Jiang Chen
Lu Li's research on artificial twisted artifacts has reached a bottleneck. During this period, he has been playing with the Twisted Core, which is closest to the twisted artifact, to an extreme degree. Implantation the Twisted Core can also grant powerful strength, but it is completely unable to achieve the transformative effect of the twisted artifact.
"Indeed, it is still necessary to study the real twisted artifacts." Lu Li held a huge twisted egg in his hand. Implantation this twisted egg would cause a person's body to swell instantly and possess a terrifying power of devouring and digesting.
In fact, Lu Li could have created an even more powerful Twisted Core by combining the experiments with the Mad Star Fruits and various technologies, but that wouldn't have made much sense, especially since these things weren't created for his own benefit.
With the help of his Twisted Core, Wu Donglin has armed a special force of twenty people. If it weren't for the need for secrecy and the high cost, this number could have grown even more. The strongest of these beings, known as Aberrant Warriors, are about the same level as the newly transformed Correctors, but against those Correctors have been transformed for a long time, they can only hold out for a little longer.
"It seems Wu Donglin has absolutely no intention of letting me obtain the research material for the Twisted Artifact." Lu Li, wearing a black mask, pushed up his black-rimmed glasses. The light and air in this world were filled with distorted power, so he specially made these glasses and a mask to filter out the distorted power in the light and air.
Lu Li even specially remade a new outfit based on the Painbearer's Garment, wrapping his entire body in this black coat and adding a hood, becoming a professional stalker from head to toe.
"Is this all his ambition has to offer?" Lu Li, wearing leather gloves, extended dozens of thin black tubes from the gloves and inserted them into the body of a low-level infected person. After absorbing some of the blood, he used the gloves to purify the life force.
If you look closely, you'll find that the gloves were originally white. However, each time the life force was purified, the twisting power would cause some distorted and deformed runes to appear on the white gloves, which eventually turned them into black gloves.
"My lord, I'm back!" Fang Yi pushed open the door and entered. He said respectfully, "I inquired with City Lord Wu again, and he said that he did not obtain any more twisted artifacts."
Fang Yi was wearing Lu Li's Painbearer's Garment. As the first-generation cursed Zombie, he would suffer from various curses every once in a while, providing the Painbearer's Garment with the source of pain. The Painbearer's Garment also provided good protection for Fang Yi, preventing him from being harmed by sunlight.
Despite the severe damage the sunlight had inflicted on Fang Yi, his strength would also be greatly reduced under the sun. At this moment, he dared not show any disrespect to Lu Li, because even he himself did not understand how many backup plans Lu Li had Implantation in him.
"I see." Lu Li chuckled, not minding at all, and said to Fang Yi, "Lie down. Today is the last time to perfect it. After that, the bloodline of the cursed Zombie will be fully formed, and you will be the first generation."
"Thank you for your kindness, sir!" Fang Yi lay down on the experimental table. On the other side, a pale-skinned, bald man in a black robe, with dark red veins visible beneath his pale skin, walked over gently and said respectfully to Fang Yi, "Fang Yi, please forgive me and release the Eternal Seed."
This man in black robes was the same experimental subject that Fang Yi Implantation Bloodworm. He could be called a second-generation Zombie. After absorbing enough blood, his rationality returned, and he also displayed tremendous power.
The Bloodworm multiplied on his body. After multiplying to a certain number, the original Bloodworm condensed together, combined with his heart and some blood, to form a blood diamond-like object.
The second-generation Zombie died long ago when their blood was drained. Their spirit resides entirely in the blood diamond in their hearts. As long as the blood diamond is not destroyed, they can live on. Of course, this survival is only physical. If their will cannot withstand the pain of the curse and the torment of a long life, their bodies will only become beasts that follow their instincts.
Fang Yi revealed his palm, a blood vessel emerging from his body, from which a drop of blood with black markings was squeezed out. The man in the black robe looked at this drop of blood and swallowed hard. For second-generation Zombie, the blood of first-generation Zombie was like nectar, especially the Bloodworm inside. Each Bloodworm could make their blood diamond several times stronger. This time, the second-generation Zombie called the Bloodworm the Eternal Seed.
The man in black robes suppressed his urge to absorb the blood. He brought the blood with him to the instrument, carefully opened a tiny crack to let in a sliver of light. Under the Bloodworm, the Bloodworm writhed incessantly.
The man in black robes hurriedly added various medicinal liquids and powders prepared by that master. Under the effect of these medicines, although the Bloodworm still showed some unease under the light, at least they stopped jumping around incessantly.
The medicine powder was quickly absorbed, and the Bloodworm writhed in agony under the sunlight. The man in black robes hurriedly added more medicine, but this time the dosage was much smaller than before.
Something seemed to have been added to the potions, making the Bloodworm incredibly ferocious. To fight for the potions, they tore at each other. Strength, luck, and resistance to sunlight were all factors in determining the winner. After several rounds of this process, only one Bloodworm remained.
The man in black carefully turned off the sunlight, and with the Bloodworm in his arms, he came to Lu Li's side. Lu Li had already inscribed many runes and arrays on Fang Yi's body. If the man in black's respect for Fang Yi was due to the influence of the Bloodworm, then his respect for Lu Li was entirely due to the fear he had been instilled in him by Lu Li's various methods.
Taking the Bloodworm from the black-robed man, Lu Li placed it on Fang Yi's body. The Bloodworm moved and pierced through Fang Yi's skin, which was several times stronger than steel, and began to wriggle inside his body.
Before long Fang Yi's body was completely transformed into Marine Species of Bloodworm, his entire body throbbing and pulsating. Looking down from his skin, one could see countless worms rolling around inside Fang Yi body, as if his whole being was composed of insects.
The last worm that died turned into flesh and blood. Only the last worm survived, and that worm transformed into a blood diamond, which began to reproduce Bloodworm to facilitate Fang Yi's creation of a new second-generation Zombie.
"Alright, from now on, although your Zombie body will still have various shortcomings, it will continue to evolve. And your death date is in my hands. As long as your death date is not disrupted, you will have no death date and will live forever!" Lu Li said with satisfaction.
Fang Yi opened his eyes, his scarlet pupils gleaming. Just now, he seemed to have gained something, and without hesitation, he said to Lu Li, "I just heard a voice in my ear say that my real name is Jiang Chen."