The Wizard's Secret Journey

Chapter 193 Assimilation (12)

On the ground covered with thick humus, the enormous carcass of a monitor lizard lay sprawled, its pale green blood still gushing out and flowing freely, soaking the surrounding carpet of moss and making it appear even more vibrant and glaring.

Lynn frowned slightly as he placed his hand on the corpse and released Calek.

Kalek instantly lost his strength and collapsed to the ground, his eyes staring blankly into the void, his lips trembling unconsciously—this was a side effect of his mental force forcing him to speak the truth.

Lynn ignored him and just silently thought about the information she had just received.

"The Xunshi family does indeed have a lineage for finding the 'hidden' golden crystal behemoth, but this lineage was lost in the disaster twelve years ago."

"Kalek and his group were able to find the mossy giant beast containing dazzling golden crystals this time thanks to the last secret treasure left by their family."

With a flick of his wrist, a dull, cracked golden sphere appeared in Lynn's palm.

This is the last of the Xunshi family's secret treasures.

The secret method that the Xunshi family was once proud of but is now almost extinct is the method for making Xunshi treasures.

When the Stone Treasure is in good condition, a floating point of light will appear inside the golden sphere. The direction the point of light is pointing is the direction of the creatures "containing" the brilliant golden crystals within a radius of about ten kilometers.

There is a 60% chance that a Brilliant Golden Crystal will appear if you kill the creature discovered by the Golden Orb.

Of course, from Lynn's perspective, this treasure was clearly not about finding dazzling gold crystals.

After all, the dazzling golden crystal, which is a blessing from the world, is not contained within the skin of any specific living being; it simply appears out of thin air.

As for why killing the target creature locked by the Stone Treasure grants a world blessing... that remains a mystery to be explored.

“God… Your Majesty, you…” Grom cowered in the shadow of the giant lizard’s corpse, his pale face contorted with fear. He barely mustered the last bit of courage and hoarsely tried to beg for mercy or ask for help.

But before he could finish speaking, his white pupils, which had been constricted violently with fear, suddenly went out, and he completely lost consciousness.

Lynn's expression remained indifferent, his eyes showing no emotion, as his gaze swept over the few remaining guards beside Grom.

After searching his memories and asking for all the information he wanted, the chip-like person in front of him was no longer of any value.

Lynn's mountain-like spiritual power instantly condensed, transforming into an invisible yet deadly blade. The remaining chip-man didn't even have time to let out a final groan before they collapsed one after another, lifeless, like puppets whose strings had been cut.

Lynn was not a bloodthirsty person, but he was by no means soft-hearted either.

He was a wizard... but a true wizard never kills because of his whims, nor is he merciful because of his kindness.

A true wizard has only one attitude toward other worlds: complete conquest!
Of course, whether it will be a brutal invasion and destruction or a subtle assimilation of civilization depends on the actual situation.

'Unfortunately, for the sake of the plan, I cannot deactivate the World Synchronizer right now... otherwise, I could immediately verify whether killing these otherworldly beings would trigger a World Blessing.'

Turning around, Lynn looked at the horrified Kalek and took out a uniquely designed wizarding tool from his storage ring—the Urzasha Assimilation Worm.

The Urzasha Assimilation Worm, true to its name, resembled a white worm, no bigger than a little finger, and was currently writhing and tumbling wildly at Lynn's slender fingertip. Beneath its smooth, almost eerie, milky-white skin, waves of flesh surged and rolled, exuding an aura of malevolence and grotesque power.
Although Kalek was still dizzy and his vision was blurry, he was also terrified. He screamed and scrambled backward in terror, trying to get away from the horrible creature. Lynn paid no attention to this; with a flick of his finger, the Urzasha Assimilation Worm transformed into a chillingly white streak of light, attaching itself precisely to Kalek's face, which was contorted with extreme fear.

"Ah—!" Kalek cried out, his arms instinctively reaching for his face, but as soon as he raised them, an invisible pressure pushed them back down. He could only stare in vain at his bloodshot eyes, which were on the verge of bursting with despair, as the Urzasha assimilation worm slowly burrowed into his flesh.

The piercing screams gradually subsided after three minutes, and where Calek had been standing, only a withered and decaying skeleton remained.

Lynn remained calm and gently waved his hand. The Urzasha Assimilation Worm, having finished devouring the creature, suddenly emerged from its empty eye socket and returned to his palm.

After completely devouring Kalek, the size of the Urzasha Assimilation Worm did not change, except that its abdomen swelled slightly and its pure white color turned into an eerie bright red.

After examining it in his palm for a moment, Lynn closed his fingers, and the Urzasha Assimilation Worm burst open.

The bright red juice splattered, spreading into a blood-red mist that enveloped Lynn completely.

About half an hour later, the blood mist gradually dissipated, and Lynn's figure reappeared. However, at this time, he was no longer in the form of a Gunn race, but a naked chip human.

Or, to be more precise, it resembles Kalek.

The Urzasha Assimilation Worm was made from a type of mutated worm discovered by the Urzasha Wizard.

The effect is to completely replicate the appearance of a living being.

It is the most commonly used disguise tool by wizards when investigating beings from other worlds.

Wizards often combine this with a first-circle spell—memory extraction.

Lynn had learned it during the two-week preparation period and had mastered the basics.

After quickly adapting to his changed body, Lynn reached out and took the clothes from Kalek's corpse—the armor plates—and cleaned them with a simple cleaning spell before putting them on.

Unexpectedly, these armor plates were not as hard and uncomfortable as Lynn had imagined. Instead, when they came into contact with the crystal spots embedded in the smooth skin of the chip human, they immediately became soft, connected with it, and finally stretched and contracted to adjust to the most suitable shape.

'This crystal-embedded clothing looks like a high-end item.'

The basic memory retrieval technique can only extract some of the main memories; Lynn doesn't understand such minor details.

However, this is harmless.

After gathering the supplies left behind by the chip-man on the ground and completely erasing all traces of the battle along with the chip-man corpses, Lynn determined his direction and headed towards the dungeon from which Kalek had come.

The Stone Family's secrets about the blessing of the world successfully piqued Lynn's interest, and he planned to go and see for himself as Kalek.

If everything goes well, that would be the best.

If not... then Lynn can also try other ways to obtain the world's blessing, as planned.

(End of this chapter)