Cell Regeneration

The gravitational pull that had been exerting force on Levi vanished, and the Bishop's massive, limb-laden body was pinned firmly to the ground as if clamped by a magnet!

This allowed Levi to break free from his control with ease, simultaneously yanking out the short sword that had been wedged in bone and plunging it once more into the Bishop's hair-raising skull!

Blood splattered, merging with the falling rain and pooling into the muddy water.

Yet, such a fatal wound, piercing straight through the skull, seemed to have no effect on the Bishop whatsoever.

His torso struggled, rising from the mire with all his might, and the wounds that had been gushing blood were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he intended to keep the very sword in Levi's hand!

"Gravity? Physics? No wonder! No wonder! I said even a bio-man shouldn't be this perfect! Such a robust physique, such reactive nerves! Tian'en Company hid the secret within you! You were granted the key, mastered the knowledge, and became a scientist!"

He shrieked, looking even more excited.

Levi took this opportunity to pull the short sword back from his skull and put distance between them once again.

"This is taboo! A taboo strictly forbidden by all major scientific research institutes! If they knew about you, what would my fringe research even count as?"

The Bishop glared with countless eyes, staring fixedly at Levi as if he were looking at a rare, priceless treasure.

Levi frowned as he watched him; this guy seemed to have no fatal points. Whether it was the heart or the head, hacking and stabbing were useless!

Although Levi had not yet learned the chaotic biology of this world, judging by the Bishop's description of himself, he must have fused the cells or genes of the corpses from the graveyard into his own body, and instructed Nanny Cheng to collect fresh, active limbs from all over Yuguang to graft onto himself.

Other effects were not yet apparent, but his self-healing ability was freakishly strong!

Levi scanned that body. It looked as though the Bishop had become an unkillable monster, but since he was a character related to the player's plot in the game, he definitely had a health bar. Having a health bar meant he could be killed, and being killable meant he must have a weakness!

"You've committed such immoral acts, and you call it just 'fringe'?" Levi was stalling for time.

The Bishop seemed amused by his words.

"Immoral? They were just a group of laborers, a bunch of lowly consumables! Do you think anyone cares? The laborers of Sun City, the farmers of Zhulan, the special recruits of The Academy—these are the lowliest, most ignored things in the East District! Even if the Council of Sun City or the central Scientific Management Precept Bureau knew what I had done, they would only criticize me for conducting unauthorized scientific experiments; they wouldn't hold me accountable for murder or stealing corpses!"

As his voice fell, he suddenly lunged!

The Bishop seemed to have adapted to the force exerted upon him; although his movement speed was somewhat affected, it was still shockingly fast!

Like a toad leaping, he used his limbs to propel his body, jumping into the night sky against the rain, and then slammed down toward Levi's position!

Levi wiped the rain from his face, narrowed his eyes, and suddenly threw the short sword in his hand!

His precise control over gravity allowed him to perfectly manipulate the short sword's trajectory in mid-air.

He dodged the range of the Bishop's descent himself, leaving only the short sword to impale that body which was difficult to look at directly!

A large pool of scarlet blood had already gathered on the ground, but the Bishop's blood spilled as if it were worthless, soaking into the mud.

Feng Zi slumped in the Prayer Hall, which had been reduced to ruins, and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve.

She stared intently at the Bishop, who was shifting and moving through the wind and rain. Compared to Levi, she had more experience and understood better that such acts of biological replacement and fusion could never be without weaknesses.

If there really were knowledge without side effects, Twilight would never have hidden it away instead of making it public. Even if it were immoral, those people would have launched research and experiments to further control science, and it would never have fallen into the Bishop's hands.

Her current body was a major burden; she couldn't provide Levi with any physical help, so she could only try her best to solve some theoretical problems and find that fatal weakness.

The Bishop didn't care at all about the attacks and wounds Levi inflicted; he countered frantically, wanting to grab him at every moment, swallow him whole, and fuse him into his own body!

"With the key and the knowledge, you have only just entered the gate of science, stepping onto the very first rung of the ladder! First-stage gravity is useless! The true power of physics only emerges after the second stage. With just this level of ability, you'd better honestly become a part of me!"

He closed in on Levi again, his chaotic limbs wrapping tightly around him, and his open mouthparts moved to swallow Levi whole from the top of his head!

But the short sword pierced straight through his chin, preventing him from closing his mouth even an inch further!

At the same time, taking advantage of this moment, Levi extended his other hand and suddenly plunged it into the pair of eyes on the sides of his cheeks!

"You give me back these eyes first!"

He exerted force with his fingers, almost tearing the eyeballs out of the sockets on the Bishop's cheeks!

These eyes seemed different from the other body parts; when Levi dug them out, the Bishop let out a shrill, miserable scream!

He seemed to be in extreme pain, subconsciously letting go of Levi, his body twitching uncontrollably.

And after Levi obtained the pair of eyeballs, a prompt suddenly popped up in his mind.

[Task completed: "Eyes"]

[Task reward obtained: 10,000 legal currency, unlocked Biology skill: Cell Regeneration (Basic)]

[Experience points 145735.9/500000]

Levi didn't pay attention to the jumping experience points; he only noticed that behind his skill bar [Gravity Manipulation], a new skill had suddenly appeared!

He turned to look at the Bishop, who was clutching his cheeks and struggling to stand firm on the muddy ground again. So, the unknown reward was the knowledge within this Bishop!

"You damn you! You really damn you!"

The Bishop roared, rushing toward Levi once more. One of his forelimbs, tipped with sharp claws, suddenly pierced through Levi's shoulder!

Blood splattered, causing Feng Zi, who witnessed this scene, to shrink her pupils in shock!

Yet, Levi acted as if he couldn't feel the pain. He cracked a grin and once again plunged the short sword violently into that disgusting skull!

At the same time, the horrific wound on his shoulder healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. This sight left the Bishop, who had been nearly driven to madness, stunned!

"Impossible! What is this! Biology?"