Chapter 109 – Gaining Power

Yashan said, “I want revenge, I want to kill that bone-man! But I can’t… Boss Wei, please help me…”

Su Hao immediately replied, “I can’t help you, and I might not be a match for that bone-man. Don’t think about throwing your life away. Live well and take care of your daughter! Without your protection, your daughter will have a hard time growing up.”

Yashan suppressed his emotions and said, “I know, Boss Wei, I know. But my heart is filled with hatred right now. I want to make him taste the bitterness of losing everything! I have to kill him, otherwise, I can’t face Taini, nor can I face myself… After I kill him…”

Seeing that Su Hao didn’t reply, Yashan choked out again, “Boss Wei, I’ll do anything as long as I can kill the bone man. I’ll be your ox or horse! Please, help me. I can’t do it myself, I really can’t…”

Su Hao pondered for a long time. The only person he was somewhat familiar with in this world was Yashan, but they were only acquaintances. How could he risk his life to help him?

However, seeing Yashan’s carapace, Su Hao’s mind suddenly became active, and he thought of many things.

A moment later, Su Hao slowly said, “It’s not impossible to kill that bone man.”

The despairing Yashan suddenly raised his head, looking at Su Hao eagerly.

Su Hao added, “I can help you gain the power to kill the bone man, but…”

Yashan asked anxiously, “But what?”

Su Hao held up two fingers and said, “But you need to wait two years, at least two years. You can go kill him after two years.”

Yashan was overwhelmed with joy. No matter how long he had to wait, as long as the bone man died, it was enough. He could afford to wait.

This outcome was a thousand times better than having no hope of revenge at all!

Su Hao added, “There are conditions! Don’t think my help is a given.”

“First, you will be my Assistant for five years, available whenever I call.”

“Second, you cannot reveal what you receive from me to any third party without my permission, including your daughter Taini.”

“Third, I won’t help you for no reason. You need to demonstrate your value. You’ll help me with something in five years, what it is, I’ll tell you then.”

Yashan immediately replied, “Okay!”

…

When the Thread Demon Xike burst into An’s office, the flames had already begun to creep up the thin threads towards the envelope. Just a few more seconds and the envelope would have been consumed by fire.

Xike raised his hand, and an invisible thread shot out, wrapping around the envelope and pulling it back into his hand. He casually extinguished the flames and opened the letter.

“Respected XikeLeader, congratulations on making it in time. I have already placed the flesh and blood of the Level Five Manipulation King you requested in your home. No need to thank me, it’s my duty. Also, I regret to inform you of some bad news: the flesh and blood of the Manipulation King in your home is only half of it, not enough for you to advance. The other half was stolen six months ago by the Nightfiend who suddenly appeared in the city. I was helpless. If you truly wish to advance, you need to find the Nightfiend. Thank you again for your help!”

“Scoundrel!” The Thread Demon furiously shredded the letter to pieces.

“Ah!!!” He vented his fury, and the three-story building was instantly cut into pieces and collapsed with a roar.

Meanwhile, An, whom he wished he could tear to shreds, had already arrived outside the south of the city, reuniting with his Six Star Gang members.

Forde, a Level Two Evolved Human of the Shen Armor sequence, had successfully advanced to become a Level Three Evolved Human, the Counter-Thorn Beast, gaining two new abilities: ‘Damage Reflection’ and ‘Flying Needles’.

And Xiali, a Level Two Evolved Human of the Thread Weaver sequence, the Entangler, had also successfully advanced to become a Level Three Evolved Human, the Cutting Beast, acquiring the abilities ‘Sharp Line’ and ‘Penetrating Line’.

An didn’t rush to consume the flesh and blood in his hand. Instead, he gathered his people and asked, “I am about to leave this city. What are your choices?”

Counter-Thorn Beast Forde immediately replied, “Leader, I’ll go with you.”

Xiali said, “I’ll find you after I kill that bitch Xia Luo.”

The other two agreed to let Harmony go.

An nodded and turned into the darkness, saying, “Then let’s go!”

Everyone followed An except Xiali.

…

Yashan’s home was destroyed, so Su Hao decided to keep Yashan by his side and treat her as a domestic servant.

However, his courtyard was a bit small.

So they moved to a larger house. As for the funds, Yashan had saved some money from working as a janitor over the years, and Su Hao borrowed it without any pressure to use for now.

After Su Hao finished checking Taini’s injuries, he turned to Yashan, who was looking at him anxiously, and said, “Don’t worry, she’ll be back on her feet soon.”

Yashan was first overjoyed, then his face showed sadness. Taini had not yet woken up, and he didn’t know how he would tell her the news of Harmony and their son’s death when she woke up.

Su Hao walked out the door and said to Yashan behind him, “Yashan, come with me. Before I help you gain power, let’s confirm a few things.”

Yashan heard this, put away his sorrowful expression, and followed Su Hao to the courtyard.

Since the death of his wife and son, his heart had become much colder. He used to be like a playful big kid, pursuing the illusory [God] without restraint. Now, he had suddenly become a truly mature man.

However, the price of this transformation was immense.

Su Hao pulled out a small, gleaming knife from somewhere, sending a chill down Yashan’s spine, filling him with a sense of unease.

Even a mature man could not face a knife without flinching.

Su Hao chuckled, “Don’t worry, I just need to take a small sample.”

Yashan nodded silently.

Su Hao said, “Yashan, transform into a [Crawler] first.”

“Yes, Boss Wei!” Yashan nodded. He took off all his clothes except for his underwear, and his body visibly grew taller at a rapid pace. His skin turned dark and hard, finally shining with a dark luster, like the carapace of a dung beetle, looking extremely tough. His girth also increased by two sizes, and in just a few seconds, a thick layer of carapace covered him from head to toe.

There was no longer any sign of Yashan’s appearance.

Every time Su Hao witnessed this transformation, he was deeply shocked, finding it almost unbelievable.

“During the transformation, Blood Qi is being consumed in large quantities,” Su Hao perceived Yashan’s current state through Radar Perception and made a guess.

Perhaps, Blood Qi is the energy source that activates genes to achieve transformation. In other words, Blood Qi is very likely the energy the Zhu Huo People spoke of.

However, the people in this world do not know how to accumulate and control Blood Qi in large quantities, only relying on their bodies’ instincts to accumulate it.

Because they only needed to plunder genes to easily accumulate Blood Qi and advance, they did not conduct in-depth research on Blood Qi energy.

However, this guess needs to be proven through experiments.

Before that, Su Hao needed to conduct a small experiment.

Su Hao gently tapped Yashan’s shell with the back of his knife, making a ‘ding ding’ sound, and asked, “Yashan, can you control the shape of your shell?”

Yashan shook his head and said, “No, it looks the way it is when it’s used.”

Su Hao nodded and said, “If the shell detaches from your body, will it disappear?”

Based on the previous battle with [Bone Demon], Su Hao found that the Bone Spikes generated by Bone Demon would gradually shatter and dissipate after a while. [Crawler], which is in the same sequence as [Bone Demon], might have the same characteristics.

Yashan shook his head and said, “This… I haven’t tried it before, I don’t know what will happen.”

Su Hao waved the small knife in his hand and smiled, “Come on, we’ll know once we try.”

Next, with Yashan’s extreme cooperation, Su Hao successfully removed a piece of shell from Yashan and let it sit for a while.

After confirming that the shell would not disappear, Su Hao began to experiment with the shell’s properties.

According to Su Hao’s idea, the reason why the Gold-Thread Worm in his previous life was the key to solidifying Runes was that the Gold-Thread Worm’s life characteristics had better conductivity for Blood Qi than other things.

So, does the shell transformed from Yashan’s transformation also possess biological characteristics and have good Blood Qi conductivity?

To Su Hao’s surprise, Yashan’s shell also had good Blood Qi conductivity, and it could completely replace the role of the Gold-Thread Worm.

This made him very interested in this shell. In his previous life, he had captured many creatures with shells and tried to carve Runes on them, but all of them failed. The reason was that the shell’s Essence had been completely transformed and detached from the realm of flesh and blood, no longer possessing good Blood Qi conductivity.

But Yashan’s shell was different. The shell formed from Yashan’s skin was a special substance that existed between flesh and blood and biological shells. It resembled a shell, but its Essence was still flesh and blood. As long as Yashan was willing to spend Blood Qi, he could turn back into skin and flesh.

Then Su Hao’s gaze towards Yashan changed, as if he were looking at an inexhaustible supply of Gold-Thread Worms.

Su Hao’s attitude towards Yashan became very friendly. He pulled Yashan’s hand and said, “Yashan, come, come, come! I’ll teach you how to gain power now!”

Yashan was overjoyed.

What did Yashan’s shell’s good Blood Qi conductivity mean to Su Hao?

(End of Chapter)