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~Ding~
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HOST NAME: Lin Wu
AGE: 2 years, 3 months, 9 days
LIFESPAN: 150 years
HOST SPECIES: Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm
HOST CULTIVATION: Mid stage of the Qi Refining Realm
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/3000] units
QI STORAGE: 3458 units [wisps]
BLOODLINE: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (System Manufactured)
2. Unknown
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES: None
QI SKILLS: None
INNATE SKILLS: 1. Radiation Manipulation(minor)
2. Cellular Manipulation (lesser)
3. Cellular Crystallization (great)
INVENTORY: Broken Spear, Broken metal plate
BEAST CORE: Not formed
VITAL ENERGY STORAGE: 0 units
SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 176 units
RAW BLOODLINE DATA COLLECTED:
1. Common Grass Mouse
2. Rock Trampler Boar
3. Human
4. Unknown
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FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE:-
1. Map
2. Scanner
3. Bloodline Creation
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Lin Wu immediately noticed the significant increase in spirit qi and was quite pleased with this. He also noticed that a few more parts had updated. For example, his bloodline now showed his species name and the inventory section showed the things he had stored.
He also noticed the system energy storage that had been slightly depleted because of his use of functions. He didn't really mind it as it was intended for a good use and now that he had even more energy he just felt that it was well invested.
"Yes! This is good, I can upgrade my cultivation right away if I want to." Lin Wu spoke in jubilation, happy at his gains.
'Still, should wait till I consume the Skeleton before upgrading or not?' Lin Wu thought to himself.
After a couple of minutes of thinking, Lin Wu decided against upgrading straight away. His judgment was that perhaps he may get something important from the Skeleton, since there was still a data node hidden within it.
"Alright, I guess I'll just consume the skeleton, but how do I do that? Do I just eat it, straightway?" Lin Wu spoke to himself.
After a brief moment of thinking, Lin Wu sensed his body and willed to make a few changes. He opened his mouth wide enough that his entire front part of his head was now a mouth. A moment later sharp teeth appeared in his mouth in a haphazard manner and looked as if it was a blender.
It was not intentional on Lin Wu's part, rather with his current skill level, this was all he could accomplish. He had in fact imagined something completely different in his mind, and this turned out to be the result.
Lin Wu then placed his mouth over the half skeleton and started eating it. The teeth in his mouth would move in a spiral manner, pulling in the skeleton with them. Soon the entire skeleton was in his stomach. The bones of the skeleton quickly detached once they were pulled in to his mind, thus he did not have much of a problem.
Lin Wu had never eaten bones before, thus this was a strange experience for him. In the past, he had been unable to eat the bones as they were far too hard for him to chew on as he had no teeth to speak of. But now that he could create as many teeth as he wanted, the process was rather easy.
Lin Wu's body slightly budged from what he had eaten, and crunching and cracking noises came from his body. Almost instantly his body got to work breaking down the meal that was just consumed. Lin Wu was feeling strange hearing the noises that were coming from his stomach.
"This is strange, I've heard stomach grumble but never thought that mine would ever make sounds like this. It's almost as if there's a blender in my stomach… actually that may not be that far from the Truth." Lin Wu spoke to himself.
'This new body of mine is strange.' Lin Wu thought as he observed his stomach quickly shrinking to its normal size in the span of a minute.
Once the entire process ended, his body glowed for a moment before Lin Wu felt pain.
"Ah, I was expecting something like this…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before gritting his teeth in pain.
Still, the pain was bearable for him and he withstood it without much problem. The pain was quite similar to how one would feel after eating a lot of spicy food.
Once the pain died down, Lin Wu opened his eyes as the sound of notification appeared.
~Ding~
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TARGET SUCCESSFULLY CONSUMED: Absorption complete.
OBTAINED DATA NODE: Decrypting, please wait patiently.
QUEST UPDATE: Objectives completed 3/8.
DATA BANKS: Updated.
HOST DATA: Updated
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A string of notifications popped up in front of Lin Wu most of which he had expected. He decided to check what the changes in his host data were first.
"System, show me the host data." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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HOST NAME: Lin Wu
AGE: 2 years, 3 months, 9 days
LIFESPAN: 150 years
HOST SPECIES: Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm
HOST CULTIVATION: Mid stage of the Qi Refining Realm
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/3000] units
QI STORAGE: 3458 units [wisps]
BLOODLINE: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (System Manufactured)
2. Unknown
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES: None
QI SKILLS: None
INNATE SKILLS: 1. Radiation Manipulation(minor)
2. Cellular Manipulation (lesser)
3. Cellular Crystallization (great)
INVENTORY: Broken Spear, Broken metal plate, Beast carapace (fragment)
BEAST CORE: Not formed
VITAL ENERGY STORAGE: 4000 units
SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 8964 units
RAW BLOODLINE DATA COLLECTED:
1. Common Grass Mouse
2. Rock Trampler Boar
3. Human
4. Unknown
5. Ash Crowned Buck
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"What the hell!" Lin Wu exclaimed in shock.
The two values that had changed greatly were the Vital energy storage and the system energy storage. The gain was far greater than Lin Wu had gotten until now from any resource and was completely unexpected to him. The combined increase in energy was of more than twelve thousand units.
Finally, at the very bottom, Lin Wu noticed a new addition.
'Ash Crowned Buck? What? How did I get this from a human corpse?' Lin Wu wondered to himself.
"System, explain yourself." Lin Wu ordered, feeling confused and a little cheated.
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~Ding~
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ANSWER: The system could only assimilate the energy present in the skeleton in this manner by storing it into the vital energy storage and the system energy storage. The energy was far too complexly integrated into the skeleton which would have made its conversion into spirit qi impossible. The most efficient method with the least amount of waste was this, thus the system chose it.
The system was also able to obtain some raw bloodline data of the Ash Crowned Buck from the skeleton. The cultivator to which the skeleton belonged to was a person bearing its bloodline. Although the entirety of that bloodline could not be obtained for direct assimilation, enough of it was obtained that it could be added to the data bank.
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~Sigh~
After reading the system's answered there wasn't much that Lin Wu could do, thus he decided to just leave it be.
"At least now I have plenty of system energy to use for the functions and the vital energy to replenish my stamina and to regenerate myself if I get injured." Lin Wu consoled himself.
'Wait, that's not all. What is that beast carapace fragment that was added to my inventory? I don't remember putting it in there.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"System, what is the beast carapace fragment that was added to my inventory? Did you add it? But where did it come from?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The host consumed it in addition to the Skeleton as it was stuck in its ribs. After the analysis, the system determined that it is a type of beast carapace fragment, but the system does not what kind of beast it is. It is recommended that the host upgrades the data Banks by completing the quest.
The system may also be able to obtain more data from the data node after it is decrypted, but it is not fully confirmed.
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"I ate that, huh? Didn't even feel it, neither did I taste it. Wait, taste?! I can't taste anything…" Lin Wu spoke to himself.
After reading the system's answer, Lin Wu was a little dumbfounded and then realized the reason why he had not felt it; his sense of taste was no longer present. To test out his theory again, Lin Wu tried to eat a little bit of the soil that was present everywhere and confirmed that he could indeed not able to taste it.
'Seems like I need to switch back to my organic form in order to taste again. This crystalline form seems to completely inhibit my sense of taste.' Lin Wu surmised.
To test out his new theory, Lin Wu activated his innate skill Cellular crystallization, and willed for his body to revert to the organic form. A couple of seconds passed, after which the changes finally appeared. It started with Lin Wu's head.
His eyes that were just two red lights sank in and the crystal skin morphed to become a smooth, chitin surface. The surface of the chitin then broke and two pupil-less red eyes appeared. They were the size of small coins and looked rather strange and disturbing. If a child or a person that was squeamish were to see them, they would definitely shout out ~Kyaahh~ upon seeing them and would feel disgusted.
Lin Wu's crystal mouth then closed and changed to a similar chitin surface. Then a seam appeared, which then split further to reveal a toothless mouth. But if one were to look deeper, they would see many small slots that were hidden within his mouth.
The crystallization kept on reverting and eventually reached his tail. Unlike Lin Wu's smooth crystalline tail that tapered evenly at the end, his organic form's tail was fat at the end and looked unsightly. A slit could also be observed, which was the excretory end of his body.
Lin Wu's body had more than fifty segments overall excluding the head. Each segment was around two centimeters in size and went around his body's circumference. Only his head did not have any segments and instead had a smooth surface of chitin. Overall, his body had not unique patterns or anything of that sort, making him look rather disgusting.
Lin Wu looked at his body's surface and had a bad feeling. He quickly summoned the host data window and saw his image there. And upon seeing it, his heart broke.
"I'm… I'm… I'm uglyyy!" Lin Wu shouted in horror.
"Nope, nope, nope, I'm never showing this form to others. My crystalline form is so pretty and shiny. If I come in contact with others I'm never showing them this form." Lin Wu declared to himself and just as he did this…
~Screech~
~Shing~
He had unconsciously opened his mouth when he was speaking to himself, though he usually only did so in his mind. This time an actual sound came out of his mouth that was rather disturbing to one's ears and would make a person's skin tingle.
Another sound came out of his mouth that was different than the screech. This sound was as if something hard was sliding over something hard. Or a metallic object being dragged over a stiff surface.
Lin Wu looked at the host data window and saw it…
"Oh, my god!!! What are those teeth!" Lin Wu exclaimed.
What he had seen were none other than countless sharp teeth that had popped up in his mouth. They were arranged in a symmetrical pattern into rows of four and looked eerily dangerous. They were covered in slimy saliva and were gray colored.
Lin Wu focused on them, and then the teeth retreated into the inside of his mouth. The slits that he had seen previously were actually the pockets where the teeth were hiding in. They would pop up whenever he needed them to be. But he also saw that he actually had no tongue.
~Huu~
Lin Wu took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
'I'm no less than a creature from people's nightmares.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He then took another deep breath and remembered what he was originally going to do. Lowering his head to the ground, Lin Wu ate some of the soil and could feel its taste.
"Hmm, earthy with little hints of metal… What the hell am I doing?! Nows, not the time to act like a celebrity chef from my previous life. Ahh! I really need to get my soul stabilized, these childish tendencies keep on popping out." Lin Wu spoke to himself.
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After a little bit of time, Lin Wu calmed himself down and figured out the differences in his organic form. His sense of taste was definitely back after he switched to this one, and luckily it didn't make him feel bad about eating soil. His worm-like taste preferences were still there.
'Okay, now that I know this works, I should just go to the next objective. Ugh, let's switch quickly to the crystal form.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He then willed it and the innate skill was triggered, making his body change back into a crystalline form. A minute later he was back to looking like a beautiful sculpture.
Lin Wu posed in different styles and looked at his image in the Host data window.
"Now this is good. I'm beautiful this way." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Lin Wu brought up the map window and looked at where his next quest objective was and found it to be to the northwest of his current location. He elevated his head and tried to look towards its general direction but could not find anything peculiar.
'I need to get closer…' Lin Wu thought before starting to move towards it.
Five minutes later, Lin Wu was standing over the quest marker that was being shown by the map. But the thing that was bothering him was that the object in question was a piece of cloth. Or more accurately, a piece of female clothing. Lin Wu could tell this because of its peculiar shape.
"What? Why is modern style clothing here? Is this really a cultivation world? Or has it perhaps developed in a direction that the clothing is similar to modern style?" Lin Wu thought out loud.
"System, scan the object… Umm… the underwear." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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SCANNER FUNCTION: Activated
SCANNING: Please wait a moment.
SCANNING COMPLETED: New data obtained, please view it in the relevant window.
DATA BANKS: Updated.
QUEST UPDATE: Objectives completed 4/8.
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Soon the quest update notification appeared and then the next window informing Lin Wu of the item's details appeared.
~Ding~
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TARGET: Pink Women's underwear
INFO: The underwear is made from hundred year summer silkworm silk and is quite a precious material. Hundred year summer silkworm silk can be used to make high grade spirit clothing, which can defend from qi techniques. A small amount of hundred year summer silkworm silk is worth about twenty mid grade spirit stones.
CURRENT STATUS: Used.
COMPOSITION: Hundred year summer silkworm silk, lilac blossom dye.
FORMATIONS: Basic protective formation and temperature regulation formation present.
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"Uhhhh… What?" Lin Wu uttered, feeling dumbfounded.
Lin Wu could not help but feel bewildered at this finding. It seemed to him that whoever was the owner of this garment was probably rather rich and liked to splurge. Although Lin Wu didn't know what twenty mid grade spirit stones were worth, he could guess that that was probably a lot.
'Making underwear from material that can be used as Armour, really? How opulent are the people here…' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"System, how much are twenty mid grade spirit stones worth?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: A single mid grade spirit stone is worth a hundred low grade spirit stones, hence twenty mid grade spirit stones are worth two thousand low grade spirit stones. For reference, a single low grade spirit stone is enough to provide the user with ten wisps of spirit qi units.
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"Huh, so ten wisps of spirit qi units are equal to one low grade spirit stone. Then that means… WHAT THE HELL! Twenty thousand spirit qi units! That is more than all I have used until now." Lin Wu exclaimed upon finding out the reality.
Suddenly an idea appeared in Lin Wu's mind, and he wondered if it could be viable.
"Umm… System, if I consume the underwear, will I get the spirit qi from it?" Lin Wu questioned in a strange tone.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: No, the underwear itself does not have any spirit qi stored in it. The formations placed on its work by using the spirit qi of the user itself. The Host will have no benefit from consuming the object in question, but the system can analyze the formations placed on it.
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"Okay, I got excited for nothing." Lin Wu spoke to himself.
"System, store the underwear in inventory." Lin Wu ordered and the underwear lying on the ground disappeared and a new entry was added to the inventory window.
Lin Wu then looked at the map again and saw that the next objective was in the completely opposite direction that was to the east. He was currently in the West and needed to go back to the place he had gotten the skeleton at and go beyond it to reach his next objective.
'Alright, let's get to it.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Ten minutes passed and Lin Wu quickly arrived at the next objective. At first, Lin Wu was a little confused as the quest objective could not be seen anywhere as all that was in front of him was a large rock that was about ten meters tall.
'Is the quest objective above or below the rock, perhaps?' Lin Wu to himself before comparing it with what the navigation was showing him.
He checked it thrice, but the pointer was directly pointing it towards the rock itself, not up or down. Lin Wu went closer and saw that it was indeed the rock itself that was the objective.
"System, is this rock the objective?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The quest objective is contained within the rock. The system cannot scan the quest objective clearly as it is being shielded by the rock. The rock's composition has substances that can block the emission of spirit qi. The system recommends using the host's innate skills to reach the quest objective.
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Lin Wu was a bit surprised after seeing this and wondered if there was anything good hidden in the rock. He wanted to get right to it, but decided to check a little bit first. He went around the rock and first found the place that was the thinnest.
Lin Wu then triggered the innate skill of cellular crystallization and changed the shape of his tail into one that was sharp like a pickaxe.
"Alright mining time…"
Lin Wu looked up at the place which seemed the thinnest to him and struck it with his tail-turned-pickaxe.
~Deng~
A reverberating sound was heard as his crystalline tail vibrated in response to being hit.
"Whoa, okay, I didn't expect his. This is certainly uncomfortable." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
He tried hitting the rock a few more times and was finally able to make a small piece of it fall off from it. But in addition to this he was feeling quite uncomfortable as his tail kept on vibrating from the impacts as if it was a gong being struck.
After multiple hits, the vibrations got strong enough that they actually traveled to his head, making him feel a little dizzy.
"Okay, I can't go on like this. I feel like someone is ringing a bucket that's put on my head. This is elementary school all over again, I don't want to experience that feeling again." Lin Wu uttered with frustration.
Thinking for a solution to this, Lin Wu stopped mining. It was not like he was doing much damage to the rock either. After five minutes of effort, he had barely chipped away a small piece. Thinking over it, he realized that the vibrations were traveling to his head as his body was entirely crystalline.
'Hmm, if I make a small part of my body turn to the organic form, will it stop the vibrations?' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Wanting to try out his theory, he got to it and triggered the innate skill cellular crystallization. He focused on the part just below the end of his tail from where it was made to look like a pickaxe. A few seconds later, under the control of Lin Wu's mind, the crystalline surface started moping and soon changed to look like a dark grey color.
The segments that were present in his organic form appeared and it looked like an area of about three segments was turned into the organic form. The part where the crystalline changed to organic and vice a versa looked particularly unique.
Instead of directly transitioning to a different form, it instead changed eventually and looked like a completely different thing. Lin Wu now had five distinct sections on his body. The major part that was crystalline and emerald green. Then the tiny ring of greenish brown color which progressed to the organic part which was dark Grey and then back to the greenish brown ring. And finally, it ended in the emerald green crystalline tail, which was in the form of a pickaxe.
"Alright, lets see if there is a difference or not." Lin Wu spoke to himself.
He then braced himself and hit the rock again with his tail.
~Clink~
This time the results were quite obvious. While his tail still vibrated from the impact, the vibrations did not travel to the rest of his body, making it easier for him to keep himself oriented.
"YES! This is it." Lin Wu exclaimed in joy.
He then continued mining the rock, and small pieces of it kept on breaking off every so often. At this point Lin Wu was starting to wonder if he was doing something wrong. He was already in the mid stage of the qi refining realm and felt like he was not doing much damage. At least not as much as he had imagined a cultivator could do.
"System, what can I do to increase the force or damage?" Lin Wu questioned, feeling confused and a bit lost.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The host can use his spirit qi to amplify his attacks. This is one of the most basic methods of using qi and can be used for both attack and defense. The host does not have any qi skill currently, thus the amplification will be at the very basic level that a cultivator can use.
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Lin Wu carefully read the answer and then felt a bit stupid.
"Of course! I haven't been using the spirit qi at all since now. No wonder I was not doing much." Lin Wu spoke to himself.
He then tried to remember the feeling of qi that he had felt before and tried to see if he could command it. Lin Wu could feel nothing at the start, but a few seconds later he could sense the faint wisps of spirit qi that were hidden within his body.
Lin Wu could feel them present in faint tubes that seemed both material and immaterial.
'Are these my meridians?' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He continued focusing on them and found that they were present all over the body and formed a complex net all over it. He then willed one of the wisps of spirit qi to travel from the meridians to the tail, and it slowly started flowing towards there. Soon it reached the tail part and left the meridian, merging into his tail.
Lin Wu could feel an almost instant difference. Wanting to try this out quickly, he pulled his tail back and then struck the rock with all his strength.
~Clang~
~Crack~
A louder sound was heard as the surface of the rock visibly cracked. Although these cracks were not big and were only a few centimeters long, it was still more than what Lin Wu had accomplished until now.
"Awesome! The amplification is much more than I thought. Now I just have to keep on doing this again and again." Lin Wu spoke to himself with excitement.
~Clang~
~Clang~
~Clang~
~Clang~
~Clang~
Lin Wu kept on hitting the rock until the cracks started increasing in number and more pieces of the rocks kept on falling.
~Clang~
~Clang~
~Clang~
~Crumble~
Finally, the number of cracks had reached an amount where the structural integrity of the rock got weak. The thin part of the Rock where the cracks were present finally started crumbling, and a lot of pieces fell down at once.
Now what was left in front of Lin Wu was a small hole that was about three inches deep and four inches wide. And just as he saw this, a notification sounded in his mind.
~Ding~
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NOTIFICATION: New skill learned
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~Ding~
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NOTIFICATION: New skill learned
SKILL ADDED: Qi Amplification
NOTIFICATION: Please view the skill description in the Qi Skills section.
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Looking at the new notification, Lin Wu could guess what the function of the skill was and why he had learned it just now. Still, wanting to know more, he looked at the Qi skill window.
"System, show me the Qi skills section." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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Qi Skill: Qi Amplification
Skill grade: Minor
Proficiency: Basic
Description: The skill Qi amplification allows the host to utilize his own spirit qi to strengthen his body which in turn can be used to increase the power and force of attacks. This skill amplifies the overall abilities of the host by a certain percentage and is one of the most basic abilities of a cultivator.
Note: At the current proficiency, the amplification provided by the skill is between 10-100%. The minimum amplification will rise by 20% with every increase in proficiency levels. The skill grade will upgrade automatically, depending on the host's cultivation level.
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After reading the description, Lin Wu got the general gist of it and also understood the level of amplification provided.
'Huh, so the amplification will not always be the same and may vary. At least the minimum amplification will rise as my proficiency rises. That shouldn't be too hard, as this seems like a skill I'll be using a lot.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Finished with his thoughts, Lin Wu focused back onto the hole that he had been able to create in the rock. Now he could see that the quest objective pointer had moved to the hole, showing him that he was correct. The quest objective pointer would only point towards the easiest and quickest path, thus this allowed him to confirm.
"Now then, let's see if what I thought of before works or not…" Lin Wu muttered to himself before he moved.
Lin Wu moved his tail forward and inserted it into the hole. He then triggered the cellular manipulation skill along with the cellular crystallization skill. According to his will, his body's overall thickness started decreasing until he was less than an inch thick in circumference.
But in exchange, the part of the tail that he had inserted into the hole now expanded to completely fit it. In fact, it didn't stop there and kept expanding. The tail was now struggling to expand and had reached the maximum limit.
Cracks started appearing on the edges of the hole and slowly they began to expand. As Lin Wu kept on using the skills, his stamina was being consumed at a rapid rate. In just a minute, he had depleted around half of his entire store of stamina.
"Come on… Just a little bit more…" Lin Wu uttered with determination.
And just as he spoke, it happened.
~Crack~ ~Crack~ ~Crack~ ~Crack~
~Rumble~
It was as if a dam had broken and the cracks that were slowly spreading suddenly covered the entire rock. In a few more moments Lin Wu's entire stamina was depleted and so was the rock's structural integrity.
~Collapse~
A large amount of dust was thrown up into the air as large chunks of the rock kept on falling from it. Ten seconds later the entire rock had broken down, being unable to bear it anymore.
Lin Wu laid there under the debris as he was unable to move with his stamina being depleted. Still, he wasn't injured in the slightest, even though he had tons of rock weighing down on him.
"Damn, I didn't expect it to be this effective. Qi amplification is something else." Lin Wu spoke to himself feeling a bit shocked.
That's right, at the end when Lin Wu thought that the skills were not working anymore, he triggered qi amplification in addition, to increase the power of the skills. The effect was quite apparent, as it could be witnessed now.
As soon as he had used Qi amplification, the cracks in the rock dramatically increased. Another thing Lin Wu had done to help this was to extend thin spikes from the end of his tail, which then expanded themselves, increasing the speed of the cracking.
"Alright, system replenish my stamina with the stored vital energy." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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NOTIFICATION: 50 units of stored vital energy will be used to replenish the host's stamina. Proceed?
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'Seems like with the increase in my cultivation, the cost of stamina replenishment also increased.' Lin Wu realized.
"Yes, proceed as I asked." Lin Wu replied.
In a few seconds, Lin Wu who was feeling dead tired became energetic. All his stamina that had been depleted soon returned with the help of the system.
'Now to get out from these rocks…' Lin Wu thought before starting to move.
It was difficult for him to move directly, but he soon figured out a way to do so.
Lin Wu first extended a few blunt spikes from his body, which helped lift the rocks a few centimeters above his body. Then he elongated his body from the head and then shrunk it while letting the spikes move backwards along the surface of his skin.
Lin Wu had taken the inspiration of this idea from his past life when he had seen some documentaries of how firefighters rescued people who were buried under rubble. They would first lift the debris with hydraulic jacks and then affix them while moving the victims.
While the method that Lin Wu used was not exactly the same, the gist of it was similar.
Two minutes later, Lin Wu was finally able to pull himself out from the rocks that were piled up on him. And just as he got out, another notification sounded in his head.
~Ding~
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SKILL PROFICIENCY: Increased
SKILL: Cellular manipulation increased to novice from basic.
Skill: Cellular crystallization increased to novice from basic.
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"Huh, neat. That was quick, I was expecting that it would take me longer than this." Lin Wu spoke to himself feeling a bit surprised.
Lin Wu basked in the moment for a bit before returning to his target.
'Let's see what was in the rock…' Lin Wu thought before following the quest marker.
He crawled forward and saw that the quest target was also buried under some rock. This time he didn't even have to use the skill, as the size of the rocks was much smaller and he was able to move using his basic strength.
As soon as he moved the final rock that was covering the quest marker, he saw it.
"What the…"
Lin Wu was shocked, to say the least after seeing the quest objective that was in front of him.
"Another crystal?!" Lin Wu exclaimed.
The quest objective was none other than the same kind of crystal that Lin Wu had previously absorbed. Although this one was much smaller than the one he had seen before. The previous one was about two meters tall and half a meter wide, while this one was a mere thirty centimeters in height and ten centimeters wide.
Just as Lin Wu got close, a loud alert sounded in his head.
~Ding~
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ALERT!: Compatible Bloodline source detected.
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"Huh, so this is indeed part of that crystal. Did it break off from it, perhaps? No, if that was the case, then it would not have been encased in a rock like this. Or maybe I'm missing something…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
'Let's complete the quest now… Wait, should I eat this like I did with the skeleton?' Lin Wu thought with interest.
"System, should I consume this too?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: It is recommended that the host consume the crystal after scanning it. The host will not only update the data Banks but will also gain more bloodline source, which may help him progress.
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"System, scan the crystal." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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SCANNER FUNCTION: Activated
SCANNING: Please wait a moment.
SCANNING COMPLETED: New data obtained, please view it in the relevant window.
DATA BANKS: Updated.
QUEST UPDATE: Objectives completed 5/8.
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As soon as the notification appeared, Lin Wu switched to the information window to see what the crystal exactly was.
~Ding~
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TARGET: Unknown Crystal
INFO: The crystal has the composition as that of the one the host previously absorbed. The crystal contains an unknown bloodline source that may increase the amount that the host has.
CURRENT STATUS: Dormant
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Looking at the window that had much less information than he had expected, Lin Wu felt a little disappointed. He had thought that he may be able to obtain more information about who he was, or rather what he was. He knew he was 'Lin Wu' but not what he was in this world.
~Sigh~
'Let's just get this over with…' Lin Wu thought.
He then got close to the crystal and touched it first. Originally he had thought that he would need to consume the Crystal bit by bit, but then discovered something.
As soon as he touched it, he could feel a familiar feeling rising from it. It was as if it was the most intrinsic part of him and that he needed to gain it back. He thus willed it and the crystal started merging with his body.
Lin Wu's body effortlessly entered the crystal and his body started to automatically reshape itself. At first, it was as if Lin Wu had disappeared into the crystal, but soon the crystal started to shrink and morph.
Fifteen minutes passed during which not a single sound was made, except for the faint green glow that was emanating from the crystal. This glow was much weaker than the glow which was released by the larger crystal that Lin Wu had previously absorbed.
If one were to compare it, the glow of the larger crystal was like a flashlight, while the glow of this crystal was that of smoldering embers. It definitely wasn't as eye catching as before and seemed to be much more calm.
Finally, the entire process seemed to have reached a conclusion as the crystal had reformed completely, becoming part of Lin Wu's body. His body was lying in a coiled posture and his size could not be estimated. His eyes were closed as well, as there were no red lights on his head anymore.
Soon another notification sounded as the process finalized.
~Ding~
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ASSIMILATION: Completed
OBTAINED: Additional bloodline source
NOTIFICATION: Please see the host data window for more detailed information.
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Lin Wu finally opened his eyes as the red lights appeared on his head again. His body moved and uncoiled, showing its size that had grown. Lin Wu was now more than two meters long and had a thickness of about ten centimeters.
Compared to his previous size, Lin Wu was much bigger and he even felt more powerful.
"System, show me the Host data window." Lin Wu ordered in a calm voice.
~Ding~
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HOST NAME: Lin Wu
AGE: 2 years, 3 months, 10 days
LIFESPAN: 150 years
HOST SPECIES: Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm
HOST CULTIVATION: Mid stage of the Qi Refining Realm
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [0000/3000] units
QI STORAGE: 9628 units [wisps]
BLOODLINE: 1. Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm (System Manufactured)
2. Unknown(1)
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES: None
QI SKILLS: 1. Qi Amplification(Minor)
INNATE SKILLS: 1. Radiation Manipulation(minor)
2. Cellular Manipulation (lesser)
3. Cellular Crystallization (great)
INVENTORY: Broken Spear, Broken metal plate, Beast carapace (fragment), Pink Women's underwear
BEAST CORE: Not formed
VITAL ENERGY STORAGE: 6100 units
SYSTEM ENERGY STORAGE: 8964 units
RAW BLOODLINE DATA COLLECTED:
1. Common Grass Mouse
2. Rock Trampler Boar
3. Human
4. Unknown(1)
5. Ash Crowned Buck
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Looking at the host data window, Lin Wu could see that a few things had increased, especially his qi storage and vital energy storage. Another thing that had changed and interested him was the unknown bloodline. It now had an additional (1) next to it.
"System, what is the additional number next to the unknown bloodline?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The system has obtained more data about the bloodline data and it has been added to the previous data. According to the system's analysis, the unknown bloodline that the host obtained is incomplete and has more fragments of it.
The system suggests that the host obtain these bloodline data fragments as they seem to be beneficial to the host. Currently, because it cannot be analyzed completely, the host cannot utilize it. But once it is done, the host will obtain unprecedented benefits.
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Reading the answer made Lin Wu more curious about this unknown bloodline.
'At least I get more spirit qi and vital energy from this.' Lin Wu thought.
While Lin Wu was contemplating on his choice, another notification sounded.
~Ding~
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DATA NODE DECRYPTION: Completed
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As soon as Lin Wu saw the notification, his vision went blank for a moment before he suddenly found himself in a different place and saw a few people standing in front of him.
"Who are these people?"
Lin Wu was utterly confused as he saw the people in front of him. In his confusion, he tried moving his head but realized that he couldn't do it. It was as if his head was affixed and he could only see what was in front of him.
His body could not move either. It took him a few seconds to realize that it was like a movie was being played in front of him.
'Am I seeing a recording, perhaps? The data node was from the skeleton so it's probably a memory stored in it, I guess.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
As he thought this, the people in front of him finally started moving. Before they were standing still and were looking towards Lin Wu, or rather at the person whose memory Lin Wu was currently watching.
Lin Wu focused on the area around them and realized that it was none other than the area he was in. Except it was in the past and everything was burning and smoke was spread around. There were even lava pools that Lin Wu could spot at the edge of his vision.
Everything seemed to be the same that Lin Wu had seen back when he was traveling to the crater that had the crystal. But now the perspective was vastly different, and Lin Wu could observe much more. There were nine people standing in front of him currently and all of them were wearing the same type of robes.
The robes were yellow gold in color with blue and grey designs that contrasted with it. Out of the nine people, two were young women while the rest were all men. They all seemed to be relatively young and looked to be in their late twenties.
Though Lin Wu's attention was mostly focused on the two women as they were perhaps the most beautiful women he had seen. Their beauty could easily compare to top actresses and models from his previous life.
"Jade beauties, Jade beauties, I say. This is exactly the kind of stuff I want." Lin Wu muttered to himself with a strange tone.
But his monologue was soon interrupted when one of the men spoke.
"Elder, should we continue on or not? The area seems to be getting more and more dangerous. The invisible fumes and poison in this area are strange, even with all the protective spirit tools were are using it is still able to affect us. I can also feel the formations on the spirit tools weakening." The young man said.
The other people with him also seemed to have similar troubled looks, and two of them even had expressions that made it seem as if they were sick.
"That is why we need to get this investigated as fast as possible. If we return empty handed and don't even have a basic reason behind this, we would be punished. Tell me, you all were promoted to your current positions by your hard work. Do you want to be removed from your positions because of this?" A voice suddenly spoke, which Lin Wu identified as the person whose memories Lin Wu was watching.
The voice seemed to be of an old person and was slightly rough, yet a strange kind of power could be felt in it.
Upon hearing the words of the elder, the expressions of the nine people seemed to become complex before it was replaced by a determination. The nine people glanced at each other for a moment before nodding.
"We will do as you say, elder." They all said in unison.
"Good… Good… you all will go quite far in the future. Hiding from hardships is only for the weak and cowardly. You all are part of the royal court, such a thing would be unbecoming of your status. Now then, let's get to it." The elder spoke before a sword came to float in front of him.
He then jumped onto the sword and flew forward with the others flying behind him on their respective swords. But not even a minute had passed before they all heard a loud sound.
"What was that!" One of them shouted.
The sound was as if something was breaking. Like a mountain was cracking and falling apart.
"Look there, that giant rock." A woman's voice spoke.
Lin Wu's vision then switched to the scene of a giant rock splitting apart, but not exactly. The giant rock was actually not a rock at all and rather seemed like a shell of some kind. Right now the surface of it was cracking and chunks of rock were falling off.
~Roar~
Soon under the surprised looks of everyone, a loud and thunderous roar came from the crumbling rock.
Lin Wu could see the people visibly shudder and it was as if they had felt something.
"On your guard, this is likely going to be dangerous. I… I can't sense the cultivation of whatever that thing is." The Old man spoke with slight fear in his voice.
The nine people were even more shocked after hearing this and they hurriedly drew out their weapons. One of them had pulled out talismans that flew out and started revolving around them. One of the women made a ten meter long ribbon appear out of thin air and wrapped it around her right arm while the rest of it hovered.
Similarly, all of them acted and a multitude of weapons and spirit tools were now present in the air.
The crumbling rock cause dust to spread around in the air and the ground also started rumbling. Suddenly the screeching sound came from the dust cloud before something blurry came flying towards Lin Wu's vision.
"What the hell…" Lin Wu inwardly flinched but could not move.
The blurry object was traveling at a great speed and had a gray color. Lin Wu could now see the scene in front of him slow down and the object that was coming towards him also became clear.
"The fragment of the beast carapace?" Lin Wu said before his vision went dark.
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When Lin Wu's vision finally returned, he could see that he was back to where he was before. The rubble from the broken rock was spread around and there was dust in the air. For him, it was as if fifteen minutes had passed, yet now that he looked around it seemed to be much less than that.
"System, what was that?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: What the host saw were the remnant memories of the cultivator to which the half skeleton belonged to. The memories were sealed in what the system now knows was a wisp of Spirit sense. Because the cultivator was a nascent soul realm cultivator, his spirit sense was strong enough to be able to leave a trace of it even after dying.
This spirit sense could not be absorbed by the host, but could be assimilated in the form of a data node. As for the passage of time, there was less than a second that passed in the real world while the host was observing the memories. Whenever a data node is assimilated, the transfer to the host's brain is almost instantaneous, thus having no loss of time in the real world.
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After reading the system's answer, Lin Wu felt his doubts clear away. If it was as the system told him, then there was a chance he would be able to obtain vast amounts of information in an instant.
'This could be amazing. Now if only I can get a data node from someone that is knowledgeable.' Lin Wu thought to himself with excitement.
He returned his attention to himself and contemplated on what he had seen.
"So if that thing that flew towards that cultivator was the beast carapace fragment, then he should have died instantly, right? But wait, why does he only have half a skeleton, what happened to the lower half of his body?" Lin Wu questioned himself.
Lin Wu spent a few minutes thinking about it and was able to grasp a few things from this. The first that whatever beast that carapace belonged to was quite strong. Lin Wu ascertained this from the cultivates own words that he was unable to sense the beast's cultivation and second that the cultivator himself was a nascent soul realm cultivator.
"Whatever that beast or creature was, it's definitely strong if it can kill a nascent soul realm cultivator so easily. But wait, if that beast was so powerful, where did it go? There doesn't seem to be any signs here?" Lin Wu thought out loud.
"System, do you have any idea what that creature was?" Lin Wu questioned, wanting to try out his luck.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The system does not have sufficient data to analyze the cultivation of that beast and thus does not know with a hundred percent surety. But the system can agree with the host's assumption and can estimate that the beast must be at a higher cultivation realm than the cultivator who was killed.
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Seeing that even the system did not have a clear idea, Lin Wu felt a bit lost but did not mind it as he knew that he should be able to solve it later in the future.
"Now then, onward to the next objective. I also have another quest I need to do now too." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Lin Wu took a glance at the map and saw that the next quest objective was even further to the east and was a little farther from his current position. He continued moving onward and reached his destination after fifteen minutes.
Though this time his quest objective was rather unique, as he had actually found a tree here, albeit a dead one. The tree was nestled between two large rock similar to the others that were spread all around in the region. The tree was charred and did not have anything left on it except for its main trunk and was about six meters tall.
'Hmm, is the quest objective this tree?' Lin Wu thought to himself before going closer.
He saw the navigation HUD and saw that the pointer was actually pointing towards the back of the tree. Lin Wu thus went around the side of the tree and spotted what looked like a dagger stuck to the back of the tree.
The dagger was situated in such a way that the pommel of the dagger pointed towards the two large rocks while its blade was stuck deep in the trunk. The dagger looked to be of a good quality and did not look damaged, unlike the other weapons he had seen till now.
'How did it get stuck in such a position?' Lin Wu wondered and looked opposite to hate dagger at the large rocks.
There he finally noticed a small opening that was present. He was that the opening was of the same size as that of the dagger and looked to be pierced completely through.
"Did the dagger make this opening? Then how sharp is it? And the power behind it must be great too." Lin Wu muttered with surprise.
Lin Wu looked up at the dagger before speaking, "System, scan the dagger."
~Ding~
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SCANNER FUNCTION: Activated
SCANNING: Please wait a moment.
SCANNING COMPLETED: New data obtained, please view it in the relevant window.
DATA BANKS: Updated.
QUEST UPDATE: Objectives completed 6/8.
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The notification appeared quickly, and Lin Wu opened up the window to read up more about the dagger.
~Ding~
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TARGET: Dagger
INFO: According to the system's analysis, the dagger is a high grade spirit weapon. There are no particular markings on the dagger thus the system cannot ascertain the identity of the dagger with a hundred percent surety. But from the previously gathered data, it is estimated that it probably belongs to one of the cultivators that came from the royal court of the Ling Kingdom.
CURRENT STATUS: Fully functional
COMPOSITION: Reinforced Essence Iron, spirit stone dust (High Grade), Spirit beast core (grade unknown).
FORMATION ARRAYS: None
NOTE: The dagger is in a perfect condition and can be used directly.
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Lin Wu's eyes went wide with shock as he saw the information of the dagger.
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Lin Wu was excited, to say the least upon seeing the dagger. It was the first object or rather weapon that he had obtained that was not broken and was usable. Though it was still questionable whether he would actually be able to use it or not.
"Alright, about time my luck turned around. Finally, something good." Lin Wu uttered with excitement.
Lin Wu read the description of the dagger again and found some things to be similar to the previous broken weapons. The main component being the spirit stone dust. There were differences between their grades, which Lin Wu noticed.
'Hmm, this one is made using high grade spirit stone dust, while the others were made using the low grade. This itself speaks well of its quality.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
After having pondered on it for a while, Lin Wu thought it was enough and decided to continue onward.
"System, store the dagger in the inventory." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
In the next instant, the dagger that was embedded in the tree disappeared and the inventory window updated to see that it now contained the dagger.
"Hmm, that's good. Now let's head to the next marker." Lin Wu muttered to himself before looking at the map.
The seventh quest marker was to the Southwest of Lin Wu's current location and did not seem to be that far from him. Merely five minutes later, he had reached his destination and the quest marker was right in front of him.
This time the quest marker was another large rock. The rock was nearly six meters tall, except that it looked to be rather peculiar in shape. It had a rough surface and spikes were protruding out of it at irregular intervals. Though upon taking a closer look, Lin Wu found it to be slightly familiar to him.
"Is this…? System, scan this rock." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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TARGET: Molted Beast Husk
INFO: This is the discarded husk of an unknown beast. The composition of it seems to match the fragment of the beast carapace that the host previously obtained. The system has also detected bloodline traces that are similar to the unknown bloodline that the host has.
SUGGESTION: The host should consume the Molted Beast Husk in order to obtain more information.
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After reading the information window, Lin Wu was a bit shocked.
"You mean, this was left by the beast that killed that Nascent soul realm cultivator in one hit?" Lin Wu uttered in shock.
Lin Wu compared its size to himself and found it to be at least a few tens of times bigger than him. He had not able to see the beast before in the memory as it was hidden by the dust, but now that he could actually see its appearance and size he felt overwhelmed.
'If this is just the molted husk of the beast, that means the beast should have grown even bigger than this, shouldn't it? Oh heavens, how big must it be now, not to mention its strength, it must be extremely powerful.' Lin Wu wondered.
He then went closer and tried to see its form. Even in the information window, the shape of the beast could not be seen, and it only seemed like a lump of rock.
"System, what is the actual form of the beast, can you show me?" Lin Wu curiously asked.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The system cannot show the actual form of the beast due to a lack of data. The system has obtained the three dimensional data of the husk and found that it is only the external carapace of the beast. It does not cover its limbs, but rather only its back. Thus the actual form of the beast cannot be deciphered.
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"Damn, if this is just the external part, then just how much more big is it. This is already bigger than any other land animal from my past life." Lin Wu spoke to himself.
Lin Wu was surprised for a while, but then he started to think of his quest. His quest was to obtain the quest objectives. It did not matter how he obtained it though, he could eat the item as he had done twice before, or he could simply store it in the inventory.
'Let's try eating it first.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He approached the Molted beast Husk and bit on one of the protruding spikes.
~Clink~
"As I expected, it's much harder than I thought." Lin Wu muttered as he found himself being unable to break the spike of the husk.
He then thought of using his previous technique and formed a pickaxe with his tail. He then circled around the entire husk while hitting it with all his strength yet could not find any point that was weak or flawed. All the places were of the same hardness as before and seemed to be impossible for him to break.
'Hmm, if I can't find a weak point on the surface, perhaps they are hidden beneath it.' Lin Wu hypothesized.
Thinking over this idea, Lin Wu started digging at the edge of the Husk and soon entered the ground. The soil here was molten and had fused together the same as the other places, but with Lin Wu's enhanced strength it proved to be relatively easier to break.
After entering the ground, he crawled under the shell and then dug upwards. He broke the surface of the hardened soil and appeared inside the Husk.
"It is hollow, as I expected. But this also means there should be some weak points here. The inner surface should be more weaker, perhaps." Lin Wu said in a calm tone.
Since he was inside the Husk, it was completely dark here. Still, the darkness posed no hindrance to him, as he could still see relatively clearly due to his unique physiology. Under his close scrutiny, Lin Wu ended up discovering some indentations that spread around the entire surface of the Husk.
These indentations were only present on its inner side, thus were impossible for him to see it from the outside.
Lin Wu reformed his tail into a pickaxe and hit these indents with it. He also used qi amplification with it to maximize power.
~Clink~
~Clang~
~Clink~
Lin Wu hit it multiple times, but there seemed to be zero difference from before.
"Dammit, this won't work. This beast was able to kill the nascent soul realm cultivator in one hit, just after being born. It is too much for me to be able to break its defense right now. I need to think of a different approach." Lin Wu said in a frustrated tone.
He tapped the inside of the Husk in multiple places to see if he could find any difference in it while thinking but could not find anything.
'Come on Lin Wu, think. You were a biology student before, think of creatures that molt their skin or shells.' Lin Wu internally spoke to himself.
He spent nearly an hour like this and was quite close to ripping out his imaginary hair before he was able to finally think of something that just might work.
"Here's goes nothing… Radiation manipulation activate." Lin Wu muttered.
As soon as he did that, his vision changed and everything turned black and white.
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Lin Wu had not expected for such a change to happen once he activated the innate skill Radiation manipulation. He looked around and saw that most of the area around him was black and varied in shades. There were also patches of grey around him with some spots of dark blue.
"What the hell is this?" Lin Wu muttered as he deactivated the skill.
As soon as he did, his vision returned to normal, and he could see everything normally. He had not expected for there to be a change in his vision and had thought that the skill would directly work.
"System, why did my vision change?" Lin Wu questioned.
~Ding~
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ANSWER: The innate skill Radiation manipulation also gives the host the ability to perceive radiation, as it cannot be manipulated if the host cannot see it. Because of the host's low proficiency, all he can perceive currently is thermal radiation, thus the black and white vision.
As the host's proficiency rises, the host will be able to perceive other parts of the radioactive spectrum and will also be able to manipulate it.
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After reading the system's answer, Lin Wu finally understood it and felt that it was reasonable.
"But if I can see thermal radiation, shouldn't the colors be a bit more different? Doesn't everything being black mean it's very cold? Seems like I need to raise it to the next level of proficiency to even see the thermal radiation more properly." Lin Wu spoke to himself.
He then activated the innate skill again and took another look around, seeing the differences between this and his normal vision. After observing for a little while, he was finally able to relate a few things. He discovered that the indentations that were under the surface of the husk had more of the dark blue spots.
'What could this be? Hmm… if it's under the surface of the husk then it should perhaps be some kind of, liquid?' Lin Wu wondered.
An idea suddenly appeared in Lin Wu's mind and his expression lit up.
"If this works, I'll be set." Lin Wu said in an expectant tone.
He then focused on the dark blue spots that he observed and willed for them to become hot. He was using the Radiation manipulation to heat whatever minute amount of liquid that was left in the husk. He continued using the skill for five minutes, but even after that there seemed to be no effect.
"Damn, I'll keep on trying for a bit more." Lin Wu uttered, feeling a bit frustrated.
He gritted his teeth and continued. Nearly twenty minutes passed and by now he had depleted more than haled of his spirit qi.
'Come on, do something.' He internally muttered.
Finally, the color of the dark blue spot started to change and became greener. It was now that he heard a faint sound.
~Crack~
"Did it work?" He wondered.
Lin Wu stopped using the skill, and his vision returned to normal. He then looked at the point he was targeting and saw a faint crack there.
"It worked! Yes, this is way," Lin Wu exclaimed before examining his body for a bit. "Damn, this takes a lot of my qi. I'll need to replenish it again." He said.
Seeing that his idea had worked, Lin Wu felt satisfied but knew that just this much was not enough and that he would need to repeat this multiple times if he was to break the husk down. And that was exactly what he decided to do.
"System, replenish my spirit qi." Lin Wu ordered.
~Ding~
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NOTIFICATION: Spirit qi replenished.
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A few seconds later, Lin Wu felt rejuvenated and repeated the same process again. He found another spot that looked dark blue and heated it till it became greenish and a crack appeared.
Just like this four hours passed by and by now Lin Wu had repeated the process multiple times and had to ask the system to replenish his spirit qi. But his progress was apparent as the hard husk was covered in several fine cracks.
Lin Wu also realized that the more he used the innate skill Radiation Manipulation, the faster he was getting at it. The time it took for a spot to heat up reduced from thirty minutes to less than ten minutes.
'I'm getting better at this.' Lin Wu thought, feeling a bit satisfied.
After all these attempts, Lin Wu finaly noticed a big change appearing in his radiation perception. He could see that a spot that was once black had changed to dark blue. This spot was slowly expanding and becoming dark blue.
"Huh? How's this happening? Was there a larger amount of liquid trapped below the surface perhaps and it only became visible because of the cracks?" Lin Wu questioned himself.
Pushing the thoughts to the back of his mind, Lin Wu decided to end this in one go.
~Huu~
Lin Wu took a deep breath and replenished all of his spirit qi before using qi amplification along with Radiation manipulation. Suddenly his spirit qi started draining at a rapid speed, and the effect of this was apparent as well.
The spot that was once dark blue became greener and kept on changing. Eventually, it became yellow and a loud sound was heard.
~CRACK~
~CRACK~
~CRACK~
A large crack appeared and started expanding. The other smaller cracks contributed to this, and soon the entire husk was covered in cracks.
"Hehe, finally…" Lin Wu chucked as he then turned his tail into the shape of a pickaxe.
Then, using qi amplification on it, he slammed it into the husk with all his strength.
~DANG~
A loud sound was heard which echoed in the closed-off husk and hammered Lin Wu's head.
"Damn, should have thought of this beforehand." Lin Wu cursed as he saw the husk breaking apart.
~Crumble~
A few seconds later the entire husk had broken down into small pieces and spread around Lin Wu. There were a few pieces that had fallen on his body, but he felt nothing and easily shook them off.
"Now then, time to eat." Lin Wu said as he opened his mouth wide and spikes protruded from the inside.
'Ooh, crunchy!'