Uncle A, You Should Stay in London!

Wang Zhen's foot gave a slight tremor, and the ten-meter-diameter "Philosopher's Stone" Transmutation Circle dissolved into thin streams of blood, burrowing into the ground beneath him and vanishing.

"Dead River" ability... deactivated!

At the same time, a sense of inexplicable regret welled up in Wang Zhen's heart, like a plate of fragrant, mouth-watering twice-cooked pork being whisked away before he could even take a few bites. It was truly... tantalizing!

Wang Zhen remained unmoved!

With a casual wave, he erased the deep-cosplay Alucard outfit from his body, replacing it with a comfortable ensemble of a sleeveless undershirt, baggy shorts, and plastic flip-flops.

"Comfy! This is the one. Aside from being too low-brow, it has no flaws!" Wang Zhen patted his undershirt and said nonchalantly.

Just how high is Alucard's charisma? Is even a cup of his blood so seductive?

Wang Zhen found it somewhat incredible!

Previously, when he obtained the Silver Pocket Watch, changed his class to State Alchemist, and even performed Human Transmutation four times in a row, he hadn't felt anything unusual, save for the silent appearance of a "Gate of Truth" within his consciousness space.

But now, a mere cup of blood had tempted him multiple times!

That's right!

The deep cosplay of Alucard just now was also a form of temptation!

Although Wang Zhen did want to mess around and cosplay as Uncle A as a tribute to an idol, that one-to-one, perfect recreation wasn't his original intent; it was an unconscious result that occurred during the process.

Wang Zhen realized that his mental strength might be weaker than Alucard's, which was why he was being repeatedly tempted by Alucard's blood!

Wang Zhen didn't specialize in the mental side, but that didn't prevent him from having some understanding of eerie and powerful mental abilities.

If he were to sink into Alucard's temptations, not to mention whether it would attract Alucard to cross over, simply being mentally eroded by Alucard would be a massive headache!

Damn! Killing over three million "lives" in the quantum space and then crawling back out—Uncle A, you really did conquer the quantum space! Wang Zhen warned himself inwardly. He must never be tempted or influenced by him again. Although Alucard might not be able to break through the cosmic crystal wall, his range of activity through the mysterious and eerie quantum space was much larger!

Moreover, Alucard had no sense of being a powerhouse or a grandmaster; he was no stranger to messing with people's minds and making them feel extremely uneasy!

Even though he had relied on "Good Luck" to absorb his essence blood and transform into a vampire, that didn't mean Uncle A would coddle him the way he protected the policewoman Seras!

In the future, he would keep his distance from Uncle A whenever possible—preferably so that he couldn't even be linked to him!

"Alchemy... it seems there is much to be done here. No matter how deep the connection between Alucard and alchemy is, even if he relied on the 'Philosopher's Stone' Transmutation Circle to transform himself and his countrymen into vampires and 'lives,' gaining near-immortality, he was still beaten to a pulp and sealed by the First Generation Hellsing. That proves Uncle A still has flaws!"

"I cannot copy everything Uncle A does. Since I have the projection of the 'Gate of Truth,' I might as well re-transmute the Alucard blood in my body. I can't think of this centuries-old vampire as some kind of saint."

Thinking this, Wang Zhen immediately called Selene over, told her to pause her work, and head to the God Hall with him. He wanted to continue Human Transmutation, commune with the "Gate of Truth," and fleece it for all it was worth!

"Selene, get a cage and bring the remaining materials along with those four Homunculi!" Wang Zhen said, turning back to tell Selene as he reached the door.

The God Hall was still empty. Beneath the God, Wang Zhen drew another Human Transmutation Circle.

This time, Selene had intended to have the God repair his lower body the moment he was bisected, but Wang Zhen stopped her. He waited until only his head remained before having Selene exchange for a massive amount of blood, then placed his head into an oversized steel barrel filled to the brim.

Although it wasn't the God performing the healing, Wang Zhen's recovery speed was only half as slow as usual—still a terrifying rate, considering he was just a head!

The knowledge gained from this Human Transmutation was immense; it was a bumper harvest!

Wang Zhen vaguely guessed that as a sacrificial ritual to commune with the "Gate of Truth," the Gate would randomly consume a part of the practitioner's body through the Transmutation Circle, and in exchange, one would randomly receive a portion of the knowledge within the Gate.

This process was called Equivalent Exchange. Because regardless of what was exchanged, as long as it succeeded, it was by definition equivalent; otherwise, the exchange would fail. Therefore, "Equivalent Exchange" did not mean the items exchanged were of equal value!

He guessed that the reason he gained so much knowledge from the "Gate of Truth" this time was that the body parts below his neck, which had been exchanged to the Gate, contained 99% of Alucard's essence blood!

Only Alucard, who had a deep connection to alchemy and was suspected of using the "Philosopher's Stone" Transmutation Circle to turn himself into a vampire—with over three million citizens transmuted into a "Philosopher's Stone" and fused with him to gain immortality—possessed such a state.

Because Alucard's state was so bizarre—possessing the traits of a Homunculus, an alchemist, and a vampire simultaneously—this unique condition provided supplementary knowledge to the "Gate of Truth."

Thus, Wang Zhen received a massive gift of knowledge from the "Gate of Truth"!

Subsequently, Wang Zhen's head hovered eerily above the blood barrel. The Ouroboros pattern hidden deep within his pupils suddenly manifested, and his left eye, which had fused with the "Eye of Truth," also underwent a change, silently revealing itself in his left eye socket!

At the same time, the blood in the barrel began to boil. Countless threads of crimson blood rose like mist, connecting to the severed neck beneath his head...

Then, these threads of blood wove together at a speed visible to the naked eye, like 3D printing, perfectly crafting the body Wang Zhen had lost below the neck!

"Not bad! From now on, I can even save on the God's healing fees!" Once his feet were back on the ground, Wang Zhen was extremely satisfied with his current body!

"Master, please put on your underwear! Public indecency will lead to social death!" Selene said, holding up a pair of briefs.

"Damn! Good thing there's no one else around! Otherwise, I'd really be socially dead!" Wang Zhen quickly pulled on the ice-silk boxer briefs.

Must say, it was cool, non-constricting, and soft as nothing—too comfortable!

"Although most of the body containing Alucard's essence blood was taken by the 'Gate of Truth,' the beauty of this cheat is that as long as I drink the Alucard essence blood from the blind box, I am immediately transformed into that type of vampire. So, even though I exchanged most of my body..."

"But my abilities weren't lost because of the missing parts. I... am still me!"

"Continue the Human Transmutation..."