Chapter 35: I Have a Head

Darkness.

Endless darkness.

In the endless darkness, Unlike Ning Zhuo gradually regained his senses.

"What exactly happened?"

"Where is this?!"

Just at this moment, a piece of information followed the "Human Life Hanging by a Thread" and reached the bottom of his heart: "Magma Xian Gong, Mechanical Inheritance, Hanging Threads to Lead the Soul, Qi Condensation Trial... Leave Room Number One, enter Room Number Two."

Unlike Ning Zhuo's spirit suddenly lifted, and he understood the reason.

"Looking at it this way, the peak of the third layer of Qi Condensation is the first standard for selection."

"I reached it, so my soul was pulled, entering the Magma Xian Gong, and opening the second step of the trial."

"This is very different from the information Mother left behind!"

"Sure enough, the appearance of the Dharma-Transmitting Bell was already signaling—the way Qi Condensation cultivators compete for the Magma Xian Gong is completely different from the Foundation Establishment, Jin Dan, Nascent Soul stages, and so on!"

"Thinking about it carefully, it is also reasonable."

"Once a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, the dantian is thoroughly transformed and stabilized. The difficulty of switching cultivation methods is extremely high, almost impossible."

"And I, at the Qi Condensation stage, while the dantian was not yet set, switched directly, and I am still cultivating the Five Elements Qi Law. To the Magma Xian Gong, this is one of their own."

"Compared to those outsiders cultivating other methods, the closeness is clear at a glance."

"It's just that..."

"Leave Room Number One, enter Room Number Two? What should I do?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo calmed his heart and felt carefully in the endless darkness.

He gradually felt that his soul was not independently existing, but was residing in some object, and there was a mass of spiritual power hidden within this object.

Unlike Ning Zhuo tried to mobilize this spiritual power, but it had no effect.

He racked his brains and used the Five Elements Qi Law to mobilize it, and immediately there was a reaction.

The spiritual power was mobilized, following the path of the Five Elements Qi Law, and began to flow slowly inside the object where his soul resided.

From this, Unlike Ning Zhuo gradually perceived that his soul's dwelling place was like a long rectangular box.

"A coffin?" Unlike Ning Zhuo guessed.

"Besides, I am very familiar with this feeling of mobilizing spiritual power."

"It should be a spirit stone. I am drawing spiritual power from within it."

"The spiritual power in a spirit stone has a limit; my running the cultivation method like this is continuously consuming spiritual power."

Unlike Ning Zhuo stopped the cultivation method and fell into hesitation.

He pondered in the darkness, unable to find any more clues.

"It seems there is only this one option..."

Unlike Ning Zhuo gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble.

He never lacked the courage to take risks.

This time, he urged the Five Elements Qi Law to the maximum, causing the spiritual power to be consumed violently, but he did not stop.

Spiritual energy began to dissipate from the "long rectangular box" to the outside.

The dissipated spiritual energy was like his tentacles, allowing Unlike Ning Zhuo to gradually have a vague sense.

"In that direction, there seems to be something." Unlike Ning Zhuo perceived a certain existence in the darkness.

And, this existence seemed to be faintly echoing him.

Unlike Ning Zhuo hardened his heart and urged the spiritual power to its strongest.

The feeling of echoing suddenly became stronger, and in the following few breaths, the degree of echoing surged dozens of times!

Until a mysterious hard object suddenly slammed into the long rectangular box where Unlike Ning Zhuo's soul resided.

The spiritual energy dissipating everywhere quickly pulled the long rectangular box and the mysterious hard object together, combining them directly.

The spiritual energy that Unlike Ning Zhuo was emitting outward suddenly had a new destination.

Spiritual power was infused into the mysterious hard object, allowing Unlike Ning Zhuo to gradually perceive the shape of this mysterious hard object.

"It looks like, looks like... an arm?"

In Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart, it was as if a bolt of lightning had flashed, and he immediately had a guess.

He continued to run the cultivation method and confirmed his previous guess.

This was indeed an arm; the front of the arm had a palm, and there were a total of four fingers on the palm.

In the darkness, Unlike Ning Zhuo felt it carefully.

He tried to wave the arm, then stretched out the palm, moved the fingers, and felt around everywhere.

He didn't have any sense of touch, but the spiritual energy spreading outward began to echo with other mysterious objects.

A moment later, a cube-shaped hard object was also sucked onto his body by Unlike Ning Zhuo, combining with it.

The darkness that had been troubling him suddenly dissipated, and Unlike Ning Zhuo's vision lit up in an instant.

He finally saw everything around him!

This was a room with a huge space, and the room was piled with countless mechanical components. Torsos, heads, hands and feet, tails, horns, wings, and so on.

These mechanical components were varied and all made of wood, brownish-yellow.

And he, Unlike Ning Zhuo, was on a small hill piled up by these mechanical components.

Unlike Ning Zhuo observed himself.

"My guess is correct!"

The long rectangular box where his soul had resided before was a rectangular mechanical torso component.

The first one he sucked over with spiritual power was the left arm.

The second cube he spliced together was a square mechanical head component.

"Sure enough, it's a head!"

"I have a head!"

"This head is quite big."

Unlike Ning Zhuo was overjoyed.

The head component had components similar to eyes, which was why it allowed him to see.

After possessing the ability to observe, it was much more convenient for Unlike Ning Zhuo.

He followed the same pattern, found other components in the small hill of mechanical components, and spliced them onto his body.

When he climbed from the small hill of mechanical components to the ground, he already had both hands and both feet.

"A mechanical puppet body, then..."

At this time, Unlike Ning Zhuo's main body was a long rectangular box. He had two legs, one slightly thinner, one slightly thicker, and their heights were not completely consistent.

His two arms were consistent in length, but the two hands only had three and four fingers respectively.

And his big head was square, out of proportion with the torso, looking a bit dull.

"With a body, although I can move freely like a human, the consumption of spiritual power has also increased a lot."

Unlike Ning Zhuo was constantly paying attention to the spirit stone inside the torso. Up to now, he had already consumed nearly half of the spiritual power within it.

"In other torso components, there should be spirit stones stored. I can take them out for backup."

However, just as Unlike Ning Zhuo targeted a torso component and was about to take action, new information came, telling him—it is not allowed to destroy other components.

"Then I'll just splice another body." Unlike Ning Zhuo just moved, and more information came—the current upper limit for spiritual power components is one.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had no choice but to stand up.

He thought of the first piece of information—requiring him to enter the second room from the first room.

This was the assessment standard.

"The second assessment, on the surface, has no time limit, but in fact, it does."

"Because the number of spiritual power components is only one, and the spiritual power in the spirit stone will be continuously consumed."

"I must complete the first assessment before the spiritual power is completely exhausted."

"I should leave here as soon as possible."

Room Number One had a large space, red copper walls, a golden roof, and bright light.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had long seen the only door in the room.

He limped toward the door.

He arrived in front of the door, and just as his fingers touched the door, more information was conveyed.

A spirit stone, a hanging ring on a mechanical component, and a spell "A Burst of Qi."

"Can only choose one of them?" ===== CHAPTER 36 =====