It was as if a reply came from the depths of the abyss, a cold and empty voice reverberating in Yarlin's soul. Asturias's consciousness was connected to Yarlin's.
"No!"
Ya Erlin narrowed his eyes as he stared at the sleeping figure. His fingertips gently slid across her chest, but it was as if his fingertips were slippery. He couldn't penetrate her skin at all. This answer was within his expectations. He sighed deeply. "What a disappointing answer."
There was a short silence.
As if to appease Yarlin's emotions, Asturias's voice replied once more, "The broodmother's incomplete body only possesses the most basic abilities. Perhaps only the complete body is possible."
"Oh? Only perhaps? " Yarlin frowned, "Even you don't know what abilities you should possess?"
"Annihilation, rebirth, evolution … This is a brand new cycle!"
As the voice narrated, a strange image appeared in Yarlin's mind. At the centre of the image was endless desolation, with countless corpses left behind. At the very centre of the image was a collapsed black hole, with a black light flowing out from it.
"The broodmother's path of rebirth is not completely the same, because each new life represents the destruction and failure of the previous one." The indifferent and profound words were transmitted into Yarlin's consciousness, "All I can get is vague fragments, uncertainty, and the instinct to evolve."
Arlen dissected Astul's words and the information he obtained from it. He understood what the other party meant, as well as the other party's answer to his previous question. "Astul can obtain some vague information about the next stage of evolution. This information may come from the broodmother's failed evolution route, or it may come from some instinctive prediction. However, these are only vague probabilities, and cannot be absolutely certain. Everything may still depend on the choice made at the current stage." Arlen's eyes narrowed as he looked at Astul.
"Depends on my choice?" Ya Erlin seemed to have understood something. This was similar to how he distributed his own Absorption Points. Different Absorption Points would naturally result in different results.
Another example would be a game character who deleted his account and started over. Even though he knew all the options for the next stage of the class advancement, he might not follow the original settings and light up the icon of a certain skill. It was even more likely that he might even change the class that he was using for the class advancement.
Using Yarlin's current situation as a reference, whether he chose to absorb or devour would most likely affect the next stage of the broodmother's evolution.
"What will happen to you if you devour her?" Yarlin had already made up his mind.
"I can't be sure, but my instincts tell me that I will receive unexpected nutrients." The voice gradually returned to its calm and empty state.
"Oh, well, this time I will let you have it first. Don't let me down." Yarlin coldly curled his lips and stared at Alrita with a cruel and indifferent smile.
Since he couldn't absorb the ability of the devil fruit, it was only a 0.4 point unit of quality. Yarlin, of course, chose the uncertainty.
"Devour!"
His fingernails were like spreading ink. Countless black threads spread out from his fingertips like crazy tentacles, sliding along the other party's smooth skin. They quickly covered the other party's entire body in black, like a cocoon that was being woven outside the body.
Feeling the deep malice more terrible than death, Alrita shivered and suddenly woke up. She was horrified to find that her whole body was entangled by black threads. Only half of her face was exposed. Her pupils trembled and contracted. She saw countless black threads crawling on her face and closing her mouth.
"What are you doing?"
She wanted to make a sound, but only a "whimper" of panic came out. She stared at the cruel and indifferent marine in front of her.
"Sorry, there is a guy in my body that doesn't like to talk. He wants to eat you!" Yarlin seemed to have read the other party's eyes. He looked at her expressionlessly and replied.
Yalita frantically struggled. The black cocoon was violently deformed, and countless threads were broken. However, in just a breath, more threads wrapped around her and tightened even more terrifyingly.
Obviously, the slippery fruit didn't have a good way to deal with the black threads. In fact, Yarlin was very clear that these black threads weren't tough. If Alrita's strength was greater, or if there was a sharp blade in her hand, she might be able to pierce a hole from the inside and tear the cocoon to break free.
Unfortunately, the slippery fruit couldn't directly increase attack power. Alrita was also weaker than expected. Yarlin's mind turned a few random thoughts. He looked indifferently at Alrita's face being healed inch by inch by the black threads.
The degree of deformation on the surface of the cocoon was getting weaker and weaker. The heartbeat and breathing sound from inside quickly disappeared. Then, he saw the cocoon quickly shrink, and in a breath, it all bounced back to the left hand.
If the previous devouring was like chewing and swallowing, then this time, due to the uniqueness of the slippery fruit, the devouring was directly swallowed. Not even a scrap of clothes was left behind.
"Well, I don't even have to clean up."
Yarlin slowly put the white glove back on his left hand. He felt the changes in his body. Well, there was no change for the time being. Even if he took the medicine, there would still be time for the medicine to take effect.
"Asturias?"
He called softly, but there was no reply. Yarlin frowned. He didn't think that Asturias was the kind of person who would immediately turn hostile after eating. So, his eyes turned slightly, and he brought up a 3D projection:
Mental strength 1
Nerve conduction rate 1
Bone hardness 1
Muscle activity 4.4
Blood density 1
Incomplete body — complete body (progress bar 100100)
Absorption distribution points (0)
Yarlin's pupils suddenly shrank. He saw the black progress bar on his retina suddenly climb to the top. At the same time, a line of information appeared:
Broodmother (current stage incomplete body)
Broodmother (next stage complete body)
Deep sleep evolution. Countdown to complete body awakening: 55 days 20 hours 49 minutes 37 seconds.
"… I was about 70 + progress units away, but it actually filled up all of a sudden. Really …" Yarlin licked his lips. He didn't know whether to say it was worth it or a bit of a waste.
In short, he was very much looking forward to what would happen after 55 days. After all, he had invested a lot …
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