Verse 24: Devour or suck

Even though there were no more disgusting tentacles around him, and nothing else that obviously threatened his safety, Xu Yun still didn't dare to let his guard down.

He walked around the wall of the circular chamber and made sure that the inner wall was all closed, and that no other passages were connected, and even the passage that he had just broken through the flesh barrier had healed on its own after this short period of time, and only a few superficial scars were left that had not yet healed completely.

"It's a complete no-path, but it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to end this dream. It's enough to dream of this. I don't know how long I slept this night? Xu Yun muttered as he walked towards the core in the center of this chamber.

Able to endure the instinctive call and insist on checking his surroundings, he felt that his restraint was quite good.

Wrapped in a spherical hollow organ, the crystal core suspended in the middle of the cabin is still constantly changing and flipping at this time, constantly releasing brilliant light outward, but fortunately, this light is not as dazzling as a light bulb, even if you use your eyes to look directly, it is not uncomfortable.

At the bottom of the spherical flesh organ, a bit of converging and forming a fluorescent purple droplet slowly detached under the pull of gravity, and fell into the small pool of water below.

Tick~

The splashing sound of droplets falling into a pool of water is soft and pleasant.

The speed at which the liquid converged was not slow, but Xu Yun had ignored its existence before, and now that his attention was focused on it, he saw that the second low droplet had slowly condensed and formed under that organ.

Xu Yun approached the center of the chamber and saw the details inside the organ through the light released by the central crystal.

On the inner wall of the spherical hollow organ, dozens of tiny holes are opened, and these holes are like small mouths, sucking the purple fluorescent liquid secreted from the inner wall of the organ, and then sending it to the surrounding flesh wall through the flesh pipeline connected behind them.

When Xu Yun approached the central organ, the surrounding walls of flesh and blood suddenly began to squirm violently and tremble, and even the flesh and blood ground under his feet shook.

Due to the abundant light, through the translucent mucosal epidermis, he could see the muscle fibers wriggling behind the mucosa.

Looking at the momentum, it seemed as if in the next moment, countless flesh and blood tentacles would break free from their restraints, rush out of the wall and stab at themselves, catch themselves, and tear them apart.

But all their movements only stayed at this stage, no flesh tentacles broke through the mucous membranes, and the ground did not appear to be further aggressive except for constant writhing.

"Interesting." Xu Yun wiped it, a little cheap smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he raised his foot and stomped on the twisted and bulging piece of flesh under the mucosa.

The ground seemed to be in pain, and the bulging flesh quickly contracted and sank, avoiding the periphery a little. Xu Yun refused to let it go, and sent a kick to each of the bulging flesh and blood protrusions around him, knowing that there was no longer a bulge on the ground around him.

But by this stab, the flesh and blood in the wall formed by the flesh of the chamber squirmed even more frantically, and through the translucent mucous membrane, it looked as if behind the mucosa were countless skinned snakes or red worms that were struggling and writhing together.

Putting away the mind of playing, Xu Yun put his gaze back to the strong center, the waterhole was the source of the sweet taste in the air, which he had noticed after he got closer, the sweetness in his nasal cavity became more and more intense, and pointed out the direction of the source for him.

The king crab guy has to absorb the liquid that he swallows is definitely a good thing, but he is not a Honkai monster, so it's really impossible to say whether this liquid can be drunk or not.

Gollum~

The stomach protested uncontrollably, and the desire to eat and hunger began to take over a place in the center of the mind.

Looking at the small pool of fluorescent liquid, suppressing the action of rushing up and swallowing had already exhausted Xu Yun to the last bit of reason.

"Don't be in a hurry, these are all additives, the real good things are in front of you, how can you let it go for the sake of addition?" Xu Yun persuaded himself, forcibly looked away, and once again cast his gaze on the cube core at the center of the spherical organ.

This guy is the source of the call from instinct, but subconsciously, he has an inexplicable sense of fear for the cube crystal in front of him.

It seems that touching it, even just getting close to it, can cause extremely dangerous things to happen. This feeling is also instinctive.

Which instinct is right?

"Lao Tzu is too lazy to think about this, Lao Tzu wants them all!" Xu Yun didn't hesitate anymore, and stepped into the pool formed by the purple fluorescent liquid, and the depth of the pool could not be seen from the outside.

The blade slashed, the blade slashed on the outer wall of the spherical organ, the soft flesh organ could not block the sharp blade at all, the epidermis was easily broken, but the blade could not go deep, and the flesh on both sides of the wound cut by the blade squeezed the metal blade, like pliers clamping the blade.

No matter how Xu Yun strengthened, the blade that was not half of it could never go any further, not only that, but he wanted to pull out the war knife and chop it again, but the blade was firmly clamped, and he couldn't even pull it out.

The mocking mood fluctuations that he had felt before reappeared, slapping cascading waves on the outer layer of Xu Yun's spiritual will.

"What's the smugness, don't you still have a hole here? I can't cut the gap, I can't reach in and get it? Xu Yun pursed his lips, let go of the handle of the knife, took a step closer and stretched out his hand, reaching in from the vacant aperture of the hollow organ to grab the cube crystal.

However, the arm wrapped in the long sleeves of the military uniform was slightly thicker than the hole, and as soon as the hand passed through the hole, the sleeve caught the back arm.

Xu Yun had to unbutton the cuffs, unbutton the sleeves of the dress, and reach in again.

As he reached in, he could feel the flesh around the pores squeezing inward and shrinking, but the extent of the contraction was limited, and it could not restrict his next actions.

With the help of another hollow hole next to the hole probed by the palm, Xu Yun watched his palm get closer and closer to the cube, and the end of the limb transmitted back a pain that was almost burning, and the pain level was still within the tolerable range, Xu Yun didn't care very much.

However, the panic and fear in his heart were rapidly rising, and an instinctive voice told him to withdraw from his palm and move away from the crystal as soon as possible. Otherwise, the next end of oneself is not only destruction, but also life is worse than death.

Right in front of him, the palm that was constantly poking in was fading the color of flesh and blood, turning a translucent purple, as if it was being assimilated by the ever-changing size of the cube crystals in the core of the cube.

From the tip of the finger, a bright purple line similar to the one on Ouyang Luoli's face suddenly appeared, and as the translucent area advanced from the palm to the arm, it covered the transformed area along with it.

With these changes, in his perception, the perception of the entire right arm is fading, and even moving his fingers at this time seems to experience a severe network delay, and the brain sends instructions, but the fingers are unable to execute.

"It's all turned into this, retreat at this time, isn't the sin that Lao Tzu suffered in the first half in vain? At this time, you still want to influence my thinking, king crab, you guy is just a worm after all, and he can't understand our human thinking patterns. Xu Yun curled the corners of his mouth to himself, stared at the crystal fiercely, and reached out to grab it at a sharp acceleration.

Without any resistance and no other changes, except for the entire arm that reached into the pores was turned into a translucent state similar to those crystals, Xu Yun successfully grabbed the cube core.

When he grabbed the core, in Xu Yun's thinking level, the imaginary power interface changed.

Obtained 'Honkai Crystal'

Devour/suck?

Two options appear in the Imaginary Powers page, adding more text to the empty interface.

"What happens to devouring? What about absorption? Xu Yun inquired at the level of thinking.

There is no answer, and the system of the imaginary number power page is still cold.

"Others go through the various functions of the system in the novel, and even chat and interact with the protagonist intimately, why am I so dull here?"

Xu Yun muttered, putting his mind on the devouring option, and only then did a few words of explanation appear on the page.

Devouring the Honkai Crystal, the permission holder will devour and absorb this crystal composed of the lower energy of the destructive power, and evolve itself to the path of destruction, obtaining the corresponding law ability.

"I see."

What about absorption? He cast his mind on the drawing option.

Absorb the Honkai Crystal, and the owner of the authority will use the power to extract the power contained in this energy crystal, strengthening the existing carrier.

"Is that a job transfer prop? If you choose to devour, you will be transferred to a profession of destruction path, and you will get a new class skill, and if you choose to absorb, you should upgrade your current self and still retain your original class. ”

"Co-author, I'm knocking down the newbie village boss? Obtained a class transfer item, which allows you to change classes early before you reach the maximum level of the newbie. Xu Yun's self-conscious analysis: "I don't know if the profession of the way of destruction is strong?" Are there any sequelae of changing jobs before the novice reaches the full level? ”

"Heh, I can't tell if I'm dreaming or playing a game, or if I'm traveling through time, who will tell me, which one is real?"

The waves of thought continued to lap Xu Yun's will barrier, and after the layers of waves were broken, they left behind dangerous thoughts and thoughts.

"Get out!" Xu Yun's volitional body erupted with a wave of external emotional impact, but it was quickly overwhelmed by the waves of thought used in cascading.

"Steady one, first upgrade to the full novice level."

He hesitated again and again, after all, he felt that he couldn't easily change jobs, the initial profession of imaginary number power, it sounded quite bluffing, and since the king crab guy had a collapse crystal, who could say who would meet a boss of the same rank again, after all, since he came here, the information he came into contact with revealed that this world was being invaded by Honkai. In order to survive, humans are fighting with all their might against Honkai.

At this time, when I transferred to the opposite camp, I always felt that something was wrong.

The mind fell on the absorption option, and Xu Yun cast the will to confirm.

The option to devour/drain on the imaginary power page fades away. Instead, there is a rapid increase in the number of power points in the center of the page.

And with the increase of imaginary power points, Xu Yun's arm returned to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the translucent purple crystal 'limited-time skin' began to slowly fade downward from the upper arm, which made Xu Yun a little lost.

"It's a pity that this limited-time skin, how cool it is. If it's in the game, you can't get it with a first charge? ”

"But looking back, the skin that was given away on the first charge will be a rotten street product sooner or later, so it's not a pity. I just can't take it out now and pretend to be forced, so I have a little regret. I really want Ou Ou to see our crystal arm. ”

Speaking of Ouou, Xu Yun sounded his subordinate Valkyrie, rushed into the belly of the king crab and threw her outside, and he didn't know how it was now, but don't burp. Then one of his subordinates will be permanently lost.

Thinking so, now the helmet's thinking link system is still running, and Ouyang Luoli's thinking is always connected, but he has fallen into a state of silence since he didn't know when before, Xu Yun has been using a war knife to open the way in the body of the king crab, fighting with the flesh and blood tentacles, and he doesn't care about that side.

Looking at the Honkai Crystal held in his hand, the power points in the power interface are surging at a rate of ten points per second. If you start the enhanced ability battle in the future, you hold a Honkai Crystal in your hand to absorb it, wouldn't it improve your endurance?

It's beautiful to think about.

However, it now seems that this process may take some time. There is nothing left and right, and the king crab has not made any further moves, at least Xu Yun is safe for the time being.

The most important thing is that the number of imaginary power points has risen to more than one hundred and is still surging, and Xu Yun has the confidence to deal with the next changes.

So he chose to switch perspectives, and his will forcibly descended on the other side of the thought link.

Ouyang Luoli, who was transported to the twenty-fourth floor underground and was being inspected by scientific researchers, suddenly opened his eyes.

"it!"

"it!"

Two voices rang out at the same time.

One is a staff member who is using an instrument to record the texture of Ouyang Luoli's face, and the other is a Valkyrie lying on the bed and being examined.

The staff was startled by the sudden opening of their eyes, which were black in their pupils, bright purple, blue, and cyan in their ciliary muscles, and the whites of their eyes were not white of ordinary humans, but turned into light purple similar to their skin.

No matter how you look at it, it's the eyes that only monsters have.

And Xu Yun, who used his consciousness to occupy the Valkyrie's body, was surprised by the strange instrument in front of him and the staff wearing heavy protective clothing.

There were other staff members around the room, and one of them, a handsome male staff member in a protective suit, approached and asked in a calm, gentle voice:

"Are you awake?"

"Nonsense, can't you see?" Valkyrie's voice sounded, but it wasn't her who spoke. "What are you doing? What are you going to do with tying me up? Xu Yun tried to move her body, and found that her body was fixed on the bed with straps, and the corner of her eyes swept slightly, and she had already seen the furnishings and personnel in the room.

Not far from his bed, there is a particularly advanced operating table at a glance, a suspended precision robotic arm, all kinds of surgical instruments and equipment, what he doesn't know, all kinds of instruments are dazzling.

On the two walls inside this room, Ouyang Luoli's various angles at this time, as well as a series of monitoring data, were projected.

Xu Yun struggled slightly, and the strap that fixed her did not break, but the screws and fixers that connected the strap to the bed could not withstand the force she exerted.

There was a series of noises under the bed, and the ties that bound the Valkyrie loosened a lot.

Xu Yun supported herself to break free from the straps that had been detached from the bed, sat up her upper body, and the white sheet covering her body slid down.

In the projection screen on the wall, there is an extra curvaceous carcass, but although she is in good shape, her skin is not human-like at all, and the bright purple shimmering fluorescent texture discourages all male creatures who see her.

"Ah~hooligan!" Valkyrie shouted, but the others just looked at her calmly and didn't make any more moves.

This made Xu Yun, who had come to his will, feel insulted, and it was clear that he was learning from girls screaming and learning very hard.

"We're going to have surgery later, and we won't have any clothes for you. You can look at this, and if you agree, you can sign it. Of course I don't agree that we will still do this surgery. ”

The staff member who first accosted the Valkyrie tried to push his glasses, forgetting that he was now wearing a thick hazmat suit, and his fingers only touched the hard, transparent polyethylene mask, so he had to hand the workbench in his hand to the Valkyrie, who was hurriedly covering his body with a sheet.

"Also, your scream is fake."