Chapter 2

As time slowly passed.

Under Bai Xing's watchful gaze, the arcs of electricity on the fruit grew increasingly intense.

After reaching a peak, all the electric arcs suddenly withdrew into the fruit.

The entire fruit glowed with a strange blend of white, purple, and blue, while the flowing light on the tree branches visibly dimmed.

Bai Xing could barely contain his excitement, but after waiting for a while, nothing happened.

After a long moment.

Bai Xing finally could not hold back any longer. Carefully, he tried focusing his mind on the fruit.

Then Bai Xing discovered that his thoughts were like an invisible hand, gently plucking the fruit from the tree.

When he opened his eyes, he was astonished to find that a fruit really was resting in his palm!

It was identical to the one that had grown on the ancient tree!

Even with its radiance restrained, its wondrous nature could not be concealed.

An unusual fragrance also drifted through the air.

Gulp!

Bai Xing felt saliva well up in his mouth and swallowed hard, overcome by a powerful appetite.

A trace of hesitation rose in his heart, but his gaze quickly became resolute.

He did not want to spend his entire life collecting debts for gangs in this world. Besides, this world possessed supernatural powers.

He might die someday without warning.

Since he had been given a second life, he naturally had to live it differently. Taking some risks for that was worth it!

He opened his mouth and bit down, immediately feeling juice burst forth as an indescribably rich fragrance bloomed across his tongue.

The flesh was delicious, soft, and sticky, melting as soon as it entered his mouth before flowing down his throat into his body.

Before long, only an oval-shaped dark-purple seed remained in front of Bai Xing.

Crackle!

Threads of electricity burst across Bai Xing's body, and he slowly floated into the air as a stream of information flooded his mind.

The electric arcs grew increasingly intense, like silver snakes dancing wildly, lashing the room into a complete mess.

Fortunately, it lasted only a short time. The arcs dissipated, and Bai Xing fell straight onto the carpet.

He lost consciousness.

By the time he woke up, it was already the next morning.

Dawn light streamed through the window and fell across his body, bringing a trace of warmth.

Bai Xing stood up again. The clothes he had been wearing had already turned to ashes the night before.

His lean, muscular body was exposed. Looking at himself in the mirror, Bai Xing felt that his physique seemed to have improved somewhat.

His muscles were sharply defined, his lines smooth, without a trace of excess fat anywhere on his body.

"That fruit from yesterday altered my body, and..."

Bai Xing raised a hand. With a thought, threads of electricity flickered at his fingertips.

"This is... electromagnetic force! That fruit yesterday was the Electromagnetic Fruit!"

Bai Xing's eyes gradually lit up. With a sharp wave of his hand, the stainless-steel kettle in the distance instantly flew toward him.

Clatter!!

Every metal object in the room began trembling continuously.

"I became Magneto?!"

Having suddenly gained a superpower, even Bai Xing could not suppress his excitement!

Just then, he heard movement outside the door.

He hurriedly canceled his power.

The kettle fell to the floor as well.

Then, a hotel employee used a master keycard to open the door.

"Sir, are you all right? Ah!"

The female attendant rushed in anxiously, only to see Bai Xing standing there naked.

She hurriedly covered her eyes, but recalling the brief glimpse of his perfect physique, she could not help leaving a small gap between her fingers to peek.

"Sir, someone said they heard strange noises coming from your room. We were worried about your safety, so we came in to check."

Bai Xing did not mind being seen naked. He stood there openly, glanced around at the mess, and directly interrupted her.

"Get me another room."

After switching to a brand-new room.

Bai Xing had already gotten dressed and was sitting on the sofa.

He carefully recalled the information that had flooded into his mind after he ate the fruit yesterday.

Every branch of the Void Ancient Tree could produce different kinds of fruit.

But it required nutrients!

The last trace of nutrients remaining within the ancient tree had produced one final Electromagnetic Fruit.

If it received no more nutrients, that branch would soon fall into lifeless silence as well.

The method of replenishing the ancient tree's nutrients was simple: choose a target and plant the seed left behind after a fruit had been consumed.

At that thought, Bai Xing spread open his palm. The seed materialized from nothing and appeared in his hand.

As long as he found someone and planted this seed within them, that person would essentially form a master-servant bond with Bai Xing.

Since Bai Xing was planting the seed of an Electromagnetic Fruit, the person planted with it would also awaken Electromagnetic Control during the process.

The stronger that person became, the greater the feedback the Void Ancient Tree and Bai Xing would receive.

Furthermore, Bai Xing could copy all the skills, talents, and special physiques that the planted person originally possessed.

Turning the seed over in his hand, Bai Xing now needed to consider who he should use it on.

"If I just plant it in some random ordinary person, that would be a bit of a waste."

Bai Xing rubbed his chin as two words suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Ajin!

A new species of human that could not die. No matter what damage their bodies suffered, they could regenerate after death and return to their original state.

Bai Xing had discovered this not long after transmigrating into this world.

After all, the existence of Ajin was no secret even among ordinary people.

Twenty-six years ago, Ajin had first been discovered in Africa. To date, forty-six Ajin had been confirmed around the world, but there were certainly far more hidden in the shadows!

The Japanese government had even established the Ajin Management Committee specifically for this purpose, conducting all sorts of research day and night in an attempt to unravel their secrets.

And the Ajin who were captured and sent to research facilities became test subjects—lab rats.

That was how the story of the Ajin world began.

"If I can find an Ajin and plant the seed in them, then I'll gain an Ajin's immortal body as well.

"Tsk, tsk. Electromagnetic Control plus an immortal body... just thinking about it is exciting.

"But Ajin aren't easy to find."

Bai Xing took out his phone and entered the keyword "Nagai Kei." He was the protagonist of the Ajin world.

According to Bai Xing's memories, Nagai Kei had caused quite a stir when he was exposed as an Ajin and captured. If there was no trace of it online, that meant he had not been caught yet.

Sure enough, after searching for quite a while, he found no related reports.

Bai Xing's eyes lit up slightly, and he abruptly rose to his feet. "I remember Nagai Kei seems to be a student at Saitama Prefectural National Middle School, right?"

He was not someone who dragged his feet. Once he made up his mind, he acted immediately.

After quickly tidying up, Bai Xing left at once and headed for the national middle school.

Under the fading glow of the setting sun, Bai Xing walked out of the school grounds alongside the students who had just been dismissed. However, the excitement he had felt that morning was gone from his face.

All that remained in his eyes was profound confusion.

Because he had failed to find anyone named Nagai Kei at this school.

"Did I come to the wrong place?" Bai Xing muttered to himself. "But I've already checked several middle schools in a row. Private or national, none of them had a Nagai Kei. What the hell is going on?"

Just as Bai Xing was filled with doubt, a news report playing on a large screen in the distance caught his attention.

"At around one this afternoon, the country's third Ajin was discovered on a road in the Nakanohashi Residential Area."

Bai Xing looked up to see a photo of a somewhat scholarly-looking man displayed prominently on the screen.

Beneath it was an identification caption.

Toto University Affiliated Hospital, intern doctor, Nagai Kei.