Tomb Raiding: All Things Merge, Starting with 400x Strength

"The ancestral tablet is the most important treasure of the Three Surnames Water Demon. We don't know whose it is. Don't let today's events get out of reach of others, lest we get into unnecessary trouble."

Uncle Wu gave Zhang Hao a few instructions and then tossed the ancestral tablet back to Fatty.

"So this is the ancestral tablet of the Three Surnames Water Demon. It is said that with it, one can locate the position of an underwater ancient tomb. It is truly a rare treasure."

The fat man held the ancestral tablet with envy that made his eyes red.

Compared to ancient tombs on land, underwater tombs are more difficult to plunder, and are relatively better preserved, containing countless treasures.

Now that a treasure capable of locating an underwater ancient tomb has appeared, no one can resist its allure.

"Brother Zhang Hao, you must keep this safe and don't lose it."

The fat man reluctantly returned the ancestral tablet to Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao put away the ancestral tablet and placed it into his storage space. At that moment, a system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully completing the Lu Palace. You have been awarded 4 opportunities for the Fusion of All Things. Defeating 3 enemies will grant you 3 more opportunities, for a total of 7 opportunities.]

Zhang Hao was taken aback; it turned out that killing enemies in the ancient tomb could also reward fusion attempts.

The three enemies rewarded the player with three fusion attempts.

It seems that in addition to exploring ancient tombs, you can also obtain fusion attempts by defeating enemies within them.

It's all thanks to those three people; otherwise, how would they have gotten three more opportunities to merge?

"System, open the properties panel!"

Name: Zhang Hao

【Age: 18】

[Bloodline: Qilin Bloodline Tier 1 (Evolution Progress 1/10)]

[System: Level 1 All Things Fusion System (8/10). New abilities will be unlocked after leveling up.]

[Remaining fusion attempts: 7]

[Items already fused: Ants, Diamond, Warehouse, Qilin Blood, Human-faced Black Pig, Bat, Blood Corpse, Nine-headed Hydra Cypress]

[Gained Abilities: 400 times body weight in strength, body as hard as diamond, 1000 cubic meters of storage space, Qilin bloodline, spider-like senses, sonic positioning, speed increased by 500%, and vitality increased by 500%.]

[Ongoing Quest: Hidden Quest, collect 3 Snake-Eyebrow Bronze Fish, completion reward 5 fusion attempts: current quest progress 1/3.]

The system has been merged 8 times. Two more system merges will allow you to upgrade and unlock new abilities.

Zhang Hao was also very curious about what new ability had been unlocked.

There are still 7 fusion attempts left, which is relatively generous.

He plans to use two fusion attempts to upgrade the system to level 2 first.

Many items were brought out of the Lu King's palace this time, including many with special functions. For example, there was the Heavenly Star Stone, which could restrain the Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress; eyeballs that could induce illusions and unknowingly erase memories; Qilin Blood, which could cure poison; and the Corpse Beetle King, which could turn people into blood corpses...

These items should all be special items; fusing them can accelerate the evolution of the Qilin bloodline.

With each evolution, all attributes of the Qilin bloodline increase exponentially.

With the benefits of fusion items and the added bonus of the Qilin bloodline, it's believed that his strength will soon reach a terrifying level.

Even if the enemy behind the scenes, who controls many forces, comes after us, we will have the ability to deal with it.

With a thought, Zhang Hao first took out two eyeballs that looked like jade.

This was taken from the eye sockets of the Blue-Eyed Fox Corpse, who were then being attacked by green light emanating from their eyeballs.

Even people like myself and Zhang Qilin, who have the bloodline of the Qilin, were affected.

If it were an ordinary person, a single glance from them would probably make them wish they were dead.

"System, fuse the eyeballs!"

[Ding, command received, fusion initiation.]

As the system notification sounded, the two eyeballs in his hand instantly transformed into two drops of emerald green liquid, which then transformed 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, your 9th fusion is complete. Fusion item: Illusion Jade.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained the fusion item's property: Illusion (cast through the eyes, it can trap people in an illusion and erase some of their memories).]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing the special item Illusionary Jade. Bloodline evolution progress +1. Level 0 Qilin bloodline evolution progress 2/10.]

The material used to make these two eyeballs is called Illusion Jade, which, when fused together, gives them the ability to cast illusions.

Gaining illusionary abilities is no simple feat; it can not only trap people in illusions but also erase parts of their memories.

This is too perverted.

A single glance can decide a person's life or death; isn't this the power of a legendary deity?

I just don't know if this ability would be effective against those who live forever by possessing other people's bodies.

After fusing the Illusion Jade, Zhang Hao took out the Heavenly Star Stone.

"System, fuse with the Heavenly Heart Stone."

[Ding, command received, fusion initiation.]

As the system notification sounded, the Heavenly Heart Stone in his hand instantly transformed into a pool of starlight-shimmering liquid, which then turned 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, your 9th fusion is complete. Fusion item: Celestial Star Stone.]

[Ding, congratulations host for obtaining the fusion item's property: storing consciousness and memories.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for fusing the special item Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress. Bloodline evolution progress +1. Level 0 Qilin bloodline evolution progress 3/10.]

"what?"

Zhang Hao originally thought that the ability he gained from fusing with the Heavenly Star Stone would be something that could counter the Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress.

The ability I've gained is to store consciousness and memories.

Wouldn't that make me the perfect vessel for those who gain immortality by possessing other people's bodies?

The thought of this gave Zhang Hao a huge headache.

The Faqiu Seal also possessed this ability, and it was precisely because of this ability that it attracted the covetous eyes of others, leading to the annihilation of the Faqiu Clan.

Fortunately, only I know the extent of my physical condition, and if I don't tell anyone, no one else will.

Although it won't cause any trouble, it still makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Zhang Hao thought of a question.

Those people are searching for containers to store consciousness and memories in order to achieve immortality.

And one's own body is a perfect container, which means that consciousness and memories can be preserved forever. Doesn't that mean that one can achieve immortality without lifting a finger?

He then shook his head. Immortality was definitely not that simple; there must be some unknown secrets involved.

The only way to find out the secret is to ask those who have gained immortality by possessing other people's bodies.

However, they look no different from ordinary people, so finding them is not so easy.

If we can't find those people for the time being, we can only wait for them to come to us.

As Zhang Hao was pondering the problem, the system notification sounded again.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have completed 10 fusions. The All Things Fusion System level has increased by 1. Current system level: 2. New system functions have been unlocked...]