Chapter 48

Although it's called Isolation Layer, it would be more appropriate to call it Isolation Filter Membrane.

When this ability is released, it can isolate itself from a certain amount of molecular interaction with the outside world.

Its applicable scenarios are limited; its most useful effect is protection against toxic gases, spores, dust, and germs.

For example, the first treasure Wen Jing ate in the Ancient Wilderness, the blue-purple fruit, and the hypnotic spores released by the mutated leaves—if she had had that ability at the time, she probably wouldn't have been affected at all.

But apart from this type, the Isolation Layer can't prevent anything.

Wen Jing used Gravity Silk to fly to a nearby Fluorescent Flower and probed the nectar into its mouthparts, which were covered by Isolation Layer.

A layer of air appeared around her mouthparts, but it was quickly permeated by liquid, and nectar flowed into her mouth.

It can't stop any kind of attack, not even liquid.

The only reasonable explanation is that this ability consumes very little energy.

However, it's about maintaining a balance between Europe and Africa.

Other Awakened can only draw one attribute from blind boxes to increase their abilities, leaving them no room to be picky about their special abilities.

Thinking about this, Wen Jing suddenly realized that his Wilderness Body didn't seem to have any superpowers in the conventional sense—it couldn't be a bullet tail, could it?

The so-called superpowers are not physical abilities of the Wilderness Body, but abilities with obvious extraordinary characteristics.

For example, the ant queen's mind control, the Vine Lizard's decapitation and regeneration, the Shadow Wolf's shadow transformation, the ant's resin bomb, etc., but Wen Jing has none of these.

Perhaps, the limitless level of species she can reach is her special ability...

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While experimenting with his supernatural abilities, Wen Jing also harvested the Fluorescent Flower Field for the day.

This time, instead of causing trouble for the lizards, she continued deeper to test whether the Isolation Layer could shield her from the poisonous fog beneath the giant tree.

"No, the molecular weight of the mist is too high; it's permeating like a liquid, even faster."

Wen Jing decisively retreated.

It seems that this ability is of little use to her. Firstly, its function overlaps with Abnormal Status Immunity, providing only a little protection at the beginning, but it can be penetrated in areas with denser fog.

Furthermore, the real danger in the lower levels doesn't come from the poisonous fog, but from the creatures within it.

After leaving the flower field area, Wen Jing headed towards the upper level of the giant tree.

Now that her superpowers and attribute points have increased significantly, and she has two hundred Skill Points in hand, she can't help but feel like she can go anywhere in the world.

Hmm... except for ant nests.

Passing by the familiar ant nest tree hole, Wen Jing lingering fear and even more annoyance, so he used a miniature Wind Blade to draw an 'X' next to him to remind himself not to fall here again.

She then continued her northward expedition, until the familiar black thread worm swamp appeared before her.

Of course, those weren't her targets this time.

During the first two trips, Wen Jing could practice his combat skills by playing whack-a-mole here.

The black threadworm corpses have already been taken back; they're not worth many Integral, and eating them won't increase your attributes much, making them quite useless.

Her target lies beyond the Blackworm Swamp—

Now that he has acquired the Wind Blade, a ranged attack, Wen Jing has the idea of challenging his former nemesis, the Red and White Bird.

"Huh? Why hasn't it shown up yet this time?"

As they passed through the black threadworm swamp, Wen Jing.

Black threadworms have no brains; they'll stupidly jump out and bite any passing red and white birds they see, only becoming afraid when a nearby companion gets eaten.

Now, Wen Jing casually floats past above, his prepared attack going unreleased, giving the impression of flirting with a blind man.

Even as the worm holes gradually thinned out, the black worms did not emerge as usual.

Not home?

So Wen Jing immediately threw out a small Wind Blade.

"Bang!"

With a tremor, like pebbles thrown into water, several black thread-like worms sprang out from the location of the Wind Blade attack.

Only then did they seem to 'see' Wen Jing, and they all bared their teeth and claws, trying to bite her, but she released her Energy-Shaping Weapon and knocked them back one by one like whack-a-mole.

So, we hadn't noticed her before?

Wen Jing was surprised, but suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she realized the reason—

It seems that the Isolation Layer also blocked the molecular signals emitted by her!

No wonder she didn't react at all when she passed by the ant nest before. She thought the ants were too familiar with her to notice. Now that she thinks about it, usually when she encounters ants, they will move their antennae to sense them, but this time they didn't.

"Cracking--!"

Just then, a bird's cry rang out, startling the insects.

Wen Jing paused for a moment, then immediately pulled the Gravity Silk and hid behind a leaf.

After more than a month of attribute enhancements, she dares to hunt even ' Giant creatures' like Shadow Wolf, and the bird calls that once caused her to freeze no longer have any physiological impact on her.

A red and white bird flew over because of the commotion, its golden eyes scanning every inch of the surrounding area.

It eventually landed on the black threadworm that had sprouted on the tree trunk and immediately began pecking at it furiously.

Wen Jing quietly lay behind the leaf, watching the red and white bird that hadn't noticed her, and fell into thought.

The more she thought about it, the brighter her eyes became.

An idea was born in her mind.

The most useful aspect of the Isolation Layer for her might not be isolating external molecules, but rather isolating her own molecules.

In the past, this ability might have been quite useless in Awakened, which might have been the reason why they dared not enter the Ancient Wilderness, ultimately leading to Genetic Collapse.

But Wen Jing can still evolve!

She had this plan from the beginning: if the ability she gained from the Empowerment Stone was judged as a 'skill', she would study and improve it to make a fortune of Skill Points; if it was judged as a 'trait', she would use it as a foundation to see if it had the potential to evolve with Skill Points.

Wind Blade are a very straightforward attack method, and their evolution will definitely either focus on increasing strength or conserving energy, neither of which is necessary for Wen Jing at the moment.

However, she saw the potential of this isolation ability in its potential for infiltration.

To defeat her natural enemy, the Red-and-White Bird, she couldn't just charge in alone as an insect. Besides, there was more than one bird in the treetop area; their numbers were clearly considerable.

Wen Jing is small in size, Wind Blade are suitable for surprise attacks and stealth.

More importantly, she already possesses a characteristic derived from the Vine Lizard — Basic Mimicry.

If the Isolation Layer were upgraded to not only isolate her aura but also the energy fluctuations...

[The direction of evolution has been determined...]

[Evolve by consuming points...]

[205→145]

After the panel blurred for a moment, Wen Jing's body began to change rapidly.

[Evolution complete]

[Isolation Layer → Energy Isolation Layer]

[Basic Mimicry → Intermediate Mimicry]

[Gained Trait: Basic Invisibility]

Accompanied by a notification sound, the color-changing ability, which previously required some getting used to, now allows Wen Jing to automatically blend into the colors of the environment after the upgrade.

She changed from her previous pale blue to the deep green of the leaf she was currently perched on, and even the patterns on it were exactly the same.

As she began to move using the Gravity Silk, the colors and patterns on her body started to change automatically according to the environment; it was a natural biological coating.

At the same time, under the effect of the Isolation Layer, she did not leak any aura, and more importantly, there was no energy fluctuation.

And so, the leaves drifted down Wen Jing.

The target, a red-and-white bird, was devouring a black threadworm, its eyes warily scanning its surroundings, completely unaware of the tiny insect less than half a meter behind it.

Wen Jing aimed at the back of its head--

Now it's Bug Creed!

Chapter 48

The red-and-white bird was still eating the black threadworm. It was already quite alert, and every time it lowered its head to nibble on a black threadworm, it would immediately look up to observe its surroundings.

However, they were completely unaware of the danger behind them.

This was natural; to maintain a completely seamless 'invisibility' effect, Wen Jing deliberately slowed down.

The effect of Basic Invisibility is not true spatial disappearance, but rather the ability to blend into the surrounding environment with superior simulation capabilities, achieving optical invisibility. At the same time, the Isolation Layer blocks the most crucial Ancient Wilderness energy sensing, which is equivalent to technically shielding the Red and White Bird from all its sensory means.

Just as the distance closed to within ten centimeters, and the red-and-white bird tilted its head back to swallow the black thread worm, several Gravity Silk stuck to the red-and-white bird's golden-black round eyes.

Now!

Wen Jing suddenly accelerated and crashed into the red and white bird's eye. The Energy-Shaping Weapon activated instantly, transforming into a sharp cone that pierced into the eye.

She had once been able to pierce the Shadow Wolf's eyes, and now, after the Energy-Shaping Weapon broke through to the Proficiency level in the Trial Tower, under her control, it extended and changed midway, passing through the Red and White Bird's eye sockets and piercing directly from its left eye to its right eye!

"Cracking!!!"

The red and white bird let out a sharp cry as it was struck by the fatal blow.

Its sound waves naturally exert a tremendous suppressive force on insects. Even though it had just been greatly enhanced by the Empowerment Stone, Wen Jing still felt his body go numb uncontrollably under the sound.

If there hadn't been an increase, this would have definitely paralyzed her for several seconds.

However, it was only for a brief moment before she regained her mobility. Without saying a word, she began poking and gnawing at the red and white bird's pierced eyes, her target being its brain hidden inside its skull.

"Click click click..."

The Basic Rapid Digestion ability, evolved for eating Vine Lizard, kicked in, allowing Wen Jing to squeeze most of his body inside.

The red and white bird struggled violently, flapping its wings to leave the trunk, stumbling and fluttering among the branches and leaves.

Wen Jing felt the surrounding gravity constantly changing, flipping upside down and left and right, but this did not affect her, who had already stuck the Gravity Silk nearby.