Ringo still had the clone controlling the journey, he maintained his state of continuously charging the MCs with Chi.
He was currently traversing one of those desolate belts of the universe.
There was nothing in those areas except the light from distant stars, there wasn't even a nearby star. At most, it was possible to find space rocks drifting freely.
Even with Ringo's ship's speed, these things were barely visible, appearing only as blurs in its path, the ship calculated its trajectory on its own, with no danger of hitting anything.
However, while Ringo was training, his eyes suddenly opened, a faint light gleaming in the depths of his pupils.
He raised his head as he controlled the clone to make the ship slightly change its course.
His vision of the future was triggered on its own, a possibility for his immediate future, extremely low but still possible, led him to see something he could have easily ignored.
The craft drifted for a few more minutes before stopping.
Ringo, leaving the training room, went to the ship's command center, ignoring the clone piloting the ship, and looked out through the transparent 'glass'.
It was a rocky body, large, at least much larger than the rocks he had seen in those desolate belts, almost the size of a dwarf planet.
The surface of the planetoid was practically green, but it wasn't a color generated by vegetation, there was nothing of the sort there.
The darkness of the universe surrounded this rock, so the color itself was the luminescence of the planetoid itself.
Ringo watched calmly, before transforming into a nightmare, and the next moment, he appeared directly above the planet. As his body reformed, he felt the energy striking his skin.
Closing his eyes, he frowned slightly.
This energy was not radiation.
Confused, he entered the planet, but the energy didn't affect him at all, it was slightly warm and had some vitality, which didn't make sense since the rock showed no signs of life.
Confused, Ringo's eyes flashed again as he activated his future vision once more. He remained like that for a few seconds before coming to his senses, he had understood.
A slight understanding of what he was seeing.
That thing... it was a living being, the whole planetoid.
At first he was confused, but soon he understood: there were countless races throughout the universe, this was one of them, the planetoid itself was just a 'shell', the true living being was a green crystal at the center of this thing.
The crystal itself was only about 3 meters in diameter.
Currently, this 'guy' was sleeping.
On the spaceship, Ringo's clone was already searching the galactic database for a match, it didn't take long to find one, it was a Verdant Teracrist.
A life form that could take millions of years to form and several million more to reach adulthood.
In its adult stage, it became a planet teeming with life, a conscious planet, it didn't devour the living beings within it or anything like that. Instead, it was the kind of living being that resembled a vegetable, simply continuing to grow endlessly while absorbing energy from the universe.
Ringo discovered that one of these in its adult stage was incredibly expensive, there were at least 15 zeros, a planet with such a creature on it had an incredible energy capacity, the living beings on it grew faster, lived longer, became stronger... although it didn't have the power of evolution, after a few generations living on that planet, most of the population had a chance of becoming a Super.
That was why, even when Ringo arrived on the planet, the Verdant Teracrist didn't even wake up, to him, Ringo was no different from a flea, perhaps even less so.
Ringo should have been happy, but this was just a young Verdant Teracrist, perhaps its crystal had formed only a few tens of thousands of years ago.
The energy it emitted was so subtle that even though the location wasn't far from the route most ships used, no one had noticed it.
Well, he was also constantly on the move, so Ringo was very lucky to have found this 'guy' here.
Deep in thought, Ringo was deciding what to do with 'this'.
The energy it emitted was still weak, but it wasn't useless, besides, the crystal itself had many other uses, although it would be a waste not to let it grow, the growth time for these creatures was simply too long.
Who would wait millions of years to let him reach the top?
But who was Ringo?
Evolution...
Ringo smiled, a smile that grew rapidly, becoming almost manic.
Millions of years, right? Sorry, he's not going to wait that long. Instead, he's going to make this 'little guy' reach a point that none of his 'ancestors' managed to reach.
However... Ringo's smile quickly faded.
How do I get rid of this guy?
Verdant Teracrist...
If he left it here, Ringo wouldn't feel comfortable, but he couldn't carry a planetoid with him.
-I don't need to take the planetoid.- After a moment of thought, Ringo quickly grasped the key point.
The crystal was 3 meters in diameter, and although small, his ship could carry it with ease.
Unfortunately, he hadn't left any clones behind, not even a nightmare Mark. He regretted it a little, thinking he could have left the clones until he arrived, but Ringo didn't want to change his mind halfway through, so he just scrapped all the 'Plans B, C, D...'.
Sighing, Ringo transformed directly into a nightmare, entering the planet. Verdant Teracrist couldn't resist, Ringo easily grabbed the crystal, although he felt his consciousness practically stressing his irritation, anger, and sadness.
Ringo didn't mind much, in the future, this 'guy' would thank him.
Satisfied, Ringo returned inside the ship, placing the crystal in a closed room. The crystal itself was quite beautiful, it was semi-transparent, green, and still emitting a little energy, but it soon began to fade, seeming to enter a dormant state.
This was Ringo's doing, he couldn't let that guy keep emitting energy. Although it was difficult to notice, it was still dangerous if someone powerful was nearby, especially a BGA mage.
Ringo put him directly into a coma with his evolutionary power, sealing his energy and even using his nightmare power to put him into a deep sleep.
Satisfied, he resumed his journey. This time, Ringo realized he might be missing out on many useful things, so he created a few more clones to work on his vision of the future, searching for 'treasures' throughout the galaxy.