33: Chapter 33 Black Tentacles

Of course, if this plan were to be implemented, it would also take some time.

Parasitizing ordinary people is very simple; as long as they come into contact with a Worm, it works. However, there is an upper limit to the Worm's parasitism; it's probably not easy to easily parasitize an Awakened One with excessive strength.

Just like W, although W's own strength is not very powerful, W comes with a protective shield, so ordinary Worms cannot get close at all. It requires a higher-level Spirit Worm to complete the parasitism.

Similarly, some powerful Awakened Ones will sense foreign objects as they approach, and when ordinary Worms cannot complete the parasitism, it is necessary to rely on Spirit Worms to complete it.

Ling Yichen does not intend to use existing Spirit Worms to parasitize the Lin family members; he wants Lin Hao to cultivate Spirit Worms or even Intelligence Worms himself.

And this is the most interesting part of his plan!

He wants Lin Hao to believe that these Worms are his opportunity, his trump card on the road to becoming a powerhouse, and thus actively cultivate more Spirit Worms, or even Intelligence Worms!

Then... when the time is ripe, he will go to harvest the crop!

He will take away all of his so-called opportunities and trump cards.

Ling Yichen has already imagined how desperate Lin Hao will be at that time.

"Hahaha..."

Ling Yichen couldn't help but laugh.

But the next second, he immediately restrained all his smiles because he sensed that Tian Yingying had appeared at his doorstep.

Sure enough, his front door was immediately knocked on.

He immediately got up to open the door and saw Tian Yingying standing at the doorway with a nervous look on her face, seemingly hesitating about something.

When she saw Ling Yichen, she even instinctively took a step back.

"What's wrong?" Ling Yichen asked calmly.

Tian Yingying looked up at him and then said, "Can we talk inside your house?"

Ling Yichen nodded, turned around, and entered the house, and Tian Yingying immediately followed.

After entering Ling Yichen's home, Tian Yingying immediately felt as constrained as an ant on a hot pan; her small hands were unconsciously picking at her nails, her eyes flickering, and she completely dared not look directly at Ling Yichen.

Ling Yichen sat generously on the sofa, patted the spot next to him, and said, "Don't be nervous, sit down and tell me what's going on!"

Tian Yingying nodded, then slowly walked to his side and sat down gently.

But after sitting down, she didn't speak for a long time, causing the whole room to be terrifyingly quiet, quiet enough to hear each other's breathing.

Seeing her like this, Ling Yichen was not in a hurry to speak first; he wanted to wait for Tian Yingying to break through her inner barriers first. Only in this way would she dare to talk to him normally in the future.

He also knew that the reason Tian Yingying was like this was entirely because she had witnessed him devouring several Awakened Ones the day she went to report to the Supernatural Management Association.

To a certain extent, this is also a kind of psychological trauma.

Only she herself can walk out of this shadow.

After about three full minutes, Tian Yingying finally realized that if she didn't say something soon, she would be too nervous to breathe.

"Um... I... I know you are actually very powerful, powerful enough to easily kill veteran Awakened Ones!"

"Although I don't know why you want to hide it, don't worry, I will keep it a secret and will definitely not reveal your strength."

Tian Yingying finally spoke the words she had always wanted to say.

After she finished speaking, she suddenly felt incomparably relaxed, as if the big stone pressing on her heart had finally been lifted.

You know, ever since she witnessed Ling Yichen killing those veteran Awakened Ones that day, and then meeting him at home and knowing he was her neighbor, she had been terrified and scared every day.

She was afraid that Ling Yichen would kill her to silence her, and she was also afraid that Ling Yichen would hurt her parents!

So she lived in panic every day, even though she later slowly came into contact with Ling Yichen and knew that he might not be as bad as she thought, she was still afraid.

Whenever she saw him, she would instinctively become nervous.

And now!

After she said what she wanted to say, she felt as if she had crossed mountains and rivers, and there was an indescribable sense of relief in her heart.

Ling Yichen heard this, nodded gently, looked up at her, and said softly, "Hmm, I see. Is that all you wanted to say?"

Tian Yingying immediately shook her head.

Of course not!

She didn't come to see Ling Yichen just for this.

She stood up abruptly and then bowed respectfully to Ling Yichen, saying, "Please take me as your disciple and make me powerful! I am willing to pay any price for this!!"

Ling Yichen watched her bend herself into a ninety-degree human ruler, with a trace of a smile in his eyes.

Take a disciple?

This isn't a fantasy world where there are sects taking in disciples or anything like that.

So he immediately waved his hand and said softly, "Forget about taking a disciple; we are about the same age, there's no need for that!"

When these words came out, Tian Yingying's delicate body trembled, but she still bowed respectfully.

Seeing this, Ling Yichen took the initiative to reach out and pat her shoulder, continuing, "Get up. I won't take a disciple, but I will give you the trump card to become powerful, provided... do you trust me?"

Tian Yingying slowly raised her head, looked at Ling Yichen, looked at him with incomparably firm eyes, and then said, "I trust you!"

Ling Yichen nodded slightly, the smile on his face slowly widening, but the next second, he stretched his fist out in front of Tian Yingying and then slowly opened his palm.

In his palm, there was a small red bug.

At first glance, one might think it was a red millet grain.

When Tian Yingying saw clearly what it was, her expression changed slightly.

Girls are naturally full of fear for things like little bugs.

However, Ling Yichen said, "Since you trust me, then swallow it!"

Tian Yingying's pupils shrank slightly, but the next second, she took the Spirit Worm from Ling Yichen's palm without hesitation and put it into her mouth.

Although such a small bug didn't give her much feeling, she bravely put it into her mouth.

And this action also won Ling Yichen's appreciation.

"Very good. From today on, you must take the initiative to get close to it and feed it."

"This is a Spirit Worm. If you take the initiative to get close to it and feed it, after a long time, it will recognize you as its master."

"You can understand it as a kind of Gu Worm. After it recognizes you as its master, it can become your life-bound Gu Worm. The stronger it is, the stronger you will become."

"If conditions permit, try to buy more gene potions that can strengthen your body and swallow them. After it absorbs your essence and blood, its growth rate will also accelerate!"

After hearing this, Tian Yingying's eyes shone with a divine light, and her face was full of excitement.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Tian Yingying bowed again, thanking him sincerely.

Ling Yichen waved his hand and said softly, "If there's nothing else, you can go out. Don't worry about Lin Hao's matter; I will handle it."

"Mm-hmm!" Tian Yingying nodded heavily, and the look she gave Ling Yichen changed completely, sparkling.

Ling Yichen watched her leave and then shook his head with a helpless, bitter smile.

She was, after all, a young and naive little girl, wearing her emotions on her sleeve.

Of course, he wasn't very old either, but he had experienced too much suffering, which caused his mental age to be much, much more mature than his actual age.

Facing a "peer" like Tian Yingying, his mentality was almost completely overwhelming.

After dealing with Tian Yingying's matter, Ling Yichen immediately turned his attention to Lin Hao.

He smiled wickedly and muttered to himself, "It's time to let that guy feel the power of the Worm."

At the same time, at the Fourth Advanced Ability School, Class 8, Grade 4!

At this moment, Lin Hao was sitting in his seat, surrounded by a circle of lackeys. An attractive girl was helping him massage his shoulders, and another was carefully peeling the white strings off orange segments and then feeding them to him.

"Boss, that stinky woman doesn't seem to have come this afternoon!"

Someone was reporting Tian Yingying's whereabouts to Lin Hao.

Of course, they were just keeping watch outside Tian Yingying's classroom, just confirming that she hadn't come to school.

If she had come, the nightmare of noon would have continued.

"If she didn't come, she didn't come. Anyway, she's not an important person. What's important is that Ling Yichen; did he come?" Lin Hao said while spitting the orange seed from his mouth onto the face of the lackey opposite him.

The lackey heard this and immediately shook his head: "He didn't come either. That Ye Qingzhu and Da Bunu also didn't come. All four of them didn't come this afternoon."

Hearing this, Lin Hao couldn't help but sneer.

"Hmph, they'd better never come, otherwise I'll make them pay!"

As he was speaking, his face suddenly changed, and then he stood up abruptly.

His actions also startled the group of lackeys around him. Just as they were about to step forward to ask what had happened, they saw Lin Hao's expression become incomparably painful, and his body was trembling violently.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?"

The group of lackeys' faces turned pale with fright.

Their parents all worked in the Lin family's businesses. If anything happened to Lin Hao, they would also be implicated, and their parents and family members would suffer along with them.

At this moment, Lin Hao's face was extremely ugly, and he was in so much pain that tears were streaming down his face.

He grabbed his shirt at his chest with both hands and pulled hard!

Riiip~

All the buttons on his shirt were ripped off, revealing his fair chest.

On his chest, a mass of black flesh was wriggling, pressing against his sternum, causing him excruciating pain.

"Ah! It hurts!"

He let out a heaven-shaking wail, fell to the ground, and kept rolling, like an earthworm just dug out of the soil.

His movements immediately attracted the attention of the whole class, and someone immediately went to find the teacher.

Soon, the teacher rushed over.

"Move aside, all move aside!"

As soon as the teacher arrived, he immediately asked the onlookers to disperse a bit. After the students dispersed a little, he finally saw the situation on Lin Hao's chest.

At this time, the black meat ball on Lin Hao's chest had grown a bit larger and was more prominent, showing signs of bursting through Lin Hao's chest at any moment.

Seeing this scene, the teacher was also terrified.

He wasn't sure what it was either.

Just as he was thinking about how to handle Lin Hao, he heard Lin Hao let out a miserable wail. Along with this wail, Lin Hao's chest also made a ripping sound.

A black mass of flesh finally burst through his sternum, extended from inside, and slowly elongated, eventually evolving into a black tentacle about two meters long!

The black tentacle was like straw in the wind, whipping around, very terrifying.

The teacher looked at this black tentacle with a face full of surprise and confusion, but then showed a look of joy.

He said to Lin Hao, who was lying on the ground, pale as a sheet: "Lin Hao, it seems like you have awakened a second time; this is your second Supernatural Ability!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the classroom was stunned.

Second awakening?

Is it real?

Isn't that something only legendary geniuses can do?

Everyone was discussing it.

And Lin Hao, who was lying on the ground, heard "second awakening" and instantly felt that the excruciating pain in his chest was not as painful anymore.

With the help of others, he struggled to stand up, looking at the ugly tentacle on his chest with lingering fear, and hesitated: "Is this really my second Supernatural Ability?"

To be honest, he didn't know what was going on himself. At this moment, he only felt that his body hurt so much, as if his bones had been taken apart one by one and put back together.

His head was also buzzing, and he completely didn't understand what was going on; this was completely different from his last awakening.

At this time, the teacher continued: "Try to control it with your thoughts! You can do it! Try to see if you can take it back."

Hearing this, Lin Hao was a bit confused, and numbly followed the teacher's words, silently thinking in his heart: "Retract!"

As soon as the thought arose, the black tentacle immediately began to shake, and then, in the astonished eyes of everyone, it quickly retracted, and in an instant, it shrank back into Lin Hao's chest.

At this moment, everyone was stunned, and at the same time, countless people cast envious looks at Lin Hao.

"Could he really be a genius? He actually had a second awakening!!"

"Oh my god, this is too unfair. Lin Hao has a good family background, he's handsome, and now he has completed a second awakening. This is going to defy the heavens!!"

...

Listening to the praise of his classmates, Lin Hao suddenly felt that the pain in his chest was nothing.

He shouted to everyone, feeling elated: "Hahaha, I have had a second awakening! I am a genius!!"