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Chapter 1103: The Opportunity for Super Evolution

Chapter 1103: Chapter 1103: The Opportunity for Super Evolution

The torrential Baoyu outside wouldn’t stop for a good while. During the wait, Zhou Yuanzhu stepped out to take a look and returned, drenched, in a dirty protective suit, saying, "It’s getting to the point where not even an umbrella can hold up out there, and look, these silky things in the rain are getting more and more abundant."

Xu Huo glanced at it. Those filaments in the drizzle easily dissolved when pinched with fingers, but now the strands Zhou Yuanzhu held in her hand could be stretched continuously, looking even more like living things than before.

"Are these mycelium?" Zhou Yuanzhu asked, "I just went to look in the underground lair and found many fungi growing there. If some fungi can induce an insatiable hunger in people, what if someone were to let loose a bunch of them... "

Xu Huo glanced at her, "Unless there is mass cultivation, it’s hard to achieve such an effect. Plus, as you’ve seen, these mycelium should all be dead, and they’re different from the fungi growing on the ground and in underground caves."

Zhou Yuanzhu thought of the low hills he had mentioned before and understood, "Maybe this type of fungus grows deep underground."

"However, I never thought that there exists such fungi in the world that could elicit the same ravenous hunger in Players that they experience before their preliminary review."

"The world is so vast that it contains every possible marvel," she remarked.

Hearing her words, Xu Huo thought of another matter, namely whether the voracious hunger experienced by Players at the beginning of their evolution was truly inevitable.

Of course, based on the Players from Xiaohe City, even prolonged exposure to Black Rain doesn’t reduce them to cannibalistic fiends or Aliens, so how does this differ from the initial Evolvers?

Gathering his thoughts, he turned to Zhou Yuanzhu, who was sitting beside him breathing somewhat rapidly, "If you’re really that hungry, you could drink some nutrient."

Zhou Yuanzhu quickly waved her hand, "Forget about it. I still hope to live a little longer. Consuming that stuff is like quenching thirst with poison, who knows what day it might backfire?"

"Hardly won this superstrong physique, of course, I hope for a longer life. Besides, I don’t look forward to a sorrowful later life. You haven’t seen those Players slowly devolve, each one’s fate is woeful in its own way..."

Xu Huo passed her some food, and Zhou Yuanzhu accepted it with a bit of embarrassment, "I’m causing you trouble."

"You are a Super Evolver," he pointed to her hand, "Super Evolvers should be less prone to devolution."

"That’s true." Zhou Yuanzhu demonstrated on the spot, as she raised her hand, her neatly trimmed nails grew rapidly, and unlike normal nails that would bend when grown too long, hers stayed perfectly straight even at over ten centimeters long, exceptionally hard.

"How did you manage this?" Xu Huo couldn’t help but ask.

"I can’t quite describe this feeling," Zhou Yuanzhu thought for a moment, "It’s like there’s a part of my hands that can recombine at will according to my wishes. However, except for slightly hardening my skin, I can only affect my nails."

As she spoke, she even twisted her elongated nails mid-growth, playing with them in various patterns before adding, "This is all I can do."

"Mr. Xu, you’re also a Super Evolver. I’ve heard from Guan Shu that you have evolved superbly in more than one respect. Do you have any tips?"

"A fortunate coincidence, just happened to encounter the right conditions and evolved like this," Xu Huo said. "Unlike you, I can’t control my body."

"Isn’t that better?" Zhou Yuanzhu immediately responded, "Self-control is not as good as others imagine it to be. Not everyone who starts Super Evolution can change faces or don armor at will, let alone self-repair. One could say such Super Evolution is as useless as the initial phase of Spirit Evolution, totally superfluous."

Xu Huo agreed, "There were no seniors in the Holy Sword Society capable of providing guidance?"

"Like you said, how one evolves is a matter of chance. Most people are the same, in fact, when they first evolve, how they evolve is a complete mystery to themselves, it all comes down to luck," Zhou Yuanzhu spoke with detachment, "But I was quite pleased at first because many talented individuals in the Holy Sword Society were unable to undergo Super Evolution. It was for this reason that Guan Shu personally looked after me."

"What was the catalyst for your Super Evolution?" Xu Huo asked again.

Time-oriented and space-oriented Super Evolution can be categorized under "object control," the manipulation of objects outside of one’s body, whereas "self-control" involves changes to the human body, similar to altering appearance, healing wounds, or acquiring enhanced toxin resistance, all a part of "self-control." Compared to "object control," its content is richer and its developmental directions more varied. At least Xu Huo hadn’t thought before meeting Zhou Yuanzhu that someone would specialize in nail evolution.

Mental Evolution, in theory, should also be a form of "self-control," considered an advanced evolution of the brain. However, Mental Evolution affects others, considered somewhere between the two concepts.

Be it time, space, or mental Evolution, all can emerge in special environments. For instance, Xu Huo’s evolutions both occurred under unusual external environmental stimuli and were relatively straightforward. By contrast, the inducements for "self-control" type Super Evolution could be said to be quite varied.

Of the few individuals with Super Evolution of their physique that Xu Huo has encountered, each has a unique direction of evolution.

Upon mentioning this, Zhou Yuanzhu’s expression visibly soured. However, before he could speak, she preempted by saying, "Did Guan Shu mention to you that I was once trafficked?"

"The traffickers pulled my nails out to subdue me."

The air went still for a moment, and Zhou Yuanzhu continued, "Human trafficking is human trafficking, some euphemize it as slavery, but it’s nothing more than a way to make us, the victims, feel inferior and afraid to resist. No matter how they frame it, I’ve never bought into it."

"When I escaped and suddenly one day became a Super Evolver."

"I used to be quite a weak Player, even captured by ordinary people without any power to resist, and unfortunately, sold around. But after Super Evolution, my response to Evolution Potion improved significantly, hence my Evolution Rate rose quickly and my strength gradually caught up... Although Players rely more on Props, if you fall behind in physical ability, you might not even have the chance to use any Props."

"But as you’ve seen, my Super Evolution doesn’t have much practical use, I truly suffered for nothing..."

"Did you take your revenge?" asked Xu Huo.

"Of course." Zhou Yuanzhu said somberly, "I deliberately bought Tickets to go there and with the nails that I evolved, clawed the perpetrator to death. All his lackeys, not a single one escaped. It’s a pity that the buyers had too much power, with Players protecting them, so I couldn’t get at them."

"But one day I will make them regret it, let them taste the agony of kneeling on the ground begging for mercy with tears streaming down their faces!"

After venting, she added, "But not everyone is as unlucky as me. Guan Shu is also a Super Evolver, but he was born with a hearing impairment and began his Super Evolution when he became an Evolver. Whenever he chooses, he can listen to every corner of a building!"