Over the next few days, Nameless roamed the city, catching insects of every shape and size. →
He found that humans had suffered terribly at their hands, but other animals had fared little better. Only tiny insects seemed to have escaped, perhaps because they were too small.
Nameless even wondered if some insect enthusiast had created these things to let insects rule Earth.
One day, after Nameless shot a distant insect dead with a poisoned arrow, Chen Weihua contacted him again.
Nameless accepted the connection and asked, "Weihua, another big breakthrough in your research?"
"We do have good news." Sitting in her office chair, Chen Weihua smiled. "Besides the Bio-Armor research, another team discovered that if we put an insect in an environment at minus two hundred degrees, then expose it to ten thousand degrees, the rapid change from cold to heat makes its body turn woody. Grinding it into powder in that state produces something that can blend all manner of things together."
"Blend all manner of things together?" Nameless did not understand.
Chen Weihua smiled slightly and picked up a red test tube from her desk. "Watch."
She drank the potion. Scales immediately grew across her skin, and her eyes turned gold, their pupils narrow and sharp.
"Oh, I get it. Basically, it lets you transform?" Nameless said as soon as he saw her. →
Chen Weihua shook her head. "It isn't that simple. Right now, I have the traits of a human, a Flame Serpent, and an insect. My defense, fire control, healing, and more have all improved dramatically. The stronger you are, the more power the potion gives you. With your physique, it should increase your strength by at least a third."
"That's not bad." Nameless nodded, though he had no intention of drinking any of