After the darkness!

"Let's get our hands on Wang Mingde's 'goods' first..." Lin Yijue shook his head, temporarily suppressing his thoughts.

Thinking about it now is futile.

After all, one must walk one step at a time, and eat one bite at a time.

Lin Yijue suppressed the turmoil in his mind, carefully placed the food box at the bottom of his backpack, and then casually prepared to sling his sports bag over his shoulder.

scoff!

Unexpectedly, as soon as he exerted force, the backpack strap on his hand suddenly tightened, making a tearing sound as it could not bear the weight.

"Um?"

Lin Yijue was startled and reflexively stopped his movements, steadied his center of gravity, and stretched out his other hand, as if dancing in place, comically grabbing the backpack in his hand and slowly putting it on.

Something's wrong with this power.

An indescribable sense of astonishment instantly gripped him.

He was just carrying his backpack normally, but in the instant he exerted force, the power that suddenly burst out of his right arm was several kilograms or 50-60% greater than usual!

This sudden increase directly caused an imbalance of power.

"What exactly is going on?"

He frowned, staring intently at his right arm, repeatedly clenching and unclenching his fingers, the muscles in his forearm bulging and relaxing in turn.

To his surprise, as the muscles swelled, faint, dark spots of varying sizes, resembling tadpoles, began to appear on the previously healthy skin of his arm!

The color was so dark and intense, like cheap old paint, that it contrasted jarringly with the healthy yellow skin around him.

It wasn't there before.

Moreover, these dark spots seem to have a life of their own; as the muscles relax, they slowly melt into the skin and seep out, disappearing as if they had never appeared at all.

Just now, the moment the black spots appeared, the increased superhuman strength tore off the backpack strap.

"This is..." Lin Yijue was stunned for a moment, gasped, and quickly and carefully examined his left hand and other parts of his body.

everything is normal.

Only the right hand exhibits this strange change when suddenly exerting force.

"What is this...?" A strange chill crept up his spine, but at the same time, positive energy increased, bringing a strange pleasure.

He seemed to be deep in thought, looked around, and saw that there was no one nearby. Then he suddenly clenched his right hand.

As the muscles swelled, the dark black spots reappeared.

The next moment, he threw a straight punch into the air in front of him.

call!

A sharp whistling sound filled the air.

His right arm, like a lever filled with high-pressure gas, tore through the air, and the power concentrated in his fist exploded outwards.

Lin Yijue took a sidestep, twisting his waist and thrusting his hips. With each step, he threw a series of punches with his right hand.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

In four or five seconds, as he stepped forward, his right fist continuously delivered a series of jabs.

In the blink of an eye, he rushed out about ten meters and arrived at a roadside tree.

Then he punched a large tree, as thick as a bowl, with mottled bark, right in front of him.

boom!

Squeak.

The trees shook violently, and a large number of withered yellow and new green leaves fell all over the sky, covering Lin Yijue's head.

Looking up, a clear fist-shaped indentation was clearly visible on the brown bark.

The edges are clearly defined, and the depth is three or four centimeters.

There was also a ring of fine cracks, like a spider web, spreading outwards.

A few more punches and this tree will probably snap in two...

more importantly……

Lin Yijue slowly withdrew his fist, and surprisingly, his fist didn't hurt at all.

I felt no pain from the impact or any abrasions on my skin.

It was as if the punch had landed on cotton.

Lin Yijue lowered his head and quietly looked at his fist.

Black tadpole-shaped spots remain at the knuckles, and beneath the skin, there are more active power pulsations than before.

He knew in his heart that the reason he had such a strange feeling was because of the black spots on his arm.

"Is it because of the Devouring Body?" This thought popped into Lin Yijue's mind.

He's not stupid; he only has so much information about himself, and a simple process of elimination would give him the answer.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered a sentence that Wang Mingde had said.

"Plasma is not entirely bad. Essentially, it puts the infected person into a hypermetabolic state. In this state, our bodies will gradually undergo some 'strange' changes."

When such changes accumulate to a certain extent, they will remind us that it's time for transformation.

"So this is the early stage of deformation?" Lin Yijue felt a chill in his heart, but he was also somewhat shocked.

In the early stages, its power is directly increased by 50% to 60%, and it also has terrifying defensive capabilities.

He now understood why the woman he met while drinking milk tea, who showed no signs of training, was so strong despite being an infected and transformed monster.

Thinking of this, Lin Yijue looked at his own talent tree and his attribute panel.

attribute.

Strength: 9.6 (10.6)

Agility: 7.42

Physical condition: 6.51

Willpower: 7

Just as I imagined.

Lin Yijue felt a strange mix of emotions.

Could this change be because I ate a piece of salmon?

Did it give the phagocytic organisms in the body a sudden thrill, and then accelerate the changes in the body?

These are all just guesses based on known information, and cannot be guaranteed to be completely correct.

But at least for now, it's acceptable.

"No matter what, at least she's much better than that girl in the green sweater," Lin Yijue thought to himself with a self-deprecating smile.

The latter soon turned into a monster.

He is at least fine now. Apart from his appetite and some unusual eating habits, he is no different from a normal person.

On the contrary, due to the body-devouring, his own strength increased by a significant margin.

If Lu Qiang were to fight him again now, with his mutated right hand, even a single straight punch would probably knock him out, and he'd be fast asleep...

Without thinking too much about it, I trained my right hand a little and got used to the changes. About ten minutes later, another ten minutes had passed.

Lin Yijue, carrying his backpack, continued walking towards his original destination.

Not long after, I arrived at the company.

This time, the receptionist wasn't the girl named Xu Qin, but a man and a woman.

The girl had exquisite makeup and a professional smile, while the boy was 1.9 meters tall, with fair skin, well-defined features, and was very handsome.

Wearing a white shirt and a black suit, he looks every bit the business elite.

Because Lin Yijue had affixed his ID tag to his chest beforehand, as soon as he entered, the tall and handsome male receptionist's sharp gaze swept over him, and his originally standard smile immediately turned slightly serious.

Together with the girl beside him, they quickly stood up and bowed slightly in unison.

"Manager Lin!"

Lin Yijue didn't pay much attention to the envy that might be hidden in their eyes. He simply nodded slightly and asked directly, "Is the boss still upstairs?"

"Yes, the boss has been waiting for you."

Lin Yijue stopped talking, lowered the brim of his hat, and strode towards the private elevator next to him that required high-level access.