dmims Chapter 74 Attribute Enhancement
Chapter 74 Attribute Enhancement
Luo Lan squatted beside the pile of rubble, tapping her knee idly with her left bone claw.
After listening quietly to Victor's "authentic" explanation, I finally got a general idea of what had happened.
In short: Luo Lan carelessly assembled a slime contaminated with Outer Gods, and his soul was almost sent away as a tribute. Victor pulled him back and also cleaned up the remaining contamination.
As for more specific details, even with the "authentic voice pack," Victor couldn't say them, so Luo Lan could only suppress his questions for the time being and change the subject:
"So... why do those foreign gods go to such great lengths to perform sacrificial rituals in Akquad?"
The kitten licked its front paws leisurely, a soft "er" sound escaping its lips:
"Nothing else, our Akquaid's lord is the lord."
After hearing this, Luo Lan reached up and rubbed her temples:
"Uh... okay, I think I get it. Ah Cat, you should switch back to your old way of speaking."
It's not that Luo Lan felt there was anything wrong with understanding this "authentic" accent.
Just looking at this smooth-furred, soft-looking Ragdoll cat with its distinctively thick, local accent from an old man in Blue Star Park, I felt a strong sense of incongruity rushing to my head.
In comparison, Luo Lan still prefers Victor's previous synthesized voice, which is so smooth that it's almost devoid of emotional fluctuations, at least it doesn't break the immersion.
The ragdoll kitten blinked its deep blue eyes:
"As you wish... it has been switched."
The cold, precise neutral synthesized voice returned to the kitten's body.
Hearing that familiar voice, Luo Lan looked down at the adorable kitten on her lap, her voice filled with genuine gratitude:
"But... this time, you really helped me a lot. Victor, you saved my life."
The kitten perched on Luo Lan's lap, its dark blue pupils flickering with data before it finally spoke:
"No. My oversight could have prevented this situation. It's because I'm not yet familiar with the specific permissions you hold for the Order Dust. I will prevent similar situations from happening in the future."
Luo Lan nodded in agreement. Although Victor took the blame upon himself, Luo Lan knew that the root cause of the accident was still himself.
He reached out and ruffled the kitten's head again.
"Yes, I'll be more careful before assembling it next time."
Luo Lan would never dare to recklessly assemble unknown materials again. She had already carefully scanned the slime with [True Sight Lv.1] before.
However, [True Vision lv.1] also has the limitation of reducing the amount of information displayed when dealing with things of a higher level than itself.
With Luo Lan's current soul level, he is completely unable to see through high-level divine pollution.
All I could do was silently raise my guard. If all else failed, I would have to ask Victor before assembling anything too bizarre in the future.
After roughly figuring out what had happened to him...
Luo Lan probably understood that the planet "Akquade" had a unique character in the entire universe.
It was not the ordinary sword and magic world that Luo Lan thought it was, but a piece of fat meat that even the immortal beings outside of the "Stars" coveted.
[And in the eyes of those beings, a soul possessing both Order Dust and Chaos Essence is probably just a piece of meat smeared with sauce?]
Luo Lan suppressed these thoughts. It was enough to remember the lessons learned from surviving the ordeal; dwelling on them repeatedly would only make her hesitant and timid.
Don't think about things too far ahead; focusing on improving your skills in a down-to-earth manner is the key.
Shift your focus back to yourself and activate [True Vision lv.1] to introspect once more.
What first caught Luo Lan's attention was the change in her own basic attributes on the data panel.
Originally maintained at [Willpower: 13], it has now been directly raised to [Willpower: 15], possibly because of the journey outside the "Stars" and the direct confrontation with the indescribable pollution of the Outer Gods.
The two attribute points increased exponentially.
However, recalling the experience of not even knowing how he died before the memory gap, Luo Lan would rather not have to go through that kind of attribute boost that he risked his life for a second time.
Then, there's the newly added Gold-tier Extraordinary Monster assembly component—[Slime from Flesh and Blood Slime Aggregate].
The "evil thought" slime that nearly killed Luo Lan was wiped clean of its high-dimensional contamination by Victor using unknown methods.
It not only gave Luo Lan two specializations and one skill, but also permanently increased his current physical attributes by 1 point.
Don't underestimate this mere 1 point of attribute. It directly represents a 1.2-fold increase from the original level!
[It seems that forging higher-level transcendent beings might directly result in attribute boosts?]
Feeling the viscous blood flowing through my veins, and the enhanced physical condition with a slightly sluggish, liquid feel under my skin.
Luo Lan silently shifted her future plans for utilizing assembly capabilities towards a "quality over quantity" approach:
[In the future... unless it's a very useful low-level skill or feat, it's best to save your points for forging high-level materials.]
If assembling high-level materials can directly increase attribute points, then the cost-effectiveness is extraordinary.
However, Roland did not intend to let go of some useful low-level feats, such as the Walking Mushroom's [Organic Absorption] and the Dire Wolf's [Chaos Erosion], which he had encountered in the first level of the Rift.
Previously, I was rushing to quickly farm the Rift Ruins and didn't have enough Chaos Source Points, so I didn't spend time assembling materials.
Now that the points are plentiful and the core of the Rift has been absorbed, the chaotic mist of the Rift and the surrounding mountains is about to dissipate.
Luo Lan planned to acquire those two specialties on her return trip.
Good monster feats can have unexpected benefits.
Just like the Flesh Slime's specialties of [Semi-liquid] and [Physical Resistance], it brought about some fundamental changes to Luo Lan's entire flesh and blood.
[Try it first.]
"Click."
Luo Lan reached out and unfastened the clasp on her right forearm.
The heavy steel arm guards fell off, revealing the bare forearms underneath, with muscles that were not exaggerated but solid.
It looks no different from a normal person; the color and texture are normal.
But then, he moved his right hand fingers.
The sensation from my fingertips is different from before; there's an extra layer of fluid elasticity under my skin. When I press down, it will slightly indent, and it will immediately spring back when I release it.
Then, Luo Lan clenched his left bone claw into a fist and slammed it down on the outside of his right forearm without hesitation.
"Smack."
The sound of flesh colliding was somewhat wet and sticky.
The moment the fist struck, a flesh-colored ripple spread across the skin of the right arm.
The entire skin, like churned gel, rippled outwards from the point of impact, the kinetic energy being evenly diffused throughout the entire arm by this semi-liquid subcutaneous tissue.
Luo Lan felt no pain at all in her right arm.
Even the shockwave was perfectly dispersed.
After the left fist was pulled back, the skin on the right arm returned to its original state in less than a second, so smooth that not even a red mark was left.
The special ability [Physical Resistance] provides resistance to blunt force attacks, which is ridiculously strong for a low-level transcendent being.
"Zheng".
Luo Lan gripped the hilt of the Holy Kingdom's standard broadsword stuck in the ground with his other hand and pulled it out.
Raising his right hand, Luo Lan pressed the tip of his index finger directly against the sharp, gleaming sword blade.
As the force increased, the newly grown, resilient flesh at the fingertips slid smoothly to both sides under the pressure of the blade.
The skin and flesh at the fingertips had become so deformed that, in an ordinary human being, nerves and blood vessels would be severed to an inhuman degree.
But Luo Lan's right finger didn't even have a white mark left, let alone any broken skin or bleeding.
"Sizzle—"
Until Luo Lan made a tough decision, pressed her fingertips tightly against the sword's edge, and forcefully slashed downwards.
The extremely sharp blade of the broadsword finally cut a small gash at the fingertip, and thick blood seeped from the edge of the wound.
Dark red blood beads seeped out from the thin, long cut. The blood was noticeably more viscous than normal, slowly overflowing with a stringy texture.
Staring at the tiny, curled wound, Luo Lan took the opportunity to activate another new skill he had just acquired.
[Self-healing lv.2].
At the very instant the skill was activated, the flesh at the edge of the wound on the fingertip seemed to come alive as if it had developed its own consciousness.
A subtle wriggling sensation came from my fingertips, and the cracked wound contracted and closed smoothly, the skin and flesh on both sides connecting seamlessly.
If it weren't for the few drops of dark red, sticky blood still clinging to the fingertips, the smooth, untouched skin would have made it impossible to tell that it had just been cut open by a sharp blade a few seconds earlier.