Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 96 Devouring Crystals

Chapter 96 Devouring Crystals
One day passed.

Lin Ye sneaked into the abandoned city again.

They ignored the two fused monsters that were still patrolling and hunting other mutated beasts.

He headed straight for the chemical plant.

The test results during the day acted like a shot in the arm, giving Lin Ye peace of mind and making him somewhat addicted to the experience.

The fear of the source crystal has been replaced by a desire to test one's own limits.

This time, he was even bolder than last night.

Lin Ye bypassed the outer perimeter and stepped directly into the triangular area squeezed out by the three huge liquid storage tanks, where he sat down cross-legged.

The concentration of energy here is the critical point that his mind can currently withstand.

The Five Qi Guiding Techniques are in operation.

[You have gained 3.5 experience points from practicing the Five Qi Guiding Technique!]

The number of experience gained jumped from 3 to 3.5.

After moving less than two meters in, the efficiency of cultivation began to increase dramatically!

Lin Ye was completely absorbed, frantically drawing in the source energy in the air that had almost materialized.

But soon, that familiar pressure, as if it were about to burst your brain, returned.

Countless chaotic whispers rang in my ears, and my mental energy was rapidly draining away like a balloon with a hole punched in it.

Lin Ye suddenly opened his eyes, his eyeballs bloodshot.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately moved his body backward, retreating from that high-pressure area.

Almost instantly upon detachment, the noise and pressure in my mind vanished.

More than ten seconds later.

The "Out-of-Combat Healing" mechanism was quietly triggered.

In just a dozen breaths, the extreme mental fatigue was swept away, and energy and physical strength were fully restored.

Lin Ye sighed again, "The mechanism of recovering health after disengaging from combat, although it's primitive, and although the system only gave it a white rating."

But in Lin Ye's mind, giving him at least a purple one, or even a gold one, wouldn't be too much to ask!

This mechanism has been crucial along the way.

Lin Ye re-entered that area and continued his cultivation.

When your mental energy is about to run out, immediately exit and rely on passive health regeneration to rest for more than ten seconds.

Then, they threw themselves into it again.

Repeatedly.

……

Two days later.

Lin Ye's figure had already officially stepped into the furnace factory that was filled with fragments of dark blue source crystals.

He no longer needs to cower in the outer corner.

The energy concentration inside the factory was several times higher than outside.

[You have gained 4 experience points from practicing the Five Qi Guiding Technique!]

The efficiency of gaining experience has been improved once again.

However, the psychological impact also increased exponentially.

Lin Ye's cultivation rhythm was forced to change from cultivating for half an hour and resting for ten seconds to cultivating for ten minutes and resting for ten seconds.

Although the time spent on each training session is shortened, the efficiency of gaining experience is higher.

However, the bottleneck of the cultivation technique itself limited the speed at which he absorbed source energy. Lin Ye found that even if he continued to delve deeper, the experience points he gained were always locked at 4 points per session, without any further improvement.

……

Five days later.

Lin Ye officially stepped into the true core area of the entire boiler room.

The ground here is covered with fragments of source crystals of all sizes, like a blue galaxy.

The energy particles in the air were so dense that they were visible to the naked eye, forming a pale blue mist that floated in the air and swirled with Lin Ye's breath.

Lin Ye did not clean up the animal carcasses scattered everywhere.

Because these corpses also contained condensed source crystals, their presence further increased the source energy concentration in this area.

As soon as Lin Ye stepped into this area surrounded by countless source crystals, an unprecedented and terrifying pressure pressed in from all directions.

This time, it wasn't just auditory hallucinations and whispers.

Before Lin Ye's eyes, some fragmented and eerie illusions began to appear.

Those were disjointed, illogical, yet bizarre and fantastical images...

They didn't belong to his life, yet they were like real fragments of memory, forcibly flooding into his mind.

Lin Ye quickly left the area and arrived at the safe zone.

He was breathing heavily, his right hand pressed against his forehead.

Evil door!

This thing is really too eerie! The more Lin Ye got to know it, the more he realized how strange the Source Crystal was.

Under both psychological and physical pressure, Lin Ye entered the central area once again.

Finally, he figured out the pattern.

Here, he had to retreat to the factory gate and rest for a long time after almost every three minutes of cultivation in order to completely eliminate the mental effects brought by the source crystal.

He dared not prioritize efficiency as he had before.

Now, as soon as he senses the illusions becoming clearer and his consciousness is about to give out, he immediately withdraws.

He dared not gamble on whether his willpower could withstand this kind of mental pollution.

During a break from his cultivation, Lin Ye was also seriously considering a question.

why?
Why is it that others would die instantly from touching the Source Crystal, while I can use it to cultivate without any harm, even though there are some side effects?

Is it because of the system?

Just like when I ingested the banned drug, will the system help me filter out all impurities and toxins except for pure energy?

Or is it that my constitution is really that special?

……

The time has come to the eighth day since Lin Ye began his attempt at Source Crystal cultivation.

Abandoned city, the core area of a chemical plant.

Lin Ye slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air with a pale blue halo.

He opened his eyes and his gaze fell on a fragment of source crystal, no bigger than a fingernail, at his feet.

After this period of desensitization training, he is now able to stay in this area for up to fifteen minutes.

Lin Ye finally made up his mind; it was time to make one last attempt!
Lin Ye squatted down, reached out his hand, and gently touched the fragment of the source crystal with his fingertips.

It feels cool to the touch, with a texture like the smoothest jade.

This was the first time he had ever truly touched the Source Crystal with his own body.

Aside from the mental shock that rushed straight to my mind, I felt no discomfort.

Without further hesitation, Lin Ye carefully picked up the smallest fragment of source crystal he could find in the entire factory area.

He then took out a palm-sized, heavy lead box from his pocket and sealed the source crystal fragment inside.

The detail that Yuanjinghui constantly emits highly toxic radiation was a clue Lin Ye got from the tiger descending the mountain ornament in Principal Wang's office.

Lin Ye wasn't worried that placing it in a sealed box would cause anyone's death along the way.

After doing all this, Lin Ye hurriedly left the abandoned city.

Tonight, he has the boldest and craziest idea yet.

Swallow a piece of Source Crystal!
He needs to verify what effects directly consuming the source crystal will produce.

Just like consuming other elixirs for replenishment, the system will directly convert it into the purest energy, granting a massive amount of experience points.

Or is it that I won't be able to tolerate this dosage and will actually become poisoned?
Lin Ye dared not gamble in the abandoned city.

He arrived at the largest central hospital in Dongjiang City.

Lin Ye stopped in his tracks in a dimly lit, deserted back alley next to the emergency department.

Choosing this place was his last resort.

Even if he were to die from poisoning after ingesting the Source Crystal, he could be discovered and rescued in the shortest possible time.

It's better than dying silently in a ruined city, with no one even bothering to collect your body.

Lin Ye raised his wrist and quickly typed a line in the emergency memo on his CR watch:

"I accidentally swallowed this unidentified crystal. If I lose consciousness, please use this as a direction to get help."

The postscript also included a picture of a Source Crystal.

By doing this, Lin Ye felt that even if he lost consciousness, the rescuers would still see the message, preventing him from getting caught up in a classic guessing game.

Finally, Lin Ye set a 5-minute alarm after this memo. If he did not manually cancel the alarm after 5 minutes, it would automatically dial an emergency number.

At the same time, send your own location coordinates.

Everything is ready.

Lin Ye leaned against the cold wall, adjusting his breathing.

He opened the lead box and carefully took out the dark blue fragment of the source crystal.

It radiates an eerie and magnificent luster, like a candy from the abyss.

Lin Ye's heart began to pound uncontrollably.

He put the cold crystal in his mouth.

Lin Ye made up his mind, closed his eyes, and his Adam's apple bobbed.

Swallow it!

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