Chapter 929

「Drip, obtained mutant spirit wheat mother seed (D-rank mutant crop)」

「Effect: Consumes spiritual energy, splits and plants offspring seeds, spiritual energy source target: all products containing spiritual energy, except equipment」

「Note: Mature crops grown from offspring seeds cannot be used for the next sowing」

「Special Props Description: Special product under spiritual energy induction and meme conditions, remember to fertilize」

Playing with it, it's just like an ordinary rice ear, except the mother seed appears black in appearance

Through the corpse, he also figured out the origin of the mother seed

Nothing special, probably when Heiyu first appeared, the town chief saw a seed suddenly fly out from the mist at the edge of Heiyu and fall to the ground

It seemed like a heavenly gift, the only abnormality being the condition for activating the mother seed, which required a tiny amount of living spiritual energy to nourish

In order to activate the mother seed, the town chief who obtained the seed secretly contacted his own people, under the pretense that someone had been infected, 'selected' a batch of infected from the fleeing survivors to kill; after gathering about forty or more people, he had enough spiritual energy needed

Of course, the so-called infected were those who could possibly threaten him, as well as some external refugees

The scheming and infighting among them, if made into a drama, could probably fill forty or fifty episodes

Besides that, another piece of information caught Lin An's attention

After careful experiments by the town chief's group, they accidentally discovered that crops absorbing human corpses ultimately produced effects far superior to ordinary spiritual energy crops

Precisely for this reason, he could turn his close aides into Awakened Ones by force, even without spiritual energy nodes

Needless to say, this piece of information is of considerable value to Long An

Bordering three provinces, Long An never lacks corpses

Previously, handling human corpses was quite troublesome; zombie corpses were fine, as they could be directly tossed into the spiritual energy tower

But human corpses, aside from breeding plague bacteria after rotting and polluting the soil, had no value whatsoever

But now it's good, human corpses are also useful...

After a moment, Lin An carefully sensed, confirmed there was no abnormality, and stored the mother seed in his ring

Taking advantage of the temporary lull, the Long An side he was constantly monitoring also had no bad news

Lin An slightly relaxed, and simply took out the reward from previously killing the mutant

Regarding that phalanx capable of bursting forth a Fourth Stage attack, he was really curious. If he weren't sufficiently cautious, he would probably have died

Taking out the phalanx, Lin An held it before his eyes thoughtfully and observed it carefully

There was no system prompt, whether in the Savior System or the Doomsday System, this phalanx had no extra information

Both systems gave the same evaluation:

"Advanced Biological Phalanx: Can be forged"

A short line of information, really showing nothing

I don't know if it's due to exhausted power, but Lin An examined it repeatedly and could only see that the phalanx's internal structure is hollow

Its length is slightly longer than a human finger, and outwardly it looks as if it has been polished

A Fourth Stage... finger?

It can burst forth an attack, but after bursting it has no special function

Could the effect of this thing be to store spiritual energy attacks?

With doubtful gaze, pondering, Lin An tentatively poured some spiritual energy into it

One second later, his expression suddenly tightened

Only see the phalanx lying in his palm suddenly float up, slowly rotate, its entirely smooth surface like a sharp bullet

And the spiritual energy he had just poured in could no longer be felt at all

All of it absorbed inside, not a bit leaking out?

Increasing the input, Lin An's mind stirred, as if he had thought of something

Without hesitation, he simply poured in 10 points of spiritual energy, which is almost the entire reserve of a beginner Third Stage

Spiritual energy surged, and in an instant it again sank into the phalanx

But aside from making the phalanx spin faster, there was no other reaction

The imagined special effect, or whatever it might trigger, did not appear

With no effect at all, can it be absorbed back?

Thought of it, then do it

If this phalanx could store and draw back spiritual energy, he could totally treat it as a battery

After pondering a moment, Lin An gripped the tip of the phalanx, trying to draw back the spiritual energy

After a while, he showed a helpless expression

Couldn't draw it out; once the spiritual energy entered, it was like a mud cow entering the sea, leaving not a trace

After repeated trials, no matter how he used it, this phalanx besides floating and spinning had no other special qualities

If one had to say there was something, it would be that after infusing spiritual energy into the phalanx, he faintly felt a palpitation-inducing pressure that spread outward as the spiritual energy increased

However, that pressure was indeed too weak and unstable

Stroking his chin, Lin An's eyes showed contemplation

Something that can bear a Fourth Stage mark and whose phalanx has burst forth damage could not possibly be useless

If it were damaged, he couldn't possibly pour spiritual energy into it and still have it rotate and float

Is it that the power level isn't enough? This thing definitely needs Fourth Stage power to be activated?

Or perhaps it needs to be combined with something

Lacking clues

After a long while, Lin An somewhat regretfully put away the phalanx, and couldn't help feeling sorry for his spiritual energy

Forget it, let's toss this thing together with the crystal skull to Chu An for research; who knows, maybe it can be made into a piece of equipment

He drove away useless emotions, and Lin An again took out half a snake head with a backhand.

As the only material dropped after the silver-haired man's death and acknowledged by the system, this half-piece of orange-grade material is also the first he has seen.

"Reborn Snake Skull (orange quality, broken)"

"Material Effect 1: Can be forged into elemental or spiritual equipment, or combined with corresponding props to craft lowest orange (epic) quality props."

"Material Effect 2: Special profession transfer material. Can transfer profession to human alien species, gaining biological armor and all-attribute bonus."

"Warning: After transferring to human alien species, you cannot earn honor points from killing alien species, and your faction switches to the alien side."

"Material Effect 3: Consumption. The medium alien species core skull containing energy can increase constitution by 3 and will by 3. After multiple consumptions, the effect gradually diminishes."

After quickly examining this orange material, Lin An raised his eyebrows, showing a hint of joy.

One material, three effects?

As expected of an orange-tier material, it's stronger than the previously collected licker's spine and such by more than one tier.

But looking at the three options, Lin An couldn't help but hesitate.

All three are easy to understand; the first is to craft an epic-tier equipment, and it's also the rarest will-type equipment.

Upon reaching third rank, although Lin An looked down on the bonuses of blue equipment, an epic-tier equipment is naturally never too much.

You see, he actually only has Cain's Blade as an epic-tier weapon and Cain's Hand as an epic-tier armor.

Oh, and there's the little guy's dragon saddle, though it's damaged.

The second option doesn't need consideration at all.

Becoming an alien species and leaving the human faction—Lin An had never even thought of that.

From beginning to end, no matter what he actually is, in terms of thought and belief, Lin An always considers himself human.

As for the third option, consuming it grants attribute bonuses.

Actually, it's not bad; after all, permanent attribute bonuses are already considered super rewards in the eyes of most Awakened Ones.

But for him who possesses cataclysmic power to transform himself, it's merely a matter of spending some time.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lin An's eyes flickered; he decided to still put it away, return to Long An, and forge armor for himself.

He used to be accustomed to instantly killing enemies, believing offense is the best defense.

But after encountering alien species, Lin An keenly realized that he might not be peaceful thereafter; facing high-rank enemies, the uninterrupted effect can only guarantee him nine seconds of desperate counterattack ability, and his defense is still slightly lacking.

However, gotta say, alien species stuff is really valuable...

After confirming, he put away the material and casually glanced at the remaining dropped equipment.

After seeing that belt, Lin An pondered for a moment, gestured for Yuan Feng to come closer.

Long'an Base, South City.

Continuous artillery fire deafening, the gray-black sky curtain, dazzling splendors smashing into the corpse tide,

"Hold it; after detonation, you have 3 seconds to escape time."