Only I can make them stronger

But to be honest, he was also very curious about what this thing was.

If it were in a game, he would have saved the game and started playing.

Moreover, that inexplicably familiar feeling...

"Forget it! If I don't open it and take a look, I won't be able to sleep well for at least a month!" Xia Ye finally succumbed to curiosity, opened the buckle in one go, and flipped open the lid of the box.

The feared scene of flames spewing out did not appear. The structure inside was filled with some kind of black metal material, with only a groove in the center with a small stick embedded in it.

The top of the stick is a black round head, and the handle below is made of shiny silver metal.

"This..." Xia Ye narrowed his eyes and finally remembered.

"Isn't this just a matchstick?! I was wondering why it looked so familiar to me? It was so delicately made that I didn't recognize it at first."

Yes, looking at it now, it is just a matchbox with only one match in it.

The frosted area on the side of the box is where you rub the fire.

"Matches?" The strange term once again attracted the attention of the three people.

"What are matches?" Shana felt that Xia Ye seemed very familiar with the exquisite object in his hand.

"You... don't know matches?" Xia Ye widened his eyes, but soon let it go.

Almost all the energy supply in Hill Continent is given to Lisu. Not to mention matches, even flames are rarely seen in daily life.

Sure enough, when this question was asked, the three of them shook their heads blankly. The scene was funny and awkward at the same time.

"Matches are... a convenient thing that allows anyone to light a fire. Although it has been almost completely replaced in my hometown, everyone used to use it."

"Isn't that very dangerous!" Leah opened her eyes wide and looked at the object in Xia Ye's hand with some fear.

She was born afraid of fire, and most of the aliens who used the flame element had violent personalities. So, in Liya's opinion, being good at using fire was basically synonymous with danger.

Except summer leaves.

"It's not dangerous at all, it's very safe..."

"For this thing, just hold this side, and then use the big end to rub the side of the box to light it..." Xia Ye picked up the matches in the box and planned to teach them by example.

But the moment he picked up the match, Xia Ye was stunned.

Because the description of inspiration that he had been holding back for a long time suddenly appeared in his mind after he turned off the real insight.

"I dance in the heat, I am reborn from the ashes, I descend from the origin, and I am immortal at the end."

For the first time, Xia Ye heard such a clear and first-person description.

It was as if the other person was a living, conscious person.

True insight seemed to be activated automatically as if stimulated, and flames instantly surged around Xia Ye.

The flames were like a giant snake, circling around him, but they did not make him feel the heat at all.

This was also the first time that Xia Ye saw something so real and concrete in his inspirational vision.

But Liashana and the others were unaware and were still waiting curiously for their matchstick teaching.

"What on earth is this..."

"Who is coming..." A proud voice suddenly sounded behind the heavy crowd of Hokage, interrupting Xia Ye's thoughts.

Following the sound, I saw a graceful and plump figure dancing in front of me. Her dance was passionate but also very aggressive, making people feel unable to get close to her.

The flame is the red veil of that figure.

Xia Ye watched intently and could even tell that the dancing figure was naked. Her towering chest bounced with every large movement, and the protrusion on the tip of her chest also pushed up mischievously.

Before he knew it, Xia Ye was so engrossed in watching that he seemed oblivious to his surroundings.

He didn't even notice that the temperature of the flames in his inspirational vision was rising rapidly at an exaggerated rate.

In another second or two, Xia Ye would turn into charcoal from the inside out.

But white flames suddenly surged from his body surface, quickly forming something like a protective shield, blocking the red flames from the outside.

"origin……"

"I've waited for you for ten thousand years..."

"Wake me up... find me..."

As if she felt the appearance of the white flame, the woman behind the flame stiffened and suddenly stopped dancing. Xia Ye also suddenly woke up as if she was poured with a basin of cold water.

But when he raised his eyes again, the flames and the woman had disappeared.

Instead, there was a lot of extra information in his mind.

[The host has obtained the weapon of flaws - Ten Thousand Years Fire]

[Analysis progress of the flawed device - Eternal Fire has reached 7%, and the original ability - Pyromania has been obtained]

[Pyromania: When there is a non-rational element driving the flame around, you can consume mental power to increase the intensity of the flame and control it. The increase and control range are determined by the host's [Intelligence] attribute and [Will] attribute respectively.]

63. Eternal Fire

"Xia Ye? Xia Ye! Are you okay?" Shana's concerned voice brought Xia Ye back to reality.

"I... am fine..." Xia Ye shook his head and glanced at the matches in his hand. The system description of this [Flawed Artifact - Eternal Fire] automatically popped up in his mind.

【Flawed Instrument-Eternal Fire】

[Analysis progress: 7%]

[Synergy Ability: ① Basic Ability - Pyromania]

[Other collaborative abilities are yet to be unlocked]

【Exclusive features:

①Can create irrational fire sources

②It can absorb irrational elements to drive flames and transform them to replenish the host's mental strength.

[Other features are yet to be unlocked]

Not only did he unlock new abilities, but the matches and matchbox also inexplicably became his own.

It seems that the [Instrument of Flaws] is originally a type of prop related to the system, but he just came across it by chance today.

[Eternal Fire] can create fire out of thin air and absorb flames and convert them into mental power. Combined with the effect of [Pyromania] to strengthen and control flames, he suddenly has the ability to cast a spell-like ability next to a fire source.

"If everything is alright, why don't we leave here first? There doesn't seem to be anything special in the cave."

Seeing that Xia Ye looked troubled, Shana couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Because just now there was a layer of white flames covering Xia Ye's eyes, which meant that he had activated his inspiration vision again.

Frequent activation of inspirational vision in the wilderness, no one knows what side effects it will suddenly bring to the activator...

Especially when the thing in his hand was so strange and its origin was unknown.

"Well... let's go..." Xia Ye nodded in a daze.

Although he didn't know what happened, at least the [Eternal Fire] now belonged to him, and the remaining person had all turned into ashes. There was really nothing good to stay here.

After confirming her departure, Leah was the first to rush out, breathing in deep breaths of fresh air outside.

"If...if she stays in there any longer...Liya will die..."

The girl's wheat-colored face turned a little red.

"Encountering this fourth-level remnant should just be an accident. Don't worry..." After sorting out his thoughts, Xia Ye said to Shana, who still looked worried.

"What did you just see? And this thing, are you sure you want to carry it with you?"

Shana had been paying attention to Xia Ye's condition, so she couldn't understand his behavior.

"Didn't I just teach you how to use matches?" Xia Ye smiled bitterly and decided to explain it to them through practical actions.

However, this time he didn't need to pretend, but planned to directly try out the effect of the Eternal Fire.

"This thing only needs to be wiped like this..."

With a "hiss" sound, Xia Ye struck the match, and a flame lit up, scaring Leah, who had just caught her breath, and she shrank back behind Shana.

"Is this... a spell-like ability!?" Kareya and Shana also looked at the flame in Xia Ye's hand in surprise and asked puzzledly.

"It's just some kind of... technology. You can do it if you want." Xia Ye answered casually, paying attention to the match head.

Although it is still burning, there is no sign of being consumed. Just as its name suggests, it seems as if it can burn for ten thousand years.

"But if it's just this extent..." Shana became more confused after hearing this.

She still didn't understand what this thing did, or the cause of death of the survivor.

"Don't be impatient, just keep watching." Xia Ye snapped his fingers and activated the ability of [Pyromania].

I saw the flame, which was originally only the size of a thumb, suddenly shot up into the sky, looking like the magic show effect in my previous life.

This is not over yet. Xia Ye shook the match gently again, and a tongue of fire two or three meters high bit towards the air in front like a giant python.

Although she did not sense any breath of rational elements from it, Shana could vaguely feel from the suddenly rising temperature that this fire seemed to be threatening and not like an ordinary flame.

"Xia Ye, have you mastered the ability of the magic-like domain factor?"

Then she suddenly realized that the culprit behind all this was Xia Ye himself.

"Could it be that... this box can give others genetic abilities!?"

As soon as this guess came out, Shana immediately understood why Xia Ye had brought this thing out with a thoughtful look on his face.

The number of factor abilities of each mutant is fixed. No matter how they are developed, it is an iron rule that they will gain a new ability at each stage.

So if there is something that can give people completely new genetic abilities, it will definitely be fought over by everyone.

"No, it's not that great." But Xia Ye quickly shook his head and explained:

"If nothing unexpected happens, I'm the only one who can use this thing... because only my ability can withstand its test."

Since Careya was beside him, he didn't directly say that he possessed the original ability [Origin], but Shana should be able to understand what he meant based on his words.

"Although the survivor was very strong, he probably used the wrong method when exploring this thing. He failed the test and even tried to use force, which led to the backlash."

This is not Xia Ye talking nonsense.

Now that he was awake, he gradually realized the danger he had encountered when he activated his inspirational vision just now.

If he didn't possess the [Origin], he would have ended up like the survivor.

And the words of the woman in the fire clearly showed that she had some understanding of this ability, and even had a contract with it.

This led to [Eternal Fire] becoming his own property.

"Is this so..."

"Xia Ye is truly unique!" Seeing that Xia Ye could control the flames freely, Leah boldly came closer and looked at Xia Ye with stars in her eyes.

She doesn't have any talent for spell-like abilities, so she has always thought that people with spell-like abilities are very cool.

Now that Xia Ye can control fire at will, his handsomeness index in her heart has risen again.

"Anyway, it seems that this thing is of no harm to me at the moment, and it doesn't take up much space, so I might as well carry it with me. It will give me more abilities and more ways to handle incidents."

"But I still need to find an opportunity to test the specific power of my new ability..."

Xia Ye was just about to extinguish the match and put it away when the soil in front of him began to shake.

Soon, a triangular crystal head emerged from the soil, tilted about 120 degrees, and seemed to be looking at the four people.

"It's a giant phagocytic worm. Its body isn't very strong, but it can move quickly underground. It's not very dangerous, but it's a very troublesome beast to deal with."

Shana quickly recognized the strange-looking thing.

"Leave it to me, it's a good opportunity for me to try my hand..." Xia Ye thought for a moment, held the still burning match in his left hand, put the crowbar on his right hand, and walked up slowly.

64. Xia Ye, comparable to the second level

The macrophage worm is a type 2 monster. Xia Ye proposed to fight alone at this time, and Leah was still a little worried.

But when she was about to step forward to help, Shana stopped her.