Chapter 2801 New Discoveries
Chapter 2801 New Discoveries
Seven days later.
Death Realm.
On the gray-white bone wasteland, a flock of crows fluttered past towering bone trees.
On the grayish-white bone wasteland, a flock of crows flew past towering bone trees.
Fang Heng sat cross-legged before the altar. His wrinkled eyelids suddenly opened, and a dark gleam appeared in his murky pupils.
"Hu..."
As he exhaled a breath of stale air, Fang Heng's withered skin began to crack as if shedding, inch by inch.
From the cracks, a jade-like glow emerged, and his silvery white hair rapidly turned black before the naked eye.
When the last piece of dead skin fell to the ground, Fang Heng had returned to the appearance of a twenty-year-old youth, and his eyes had regained their liveliness.
"It's done."
Fang Heng spread his palm and gazed at the soul flame of the Underworld dancing in his palm.
The flame no longer stirred as it did before. Instead, it was docile, winding around his fingers like flowing water.
After seven days of silent meditation, the aura of the undead had completely merged with his meridians. At this moment, every pore was inhaling and exhaling pure Nether energy, and the blood-red crystal deep within the soul flame grew increasingly luminous.
Although there was no clear game hint, Fang Heng could already feel that his strength had increased by 30% compared to before he entered his seclusion.
[Hint: The Vampire Apocalypse has completed the construction of the reincarnation passage.]
[Hint: The player's world will now guide and attract lost souls into the reincarnation passage.]
[Hint: The Underworld Lake of the player has been replenished with energy.]
[Hint: The player's current mission "The Missing Puzzle" has been completed.]
"Hm? It's done?"
Fang Heng withdrew his gaze from the game prompt, a hint of surprise on his face.
Sure enough, just as he had guessed!
The Holy Realm relied on the power of faith to slowly advance.
The Death Realm relied on the soul power released by the Soul Orb.
It seemed he hadn't guessed wrong. The Death Realm Orb was indeed the missing piece for the complete advancement to God-level necromancy.
As for the next step...
Unifying the Death Realm and gaining the recognition of the Dark Clan.
Fang Heng stood up, gently massaging his wrist as he walked out of the underground cultivation room.
"This is going to be tough..." he muttered to himself, pulling out a teleportation scroll and directly returning to the Zombie Apocalypse.
With a flash of light, Fang Heng appeared in the Zombie Apocalypse teleportation hall.
"Mr. Fang."
At the entrance of the teleportation hall, two guards nodded in unison toward Fang Heng.
"Hmm? You've been waiting here the whole time?"
"Yes, Mr. Fang. Supervisor Qiu said there was a major discovery and told us to wait here for twenty-four hours," one of the guards nodded. "Supervisor Qiu said that once your seclusion ends, we should take you to him immediately."
Fang Heng felt helpless.
In the entire research institute, the only person who dared to say they would take him there was Qiu Yaokang.
Speaking of which, Fang Heng had heard that Qiu Yaokang had recently used the genetic structure of the Seed of Ouroboros to successfully develop a special potion. After consuming it, a person could remain alert and awake for an entire week. The downside was that they would need to spend the next day lying in bed for a full recovery.
The potion was being prepared for a lab-wide rollout.
"Lead the way."
Fang Heng thought that it might be related to the cocoon he'd asked Qiu Yaokang to research earlier, so he agreed and followed the guards to the laboratory to meet him.
...
Inside the large research institute.
Qiu Yaokang was discussing data with his subordinates and research personnel. Upon seeing Fang Heng enter through the glass door, he raised his hand to interrupt the meeting and signaled his subordinates to bring over some of the data.
Fang Heng pushed the door open and entered. "So, what's going on? You rushed me over here—was there a major discovery?"
"Yes, there is something. Let me explain it to you step by step."
Qiu Yaokang nodded and said, "First, the Licker transformation project. After these few days of modifications, along with sufficient energy and point supplies, all the zombies have been transformed into Lickers. The original devouring body transformation was completed as planned with 1,000 modifications, and the remaining 36.3 million King of Gods' points are reserved for emergencies."
"Well done!"
Fang Heng gave Qiu Yaokang a thumbs-up.
"The second item is regarding the cocoon specimen you previously gave me. We conducted genetic research on it and discovered that it is related to the virus in your body. It belongs to a different source of viral fission."
Qiu Yaokang stroked his chin and continued, "We couldn't get in touch with you these past few days. Considering the potential for the specimen's main body to cause significant transformation effects on the zombie forms, greatly enhancing their abilities, I went ahead and conducted further research."
"Get to the conclusion. Based on the experimental results we've gathered so far, the main body of the specimen is a gene-altering substance."
Fang Heng was starting to feel confused and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Polymorphism. It can fuse multiple different types of attributes and powers simultaneously."
Qiu Yaokang looked at Fang Heng and said, "The virus in your body has fused with zombie strength. Only mutated zombies and homologous powers can be enhanced, like before when you transformed zombies into Lickers or the original devouring body to give them rebirth strength. But you couldn't fuse with other viral bodies."
"But with this cocoon, another viral effect can exist alongside the zombie body within you."
As Qiu Yaokang was speaking, a staff member entered the research room, carrying a metal tray.
"Supervisor Qiu, Mr. Fang."
The staff member greeted them and nodded to both Qiu Yaokang and Fang Heng before placing the tray in front of Qiu Yaokang.
Qiu Yaokang glanced at the injected potion on the tray and nodded at Fang Heng, "I took the initiative to make the corresponding potion. The preliminary theoretical experiment passed, but as you know, we lack real-world testing, so we'll have to let you try it yourself."
"What do you mean? You want me to be the guinea pig?"
"Theoretically, there shouldn't be any problems. Considering your special physique, we made it a bit rough, and many negative effects weren't removed. But it shouldn't affect you. In my judgment, the worst-case scenario is that you'll just need to rest in bed for a day or two."
Ji Xiaobo, standing nearby, couldn't help but shrink his neck when he heard Qiu Yaokang's words.
Good grief, even Brother Fang would have to lie in bed for two days with his physique. Wouldn't someone else just die from blood loss instantly?
"Fine."
Fang Heng shrugged and picked up the syringe.
Since Qiu Yaokang had said there was no problem, it surely wouldn't be an issue.
[Hint: The player has found an item-Unknown injection.]
Fang Heng rolled up his sleeve and directly injected the needle into his vein.
[Hint: The player has entered an internal bleeding state. The player's 'undead' effect activates. The player's internal bleeding state is being repaired.]
[Hint: The player's current adaptability has changed.]
[Hint: The player is affected by a mixed unknown toxin. The player's HP has decreased by 12,923 points. The player's 'undead' effect activates. The player's internal bleeding state is being repaired.]
[Hint: The player's physique is higher than 800 points. The player is immune to 27 types of low-level toxins.]
[Hint: The player is currently in a partial willpower chaos state. The player's willpower attribute is over 300, and the player is exempt from this state.]
Fang Heng glanced at the game prompts and warnings scrolling across his retina, then shifted his gaze to Qiu Yaokang.
You, d*mn guy.
The poison carefully crafted by others probably isn't as toxic as yours.