A steady stream of carbon dioxide poured into Mars. In just a few days, the matriculation camp trainees on Mars could feel that Mars was getting hotter.
Yes, it was getting hotter.
It was getting hotter every day.
In the beginning, it was -70 or 80 degrees Celsius at night. In just three days, the temperature had risen to more than -40 degrees Celsius. The increase was amazing. The temperature during the day had even exceeded 0 degrees Celsius.
The permafrost at the poles began to melt, releasing frozen carbon dioxide.
Everything was developing in the direction people expected. This made the team of scientists in charge of the Mars terraforming plan extremely excited.
Terraforming Mars.
It was just around the corner.
Of course, all this had nothing to do with Ling Jiu for the time being. Early this morning, Ling Jiu left the woods after eating breakfast made by Bai Ya.
His purpose was simple: Venus.
After passing through the dimensional passage and coming to the purgatory-like Venus, Ling Jiu's first feeling was that the temperature of Venus had dropped.
When he first came to Venus, he could clearly feel the scorching heat even through the Venom Suit. But now, it was not so hot.
"Carbon dioxide has been greatly reduced, the greenhouse effect is weaker, and the temperature of Venus has dropped. This is the inevitable result."
Ling Jiu muttered to himself as he came in front of a huge magma river. He then opened his mouth and inhaled.
Vroom!
The hot magma flew into Ling Jiu's mouth like a river flowing backward, forming a rare waterspout above the magma river.
Vroom! Vroom!
A few minutes later, when the magma river was almost completely absorbed, Ling Jiu burped and stopped swallowing. He then sank his consciousness into the Inner World.
The Flame Astral Behemoth fed on magma, flames, and stellar energy. They could grow rapidly by absorbing these.
So Ling Jiu wanted to know what would happen if he absorbed the magma.
Of course, Ling Jiu's real goal was the Direbeasts on Venus. He wanted to devour these Direbeasts to improve himself. Swallowing the magma was just a spur of the moment idea.
Unexpectedly, when the magma entered the Inner World, it did not transform into life energy like the monsters he had devoured before. Instead, it was transformed into another form of energy under the burning of the flame.
Then, it disappeared into the Inner World.
"It disappeared?"
Ling Jiu blinked and then shook his head. "No! It did not disappear. It should have integrated into the Inner World because I can vaguely feel that the Inner World seems to have expanded a little? "
"Expanded?
"Could it be that the inner world will expand after absorbing the lava?"
Ling Jiu's eyes lit up as he came to the source of the magma river — a massive volcano.
This was obviously an active volcano. A large amount of volcanic ash and black smoke came out of the crater, like a chimney that continuously discharged waste gas.
Ling Jiu entered the crater and saw a vast magma lake. The magma was bubbling like boiling soup, making Ling Jiu's appetite whet.
"Suck!"
Ling Jiu was not going to hold back. He opened his mouth and sucked. A terrifying suction force swept out, and the boiling magma immediately drilled into the black hole.
"Buzz buzz buzz —"
This scene was incomparably shocking. If this happened on Earth, everyone's eyeballs would definitely explode. That was incomparably hot magma, yet it was actually swallowed by a person like he was drinking soup. Did the magma not care about its reputation?
Unfortunately, this was Venus.
It was a desolate and dead planet. Even if someone did something earth-shattering here, no one would know.
Time ticked by.
The water level of the magma lake dropped.
Ten minutes later, the magma lake was completely bottomless. Ling Jiu had actually swallowed all the magma in this volcano.
"Burp..."
Ling Jiu burped, and a few wisps of hydrogen sulfide gas came out of his mouth. The smell was almost the same as the smell of fart.
He then looked at the Inner World.
After absorbing an astonishing amount of magma, the Inner World was indeed expanding outward at a slow speed. The continent was wider, and the sky was higher.
When the expansion stopped...
"The diameter of the continent has expanded by one kilometer?"
A hint of joy flashed in Ling Jiu's eyes. Unexpectedly, the moment the expansion of the Inner World ended, a mysterious energy suddenly surged out of the Inner World and spread into his body.
"This is..."
Ling Jiu felt he was wrapped in an extremely hot, boiling, and heavy energy, as if... he was in a furnace.
The next moment, Ling Jiu felt his body slowly growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. 1.8 meters, 1.9 meters, 2 meters...
In just a few breaths, Ling Jiu felt he had grown to 10 meters before stopping.
"My hand..."
"My leg..."
Looking at his hand that was several sizes bigger and his leg that was many meters taller, Ling Jiu's eyes were full of disbelief. "How... how did I grow taller?"
"What the hell is going on?"
Shock!
Confusion!
He was at a loss!
"I've absorbed the magma lake!"
"The Inner World has expanded!"
"Then... a mysterious energy acted on my body, and I grew taller?"
"What is the principle?"
Ling Jiu frowned deeply. He felt that he needed to figure out the specific cause of the matter before deciding whether to continue to absorb the magma.
Half an hour later, Ling Jiu found 9527 and told it what had just happened. 9527 smiled and explained Ling Jiu's confusion.
"The Astral Behemoths are extremely large beings, and the Astral Behemoths with the apex bloodline like the Flame Astral Behemoth are the best among them.
"A newborn Flame Astral Behemoth has a body length of 100 meters. As they continue to grow, they will become larger and larger until they reach adulthood."
"How big is an adult Flame Astral Behemoth?"
Ling Jiu asked curiously.
"The adult Flame Astral Behemoth's body length is not fixed. It can be as short as a hundred million light-years, and as long as a billion light-years. The specific length is linked to its strength."
9527 played it down, but Ling Jiu could not help but gasp. It could be as short as a hundred million light-years, and as long as a hundred million light-years. How big would that be?
One had to know that the diameter of the solar system was only one light-year. A being larger than the solar system?
Ling Jiu could not imagine it.
"You have replicated the Ultimate Physique of the Flame Astral Behemoth, but because you do not have the bloodline of the Flame Astral Behemoth, your body is only strengthened but not enlarged."
9527 changed the subject. "But you have replicated the Inner World of the Flame Astral Behemoth, which is the root cause of the change in your body size."
"I don't understand."
Ling Jiu frowned slightly.
"Do you know that the Inner World is the root of the Flame Astral Behemoth?"
9527 sighed. "The Inner World of the Flame Astral Behemoth is like the human soul, heart, and other important parts. You replicated the Inner World, which is equivalent to replicating the root of the Flame Astral Behemoth.
Plus the Ultimate Physique.
It is equivalent to you replicating everything of the Flame Astral Behemoth. It can be said that you are now equivalent to a miniature version of the Flame Astral Behemoth. "
"A miniature version of the Flame Astral Behemoth?"
Ling Jiu was stunned.
"Yes."
9527 nodded slowly. "After the Flame Astral Behemoth devours magma and stellar energy, its Inner World will expand, and correspondingly, its body size will also grow.
This is the root cause of your height change. "
"Is that so?"
Ling Jiu was still a little confused, but he understood one thing. "That is to say, as long as I continue to devour magma in the future, my body will continue to grow taller?"
"That's right."
9527 gave an affirmative answer. "One more thing, as I have said before, although you have replicated the Ultimate Physique of the Flame Astral Behemoth, because of your body size, you cannot be like the Flame Astral Behemoth, with your attribute index reaching one million times."
"Yeah."
Ling Jiu nodded. His attribute index was one hundred thousand times.
"Now... you can."
9527 smiled. "As long as your body continues to grow and eventually reaches the same level as the Flame Astral Behemoth, your attribute index will also reach one million times."
"Really?"
Ling Jiu was stunned.
"Of course, it's true."
9527 smiled. "I have said that the key to limiting your attribute index is your body size, but as your body grows, this problem will be solved."
"You mean, as long as I have the same body size as the Flame Astral Behemoth, my attribute index will also reach one million times?"
Ling Jiu gulped.
"Yes."
9527 smiled and nodded.
"If that is the case, then it is awesome."
Ling Jiu clenched his fists. "One million times the attribute index is simply... simply... unimaginable."
"The only troublesome problem is that the Flame Astral Behemoth does not have the ability to change its body size freely. So, once its body size becomes bigger, it can no longer shrink. The same goes for you."
9527 reminded. "If you don't want to become an anomaly among Earthlings, you have to find a way to replicate the ability to change your body size."
"That's easy."
Ling Jiu looked relaxed as he thought of Celeste. Didn't Celeste have the ability to make any object smaller?
Couldn't he just copy its abilities?
"The cooldown period of Arcana Replication will be over in a few days. Then I will go home and replicate this ability from Celeste."
"Thank you, 9527."
Ling Jiu left Pandora and returned to Venus.
Since he knew that devouring magma could enhance his strength, Ling Jiu certainly would not let go of such a good opportunity.
Once again, Ling Jiu came in front of a volcano and started devouring for the second time.
Voom!
Ten minutes later, the magma lake of this active volcano reached the bottom, and the Inner World expanded as he wished. His height also increased.
In the following time, Ling Jiu was like a diligent bee, traveling all over Venus, looking for volcanoes and magma rivers that he could devour.
The Inner World continued to expand.
His height also continued to increase.
Of course, this had a huge impact on Venus.
All the magma in the volcanoes came from the underground. A large number of magma lakes were absorbed, and the magma underground of Venus had been greatly reduced.
The most obvious result was...
The volcanoes on Venus had been extinguished, or more accurately, silent.
The volcanoes were silent, and the volcanic ash, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and other greenhouse gases were further reduced.
The temperature of Venus dropped even faster.
Before he knew it, a week had passed.
On this day, Ling Jiu finally left Venus and returned to Lantian Base City on Earth.
As a result...
There was no one at home.
Ling Jiu could understand Xiaotong going to school.
Where were his parents?
Where was Celeste?
Puzzled, Ling Jiu dialed his dad's number.
"Xiaojiu!"
"Dad, where are you? Why is there no one at home?"
"Your mom and I are hunting Direbeasts in the wilderness."
PS: Thank you, everyone. Can I get a ticket?
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