Magic: Reincarnate from high-voltage electricity at the start, level up independently.

Deep in the forest on the northern outskirts of the city.

"Old Zhang, how much longer until the reinforcements arrive!"

A member of the Demon Hunting Bureau, his back against his companion, had a face so grim it was almost ashen. He carried a flamethrower, and the scalding flames surged forth, barely managing to push back the frantically attacking green vines from all around him by half a step.

"...It should be soon, just hang in there a little longer!"

The man called Old Zhang had a tense look in his eyes, not daring to be distracted for a moment. He was firing his flamethrower at full power, and the sizzling sound of the flamethrower burning the vines was incessant.

But only he knew in his heart that he had absolutely no confidence at this moment. He didn't know when the reinforcements would arrive, nor was he sure if the other side could accurately locate this hidden forest.

The two never expected that, although the mission briefing only indicated that they were to clear two low-level killer trees, they would suddenly find themselves surrounded as soon as they found their target and were about to take action!

Before they knew it, a dense forest of killer trees had sprung up all around them, their trunks twisted with grotesque and terrifying patterns, trapping the two of them in the center.

Not far away, three teenagers were also being frantically attacked by a multitude of vines, facing imminent danger.

"Damn it! How come we can't kill all these monstrous things?!"

The chubby boy was filled with anxiety, a far cry from his usual arrogance. He quickly gathered magic power in his hands and continuously activated the Earth Ball spell, slamming it hard against the thick vine that was coming at him.

boom--!

Just as he shattered the vines in front of him, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, a vine silently broke through the ground, tightly wrapped around his ankle, and with a sudden tug, tried to drag him into the depths of the killer tree forest.

"Ahhh! Help me!"

Swish-!

Wang Qiang, who was closest, moved swiftly and unleashed a sharp wind blade, precisely severing the vines wrapped around the little fat boy's ankle.

The chubby boy scrambled to break free, hurriedly hiding beside Wang Qiang. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and repeatedly thanked him, saying, "Dude, thank you so much!"

He looked up at the ordinary-looking, simply dressed boy in front of him, who would be completely inconspicuous in a crowd—

Wang Qiang was always a loner in class and didn't have many friends, making him seem out of place. Especially after he publicly acknowledged Miao Renlong as his godfather and called him "Dad," rumors started flying around the class.

At that moment, the chubby boy was filled with gratitude and immediately made up his mind to befriend his savior.

"Hmm." Wang Qiang glanced at him indifferently, his tone calm and even. "I don't save people for free; it's two hundred yuan each time."

The chubby boy: "..."

He hesitated for only a moment before nodding hurriedly, "No problem! You can save me as many times as you want later!"

He completely understood Wang Qiang's actions. There's no such thing as a free lunch, and besides, two hundred yuan for a life is a bargain.

On the other side, Chen Xun frowned, raised his hand and cast a spell, repelling the attacking vines time and time again, pondering to himself.

"If we keep going like this, we'll eventually run out of energy."

If they were just ordinary low-level killing trees, with his current strength, even if he couldn't completely annihilate this group of trees, he could still forcefully break through with everyone.

But the real problem is—

His gaze swept across the outer perimeter of the low-level killing trees. More than twenty taller, more ferocious mid-level killing trees stood silently, exuding a strong sense of hostility.

These mid-level killing trees haven't made a move yet, but if he rashly breaks through or makes any excessive moves, he will inevitably anger them. When they face a group of even stronger demonic trees, they will all surely die.

At present, Chen Xun can only restrain his magic power and focus on defense and self-preservation, while conserving magic power and waiting for the Demon Hunting Bureau's support, or looking for the best opportunity to break through.

Looking at the killer trees closing in on him, a self-deprecating feeling welled up inside him.

"Indeed, when faced with a real life-or-death crisis, people simply cannot fight without restraint like they do in a virtual world."

The swarms of killer trees slowly closed inward, constantly compressing the five people's living space. The mid-level killer trees on the outer perimeter finally made their move.

The ground suddenly shook violently, and a jet-black vine more than a meter thick burst out of the soil, shooting straight up dozens of meters into the air. The vine was covered with sharp, poisonous thorns, which gleamed coldly in the sunlight. With an overwhelming force, it slammed down on the crowd!

"It's so thick! Getting hit by it is a guaranteed death!"

The chubby boy's pupils shrank suddenly, and he hurriedly gathered his magic power to erect a thick earthen wall to defend himself.

However, his strength was still at the initial stage, and he was no match for the attack of the intermediate-level killing tree. The seemingly solid earthen wall was instantly covered with cracks, and it collapsed in a moment. The broken pieces of earth scattered everywhere, causing everyone to panic even more.

Seeing the giant vine about to crash down, Chen Xun instantly suppressed all distracting thoughts, fully activated the magic power within his body, and countless sharp, knife-like leaves condensed in the void, rushing towards the vine and instantly cutting it into pieces.

But the next second, the ground around them shook even more violently, as if the sky were falling and the earth were cracking.

Hundreds of thick vines burst forth from the ground, intertwining and twisting together, tightly coiled like braids, eventually transforming into a towering vine over ten meters thick and a hundred meters long, blotting out the sky and exuding a terrifying aura!

"not good!"

Chen Xun's expression changed drastically. He frantically circulated the magic power within his body, pushing it to its limit. Instantly, countless green vines sprouted from the ground, intertwining layer upon layer, weaving a sturdy magic cage around the group, firmly protecting the five of them within.

Without saying a word, Wang Qiang unleashed a surge of wind magic around him, condensing into a thick wind wall that pressed tightly against the vine cage to reinforce the defense.

boom--!

The massive, sky-covering vines crashed down with a deafening roar that echoed throughout the forest. The defenses that Chen Xun and Wang Qiang had worked together to erect instantly developed fine cracks.

The two dared not pause for a moment, continuously channeling their magic power to desperately reinforce their defenses.

Bang—bang—bang—!

The bombardment from the outside world continued relentlessly, each attack more intense than the last. The Killer Tree, unable to break through its defenses, had become enraged and its attacks grew increasingly ferocious.

After an unknown amount of time, the bombardment from the outside suddenly stopped, and in its place, a scorching heat wave slowly seeped into the defensive cage.

Chen Xun and his two companions keenly sensed that a faint crimson magic power was lingering in the air, followed by a warm, aquamarine magic power.

"It's Xiao Yan with white hair! Reinforcements have arrived!" The chubby boy was overjoyed. He was very familiar with this flame magic.

A clear and assertive female voice suddenly rang out in the air above the battlefield.

"You murderous tree scum, you, Empress Xu Wan, have arrived!"

Chen Xun immediately dispersed his defenses, and sunlight shone down again. Everyone looked up and saw that Xu Wan and Chu Ge had rushed into the grove of trees and were engaged in a fierce battle with the killer tree, forcing the vines in the sky to retreat step by step.

Xu Wan multitasked, conjuring a light blue magic shield in her left hand and gripping an enchanted cleaver in her right. With a sharp blade, she charged fiercely into the dense vines, her attack swift and relentless, forcing the mid-level killing trees to retreat in disarray.

"The ultimate killing move of immortality—"

"Flying Blade Rock-Splitting Slash!"

Xu Wan's lips curled into a cold smile as she swung a blade of light through the air. The blade of light rapidly expanded in the air, carrying unparalleled sharpness, and forcefully cleaved a mid-level killing tree in two from its crown to its roots, causing the trunk to collapse with a crash.

Chen Xun, Wang Qiang, and the others standing to the side all looked shocked.

How could Xu Wan's strength have become so terrifying after only a few days?

Although she is also at the mid-level cultivation level, her combat power far surpasses that of her peers, making her seem like a completely different person compared to before.

Could it be... that she obtained some extraordinary opportunity?

If Xu Wan knew what everyone was thinking, she would definitely sneer and readily admit, "That's right, I do have a cheat code."

"But if I put the 'Great Thousand Records' in front of you, would you dare to practice it?"

If you don't dare, then shut up.

On the other side, Chu Ge faced a group of low-level killing trees and planned to clear out these miscellaneous soldiers first.

The white-haired girl looked at the killer tree in front of her, its roots frantically retreating in fear, and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

"A mere few hundred low-level killer trees dare to be so arrogant? I'll wipe them out with a single blow!"

She sheathed her Tang sword with a backhand motion, closed her eyes and concentrated, her body surging with fiery magic power, all of which gathered in the blade, her aura calm and restrained.

The next second, the girl suddenly opened her eyes, flames flickering in her pupils, and she swiftly drew her sword and slashed horizontally!

"The ultimate killing move of immortality—"

"As I see fit, so I shall cut you down!"

A blazing flame blade shot out, its flight distance increasing rapidly, before crashing down upon the fleeing killer trees. Wherever the blade passed, the tree trunks snapped and instantly exploded into ashes.

The scorching heatwave, accompanied by a shockwave, spread outwards, and Lao Zhang and the others watching the battle quickly raised their hands to shield themselves.

As the smoke and dust cleared, everyone looked at the battlefield. The killer trees that had been rampaging earlier had been burned to ashes, leaving not a trace.

"Wow, that's impressive..." Old Zhang swallowed subconsciously, turned to look at the chubby boy beside him, and asked incredulously, "You guys... are you really classmates with her?"

"Uh... I guess... I think so." The chubby boy was also a little confused and stammered in response.

In the distance, the white-haired girl gazed at the mess on the ground and murmured indifferently, "Nothing special."

"With unparalleled power, he can take down ten thousand soldiers."

She turned her head to look at the other side and saw Xu Wan kill another mid-level killing tree. However, after the continuous fierce battles, Xu Wan's breathing was slightly disordered, her forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and her magic power was greatly consumed.

Even so, the fighting spirit in the girl's eyes did not diminish at all; on the contrary, it grew even stronger, and a smile that was almost maniacal appeared on her face.

"Don't run! I'll kill you all!"

"Xu Wan, can you still hold on?" Chu Ge moved quickly to Xu Wan's side and asked in a deep voice.

Xu Wan turned her head, raised her hand to smooth her messy bangs, and a stubborn smile appeared on her lips. She said calmly, "What are you talking about? How could I, Xu Wan, not be able to?"

"Your magic power is almost depleted." Chu Ge saw through her condition at a glance. The fierce battle in the abandoned factory had already consumed a lot of her magic power. She rushed here to provide support and had no time to recuperate.

"Magic?" Xu Wan chuckled lightly, her tone tinged with disdain. She raised her hand and held up the cleaver, slashing her left wrist without hesitation. Bright red blood dripped slowly from her fingertips.

After quickly stopping the bleeding, she raised her right hand, and a powerful surge of magic instantly condensed in her palm, even stronger than before the battle. She looked at Chu Ge, her face pale but her eyes resolute: "Look, it's here."

Chu Ge's gaze paused slightly, and he sighed softly, "The Great Thousand Records is truly terrifying."

Subsequently, the two vicious dog girls fought side by side, each more aggressive than the other, and in no time, they had cleared out all the remaining killer trees, completely resolving the crisis of the siege.

Upon returning to the Demon Hunting Bureau, Chu Ge immediately entered a state of cultivation, absorbing all the demon cores he had obtained in the battle and successfully condensing his twenty-ninth demon core. He was only one step away from breaking through to the peak.

As night fell, the white-haired vicious dog girl went up to the rooftop, and predictably, she saw the black-haired vicious dog girl there stabbing herself with a knife.

On the morning of the fifth day of the study tour, everyone was ready to set off for the Magic Plant Research Center, located in the wilderness.

Before leaving, Chu Ge specially brought a fruit basket to the treatment room to visit the members of the Demon Hunting Bureau who had broken their arms due to her accident and were still recuperating, and sincerely apologized.

The bus then drove deeper into the mountains, the road becoming increasingly rugged. After more than two hours of bumpy travel, it finally reached the mountaintop and stopped in front of a newly built research institute.

The person who came to greet everyone was an elderly man nearing seventy, with graying temples and a kind face. His name was Yang Muyun, a well-known botanist in the field.

Beside him was a girl with a baby face and a slender figure, wearing two neat braids, named Yang Xueli.

A student immediately recognized Yang Muyun and exclaimed in a low voice, "I've seen him on TV! He's a very famous botanist. He cultivated many new types of vegetables on the market. I didn't expect he hadn't retired yet!"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Wang Jian led everyone and followed Yang Muyun into the Demon Plant Research Center.

The research institute occupies a large area, but it is unusually deserted. Apart from Yang Muyun and Yang Xueli, there seem to be no other staff members.

On the way to the Magic Plant Garden, Yang Xueli patiently explained to everyone as they walked:

"After the magic was restored, ordinary plants also underwent mutations, which can be roughly divided into two types."

"One type transforms into a demonic plant that is hunted by the Demon Hunting Bureau, while the other type develops magical power and becomes a special magical plant. Some magical plants can even develop unexpected special abilities."

"Currently, the mutation probability of magical plants is extremely low. On average, one out of ten million ordinary plants may not mutate, and the survival rate is extremely low, making them extremely rare on the market."

She paused, then added, "Naturally mutated magical plants in the wild attract surrounding monsters, making them even more difficult to obtain."

Upon entering the Magic Plant Garden, everyone truly understood that the rarity of the Magic Plants was far more exaggerated than Yang Xueli had described.

The park, spanning several thousand square meters, appeared incredibly empty, with fewer than a hundred magical plants scattered about.

Seeing the surprised looks on everyone's faces, Yang Xueli smiled and explained:

"There are hundreds of official and unofficial magical plant research centers across the country. On average, each research institute doesn't get many magical plants. Our Dachang City Magical Plant Research Center is already considered to be among the top in terms of strength, and the number of magical plant varieties ranks among the top three in the country."

She led the group to a peculiar plant, which was covered with huge fruits and crackled with blue-purple electricity, emitting a faint lightning-based magical power.

"Electric blueberry?" A student looked at the information board and then at the plant in front of him, and couldn't help but exclaim.

[Electric Blueberry: A mutation of the common blueberry, its fruit is several times larger than an apple and contains abundant lightning magic. Note: The fruit releases a voltage of at least 1000V; do not approach or touch it.]

"So... if I eat the electric blueberry, will I turn into an electric boy?" a boy asked jokingly.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xueli nodded seriously and solemnly replied: "The voltage of electric shock to blueberries is extremely strong and highly dangerous. There is currently no record of humans consuming them."

"But the research institute has conducted experiments with monsters. Monsters that survived after consuming electric blueberries gradually developed lightning energy in their bodies, which could be used for attacks. At the same time, it could also increase their own lightning resistance, which is what people often call weapon enchanting in games."

"Let's go see the next kind of magical plant."

The group continued forward following Yang Xueli. At the back of the group, Chu Ge passed by the electric blueberries and, looking at the purple-blue fruit enveloped in electric current, his stomach growled at an inopportune moment.

Well, it seems she ate too little for breakfast again today. The girl had only eaten twenty baskets of xiaolongbao this morning, so Wang Jian urged her to get in the car.

"...It looks delicious." She swallowed hard, patted her empty stomach, and silently followed the group.

Soon, the group arrived at another magical plant. The plant had large, emerald-green leaves and emitted a faint earthy-yellow magical aura. The ground was slightly raised, and no obvious fruit could be seen.

A student leaned closer to look at the information board and read softly: "Landmine Potato: It is a mutation of an ordinary potato and contains earth-type magic. When the fruit is subjected to pressure of more than 1000 Newtons (about 100 kilograms) in an instant, it will explode violently."

Upon reading this, the student instantly took several steps back and instinctively pulled his beloved classmate in front of him. The classmate he pulled in did the same, shielding him in front of him.

"You guys... are so disloyal!" the student said, his face full of accusation.

"Don't worry too much, everyone." Yang Xueli walked to the landmine potato, gently parted the leaves above to reveal the raised fruit underground, "The landmine potato is very stable. It will only explode when it reaches the critical pressure. There is no danger in normal viewing."

"Of course, once it explodes, the power is also extremely terrifying." She added in a serious tone, "According to experimental data, a landmine potato weighing about 100 grams has an explosive power equivalent to one ton of TNT."

"A ton of TNT?" A student familiar with the power of explosives couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. "Now I finally understand why the Potato Mine is the top-tier one-time damage plant in Plants vs. Zombies."

The group continued forward, and Chu Ge stopped again when he passed the landmine potato, feeling even hungrier.

"I really want to try it. The feeling of a ton of TNT exploding inside my stomach must be really toughening up my Dao heart," she muttered to herself before reluctantly taking her steps away.

Chu Ge's path to physical training has always been divided into four categories: poison resistance, physical resistance, magic resistance, and mental resistance.

The limit of my poison resistance training was that I deliberately tried potassium cyanide a few months ago to toughen myself up with its extreme toxicity;

The ultimate physical resistance was when she went out to search for magic a year ago and encountered a fifty-ton steel coil that was rolling down a hillside at a speed of nearly 100 km/h and no one wanted it. She took the initiative to scare it, and although she was knocked to the ground, she still managed to leave a human-shaped mark on the steel coil, turning it into her shape.

The method of resisting the test involves directly confronting high-voltage power lines and tempering the body with lightning, which goes without saying;

As for mental resilience, it's something most people can't match—she dares to eat what wilderness survival bloggers wouldn't dare; she dares to try ingredients that internet celebrities avoid like the plague. Basically, her main selling point is that she dares to eat what others wouldn't.

If Xu Wan gets serious, she's capable of eating rotten pig's breasts.

If Chu Ge gets serious, she'd eat Xu Wan, even if she were rotten, let alone a living Xu Wan.

She has also challenged herself by staying in haunted houses, spending the night in abandoned graves, and haunted homes.

She even tried watching various images that could trigger intense emotional fluctuations repeatedly, attempting to evoke her own joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

Even if she tied herself to a chair, taped her mouth shut, and watched NTR videos on repeat, projecting herself onto her incompetent husband, it couldn't stir any emotion in her; her mental fortitude was unwavering.

The only challenge was developing resistance to nuclear radiation, which has remained elusive due to the scarcity of radioactive materials.

Fortunately, her efforts paid off. Yesterday afternoon, she finally received news from the seafood market she had been keeping an eye on: the other party had uranium materials. The two parties agreed to conduct the transaction after she returned to Donghai City.

The group stopped again, and before them appeared a magical plant radiating a pale green aura—the familiar spinach.

Yang Xueli introduced directly: "This is Mighty Spinach. After consuming it, one's strength can be greatly enhanced. The degree of enhancement varies from person to person. There have been experimental subjects who, after consuming it, went from the strength of an ordinary adult to the point where they could kill a cow with one punch."

"Isn't this the real-life Popeye?!" A boy's eyes lit up, eager to try it out. This was the only seemingly harmless magical plant that had appeared so far.

But Yang Xueli's next words instantly extinguished everyone's enthusiasm.

She stated without hesitation, "The price of gaining power is extremely high. The male test subject quickly developed symptoms of physiological dysfunction after taking it, namely impotence, and even severe atrophy, which remains incurable to this day."

"...Then forget it." The boys immediately abandoned the idea and gave an awkward laugh.

Then a female student asked, "Teacher Yang, if women take it, there won't be this side effect, right?"

"That's not the case." Yang Xueli shook her head slightly. "After subsequent tests on female participants, they will experience symptoms of full-body hair loss. Their hair, body hair, and scalp hair will all fall out completely and cannot regrow."

"However, relatively speaking, the side effects of Power Spinach are much less for women than for men. If you can accept the consequence of baldness, taking it to boost your strength is a good choice."

As if suddenly remembering something, Yang Shirley's gaze swept over all the students present, and she asked, "By the way, I need three people to test the strength increase data after taking Mighty Spinach. Is there anyone willing to try?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the previously noisy crowd fell silent, and everyone looked at each other, caught in a dilemma.

Ultimate strength vs. male impotence and atrophy, and female baldness?

This is a difficult choice.

Just as everyone hesitated, a clear and assertive voice suddenly broke the silence.

"I'll do it."