"Hmm? What's this..."
Feeling a faint warmth within his body, Fang Mo couldn't help but be startled.
Ever since Fang Mo awakened his Stand-in, Steve, due to his body datafication, he hadn't experienced this sensation in a long time.
"Could this thing actually be useful?"
Fang Mo looked at the pool of green pulp on the ground with some suspicion.
After being chewed by Fang Mo, the Essence Berry seemed to have lost its original vitality. The pool of green pulp on the ground looked sticky and no longer had that brilliant, translucent quality.
"..."
Fang Mo stared at the sticky green substance on the ground, thinking for a long time before finally making a decision.
"Damn it! Let's try again!"
With a thought, Steve once again handed over a string of crystal-clear Essence Berries.
Fang Mo took the Essence Berries, then held his breath and stuffed the entire string into his mouth. He didn't dare to chew, and directly tilted his head back, swallowing them whole.
After being swallowed by Fang Mo, the Essence Berries turned into a cool juice that flowed down his throat.
Immediately after, a strange sense of power surged through his body.
It was as if after standing under his girlfriend's building all winter with no results, he immediately plunged into a hot spring bathtub the next second. The slightly warm water soaked his entire body, melting away the fatigue of both mind and body, replacing it with an unprecedented sense of comfort.
Fang Mo didn't know if his datafied body still had concepts like muscles, blood, or even cells.
But he could clearly feel something within his body cheering, as if welcoming its rebirth. It was a wonderfully beautiful feeling, one that made him unable to help but indulge in it.
The feeling came and went quickly.
In about a few minutes, the warmth within Fang Mo's body gradually disappeared.
"..."
Fang Mo hesitated slightly.
He had to admit, that feeling just now was truly worth savoring.
But... the problem of it being addictive was huge. He didn't know why the Essence Berries looked so good but tasted so disgusting, just like Devil Fruits.
However, even though the taste was disgusting, it did confirm Fang Mo's guess.
The materialized Essence Berries could indeed make him stronger.
Although he had only eaten one Essence Berry, Fang Mo could still feel that he had become slightly stronger than before.
"This is bad, I'm actually thinking about eating them raw..."
Thinking of this, Fang Mo couldn't help but press his forehead: "Everyone laughs at Old Ba, but everyone is Old Ba..."
After all, the yield of Essence Berry bushes in the MC world was not low. Just this time, Fang Mo had brought a whole stack of Essence Berry bushes.
But the thought of having to swallow a whole stack of such disgusting things made him still unable to accept it.
So he made a decision after much deliberation.
Finally, the desire for power overcame the protest of his taste buds.
Fang Mo fiercely pinched his nose and stuffed the Essence Berries into his mouth handful by handful, instantly filling the entire room with chilling swallowing sounds.
Even Fang Mo couldn't handle eating a whole stomach full of Essence Berries.
So he finally had Steve take out two more roasted potatoes, chewing them while feeling the changes in his body.
He had to admit that after eating this entire stack of Essence Berries, Fang Mo's changes were quite significant. He could clearly feel the surging power within him.
At this moment, he felt unprecedentedly powerful.
"Hmm, let's give it a try."
After thinking for a moment, Fang Mo decided to test his strength with a punch. With a thought, he directly summoned Steve.
Steve received the order and silently placed a stone on the ground.
The next second, Fang Mo suddenly swung his fist forward like lightning. With a deafening roar, the hard stone was instantly covered in countless deep cracks. Then, with a crash, it disintegrated, and countless stone fragments flew out like cannonballs, smashing the room's partition to pieces.
Hearing the loud noise from this side, a lot of noisy footsteps soon came from outside.
"What happened!"
Agent Coulson rushed in first: "Mr. Fang Mo! Are you alright?"
Following him, Hawkeye also rushed in with his bow and arrow. As soon as he entered the room, he cautiously observed his surroundings, as if looking for an enemy, his face full of vigilance.
Soon, a group of agents also flooded in, but they also found no enemies and looked bewildered.
"Did that guy come to sneak attack?"
Coulson looked around, finding no signs of a fight, and looked at Fang Mo, confused: "Mr. Fang Mo, he... escaped?"
"Uh, well..."
Fang Mo rubbed his chin: "I know you're anxious, but please don't be anxious..."
"How can I not be anxious?" Coulson asked nervously, "Did he come for the hammer? How strong is the opponent? Are you injured?"
"I already told you, I'm invincible!"
Seeing Coulson's serious expression, Fang Mo felt a little embarrassed to tease him further. So, he began to explain, "Anyway, Thor hasn't come to steal his hammer yet. This is a new witchcraft I just researched, Flowing Rock Crushing Fist..."
"That name doesn't sound much like witchcraft,"
Hawkeye couldn't help but interject, "Isn't that clearly martial arts?"
"Don't worry about the details," Fang Mo waved his hand. "Anything that science can't explain is witchcraft!"
"I thought that guy had shown up."
After hearing Fang Mo's explanation, Coulson breathed a sigh of relief. "After all, that guy claims to be Thor. I was really worried he'd just descend from the sky, pick up his hammer, smite us with lightning, and then fly away with a flourish..."
"Don't worry, that guy's powers are sealed right now. He's nothing,"
Fang Mo reassured Coulson with a smile. "He's probably just a bit stronger than an average person. A gun could kill him, so you don't need to worry too much."
"His powers are sealed in this hammer?"
Upon hearing this, Coulson curiously speculated, "So that's why he's been trying every way to get it back? Because only then can he regain his divine power?"
"Don't worry, he can't lift this hammer."
Fang Mo said, "This guy was punished by his father for being too arrogant, like some kind of trial. Until he completes it, he can't regain his divine power."
"Then why is he coming here?" Hawkeye couldn't help but ask this time.
"He doesn't know any of this himself."
Fang Mo spread his hands. "Do you think everyone can divine the future? Do you think there are many big shots like me who understand heaven and earth, know yin and yang, and can determine fortune and misfortune, reaching the heavens above and the netherworld below?"
"..."
Coulson didn't know what to say upon hearing this.
However, at that moment, a special agent suddenly ran over and whispered a few words in his ear. Apparently, they had discovered a suspicious vehicle parked on a nearby hillside and were asking Coulson for instructions on how to proceed.
"Alright, now that guy has really come."
After listening to his subordinate's report, Coulson looked directly at Fang Mo and said.
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