Before he could even speak, the text of the lottery description faded, replaced by a new line:
"Detected by the Lottery System: the skill obtained from the draw was incompatible with the host and has been revised."
"Sleeping Body: Accumulate power while asleep, increasing breath attack power based on the duration of sleep. After the host's consciousness returns to the main body, the Beast King Body will enter sleep and accumulate power. The host may switch bodies at any time within the Action Duration limit, but can only control one body at a time."
Luo Bing's sharp eyes also caught a smaller line of supplementary text beneath the description:
"If the spirit splits into two separate individuals, two bodies may be controlled simultaneously."
Luo Bing: "..."
"I guess I came out ahead?"
For Luo Bing, this Passive Skill of accumulating power during sleep and strengthening his breath attack was decent enough, but it could only be called icing on the cake.
But being able to separate the Beast King Body from himself was exactly what he needed most!
Why had Dr. Chen concluded that the Beast King was nocturnal?
Wasn't it because Luo Bing didn't dare go out casually during the day, afraid that someone would discover his true identity?
So he could only go out when the night was quiet and play the superhero in the darkness.
Now, once Luo Bing's consciousness left, the Beast King would remain where he was, asleep and accumulating power.
He would never have to worry about being discovered again.
"When the main body falls asleep, it'll be time for the monsters to cry."
The image had already formed in Luo Bing's mind.
When he piloted the Sakura Saber into battle, the enemy monster would finally win after immense hardship—only to be blasted into oblivion by a long-range breath attack before it could celebrate for long.
Other than screaming, "You called in reinforcements, you bastard!" it would have no chance to say anything else before dying on the spot.
Shaking his head, Luo Bing had already swum back to the beach behind the base.
"Since the Beast King Body won't disappear after I end the transformation this time, I need to find it a good place... Or maybe I don't?"
Luo Bing thought about how everyone at the base currently regarded Titan Beasts.
Forget harming a Titan Beast. Judging from Dr. Chen and Old Luo's attitudes, they were more worried that a stress reaction would enrage the Beast King.
"Then I'll put on a little show for them!"
About ten miles from the shore, Luo Bing found a comfortable spot and lay down without making any other effort to hide himself, ending this transformation.
The next moment, his vision split, and the world before his eyes became entirely different.
The ocean that had previously seemed like a small pond now surged with raging waves, displaying its might to Luo Bing's human body.
And when he turned around, Godzilla's mountain-like body came into view!
This was the first time Luo Bing had seen Godzilla with his own eyes.
Previously, he had only seen a few reflections in the seawater. There had been nothing more than that.
Luo Bing was standing right beside Godzilla's head, directly opposite those two nostrils.
The airflow created by each breath of the Beast King blew Luo Bing's hair into disarray and disrupted the normal currents of the seabed.
Even asleep, even merely standing there, the Beast King's body brought Luo Bing immense pressure and intimidation.
For a moment, Luo Bing had an illusion. He did not know whether he was the Beast King before him, or whether the Beast King had merely chosen his consciousness as its commander.
The next moment, Luo Bing closed his eyes. When he opened them again, everything before him was clear, while the tiny figure drifting before his nose seemed to prove something.
That little speck drifted with the current, eyes shut, like a corpse sunk beneath the water.
At this moment, the human body and the Beast King Body were utterly distinct.
Then, the Beast King slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep on the seabed.
At the same time, Luo Bing opened his eyes.
He used all his strength and began swimming toward shore.
At that moment, Luo Bing realized his weakness.
Compared to the Beast King Body, the human body was so fragile.
"When I transform into the Beast King, if my human body is destroyed, does that mean... I'll only be able to live in this world as the Beast King from then on?"
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The Beast King Charges the Fountain! 2
His body had been strengthened once and was more than capable. Even after swimming more than ten miles through the sea with all his strength, he was still perfectly fine.
With that kind of stamina and physical fitness, in the civilized society of the past, winning a triathlon marathon would not have been a problem.
Unfortunately, this was an era of monster attacks. Luo Bing's powerful physique had come from the Golden Finger, not from his own training.
Standing on the beach, Luo Bing looked into the distance.
The sea beneath the night curtain swallowed everything.
The Beast King's body lurked beneath the water like a silent mountain of steel.
Conservatively speaking, Godzilla's enormous body probably would not be discovered until tomorrow's low tide.
After all... no one would imagine that the King of Titan Beasts had come all the way beside the Mecha Base, right into the sea behind it!
Luo Bing's feelings were rather complicated at the moment.
He also felt relieved.
As he became an official mecha pilot and the Sakura Saber's overhaul gradually neared completion, he was no longer in the leisurely state he had been in before.
Sneaking out like he used to in order to transform into the Beast King was no longer realistic.
Now, using the effects of Sleeping Body to separate the Beast King Body from his human main body, countless restrictions on Luo Bing had been lifted in an instant.
"Next, I'll quietly wait for tomorrow's low tide. I'm sure it'll give everyone a surprise."
Luo Bing muttered to himself, then took a deep breath and prepared to practice a special skill.
This special skill was called switching between different characters within one second.
Standing on the beach, he closed his eyes. His mind instantly emptied, and after losing consciousness, his body naturally fell backward.
On the seabed, the Beast King slowly opened his eyes, then quickly shut them again.
Just as Luo Bing's body on the beach was about to hit the ground, his eyes suddenly snapped open!
The moment he realized he was falling, his legs explosively pushed off. Right before his head touched the ground, he twisted at the waist and abdomen and stood upright again!
"From losing consciousness to my head touching the ground, that was about two seconds."
"If I'm not nearby and am instead lying in the dorm pretending to sleep from a distance, then even if that time is ten times longer, it won't be a problem."
"But if my main body and the Beast King Body are close together, I need to shorten that time to within one second so it won't look unnatural!"
Luo Bing sneaked back toward the dorm while calculating in his mind.
As long as he mastered this special skill, then even if one consciousness could only control one body, he could still control both bodies at once through rapid switching.
But as he had said, he needed to practice until he was proficient. Conservatively, he had to achieve it within one second. Ideally, he would complete it within half a second.
Only then would no one notice anything suspicious.
"Tonight was the last time I ran to the beach to transform into Godzilla. There won't be any more risky moves like this in the future."
"I can go back and open a bottle of Happy Water to celebrate."
Luo Bing happily thought this to himself, but when he returned to the dormitory, he spotted a figure squatting by the door, doing something he could not make out.
Luo Bing's breathing caught. He slowed his steps and carefully approached, only to discover that it was Koizumi Junko.
She was crouched by the door, apparently waiting for Luo Bing to return.
But perhaps because she had waited too long, her little head rested on her arms as she slept soundly.
Good thing she was an official pilot with enough daily training and decent physical fitness. Otherwise, sleeping outside in the middle of the night like this would have left her catching a cold.
"Were you waiting for me? Did Junko notice me going out again tonight?"
Luo Bing felt both lingering fear and relief.
Fortunately, tonight had been the last time he went out. Fortunately, the one who had noticed him was Koizumi Junko rather than someone else.
Luo Bing knew Koizumi Junko's personality. If he asked her tomorrow morning, she would definitely keep his secret.
If it had been someone else, getting caught once would have been manageable. But if he kept slipping out in the middle of the night, they would definitely ask what he was doing outside.
Once a person's curiosity was aroused, it would not end easily. They would not be as obedient and accommodating as Junko.
After gaining a little more Action Duration tonight, Luo Bing could already wander outside for two hours.
Perhaps he had stayed out too long, and Junko had become drowsy while waiting.
After all, it was the dead of night. It was almost two in the morning.
"Maybe she feels too insecure inside?"
"When the original owner's parents died a few years ago, he felt the same way. Although hatred affected him because of it, he still managed to endure."
"And Junko..."
"Maybe she had developed psychological trauma because she was crushed by a monster in her first battle, and because she had moved here under unfamiliar circumstances?"
Luo Bing slowly picked her up, gently carried her into her room, and tucked her beneath the covers.
"Rest easy. I'm here."
"There won't be another idiot like Nakamura this time."
Luo Bing slowly rose and left, returning to his room to wash up before falling straight into bed.
He knew perfectly well that after he had left Godzilla sleeping by the shore, tomorrow morning was bound to be lively.
So he needed a good night's rest and had to conserve his strength!
Luo Bing lay in bed, sleeping soundly in a muddled haze.
Then he suddenly heard a shout by his ear, followed by something heavy crashing onto him!
"Bro! Something huge happened!"
Luo Yun slammed onto the bed like a cannonball, nearly knocking last night's dinner out of Luo Bing.
"If you do that again next time, something huge will happen to your brother!"
As Luo Bing moved his little sister aside and rubbed his stomach, he asked:
"What happened?"
Although he knew perfectly well what it was, Luo Bing did not reveal the slightest hint on his face.
Luo Yun shouted at him with a shocked expression:
"The Beast King! Beast King Godzilla appeared beside our base!"
"Right there by the beach!"
"It wasn't discovered at dawn, but the tide just went out. Some early risers saw a huge black lump from afar, and when they got close, they were nearly scared to death!"
Luo Bing sprang to his feet and shouted like an award-winning actor:
"Did Wulei and Blue Blood Blade deploy? How is the Sakura Saber's overhaul coming along?"
Luo Yun muttered after hearing that:
"How would I, a student, know how the Sakura Saber's overhaul is going? When I asked you before, you didn't answer me either!"
"But Wulei and Blue Blood Blade haven't deployed. Uncle Luo said the Beast King has no hostile intent. He's just sleeping nearby, so we shouldn't disturb him!"
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