Chapter 131 - 110: Frenzy, Instant Body, Fighting Bloodline
#007
Date: 2050.2.27
My periods of lucidity are growing shorter each day.
The other voice in my head tells me its name is Bilok, and it’s from the Ninth World, the Lotekhan Star.
Its species is called the Winged Race.
Bilok fights me for control of my body.
And then it transforms into the shape of a Winged Race monster.
We’ve both discovered that if we’re separated from the Source Crystals, we will both die.
But as long as we have an endless supply of Source Crystals, we can... live forever!
It told me that in its world, Source Crystals are also an extremely rare, top-tier resource.
But for some reason, as soon as the channel between the two worlds opens, a large number of Source Crystals appear in my world.
We must find a way to get more Source Crystals to stay alive...
I must try to find a way to actively open the Celestial Abyss Rift!
...
#033
Date: 2067.3.30
I’m almost seventy years old this year.
According to the human life cycle, I should be a frail old man on his last legs.
But when I look at myself in the mirror, I’m still young and full of energy, as if time has completely stopped for me.
Immortality... I seem to have truly grasped it.
The rift experiment was a success.
But it’s very unstable.
I’ve discovered that if I try to open a rift channel from this side when the area’s own source energy concentration isn’t high enough, the attempt will fail and can even trigger an energy backlash.
I need a stable, high-concentration energy field.
To that end, I’ve spent the last decade-plus cultivating a large number of mutated beasts.
These creatures, altered by Source Crystals, contain source energy in their blood, bones, and organs.
They are like self-propelling dandelions, scattering the seeds of the Source Crystals to every corner of the ruined city.
I just need to confine their activities to this abandoned city and then periodically harvest them by killing them.
Over time, the source energy concentration and Source Crystal density of the entire area will reach an astonishing level, enough to support my larger-scale experiments.
And after the rift opens, it will spawn even more Source Crystals.
If this continues, a perfect energy cycle will be formed.
Eternal life is no longer just a fantasy.
But...
I occasionally look at the outside world through an encrypted connection.
The cities are still prosperous, and the people live in peace and contentment.
I am human.
Humans, in the end, should return to their own kind.
I told Bilok this idea.
It strongly agreed with me.
It, too, wants to return to its own kind.
...
#056
Date: 2106.9.9
The company name... let’s call it Dawn Creatures.
With the sponsorship of ??? (data deleted), my project is proceeding exceptionally smoothly.
Who would have thought that I’ve practically hollowed out the entire underground of this ruined city, turning it into a vast and intricate nest.
Bilok is growing more and more agitated. It wants to go home.
It says that as long as I can open a rift that is large enough and stable enough, it will take me to a brand-new world.
It says that in its eyes, my world doesn’t even come close to its Ninth World.
An inferior civilization.
I don’t think so.
I just want to become human again.
All the recent human experiments have failed.
I’ve calculated that all the mutated subjects have exhibited features from at least seven different creatures.
But not a single test subject has retained even the slightest trace of human characteristics after mutation.
...
#166
Date: 2216.8.11
I’ve waited for too long!
Over a hundred years!
I finally see hope!
The HR department sent good news. They said they’ve found a test subject with unprecedented, perfect resistance and adaptability to Source Crystals.
I want to get my hands on him right now.
I want to dissect him, study his every cell, and see what secrets he’s hiding!
But I can’t.
Not now.
Even if I try to forcibly separate that damn consciousness of Bilok, it often can’t control its bestial bloodlust and ends up destroying my precious test materials at the critical moment.
I have to wait a little longer.
Just... a little longer!
Once I find a way to fix my own flaws and completely suppress Bilok, I can return to the human world in human form!
Then, I will bring the secret of eternal life with me and become the god of a new world!
And that perfect test subject will be the first cornerstone for my ascent to godhood!
...
Reading up to this point, Lin Ye had basically figured out the whole story.
The Doctor—or rather, the symbiote of the Doctor and Bilok—did it all to survive, and for the sake of immortality.
He had artificially transformed the Dongjiang Ruins into a giant Source Crystal farm.
The Doctor himself, unable to completely control Bilok’s will, had never met anyone else from Dawn Creatures.
Even someone like Wu Weiping had probably never met the Doctor in person.
Furthermore, the experiments in the ruined city were conducted in secret. Everyone who learned that the underground base was beneath the ruins likely ended up as a human test subject.
Like the brothers, Shi Lei and Shi Hao.
Lin Ye pulled out the USB drive, his face expressionless.
He knew that he was the "unprecedented, perfect test subject."
What happened next was clear.
The Doctor’s plan had gone awry. He couldn’t wait for the day he could completely suppress Bilok, losing his patience because of Lin Ye’s appearance, and was ultimately killed by him.
However, this completely confirmed Lin Ye’s previous suspicions.
Dawn Creatures, the Doctor, this massive underground base...
Behind it all, there was indeed a mysterious person or faction.
Lin Ye didn’t dwell on the matter for too long.