Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 368 - 326: Go, Tentacle Monster!

Chapter 368: Chapter 326: Go, Tentacle Monster!

Royal Research Institute.

Satan sat in the empty reception room, legs crossed, smoking a cigarette, while glancing through a scientific journal.

"Ah... all this stuff about matter, boring."

He said indifferently.

Elsewhere.

Wu Xiaode and Xia Huilan arrived at the equipment manufacturing room.

The briefcase was already open.

Inside was a rectangular object filled with purple liquid.

"Nanotech-grade Biological Battle Armor, extracted from the genes of the Monsters that attacked our world, can give you their form."

Xia Huilan said indifferently.

Wu Xiaode looked down at the purple liquid cube, silent.

He remembered the things Shen Feixue was researching in the Past Epoch.

——Shen Feixue was researching Biological Mecha, hence she was hunted by the robots of the Conservative Faction from Dongsheng Country.

How interesting.

He himself had saved Shen Feixue in the Past Epoch.

In this Epoch, Xia Huilan immediately conducted research on Biological Mecha.

Two completely different individuals, across the river of time, resonating in scientific and technological achievements.

The mysteries of the world, the infinity of Law, the mystique of time——

All this made Wu Xiaode marvel.

"How’s the effect?"

Wu Xiaode asked.

"Xia Ni tested it, the effect is quite good, but it’s still unstable, it can only last for 12 hours," Xia Huilan said.

"That’s good enough... How strong are the Monsters?" Wu Xiaode pondered.

"About 30 points of Soul Power," Xia Huilan said.

"If there were Monsters with 50 points of Soul Power, and we used them to make Biological Battle Armor, couldn’t we fight those Divine Beings?"

"...Come with me."

Xia Huilan led Wu Xiaode into a compartment, shut the door, and said in a hushed voice:

"Little Wu, there’s something now that requires you to make a decision."

"What is it?" Wu Xiaode didn’t understand.

"When parallel world 5432 was destroyed, those Monsters entered our world, all were eliminated by Mr. Satan... this time, I’ve thought of a new method," Xia Huilan said.

"Huh?"

"First... you go to a parallel world every night at twelve o’clock to enhance your strength, right?"

Wu Xiaode recalled.

That’s right.

He himself had indeed gained speedy enhancement of his Soul Power by fighting alongside Ya and White Tiger in parallel world 5432.

"Indeed, what about it?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Time is pressing, I’m thinking—why don’t we find another parallel world and continue to improve our strength?" Xia Huilan said.

Wu Xiaode was taken aback.

Indeed!

The Prison of Sins held endless parallel worlds. Although a portion had been destroyed, there were still many parallel worlds existing.

His current Soul Power was at 35 points.

If he could improve to 40 points in a parallel world, he could participate in the Death Trial, raising the Level of his Shadow Followers.

He glanced at the Book of the Dead.

The Book of the Dead had long shown information regarding "Shadow Followers":

"In the silent Demon Mist, your Power will share with your Shadow Followers, and every time you gain a Shadow Follower, your Demon Mist will gain one more ability (Current follower max: 1)."

That’s right.

This ability must be strengthened!

In that case, not only would his own strength improve, but he could also bring others to the Past Epoch.

Wu Xiaode subconsciously looked at his phone.

The current time was 11:21 PM.

If he decided to go—

Xia Huilan pointed to the purple block and said:

"This is a Monster called the Eye Demon, possessing spatial and mental abilities. When Xia Ni became it, she sensed the location of another parallel world—not far from us."

"Does anyone else know about this?" asked Wu Xiaode.

"I haven’t told anyone, now it’s only you and me who know," Xia Huilan whispered.

Wu Xiaode hugged her with a grin.

Xia Huilan struggled a bit, but finding she couldn’t break free, she let it go.

Her face blushing, she said, "Little Wu, you can’t think about those things indiscriminately."

Wu Xiaode was momentarily confused, then suddenly remembered she knew all his browsing history.

We were just talking about parallel worlds, you wouldn’t have made me think about that direction if you hadn’t said anything!

——So you think I’m fantasizing about those things?

It seems... it’s actually you who’s thinking of it, right?

Should I be thinking about it then?

A slight pain came from his waist.

Xia Huilan was pinching the flesh there.

Wu Xiaode, with the dignity of someone who had witnessed major events, accustomed to conflicts, knowledgeable of Divine Beasts and Laws, understanding of the Past Epoch, forcefully suppressed his thoughts, and said earnestly:

"I wasn’t fantasizing, I just think Sister Lan is the best, to actually come up with such a brilliant method to help me, it truly fills me with admiration."

Seeing that he indeed had no improper intentions, Xia Huilan relaxed as well. Settling into his embrace she whispered:

"Do you still remember, when you wanted to learn boxing, we saved up for several months."

"I remember."

"Afterwards..."

"If you were sick, we had no income, and could only use the money for living expenses. I remember we could only afford to eat noodles every day," Wu Xiaode said.

"It wasn’t just noodles, we also had salt," Xia Huilan said.

"But eventually we ran out of salt, don’t you remember?"

"Did we? I really can’t quite remember..."

Both of them laughed.

Xia Huilan said softly, "Go and get stronger, Little Wu. We don’t have to live like we did in the past anymore."

The past.

Wu Xiaode’s expression was tinged with reminiscence.

Xia Huilan was extremely intelligent. Although she didn’t know the details of some things, after the threats appeared and then mysteriously vanished—

She could guess a thing or two.

Two underage kids, alone and unsupported, were like rootless weeds, without anyone to protect them.

The girl tutored the boy, helped him with his studies, and the moment they were of age, she started working to support them both.

The girl was too exceptional.

The boy had no choice but to protect her, to ward off all malice and assaults, keeping those involuntary, miserable lives far away from her—

The boy had nothing but his life.

So he gambled with his life.

Along the way, they experienced many highs and lows, not worth mentioning to others.

But now, Xia Huilan was able to help herself.

She could create Biological Battle Armor like this to help herself travel to other parallel worlds.

—They no longer had to live as they did in the past!

"Sister Lan, I’m off," Wu Xiaode said.

"Bring back some Demon corpses for me," Xia Huilan instructed softly.

"Alright, these things can also be handed over to Li Kunlun, Zhao Zhibing, and the others—even Zhao Junyu needs to go through the baptism of slaughter and battle to become stronger," Wu Xiaode said.

"Understood," Xia Huilan said.

The conversation was over.

Wu Xiaode placed his hand on the purple blob.

The Book of the Dead immediately responded, swiftly revealing several lines of ice crystal-small characters:

"Science is too complicated, there’s too much data, and I’m not good at it, so I won’t offer any detailed explanation."

"In short—"

"You have acquired a wearable living Monster shell."

"You can use its power."

The purple blob instantly solidified, turning into a purple Monster about two meters tall.

This Monster looked somewhat like an octopus and somewhat like a jellyfish, covered in tentacles everywhere, with a vertical pupil on its head.

Wu Xiaode took a step forward, and his entire being immediately merged into the body of the jellyfish-like Monster.

The Monster’s vertical pupil suddenly opened.

"It’s strange, I feel like I’ve become it," Wu Xiaode said.

"That’s an illusion, but your nerves are now connecting with it; you’ll soon be able to move like it," Xia Huilan said.

Wu Xiaode silently experienced this for a few breaths, and his mind became somewhat clearer.

—It was like how a centipede naturally knew how to crawl with its many legs, or how a python instinctively slithered on the ground.

Wu Xiaode felt that he had become an Eye Demon.

Truly wondrous!

He slowly raised his head and looked towards the Void.

He could sense that somewhere in the Void, another world existed, and it wasn’t far away.

Let’s go then!

Wu Xiaode floated up into mid-air, about to use his Spatial Power, when he suddenly remembered something.

He waved his long tentacles in front of Xia Huilan, murmuring,

"I’m leaving."

"Go on, tentacle Monster!" Xia Huilan said.

The Eye Demon stumbled in mid-air, nearly falling to the ground.

It glared at Xia Huilan with its vertical pupil, seemingly a bit angry.

"You learned that term from those websites you browse, Little Wu," Xia Huilan said softly.

The Eye Demon was no longer angry.

It flew up, hovering in mid-air, and suddenly vanished with a flash.

Xia Huilan closed her eyes and silently prayed for a moment, then turned and walked away.

She passed through the long corridor of the research lab and entered the reception room.

"Little Wu won’t be back for a while; Mr. Satan, you can go ahead with your own business," Xia Huilan said with a smile.

"Understood," Satan responded.

He sat upright, holding a scientific journal, his gaze fixed on the pages, seemingly deep in thought.

"Then I’ll take my leave first, I still have some research to finish," Xia Huilan said.

"Alright," Satan said.

Xia Huilan nodded at him and turned back toward the lab.

Satan’s voice suddenly came from behind:

"Wait a moment, Miss Xia."

Xia Huilan stopped and looked at him, puzzled.

"Are you a scientist?" Satan asked.

"Yes," Xia Huilan said.

"Scientist, I want to learn about Mecha from you," Satan stated seriously.