Star Hunter.

Chapter 101 Absorption, Changes in the Crystal

Diaz, looking dejected, squeezed back into the crowd to direct the miners to begin mining. Mining in this place was no easy task, Diaz sighed inwardly. So many technicians, supposedly professionals, were no match for a simple-minded cat. As for the strangely shaped Xilin—let's just say that for now—Diaz and the others had always believed that Xilin was born with the ability to alter his own bones and physique.

Xilin followed the gray cat further in, and Diaz didn't say anything. It would be better if someone could go with the cat to check on the situation.

Continuing to walk in, even the thinnest person in their normal state might not be able to squeeze in. Xilin often has to dislocate his bones first in order to pass through the narrow gap, and then straighten them back. If Diaz and the others knew that Xilin had "played" with his internal bones like a jigsaw puzzle, they would probably be shocked.

"Ah, this is it!" the gray cat called out from a short distance ahead.

Xilin moved a few steps forward and then discovered that from this point onward, there were no trees. The ground was covered with a layer of rocks, which looked similar to the rocks in other places. Xilin drew his knife and stuck it into the ground. The rocks here were very hard, and even after poking for a long time, he might not be able to poke very deep. If he used too much force, the knife in his hand might even break.

Beneath the rocks was a layer of rock, and the gray cat said that the dark red energy ores were located beneath it. Xilin could also sense the difference here; certain factors within his body began to stir again.

If this is indeed the core of the black-red energy ore, it's hard to imagine that the energy field intensity is almost uniform across this vast forest and a large area surrounding it. This widespread and evenly distributed energy field, excluding the core area, further highlights the special nature of this energy ore.

This rocky area was not exposed; it was completely covered by dense, outstretched tree branches overhead, which is why it was not detected in the images taken by the orbiting satellite probe.

In the center of the rocky area was a dug hole, the work of the Gray Cat. Xilin walked to the side and looked at it. The rock layer covered about 15 meters. Below 15 meters were the black and red energy ores. But that was only the information Xilin could get from the cave wall. As for this hole, the black and red ores extending from 15 meters below the ground to nearly 30 meters below were all destroyed by the Gray Cat.

  

At this moment, the cat jumped back in and continued eating, as if it were munching on ice cubes. If Kari saw this, he'd probably be in awe. Even the most intelligent animal wouldn't eat energy stones like food, making a crunching sound while chewing, right?

Xilin jumped into the cave and touched the dark red cave walls with his fingers.

When the gray cat spat the small black and red energy piece into his hand, Xilin didn't test it because so many people were watching. In fact, upon touching the energy piece, Xilin's internal body began a series of changes, seemingly trying to absorb all the energy within it. If Xilin hadn't forcibly suppressed these changes, the piece, which was already only the size of a fingernail, would probably have shrunk to the size of a grain of rice by the time it reached Diaz's hands.

Xilin could feel the boiling factors within his body yearning for this energy. Although Xilin didn't understand what would happen, he knew it definitely wouldn't be a bad thing.

When touching the dark red energy minerals on the cave wall, the icy touch from my fingers didn't last long before it was replaced by a burning sensation.

Xilin felt as if his body was a vortex, frantically absorbing the energy contained in the black and red energy ore that his fingers touched.

This energy activated the chips within his body, stimulating metabolism. At this moment, Xilin could sense that although his inherent genetic information remained unchanged, the information transcribed from his DNA was different each time. In other words, with each transcription, the original information underwent spontaneous editing, resulting in different final transcribed information. This seemed like a series of experiments, powered by the absorbed energy, which also provided a control, allowing each experiment to get closer and closer to the "point" measured by this energy. The chips integrated into his genes stimulated the expression of some silent regions within the genes.

At this moment, Xilin felt as if he were being coated layer by layer with a paint, which then seeped into his body. Not only the surface of his body, but also his internal organs, tissues, and cells were undergoing repeated strengthening experiments until the optimal point was found.

The gray cat, which had been clinging to the cave wall and gnawing on an energy block, suddenly sensed something was wrong and turned its head.

Holy crap!

The gray cat was so startled by Xilin's current state that it slipped and fell off the cave wall. Fortunately, it was a cat and managed to land on its balance. The gray cat immediately ran to Xilin's side, but did not approach him. At this moment, Xilin was surrounded by a strange aura, and his entire body had turned blackish-red, with the color deepening, almost matching the color of the energy ore on the cave wall.

The gray cat circled Xilin twice, then sat down helplessly, propping itself up on its front paws and staring intently at Xilin, who was touching the cave wall with one hand, his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, and his body all black and red.

Where Xilin's fingers touched, the cave wall began to slowly cave in, and then the indentation around Xilin's fingers gradually widened. The gray cat knew this was because Xilin had absorbed the energy contained within those energy ores. However, even it only ate them first and then digested and absorbed them; although its absorption was fast, it couldn't be as fast as this guy's efficiency, could it? What on earth was this guy doing? Why was he expending such a huge amount of energy?

As it watched, the gray cat fell into deep thought. Well, it thought it was deep thought, but by Xilin's standards, it was actually just spacing out.

Pain, excruciating pain, as if every part of my body, inside and out, had been torn apart and then put back together.

Xilin had always thought that to activate the remaining part of the chip, he might need to improve his physical abilities or work hard to upgrade his genes to A-level. However, he had always overlooked one thing: the small part of the chip that had not yet been activated was also the most crucial part. To activate it, it was not just a matter of improving strength, but also required a lot of energy.

However, this kind of energy that allows the activated chip to autonomously begin "experimenting" until it elevates the main body to the optimal point is no ordinary energy. At least until now, apart from this black and red energy ore, none of the energy ores that Xilin had previously come into contact with, whether they were considered high-quality or low-quality, were suitable.