After finding a new safe house, Qi Suian finally brought out Yu Qing.
He had used a rather large dose, and Yu Qing still hadn’t woken up.
However, his life wasn’t in danger. A special energy within his body, called Blood Power, was neutralizing the anesthetic.
So, barring any complications, he would wake up in half an hour at most.
After tidying up, Qi Suian began to settle Yu Qing in.
[Tai Sui God evolution complete. You have obtained a new module slot.]
The AI interrupted Qi Suian’s actions.
Qi Suian didn’t pay the Tai Sui God’s evolution much mind. The special zombie possessed the ability to resurrect and evolve, so it wasn’t burning very easily.
Even after all this ti, only a third of it had been burned.
After all, the lting Furnace wasn’t a Purification Force Field and had no abilities that specifically countered the Profound Virus. As a result, the special zombie wasn’t suppressed as thoroughly as it would be in a Purification Force Field.
’It’s barely good news, I guess.’
’The next evolution requires 15 points of armor. Thankfully, two-thirds of the special zombie is still left. Extraordinary beings are certainly durable when it cos to burning.’
’It seems the true evolution material for this Gold-devouring Beast, the Tai Sui God, isn’t ordinary items but Extraordinary beings. Otherwise, switching to normal-grade fuel wouldn’t provide much evolutionary energy at all.’
As he muttered to himself, Qi Suian extracted a unit of the Profound Virus from his body and imdiately installed it as a module.
[SSS-Rank Viral Bloodline Symbiote (Profound)]
The mont it was installed, Qi Suian could feel the Tai Sui God grow even stronger.
However, this wasn’t solely due to the Viral Bloodline Symbiote; it was also aided by the Seal of the Profound Dominator.
When the two combined, the Tai Sui God and the Profound Virus in Qi Suian’s body created a bloodline effect.
This gave the Tai Sui God a special bloodline, much like that of a living creature.
And Qi Suian was, for all intents and purposes, the provider and source of this bloodline.
’When the Tai Sui God is the primary focus, it can add the average of my two stats to its armor value.’
’And if I’m the primary focus, the Tai Sui God can add its armor value as a percentage bonus to my two stats.’
’Wait, what’s the point of this...?’
These two functions... as long as either he or the Tai Sui God beca powerful enough, they would be god-tier abilities.
But right now, one had an armor value of just 14, while his own two stats averaged out to around 1.3 under normal conditions. Even if that number doubled, it would only be 2.6.
Whether Qi Suian boosted the Tai Sui God or the Tai Sui God boosted Qi Suian, it was just two weaklings pecking at each other. The boost was negligible.
And it seed he could only choose one of these two modes to activate at a ti.
More importantly, if he chose to make the Tai Sui God the primary, the armor value gained would be like that from the Artificial Crystal-Vein Alloy—it was all considered additional armor, not base armor.
This ant it couldn’t be enhanced by material- or defense-type modules.
A proper ability would be a direct percentage-based boost, but this one relied on Qi Suian’s stats for a flat bonus. From the early stages to even the mid-stages, it was a completely useless feature.
Fortunately, the module’s true function was to facilitate a deeper integration with the Tai Sui God. Becoming a bloodline symbiote was the main point.
Qi Suian activated the symbiote mode with the Tai Sui God as the primary.
Then, he felt his own flesh and blood being continuously stripped away, remaining connected only by nerves and blood vessels.
"HSSSS—"
Qi Suian sucked in a sharp breath, watching as his skin, flesh, and bone were all drawn out and fused into the Tai Sui God.
The intense stimulation threw him into a Burst Mode.
The entire Tai Sui Divine Armor transford from its original tallic state, now composed of a mixture of tal, flesh, and bone.
Fortunately, the process was relatively quick, and the pain subsided in an instant. He didn’t need to worry about the lost body tissue either; the Profound Virus in his body began absorbing nutrients to regenerate it.
The process itself, however, left him feeling numb and itchy.
’It seems to be getting more and more grotesque,’ Qi Suian thought, examining the Tai Sui God through the AI interface.
Before, it at least resembled sothing like Iron Man’s suit. Now... it was hard to put into words.
’With how this looks, no one would believe if I went out and said it was made from my own flesh and bone,’ Qi Suian quipped, before a realization struck him. ’In that case, if I make myself the primary, does that an the Tai Sui God will directly...?’
Without a mont’s hesitation, Qi Suian switched modes.
The flesh and bone on the Tai Sui God receded, flowing back into Qi Suian’s body through the connecting nerves and blood vessels.
The Tai Sui God returned to its original tallic form.
Then, inside the Expedition-Grade Ecological Recycler where Qi Suian was located, a hollow needle cast from steel materialized, a thick tal tube attached to its end.
The needle pierced straight through Qi Suian’s spine, imdiately beginning to inject a continuous stream of energy.
At the sa ti, his physique and Spirit began to grow. The process was accompanied by intense pain, which even caused his still-active Burst Mode to surge to another level.
’I have to admit, this thing’s effects are damn strong.’
’Other than the pain, there are no downsides. Plus, the power boost is essentially doubled.’
After all, he not only received an additional boost to his dual stats from the armor value, but the process also activated his Burst Mode.
’And this Burst Mode can stack with the Death Agent and the Profound Complications.’
He originally only had one type of Burst Mode, which was based on the Profound Virus. This was a second type, triggered by external physical trauma.
He had experienced it before, but never this distinctly.
’Wait a minute, these two modes can clearly coexist,’ Qi Suian suddenly realized.
Enhancing the Tai Sui God’s armor used his own flesh and bone, but with the Profound Virus, regeneration wasn’t an issue.
And enhancing himself involved a device implanted in his spine, which didn’t interfere with the first process.
Of course, his idea was to see if he could create an infinite feedback loop—the armor boosts his stats, which in turn boost the armor, a classic case of trying to lift himself up by his own bootstraps.
[The creation of the Viral Bloodline Symbiote likely did not account for your specific circumstances. If you require it, you can proceed manually, or I can handle it for you.]
For a normal person, using even one of the modes would be a living hell, unlike Qi Suian, who had already grown numb to the pain.
That’s why the system defaulted to activating only one. Activating both required a manual override.
"You do it," Qi Suian said. It was rather inconvenient for him to act, what with the device still plugged into his spine.
Both modes activated simultaneously. The pain skyrocketed, and the trauma pushed his Burst Mode directly into a third stage.
Unfortunately, the increased stats were temporary and weren’t factored into the armor-to-stat conversion ratio.
’The feedback loop didn’t work. It only uses base stats and base armor. How despicable,’ Qi Suian thought resentfully.
’If the feedback loop had actually worked, his stats and the Tai Sui God’s armor would have beco so powerful that he could probably fly into space and shove the Mysterious Divine Corpse into the lting Furnace with his bare hands.’
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