System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

"Naive, didn't I tell you to go to the teahouse? Why didn't you go?"

“A big tree in the backyard suddenly broke, which delayed me a bit. I was just about to go there when you came back.”

Zhang Hao wanted Wu Tianzhen to drive him to Wu's Teahouse, but Uncle Wu took Pan Zi and Da Kui back to the old house.

"How could such a perfectly good tree suddenly break? Take me to see it."

Uncle Wu frowned slightly. The trees planted in the backyard were all precious species, and the gardener took good care of them. This kind of thing shouldn't have happened.

They immediately decided to go and check it out.

Wu Tianzhen nodded and led him to the broken tree.

Uncle Wu frowned after just one glance at the broken edge: "The broken edge is completely shattered into powder, clearly indicating that it was broken by a tremendous force."

There were no cars or heavy machinery in the garden, and apart from a few footprints, there were no other traces nearby.

I don't know exactly what caused this situation.

"Third Uncle, my younger brother just said it was broken by a strange wind."

Uncle Wu shook his head upon hearing this: "How could that be? Judging from the condition of the fracture surface, it's more believable that it was broken by a punch than by the wind."

Wu Tianzhen glanced at Zhang Hao as if by some strange impulse. When the tree broke, Zhang Hao was the only one in the entire garden. Could it be that he broke it with a punch?

He shook his head. Zhang Hao wasn't exactly thin, but he wasn't muscular either, so it definitely wasn't him. On the contrary, Da Kui, who was behind his third uncle, was tall and strong, and was more likely to do it.

When Da Kui saw Wu Tianzhen looking at him, he quickly shook his head: "Young Master, why are you looking at me? I've always been by Uncle's side, it could never be me."

"Da Kui, what's the rush? You may be strong, but you could never do something like this. Of course I know it couldn't be you."

Zhang Hao glanced at Da Kui, whose body was covered in solid muscles. In addition, he was tall and big, standing there like a wall. It was obvious that he was extremely strong.

Even so, he could not possibly exceed the human limit of 2000 jin (1,000 catties) of strength.

With a force of 2000 jin versus 60000 jin, a difference of dozens of times, it is naturally impossible to break an ancient tree with a single punch.

Zhang Hao didn't want to dwell on this issue any longer and said:

"Third Brother, I heard you're going to Shandong Province soon. I'd like to go with you and see what it's like."

"No, the dangers inside the ancient tomb are unpredictable. How can I explain to my sister-in-law if something happens to you!"

Zhang Hao's words were met with a firm rejection from Uncle Wu.

"Third Brother, I am capable of protecting myself in the ancient tomb, so you don't need to worry about me."

Uncle Wu looked Zhang Hao up and down and laughed, "I don't believe a scholar like you, who can't even kill a chicken, can protect himself unless you can prove it."

Hearing this, Wu Tianzhen pouted and said, "Third Uncle, are you going to use the same trick you used on me on my uncle again?"

Wu Tianzhen always wanted to go down into the tomb with Uncle Wu, but Uncle Wu always refused, citing the dangers of the ancient tomb.

If you get really annoyed by his persistent requests, just let him prove his abilities by giving you an impossible task.

At this point, he had no choice but to back down.

“I’m giving you a chance. I won’t make things difficult for you. As long as you can lift that broken piece of ancient tree above your head, I’ll agree to let you go with me.”

Wu Tianzhen had an expression that said, "I knew it."

"Uncle, I told you that Third Uncle would definitely not let us go down into the tomb. The broken tree trunk and crown weigh at least one or two tons. It would be very difficult to move. Even Da Kui couldn't lift it over his head."

My third uncle is deliberately making things difficult for us.

Zhang Hao smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true."

He turned to look at Uncle Wu: "Third Brother, you said it yourself, you can't go back on your word!"

After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he walked towards the broken tree, bent down, reached out and grabbed the trunk, and lifted it above his head with a forceful pull.

"W-what?"

Uncle Wu, Wu Tianzhen, Pan Zi, and Da Kui were stunned by what they saw.

"How is this possible?"

A few seconds later, everyone snapped out of their shock.

"Is that human being?"

"Da Kui, didn't you say you couldn't do it? Does he have more strength than you?"

"No, absolutely not. My strength is already at the limit of human potential."

"Uncle, that's great! We can finally go down into the tomb with Third Uncle!"

Zhang Hao smiled slightly. It was impossible for ordinary people, but he was different. Having fused with the ants, he now possessed strength 400 times his own body weight.

"Third Brother, can I go down into the tomb with you now?"

Uncle Wu's lips twitched twice. This trick had always worked against Wu Tianzhen, but he never expected it to backfire this time.

Moving a one-ton object is completely different from lifting a one-ton object overhead.

To lift something overhead, you would need to use several times, or even dozens of times, the force required to move the same object.

That means Zhang Hao's strength is at least tens of tons, how is that possible?

But the fact that it happened right before his eyes left him no choice but to believe it.

"I stand by my word, but can you explain why your power is so terrifying?"

"I don't know, I suddenly have such great power."

Zhang Hao would never say it was because of the system; that was his secret.

So I just made up an excuse, and it doesn't matter whether other people believe it or not.

Seeing that Zhang Hao was unwilling to say more, Uncle Wu did not press the matter further.

"Since you've fulfilled my request, let's go together this time. However, the tomb is dangerous, and strength alone is far from enough. Once we're in the tomb, you must obey my orders and not move or touch anything recklessly."

"Alright, go pack your things, we'll head to Shandong Province together tomorrow."

Zhang Hao originally thought he would have to use a lot of persuasion to get the chance to go down into the tomb together, but he didn't expect that the conditions proposed by Uncle Wu were exactly what he wanted.

Fortunately, it fused with the ant at the beginning, gaining power 400 times its own weight; otherwise, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

We're leaving tomorrow, and time is of the essence. We must buy the diamonds and fuse them as soon as possible to increase our physical defenses, so that we can enter the tomb without any mishaps.

After leaving the garden, he took out his phone to search for the nearest hardware store and bought a glass cutter.

The blade is made of diamond.

Once they reached a secluded spot, he commanded the system, "System, fuse the diamond on the glass cutter."

[Ding, command received, fusion initiation.]

As the system notification sounded, the diamond on the blade instantly transformed into a drop of black liquid, which then rapidly spread, turning into countless tiny molecules that enveloped his entire body.

These molecules seem to come alive and desperately try to penetrate the body.

[Ding, congratulations host, the second fusion is complete. Fusion item: Diamond.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the fusion item's characteristic: Your body has been strengthened, becoming as hard as diamond (normally appearing as an ordinary person, this characteristic only manifests when attacked).]