Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After defeating the eight black beetles, Du Gang restored his original stature. As he was about to head back, he noticed that among the black beetle carcasses, there was a red ray of light flickering in the pools of green blood.
“What’s that?”
He knitted his brows and gazed from a distance. It looked like a crystal.
Crystal?
All of a sudden, he recalled that this crystal could possibly be what was often referred to in novels as a monster’s core or elixir of life.
“Transform!”
Du Gang gave a bellow, transformed into a giant, and carefully walked over, passing by several lifeless insects. He came to the crystal and reached out his arm to pick it up.
[1 energy crystal detected. Do you wish to absorb it?]
An electronic voice from the system rang out in his mind.
Du Gang instantly relaxed his guard and silently answered in his heart.
Absorb!
The red crystal that was the size of a fingernail instantly vanished.
[Absorbed 1 red energy crystal. Gained 3 energy points.]
3 energy points?
Du Gang smiled. He finally found the energy needed to upgrade the system!
At this thought, he immediately took action and searched through the carcasses of the other seven black beetles.
Without much effort, he found seven red glowing crystals in the pool of green blood.
[7 energy crystals detected. Do you wish to absorb them?]
Absorb!
[Absorbed 7 red energy crystals. Gained 18 energy points.]
During the absorption process, Du Gang realized that the energy contained in the crystals varied. Some contained 3 energy points, while some only had 1 energy point.
At least the good news is that these insects contain energy crystals, from which I can obtain energy points by hunting them down.
Du Gang gazed at the column where the balance of energy points was displayed in his mind. There were a total of 21 energy points, and he was somewhat excited.
Although he was still a long way from upgrading to a Second Order Ancient God, he was close to activating the first system on the second branch of the skill tree—the nervous system!
He only needed to gain another 79 energy points to activate the nervous system!
He understood that the current state of this giant was like a freshly-made robot, not yet loaded with any weapons.
And after activating the eight secondary systems, he would gain different functions. He was curious to know what kind of abilities the nervous system could bring him!
After absorbing the energy, Du Gang put down the somewhat deformed column, restored his original size, and quickly ran towards the boys’ dormitory.
Only two minutes were left in his transformation time. He couldn’t use up the time limit before 12 a.m., or he would be in trouble if he faced any unexpected situations!
***
Arctic Circle, Chinese military command center.
A scientific researcher ran to the front of Yao Zhenguo and quickly reported with a joyful face: “I bring good news!”
“Speak!” Upon seeing how excited he was, Yao Zhenguo hastily demanded.
“There is a time zone over in the Western Hemisphere, where after the sun appeared, those spatial channels vanished!”
“What?!”
Yao Zhenguo perked up at once and asked excitedly: “Permanently vanished? What about those insects? Were they gone too?”
Upon hearing the questions, the scientific researcher was taken aback. Then, he answered awkwardly: “Whether they are permanently gone or not, we’re not certain yet. We have to wait until tomorrow night to see if the spatial channels show up again over there…”
Yao Zhenguo instantly revealed a disappointed look on his face.
Seeing his expression, the scientific researcher hurriedly said: “Although the insects didn’t disappear, we found through satellite images that they showed great maladaptation. They are terrified of sunlight and when the sun rises, they burrow somewhere the sun doesn’t shine on, and… Ugh… were soundly asleep!”
“Terrified of sunlight… Soundly asleep…” Yao Zhenguo recited the two sentences and continued to ask: “How deep is their sleep? Can they be woken up? Also, how do they behave under the sun?”
“There are no specific results yet, so it is impossible to judge for the time being…”
When the scientific researcher left, another communication sergeant arrived and gave his report.
“Our jets have successfully arrived at the respective military areas and delivered the relevant intelligence. Currently, they are being refueled and will take off to resume orders after about three hours…”
“Good. Notify the flight department to rotate the jets every 12 hours to deliver intelligence to all military regions…”
Suddenly, Yao Zhenguo paused for a second or two, before continuing: “During the daytime, you can send transport planes back… Never mind. Wait for my order after seeing the specifics during the day!”
Since we know that the insects are afraid of sunlight and will be dormant during the day, then daytime will be safe for us! Whether it’s to deliver supplies or transport people, it will be a very good time!
***
The entire student body cheered as Du Gang walked to the dormitory entrance.
Fortunately, the celebrating voices stopped after he hushed them.
The fact that he came back and the bug didn’t meant that he had succeeded!
At that moment, many students cried tears of joy and hugged one another in celebration.
In times of peace, they always looked forward to something happening and being able to take a vacation.
But when the end of the world was near and they couldn’t see their families, they wished it was all a lie.
Du Gang transformed himself and took advantage of his increased strength to jump back up to room 601. Before he entered through the window, he restored himself back to his usual size and fit through it perfectly.
“Well?”
Although they could already guess the ending, An Ya and Ma Li still looked at him in anticipation.
Du Gang nodded and smiled, “A total of eight cockroaches were taken out by me!”
“Wow! That’s awesome!”