Chapter 24: Begin Evolution, Winter Descends

However, with this arrangement, his current Electric Generation's maximum voltage could basically only be maintained at around 600 volts.

Of course, Baichuan felt that this voltage was enough for now.

As for why he chose this way, don't forget one thing.

An increase in the Strong ability would bring about an increase in his body size. If his Strong ability decreased and he strengthened again, would it cause another rapid increase in body size?

With a larger body, he would have a more massive physique. By then, could he obtain both at the same time and directly select a small patch of muscle on his back for Electric Discharge?

If not, that's fine too. After all, he doesn't rely on strength to make a living right now. His true strongest asset is his venom!

After making his decision, Baichuan looked at the next ability—

Electric Protection.

Reality isn't such that just because you have Electric Generation you can use it directly. You have to know that even the Electric Eel, the original owner of this ability, had to be careful not to shock itself when using it.

Having used the panel for so long, Baichuan already had a rough understanding of how it worked.

All the abilities he enhanced were based on genetic biological evolution, without any of those weird conceptual magic abilities from his previous life.

Everything had to follow reason. Even if these things seemed very mysterious to him right now, that was only due to his insufficient level of knowledge.

Like ancient people seeing an electric lamp that lit up at the press of a button, or a lighter that sparked at the press of a button. To modern people these are trivial everyday things, but ancient people would be as astonished as if they had seen a divine artifact.

So if he didn't come up with an Electric Protection today, he estimated that this Electric Generation ability might end up harming himself first.

Of course, don't be fooled by the grand-sounding name "Electric Protection." When Baichuan looked at this ability up close, he found it was nothing more than some fat and high electrical-resistance material covering the Electric Discharge muscles.

Having selected the ability again, Baichuan controlled the location of this ability's evolution, laying down the ability called "Electric Protection" over several of his more important areas.

Now that the most important Electric Generation ability had been properly placed, Baichuan next looked at the abilities of the Bianseyong, that is, the chameleon.

The reason he left it for later was simply that Baichuan was afraid that evolving it might cause ability conflicts.

After all, in Baichuan's eyes, the priority of each ability was never the same.

First was "Huanjing Moni LV2." Perhaps because this ability acted on the skin's surface, there was no ability conflict. After placing it down smoothly and successfully—

Baichuan once again extracted "Qixi Shoulian LV1." Huanjing Moni and Qixi Shoulian were basically a complementary set of abilities. If he only chose one, it probably wouldn't do much for his concealment.

He had to say, it seemed most snakes were famous for ambush. The talent for Qixi Shoulian was practically in their bones. Baichuan was astonished to discover that this ability's compatibility with him was as high as 90%!

Finally, after some careful study, Baichuan completely settled on all the abilities he wanted.

In the end, he looked at the few remaining abilities on the panel, thought about it, and realized that his Naili seemed rather poor as well.

So he added "Naili LV1" almost as an afterthought.

Everything was now prepared.

The next moment, Baichuan pressed the button to begin evolution. After paying a total of seven points, he once again fell into a deep sleep.

The familiar scene played out once more. Sticky secretions wrapped up the great snake, and evolution began.

Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, a whole month had gone by.

And by then, winter had completely descended.

Goose-feather snowflakes fluttered through the sky, drifting down and covering this mysterious mountain range.

The earth was blanketed in a thick layer of pristine white snow. Bitter cold wind howled through this vast snowy forest.

Everywhere was a vast expanse of white.

In this snowy forest where the wind howled like bone-piercing steel knives—

Suddenly, a small spot whose color was barely different from the snow hopped out.

It was in a sorry state at this moment, fleeing in panic. But upon closer look, one could already see it was nearly out of stamina.

Behind it came a faint tremor. It was a lone wolf that had lost its pack, chasing wildly.

The lone wolf was emaciated all over, its fur extremely disheveled. Looking closely, one could even see a long scratch running from top to bottom over its left eye on the wolf's head.

It was obvious that its left eye was already blind.

The two of them chased and fled across this snowfield swept by howling cold wind, seeing who would give out first.

But a wolf was a wolf. No matter how weak, it was no match for a rabbit.

Soon, the emaciated blind wolf drew closer and closer to the pitiful little rabbit.

The wolf's maw was right behind it and had already begun to part, immediately releasing an indescribable stench of blood.

The next moment, in the rabbit's despairing gaze, the wolf's maw bit down on it.

Intense pain struck. The thick rabbit legs kicked and thrashed wildly, causing the blind old wolf to wobble unsteadily on its feet.

But just then, the ground suddenly trembled and then collapsed.

Wolf and rabbit fell underground in their panic.

What appeared before their eyes was a vast underground space. The entire space, looked at as a whole, was vaguely circular, and a large pile of strange bones could be seen on the ground.

And the thing that drew their attention most was the mysterious object shaped like a giant egg standing in the very center of the space.

Probably because of their fall, the mysterious giant egg also began to show crack after crack at this moment.

"Crack~ crack~"

Accompanied by a series of breaking sounds, the giant egg shattered.

The first thing to meet their eyes was a fierce, thick, sharp claw.

Then a snake head with two bulging bumps on top shaped like a rice spatula poked out. Its eyes, lofty and sharp like those of a hawk, and a forked snake tongue flickered in and out continuously.

On its slender neck, over two meters tall, was like a cloak draped over it, covered in incomparably hard scales that formed a breathtaking pattern of mysterious golden markings.

A massive shadow fell over the wolf and the rabbit.

What manner of monster was this! Like a snake yet resembling a dragon, filled with a breathtaking, soul-stirring beauty.

Such a terrifying, horrifying scene instantly scared the blind old wolf into forgetting the prey in its mouth. With a "splat," the rabbit dropped to the ground.

But the rabbit, now free, did not dare to move, and neither did the blind old wolf.

Because at this moment, the instinct of living creatures told them: move, and they would die.

The aura of death swept through this narrow space.

The next moment, a piercing shriek rang out through the air, accompanied by a strange, acrid burnt stench.

It was a pair of sharp claws raking across the sky.

The last thing the wolf and the rabbit saw in their eyes was two terrifying claws lunging at them, blue-white arcs of electricity sparking along the talons.

Blood splattered everywhere, and in an instant, crimson gore began to spread.

(End of chapter)