Simultaneous travel: Starting from returning to the main god space.

Chapter 482 Can Ran Bing handle it? (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking follow-up subscriptions!)
"What are you..."

Bai Yuekui was completely dumbfounded as he watched Wu Xian pour his life essence into Mark's body and his own body gradually turn into flesh and soil.

No, bro, I just think you have a mysterious background and I don't dare to trust you easily, so I just wanted to provoke you and get some information out of you. Just explain yourself properly, there's no need to go to such lengths. You're risking your life over a single disagreement. Did the Devouring Beast kill your entire family's ancestral graves?

"mark!"

On the other side, seeing this scene that defied common sense, Honglu, who was already suppressing her worries, was immediately shocked. She quickly hugged little Mark in her arms and touched him all over, afraid that he might be hurt.

pat!

With a sharp crack, Mark raised his hand and forcefully slapped away Honglu's hand, which was about to touch his groin. He then nimbly broke free from her embrace, saying with a displeased expression:

"Hey! Where are you touching me? Even if you two are siblings, you can't be so casual. If this were the old world, you would have committed child molestation, which carries a minimum sentence of five years and a lifetime in jail, you know that?"

"Ah this..."

Hearing that familiar, nonsensical tone, both Honglu and Baiyuekui were stunned. Then, they looked at Routu beside them in unison, immediately understanding what had happened.

"You are... Wu Xian?"

Bai Yuekui was the first to react, tentatively asking, "You used your life essence to occupy Mark's body?"

It sounds unbelievable, but Bai Yuekui has actually encountered a similar situation before, and it could even be said that she was the one who caused it.

Just decades ago, before the world was invaded by the mana ecosystem, her teacher was seriously injured in an accident and his life was in danger.

In order to save his teacher, Bai Yuekui disregarded the rules and used an immature brain transplantation surgery to transplant his teacher's brain into the body of a deranged murderer.

Bai Yuekui thought that after the brain transplant, the teacher's will would be reborn in this body, but he did not know that even if the brain of the people in this world was removed, there would still be life essence in their bodies, and the consciousness and soul of the original owner of the body would reside there. This led to Bai Yuekui's brain consciousness being devoured by the life essence of the murderer and dying completely.

Thinking of this, Bai Yuekui's gaze toward "Mark" turned hostile, believing that Wu Xian had also devoured Mark and taken his place in this way.

"Don't look at me like that. Mark is still alive. I just put him to sleep for now."

Seemingly sensing Bai Yuekui's thoughts, "Mark"... or rather, Wu Xian rolled his eyes, then walked towards the flesh and soil that his body had turned into, circling around and examining it, clicking his tongue in amazement:
"The setting of this world is really interesting. The body is just a prison for the soul, while the life essence is the true expression of the self. No wonder that guy tried to collect all the life essence to complete the dimensional ascension. Although it is a bit far-fetched, it may not be without its merits."

To be honest, after reading Mana's original memories and learning that she was trying to devour the life essence of all living beings to achieve a leap in life level in order to conquer the superego and peek into the path of the ancient gods, Wu Xian immediately thought of the Human Instrumentality Project in EVA.

Although the goals and processes are clearly different, the results are the same. It sounds impressive at first glance, but it's actually utter nonsense.

Even if she manages to succeed by sheer luck, there is a high probability that the original Mana body will be corrupted by a large amount of mixed will, just like the original Mana gods, and fall into madness.

Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance that she can regain her sanity, break through her superego, and become a true higher-dimensional being, at that time, that so-called higher-dimensional being would probably have nothing to do with Mana's original body.

Of course, while this method of advancement is somewhat crude and straightforward, it could be a good way to scheme against others or mass-produce god-level biological weapons. However, the cost is a bit high, and ordinary gods might not be able to afford it. "When I meet other people in the mysterious space later, I can pass this method on to those who are interested, such as my versions of Infinite Terror, Marvel, and Devouring the Stars. Given the size of their worlds, they might have the conditions to experiment with it."

Thinking this to himself, and noticing Bai Yuekui's persistently questioning and wary gaze, he didn't bother to explain anymore. He raised his right hand, and a drop of bright red blood seeped from his fingertip, which was then enveloped by the red energy that appeared out of nowhere.

Next, to Bai Yuekui and Honglu's astonished gaze, the drop of blood seemed to be fast-forwarded at 100,000 times the speed, rapidly splitting and condensing into an embryo at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, little by little, it grew bones, internal organs, blood vessels, skin, and facial features. Finally, it grew like an inflating balloon, becoming exactly like Little Mark.

A true miracle of turning people into living beings.

At the same time, Wu Xian raised his hand again, placed it on his brow, extracted a wisp of life essence, and threw it into the body of the newborn Mark, so that his bodily functions could operate normally again.

Bai Yuekui stared incredulously at Mark, whose breathing was even. The shock in his heart was beyond measure.

With a mere gesture, she cloned a completely new Mark, perfectly transferring the life essence without any flesh turning into clay. This surprised her even more than when the other party had just cured her cellular depletion.

In that case, wouldn't all the life essence collected in Dragon Bone Village have a chance to be resurrected? Bai Yuekui's eyes suddenly lit up, and his gaze toward Wu Xian became fervent.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you mean you've been taking care of kids too much and actually prefer smaller ones?"

Wu Xian raised an eyebrow and then said to Bai Yuekui, "Let's get back to the point. I know that you brought the skull-borne spinal worm with you to the Lighthouse this time. It's currently on the Swift. I need to merge with it to transform this body into an eco-chimera. Then, I need to simulate the genes of the Mana primordial body and transform my double-stranded DNA into triple-stranded DNA like hers. This way, I can meet all the conditions for entering the Blood Vortex."

As he spoke, Wu Xian's tone suddenly turned cold: "Now that I have shown my sincerity, if you are still unwilling to cooperate, then I will have no choice but to take matters into my own hands."

Bai Yuekui remained silent for a while after hearing this, and then finally nodded slowly and said, "The cooperation is established. I will take you to have your ecological chimera surgery now."

"No need for all that trouble. You just need to take me to find the Mana Flower King and the true coordinates of the Blood Vortex. As for the rest... leave it to me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Xian grinned, his white teeth gleaming with a cold light. Despite still looking like a child, he made the two powerful women present feel a strong sense of oppression.

Immediately afterwards, his body began to expand rapidly, and his features, including thick eyebrows and large eyes, gradually developed.

In just a few breaths, the body transformed from a tiny child less than a meter tall into a muscular man over 1.9 meters tall, his clothes completely torn apart.

Especially at a certain indescribable place, Honglu, who was standing next to him, was dumbfounded. She subconsciously looked at Mark, who was in the state of a little kid in her arms, and suddenly had an absurd idea.

This size... can my future sister-in-law really handle it?
"Master, please mind your appearance."

At this moment, ASH, who hadn't spoken since Bai Yuekui entered the control room, suddenly stepped forward and handed over a set of clothes that had been prepared beforehand, which was very thoughtful.

"What's the point of wearing it? It'll just explode when it turns into a Devouring Beast."

Wu Xian muttered something, but still finished dressing and turned to walk out of the control room. At the same time, he waved to Bai Yuekui behind him and said, "Let's go, Boss Bai, let's go save the world together and talk about the truth you want to know."

(End of this chapter)