Chapter 82: A Bountiful Harvest Tonight
Chapter 82: Chapter 82: A Bountiful Harvest Tonight
[Talents Plundered: Agility x4 (White), Constitution x3 (White), Iron Fist x4 (Blue), Spirit Sting x2 (Blue), Fanatic x3 (Blue), Fortune (Blue), Epiphany x2 (Green), Cook (White), Carpenter x2 (White), Apothecary (Blue), Earth Spirit Shackles (Purple), Uplifting Incense (Golden), Bronze Sinews and Iron Bones (Blue), Homicidal (Purple)...]
After returning to his room,
Lin Yi couldn’t wait to check his spoils from the night.
When he saw the dozens of densely packed talent entries before him,
he was completely overwhelmed.
Some of these talents were quite good.
For example, Earth Spirit Shackles and Uplifting Incense.
One was purple and the other was gold. Both could be incredibly useful in combat and tracking.
Then there were others like Iron Fist and Spirit Sting, which could be used for further upgrades.
Besides those, there was Apothecary, which Lin Yi was unfamiliar with.
He inspected [Apothecary].
[Apothecary (Blue): A moderately accomplished Pharmacist who can refine medicines according to formulas.]
[Earth Spirit Shackles (Purple): The talent of a high-level Mouse Demon. During battle, it can summon an earth spirit to bind an opponent for 10 seconds.]
[Uplifting Incense (Golden): A talent used for tracking. The sense of smell becomes extremely sensitive, allowing one to lock onto a target’s scent in the air.]
[Cook (White): A novice who has just started learning to cook.]
[Carpenter (White): A craftsman who has mastered certain woodworking skills.]
[Epiphany (Green): Possesses decent comprehension abilities.]
[Homicidal (Purple): Supermale syndrome. Please stay away from people like this.]
[Fortune (Blue): Good luck will often be by your side.]
[Fanatic (Blue): A crazed believer who has forgotten their sense of self, wholly devoted to a religion.]
...
Lin Yi inspected each of these talents one by one.
Among these plundered entries,
some talents were indeed excellent, while others were extremely dangerous.
Talents like [Homicidal], [Bloodthirsty], and [Fanatic], for instance, would gradually corrupt one’s mind if kept.
Eventually, they could even take complete control, turning one into a homicidal, bloodthirsty psychopath.
Such talents originated from psychopaths to begin with.
[Shatter talent ’Homicidal’?]
"Yes!"
[Shatter talent ’Bloodthirsty’?]
"Yes!"
[Shatter talent...]
After Lin Yi shattered over twenty talents with negative effects in a row,
he kept all the remaining ones.
He didn’t even discard [Cook] or [Carpenter].
He firmly believed that sooner or later, he would find a use for them.
Then, Lin Yi began upgrading the talent entries.
[Spirit Sting (Blue) → Spirit Blade (Purple)]
[Iron Fist (Blue) → Vajra Fist (Purple)]
[Agility (White) → Sensitivity (Green)]
[Constitution (White) → Robust (Green)]
...
After Lin Yi upgraded the quality of each of these talents, nearly an hour had passed.
"Tonight’s haul was massive!"
The corners of Lin Yi’s mouth turned up as he opened his personal panel.
[Name: Lin Yi]
[Occupation: Student]
[Martial Arts Realm: 1-Star, 3rd Rank]
[Qi and Blood Value: 35.1%]
[Martial Skills: Basic Fist Technique (Perfection), Basic Leg Technique (Perfection), Golden Light Fist (Perfection), Candle Dragon Ancient Saber Technique (Major Accomplishment)]
[Talent Entries: Absolute Focus (Purple), Heaven-defying Comprehension (Purple), Destiny (Golden), Fist Mastery (Blue), Divine Speed (Blue), Wall-walking (Purple 2/3), Vajra Fist (2/3 Purple), Tenacity (Blue), Bronze Sinews and Iron Bones (Blue), Snake-shaped Stepping Technique (Blue), True Blood Moon (Red), Earth Evasion (Purple), Alertness (Blue), Spirit Blade (Purple), Sensitivity (Green), Robust (Blue), Cook (White), Fortune (Blue), Epiphany (2/3 Green), Carpenter (2/3 White), Apothecary (Blue), Earth Spirit Shackles (Purple), Uplifting Incense (Golden), Iron Fist (Blue)]
[Cultivation Technique: Star River Qi Transformation Technique]
His talents were replenished once more.
And some had been upgraded.
To Lin Yi, every single talent had its own unique properties.
Especially the combat-related ones.
At a critical moment, they might just save his life.
He had gained a great deal this night.
After closing his personal panel, Lin Yi sat cross-legged on his bed.
He gradually entered a state of cultivation with the [Star River Qi Transformation Technique].
...
The sky began to brighten.
A sliver of fish-belly white quietly appeared on the horizon.
The darkness was rapidly driven away.
The light of dawn once again brought the hope of survival.
「The container warehouse.」
Over a dozen police cars were parked outside.
Ambulances and corpse transport vehicles were also on standby nearby.
Workers in green work uniforms, masks, and hats
were carrying the bodies, one by one, to the transport vehicles.
Fortunately, there were no residents near the container warehouse.
Despite the large-scale massacre that had occurred, it hadn’t attracted a crowd of onlookers.
Tang Zhan’s brows were tightly knitted, his expression grim as he stared at the bodies on the ground.
Even though they had been working for half the night, they still hadn’t managed to clear all the bodies.
Vast amounts of blood stained the ground red.
There were also severed limbs and chunks of flesh that one might step on if not careful...
After a long while, Tang Zhan surveyed the bloody, hellish scene before him.
He walked up to a young man in a suit and glasses.
"Old Mo, I really want to know what the hell you people did last night."
"And those people in the black robes, are they the Blood Drop Organization you mentioned?"
At his words, Mo Yanfeng smiled.
He lowered the handkerchief he’d been holding over his nose.
"Captain Tang, let me clarify one thing. I wasn’t here last night. Our captain killed all these people and demons. If you want to know the details, go ask our captain!"
"Also, these black-robed individuals are indeed from the Blood Drop Organization. However, they’re the lowest-ranking believers in the organization—cannon fodder, to put it simply!"
After Mo Yanfeng finished speaking,
Tang Zhan nodded. "Then can you tell me why these people didn’t just stay in the New District? What were they doing running over to our Old District?"
"And what about those Martial Artists? Were they also killed by these people?"
Tang Zhan pointed to a dozen or so corpses of Martial Artists lying side-by-side not far away.
Mo Yanfeng’s gaze fell upon them for a moment.
"I don’t know. Our squad tracked them all the way from the New District. We don’t know what their objective was!"
"As for why they were capturing those Martial Artists... how about we tell you after we’ve finished our investigation?"
Tang Zhan was speechless.
"So many people died... Looks like I’ll have to write another report when I get back..."
"No need. I’ll explain the situation to your superiors later. These Blood Drop Believers... Heh. Can they even be called human anymore?"