After the darkness!

Breakthrough: When entering combat, body size increases by 20%, and overall attributes are boosted by 30%.

Lin Yijue looked at himself in the mirror.

"Is this what they mean by a 20% increase in body size?"

To be honest, you don't really get a sense of the numbers when you just look at them, but the difference is huge when you actually experience it yourself.

His height increased from 1.7 meters to 1.9 meters, nearly 2 meters, and at the same time, the increase in muscle mass also caused his body dimensions to increase.

It was as if he had transformed from a thin, ordinary person into a giant bear.

At the same time, he could clearly sense that this was not just a false sense of strength resulting from simple muscle expansion.

Strength, speed, endurance, reaction time, and even core strength... it's as if the density of every nerve, every muscle fiber, and even bones has been fundamentally enhanced!

He clenched his fist tightly, his knuckles cracking slightly, and the muscles in his arm tightened instantly like steel wire, the feeling of power several times greater than before was incredibly real.

Lin Yijue began to carefully touch the ground with his toes, trying to jump quickly and with small amplitude.

The body was incredibly light, yet the impact upon landing was transmitted more steadily.

This means that the increase in speed did not sacrifice the stability of the lower body at all.

He tried poking his feet.

This time, the power, speed, and penetration of his kicks far surpassed his previous ones! The wind howled faster, the movements were more swift and fluid, and his stability and coordination had also made a qualitative leap!

Such a change...

He looked at himself in the mirror.

"So big it's like it's become a monster..." he muttered to himself, his voice seeming to deepen and grow stronger due to the expansion of his chest and changes in his vocal cords.

In the mirror, his latissimus dorsi muscles looked like two door panels, and his huge physique made his pants bulge. Apart from his facial features being somewhat similar to his, he was a completely different person.

No, it's not a monster.

The shadowy figure he encountered in the alley that day was the real monster.

Compared to the latter, who lost consciousness and could only act like an animal, what kind of monster was he?

Moreover, in such an apocalyptic world, when faced with a choice between power and appearance, 99.9% of people would probably choose power.

"In this way, we've figured out the [Breaking Boundaries] skill. It might have some impact on your normal state, but not much, since the activation condition is very simple: clothing ripping."

After removing any attachments from the body, it is necessary to concentrate one's energy to activate the skill.

Lin Yijue seemed to be deep in thought.

Thinking about it that way, it's not so bad.

If you really could transform as soon as you took off your clothes, then you'd look terrible every time you showered or changed.

My mind is racing with thoughts.

Without thinking too much, he continued to adapt to his body in the broken-boundary state.

I started practicing the "Eighteen Forms" and tried out the punches.

feels good.

Although I wasn't used to it at first, it was my own body after all, and I got used to it in no time.

More importantly, in the broken realm state, the Devouring Body, which was about to flare up, actually calmed down considerably.

The overall pain returned from the insect bites to exhaustion.

"However, this state requires a lot of energy." Lin Yijue pondered as he felt a faint hunger starting to appear in his body.

At that moment, as if he had heard something, he immediately stopped exerting force.

Suddenly, his body quickly returned to normal, and he sat down in a chair, opened a book, and picked up a pen.

Very quickly, in less than three or four seconds.

beep.

knocking.

Without asking if they could come in, the door was opened directly.

Song Huiling walked in, somewhat surprised, "Studying?"

"Yeah, we have exams coming up, so the pressure is pretty high." Lin Yijue turned his head, subconsciously scratching his head, pretending to look puzzled.

"Is there something you need?"

"Put your clothes on, don't catch a cold. Also, keep things tidy, the house is a mess." Lin's mother, without suspecting anything, habitually nagged a couple of times, without waiting for Lin Yijue's reply.

"Oh, by the way, your classmate just called and said he needs to talk to you. He asked you to call him back when you're free."

"Classmate? Who is it? Wang Qi or Ding Jie?" Lin Yijue asked subconsciously.

There weren't many classmates in the original group; there were only a few, no matter how you count them.

"No, it was a man, I think his name was Wang something-de."

"Wang Mingde?"

"Yes, let's name him Wang Mingde."

Lin Yijue subconsciously recalled that rainy night, his heart skipped a beat, but his face remained unchanged as he replied, "Oh, I understand."

I put on my clothes and left the room.

My mother and the others have already gone back to their room to sleep; the landline is in the living room.

He only turned on the living room light, and the incandescent light made the snow-white plaster wall shine, but it was still a bit dark.

Scrolling up the landline number, I found an unfamiliar number.

Click to call back.

A melodious piano tune began to play.

"To protect your property and prevent telecom and online fraud, Rongdu Police remind you that anything mentioning 'safety of your assets' is a scam, and anything mentioning..."

About ten seconds later, the call was connected.

"Didn't I tell you not to look for..." Lin Yijue said in a low voice, somewhat annoyed.

But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted on the other end of the phone.

"Hey, can't you hear me? Speak louder! I'm unloading goods here. Which company are you from? Tell me your address, what kind of algae you want to order, and how much. Keep it simple... Be careful over here, don't bump it. Hey you over there, come over here and catch it. Have some sense!"

"Excuse me, it's a bit noisy here, could you please continue..." A rough voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Sorry, wrong number." Lin Yijue was taken aback, said this, and quickly hung up the phone.

He then noticed that the phone number he had just scrolled up was dialed half an hour earlier, probably ordered by Lin's father and the others after dinner to stock up on goods.

So should we scroll down?

He never understood how to flip the landline phone up or down.

I tried it and found a phone number. Sure enough, the time displayed was ten minutes ago.

He clicked the call-back button again.

The same safety warning sound.

Less than three seconds later, the call was answered, and a familiar voice came from the other end.

"Hello, this is Wang Mingde."

"I know, I am Lin Yijue." Upon hearing the voice, Lin Yijue put the microphone to his ear, covered it slightly, and sat on the sofa.

"Why did you call the landline? Can't you call me if you need anything?" he questioned in a low voice.

After learning about the situation he would experience after being infected, he didn't want his parents to know about it.

Their family is, after all, just ordinary people.

Moreover, thanks to the talent tree, he seems to have a way to mitigate the changes brought about by the Devouring Body.

Perhaps... I can solve it on my own?

Come to think of it, he could somewhat understand those people in his past life who took out online loans without telling their families in the early stages.

"Did I call you?" Wang Mingde was taken aback on the other end of the line.

"No, do you have a cell phone?"

"..." Lin Yijue realized that he really didn't have a telephone in this world, but he had already said the words.

"What I mean is, you should have told me before you called," he said without changing his expression.

"Hehe." The person on the other end of the phone chuckled.

No one spoke for about three or four seconds.

silence.

"Come to me tomorrow night. What you want to know will be here. If you don't come this time, you'll have to wait a long time next time," Wang Mingde's voice rang out again.