Chapter 330: Great Advantage!

【Upgrade criteria met. Abyssal Vessel beginning ascent.】

As information appeared on the cabin's screen, Lin Qing felt a dark, deep black liquid suddenly rise beneath his feet, surging out of the cabin like a living thing, swiftly flowing toward the ten demonic corpses on the deck.

Once enveloped by the black liquid, the ten drained demonic corpses began shrinking, as if devoured by an invisible colossal beast.

Soon after, as the ten demonic corpses vanished completely, the black liquid swelled greatly, spreading outward to engulf the entire Abyssal Vessel.

"Crack… crack…"

Lin Qing clearly sensed the Abyssal Vessel undergoing transformation, even hearing the creaking and warping sounds emanating from its entire structure.

When the black liquid receded and vanished, the Abyssal Vessel had grown substantially larger, and the material of its deck and cabin seemed altered.

Moreover, a black humanoid statue now stood on the deck, radiating an inexplicable allure.

The information panel on the walls had also changed.

The shelter's name had become "Abyss Walker."

The upgrade requirement had changed to: 10 High-Class Demonic Remains, 10 Souls.

The prompt had also changed.

"Now it attracts High-Class Demons? And a wider range of demons too?"

Lin Qing pondered.

Attracting more demons was dangerous, but also an opportunity.

Even if he didn't know the strength of High-Class Demons, it shouldn't be utterly absurd.

Otherwise, this wouldn't be a survival world—it would be a suicide world.

The number of users on the regional trading channel had begun to dwindle steadily; after nightfall, the danger level had clearly skyrocketed.

On the channel, one could see desperate pleas, frantic rants, deceptive lures…

Suddenly—

"Hm?"

Lin Qing sensed something and turned his head toward the cabin's exterior, swiftly closing the door.

Another demon had boarded—this one felt more dangerous, as evident from the shift in Order Rank.

"High-Class Demon?"

A loud thud echoed outside the cabin, as if a heavy object had landed on the deck, followed by heavy, stomping footsteps.

As Lin Qing rose, a projection formed from his Primordial Cosmic Treasure's aura instantly materialized into an exquisitely precise full-body armor—flexible, unbreakable, and weightless as air.

Simultaneously, a sharp long blade appeared in his hand.

Only the projection of his Primordial Cosmic Treasure's aura could manifest so effortlessly.

Lin Qing had tested it: though merely a trace of the projection, once formed into armor, even Low-Class Demons could not harm him.

As the demon on the deck neared the cabin, Lin Qing perceived its form.

It was a humanoid beast covered entirely in crimson scales—its aura was unmistakably stronger than that of Low-Class Demons.

A typical survivor without a weapon would be walking to their death.

"Illusory Great Annihilation!"

Lin Qing had no patience to waste—he instantly focused his will, unleashing an almost-realized destructive illusion that crashed down like a collapsing world, crushing the demon's consciousness.

"Roar!!"

The demon outside screamed in agony—but did not fall.

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes. "So it resisted."

Yet he sensed the demon's mental consciousness had been severely damaged; even if it withstood the will-erasure, it could hardly control its body anymore.

"Click."

The cabin door burst open—and in that instant, Lin Qing swung his blade cleanly.

Hot blood sprayed out; a head covered in crimson scales tumbled to the deck.

The High-Class Demon, offering no resistance, was slain in a single slash by Lin Qing.

Thick streams of dark red energy surged from its body, then coalesced into one dark red coin after another.

Twelve dark red coins in total.

"So simple…"

Lin Qing looked at the demon's corpse, reaching out to touch it.

【High-Class Demon. Infused with a portion of the fifth-generation bloodline power of the Chaotic Being "Nine-Eyed Heaven Flame." Can be refined into fifth-generation Nine-Eyed Heaven Flame bloodline.】

"A portion of a Chaotic Being's fifth-generation bloodline?"

Lin Qing examined the corpse. "Truly a great opportunity…"

Recall that Low-Class Demons contained only a trace of Chaotic Being fifth-generation bloodline—too minuscule to refine at all.

But this High-Class Demon carried a substantial portion of Chaotic Being fifth-generation bloodline.

According to the information he obtained from the Void God Clan elder "Feixing," any lifeform born naturally in the Chaotic Realm was at least an Eternal-level existence!

Even refining just its fourth-generation bloodline could potentially elevate one's genes to the cosmic upper limit—three million eight hundred thousand times baseline.

Fifth-generation bloodline, though weaker, could still raise genes to tens of thousands of times baseline.

"But how do I refine it?"

Lin Qing frowned in difficulty.

In the Void Sea, certain secret arts or treasures could refine bloodlines—if one had sufficient same-source bloodline lifeforms, a complete bloodline treasure could be extracted.

Then, through bloodline evolution techniques, one could integrate the bloodline into oneself, elevating one's genes and gaining its powers.

But in this survival world, he couldn't summon even a trace of energy, nor did he possess any special treasures—there was no way to proceed.

"Wait a moment—there must be a way."

Lin Qing examined the corpse of this high-grade demon creature. "Its body clearly contains fifth-generation Chaotic Being bloodline, yet its power is so weak. Even if its life tier is low and it can't unleash much of that power, it shouldn't be this feeble. It seems the bloodline hasn't truly fused—only parasitized…"

The physical strength of this high-grade demon creature was merely several times that of a low-grade demon.

Otherwise, even if it unleashed only one-tenth of the fifth-generation Chaotic Being bloodline, its body would be incomparably stronger than this—his current strength couldn't even damage a single hair.

"But if high-grade demon creatures are this weak, is this Survival World really challenging for me?"

Lin Qing frowned slightly. "His Majesty the Light King knows I possess the Illusory World Annihilation and my Nativelife Universe Treasures—yet he still made this Survival World my first trial. It can't possibly be this simple…"

Judging by this, as long as this Survival World has an evolution path and my power can grow, combined with the advantages from the Illusory World Annihilation and my Nativelife Universe Treasures, this Survival World will inevitably become as easy as a game to me.

If it's this easy, how could it possibly be His Majesty the Light King's trial?

If it's this simple, too many people could become his disciples.

But…

His Majesty the Light King, as an ultimate existence, follows the path of future rules—he must be able to see my future line, to witness my future fate.

"A Survival World that normal survivors could possibly pass should pose little difficulty for me…"

Lin Qing pondered silently. "Perhaps this world isn't as simple as I thought—or perhaps there's some danger beyond the Myriad Phenomena World Group's expectations?" From the information he'd gathered on the trading channel, this Survival World was fundamentally a project launched by the Myriad Phenomena World Group, seemingly encompassing biological experiments, talent cultivation, live entertainment, gambling, and more.

In other words, survivors were merely tools selected by the Myriad Phenomena Group.

Even if one survived to the end, it merely meant a chance to join the Myriad Phenomena Group and become one of its employees.

Normally, survivors who ended up joining the Myriad Phenomena Group weren't likely to have been top prodigies of a Level-3 civilization before reincarnation—they couldn't possibly possess advantages like mine.

If even other survivors have a chance to live, then the difficulty for me is even lower.

Therefore, only a crisis beyond normal parameters could qualify as His Majesty the Light King's trial for me.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Lin Qing sensed something and turned his head slightly. Before him, space twisted, and a figure cloaked entirely in black robes appeared out of thin air.

"Oh my, an impressive survivor," the black-robed figure chuckled lowly. "You sensed me?"

"You're…"

Lin Qing looked at the figure and said: "Night Merchant?"

"Correct." The black-robed figure sized Lin Qing up and smiled. "Rare to meet a survivor so wealthy on the first night—tonight, I'll sell plenty."

He swept his sleeve, and a price list materialized in the air, floating gently toward Lin Qing.

Lin Qing caught it, glanced at it, and his eyes brightened.

【One piece of intelligence, value varies, limited to 1】

【One person's ration, 1 Survival Coin, unlimited】

【One stamina replenisher, 2 Survival Coins, unlimited】

【One healing potion, 3 Survival Coins, unlimited】

【One blood-cleansing potion, 4 Survival Coins, limited to 3】

【One escape scroll, 5 Survival Coins, limited to 1】

【One blood-refining demon box, 10 Survival Coins, limited to 3】

【One blood-source compass, 15 Survival Coins, limited to 1】

Lin Qing scanned all the items on the price list. The first four were immediately clear, but he wasn't certain about the functions of the latter four. He asked: "What are the functions of the escape scroll, blood-cleansing potion, blood-refining demon box, and blood-source compass?"

The black-robed figure smiled and explained: "The escape scroll lets you teleport instantly with your shelter to a safe location—can save your life when demons are chasing you."

Lin Qing immediately dismissed it in his mind.

"The blood-refining demon box can contain a demon corpse and extract its Chaotic Being bloodline."

The black-robed figure said: "Of course, each box can extract bloodline from only one demon. After injection, you'll parasitize that portion of Chaotic Being bloodline."

"Parasitize…" Lin Qing mused.

His guess was correct—such a crude bloodline fusion method could never truly integrate into one's own bloodline; it was merely parasitism.

"Of course, you might also be incompatible with the extracted bloodline and fail to suppress its instability."

The black-robed figure chuckled lowly. "That's when you need the blood-cleansing potion—to purge the Chaotic Being bloodline from your body and return to your original state, so you can inject another Chaotic Being bloodline."

He glanced at Lin Qing. "Of course, you could skip the blood-cleansing potion and inject a second Chaotic Being bloodline directly—if you don't mind dying."

Lin Qing understood his meaning.

He'd heard that Chaotic Being bloodlines were nearly impossible to coexist, unless two bloodlines were extremely compatible.

"As for the blood-source compass…"

The black-robed figure said: "The Chaotic Being bloodline within a single demon is quite diluted. To increase its concentration, you must use the blood-refining demon box to extract a second, third, identical Chaotic Being bloodline."

He chuckled lowly. "But how do you find another demon with the same bloodline? That's precisely what this blood-source compass is for."

"I see…" Lin Qing finally understood.

The Night Merchant's wares indeed offered survivors hope.

Lin Qing paused, then asked: "The bloodline extracted by the blood-refining demon box—just inject it? No need to cultivate bloodline secret arts?"

"Of course not."

The black-robed figure smiled. "It's only preliminary fusion—or rather, mere parasitism. If you survivors die, you can still extract the parasitized bloodline back, avoiding waste, right?"

Lin Qing understood his meaning.

Chaotic Being bloodlines were precious—even fifth-generation ones couldn't be casually given to these lowly survivors.

So, as long as it was only preliminary fusion, mere parasitism, the bloodlines could be reclaimed at any time.

But if one achieved complete fusion through bloodline secret arts, the cost of recovery would be exorbitant.

Even the survivors who survived to the end would likely need to join the Myriad Phenomena World Group before they could truly fuse the Chaotic Being bloodlines within them.

What a shrewd merchant—wastes nothing.

Lin Qing glanced at his twenty-one Survival Coins and asked: "Do you accept weapons?"

The figure in the black cloak immediately said, "Unranked Demon Artifact, purchase price: three Survival Coins. Special items vary in price according to value."

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly, did not sell the Unranked Demon Artifact in his hand, but asked, "Is the information limited to one piece per night? Any situation is covered?"

"Of course," the figure in the black cloak said. "Provided I know it."

Lin Qing pondered for a moment and said, "In this Survival World, there should be many bloodline paths, right? What is the strongest, or rather, the bloodline path with the greatest potential?"

"Greatest potential, rather than the most suitable?" The figure in the black cloak was somewhat surprised, then smiled and said, "This information is not expensive; I will tell you for just ten Survival Coins."

"Good." Lin Qing took out ten Survival Coins without hesitation.

"The answer is very simple."

The figure in the black cloak smiled. "It is the bloodline of the Chaos Creature 'Eternal Frozen Ice Flame'. From the fourth-generation bloodline on high-level demons down to the third-generation bloodline within King-level demons, and even the supreme ruler of this world harbors the second-generation bloodline of 'Eternal Frozen Ice Flame' within his body."

He looked at Lin Qing with a smile. "But the number of demons containing the Eternal Frozen Ice Flame bloodline is extremely small; whether you can obtain it depends on yourself."

"Eternal Frozen Ice Flame?"

Lin Qing murmured, his eyes faintly glowing. "Second-generation bloodline of a Chaos Creature?"

Back then, in the exchange list provided by that powerful being of the Void God Clan, 'Fei Xing', even the third-generation bloodline of a Chaos Creature had a gene strength reaching thirty-six times the universal limit!

But almost all required ninety-nine Golden Leaves of the World Tree to exchange.

As for the second-generation bloodline of a Chaos Creature?

He did not even have the qualification to exchange for it.

And now, he had discovered an opportunity to obtain the second-generation bloodline of a Chaos Creature!

"Regardless of whether I am compatible with the Eternal Frozen Ice Flame bloodline, as long as I get a chance to cultivate a bloodline secret art after leaving, I will be able to fully fuse this bloodline..." Lin Qing secretly anticipated.

Perhaps this is the great benefit mentioned by His Majesty the Light King?

But having heard from Xu Qingzhi that every Eternal Existence can obtain the second-generation bloodline of a Chaos Creature, he felt deep down that it was not so simple.

Even a great existence like His Majesty the Light King called it a 'great benefit'; it should not be merely the second-generation bloodline.

After all, even the named disciples of His Majesty the Light King are all outstanding among the Eternal Existences; he should not consider the second-generation bloodline of a Chaos Creature to be a great benefit.

"What exactly is it..."

(End of this chapter)