Looking at the slightly oversized white billiard ball, Chu Yunyi examined it, and information appeared:
[NO.10 [Therapeutic Diet Merit]] [Quality: White+] [Description: Your body becomes stronger with this ability, and you can grow stronger by eating constantly]
Chu Yunyi was quite satisfied with the result.
What he needed now was to strengthen his body. After all, he was still only human.
With that thought,
Chu Yunyi didn't hesitate for a moment. He fused all the remaining powder into [NO.10 [Therapeutic Diet Merit]]!
The next moment!
[NO.10] visibly grew several sizes larger!
It had become a huge ball...
Chu Yunyi looked again:
[NO.10 [Food Is Heaven]] [Quality: White++++] [Description: Your body is powerful, and can absorb 100% of the nutrients in food to strengthen itself. By eating, you can even continually break through the limits of humanity]
Seeing how completely the ability had changed,
Chu Yunyi couldn't help but marvel.
It was like a whole new ability!
At first, [Size Merit] had only made him much healthier. Now, [Food Is Heaven] had already brought him to the threshold of the supernatural!
Who knew what the limits of humanity were?
If he turned into some bald demon king called Saitama, wouldn't he, Chu Yunyi, be able to take down a little demon king with every punch?!
In the entire Round Table Dreamscape,
only the ball with [Propagation Trait] was marked "??."
If Chu Yunyi's guess was right, any billiard ball with "??" as its serial number should be unable to activate its ability.
Just like those balls still resting on the table, not pocketed and not belonging to Chu Yunyi. Their serial numbers were all "??."
Chu Yunyi thought it over.
If he fused [Propagation Trait] with another ability, perhaps he could copy that ability to someone else for free.
But
Chu Yunyi had no intention of doing that. It might not cost him anything, but seeing someone else with his ability would still make him uncomfortable.
It would feel like getting NTR'd from a really bizarre angle.
Still,
if the other person obeyed him, then it might be worth a try.
The problem was,
[Propagation Trait] could only be fused with one ability, and Chu Yunyi couldn't decide which one to choose.
So for now, he'd leave [Propagation Trait] in the pile of abilities to collect dust.
Chu Yunyi still had a little Operation Power left.
He'd gotten it from killing the Wrath patient. After crushing the [Gluttony Virus] and repeatedly fusing billiard balls,
only forty percent remained.
With that much Operation Power, he could just about move the yellow ball once. Even a little more would be impossible.
Soon,
Chu Yunyi picked a target. By hitting the edge and then banking the ball, he might be able to pocket it.
Chu Yunyi immediately made his move.
'Clack!'
The yellow billiard ball rolled along the path Chu Yunyi had planned. It narrowly grazed a purple ball before striking the edge.
Then it changed direction and shot straight toward the pocket at the very top!
It went in!
Chu Yunyi took the ball out and checked its information:
[NO.15 [Portable Space]] [Quality: Yellow] [Description: You can open an entrance to [Portable Space] within three meters of yourself. [Portable Space] has a volume of 100 cubic meters] [Note: The entrance cannot be closed if anything is blocking it. The air, pressure, and gravity inside [Portable Space] are synchronized with the surrounding area]
Chu Yunyi was stunned by this ability.
Wasn't this just a heavily nerfed version of [Void Gate], with the added restriction of a limited space?
But then he thought about it again.
This ability could open an entrance to [Portable Space] anywhere within three meters of him.
That... was something he could work with!
With that in mind,
Chu Yunyi immediately left the Round Table Dreamscape!
Inside the Void Gate,
Chu Yunyi slowly woke up, feeling far more light and nimble than before.
He wasn't sure whether it was because the [Gluttony Virus] had been removed,
or because of his new ability, [Food Is Heaven], which felt like old wine in a new bottle.
Either way,
Chu Yunyi didn't dwell on it. He immediately turned the doorknob and left the [Void Gate].
Yunzhou City.
A building materials market.
Chu Yunyi stepped out of a door and arrived there.
He glanced to the side. All around him were doors of all kinds.
Security doors, carved doors—there were all sorts of styles.
Chu Yunyi casually picked out a sturdy-looking security door and lifted it up.
The next moment,
NO.15 [Portable Space] activated, and a palm-sized white entrance appeared.
Chu Yunyi looked closely and realized that the entrance itself wasn't white. It was [Portable Space] that was white.
The space behind the entrance was [Portable Space], so the whole thing appeared white.
Chu Yunyi had always wanted something like this.
After all, he was a professional writer, and most of the protagonists in the novels he often read had one.
But now that he really had one,
he couldn't hide his excitement. It might not be as good at storing things as [Void Gate], nor could it let him travel between worlds,
but
the best part was that NO.15 [Portable Space] could be opened at any time.
Looking at the palm-sized entrance in front of him, Chu Yunyi was far from satisfied.
He willed it to expand.
The entrance quickly began to grow until it was several meters tall and wide.
Then
Chu Yunyi tossed the heavy security door inside!
'Clang!'
A loud sound rang out from inside the Portable Space.
"Close." Chu Yunyi gestured, and the entrance in front of him abruptly shut.
Chu Yunyi turned and walked elsewhere, then called out again:
"Open."
The next moment, the entrance opened, and the security door came into view. But that alone still didn't satisfy Chu Yunyi.
He opened the door and used the power of NO.1 [Void Gate] to turn the doorknob.
Beyond the door lay the strange space known as the [Void Gate].
But this time,
Chu Yunyi didn't go inside or close the door. Instead, he slowly let go of the doorknob.
"Close." Chu Yunyi shut the entrance to the Portable Space.
After pondering for a moment,
Chu Yunyi was certain of his theory. He turned and took two steps, then reached out and gestured again. The entrance appeared!
And this time,
beyond the entrance was no longer the pure white [Portable Space]. Instead, it was...
--[Void Gate]!
"It worked!" Chu Yunyi was thrilled.
He hadn't expected that although NO.15 [Portable Space] wasn't much use on its own, apart from the fact that he could open it whenever he wanted,
a little creative thinking, combined with the properties of NO.1 [Void Gate],
had actually let him enter the [Void Gate] wherever he was!
"This should do it."
"NO.1 [Void Gate] doesn't have any weaknesses now. I won't need to find a door to get inside anymore!"
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