.

If he wanted to bind with the Fegg Hub, he couldn’t possibly kill all hundred billion residents and recreate them, could he?

The “Eternal Spring” explained: “What happened just now is one way of binding with other civilizations. Simply put, if the creatures of other civilizations consume the food you create, they form a ‘weak binding’ with you.

Of course, this ‘weak binding’ is extremely weak, with negligible effects.

Take the apples everyone just ate as an example; the effect of a single apple is negligible. They would need to consume your created food for years, over a long period, to gradually convert from ‘weak binding’ to ‘strong binding’.

For example, Advanced User Xu Xiaotian, if she continually eats your created food over time, she will slowly bind to you until a complete binding is formed, enhancing your power.”

“Oh, so that’s how it is,” Su Yu realized.

He now understood that binding with other civilizations is done using this method.

So, if he wanted to bind with the Fegg Hub, he just needed the residents to eat his created food?

“How long would it take for a complete binding?” Su Yu continued to ask, “For instance, Xu Xiaotian, how long would she need to eat my created food to complete the binding?”

“Around 1000 years.”

“Oh, that’s… wait? Did you say ‘1000 years’?!” Su Yu’s eyes widened, momentarily thinking he misheard.

“‘1000 years’?! Are you serious?”

Would it really take this long to achieve complete binding? Would it even be useful 1000 years later?

“Yes, just consuming food is like that,” the AI Blue Whale explained: “The binding efficiency is positively correlated with the cultivator’s strength. Xu Xiaotian is an Eighth Rank Cultivator, so binding naturally won’t be easy.

If it were ordinary creatures or Third to Fourth Rank cultivators, binding would be much easier.”

“How long would it take to bind ordinary creatures?”

“For example, among your Blue Star people, it would take only 3 to 5 months. If it were Third Rank Blue Star people, the time would be longer, about 3 years.”

“3 years… well, that’s alright,” Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Three years isn’t too long.

The majority of the Fegg Hub’s residents are around Third Rank; if these residents are bound, he could greatly enhance his power.

The AI Blue Whale continued: “Additionally, it’s important to note that it’s because you are exceptionally compatible with the ‘Civilization Binding’ Cultivation Technique, allowing it to be this fast.

The times mentioned above are based on your personal situation. It may not be the same for others.

Let’s take Xu Xiaotian as an example again, if she used this Cultivation Technique, the binding speed would likely be only one-tenth of yours.

This means if she wanted to use the ‘Food Binding Method’ to bind the Third Rank Fegg Hub residents, it would take her about 30 years.”

“I see,” Su Yu nodded secretly.

It seems he benefits from being a “four-dimensional space creature”, if it also took him 30 years to bind the lower ranks, the power enhancement would be far in the future.

“‘Food Binding Method’? Is that the name of this binding method?” Su Yu asked curiously.

The AI Blue Whale answered: “This binding method doesn’t have a formal name, as it originates from four-dimensional space. The name was coined by Holy Song.

However, I must remind you–‘Food Binding Method’ is often limited to numerous lower-ranked residents.

I mentioned earlier that this binding method is only one among many. For high-level cultivators, there are other, faster binding methods.”

“Oh? And what are those?”

“I cannot explain this to you clearly at the moment,” the AI Blue Whale replied, “Once you successfully assist high-level Blue Star people in reconstructing their bodies, I will explain in detail, allowing you to master it at the fastest speed.”

Explaining it now would be like teaching calculus to a child who just memorized the multiplication tables, so the AI Blue Whale planned to explain after Su Yu accumulated enough knowledge in the future.

“Alright then,” Su Yu nodded eagerly.

At this point, he had a rough understanding of the binding methods and almost knew how to bind with other civilizations.

However, how to get the Fegg Hub’s residents to eat the food he provided was still a matter worth researching.

…

Seeing Su Yu’s ever-changing expression, the room fell silent.

Everyone figured something must have happened but didn’t dare disturb Su Yu.

They didn’t dare eat the apples in their hands and silently put them down.

Finally, after more than a minute, Su Yu finished his exchange with the AI Blue Whale and returned to normal.

“Haha, it’s nothing, I just thought of something else,” Su Yu said with a smile, looking around at everyone present: “Let’s continue to explore creating life.”

Princess White Dragon Keke, outspoken as always: “Brother Su Yu… are you really okay?”

“Really, I’m not lying to you,” Su Yu smiled at her: “Want to eat something else?”

Keke: “…” (expression: scared.jpg)

“It’s fine, the fruits I created are definitely safe, everyone can rest assured!” Su Yu emphasized.

However, still no one responded to him.

The crowd looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

Seeing everyone like this, Su Yu stopped speaking.

He continued toTou Ru in the “Eternal Spring,” beginning the next step of his creation experiments.

…

In the following half an hour, Su Yu experimented with creating over a dozen kinds of plants.

These plants included common vegetables like lettuce, cabbage, and tomatoes, as well as common trees like poplars, dawn redwoods, and pines.

The “Eternal Spring” also has a customizable DIY feature.

In the last few creation experiments, Su Yu used this feature to create several unusually shaped plants.

Some of these plants had deep red, broad leaves, others had extremely long stems but no branches, and some had enormous but extremely foul-smelling flowers…

These plants served no particular purpose but allowed Su Yu to indulge in the thrill of being a “creator,” while also demonstrating the limits of the customizable creation feature, which could be studied further in the future.