Blacklight Virus Infected Body

"How... how do you know?"

Xiao Hua said, looking dazed.

Su Zhe revealed a kind smile.

How did he know? After devouring Xiao Hua's teammates, knowing Xiao Hua's name was only natural.

"Child, don't be afraid."

Su Zhe paced slowly until he reached Xiao Hua's side, then patted him affectionately on the shoulder.

In the game, the Blacklight Virus had many variants, but here, there was only one prototype: Su Zhe.

Su Zhe's idea was to see if he could use the Blacklight Virus within his own body to develop a variant of the virus.

His earlier experiment on the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle had already proven that the infectivity of the Blacklight Virus remained potent in this world; if it were to spread, the impact would likely be even more exaggerated than the RR Virus.

If things went poorly, there wouldn't even be a need for Luo Feng to take action.

Every living thing on Earth could quickly surpass the Apprentice level and head straight for the Planetary level.

Of course, whether humanity would still exist by then was another matter.

After all, judging by the situation in the game, only one in ten thousand humans could withstand the Blacklight Virus infection; while the infected were quite strong—no weaker than an average warrior—it was a different story for the survivors.

If the Blacklight Virus were truly allowed to spread on a large scale, not many humans on Earth would survive.

Fortunately, Su Zhe could exert complete control over the Blacklight Virus.

As long as Su Zhe willed it, the virus would never leak out.

Xiao Hua would be Su Zhe's first test subject.

The content of this first experiment was to have Xiao Hua infected with the Blacklight Virus to see if he could maintain his sanity while carrying the infection.

After obtaining spiritual force, Su Zhe discovered that his control over the Blacklight Virus had become even stronger, which was what gave birth to this unique idea.

"Look up and look at me."

Su Zhe looked at Xiao Hua. Xiao Hua dared not defy Su Zhe's command and looked up at him.

Back when he had patted Xiao Hua's shoulder, the Blacklight Virus had already entered Xiao Hua's body.

Now, all Su Zhe had to do was manipulate the Blacklight Virus to undergo "mutation" within Xiao Hua.

He aimed to mutate a subspecies of the Blacklight Virus that could strengthen the human body and even be directly controlled by Su Zhe!

Xiao Hua looked at Su Zhe, confused; he didn't understand what Su Zhe wanted to do, and then...

"Ah!"

The pain was intense, deep into his very marrow!

Xiao Hua's eyes widened, sweat beads constantly erupting on his forehead. His face turned beet red in an instant. The pain rendered him speechless, his body trembling violently as he curled up and collapsed to the ground.

Su Zhe instinctively took a step back.

Did he break him already?

No, the Blacklight Virus was still undergoing a metamorphosis inside Xiao Hua.

With the help of his spiritual force and his control over the Blacklight Virus, Su Zhe could easily perceive the changes occurring within the virus.

The virus was remodeling Xiao Hua's body.

As an Advanced Warrior, Xiao Hua's physical fitness was quite decent, and given that he was only in his early twenties, he could be considered a minor genius in a sense—likely on par with Su Zhe before he fused with the Blacklight Virus.

Su Zhe watched as Xiao Hua's muscles constantly expanded. The virus within him was trying to force the body to complete its evolution, but hindered by genetic limitations and Xiao Hua's lack of strong willpower, the body's evolution stalled halfway through.

At this moment, Xiao Hua had almost completely lost consciousness.

If he could not withstand the impending upheaval, he would likely become a low-level Blacklight Virus infected—commonly known as a zombie.

Su Zhe watched Xiao Hua in silence.

Xiao Hua's current state was dire, hovering between coma and consciousness. No one knew if he would suddenly drop dead in the next second or suddenly complete his evolution.

The virus in his body and his own cells were in a state of irreconcilable conflict.

Su Zhe dared not micromanage at this point, fearing that one careless move would kill Xiao Hua.

He could only leave it to Xiao Hua's own willpower.

Su Zhe thought silently.

Come to think of it, the humans of the Swallowed Star world seemed to have one unique advantage.

That was the soul of the Earthlings, which had been modified.

This special soul made it very easy for Earthlings to improve their state of mind, and their willpower was naturally stronger than that of other races in the universe.

About a few minutes later.

Su Zhe looked at Xiao Hua, whose skin had almost completely rotted away, exposing blood-red muscle tissue, his entire body looking as if he had been burned, with not a single intact patch of skin left, and fell into silence.

This was... the fusion had failed after all.

He had failed to create a "super soldier."

However, judging by these changes, it seemed to be shifting in the direction of a Hunter.

Su Zhe's interest was reignited.

Unlike ordinary Blacklight virus infected, a Hunter is not a creature infected by the Blacklight virus, but a biological weapon hatched from a hive created by a Hive Mind.

But there was no Blacklight virus Hive Mind in existence; Su Zhe was a Prototype, not a Hive Mind. What exactly was going on here?

Could it be...

"The problem lies with me?"

Su Zhe suddenly realized something.

As the only Blacklight virus lineage in this universe, as the Blacklight virus Prototype himself, he was the Blacklight virus itself!

Even the Blacklight virus Hive Mind had originally been a human infected by the Blacklight virus; it did not appear in the form of a Hive Mind from the start.

In other words...

As the Blacklight virus Prototype, Su Zhe possessed some of the abilities of a Hive Mind, which led to Xiao Hua evolving toward a Hunter after fusing with the Blacklight virus separated from Su Zhe!

It was precisely because Su Zhe had devoured many different types of monsters, and their genes had mixed together, that this effect finally manifested in Xiao Hua.

"So that's it."

After figuring it out, Su Zhe looked at Xiao Hua's figure and stopped waiting.

Once transformed into a Hunter, Xiao Hua would lose his human intelligence, becoming even inferior to some Beast Soldier-level monsters. Perhaps there would be an opportunity to cultivate a batch of Hunters in the future, but it was clearly not appropriate now.

"Squelch!"

Su Zhe's right hand transformed into a sharp claw, piercing into Xiao Hua's body, killing him while he was still transitioning into a Hunter, and re-absorbing him back into his own body.

[Killed Apprentice-level Tier 4 Hunter, gained 0.4 Devour Points]

Oh.

He could even recover Devour Points.

It was even more than the Devour Points gained from killing Xiao Hua directly.

Unfortunately, this method was too slow; there was no need to grind for points this way.

Su Zhe was not in a hurry to obtain a large number of Devour Points right now. Anyway, as far as he could see, besides exchanging for rewards, Devour Points had no other use.

When the time truly came that he needed a large amount of Devour Points, with his current strength, it would not be difficult to slaughter his way through a monster gathering place like County 0231. A single county had at least over one hundred thousand monsters; gathering ten thousand Devour Points would be a breeze!