Origin Paradise!

[Category: Consumables]

[Quality: Average]

[Effect: Provides the vitality required for ten days of normal lifespan]

[Note: It has a theoretical effect on extending lifespan, but it cannot extend lifespan. Over thousands of years, countless aphids have died generation after generation, creating a miracle of life. Method of use: decoct in water and drink.]

Jiang He checked it twice to make sure she wasn't mistaken before dropping the Aphid Bloodstone into her inventory and then crushing the Aphid Honeystone to use it.

Wuhe whispered, "The Aphid Library is leading the knights to fight. As for lifespan, whether or not they can see it doesn't seem to affect the overall situation."

Jiang He nodded. If Aphid Honey Stone is a valuable asset for knights, then the necessity and universality of Aphid Blood Stone have been significantly enhanced. Even if the knights don't use it themselves, they can sell it to those who need it in exchange for a high reward.

Jiang He examined the bodies of the two deceased. In just a few minutes, the knights' bodies showed signs of withering, and aphids, invisible to the naked eye, were gnawing at their flesh. After searching them, he found three pieces of aphid bloodstone.

Since the energy-enhancing aphid honey stone could be used simply by crushing it, there was not a trace of it left on either of them.

Moving forward, the third bookshelf collapses, revealing three interconnected corridors once again.

Jiang He discovered that his path had deviated; the corridor curved at a slight angle, altering the original straight course in the dim light. In short, the Aphid Library wanted outsiders to wander around in circles.

"Who is there!"

The man with sharp teeth shouted.

He is the Shark Rider, possessing a special organ similar to that of a shark—the ampulla of Laurent, an organ capable of detecting weak electric fields, including bioelectricity within the human body.

Across from the man, a blond youth in a second lieutenant's uniform gave a tactical hand signal, and the two reached a tacit understanding.

"How long have you been here?" Jiang He asked tentatively.

No one answered. The Shark Rider attacked first. He was clearly stronger than the Horned Serpent. With a flick of his thick, asymmetrical tail, more than a dozen water bullets containing sharp teeth shot out, with a force no less than that of a powerful crossbow bolt.

Jiang He flicked his wrist, and the gun moved like a shield, shattering the water bullets one by one. The sharp tips of the shark teeth tore through the air, and the whole thing was wrapped in white airflow. But the texture was too brittle, and the teeth shattered the moment they touched the gun.

The blond youth unleashed ten whip-like threads from his fingertips at incredible speed, which stuck to the enemy's gun. His power came from the throat-disc fish, whose adhesive ability was exceptional. The throat-disc fish's adhesive strength was 230 times its own weight, so once it was entangled, there was virtually no chance of escape.

Jiang He simply let go, and the spear landed on the ground, creating a clear dent, with cracks spreading like a net around the floor.

The blond youth's expression changed, and he stretched with all his might, almost staggering and falling to the ground himself.

Seizing the opportunity, the shark knight leaped forward in a few steps. Shield-shaped scales sprouted all over his body, his movements fluid while simultaneously providing considerable direct defensive power and resilience.

As the shark knight closed in, he raised his arm and slashed down, revealing a dense array of sharp, jagged teeth along the outer edge of his arm, resembling a strangely shaped, jagged battle blade.

Jiang He dodged the slash by sidestepping. With his current physical condition, taking this blow would definitely result in a serious injury. However, he took advantage of his high agility and, at the same time as he sidestepped, he launched a powerful strike.

A tremendous force slammed into the shark rider's jaw, and the sound of bones shattering was clearly heard by all three people present.

After the initial strike, Jiang He used the remaining force to sweep his leg back, his calf muscles tensing, like an iron hook shattering the enemy's balance.

The shark rider suddenly fell to the side. Jiang He had already turned around once and delivered a powerful uppercut. The fist was covered in blue and red blood energy. The previous injury continued to penetrate, and he smashed the opponent's head.

Three strikes in an instant took the life of the shark rider.

Jiang He shook off the blood and bits of flesh from his hands. If he had mastered the hidden force, the first punch would have been enough to decide the outcome. After the Great Shaman's Black Tiger Soul attack, he had already grasped a bit of the trick, but to fully master it, he would need two or three more similar opportunities. Overall, it was quite difficult.

Seeing his temporary comrade fall, the blond youth discarded the silk rope in his hand. He raised his hands as a gun, continuously firing net-like silk bullets from his fingertips. As long as the enemy was truly entangled, even knights like bears and tigers would be unable to move.

Unfortunately, Jiang He's rate of fire was much faster.

With two officer-issue revolvers in hand, the triggers were pulled one after another, and bullets hit the mesh wire, causing it to return along its original path.

The blond youth was shot four times, and blood gushed from the bullet holes. He forced himself to stay alert, used the silk thread of the gill-fish to stop the bleeding, then flicked his finger to shoot out a silk thread that stuck to the bookshelf. With a strong pull, he took off and prepared to escape.

Jiang He pulled out the Crimson Baptism, and the Alchemy Piercing Bullet flew out, instantly piercing the enemy's chest, corroding and destroying flesh, shattering armor, and dismembering the body. After the shot rang out, the blond youth exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

After the two died, an aphid honey stone and an aphid blood stone fell to the ground.

Jiang He directly used the Aphid Honey Stone to increase his own energy limit.

[Energy Value: 1120→1130]

A second search of the body yielded five more Aphid Bloodstones, bringing the total to ten.

The battle ended, the bookshelves were restored, and everything still looked dim and dilapidated, while the shattered corpses and bloodstains on the ground added an eerie touch.

Jiang He picked up the spear and stepped away from where he stood. This time, his speed was significantly reduced. With each step, he drew a line at the base of his footprint, using the empty square cheese and bacon cans from his individual rations as right-angle templates, leaving parallel lines to ensure the accuracy of his direction of movement.

Fifty steps later, he almost crashed into the bookshelf.

Jiang He smashed the obstacle in front of him with his gun and continued forward, completely ignoring the corridor's guidance.

Bookshelves appeared one after another, and then broke one after another.

Half an hour later, Jiang He arrived at an open space.

Before him was a high wall, with a door made of aphids within reach, and behind him were nine corridor exits. He had essentially crossed it all the way, deviating from his original path.

"The corridor is the clue, the Aphid Honey Stone and Aphid Blood Stone are the carrots dangling in front of me, and the other knights are the threat. Together they form a labyrinth, but I am not the first person to arrive here."

Jiang He observed the traces around her: blood, pieces of clothing, footprints, and a jumble of clues scattered all over the ground. More than one person had passed through here, and this door in front of her was just one of the ways to enter the library from the outside.

He decided to lie in wait here and hunt down the knights who came after him.

Chapter 86 Dual-Type Sword Scale Snail Dragon Energy Armor

At the end of the dimly lit corridor.

Jiang He waited quietly. The wind emanating from the nine passages before her carried a faint smell of blood. The ancient books on the bookshelves were old and yellowed, not only all of them dating back a thousand years, but the addition of new books indicated that there was a "tomb guardian" here who maintained contact with the outside world.

A few minutes later, soft footsteps could be heard in the corridor.

The newcomer was a tall Prussian female officer with a magnificent longsword, resembling a ceremonial implement, hanging at her waist. Her fitted military uniform was stained with blood from several battles. Upon arriving here, she immediately turned her gaze to the "empty" open space and decisively drew her longsword.

Jiang He took off the color-changing clothes and stuffed them into her pouch. This thing was even more useless than she had imagined. There were many animals and insects in nature that did not rely on sight to hunt, and the person in front of her was probably one of them.

Without any communication, the overly generous rewards made it difficult for the knights to trust each other.

The female officer bent over, holding her long sword to her neck, her legs crossed one in front of the other, and one hand behind her back, presenting a slightly strange posture. But as she exerted all her strength, her speed suddenly increased, and her whole body seemed to become one with the sword.

A swift and fierce thrust!

Iron light flashed in Jiang He's hand as he gripped the Long Regret Spear tightly. He didn't even look at the thrust from the unknown swordsmanship school. He thrust the spear forward, the blue and red tip releasing a blazing light.

The observing mob silently flapped its wings, cheering someone on. Every inch longer, every inch stronger. With the absurd weight of the Changhen Spear, there was absolutely no possibility of "shaking the blade". In the era without magic, the last martial arts champion wielded a 180-pound Guan Dao with a sound like thunder and a force like a tidal wave. With the blessing of the extraordinary, the effect of the Changhen Spear was obviously even more terrifying.

The silver spear, like a dragon striking its claws, unleashed a muffled whistling sound.

The female officer's brows furrowed, and she twisted and lowered herself, narrowly avoiding the shot. A bluish-red flash passed through her abdomen and waist, bringing an intense chill that made her hair stand on end.

Just as she was about to touch the ground, eight spider legs suddenly emerged from her back. Just as she was about to continue her charge, the spear crashed down.

In the face of life and death, the female officer desperately moved to the side. The gunshot shattered four limbs, even leaving a conspicuous crater in the spot. Green blood flowed from the severed limbs, and when it came into contact with the air, it vaporized into a poisonous mist.

The wind howled.

Jiang He flicked his gun to disperse the gradually spreading fog.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the female officer successfully escaped her disadvantage. Her gaze was extremely solemn. At the same time, a pair of spider eyes appeared on her cheeks, greatly enhancing her reaction speed and dynamic detection ability. The white downy hairs on her skin stood up, allowing her to accurately detect the subtle air currents. It was because of this ability that she discovered someone who was invisible as soon as she stepped out of the corridor.

In her second attack, the female officer chose to approach in an arc, intending to use her spider eyes and body hair for a skillful entanglement.

Jiang He pulled out his sniper rifle. Before he could even raise the gun, the female officer's expression changed. Her four spider legs on her back intertwined wildly, weaving layers of spider webs to protect her.

The bullets shot out and struck the densely covered white wall of spider webs. The spider silk was extremely tough, which effectively reduced the damage from penetration, but the enormous kinetic energy still blasted it several meters away, smashing two rows of aphid-infested bookshelves.

The female officer landed, her internal organs churning, and a violent dizziness surged through her, which she forcefully suppressed. Just then, the buzzing of a sharp weapon cutting through the air rang in her ears.

Jiang He unfurled a blood wing, and 1,800 iron feathers shot out, each covered with corrosive blue-red blood energy, instantly forming a spider web.

Blood corroded the spider silk, and melting holes appeared one by one. Jiang He aimed and fired again, the bullet shattering the female officer's right arm and entire shoulder.

Death was imminent, and a second bullet struck.

The female officer spun a net into a string, attaching the two ends to the ground and the bookshelf respectively. A magnificently decorated longsword, its blade golden, flew from the string. This sword belonged to the Serpent Knight, a remnant of a golden cobra, and contained a rare and potent venom.

The bullet pierced the female officer's skull, shattering her flesh and turning her bones to dust.

The flying sword was equally fast, like a venomous snake lunging to bite, leaving the enemy with no way to avoid it.

Jiang He raised the Garuda armor, and with a clang, the area around the sword tip quickly turned pitch black. He took a step back, and the golden longsword fell to the ground. The deadly poison had nearly destroyed one-tenth of the entire armor.

"The structure is not rigorous enough."

Jiang He examined himself. Garuda Mode - Full Enhancement could give him a significant overall boost. More importantly, the energy armor itself had helped him block many fatal wounds. However, as the strength of the enemies he faced continued to increase, this defense gradually became somewhat weak. Drum Shrimp, Gray Eagle, and Spider had all breached his defenses in multiple battles.

Overall, the Garuda Armor is still at a primitive energy coverage level with a simple structure; it is simply "worn" on the body. To further enhance its defensive capabilities, the armor's structure must be refined.

This requires strong energy control.

Jiang He rummaged through his pouch and found a snail shell fragment in his hand. This fragment came from the snail rider in the encounter at the train station. The opponent was shot four times by Scarlet Baptism at full strength before barely falling. Even ordinary scaly-footed snails in nature can withstand small-caliber bullets with their special compound scale structure shell.

The new energy armor has a ready-made upgrade template, but he undoubtedly lacks the precision of energy control to create it.

Jiang He pondered for a moment, then temporarily put the Half-Dragon Armor, Lionheart King Gauntlets, and Helmet from his equipment inventory into his item pouch, and then filled it with the snail shell fragments.

An invisible defense immediately appeared on the surface of the body.

This defense is significantly weaker than actually wearing the item. The advantage is that after the defense is breached, it can slowly recover by consuming stamina. It also makes it convenient for players with limited access to daily activities, preventing them from being "completely defeated" in battle.

But now, the focus is on the "appearance" of invisible defense.

Jiang He released energy and poured it into this invisible defense, like pouring molten iron into a mold. After it solidified and stabilized, a scaled snail shell was cast.

Following the same method, a brand-new energy armor appeared.

Jiang He put the three defensive items back into his equipment slots and copied them one by one, especially the sword and shield-shaped scales on the Half-Dragon Armor.

A moment later, a set of rugged blue-red armor was created, covering every corner of the body. The edges of the scales were distinct, the shape was smooth, and it was full of powerful exquisiteness.

At the same time, a notification sound rang.

[Name: Dual-Type Sword Scale Snail Dragon Energy Armor]

[Category: Active Skill]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect ①: Increases all base stats by 40%]

[Effect 2: Extreme Toughness]

[Effect 3: Advanced Shock Absorption]

[Effect 4: Intermediate Water Repellency]

[Note: At full load, it consumes 100 energy points per minute. This skill is player-created, and its detailed usage cannot be accurately assessed.]

Jiang He thought of Si Ning's Flower Sword Eyes. The other party's strange eyes might also be the core ability she had created, after all, there were several different branches of ability residing in them. As for her Garuda Mode: Sword Scale Snail Dragon Armor, it mainly specialized in defense.

Chapter 87 Salamander Lieutenant

An open space at the end of the corridor.

As the torrential rain outside intensified, the surroundings became even darker and more desolate. The spider-woman officer's mangled body lay on the ground, her blood nearly dried, and aphids were rapidly absorbing her nutrients.

A honey stone and a blood stone fell to the ground with a thud.

[Energy Value: 1130→1140]

Jiang He didn't mind searching her body. The Spider Female Officer was at the level of an elite knight, and she had seven Aphid Bloodstones on her body that could be used to extend lifespan.

This brings the total harvest to eighteen.

In addition, the golden longsword used by the opponent is a secret treasure.

[Name: Golden Cobra Sword]

[Category: Primary Weapon]

[Quality: Rare]

[Effect ①: Intermediate Durability]

[Effect 2: The sword blade possesses a consistently rare and potent poison]

[Note: He was once a knight's most trusted sword]

Five minutes later, the footsteps sounded again.

The British lieutenant who had reached the end had already smelled the blood. He looked very thin, with a translucent membrane between his arms and ribs. He held a dagger upside down in his left hand and gripped a revolver tightly in his right, looking ready for battle.

The lieutenant glanced down at the signs of involvement with the corpse, then squinted at the Prussian private blocking his path.