Chapter 104 - 101: Goblin Centurion (Part 2)
[Your All Attributes growth rate has increased to 1.75!]
[The level cap for all your Phase 1 skills has been raised to LV12 (MAX)!]
As the series of notifications faded,
Lin Ye felt a rumbling deep within his body!
A torrent of life force, far grander and more violent than the one from his last advancement, materialized out of thin air!
Beads of sweat formed on Lin Ye’s forehead.
He could feel this torrent of life force completely reforging his body.
His muscle fibers were being brutally torn apart by a savage force, only to be rapidly reassembled into a denser, tougher structure.
The energy output of every single cell was soaring!
Besides his muscles, his bone density was also skyrocketing.
His blood thickened like molten mercury. Each heartbeat was like the pounding of a heavy war drum, sending surging power to every corner of his being.
The changes brought by this advancement lasted for several minutes.
Only after those minutes passed did Lin Ye slowly let out a breath of relief.
The pain receded, replaced by a feeling of being filled with power, yet incredibly light. Lin Ye found himself lost in the sensation.
Lin Ye’s height and build hadn’t changed much.
However, the surging Qi and Blood within him had explosively increased by nearly forty percent, following the surge in his All Attributes.
But this additional Qi and Blood had not yet been tempered.
It was nowhere near as potent as his previously tempered Qi and Blood.
For others, the increase and tempering of their total Qi and Blood happened simultaneously.
But Lin Ye’s improvements were explosive, stage-by-stage bursts.
Besides the increase in his total Qi and Blood, Lin Ye could also clearly feel that his Sea of Consciousness had expanded considerably.
The surge in Spiritual Power not only cleared his mind but also made his senses incredibly sharp, allowing him to perceive everything around him, even things more than ten meters away.
[Ding! All advancement missions for the host’s current stage have been issued.]
[Until the host unlocks the next stage, no further advancement or system-mechanic missions will be issued.]
[Please complete the stage missions as soon as possible, host!]
The system notifications echoed in his mind.
Lin Ye let out a long breath.
He was stronger again. He looked at the stage mission he had received the moment he stepped into the abandoned city months ago: Kings Cannot Coexist.
’It’s time to bring this journey in the abandoned city to a close.’
His final goal now was to take down that LV20 Lord.
Lin Ye’s gaze swept over the ruins, which looked as if they had been bombed.
At the same time, he was organizing his thoughts.
During this time, he had turned the outer three rings of the abandoned city practically upside down, but he still hadn’t found any trace of a potential underground entrance.
He had even deliberately gone down to search some of the city’s underground sewage pipes, but there were no secret doors or hidden passages.
Lin Ye’s target, of course, was the secret base hidden in the shadows, the one that imprisoned and contained countless mutated beasts.
Lin Ye’s focus returned to what was in front of him.
’The clue might be on these two corpses.’
Lin Ye bent down and began to carefully search the tattered remnants of clothing on the two monsters.
Their bodies had expanded dramatically during their mutation, and the originally well-fitting protective suits had long been stretched to shreds, with only a few scraps of cloth hanging around their waists and thighs.
Lin Ye’s movements were meticulous; he didn’t miss a single corner where something might be hidden.
As his fingers touched a relatively intact piece of the protective suit on the strength-type behemoth’s waist, he felt a hard, rectangular object.
His heart skipped a beat, and he carefully tore the fragment open.
It was a pocket that had been sewn shut on the inside of the protective suit.
And inside the pocket, two brand-new work ID cards lay quietly.
Lin Ye picked one up and examined it carefully in the moonlight.
In the center of the ID card was a young face with a buzz cut and bright eyes, smiling with exceptional brilliance.
Below the photo was his name.
Shi Lei.
Lin Ye picked up the other ID card. The photo on it showed a face that was about seventy to eighty percent similar to Shi Lei’s, only younger, with a hint of liveliness in his expression.
Shi Hao.
’They really were brothers.’
In the "Position" field of the ID card, three words were clearly printed: Outer Perimeter Cleaner.
Lin Ye’s gaze finally fell on the very top of the ID card.
There, a logo was printed, along with two words—
Dawn Creatures.
’Is this a biotech company?’
Lin Ye quickly searched his memory but found no recollection of the name.
He had heard of most of the major corporations in Dongjiang City, but he had never heard of this Dawn Creatures.
But that was to be expected.
After all, he was just a high school student who hadn’t even graduated yet. His sources of information were limited, so it was reasonable that he wouldn’t know about some of the smaller companies out there.
Especially an organization engaged in such secretive research.
Lin Ye stood on the edge of the sixth floor. The cold night wind tugged at the corners of his clothes as he gazed into the deeper, darker heart of the abandoned city.
Now, he had two leads to follow.
On one hand, there was this Dawn Creatures.
Lin Ye thought of his sister, Lin Wei.
His sister was in medical school; she might have a much broader knowledge of pharmaceutical companies and bioresearch-related enterprises. She might have some information.
’I can ask her if she’s heard of it.’
On the other hand, there was the abandoned city itself.
During this period, his realm had broken through, and his racial template had also undergone a qualitative leap.
With his current strength, plus the trump card of [Crystalization], he should be able to venture into the core area of the abandoned city now.
Without those two fused behemoths, there might be even stronger mutated beasts in the inner ring of the abandoned city. This was also a good opportunity for him to continue hunting mutated beasts to earn EXP and keep leveling up.