"Begin the fusion!"
A thought flashed by.
There was no collision process at all. The gigantic Scorching Eagle only slightly opened its mouth, as if drinking water, swallowing all the Growth Factors.
In just less than two or three seconds, the panel popped up a prompt indicating the fusion was successful.
[The current Information Fusion process has been completed, and the fusion result is stable]
[A significant gap between fusion skills has been detected, thus preventing random mutation]
Alright then.
The Heart-Protecting Fire didn’t even budge, having worried for so many days for nothing.
Checking the progress of the Heart-Protecting Fire, this fusion managed to leap the original 0.286% progress by 0.05%, reaching 0.336%.
"To have a Lv1 skill influence the Heart-Protecting Fire, it probably has to be obtained from the Mother Source..."
Cheng Ye pondered that the progress of the Heart-Protecting Fire only increased by such a bit, and it would take so ti to feedback into the Fla.
However, with the Growth Factor test, future fusions could experint more with different types.
Skills retrieved from Infected Bodies can also be attempted to fuse with the Fla to see what happens.
After all the fuss, by the ti the charging value was refilled, it was already four in the morning.
Cheng Ye drove away from the Industrial Bureau, parked the SUV in the community parking lot, and walked back to the small shop.
"You’re going out tomorrow, why are you back so late?"
Mu Shuang’s silhouette erged from the shadows, spinning a butterfly knife shimring with a dark luster between her fingers.
"Couldn’t sleep, went to charge the car for a while." Cheng Ye shook his head, pulling open the roller shutter door of the small shop.
Mu Shuang didn’t follow him in, just muttering sothing softly outside the door, allowing him to close the roller shutter.
Pulling in the last two boxes of Yellow Bag Nutrient Paste, Cheng Ye took a deep breath and activated the Zeye Physique gear.
Perhaps facing countless unknown dangers soon, his mood was unusually calm while equipping the skill this ti.
Amidst a wave of itchy pain throughout the body, the most difficult phase of the physique equipnt had successfully passed.
The next mont, the regained Life Force surged from the heart’s core, like a clear spring spreading over dry veins, even the breath felt moist and gentle.
Rumble.
Rumble!
In the chest cavity, the heartbeat grew stronger.
The "thumps" gradually turned into "booming" thunder, making the ribs slightly vibrate.
Perhaps because the Life Force enhancent hadn’t changed, that warm current quickly hid into every corner, while the moderate defensive power enhancent ford a thin mbrane as delicate as cicada wings, covering the skin’s surface, with a subtle sense of resilience emanating from the depths of the organs.
"What is this?"
Cheng Ye’s heart skipped a beat, suddenly having a vision before his eyes.
It felt like sinking into a green world manifested by the physique, stretches of grass extending to the sky, the wind stirring up waves of green, with a clear spring in the center shimring with ripples, even the fine sand at the bottom was distinctly visible.
The previous silver dragonfish was swimming in the water, sensing his arrival, suddenly leaping out of the pond, trailing droplets like a silver lightning bolt, plunging straight into his dantian.
Compared to other aspects of enhancent, the defensive power enhancent was quite peculiar.
It felt like sleeping in a clear spring, unsure how much ti had passed, by the ti the illusion completely vanished, Cheng Ye opened his eyes, feeling his skin was taut like a drawn bowstring, every movent pulling at the mbrane along with it.
Lifting his garnt, the green totem at the heart was still clear, and at the dantian, there was a new silver dragonfish totem, its scales shimring with a faint water light, complenting the green at the heart.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Cheng Ye adjusted his breathing, suddenly having a mystical sense as if a connection was established with the silver dragonfish totem.
With a slight change in his thoughts, a cold silver light burst forth from the totem, flowing like water over the skin, forming a thin layer of silver armor on the body surface.
"Oh? It can be actively activated?"
Cheng Ye was stunned.
Neither the previous wild grass totem nor the subsequent green totem had exhibited such transformations before.
Could it be that so enhancent reaching a "moderate" level unlocked an active trait?
He pondered, rummaging a training short knife from under the counter, placing his fingertip lightly on the blade.
A hard-to-describe sense of toughness ca from the skin, like two pieces of tal rubbing against each other.
Applying a bit of pressure, the short knife’s sharp edge barely surpassed, beginning to leave shallow white marks on the skin.
Yet, the silver light covering the skin sensed this, swiftly converging towards the blade.
With a "ding," the knife blade was actually repelled, unable to advance further.
"Wow, have I turned into an Iron Man?"
Cheng Ye grasped the blade, continuing to apply force to test it further.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, he actually broke off a small piece of the training short knife’s blade with bare hands, the fragnt clattering to the ground.
"Huh?"
Cheng Ye was completely dumbfounded.
Though the material of the standard training short knife wasn’t top-notch, it definitely wasn’t to the extent of being broken by bare hands.
Flicking away the fragnts from his hand, he ticulously observed to uncover the key: the silver light that surfaced after activating the silver dragonfish totem laid flat upon the surface, appearing only faintly, yet once a part was "attacked," it would instantly concentrate there.
After concentration, that small piece’s hardness and toughness were definitely far superior to the steel used in crafting the training short knife.
"I wonder if it can defend against bullets?"
Cheng Ye was eager to try, but soon shook his head.
Shooting at himself was too risky; if it couldn’t be stopped, getting pierced would be a joke.
But with this layer of silver light for protection, safety had increased significantly, at least no longer having to worry about the potential harm being overlooked due to the loss of pain when activating the Iron Body.
With these thoughts, the warm current began slowly supplying energy within, a familiar sense of hunger subtly rising.
Cheng Ye casually grabbed a Nutrient Paste, tore open the packaging, and rapidly swallowed, a sense of satisfaction welling up within.
In just over a month, his strength had surged at a rate incomprehensible to an ordinary person, securely reaching the middle level among Inspectors, at least no weaker than those diocre Third-stage Inspectors.
These powers were the foundation for survival, the confidence to contend with others.
At least now, as long as no Extraordinary erges, no one from any hidden corner could easily pose a fatal threat to him.
Of course, when facing elusive infection sources, Fusion Bodies, or Infected Bodies, it still depended on individual skills.
After all, even those god-like Extraordinary from the previous era had all fallen where they should have.
In this era, there hasn’t been a known formidable being who could disregard these threats and roam freely in the Wasteland.
After continuously ingesting 97 packets of Nutrient Paste, a feeling of fullness ca over, and Cheng Ye halted.
Looking at the small mountain of empty Nutrient Paste packets at his feet, he suppressed his laughter, eventually breaking into a silent chuckle!
A mont later.
Collecting all the packages, locking the alloy door of the basent.
Cheng Ye carefully checked his backpack’s contents once more before opening the roller shutter door and returning to the room to lie down.
Previously, he was always worried about being underprepared, fearing that an unforeseen event would hurl him into the Wilderness, leaving him struggling to cope.
But now, with his stats soaring, skills complete, and even the Fla’s Coexistence State entering the molding phase, everything was progressing in the best direction.
One could say all was ready, only missing that final gust of wind to set sail.
Staring at the pale yellow ceiling, he felt a tingle of excitent, which soon settled into a profound sense of reassurance.
"It’s ti to ride the wind and uncover the true face of this Wasteland World!"
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