197: Travel to the North Pole

Looking at the tiger in front of him, identical to himself but slightly larger, Lin Tianwei had a rather magical feeling.

This was his first time viewing his own body from this perspective.

Majestic, domineering, awe-inspiring!

After slightly moving his new body, Lin Tianwei found that his consciousness and the body of Number One were perfectly synchronized, allowing him to control it as if it were his own limb.

It was as if Number One's body was inherently his own, completely without any sense of rejection.

This was understandable, as Number One was a product of Lin Tianwei cloning himself.

Through the link of his Bloodline Talent and Mental Power, he could even perform some actions that his main body couldn't.

Of course, these actions would cause significant damage to Number One's body and should not be used lightly.

Although Lin Tianwei's consciousness was projected onto Number One, it did not affect his main body's actions in the slightest.

Instead, it was similar to multitasking.

As long as the clone and the main body weren't engaged in overly complex combat simultaneously, this state would not affect Lin Tianwei's combat power at all; instead, it created a unique dual-Vision Field sensation.

Perhaps because he was already accustomed to the 360-degree Vision Field, Lin Tianwei quickly adapted to this peculiar perspective.

He began to manipulate Number One's body, moving freely within the building, and soon completely mastered the power within this body.

Weak.

Extremely weak!

After fully mastering the power of this body, Lin Tianwei came to the above conclusion and withdrew his consciousness.

Lin Tianwei was truly unaccustomed to this feeling of extreme weakness.

Although Number One was not considered weak among Awakened Beasts, it depended on who he was compared to.

Compared to Lin Tianwei, it was like heaven and earth.

The gap was terrifyingly wide.

No wonder Lin Tianwei disliked it.

But it didn't matter; as long as Lin Tianwei acquired enough templates, he could use Directed Modification to Reinforce Number One.

Eventually, he would Reinforce it into a powerful clone of his own.

Although Lin Tianwei couldn't completely modify Number One using his own body as a template, it didn't matter; there were plenty of powerful Awakened Beasts outside.

By comparing their genes and extracting genes representing powerful Talents, Lin Tianwei could easily bestow powerful Talents upon other creatures through Directed Modification.

This was not even limited to his own clones; it could also apply to creatures on the farm.

In other words, the Directed Modification skill might also possess terrifying destructive power.

After all, modification doesn't necessarily have to proceed in a positive direction.

Modifying targets to cause their genes to collapse could also achieve the goal of quickly eliminating enemies.

Thinking this, Lin Tianwei felt that he had been a bit narrow-minded before.

The Directed Modification Talent was incredibly powerful, with much potential to be unearthed.

No wonder the Hellfire Ants could become so strong with this Talent.

However, this Talent was not entirely without limitations.

Directed Modification required a huge amount of energy.

Especially when the target was very resistant, this consumption was extremely terrifying.

There was also a situation where Directed Modification would not work: when the target was too powerful to be modified.

The creature that led Lin Tianwei to this conclusion was, naturally, himself.

He tried to use the Talent Directed Modification on himself, but found that his body did not undergo any changes at all.

Or rather, changes occurred, but due to insufficient energy input, it simply didn't take effect.

Conservatively estimated, if Lin Tianwei wanted to use the Directed Modification Talent on himself, even the simplest modification would require exhausting all of his energy.

This was completely not worth the effort.

It seems being too powerful is also a sin.

Lin Tianwei sighed, feeling that the most pressing task should be to find some powerful Awakened Beasts to acquire the genes within them that made them so strong.

Once he obtained enough powerful genes, Lin Tianwei could even use this Talent to create powerful Awakened Beasts with his bare hands.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei looked north.

There seemed to be a very good target there that could provide him with excellent modification materials.

No one expected that this plan, named “Drive Ants to Devour Tigers,” would cause such a severe chain reaction.

From the initial destruction of a large number of Hellfire Ants, the Tiger King proved his immensely formidable strength to everyone.

Then came the destruction of the Hellfire Forest, where the Tiger King displayed his god-like power.

Next, the Treants in the Mad Forest bared their fangs, summoning a 400-meter-tall plant giant, attempting to destroy the world.

But unexpectedly, it had just been born when it provoked an opponent it absolutely could not afford to provoke.

Ultimately, it was disemboweled by Lin Tianwei, turning into a pile of Awakened Plants and dying completely.

No one could have imagined that the story wouldn't end there.

The Giant Treant died, but it wasn't completely gone.

An entity called Nature Tree was born from the ruins left by the Giant Treant.

It had no hostility towards humans, but no goodwill either.

It directly occupied Pent City and a large surrounding area, further reducing the amount of land still belonging to America.

Of course, MacArthur had also sent people to communicate with the Nature Tree, demanding that it abandon its encroachment on their land.

However, the Nature Tree was not as easy to talk to for everyone as it was for Lin Tianwei.

After only a brief communication, both sides entered the stage of drawing daggers.

This battle ended even faster than expected.

For no other reason than the Nature Tree displayed almost overwhelming strength, directly deterring the troops sent by MacArthur.

Having suffered successive blows, America did not have much combat power left.

Naturally, it was impossible to waste it on this Nature Tree, which they knew they couldn't defeat.

Anyway, Pent City had already been destroyed by the Giant Treant.

Even if they recaptured it, there wouldn't be many resources.

Coupled with the Nature Tree's equally terrifying strength, it was better to simply abandon the attack and save America's already scarce resources.

In this series of events, Lin Tianwei displayed astonishing strength, dropping everyone's jaws.

His overwhelming power made people seriously doubt whether he was even a creature from Blue Star.

The last entity that had instilled such fear in them was the terrifying giant beast from the distant universe.

Naturally, Lin Tianwei's farm was designated a human forbidden zone.

Although its ranking was very low due to not completely prohibiting human entry, it was still an acknowledgment of Lin Tianwei's strength by everyone.

One tiger, one forbidden zone!

At this point, the matter of “Drive Ants to Devour Tigers” was considered completely over.

Of course, for America, this incident was not entirely a bad thing.

Although they lost at least one city, they were not entirely without gains.

The resources in the Hellfire Forest and the Mad Forest were their greatest harvest.

An incredibly terrifying harvest!

Because Lin Tianwei hunted so many Hellfire Ants, even though many were swallowed by the Treants, a large portion still remained.

The Carapace of these Hellfire Ants were mere trash in Lin Tianwei's eyes, casually discarded in the Hellfire Forest, attracting the covetous gaze of countless Awakened creatures.

After all, the flesh and blood in these corpses meant a huge amount of energy, enough to Awaken countless ethnic groups.

A battle for the ownership of these Hellfire Ants thus began under these circumstances.

After the flames of war and smoke, the ultimate victor was the entire America, represented by MacArthur.

They successfully harvested a large number of Hellfire Ants' Carapace.

Although they had a good harvest, the feeling of being suppressed by Lin Tianwei and the Nature Tree was truly stifling, making MacArthur feel very uncomfortable.

When did the powerful America fall to such a state, where any Awakened creature could trample America's dignity?

Shame.

This was the shame of the entire America!

Shame leads to courage, or one can succumb to shame and sink completely.

America's choice was undoubtedly the former.

While ensuring the execution of plan b, another plan called Plan M also quietly began to be implemented.

However, the completion of these two plans required a lot of time.

In the short term, it would be difficult to achieve results.

Although MacArthur was anxious, he could only wait patiently.

He believed that victory always belonged to him, the more patient hunter!

Just as MacArthur was preparing to lie low and develop, Lin Tianwei also welcomed today's dinner.

At his command, Ouro made a few adjustments to tonight's dinner.

Various freshly slaughtered livestock were quickly dismembered.

They were categorized by different body parts, separated, and then sent to the high-rise building where Lin Tianwei was located.

This arrangement was naturally for Lin Tianwei to experiment with his newly acquired Talent: Mental Food (Transcendental).

Eating specific parts could yield more Mental Power?

Lin Tianwei naturally wanted to find out exactly which parts were considered special parts.

By eating them specifically, he could increase his Mental Power faster.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei looked at the food beside him.

It was the freshest food, simply cut.

Without hesitation, Lin Tianwei directly lifted a cart of food and swallowed it.

His powerful digestive ability meant Lin Tianwei didn't need to chew the food much; he could simply swallow it, and it would transform into his energy.

As the food was gradually digested, Lin Tianwei felt a slight surge of energy flow through his blood towards his brain.

However, this energy was pitifully small.

“Ding, congratulations to the host for absorbing mysterious energy, Mental Power +0.02 (0.01).”

A negligible increase in Mental Power.

At most, Lin Tianwei's entire day's food intake could only increase his Mental Power by about 0.5.

However, considering that this Talent had no cost and only required normal eating, it was actually a very good Talent.

After various attempts by Lin Tianwei, he found that the Mental Power gained from eating flesh was minimal.

Conversely, the Mental Power gained from eating the prey's brain was very significant, about a hundredfold difference.

This discovery was entirely within Lin Tianwei's expectations.

After all, Brain-Eating Worms inherently devour brains, which already provided the answer for this skill.

However, the brain is the most core part of the body for most creatures.

Their numbers are pitifully small, and even if one wanted to use them specifically, it would be extremely difficult.

It's better to consume flesh and blood, which are abundant.

After some thought, Lin Tianwei ultimately decided to eat normally.

A hundredfold of a trace amount is still a trace amount, offering no significant help to Lin Tianwei.

Therefore, mass slaughtering farm creatures would not only earn him the title of a brain-eating maniac, affecting Lin Tianwei's glorious image,

but also disrupt the farm's ecological balance and damage sustainable development.

In the end, the Mental Power it would add to Lin Tianwei would be minimal, making it truly not worth the effort.

If Lin Tianwei's guess was not wrong,

perhaps the correct usage of this Talent should not be reflected in eating ordinary food,

but rather in consuming treasures that inherently increase Mental Power.

Greatly increasing his consumption efficiency.

Under the same circumstances, it would add more Mental Power to him.

It could be considered a decent Talent, Lin Tianwei concluded in his mind.

After eating and drinking his fill, it was time for the hunt to stretch his body.

In The Far North, Polar Bear King Tasika was Lin Tianwei's next opponent.

The fact that he could grow from an ordinary polar bear into such a terrifying behemoth

meant he must possess the Talent Lin Tianwei desired: Super Multiplication (Extraordinary)!

The mere advanced Super Multiplication Talent had reached its limit, preventing Lin Tianwei from continuing to grow.

Forcing growth would only put his body in danger of collapse.

Compared to directly using Talent fragments to upgrade, it was clearly more cost-effective to hunt Awakened Beasts with the corresponding Talent in the wild.

After all, once the opponent's Talent overlaps with his own Talent,

even killing them would only yield some negligible Talent fragments.

Therefore, directly hunting Polar Bear King Tasika was Lin Tianwei's best option at the moment.

For example,

Lin Tianwei currently possesses the advanced Super Multiplication Talent, which requires one million Talent fragments to upgrade.

Having already possessed the Extraordinary-level Super Multiplication Talent, hunting Polar Bear King Tasika would only yield tens of thousands of Talent fragments.

But if he chose to hunt Polar Bear King Tasika first and extract his Extraordinary-level Super Multiplication Talent,

it could save Lin Tianwei over eight hundred thousand Talent fragments.

This was a surefire way to profit.

Moreover, Lin Tianwei urgently needed the genes that could support the Super Multiplication Talent.

To cultivate his clones, allowing his clones to also grow into behemoths.

At that time, the power he possessed would also be even more terrifying.

The main body, accompanied by five equally powerful clones.

No matter where he went, this would absolutely be an existence capable of destroying the world.

Perhaps then, Lin Tianwei could even make a trip to the arrogant Sakura Island.

However, before that, Lin Tianwei still needed to use the saved Talent fragments to slightly improve himself.

Talent fragments: 2.57 million points!

Such a terrifying number of Talent fragments would allow Lin Tianwei to upgrade two Extraordinary-level Talents.

After a moment of thought, Lin Tianwei chose the Talent: Water Combat Ability (Primary) and the Talent: Current Release (Advanced)!

Water Combat Ability is easy to understand; it enhances Lin Tianwei's combat capabilities underwater.

As an invincible land warrior, he had no opponent on land who could contend with him.

Now, he naturally considered how to expand his territory.

Water Combat Ability was, without a doubt, the first choice.

Especially since this time's goal was to go to the Arctic.

If Lin Tianwei didn't want to take a long detour, swimming across the Arctic Ocean was the best option.

The ocean hides countless killers.

Coupled with the fact that it wasn't Lin Tianwei's main battlefield, his combat power and mobility would be greatly restricted.

At that time, he might find himself in a passive situation.

In that case, improving Lin Tianwei's Water Combat Ability was naturally an urgent matter.

As for Current Release?

A versatile offensive skill, especially effective underwater.

It was not difficult to understand why it became Lin Tianwei's top choice for upgrading.

After confirming the upgrade targets, Lin Tianwei felt a warm current flow through the void, constantly nourishing his body.

As this warm current was completely absorbed, Lin Tianwei's Talent upgrade was also completely finished.

"Ding, congratulations to the host! Your Talent: Water Combat Ability (Primary) has been upgraded to Talent: Water Combat Ability (Extraordinary)."

"Ding, congratulations to the host! Your Talent: Current Release (Advanced) has been upgraded to Talent: Current Release (Extraordinary)."

"Ding, congratulations to the host on successfully upgrading Talents; your power has significantly increased."

"Ding, congratulations to the host! Your Talent: Water Combat Ability (Extraordinary) has successfully devoured the Talent: Water Stealth (Intermediate), gaining more powerful strength."

As several system prompts flashed, Lin Tianwei felt his body become stronger.

Especially the upgrade of the Current Release Talent, which was the most intuitive feeling.

Now, every cell in Lin Tianwei's body could release powerful currents.

Currents more terrifying than before.

At full burst, it was enough to instantly kill a behemoth of similar size to himself.

Even stronger opponents, when faced with such terrifying currents, would fall into a state of paralysis.

Becoming an object to be slaughtered by Lin Tianwei.

Either possess strong current resistance or a special structure.

Otherwise, the Current Release Talent would be very useful.

As for Water Stealth?

That this Talent would integrate into Water Combat Ability was somewhat within Lin Tianwei's expectations.

However, on second thought, stealth is also a combat technique, and different paths lead to the same destination, which is very normal.

After taking care of all this, it was almost time to depart.

With Vision Field activated.

Lin Tianwei took in the entire situation of the farm.

Although only a few days had passed, the farm had undergone tremendous changes.

The Hellfire Ants' corpses had been mostly cleaned up.

Except for the remaining Carapaces piled in the warehouse, the flesh and blood had long turned into fertilizer for the Thorns.

This could be considered a well-deserved reward for the Thorns, as the farm's strongest defense line, after suffering heavy losses during the Hellfire Ants invasion.

It must be said that the Thorns grew very quickly.

Soon, a new defense line was constructed around the farm's perimeter.

Any enemy attempting to attack the farm would be mercilessly struck by the Thorns' clones at the first instant.

Those ruthless Thorns were the Thorns' best offensive method.

However, even for a plant, the Thorns' growth rate was a bit too exaggerated.

Perhaps its successfully Awakened ability was a type of rapid growth.

Powerful consciousness and diverse offensive methods might just be changes brought about by attribute growth.

Of course, the Awakened Bee and Awakened Potato also got a share in this.

However, since they were not the main combat force of the farm, they naturally did not receive the same preferential treatment as the Thorns.

The amount of flesh and blood they obtained was still far less.

But they themselves suffered little to no losses.

Overall, they still flourished.

And the little ant that Lin Tianwei controlled with his Mental Sword was also growing rapidly.

Perhaps due to being of the same origin,

its efficiency in converting the Hellfire Ants' flesh and blood was very high.

It quickly grew into a large ball of flesh.

Once it grew a bit larger, it would be able to start laying eggs, unleashing the greatest terror of the Hellfire Ants.

Coupled with the fact that the farm itself was well-armed and strong, with every member being an Esper.

Its strength could be considered top-tier among the major cities.

Lin Tianwei was not afraid of anyone ambushing his base again.

After all, the last person who dared to attack his base, Eliseo, met a terribly tragic end.

It was perfectly accurate to say he was repeatedly rubbed under Lin Tianwei's body.

No one could possibly be so bold as to dare to attack his farm.

This was also why Lin Tianwei had previously launched a thunderous strike against Las City.

America's favorite thing is to bully the weak and fear the strong.

If he truly ignored them, they would likely think he was afraid of them, and then intensify their schemes against him.

Only by delivering a thunderous blow and completely destroying their confidence could he protect his farm.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei no longer hesitated, stood up, and walked out of his residence.

As Lin Tianwei's body continued to expand,

this several-dozen-meter-tall building also seemed a bit cramped.

Plus, there were five huge Clone Tigers.

It was a good opportunity to have Ouro carry out an expansion while Lin Tianwei was away.

When he returned, he could live more comfortably.

Thinking this, Lin Tianwei directly issued the order to Ouro.

This feeling of having most things handled by subordinates was truly excellent.

And looking at Ouro's ecstatic expression, it was clear he was also very happy to work for Lin Tianwei.

How could Ouro not be happy to work for Lin Tianwei?

This was a true deity.

A deity who did not hesitate to bestow divine grace.

Not only protecting the farm he resided in, but also possessing the ability to grant humans eternal life.

The miracles on Pavel and Nobles were still vivid.

Eternal life.

That was the ultimate pursuit in the eyes of countless people.

How could Ouro not be envious?

Of course, Ouro also dared not ask Lin Tianwei for anything, only diligently doing everything Lin Tianwei instructed.

Because the grace Lin Tianwei had bestowed upon him was already enough, so much that he could never repay it for all eternity.

The only thing he should do was wholeheartedly work for Lin Tianwei.

He believed that the benevolent Tiger King would definitely bestow his grace at the appropriate time.

After all, the Tiger King was always so benevolent.

Thinking of this, Ouro became even more motivated. (End of Chapter)