boyutpedia Chapter 205 Humans are terrifying! Devouring Crystals
Chapter 205 Humans are terrifying! Devouring Crystals
"ah--"
"oh--"
"Ahhhhh—"
Strange screams echoed through the dilapidated commercial building, frightening several spore zombies downstairs into a corner, tilting their heads to look up.
very scary!
Humans are terrifying!
That woman upstairs is especially terrifying!
Lin Jianguo held his head, jumping up and down and spinning in place.
With the white steel pipe in her hand, Li Xiulan struck his shoulder and back with perfect precision, controlling the force just right!
It hurts, but it's not serious enough to cause injury.
"Ouch—ouch—"
The broken steel pipe struck Lin Jianguo on the back, making a crisp metallic sound.
This man, who could single-handedly challenge the Vatican, was now crouching on the ground, clutching his head and wailing incessantly.
Li Xiulan took seven or eight slaps, gasped for breath, and threw the bent steel pipe aside.
"Get up."
Lin Jianguo tentatively looked up to make sure the steel pipe was out of his hands before carefully standing up.
"Honey, let me tell you, that kid is truly unstoppable..."
"You agreed just because you couldn't stop him? If he says he wants to fly to the sky, are you going to build him a ladder?"
"I……"
Lin Jianguo finally understood that whatever he said would be wrong, so he simply kept quiet.
Once you've had enough, you'll feel better!
It wasn't until quite a while later, after his wife had finished scolding him, that he tentatively spoke up.
"Are you calm now?"
"no."
"..."
There was a long silence.
Li Xiulan spoke first, her tone calming down: "It's not that I disagree with him staying there."
Lin Jianguo was taken aback.
"Then hit me..."
"I hit you because you ran away."
Li Xiulan glanced at him.
"If you had just honestly explained things to me, would I have chased you for almost half the city?"
Lin Jianguo opened his mouth, but had nothing to say.
Indeed, he ran away first because he felt guilty.
But that doesn't mean he deserved to be beaten!
"What I'm really worried about is that thing," Li Xiulan said, expressing her concern upon seeing his expression.
"What is it?"
"Origin Crystal".
Lin Jianguo frowned. Why is it this thing again?
Li Xiulan looked at him:
"You must have seen that crystal from the Vatican, right?"
"Yes, but it was that brat who saw him. I was too busy beating up that old man Paul."
Lin Jianguo recalled for a moment,
"That kid also said there was something else inside besides crystals..."
As he said this, he suddenly realized something, and his tone changed: "Wait... how do you know the Vatican has that kind of thing?"
Li Xiulan did not answer directly, but instead raised her right hand.
A faint silvery-white light flashed briefly in the palm of his hand.
Lin Jianguo was no stranger to his wife's abilities; he had seen them several times before.
However, Li Xiulan then dropped a bombshell that left him speechless.
"My spatial abilities are not an awakened talent."
"It is the power of origin."
Lin Jianguo's pupils suddenly contracted.
"What...what did you say?"
"I am not a talent awakener."
Li Xiulan emphasized it again, then didn't elaborate, simply saying,
"The specifics are complicated, and it's not the right time to explain them. You just need to know one thing..."
"The process of the primordial power integrating into the human body..."
She paused, her expression somewhat unnatural, as if recalling a bad memory, and even a hint of lingering fear flashed in her eyes.
"The feeling and process... it's like being disassembled and reassembled alive. It's not just physical pain, but a deeper kind of torment."
"Even during that process, you can't tell who you are."
Lin Jianguo fell silent.
This was the first time he had seen such an expression on Li Xiulan's face, which showed that this so-called integration was definitely not as simple as it seemed.
I never imagined that my wife had such a painful, unknown past.
His eyes softened at the thought of his wife's suffering.
But soon, as if he had just thought of something.
"you mean……"
"Yes, ever since that kid found out about this, although he hasn't said anything, I can tell he's interested in those things. I'm afraid he..."
At this point, Li Xiulan's expectations became incredibly certain again.
"No, given that brat's personality, he'll definitely try to merge with it."
Upon hearing his wife's words, Lin Jianguo's expression changed instantly.
Like his wife, he also knows his son very well.
With that little rascal's personality.
Don't be fooled by his seemingly carefree, cowardly, and fearless nature; when it comes to anything that can make him stronger, he'll probably go crazy than anyone else.
"What should we do then?" Lin Jianguo asked anxiously.
Li Xiulan rolled her eyes.
"Cold salad."
"what?"
I said, "cold salad."
Li Xiulan's expression was calm.
"He's already there; it's too late for us to rush back."
"Aren't you worried?"
"Is worrying useful?"
Li Xiulan looked at him and said, "Do you think worrying now is any use? I reckon that kid has already started trying it out."
Lin Jianguo had nothing to say.
He could only pray silently that his troublesome son wouldn't do anything irreversible.
……
Vatican City, underground passage.
Lin Fanqian was doing exactly what his father was most worried about.
It took Domingo and his team nearly two hours to clear a barely passable path through the collapsed passage.
As the dozen or so Vatican workers moved the last piece of rubble, none of them dared to look up at Lin Fan standing beside them.
The mental pollution caused by Da Wu is too thorough.
Deep within their eyes, all of these people had a faint, dark gold hue.
"It's connected."
Domingo walked up to Lin Fan and said respectfully.
Lin Fan nodded and bent down to crawl into the passage.
The further you go in, the stronger that sense of resonance becomes.
The causality stirred within him, not out of fear, nor as a warning.
It's more like...hunger, longing.
This feeling is very unfamiliar.
Previously, when he faced the holy image, the Calamity Body's reaction was a mixture of resonance and rejection.
But now it's completely different.
Even the giant crow in the sea of consciousness is expressing excitement at this moment.
And it also carried a hint of covetousness.
Could this guy have become addicted to swallowing too?
"You want to eat this stuff too?"
The giant crow's tentacles trembled slightly, releasing its thoughts.
I want to. But I'm not sure if I can digest it.
While he was communicating with Dawu, he had already walked out of the last part of the passage, and the view suddenly opened up before him.
The vast underground space remains unchanged.
The golden crystal still floated in the center, and golden chains connected the surrounding stone walls.
Lin Fan approached the crystal and looked up at the huge stone that emitted a soft golden light.
Last time I came, a golden-eyed figure appeared inside the crystal.
This time, there was nothing inside.
empty.
However, the aura of calamity within him seemed to resonate with something and gradually became restless.
Lin Fan hesitated, reaching out his hand, then stopped about a fist's distance from the crystal's surface, pausing for approximately three seconds...
He placed his palm on it.
It's not that he's not afraid.
Rather, it's because he was all too aware of his situation.
The underground icon, the tombstone in the dark space, and the unknown being posing as an angel—everything told him that this world was not as simple as he appeared to know it.
Despite his ability to resurrect and his fearlessness of death, he actually has very few means at his disposal.
Since Mom can develop spatial abilities, I should at least try it myself.
While he was thinking, his palm had already touched the crystal.
The instant he touched the crystal, a surge of scalding energy flowed down his arm and into his body.
It's not holy light.
It was completely different from the holy light emanating from the Templars.
That is a more primal, purer power.
It has no attributes, no inclinations, just like a lump of uncarved stone.
As this energy entered, the calamity power within his body also began to surge wildly.
It's not rejection, but a desire to devour.
As a large amount of golden energy entered his body, Lin Fan felt as if something was tearing a crack in his body, and the energy poured in through that crack.
pain.
It's not the tearing pain of endless regeneration and resurrection.
It's a kind of aching, swelling that seems to seep out from between the bones.
At the same time, the giant crow in his sea of consciousness also emitted strong mental fluctuations.
It's excitement.
In its excitement, it also frantically absorbed the residual energy emanating from Lin Fan's body, and the dark golden patterns expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lin Fan gritted his teeth and didn't let go.
ten seconds.
Thirty seconds.
One minute.
The golden sheen on the surface of the crystal began to dim.
At the same time, a faint golden hue appeared deep within Lin Fan's pupils.
At this moment, Lin Fan was unaware that in the dark space he had visited before...
Another tombstone has cracked.