Chapter 41: Absorption
When examining the old man and the woman, Huang Quan frowned.
Both the old man and the woman have many modified muscles in their bodies, but most of these muscles have lost their efficacy, and they are not the same as Huangquan's situation.
Huangquan's special body died because of a long period of dormancy, and as long as there was enough Divine Radiance power, it could be revived, so it could be regarded as suspended animation at most.
However, the special bodies of the old man and the woman have shrunk and even decayed, and there is no possibility of recovery at all.
In addition, the decay of special tissues is extremely harmful to the body. This is one of the reasons why the Lost People age rapidly in old age, and their natural lifespan is far less than that of the Empire.
The Life Stone is not strong enough, and the bodies transformed by it are not strong enough. They decay earlier than true Radiance, have no chance of recovery, and decay when they die.
Even if Huangquan's special body died, it was equivalent to an ordinary tissue, and it had little impact on the body and lifespan.
Based on the observation during this time, Huangquan has a feeling that the Life Stone seems to be due to its own lack of strength, and it has to transform the surrounding environment and all the lost people, so it seems to be extracting the vitality of all the creatures in the area to make up for the power required for transformation. And when there is not enough vitality around them, the life force of the lost people themselves will be used.
A woman giving birth to a child is a process of giving birth to a new life, and it also needs to consume a lot of her own life force. The two phases are superimposed, and their strength decreases sharply after giving birth to offspring, which is irreversible.
Of course, these are just Huang Quan's own speculations, and there is no way to confirm them. He sighed again, if those old monsters from the Imperial Research Institute were here, they should be able to find the answer.
Although there are not many special muscles in the bodies of the elderly and women, they are still somewhat or a little. Huang Quan selected a few of the most basic secret methods in his memory, and then simplified and deleted them and taught them.
These cut-down versions of the secret methods don't do much in the fight against the ogres, they just make them stronger, move faster, and have more stamina.
Although they still can't go to the battlefield, at least in the process of breaking out, they can barely keep up with the pace of the march, increasing the overall marching speed of the settlement, thus increasing the chances of survival.
After instructing everyone to practice on their own, Huang Quan took Yao and the Great Elder to the Creation Hall.
He looked at the Life Stone and slowly stretched out his right hand.
The Stone of Life seemed to sense something, and began to fluctuate violently, and its roots were pulled out of the soil one after another, waving in the air, trying to drive the Yellow Spring away.
This kind of resistance, in Huang Quan's eyes, is like a baby's counterattack. He took it upon himself and grasped the Stone of Life.
The Stone of Life let out a baby-like cry, and the rolling light poured into Huangquan's body like flowing water.
The Great Elder's face was struggling, trying to stop it, but his hand stretched out halfway, and then slowly put it down. Now there is one last chance to regret it, but what about regret?
He knew best the condition of the Life Stone, before the Yellow Spring came, the settlement had been slowly declining, and the last two imminent crises were the last straw that crushed the entire settlement.
Even if he was lucky enough to escape this cannibal search, as Huang Quan said, it was nothing more than a few years of late death, and it is very likely that these years would have to be spent in endless escape and darkness.
Besides, he knew in his heart that this opportunity for regret did not exist. The meaning of Huang Quan's words was obvious, he was about to set the stone of life.
The Great Elder could see clearly the means of Huangquan's battle against the ogres, and even if the settlement refused, no one could stop him.
If there is a real fight, the settlement will not die at the hands of the ogres, but will die at the hands of Huang Quan first. Thinking about the death of Ju Yan, you know that Huang Quan will definitely not dare to kill people.
Huang Quan wantonly absorbed the power of the Life Stone, assimilated it with its own existing Holy Radiance, and left what was suitable for it, and discharged it if it was not suitable. After a while, his body began to glow, and the light became more and more intense.
The power that Huangquan can't use is still quite good for the people in the settlement. The Great Elder also silently began to absorb it, but Yao couldn't use these impure powers anymore.
After a moment, Huang Quan felt a little full, and understood that this time the power was almost exhausted.
He examined his body, and there were many special muscles that began to recover. When they all recovered, the special body that could be used in Huang Quan's body would exceed eighty percent of the original, and many secret methods could be activated, and it was estimated that he was probably close to seventy percent of his combat power in his heyday.
Seventy percent of the Yellow Spring, there are few people who can stop it.
He stopped absorbing the power of the Life Stone. The Life Stone now has about a third of its strength left, and it needs to be used to elevate the warriors in the settlement, while protecting them from the rainforest through the cannibal territory.
Even if Huangquan's combat power has not been raised to the peak, it can no longer be absorbed. No one can walk out of the rainforest without the Life Stone.
Huang Quan passed down a mental method for the Great Elder to teach to the hunters in the tribe. After practicing this mental method, they were able to actively absorb the power of the Life Stone, and although the number was small, it was much better than before.
Then Huang Quan locked himself in his room and ordered no one to disturb him. He had to concentrate on combing through the secret methods he had learned, seeing what secret methods he would use in the next battle, and what tactics he would formulate in order to gain an advantage in the duel with the ogre.
Huang Quan is very clear that the crisis he is facing this awakening is unprecedented. In the past, when he fell into a desperate situation, he always had a huge empire behind him, and as long as he managed to break through the siege and escape, he would be able to make a comeback in just one day.
And now, the empire is no longer even in people's memory, the whole world, at least this rainforest, is full of malice. This feeling of being the enemy of the world, even if it is the fearless Huangquan, is very uncomfortable.
So he has to prepare for the war seriously.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
Luckily, the ogre's breath only once passed in the distance, and it didn't come this way. However, it also reminds the settlers once again that the threat is imminent.
In the cabin, Huang Quan slowly opened his eyes, and silently went through the established secret method combination and battle plan in his heart before getting up.
He reached out and watched as a little bright light lit up on his fingertips. The light was scorching and blinding, like a small sun.
This kind of violent aura is the sign of the terrifying power of the Holy Radiance. Being able to control this kind of sun-like power is what he relied on in the past for Huangquan to sweep through many star fields.
As soon as the Holy Radiance came out, Huangquan's perception expanded several times, instantly connecting with the Life Stone, and using it as an eye, looking in all directions. The power of the Life Stone is the field of vision of Huangquan.
At this moment, Huang Quan felt a real pressure, and even a strange tingling sensation. He faintly sensed that in the rainforest, in the sky, and even under the earth, there was a faint power that rose and fell, like a tide.
The unknown power filled the heavens and the earth, surging wave after wave, and with each wave, the stone of life would throb.
At the same time, Huang Quan also clearly felt the fear of the stone of life, confirming that the previous few times it was not his delusion, if a stone also has emotions, thoughts, and strength, then isn't it a real life?
This is both a scientific question and a philosophical reflection.
It's a pity that Huang Quan is not an academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, nor is he a philosopher, and he has never thought about esoteric questions like who I am and when I will become emperor in the past.
However, at this moment, when he actually sensed the power hidden deep in the depths of the world, Huang Quan suddenly realized that his previous feeling of hostility might be skewed, and the malice of the world was not aimed at him or humans, but at the Life Stone and the Holy Radiance.
The hidden power of the rainforest is as vast as the abyssal sea, and the power of the Living Stone is like an island, and the two are not on the same order of magnitude at all.
But when the vast power swelled, the Life Stone cleverly divided it to the left and right, bypassed itself and then merged, and then surged into the distance as always.
It is like a pebble in a river, after countless years of polishing, it has long been extremely smooth, and no matter how big the water flows here, it will separate and merge. As far as the river itself is concerned, it is simply not noticeable that there is such a pebble.
Although the power of the Life Stone was weak, in Huang Quan's opinion, it was essentially at the same level as that vast power, otherwise it would not have been concealed so easily.
If it is really discovered by that vast power, I am afraid that a small wave can extinguish the stone of life.