Free Web NovelChapter 216: Chapter 177: Tier Two Wizard’s Third Ability (2)
"Understood. I’ll do my absolute best! I guarantee the mission will be a success."
Wang Ziru thumped his chest, making a promise.
Lin Qi grunted in acknowledgment, then took the two briefcases, rode the elevator back to the sixth floor, and entered the conference room.
Lin Qi opened the two briefcases and began to review the files within.
[Tier Two—Modu-Hongshan-19]
The first thing that caught his eye was the file number.
Seeing this number, Lin Qi immediately understood its meaning.
’This is the 19th Tier Two monster the Hongshan Camp has encountered?’
’So many Tier Two monsters have appeared in Modu’s Hongshan District?’
He was a little surprised, but it also seemed logical.
With Modu’s vast size and huge population, it was only natural for there to be more monsters.
’It’s also normal that I haven’t had the chance to encounter any Tier Two monsters, since I’ve been holed up in the Mo University Camp for so long.’
Lin Qi just found it a bit of a shame. Despite all these Tier Two monsters, he had only managed to get his hands on five Tier Two Crystal Stones in total.
’I started trading with Ding Yang a little too late.’
’If I’d started a bit earlier, I might have had more options.’
’There’s no use dwelling on it. I should focus on the present.’
He continued to read the file. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
[Discovery Location: 38 Jinbei Road, Hongshan District, Modu]
[Summary of Monster Ability and Combat Encounter: The monster first appeared as an ordinary Zombie. Once combat began, it suddenly transformed into a conglomerate monster, inflicting heavy casualties on our team. Analysis of the battle indicates the monster lacks conventional intelligence. After the initial engagement, the rescue team lost one member. The monster devoured them and assumed their form. Its ability is suspected to be devour-based Mimicry...]
The file contained more details, but Lin Qi didn’t pay them any mind. That information wasn’t important to him.
Lin Qi was only concerned with the monster’s Ability, and what kind of Ability he would gain if he analyzed this Extraordinary Item.
’Devour-based Mimicry? If I analyze this, I shouldn’t have to actually devour things myself. Spiritual Vision could probably replace that part of the process. But it’s not a guarantee... after all, that’s the foundation of the Ability...’
’Mimicry... that’s a good one. If I had this Ability, I could disguise myself in the future even without Guang Ling’s help. It’s a good option.’
Lin Qi believed this Ability would likely synergize with his Spiritual Vision. Even if its combat bonus was mediocre, its utility was extremely high. He kept it as a potential candidate.
Placing the file back in its case, Lin Qi looked at the next one.
He took out the new file and began to read.
[Tier Two—Modu-Hongshan-18]
[Discovery Location: 92 Xiaoshanhe Road, Hongshan District, Modu]
[Summary of Monster Ability and Combat Encounter: Monster is a Tier Two Zombie. It initially showed no special abilities. After combat began, the ambient temperature rose sharply. According to temperature readings, the air temperature closest to the Tier Two Zombie exceeded 240 degrees...]
Frowning slightly, Lin Qi couldn’t think of any way this Ability could possibly synergize with his own.
Even if he completed the analysis and combined it with his Spiritual Vision, it would likely only allow him to raise the temperature somewhere within his Spiritual Vision’s range.
Whether he could lower the temperature was unknown.
If he were being optimistic, the ability might involve changes in entropy.
It might be useful for scientific research, but a Tier Two Wizard’s Abilities have limited potential for growth.
Even if it were related to the concept of entropy, a Wizard couldn’t develop it to its full potential.
An Ability obtained at Tier Two already has its upper limit set.
Lin Qi immediately eliminated it as a candidate, put the file back, and tossed the case aside.
He pulled another briefcase from under the conference table.
The Extraordinary Item inside was a gift previously sent by Ding Yang.
It was the Tier Two Crystal Stone from a conglomerate monster with a body-Splitting Ability.
Even if it was just Splitting, this Ability was much better than temperature manipulation.
Two choices lay before Lin Qi.
The Mimicry Ability. If it couldn’t synergize with Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi might have to actively devour things.
’A normal person might be psychologically repulsed by it, but I find it acceptable. After all, the bar is pretty low in the Cyber World, and a Wizard’s squeamishness is only about maintaining physical integrity.’
’And for me now, that bit of a Wizard’s squeamishness really is just psychological.’
’After gaining the Rapid Growth Ability, I could get actual Prosthetic Body implants if I really wanted to.’
’If I ever got sick of them, I could just cut off an arm or a leg and use Rapid Growth to grow it back.’
The Splitting Ability currently seemed to offer little help to Lin Qi—or rather, almost no help at all. It could only remain a backup plan.
If, after his Spiritual Power was full, there were still no new choices for his last Tier Two Ability, it wouldn’t be too late to analyze it then.
Having made up his mind, Lin Qi shoved the case containing the Tier Two Crystal Stone with the Splitting Ability back under the conference table.
Then he sat up straight and took out the Tier Two Crystal Stone from the Mimicry monster.
Tentacle-like Spiritual Power spread out from his Sea of Consciousness.
At this moment, this tentacle-like Spiritual Power was active and excited, eagerly seeking a new Extraordinary Item.
It wanted to gently, tenderly, strip away every superficial disguise.
It wanted to dissect the item, deeply and thoroughly.
To meld together, become one, engaging in a blissful contact that shrinks the distance from far to near, from near to zero, and from zero to less than nothing.
In the end, you would be within me, and you... you would lose everything, leaving no trace of yourself in this world.
This was an irreversible fusion. Even Lin Qi’s will could not reverse the process.
Perhaps not even a true God could separate them now.
The Tier Two Extraordinary Item was thus entangled and dissolved by the tentacles of Spiritual Power.
Lin Qi’s consciousness was immersed in this process, enjoying it immensely, as if he had obtained the greatest satisfaction.
Every time he analyzed an Extraordinary Item, Lin Qi had this feeling.
This was the essence of a Wizard’s ability—a pleasure that originated from the soul.
An unknown amount of time passed. When Lin Qi opened his eyes again, the sky outside the conference room was already pitch black.
He checked the time. In less than two hours, he would have to return to the Cyber World.
Before returning to the Cyber World, Lin Qi had something important to do.
Experiment with and understand his new power.
The new power had already become a Wizard’s instinct.
This was his third power as a Tier Two Wizard, one he could use for a long time.
Even after he became Tier Three, or even Tier Four, the powers obtained in the latter half of Tier Two would be sufficient to meet his main combat needs.
’Just as I thought. The Ability retained the analysis-by-devouring function while also synergizing with Spiritual Vision.’
’Within my Spiritual Vision’s range, I can complete the analysis using Spiritual Vision, it’s just a bit less efficient than devouring.’
’Besides analysis, the most important Ability is... Mimicry!’
Lin Qi had a feeling that this Ability might be ridiculously powerful.
It could truly satisfy his need for direct combat abilities.
The results were better than he could have imagined.
With a thought, Lin Qi immediately locked onto a relatively familiar person inside the Club Activity Building.
The Tier Two Extraordinary, Xia Chu.
Lin Qi felt that his Mimicry Ability might not only be capable of biological mimicry, but also mimicry on an Extraordinary level.
Using Spiritual Vision to analyze was harmless to the subject, unlike devouring, which required swallowing them whole to complete.
A strange power fell upon Xia Chu through his Spiritual Vision.
Lin Qi felt a little strange.
Lin Qi was very familiar with the act of analysis, but that was a Wizard’s instinctive analysis.
Now, using an Ability to analyze, there was none of the pleasure of a Wizard’s instinct.
He felt his Spiritual Power draining rapidly, and his head even felt a little dizzy.
The only saving grace was that the analysis was finally completed, taking nearly an hour.
The analysis was completed when half of his Spiritual Power had been consumed.
Lin Qi also understood the limits of this Ability.
He couldn’t analyze beings whose Extraordinary Power Level was higher than his own.
After completing the analysis, it was time to experiment with Mimicry.
It was his first time using it, and he wasn’t proficient.
The moment he willed it, the Exoskeleton on his body suddenly became much looser.
Inside the conference room, Lin Qi had startlingly transformed into the spitting image of Xia Chu.
