Walking through the dense alleyways, Su Li watched the carbon monotube sphere in his hand change from round to square and then flat, a thoughtful look flashing across his eyes.
Earlier, in the Real Universe, Su Li had never found the chance to test his new talent, "Carbon Element Manipulation." Now, after conducting a series of experiments, he finally had some understanding of this talent!
Just as Su Li had imagined, Carbon Element Manipulation could directly control the carbon elements inside carbon-based organisms, thereby achieving the goal of killing them outright.
This ability was incredibly powerful—absurdly so!
But it also consumed a tremendous amount of energy. The Black man who had fled was just an ordinary person. Controlling a small portion of the carbon elements in his body had been easy enough, but when Su Li had made him disappear at the end, even he had felt somewhat strained.
By extension, if he wanted to control all the carbon elements in an E-Class Superhuman's body, Su Li would probably have to exhaust himself to death!
Of course, killing someone did not necessarily require controlling all the carbon elements in their body. In fact, Su Li only needed to make their heart or brain collapse directly!
That was what had happened to Jimmy. The reason he had vomited those mixtures of flesh and blood was that Su Li had silently destroyed some of his internal organs.
Because the internal organs lacked sensory nerves connecting them to the brain, Jimmy had not even known that his organs had already been damaged beyond recognition!
It was a method of killing without a trace. Truly terrifying!
Aside from that, Su Li had also gained some inspiration from the lump of carbon monotube in his hand.
In Earth's natural world, carbon monotube generally existed in two forms: graphite and diamond.
There was nothing much to say about graphite. It was useless to Su Li.
But diamond was said to be incredibly hard. Although it was somewhat brittle, using it to make weapons might produce excellent results.
Besides, Su Li remembered seeing in a popular-science article that diamonds were formed from diamond crystals under high temperatures and pressures deep underground.
In other words, diamonds were also carbon monotube!
Of course, in the vast universe, there could not possibly be only these two kinds of carbon monotube. It was just that these were the only two Su Li knew about at present!
After all that, he was really only trying to express one idea: Su Li felt that with his ability, he could completely transform one kind of carbon monotube into another. He could also control its shape—for example, turning a sphere into a sword!
At that moment, Su Li was attempting exactly that.
If he successfully created diamond, he probably would not need to worry about weapons for quite some time!
Even if a diamond longsword was not as durable as his alloy single-handed sword, he could repair it immediately if it broke. It was practically infinite!
If he successfully synthesized natural diamonds that could pass for the real thing, then wealth would be right before his eyes... At a rate of ten thousand yuan per Resource Point, his Resource Points would soon reach a level where he could never use them all!
As for now, the first thing he had to do was figure out the exact structure of diamond... This was not difficult. Tianling Star was quite similar to Earth, so he should be able to find the information online!
Even if that did not work, he could simply return to the Real Universe and look it up. In any case, it would not be difficult.
A long while later—
Su Li sat in a lounge chair by the roadside, staring at the semitransparent longsword in his hand as he sighed.
It turned out that he had been overthinking things. Perhaps because his level was still too low, his control was severely lacking. Controlling the shape of carbon monotube was easy enough; he could accomplish it effortlessly.
But trying to make every carbon atom arrange itself according to his will... Su Li felt that, for now, it was practically a pipe dream!
Still, Su Li had not gained nothing.
Although he had failed to synthesize diamond, he had tinkered together something that was somewhat similar.
It was probably a new kind of carbon monotube. Su Li had not thought carefully about its name, so he would provisionally call it carbon gold. Carbon gold was semitransparent in appearance, and from a distance, it looked much like certain crystal ornaments. In terms of appearance alone, carbon gold was exceptionally impressive.
Moreover, carbon gold had stable properties and was not easily flammable, which made it somewhat similar to diamond.
Of course, carbon gold had advantages of its own as well. It was extremely tough and had moderate hardness. A longsword made from it could withstand Su Li's full strength without breaking.
For that reason, Su Li planned to use this piece of carbon gold as his weapon for the time being.
Furthermore, because carbon gold was a pure form of carbon monotube, Su Li could completely transform it into another shape and carry it on his person, such as an inconspicuous bracelet...
Of course, even without the bracelet, Su Li could synthesize carbon gold again from other carbon atoms at any time. It would simply be more troublesome. If he actually got into a fight, he definitely would not have time to do that, so wearing it on his person was the better option!
After creating carbon gold, Su Li sat there for a while longer before getting up and leaving.
He wandered around the city called Yosdon for half a day, but in the end, Su Li found nothing!
This left Su Li somewhat helpless. Based on his experiences on Gorol Star and Primal Star, Tianling Star likely had a planetary mission as well. Yet after wandering around for so long, he had not found the slightest clue!
But thinking about it, this was actually quite normal. After all, on Gorol Star, he had not discovered the mission until the third day. Primal Star had been even worse—he had died there once, and only found the mission after entering a second time!
Just as Su Li was preparing to give up for the time being, a clear voice suddenly rang beside his ear.
"Sir, the Century Museum will open in one week. Please look forward to it!"
Su Li turned to look. It was a freckle-faced girl—no, a flyer distributor with a face covered in tiny freckles!
Taking the flyer she handed him, Su Li thanked her, then casually glanced at its contents—nothing out of the ordinary, just a museum exhibition.
Only a moment later, Su Li was about to find a trash can and throw the flyer away. He was not interested in museums on Earth, let alone museums on Tianling Star.
Even though Tianling Star's environment was extremely similar to Earth's, that did not change anything!
However, the very next moment, Su Li suddenly stopped his hand.
Name: Su Li Location: Virtual Universe—Tianling Star—Yoston City Rank: E- (1%) Talents: Eat (Everything you can see is your food) Carbon Element Manipulation (As long as you are willing, all carbon atoms will be arranged into whatever form you desire) Shop: Unlocked Resource Points: 58 PS: Population, land, wealth—everything you possess can be converted into Resource Points. Missions: "Grolar Chapter"—Become a Superhuman and continue advancing along the Path of Superpowers. At every stage of the mission, you can obtain some Resource Points. "Primal Chapter"—Slaughter. The meaning of life lies in slaughter. Amid endless slaughter, you will continue to obtain Resource Points. "Tianling Chapter"—Celestial God Physique. Countless years ago, a celestial god fell here. Collect the celestial god's remains, and you will receive some Resource Point rewards.
"A new mission appeared? Collect the celestial god's remains?"
Looking at the Blue Screen that had suddenly appeared, Su Li fell into deep thought.
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