Leveling Up

In the Sheng Shi Jiang Nan residential area, Villa No. 0921.

After returning home, Qin Mu and Uncle Qing had dinner and chatted for a while.

Uncle Qing was living a very comfortable life recently. He was doing exceptionally well as a manager at the military factory. There were internal rumors that the old factory director was about to retire, and Uncle Qing had a high chance of taking over.

Mu Mu and Xiao Wu's school matters were being handled by dedicated personnel, so Uncle Qing didn't need to worry about them.

However, Qin Mu wasn't in a hurry to tell Uncle Qing about the Self-healing Potion.

Although Professor Zhou now had a War God-level Swamp Salamander assisting with the experiments, research of this nature wasn't something that could be achieved instantly; it required time.

When parting ways with Professor Zhou, they had made an agreement. Qin Mu could find him directly when he went to school in early September.

Furthermore, as Qin Mu was leaving, Professor Zhou had given him a list of books. There were dozens of books on it, and he wanted Qin Mu to teach himself and finish them as soon as possible.

Scientific research was different from martial arts. If you didn't know something, you didn't know it. It wouldn't happen just because you got angry or had a burst of power.

In the villa's martial arts hall.

Qin Mu placed a black metal safe in front of him. After passing through triple security measures – password, fingerprint, and iris scan – he finally opened the safe.

Inside the safe were two boxes, labeled "Black God Set" and "Thousand-Year Willow Heart" respectively.

As for the custom-made weapon, that would only start being crafted after Qin Mu sent over his specific requirements.

Looking at the two boxes, Qin Mu felt a surge of excitement.

These were truly good things!

Qin Mu first opened the box for the Black God Set. Inside was a bracelet, and next to it was an instruction manual.

After picking up the manual and reading it carefully, Qin Mu understood how to use the Black God Set.

The Black God Set could change its appearance at will, taking on any form such as clothing, armor, or a bracelet.

The usage method was also very simple. Once worn on the body, it would automatically seep into the skin, absorbing blood.

After absorbing a portion of blood, it would automatically adjust, making the entire Black God Set perfectly compatible with the user, just like their own skin, and completely controllable by their will.

Following the instructions, Qin Mu put on the bracelet.

After a while, he felt a slight stinging sensation on his wrist. Immediately after, the bracelet transformed into black liquid and spread over his arm.

Strands of blood were absorbed, mixing with the black liquid and undergoing some wondrous transformation.

Fifteen minutes later, the transformation stopped. The bracelet turned into a black stream of light that spread out, enveloping his entire body and morphing into a combat suit that Qin Mu usually wore.

With a thought, Qin Mu willed the combat suit to change again within the black stream of light, transforming into casual attire.

"With this Black God Set, I don't even need to buy new clothes anymore," Qin Mu said with a smile.

The true purpose of the Black God Set wasn't just its ability to change styles, but its formidable defensive capabilities.

The Black God Set possessed extremely strong defense, so strong that even King-level monsters could not break through it. When attacked, it could dissipate ninety percent of the impact. To kill the wearer of the Black God Set, one would have to continuously attack them, essentially shaking them to death.

With the Black God Set, Qin Mu's defense had significantly increased. As long as he didn't court disaster, it would be very difficult to kill him under normal circumstances.

"Now for the main event!"

Qin Mu opened the other box. Inside was a green crystal shaped like an egg. Within the crystal was green liquid, crystal clear and shining with light.

Even just by getting close and taking a whiff of its scent, one felt refreshed and invigorated.

"Is this the Thousand-Year Willow Heart?"

The Thousand-Year Willow Heart was a non-renewable treasure that could greatly enhance a person's cell vitality and physical fitness.

Qin Mu took a deep breath. Following the method described in the manual, he pierced the outer crystal shell and poured the liquid essence from within into his mouth.

Comfortable!

Qin Mu sat down cross-legged. A cool, comfortable sensation spread through his body, like drinking an ice-cold beer on a sweltering hot day, making his very soul tremble.

Qin Mu's bones, muscles, and skin vibrated. With his strong control over his own body, he could clearly feel the subtle changes occurring at the cellular level after consuming the liquid essence.

It wasn't just at the cellular level; he could even directly observe his body's genes undergoing transformation. Some useless or flawed genes were being discarded, and the genes within his body were being re-integrated. He even absorbed certain genes from the Thousand-Year Willow Heart, forming new structures!

These were subtle changes. The external manifestation was a rapid increase in his cell vitality, and his body automatically expelled some black substances.

Under the powerful life force of the Thousand-Year Willow Heart, Qin Mu's physical fitness was improving at an astonishing rate.

While his body was undergoing transformation, Qin Mu's sea of consciousness was continuously receiving streams of power from his soul link with countless Swarm units. Some of these powers were extremely weak, at the Beast Soldier level, while others were quite powerful, reaching the Initial Lord level.

These feedback powers were like water pipes, large and small, constantly converging into Qin Mu's sea of consciousness.

However, Qin Mu's soul was like a wooden bucket before, with limited capacity to withstand power. Once the bucket was full, the water would constantly overflow, and this overflowed power would integrate into Qin Mu's body.

This overflowed power was continuously strengthening Qin Mu's physique.

After consuming the Thousand-Year Willow Heart, Qin Mu's physical fitness rapidly improved. The enhancement of his physical condition also led to a continuous growth of his soul.

The original wooden bucket transformed into a pond. The power fed back from the soul link gathered in the pond without overflowing, and Qin Mu's Mental Power was also rapidly growing stronger.

"So that's how it is! The Swarm's feedback could have made me even stronger, but my body was limiting that enhancement!"

Feeling this, Qin Mu finally understood.

"I was worried that my mental power level wouldn't keep up after my physical fitness improved, but it turns out my body was the one holding me back!"

Understanding this, Qin Mu let go of his worries, feeling a mix of amusement and exasperation.

Before taking the Thousand-Year Willow Heart, Qin Mu had actually been a little concerned.

This was because in a normal mental master's sea of consciousness, mental power would gather – sometimes as liquid, sometimes as solid.

This also determined the strength of a mental master's talent. Weaker ones would only have some liquid gathered, and their potential would be exhausted upon reaching the Warlord level.

Those with strong talent, like Luo Feng, had a dark gold sphere.

As long as Luo Feng's physical fitness could keep up, he could directly advance to the peak of the High-Level War God.

Qin Mu was different. His sea of consciousness didn't have such liquid or solid formations.

His mental power talent came from the swarm!

"Doesn't this mean that as long as the swarm continuously grows stronger and my physical fitness improves fast enough, my mental power talent will have no limits?" Qin Mu's eyes lit up.

While Qin Mu was lost in thought, his physical fitness continued to improve.

Mid-Level Warlord, High-Level Warlord, and then he broke through to the War God level like a runaway train!

Initial War God... peak Initial War God level... and he only slowly stopped after reaching the Mid-Level War God level.

Half an hour later.

"Boom—"

Qin Mu threw a punch.

"My punching power is at least over 148,000 kilograms! This punch has reached the Mid-Level War God!"

Light shone in Qin Mu's eyes. His soul in his sea of consciousness was continuously growing, and his mental power strength was also soaring!

"At this rate, it will take less than a day for my mental power to reach its limit, which is the peak of High-Level War God!"

Qin Mu marveled, looking at the empty green crystal in his hand.

"It really is good stuff! No wonder even a powerful expert like Hong was moved by it!"

Suddenly, he seemed to recall something.

"Can the swarm cultivate this thing? The hive mother in the wilderness has already analyzed hundreds of plant genes. Analyzing ordinary plant genes is very fast!

"If we can analyze the willow tree that produces the Thousand-Year Willow Heart, does that mean we can mass-produce the Thousand-Year Willow Heart, or even the stronger Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart?"

For a moment, Qin Mu was tempted.

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