Chapter 2802: Modification Qiu Yaokang didn’t understand the meaning in Fang Heng’s gaze and asked, “How does it feel?” Fang Heng shook his head and said, “It’s fine, doesn’t feel much.” It seemed there were many potion game hints, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that all negative effects were completely cleared within 3 seconds. “Hmm, that’s good, it looks like my experimental data isn’t off by much.” Saying this, Qiu Yaokang gave another glance to a researcher. The researcher immediately walked up to the two of them, holding a tray. Qiu Yaokang carefully put on gloves, used alloy tweezers to pick up the cocoon from the metal tray, and brought it closer to Fang Heng’s rolled-up sleeve. “Chi, chi chi…” Hmm? When the cocoon was less than 20 centimeters away from Fang Heng’s arm, Fang Heng’s right arm suddenly changed. His skin suddenly ripped open, revealing a hole, from which small, bright red, flesh-like growths extended. The growths couldn’t spread too far, but they seemed to have an intense craving for the cocoon. The researchers present stared at Fang Heng, their eyes full of shock. Fang Heng was also a bit surprised, looking at his shoulder. “Don’t be nervous, this is a normal phenomenon, it just happens to show that you and the cocoon share the same origin virus,” Qiu Yaokang said, his tone becoming more serious as he continued to push the cocoon closer to Fang Heng. Fang Heng thought to himself, “Normal my ass.” He had used the cocoon near his body before, but nothing like this had ever happened. It had something to do with the potion he had drunk earlier. “Chi!” The cocoon moved closer to the torn muscle gap on his arm until it was completely swallowed by his body. The wound on his arm quickly healed. Qiu Yaokang placed the tweezers back onto the assistant’s tray and focused on Fang Heng’s physical changes. Two full minutes passed, and seeing that Fang Heng was still standing there unharmed, he couldn’t help but frown and ask, “How do you feel?” Fang Heng lifted his arm again and examined it carefully. It felt as if the cocoon had completely fused into his body, leaving no trace of change, as if it had always been a part of him. “It doesn’t seem like anything’s happened.” As soon as the words left his mouth, a game hint appeared. [Hint: The player has successfully absorbed and fused the Seed of Ouroboros.] [Hint: The player has currently awakened a hidden ability of the Seed of Ouroboros.] [Hint: The player’s talent skill has changed.] [Hint: Due to the absorption and fusion of Seed of Ouroboros (Level 2), the player’s current ability of the Seed of Ouroboros has been upgraded to Level 3.] Fang Heng’s brow furrowed tightly. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂 This was bad. With this game hint, he was now even more certain. He was the Seed of Ouroboros. And Xia Xi was likely his cultivator. Fang Heng scratched his hair and carefully looked at the description. There were no other changes to his talent skills, except for an additional branch with the extra boost from the Seed of Ouroboros. Talent boost: Seed of Ouroboros (Level 3) Talent boost description: All basic attributes of the player +3. The player’s zombie clone can now acquire an additional external modification ability. Hmm? External modification ability? What was this? Fang Heng furrowed his brow slightly, looked up at Qiu Yaokang, and asked, “The game hint says my zombie clone got an external modification ability. Do you know what it is?” “Hm,…” Qiu Yaokang stroked his chin, thinking for a moment, then said, “It seems like my prediction was pretty close. To put it simply, you can think of it as your zombie clone being able to undergo an additional modification.” “For example, the Licker, where bone wings extend from its spine, allowing it to achieve short-distance flight.” Flight ability?! Ji Xiaobo, who had been listening nearby, couldn’t help but exclaim, “Can it really do that?” In Ji Xiaobo’s eyes, the Licker was already terrifying enough, and with flight ability added to it, wouldn’t it be invincible? Qiu Yaokang calmly glanced at Ji Xiaobo and continued, “Theoretically, it’s entirely possible, but the premise is that it must share the same origin as the cocoon virus. Flight ability isn’t included in that list. We’ve conducted some tests, and so far, we’ve found only a few kinds of compatible abilities from the available biological materials.” “The current available additional abilities are spiked armor and acidic bodily fluids.” “Spiked armor can slightly increase defensive ability and provide some damage reflection when subjected to physical attacks. Acidic bodily fluids cause high-efficiency extra damage when there are destructive wounds and provide a corrosion effect when biting…” As Qiu Yaokang explained these two additional skills, the game hints appeared in Fang Heng’s retina. [Hint: The player’s research institute additional ability options-acidic fluid, spiked armor.] [Hint: The player can choose to add, but the additional effect will not be retained after the zombie clone’s death. The player may also choose to consume additional King of Gods’ points to have the effect remain after the zombie clone’s death.] Fang Heng stroked his chin, beginning to understand. It seemed that the cocoon wasn’t enhancing his strength, but rather the special abilities of the zombie clone he controlled. If he were to make an analogy… It was somewhat similar to the Disaster creatures. Fang Heng looked up and asked, “When can we start the fusion process?” “We can start anytime, but the fusion transformation status will consume energy, and the solidified fusion will likely consume more as well.” So… Fang Heng thought for a moment. At the moment, the spiked armor and acidic fluid skills didn’t seem to significantly increase the combat strength of his zombie clone army. In fact, the solidification effect would require even more time and King of Gods’ points resources to implement. It seemed a bit of a waste to just pick one skill for now. Better to wait and find a more suitable ability. Fang Heng even began to think. Since Su Ziyue and Mu Qingxin were both cultivators of the Seed of Ouroboros, would killing Mu Qingxin drop the same cocoon? If he absorbed it, could his talent boost continue to increase? Perhaps he could gain more fusion options? Forget it, don’t think too much. Mu Qingxin was incredibly powerful. Last time, they had to gather the power of demonic seeds and a vast amount of strength and Holy Realm power, accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years of the power of faith, just to barely defeat her. Without other sources of strength, relying solely on the Everlasting Moon wouldn’t be enough to take her down. Unaware of Fang Heng’s thoughts, Qiu Yaokang nodded, “We’ll continue analyzing samples from various known world creatures and hope to find more suitable special abilities to enhance zombie creatures.” “Alright, thank you for your hard work.” “As for the last matter…” Qiu Yaokang nodded toward another assistant nearby, who quickly brought over another metal tray. Fang Heng looked at the black crystal on the tray in surprise, “Is this a soul crystal?” “Yes, this was discovered a few days ago in the Vampire Apocalypse World. We tried various methods to cultivate it, but we couldn’t manage it. However, it suddenly appeared in the Vampire Apocalypse. We suspect the soul crystal’s formation is related to a special soul energy field, but the exact ritual or usage is unclear. Continuing research may not lead to much progress and would just waste time.”