Chapter 10 Road Choice
Chapter 10 Road Choice
The battle between humans and beasts has always been the eternal theme of Douluo Continent. In the past, soul beasts had the upper hand and constantly oppressed humans; but in this era, humans have the upper hand, so soul beasts can only become prey. But no matter which situation is, the ones who suffer are only the human civilians who live in peace in a corner and the gentle soul beasts who live in harmony with the world.
If people do not fight, they will only be bullied. If soul beasts do not fight, it is equivalent to giving up the hope of further progress and becoming food for other races. Therefore, there are very few soul beasts who only want to develop peacefully.
Just like the snake in front of her, her hands were stained with the blood of countless humans or soul beasts. It had nothing to do with words like innocent and pitiful. Naturally, she would not feel any guilt in killing it.
Shaking her head, Leng Xiyao used her swarm mark to communicate with the yellow soul ring and skillfully entered into the absorption process, as naturally as a person walking and talking. Perhaps this is the talent engraved in the genes of the Douluo people.
Unexpectedly, the entire absorption process did not encounter too many obstacles. The greatest difficulty in absorbing the soul ring came from the remaining resentment of the soul beast before its death, which would cause the absorber to be backlashed and go crazy if he was not careful. However, this resentment seemed to have been completely eliminated by the mark.
Doesn't this mean that she could have obtained a spirit ring with a higher age?
Hastily!
However, things had come to this point and she could not regret it, so she had to concentrate on absorbing the spirit ring.
Leng Xiyao had seen the method of absorbing spirit rings before, but her absorption seemed to be different from that of others, as if she was just a medium, responsible for integrating the spirit ring into the mark. The more she absorbed, the smaller her connection with the spirit ring became.
As the soul ring was completely integrated into her soul mark, a familiar programmed female voice sounded again in her mind:
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the first soul ring. The host's level has been upgraded from lv0 to lv1. You can make a strategic decision."
"Unlock the attribute that can be added: Regeneration."
"Unlock and learn the following active skills: [Kinetic Impact], [Blood Shield], [Gene Recombination], [Mass Rage], [Insect King Perception], [Psionic Lightning]."
"Unlock and learn the following passive skills: [Fortitude Shield], [Psychic Pressure], [Environmental Adaptation], [Fighting to Support Fighting]."
"Host upgrade rewards: evolution points +10, attribute points +5, skill points +2."
Leng Xiyao was overjoyed when she heard this. As expected, after obtaining the first soul ring, all the difficulties were solved.
For example, the skill of [Gene Recombination], according to the skill description, is used to rebuild the body, and can restructure the genetic structure in the body to make it stronger. In this way, the system that originally had very scarce functions is suddenly enriched.
However, she still has not learned any methods for cultivating spiritual energy. All active skills are based on spiritual energy, and passive skills can consume both spiritual energy and soul power. In other words, she cannot learn those active skills that look cool.
Then, she found the option called "Strategic Choice". It was particularly prominent in the entire panel. The huge and golden button almost blinded her, making it impossible for her not to notice it.
I don't know what this thing is, but it should be very useful!
Thinking of this, Leng Xiyao pressed the button without hesitation. Then, the panel in front of her turned into three options:
"Ding! Activate strategic choice! Please choose one of the following three options:"
“1. Form a Zerg Swarm: Obtain a Zerg egg and unlock the gene sequence of the Zerg’s basic non-combat unit.”
"2. Strengthen yourself: Obtain methods for cultivating psychic powers and activate active skills."
“3. Depend on subordinates: Obtain a heroic Zerg egg. The type of unit hatched is random.”
When Leng Xiyao saw it, she suddenly had a headache. This kind of choice was what she hated the most.
As a professional Zerg player, she certainly does not think that the biggest advantage of the Zerg lies in its large number and fast hatching speed, nor does she go for quantity like most people and ignore quality. In fact, the biggest advantage of the Zerg lies in its adaptability and self-evolution ability.
For example, if you place a group of land Zerg on an island, these Zerg will find a way to evolve the genetic ability to go into the sea or fly into the sky; for example, if you place a swarm of Zerg among a group of ferocious beasts whose bloodline is not inferior to that of the Zerg, the Zerg will find a way to devour the essence, thereby making the entire colony stronger, suppressing the local colony in all aspects, and eventually dominating the entire planet.
This is still the case on a powerful planet. If it is on a planet with weaker native creatures, it is often enough to just throw an insect egg to solve the problem. This is the real horror of the insect swarm.
"So, I choose option two." Leng Xiyao selected option two without hesitation. Even though she was still thinking about how powerful the Zerg was, she still chose the method of practicing psychic energy without hesitation.
Just kidding, she is not stupid. She has discovered over this period of time that psychic power is the root of everything. Without psychic power, she cannot learn or release any skills. For example, the genetic recombination that she cares about most is actually a life skill, which must have a wider range of uses. People like Abathur, the Zerg's "Chief Scientist", must have upgraded this skill to the atmosphere.
If it has a panel too.
Option three seems to provide Leng Xiyao with a partner who may be stronger than Da Huang. In fact, it is already very difficult for her to save evolution points to upgrade Da Huang, and she has no energy to train a second one.
As for option one, if she didn't want to leave the Xingdou Great Forest and keep living here relying on worker bees to mine, then it would indeed be a good choice. But now her armed forces are still too weak. She is afraid that the Leng family will remember her someday, and everything she has built will probably vanish in an instant.
Therefore, we still have to go to the human world to look for resources in the future.
I have to say that although this system is very irresponsible and doesn't teach anything, it runs very efficiently. It is also unlike other systems that randomly stuff things in without considering the host's feelings. Leng Xiyao had already learned how to practice psychic energy without even feeling any special changes.
How should I put it? It's like an innate feeling, as if one is born with it, or as if one has forgotten something and suddenly remembered it. There is no barrier at all, and it is really considerate.
The method of cultivating spiritual power is very simple and can be explained in just one sentence: devouring resources.
No matter whether it is medicinal herbs, minerals, soul rings or soul bones of soul beasts, or even the most ordinary flowers and plants, they can all be devoured by her in a special way and converted into the spiritual energy she cultivates.
Leng Xiyao couldn't help but be speechless. Was she going to go further and further down the ruthless road of drug taking?
"Congratulations to the host for learning how to cultivate psychic energy. Your current psychic energy level is 1, and you have gained one skill point. After that, you can gain one skill point for each level you upgrade. I hope the host will continue to work hard."
(End of this chapter)