Awakening：The Infinite Evolution of My Talent as a Low-Level Awakener

Sterl felt that there was no need to be surprised by the existence of prehistoric civilizations.

Just like in the world before his transmigration, where dinosaurs once ruled the Earth, it was entirely normal for the Starry Clan and other races to have civilizations that predated the upper realms and lower realm.

Perhaps the previous civilization was destroyed by a calamity of immense power??

Sterl's thoughts wandered as he continued deeper into the underground palace.

He could sense that with each step, a power akin to his own profession began to ripple around him. With this power protecting him, there should still be some remaining resources deeper within the palace.

Tap.

Tap.

Tap.

The entire palace was excessively empty, and the surrounding silence was profound, leaving only the sound of Sterl's footsteps.

He carefully approached a creation resembling a special elevator. After Bionic Tear pressed the mechanism, Sterl slowly descended into the ground along with the elevator.

In reality—

It was Bionic Tear that was descending into the depths, while Sterl's main body remained suspended in the visual blind spot above the elevator, poised to ambush any enemies.

His preparation proved effective, as he soon discovered that when the elevator doors opened, two statues resembling soldiers began to move, wobbling towards Bionic Tear.

Sterl quickly activated Star Insight, and his expression changed in an instant.

He exploded into action!

He and Bionic Tear unleashed their abilities simultaneously!

Double the Shattered Void!

In the confined space, countless blade-like shadows tore through everything.

The two soldier-like statues failed to react at all before being completely cut to ashes.

[Stellar Guardian]

[Category: Mechanism Creation]

[Rank: Weak Divine Power (Weakened state, currently demigod level)]

[Attributes: …]

[Skills: …]

[Description: Guardians created by the Starry Clan in the Astrological Palace. They are beings fashioned from the highest skills of the Starry Clan, but their power has diminished to a mere fraction after countless years of deterioration.]

Sterl let out a slight sigh of relief as he looked at the two adversaries reduced to fragments.

The average person might think that since these two mechanism creations had fallen from weak divine power to demigod level, there was no need to worry.

However, Sterl's thought process was different…

These two demigod-level beings had once been divine-level?!

That meant they surely had terrifying trump cards!

He had to eliminate them quickly, or he might find himself in trouble!

As the two statues were destroyed, two points of starlight suddenly appeared!

At first, Sterl didn't quite understand what they were and took a few steps back.

But a few seconds later, he instinctively felt a tremendous desire arise within him.

It was as if a newborn child craved milk to gain vitality.

His body and soul radiated an emotion of longing.

Through the perception of his Holy Spirit Bloodline, Sterl could sense that these two points of starlight did not seem to pose any harm to him.

His cheat enabled him to directly investigate—the two light points were named [Starlight Radiance].

Looking at their appearance, Sterl noticed that the light points were enveloping material, similar to the star fragments he had collected during his class change.

However, the star fragments he had once gathered were merely a chaotic collection of hard stones radiating starlight.

In contrast, these were like emeralds, incredibly transparent, and merely gazing at them brought an inexplicable sense of tranquility.

Good stuff! This was definitely something valuable!

However, what surprised Sterl was that his [Transcendence] system showed no reaction to these two points of light!

"Wait a minute."

"It seems that the [Transcendence] system has been unresponsive since entering the underground palace; no information has popped up at all."

"The data on the two Stellar Guardians earlier was also gathered through Star Insight."

Sterl felt that his guess might indeed be correct.

The Starry Clan was undoubtedly a race buried in distant time.

Its existence likely predated the [Transcendence] game itself.

Therefore, [Transcendence] could not record any relevant information about it.

"But when I did my class change, that instance was functioning normally within the [Transcendence] system, right?"

"And even if [Transcendence] initially didn't have information on the Starry Clan, it should have gathered plenty of data through my experiences."

"Why is it still unable to detect anything in the underground palace?"

"Doesn't the [Transcendence] system have self-updating capabilities?"

Sterl felt a bit puzzled.

He had always thought that [Transcendence] was a game constructed by those so-called super artificial intelligences from his previous life, capable of continuous self-updating and evolution.

But based on what he had seen in the underground palace, Sterl felt that it might not be quite like that.

He didn't dwell on it any further and took a couple of steps forward to collect the Starlight Radiance. The moment the energy surged into his body, he felt a jolt run through him.

This still couldn't be explained by the panel's descriptions.

Sterl sensed that he could enhance all of his existing professional skills through the Starlight Radiance.

This enhancement had no upper limit; he could even elevate them to radiant-level or beyond.

However, the initial enhancement required 1,000 units of Starlight Radiance.

After that, the number of radiant points needed for each subsequent improvement would increase tenfold.

Skills with initially lower levels were less worth upgrading.

Nevertheless, the first enhancement would firmly raise the skill to Iridescent-Level.

Having now collected two units of radiant points, he still needed to gather 998 more…

to complete his first enhancement!

The above details were purely Sterl's sensing. No panel had popped up to provide any information.

Clearly, everything related to the Starry Clan was not recorded in the [Transcendence] database.

This revelation brought Sterl considerable excitement; he had skills he wanted to enhance!

To unconditionally raise his professional skills to Iridescent-Level…

"It's best to enhance [Stardust]," Sterl said, feeling a surge of excitement.

Mainly because [Stardust] was extremely useful!

It could enhance various aspects of skills, including control effects, additional effects, output, and range…

Even though he couldn't use [Stardust] right now and had acquired countless Platinum Skills through various battlefields, Sterl still hadn't found an auxiliary ability as outstanding as [Stardust]!

Now… he finally had the chance to enhance it!

For the next period, Sterl began his search deep within the underground palace.

His main task was to hunt down Stellar Guardians, shatter them, and accumulate Starlight Radiance.

Initially, Sterl worried that it would be like collecting the fragments of the boundary, and he wouldn't be able to gather enough.

But soon, he realized he had worried for nothing; there were a vast number of Stellar Guardians in the palace!

Sterl gradually sensed something was amiss. At first, he thought that this underground palace was meant to seal the Starry Clan, but then he noticed that the atmosphere of life here seemed too abundant.

He realized that the underground palace might be the Starry Clan's base.

The outer layer of the palace had been shattered and was barely recognizable due to the battles that may have once occurred, while the area where Sterl currently found himself had suffered less damage, allowing him to discern traces from who knows how many years ago.

Countless Stellar Guardians moved nearby, seemingly guarding something.

In the darkness, Sterl stumbled upon a massive city.

After descending via the elevator, he found himself at the outskirts of this city, surrounded by single-story houses and various communal buildings. Deeper within, there were numerous luxurious villas.

However, all these structures were inaccessible; they were clearly constructed as small worlds using spatial powers, which had long since faded after countless years.

Inside nearly all the buildings, there were only chaotic dimensional storms.

As Sterl reached the end of this area, he could see a dilapidated palace.

Yet, within the underground palace, there was a strange wave that suppressed detection. Out of caution, Sterl chose not to teleport recklessly in this unknown territory, opting instead to walk slowly.

Along the way, he eliminated Stellar Guardians and collected Starlight Radiance.

By the time he found the palace, four days had passed, during which he had gathered 437 units of Starlight Radiance, allocated two points of guild materials, and spent two points to maintain the status of his Holy Spirit Bloodline.

As for the Frost Giant that was hunting him down, it was blocked outside the underground palace. The Starry Clan's base had a powerful detection pattern, which seemed to suppress the Frost Giant's abilities that could almost ignore everything.

It had chased him all the way to the entrance of the underground palace.

At this point, Sterl's aura had completely vanished.

Thus, for four days, the Frost Giant remained outside the palace, showing no intention of entering. It sat on the ground, gazing up at the starry sky and the radiant sphere.

How Sterl knew this was due to the odd assortment of items he had on hand; he casually threw one with detection abilities near the palace's perimeter.

That allowed him to see the scene of the Frost Giant's arrival.

The Frost Giant had subsequently destroyed the detection item.

Using the talisman's duplication ability, Sterl occasionally tossed out another detection device.

As long as he moved within the palace, even if he threw out a detection item, the Frost Giant could not sense any life within the underground palace.

Though it could visibly see something strange happening inside, it remained oblivious, leading it to stand motionless, like a confused child.

Sterl only needed to expend a few surplus detection items to keep a firm grip on the Frost Giant's movements.

He watched as the uniquely destructive giant sat dumbfoundedly at the palace's edge, appearing quite adorable in its confusion.

However, this seemingly cute Frost Giant would unleash a devastating frost at the moment any living creature appeared.

Sterl was quite pleased with the situation.

Over the course of four days, he explored the underground palace at a leisurely pace.

Until…

As he approached the crumbling palace, he suddenly came to a halt.

Sterl felt a strange calling resonate deeply within him.

"Kin…

"Kin… you have finally come."

It was a sensation of bloodline connection; Sterl felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy and warmth, which made him grow wary.

"What is this?"

He drew his weapon and pointed it toward the palace, readying himself for whatever might come next.