42: Exploration of talent, star jellyfish

What is Yang Dian's talent?

His acquired 'knowledge' is digitized, allowing him to clearly understand himself through a panel.

In addition, the energy that regularly increases on the panel, or increases after consuming heaven and earth treasures, also allows him to learn and master any knowledge, optimize his Cultivation methods, and supplement what his body lacks.

So, the question is.

What is 'knowledge'?

Is it text written on paper?

Is it a fantasy in the human mind?

Or is it all truths, both comprehensible and incomprehensible?

Yang Dian does not know.

But this does not hinder his curiosity about 'knowledge' and his exploration of more uses for his talent.

"Scientific knowledge from books can be learned."

"Martial Arts from Secret Manuals can be mastered."

"Even the 'Great Heavenly Immortal Art', which only exists in fantasy, can be learned if there is enough energy."

"What about others?"

"For example, can I obtain the talents Awakened by other Awakened, or the abilities gained by mutated creatures after mutation, by using my talent and expending energy?"

"It doesn't even have to be the talents of Awakened or the abilities of mutated creatures."

"If I could master the adaptive abilities of tardigrades, the super strength of rhinoceros beetles, the reverse aging mechanism of Turritopsis dohrnii, the electric discharge ability of electric eels..."

"Then I would also be invincible!"

With this thought, Yang Dian's gaze fell on the small jellyfish.

"Although it might not be as I imagine."

"But if I don't even try, that would be too useless."

With this thought, Yang Dian carefully observed the small jellyfish.

"What is its ability?"

"The dazzling light emitted from its body surface?"

He watched for about half an hour.

Seeing the small jellyfish still glowing all over, seemingly ready to float in the water for a lifetime, Yang Dian couldn't help but sigh.

"Indeed, I'm not cut out for scientific research."

"Even determining the small jellyfish's mutated ability is so difficult."

He patted his cheeks to shake off the discouragement.

Yang Dian suddenly stood up and turned off the light.

Since the small jellyfish showed no activity in a bright environment.

Why not try a dark environment to see what it would do.

As the light went out and the bedroom plunged into darkness, the glow on the small jellyfish became even brighter and more vivid.

Watching the small jellyfish slowly swim in the fish tank, leaving trails of brilliant light, Yang Dian couldn't help but have a thought.

'Perhaps the small jellyfish only mutated to have the ability to glow?'

'If that's all, then building a giant aquarium and keeping it as a pet might also be a good choice.'

'After all, it's like looking at a beautiful woman.'

'Seeing beautiful things always makes people feel happy.'

Just as Yang Dian began to let his mind wander, he suddenly felt a wisp of water vapor brush across his cheek.

He focused his eyes and saw that it was indeed the small jellyfish, flapping its bell like a moth, flying past his cheek.

Hmm?

Jellyfish?

Flying?

Realizing something was wrong, Yang Dian quickly turned his head to look at the small jellyfish freely flying in the air, flapping its bell.

"Holy crap!"

Perhaps the expletive that slipped out scared the small jellyfish.

After freezing for a moment, it rapidly flapped its bell, drawing a dazzling arc with its tentacles, and dropped back into the fish tank.

However, looking at the ripples on the water surface illuminated by the small jellyfish's glow.

Yang Dian confirmed that what he saw earlier was not an illusion.

The jellyfish could fly!

"Holy crap!"

After another expletive, Yang Dian pressed his eyes against the fish tank, looking eagerly at the small jellyfish:

"This little guy can fly?"

"But if it can fly, how did it get stranded in the sand pit?"

"Hmm, speaking of which, during the day and when the lights were on, it always stayed quietly in the water."

"So, does it only fly when it's dark, or after it's in darkness?"

At this moment, Yang Dian wished he had a talent for appraising all things.

If he had such a talent, he wouldn't just be able to find hidden gems in antique markets; at the very least, he could identify what the small jellyfish's talent truly was.

"So, the small jellyfish's mutated abilities are glowing and flying?"

"Or is it a Physique mutation, turning it into an atmospheric creature that can fly in the air without wings or airflow?"

Staring intently at the small jellyfish, Yang Dian began to give himself instructions in his mind:

"Learn the small jellyfish's mutated talent, so I can also fly freely in the air..."

"Learn the small jellyfish's mutated talent, so I can also fly freely in the air..."

...After several suggestions, the panel, which Yang Dian had summoned and placed in the corner of his eye, suddenly began to tremble.

Just as Yang Dian realized something was wrong, the data on the panel had already turned into a jumbled mess.

Facing this familiar scene, Yang Dian rubbed his nose, then found a lid and placed it over the fish tank.

Then he fumbled his way to bed and lay down.

You ask why he was so skilled?

Because he had experienced this once before.

Previously, he had a wild idea to learn Sun Wukong's 'Great Heavenly Immortal Art'.

The result was exactly the same as now.

Except that time, the fatigue came faster.

That time, as soon as the panel showed garbled code, he fainted.

This time, he still had some time to make preparations.

'So, it is possible to possess the abilities of mutated creatures.'

'But the prerequisite is to have enough energy?'

As this thought arose in his mind, an indescribable sense of fatigue surged into Yang Dian's heart.

And as this fatigue surged into his heart, a thought suddenly arose in Yang Dian's mind.

Only 30 points of energy would be needed to dispel this fatigue and gain immense benefits.

What else was there to say?

Wasn't energy stored to be used?

Since he could gain immense benefits, why not use it?

With a thought, as he confirmed the use of energy, an extreme sense of comfort inexplicably emerged from Yang Dian's heart.

His Soul seemed to detach from his body, rising continuously, floating into the Immortal Realm's Immortal Cleansing Pond.

And under the unique techniques of the Heavenly Immortals in heaven, he washed away all mortal Qi.

Floating and feeling like an Immortal, perhaps this was the feeling.

Just as Yang Dian was immersed in that ethereal and immortal-like comfort, the small jellyfish in the fish tank suddenly sensed something.

It slightly contracted its body, then suddenly expanded its bell to the extreme, growing from the size of two thumbs to the size of a fist.

The next moment, the fist-sized jellyfish suddenly exploded, transforming into countless dazzling starlight.

The starlight passed through the gap between the fish tank and the lid, forming a colorful ribbon that gathered in the air, eventually re-forming into an even smaller, thumb-sized jellyfish.

Clearly, the previous action had caused significant harm to the small jellyfish.

Even its size had been reduced by half.

However, the freed small jellyfish did not seem to care about its own state.

Or perhaps its attention was entirely focused on Yang Dian.

After being freed, it flapped its bell, trailing its brilliantly glowing tentacles, and quietly floated above Yang Dian's head...