Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 188 Soil, Liquid, and Corpse

"From what I can remember, Professor Frances specifically told us to make her a new body." Alina muttered behind Alex as she stared at the professor’s head. "But from the way that she talked about her plan, it seemed like she needed to have a special body created from special materials... If you were this confident right now, does that mean that you already have a plan to obtain the materials for her new bod?"

"Yes. I was able to create my plan after you shared all of that Symbolist’s memory with me." Alex replied as he blinked his eyes. "Mind you, I learned a lot from the memories of that guy."

Alex could hear some groans at the background, probably from his pun, but he ignored that as he continued to converse with Alina.

"From the way you are smiling right now, you seem to have enjoyed peeking at that Symbolist’s memories." Alina murmured as she glared at Alex. "Are you sure that you’re only thinking about the plan to recreate Professor Frances’ body?"

"Well, there’s a lot of interesting stuff from that Symbolist’s memories."

"..."

"I cannot just ignore them, you know."

"...."

Just like what Alex said, he obtained a lot of interesting information from the memories that Alina scoured from the Symbolist.

If one can compare information to food, then the information that Alex obtained can be compared to a succulent, honey-glazed roast chicken!

Not only did Alex get more info about the Symbolists, he also saw the way of life of each of the Three Factions!

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For the Symbolists, what matter the most was their knowledge and academic level.

The higher the academic status of a Symbolist, the better status they will have relative to their peers.

The positions of power in a Symbolist society will only be given to those with exemplary academic status.

Those who lack knowledge are considered to be plebeians or barbarians by the Symbolists.

At first, Alex found the Symbolist’s view on knowledge to be too extreme.

But as he tried out his Pillaged Symbolist ability, he found out the reason why the Symbolists had this rigid kind of view.

Their power, which relies on the creation of Symbols to manipulate laws of physical reality, was actually a science on its own.

To discover new applications of their power, Symbolists must find a problem, formulate a hypothesis, and conduct experiments to confirm said hypothesis.

It was through this kind of scientific process that the Symbolist could grow stronger, and they adhered on doing these for years.

It was no wonder that they were obsessed with being knowledgeable and highly academic.

After all, only Symbolists with this kind of mind can discover innovations with their power.

Just like any power systems, there are also several levels of strength among the Symbolist, and the Symbolists were able to create distinctions with each power level.

The first and weakest power level among the Symbolist was called the Mortal Type Symbolist. That will be followed by King Type Symbolist, and then Emperor Type Symbolist.

An Emperor Type Symbolist will have to undergo some kind of tribulation before he/she can reach the higher level, which is the Sovereign Type Symbolist.

What follows after the Sovereign Type Symbolist was the Earth Type Symbolist, which will be followed by Heaven Type Symbolist.

After the Heaven Type Symbolist will be the Ancient Type Symbolist, and then Immortal Type Symbolist.

After the Immortal Type Symbolist will be the Eternal Type Symbolist, and it will be followed by the final type, which was called the Paragon Type Symbolist.

The Grand Symbolist, who was the strongest Symbolist in the whole world, was said to be a Paragon Type Symbolist.

After Alex saw this level of intricacy amongst the Symbolists, he could not help out but sigh, as he felt pity for these guys who were most likely too engrossed on studying.

Their love life could possibly be as dismal as it could get.

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If the Symbolists value knowledge, the Celestials on the other hand value their bloodlines.

From what Alex found out, the potency of the power of the Celestials depend on their bloodlines.

The Celestials’ ability to harness Stellar Essence actually depends on the amount of the Celestial Bloodline flowing through their veins.

The ’better’ and ’purer’ their bloodlines are, the stronger their power will be.

This natural limitation produced a Celestial Society divided into three strata.

The First Stratum was composed of the Celestials with the thinnest amounts of Celestial Bloodline on their veins.

They could only barely harness the Stellar Essence, but they were still accepted as Celestials as they can do the bare minimum.

Those who reside in the First Stratum were usually called Mortal Celestials, as their weak power makes them comparable to a mortal.

For the Second Stratum, its residents were the Celestials who had enough Celestial Bloodline to make them formidable fighters, but still not enough to make them extremely powerful.

They could be said to be the average-powered Celestials.

These Celestials who reside on the Second Stratum were called the Heavenly Celestials, pertaining to their power making them a little closer to the heavens.

As for the Third and final Stratum, the Celestials who reside here were those with the thickest and purest amount of Celestial Bloodline in their bodies.

Such amounts of bloodline allow these mentioned Celestials to perform feats that can be sung on legends.

Such was their power that these Celestials were treated as the ruling class among all the Celestials.

These ’pure-blooded’ Celestials were called the Stellar Celestials, as their sheer presence were being compared to the stars themselves.

As for their levels of power, the Celestials surprisingly follow the same system as the Symbolists.

There are Mortal Type, King Type, Emperor Type, Sovereign Type, Earth Type, Heaven Type, Ancient Type, Immortal Type, Eternal Type and Paragon Type Celestials.

With the memories that they scoured coming from a Symbolist, Alex was not able to determine on how powerful the Celestials are as a whole.

But seeing that the Celestials were able to stand toe-to-toe along with the Symbolists, Alex can safely say that the Celestial Faction could be just as strong as the Symbolist Faction.

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Unlike the Symbolists and Celestials, who follow some kind of complicated system to measure the status of their members, the residents of the Devourer Faction follow a different and a much simpler way to sort themselves.

For the Devourers, might makes right.

If you’re a strong Devourer, then it will be your words that matter among the Devourers. But if you’re a weak Devourer, your life will be doomed already.

The Devourers follow this kind of system as it was the best that they can do with the powers that they have.

And just like the Celestials and the Symbolists, the Devourers also follow the same power levelling system.

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After he reminisced all this information inside his mind, Alex started to shake his head as he remembered what he was supposed to do right now.

"So, like what I am saying earlier, I plan to reconstruct Professor Frances’ body." Alex said as he prodded the professor’s forehead. "The creation of the body itself is easy, but the hard part will be the gathering of the materials needed to create that body."

Alex then let out a sigh as he started to list out his needed materials.

"We need to get: A drum of soil that contains a breath of life in it, a glass of liquid filled with power, and finally, the corpse of a living creature with great vitality."

"Alex, that list is the reason why I am asking you if you’re ready to do this plan." Alina said to Alex as she placed her hand on his shoulders. "Getting them is already hard, and yet you want to do it this week, when we are not yet starting the Main Mission! We haven’t been able to purchase any power-ups, since they will only be available once we start the Main Mission. But even with that limitation, you still want to re-create the professor’s body immediately? Are you really sure about this, Alex?"

"Just like what I said before, I am sure about this already." Alex replied calmly.

"..."

Alina, who looked unconvinced with Alex’s reply, continued her argument.

"Alex didn’t you say that you do not want to do anything risky right before the Main Mission starts? From what I can see, what you are doing right now constitutes a lot of risks..."

"That is what I thought so too before." Alex replied as he shook his head. "But yesterday, I realized that we cannot just keep hiding here until the Main Mission starts. We need to also survey our possible enemies... "

"..."

Alex then started to smile as he crossed his arms in front of him. "And fortunately for us, we can actually survey our possible enemies while we gather the materials needed for the recreation of the professor’s body!"

"Basically speaking, you are saying that you want to obtain the materials from the Celestials, Symbolists and Devourers." Alina drily said as she stared at Alex. "You want to do it stealthily, and while you get the materials, you will also use that time to spy on them to know their motives and their moves..."

"Yes! That is what I plan to do!" Alex replied jovially as he started to laugh. "As long as I do this properly, none of us will be jeopardized before the Main Mission, and we will gain a new ally that will be of great help to us here!"

"...You really are an unpredictable person, Alex."

In the end, this is the only thing that Alina could say to Alex.

"Hehe, if we want to win, then we need to be creative." Alex replied as he tried to make himself look imperious. "After all, creativity is the mother of all innovation!"

"...Alex, that quotation sounds cool, but isn’t that a little unrelated with what we are talking about here?"

"..."