GBP Chapter 445 The Strange Corpse
Chapter 445 The Strange Corpse
"Ow~!"
After thanking the little sable for its hard work, Cangnian held down the lively fish and then sliced off a strip of meat from the still-hot corpse of the marine iguana.
Then, he shoved the strip of meat into the little fish's mouth, forcing it to swallow it.
For Cang Nian, whose current weight exceeds ten tons, a fish weighing several hundred kilograms is indeed not considered large.
After a while, the fish's scales stood up, and then long tendrils resembling tapeworms emerged from the skin beneath the scales.
These long tendrils, like the legs of a mollusk, swayed and danced in mid-air, as if swimming in the sea.
Then, three rings of sharp teeth grew from the little fish's smooth mouth.
At this moment, it seemed to lose its mind, frantically twisting its body, trying to bite the old man who was holding it down.
Pa~!
Seeing this, Cangnian already knew what was going on, so it pressed down slightly with its paw and crushed it.
"Is there something wrong with this meat? Is it contaminated?"
Upon seeing this, Yichen frowned.
He originally thought he would be able to obtain a large quantity of edible fourth-tier evolved meat.
But to my surprise, this thing was still contaminated.
Eating this meat will cause deformities. Is it pollution or something else?
hiss~!
Upon seeing this, the Black King Snake quickly nodded its large head.
That's right!
That's exactly what it's trying to say!
As a snake, its way of perceiving things is very different from that of humans and other mammals like tigers.
What Cang Nian and Yi Chen couldn't perceive, the Black King Serpent sensed by flicking its tongue and sniffing out pheromones!
For the black king snake, which has eaten many contaminated marine mammal skeletons, the colorless and odorless smell of contamination is all too familiar!
Meanwhile, Black King Snake was still racking his brains, trying to figure out how to delve deeper into the clues after drawing everyone's attention to Kato Kengo, and guide the conversation toward nuclear contamination...
As a result, Cangnian immediately understood his own thoughts!
This pleased the black king snake greatly, and the tip of its tail swirled leisurely in the air.
This shows that I am in sync with Cang Nian!
Cangnian, however, did not notice the Black King Serpent.
He's not in a very good mood right now.
Originally, killing a behemoth weighing over a hundred tons would grant over 100,000 levels of skill proficiency, along with over a hundred tons of fourth-tier evolved meat...
What a wonderful result!
However, the harsh reality is that he hasn't increased his skill proficiency at all, and he can't eat the hundreds of tons of fourth-tier evolved meat; he can only use it to absorb blood essence.
Although blood essence can also promote evolution, what we lack now is fourth-tier evolution meat that matches our own evolution level!
If it's inedible, wouldn't its value be greatly reduced?
Ow...
Tiger Brother, standing to the side, immediately looked dejected.
You can't eat it!
The sky is falling!
"Never mind... This guy is quite strong; he's the strongest evolved creature I've ever killed."
Since that's the case, let's turn its soul into a vengeful spirit; that way, nothing will be wasted!
Unable to contain his anger, Cangnian could only grit his teeth inwardly before performing a "soul-summoning" ritual on the still-warm corpse of the marine iguana.
The skills acquired by the system are acquired in an additive manner, rather than in an overlay manner.
Therefore, the original skill will not be lost simply because it has been upgraded to a higher level skill.
The original skill "Acting as an Accomplice to a Tiger" which was used to kill someone on this skill chain can still be effective.
Moreover, the number of people who possess a cougar at the same time has now increased from three to nine.
It's similar to one's own special ability; its power increases as one advances in rank.
Now, of the nine slots for the cougars, there are several fourth-tier sea beasts that were about to be freed from pollution, as well as Toyota Yuichi, whom I killed, leaving one slot empty.
Yuichi Toyoda's combat strength is limited; his advantage lies entirely in his special ability, "Spirit Empowerment," which Cangnian has never used.
With only a few hours of use, Cangnian prepared to use the steel to its fullest potential.
Anyway, Yuichi Toyota's evolution level is at the peak of the fourth tier. He just needs to use up the time he can maintain it before he evolves to the fifth tier.
However, due to the precedent set by the Moriguchi survivor base, Cangnian is somewhat wary of data lifeforms that have been imbued with spirits, so he has not used them yet.
This marine iguana is huge, has a strong body, and also has a powerful long-range attack, making it a good fighter.
At least it can make up for some of the inexplicable losses I suffered.
"Huh? It's gone so quickly?"
However, just as Cangnian was comforting himself with a powerful fourth-tier cougar, his expression suddenly changed.
Gone!
The remnant soul of that marine iguana is gone!
Logically speaking, even someone like Yuichi Toyota, who shattered his own soul, would leave behind a remnant soul that could be used to create a ghoul.
However, less than ten minutes have passed since the marine iguana was killed, and not a trace of its remnant soul has been left behind!
This is very abnormal!
There's even a custom of observing the seventh day after someone dies before the spiritual energy revival!
They didn't even stay for ten minutes, are they kidding me?
"Wait... the system can't be wrong, but I really killed this marine iguana completely."
And now, its remnant soul has vanished completely so quickly.
No, is it possible that it never died at all, or that this corpse isn't its true form?
At that moment, a flash of inspiration struck Cangnian: an incredibly absurd conclusion, yet one that all the clues now pointed to, was rapidly emerging in his mind!
If it has no soul and there's no system notification sound when it's killed, then it means that this isn't the real body at all!
Just like the Tiger Mom's phantom ability, even if she takes over the phantom and the phantom is killed, she will not die.
Similarly, no matter who takes over the phantom and kills it, they will not gain skill proficiency for the kill skill chain!
Otherwise, he would have had Tiger Mom use this skill to help him level up his skill proficiency long ago!
cough cough...
Of course, this is just a joke.
Cang Nian isn't that monstrous; he wouldn't sacrifice the Tiger Mother's backlash to accelerate his own growth.
However, all the doubts of tonight have now become clear.
This marine iguana possesses abilities similar to the Tiger Mom's phantom powers!
This body is not its true form!
Since it was not actually killed by itself, no system notification sounded, and no remnant soul was left behind to create a courier ghost.
This gave Cangnian an immediate urge to find its true form and kill it!
However, considering that the seabed is pitch black now, even if the other party is hiding in the nearby waters within a few kilometers, I might not be able to find them.
The opponent did not come out after the fake body was killed, which clearly indicated that they were wary of it.
By tomorrow morning, the other party will definitely have already run away.
"Sigh... All I've gained so far is this fake body..."
Having figured everything out, Cangnian sighed and looked at the marine iguana's dismembered body.