Feng Qi felt not the slightest pity for the Nightmare.
Although it looked harmless, it was cruel and bloodthirsty to the core—a genuine monster.
So, faced with the helplessly struggling Nightmare, he chose to strike without mercy.
Compared to Little Black, the Nightmare's Body Surface Defense was extremely weak. Under his repeated blows, it gradually lost the strength to resist and collapsed limply to the ground.
After several more brutal strikes, the Nightmare stopped moving.
Then a wisp of blood energy emerged and surged into Feng Qi's body. He immediately felt his body change once again.
Summoning his status panel, he found that he had gained another new Prefix Title.
Nightmare · Tenacity (Level 2) · Strong Living Dead: Feng Qi Strength Level: Unranked Prefix Titles: Strong: Increases body strength by 10% and enhances self-recovery ability. Tenacity LV2: Increases muscle resilience by 2%. Nightmare (Non-upgradeable Prefix Title): Can invade the consciousness level and read the contents of a target's memories. The specific effects depend on the controller's Spiritual Power. The ability attached to this Prefix Title can improve as the controller's Spiritual Power grows stronger. Bloodline: Human (Basic) Bloodline Evolution Points: 134/1000 Prefix Title Milestones: Strong (Upgradeable): Second Milestone Progress: 0% Tenacity LV2 (Upgradeable): 2% ...
Having unexpectedly gained a new Prefix Title and 21 Bloodline Evolution Points, Feng Qi was in high spirits.
What puzzled him, however, was how exactly he was supposed to use the "Nightmare" ability.
After standing still and trying for a while without success, he gave up and headed back toward the Star City Shelter along the route he had taken.
While Little Black was away, he decided to return to the shelter and continue browsing the Database.
After traveling for several hours, he returned to the Star City Shelter.
He entered the Metal Passage and arrived at the Database once more. The equipment was still running, and the screen still displayed the information he had been reading earlier.
During this visit to the Future Dreamland, he had yet to use his visitor privileges to select a technique, and he did not want to waste the chance.
Opening the technique catalog, he began selecting a suitable technique.
A moment later, he chose a Three-Star body-refining technique, the "Body Tempering Art."
Although both were body-refining techniques, the "Body Tempering Art" differed from the "Fierce Tiger Fist." Aside from the different methods of external tempering, the paths through which spiritual energy circulated within the body were completely different as well.
Compared with the Fierce Tiger Fist's fierce and domineering approach, the Body Tempering Art's cultivation method was relatively gentle and caused less damage to the body. It was highly suitable for laying a foundation for those pursuing body refinement.
After opening the instructional video, he began watching it carefully.
Since he could not gather spiritual energy within his body, he could not feel the physical changes that occurred while cultivating the Body Tempering Art. Thus, for most of the learning process, he could only mechanically memorize the instructor's methods from the video.
Once he returned to reality, he planned to use the instructor's methods to teach others.
Feng Qi gradually became engrossed in his studies and lost track of time.
Furthermore, his Living Dead body felt no hunger. By the time he had fully mastered the Body Tempering Art, an entire day had passed.
After memorizing and reinforcing the Body Tempering Art, Feng Qi began considering what to do next.
After thinking for a moment, he opened the historical Database, filtered the timeline to the era he lived in, and began searching for geniuses from his generation.
In particular, he was looking for talent in creating Virtual Games, since this was related to whether he could become the richest man in the future.
Even if he gained the ability to remember everything at a glance someday, he felt he would still need outside help to create "Savior."
During his search, a biography caught his attention.
Biography—Fang Zhiyou—The Fall of a Virtual Genius.
After opening the biography, Fang Zhiyou's detailed life story appeared before him.
He was a rising star in the technological world from the same era as Feng Qi. Even in childhood, he had displayed extraordinary research and development talent. At the age of ten, he created the "Future" Virtual Engine, which would influence later generations.
This Virtual Engine had initially been provided to the military for simulating various weapons tests. A hundred years later, "Savior" was developed on the foundation of this very Virtual Engine.
Yet such an Outstanding Figure of the Era had died unexpectedly at the age of twenty-seven.
His death was a mystery. The biography contained no detailed records related to it, and no information about it could be found anywhere in the Database.
However, the Database contained many speculations regarding Fang Zhiyou's cause of death.
Some claimed that he suffered from severe depression and chose to end his own life. Others said that Fang Zhiyou had been murdered by colleagues who envied him... There were countless conspiracy theories, but none had any evidence.
After learning the details, Feng Qi made a decision: he would change Fang Zhiyou's fate.
It was both for humanity's future and for making money by developing "Savior," so that he would no longer have to worry about replenishing energy.
Glancing at the time, he saw that Fang Zhiyou was supposed to die in 2027. In other words, Fang Zhiyou in reality was only sixteen years old now.
At that thought, Feng Qi made a decision.
He planned to contact Fang Zhiyou ahead of time, build a good relationship with him, and protect him as he grew up safely!
He then began reviewing and recording the dates of several events in the biography that had influenced Fang Zhiyou.
As he continued reading, he discovered that two months from now in the real world, Fang Zhiyou would face the first turning point in his life.
This incident was also believed by later generations to be the reason Fang Zhiyou developed depression.
He decided to try changing this part of history and, at the same time, change Fang Zhiyou's fate.
"Stop fantasizing. Look who's here—say hello!"
The narrator's voice interrupted Feng Qi's thoughts. He turned and saw a familiar figure making its way through the Metal Passage toward the Underground Shelter again.
Looks like Little Black won.
Looking at the Lingering Soul that was Little Black, he sighed helplessly, then skillfully grabbed the leg bone lying nearby.
Giving up resistance would obviously save more time before returning.
"I like struggling when I'm on the verge of death. What's it to you?" With that, Feng Qi lunged straight at the approaching Little Black.
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