Chapter 306: City Rules
"How did you get in here? And how can you still talk underwater?"
Lin Ye struggled to form words with his fish lips.
"This book is essentially a piece of spiritual information, so as long as you insert mental energy into it using a certain method, you can appear here like I do. Moreover, I can observe the information here from a spiritual perspective and help guide your way to save time."
Xiao Bai spoke clearly, the surrounding seawater completely unaffected her speech.
"Can I learn this method?"
Lin Ye continued to laboriously twist his fish lips.
"No, unless you also become part of the system."
Xiao Bai replied.
"Then forget it. What's inside those ruins over there?"
Lin Ye never considered becoming part of someone else. "There are some nutritious foods and unique spiritual information inside. Before entering the ruins, you'd better eat some clusters first to strengthen your body."
Xiao Bai pointed downward, where some red flesh clusters floated in the seawater.
These were flesh clusters formed by the aggregation of red pigment, possessing weak biological instincts.
Lin Ye swayed his fish tail to approach the nearest cluster and swallowed it into his fish belly in one gulp.
"Your swimming method is very inefficient. You can swim like this, or you can mutate human limbs to assist with swimming."
Xiao Bai used her hands to mimic how fish swim. Lin Ye tried changing the way his fish tail exerted force and indeed felt swimming became much easier.
After digesting the cluster inside his body, Lin Ye began using the red pigment to mutate organs within his body, which happened to utilize the two subjects he had just studied.
These were "Red Pigment and Flesh Alienation" and "Basic Structures of Mutation Organs (Part 1)."
'I need to first mutate a more efficient digestive system to enhance digestion capacity, providing sufficient energy and materials for further mutations.'
The basic structures of mutation organs included many digestive-enhancing mutation structures. Lin Ye randomly selected some easily mutable digestive structures and began mutating his internal digestive system.
The mutation process wasn't easy—this was Lin Ye's first time using a fish body and his first time mutating a fish body.
But Lin Ye adapted quickly. Before mealtime, he finally finished mutating his digestive system by continuously swallowing clusters.
"Is it okay for me to come out like this?"
When Xiao Bai woke Lin Ye, he was already sitting at the dining table, which was filled with steaming hot food.
The pets were eating roasted meat and some strange vegetables nearby.
"It's fine. I placed a bookmark in the book, so you can return to the point where you left at any time."
Xiao Bai placed the black book aside and said.
"That's very convenient then."
Lin Ye began eating. The dishes on the table were all made from ingredients he enjoyed.
After finishing lunch, Lin Ye sat in his wheelchair again, opened the black book, and entered the deep sea world.
'Indeed, nothing has changed.'
Lin Ye flicked his fish tail, quickly swallowing nearby clusters while using the substances and energy within them to mutate his body. The new digestive system worked excellently, digesting a normal-sized cluster in just a few minutes.
'Next, I should mutate offensive and defensive organs, preferably one capable of launching ranged attacks.'
While swallowing clusters, Lin Ye contemplated his mutation direction. Before reaching the massage parlor, he had already roughly planned the entire body mutation direction.
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"Huh? Why is it you?"
Lin Ye looked at Xiao Bai, who had changed into a uniform, and asked curiously.
"My skills are better, so your massage discount coupons weren't wasted. I sent them to massage your pets instead... Would you like to change attendants?"
Xiao Bai looked down into Lin Ye's eyes, her ocular aperture flickering.
"No need. This is my first time in this kind of establishment. I hope your skills are truly as good as you claim."
Lin Ye lay on the massage bed and closed his eyes. He wasn't resting but rather reviewing and organizing the knowledge he had previously learned in his mind.
Through his perception, the three pets lay obediently on massage beds in the adjacent room, where several bionic young women in identical uniforms were pressing their bodies.
Xiao Bai began pressing Lin Ye's body. She didn't press very hard, but each press was perfectly placed. Gentle spiritual energy invaded Lin Ye's body from her fingertips, soothing his weary physique.
Lin Ye could clearly feel the relief in his tired body. Physical fatigue was insignificant to him, but without this massage, he probably wouldn't have realized his body hadn't properly rested for a long time.
"Your body is quite stiff, guest."
Xiao Bai said softly.
"Indeed... Can you teach me this body relaxation technique?"
Lin Ye wanted to learn some body maintenance methods.
"If you need massages, you can always tell me."
Xiao Bai didn't explicitly refuse.
"Then I'll trouble you."
Lin Ye felt the comfortable relaxation, clearing his mind for the first time in ages, no longer pondering the knowledge that could drive ordinary people insane.
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Since the massage took quite long, after finishing, Lin Ye took the pets back to the hotel and returned to the Shelter.
As for the knowledge in the black book, Lin Ye planned to study it during future meal times.
After returning to the Shelter, Lin Ye went directly to the Game Room, completed his daily spiritual energy circulation, and casually won several dozen red coins.
After finishing his daily circulation, Lin Ye entered the spiritual energy workshop to start crafting large-caliber bullets for Dark Dawn. Some missing materials could be conveniently purchased in the trading area.
Only when there was one hour left before the Nighttime Activity did Lin Ye leave the workshop to care for the Shelter's plants and animals while preparing his dinner.
With dinner ready, Lin Ye opened the Group Chat and Music Box and began eating.
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"I never expected the city situation to be so complicated."
"Indeed, it's only because Old Yu has amazing talent—anyone else going out wouldn't come back."
"Hard to say. Someone like Brother Lin probably has a chance to return, but ordinary group members would struggle."
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The group was discussing intelligence about the urban districts. Lin Ye used the system's query function to quickly read through Yu Feng's messages.
From Yu Feng's messages, Lin Ye summarized the following information:
- Every location in this city except the Shelter has its own rules. Only by following the rules can one survive in the city.
- The street rules require obeying traffic regulations and checking in at certain locations throughout the city via the streets to obtain qualifications for freely walking on them.
- While walking on the streets, you'll encounter some monsters that also need to follow rules.
- Certain monsters have corresponding rules too.
Yu Feng: Move my ass? I'm not strong enough to use my body to test rules for you guys.
