379: Mechanical ascension?

Despite Lin Tianwei's unremitting efforts, Barioss was ultimately "broken" by him.

After all, it was Lin Tianwei's first time being a doctor, and he wasn't very skilled at treating patients, overlooking Barioss's frailty.

These heavenly treasures were indeed good, each having a super strong effect on restoring one's origin.

However, Barioss's strength was simply too weak to withstand the energy contained within these heavenly treasures.

Even though Lin Tianwei was as careful as possible in controlling the dosage, he accidentally overdid it, causing a chain reaction.

Bang!

Under the infusion of a large amount of heavenly treasures, Barioss's body inflated like a ball, and soon exploded due to exceeding its physical limit, turning into a sky full of blood and gore.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for killing a new target."

"Ding, Talent extraction successful. The host has obtained the Talent: Power of Belief (Transcendence)."

"Ding, please confirm whether the host wishes to use this Talent."

Looking at Barioss, who had turned into a sky full of blood and gore, Lin Tianwei's expression immediately stiffened. He wondered if anyone would believe him if he explained that it wasn't intentional?

Although Barioss's Talent was very good, it wasn't worth Lin Tianwei sacrificing his integrity to scheme for it.

This was truly just an accident.

Having just gotten used to the Virtual Server robot body and barely able to move, Barioss never expected that the first thing he would see upon being able to move was such an explosive scene.

The scene of his own body turning into a sky full of blood and flesh.

Perhaps because the impact of this event was too great for him, or perhaps he was temporarily unable to control his current body flexibly, a huge question mark slowly appeared on the Virtual Server robot's large electronic display screen.

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Barioss never expected that the seemingly least dangerous Plan A would actually be the most dangerous one.

Caught off guard, he witnessed a fireworks show, a fireworks show ignited by his own exploding body.

Facing such a scene, Lin Tianwei's excellent psychological composure came into play, and he calmly explained:

"There is no breaking without establishing. Your origin is too depleted; without tracing back to the source and fundamentally compensating for the loss of origin, the problem cannot be solved at all."

"Watch closely, your body will recover immediately."

Although Barioss's body had died, his flesh and blood remained, so there was still hope.

Cloning, which even Blue Star could achieve, was no problem for Lin Tianwei; he would only do it better.

With a thought, all of Barioss's flesh and blood were collected, along with the energy used to restore his origin, and compressed into a ball.

In fact, Lin Tianwei was right; Barioss in this state indeed enjoyed the best healing effect.

Under the nourishment of a large number of heavenly treasures, Barioss's body had no chance of dying at all.

Now he was merely living in another way, living as flesh and blood.

Due to the excess energy, this flesh and blood, while rapidly growing and developing, also lost control, beginning to gradually twist and deform, proliferating wildly like cancer cells, and soon developing into a grotesque ball of flesh.

The terrifying scene made Barioss's body tremble.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't be afraid of such a deformed monster; without combat power, what could it do to him?

However, when he realized that this grotesquely developing ball of flesh was his own body, Barioss had a different feeling.

The symbol on the display screen also changed from a question mark to an exclamation mark—"!"—clearly, Barioss was extremely shocked that his body had developed into a monster.

Talent: Directed Modification (King)!

Looking at the gradually twisting ball of flesh, which was moving further and further in an inhuman direction, Lin Tianwei decided to directly intervene in its development.

Talent: Directed Modification (King) was a powerful Talent that could even bestow Talents; merely modifying the ball of flesh to develop in a controllable direction was an incredibly simple matter.

Under Lin Tianwei's modification, the ball of flesh finally recovered from its abnormal state of continuous proliferation and grotesque development, and its growth and development gradually became smooth.

Gradually, the ball of flesh began to differentiate, growing several protrusions corresponding to limbs and a head.

Following this trend, it would only need to develop for some more time before it could reform into Barioss's body.

A much stronger body.

After all, this body had absorbed the power of countless heavenly treasures; even without the blessing of powerful Talents, it would be far stronger than an ordinary Awakened human.

Without hesitation, Lin Tianwei directly activated the power of Talent: Time Acceleration (Transcendence).

Under Lin Tianwei's modification, Barioss's new body was already stable and no longer needed to be cared for as cautiously as before.

Under Barioss's gaze, the growth and development of the ball of flesh seemed to have been fast-forwarded, beginning to develop at a visible speed.

After the head, arms, and thighs took shape, various details followed, eventually rapidly developing into a human body.

A human body almost identical to the original Barioss.

If it weren't for the fact that this body gave off an extremely new feeling and contained immense energy, Barioss would have almost thought it was his original body.

Seeing this, Lin Tianwei finally felt relieved.

Although it was his first time performing such a major surgery, with his efforts, the surgery could be considered a complete success.

Barioss not only achieved the rebirth he had long sought, obtaining a perfect new body, but also gained the Talent: Consciousness Datafication (Transcendence), acquiring the ability to datafy his consciousness.

He was just worried that Ouro alone would find it difficult to complete the Arena; now, with Barioss's cooperation, he believed Ouro would be even more at ease and successfully complete the task he had assigned.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei decided to grant Barioss access to the Virtual World, allowing him and Ouro to cooperate.

With a slight wave of his claw, Barioss felt his massive robot body miraculously fly into the air, heading towards his new body.

As the data representing Barioss's consciousness transformed back into consciousness, Barioss's consciousness also returned to his body.

After all, this body was condensed from Barioss's original flesh and blood; although Lin Tianwei added a bit, its compatibility with Barioss's consciousness was still extremely high.

After a brief moment of adaptation, Barioss opened his eyes.

Feeling the powerful energy contained within this body, Barioss felt excellent.

It was completely different from his original body, which had been hollowed out by the Power of Belief.

God is omniscient and omnipotent.

Suddenly, this sentence flashed through Barioss's mind; this was the best explanation for the scene before him, which could be called a miracle.

Facing Barioss, who had once again prostrated himself, Lin Tianwei spoke:

"Barioss, congratulations on your rebirth. You now possess greater power than before."

"Given your current special circumstances, I have a new task for you to do."

"I'm not entirely comfortable entrusting it to others."

"I plan to use virtual reality technology to build an Arena, to temper the Blue Star creatures' understanding of laws, and thereby enhance the strength of all Blue Star beings."

"I have already communicated the specific concept with Ouro; you only need to follow through and ensure that no problems arise during the operation of the Law Arena."

No matter what creature, there will be a desire to exploit loopholes, so in order to ensure the normal operation of the Law Arena, necessary supervision, regulation, and maintenance must be in place.

This is like a game.

No matter how excellent the game itself is, without necessary supervision and maintenance, it will not have a very long lifespan in the end.

Moreover, the Law Arena and a game are fundamentally different; it plays an irreplaceable role for Lin Tianwei and requires even more careful management.

External personnel led by Ouro alone are clearly unable to fully bear the responsibility of maintaining the normal operation of the Law Arena.

But if Barioss, who has transformed into data, cooperates from within the Virtual World, the operation of the Law Arena can be considered almost foolproof.

This was also an idea Lin Tianwei had temporarily when transmitting Barioss to the Virtual Server, and it just happened to fill a crucial missing link in the Law Arena plan.

Facing the task assigned by Lin Tianwei, Barioss not only didn't feel exploited but was instead filled with excitement.

Especially Lin Tianwei's phrase, "I'm not entirely comfortable entrusting it to others," gave Barioss immense satisfaction.

It was the pleasure of having his self-worth recognized.

Thinking of this, Barioss immediately made a solemn pledge, saying, "Lord Tiger King, please rest assured."

"As long as I, Barioss, am here, the Law Arena will operate according to your requirements and will absolutely not give any opportunists a chance."

Barioss's words were not boastful; he was confident that he could achieve all of this.

Although he had only briefly transformed his consciousness into data, that special state of galloping through the network still left a deep impression on Barioss.

He felt as if his consciousness, or rather his soul, had completely broken free from its shackles, becoming incredibly light and soaring freely in the network world.

Barioss even had an illusion, an illusion that he could control everything.

It was as if he had become a god in the network world, capable of easily controlling the network and making the network world develop according to his will.

As long as he was within the network, he was an omnipotent god, capable of dominating everything.

Flesh is weak, mechanical ascension!

Barioss finally understood the meaning of Lin Tianwei's words.

Now he could perfectly control any machine, achieving a level of complete command as if it were an extension of his own arm.

As long as conditions allowed, Barioss could instantly transform into a powerful mecha warrior.

A super mecha warrior who could use a mecha as his own body, without the slightest awkwardness, achieving 100% synchronization.

In this state, Barioss believed that there was absolutely no opponent on Blue Star who could defeat him in the network world.

Although his power in the network world gave Barioss a faint illusion that he had become a god of the network, he dared not overstep his bounds in the slightest.

Arrogant? What right did he have to be arrogant in front of Lord Tiger King?

Not to mention the miracle of bringing the dead back to life and regenerating flesh and bones that Lord Tiger King had just performed, the mere source of this Talent: Consciousness Datafication (Transcendence) made Barioss dare not harbor any extravagant thoughts.

Such powerful strength was merely a casual gift from Lord Tiger King.

As long as Lord Tiger King willed it, he could create a thousand, ten thousand beings just like himself at any time.

It would truly be utterly foolish to become inflated and lose sight of one's place due to a lack of clarity.

Thinking of this, Barioss secretly swore in his heart that he would fulfill his duty of guarding the home and protect the Arena belonging to Lord Tiger King.

When Lord Tiger King descends upon Blue Star again, he will surely see a vibrant Law Arena... With the arrangements for Blue Star complete, Lin Tianwei withdrew his consciousness and refocused his attention on his main body.

The shredded flesh gnawed from Miguel's body had now been 5% digested, transforming into Lin Tianwei's physical attributes, and also granting Lin Tianwei some of Miguel's characteristics.

Although the process of devouring the opponent's body was extremely slow, considering the huge power gap between Lin Tianwei and Miguel, this speed was barely acceptable.

After all, only a few days had passed from then until now.

For Cosmic Beasts who often cultivate in seclusion for hundreds of thousands of years, this amount of time was truly negligible.

Devouring Miguel was destined to be a slow and incredibly long process.

Fortunately, Lin Tianwei now had new assistance, which was the Power of Faith.

Under the effect of the faith collector, a large amount of Power of Faith materialized, beginning to nourish Lin Tianwei's severely injured body.

Although the Power of Faith was far inferior in both quantity and quality to the energy on Miguel's body, it was easy to absorb and was restoring Lin Tianwei's strength at an extremely fast rate.

This also significantly sped up Lin Tianwei's devouring of Miguel.

Conservatively estimated, the initial Parasitism, which would have originally taken at least ten years to complete, could be reduced by at least half with the blessing of the Power of Faith.

This was a tangible benefit for Lin Tianwei, who lacked time.

After all, although he had now completely parasitized Miguel, the sooner the Parasitism was completed, the better.

Lin Tianwei understood the principle of 'delays cause changes' better than anyone.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei once again turned his attention to the Law Arena.

The matter of parasitizing Miguel could not be rushed.

Lin Tianwei decided to focus more on the Law Arena, at least to obtain enough points to exchange for the heart of the heavenly sea before completely parasitizing Miguel.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei decided to hold a second Arena match.

While still within his novice trial protection period, he would heavily exploit Heavensea God-King.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei's consciousness returned to the Law Arena.

The moment he returned to the Law Arena, the results of several days of AFK training were synchronized with Lin Tianwei through data, making him even more familiar with this body.

Thanks to the selfless dedication of the Trial Beasts, during this period, he repeatedly transformed into a sky full of blood and gore, witnessing Lin Tianwei's growth.

Each time Lin Tianwei defeated a Trial Beast, the time required would be shorter than the last, which also meant that he was becoming increasingly familiar with his body.

Considering that new Arena matches would be held next, to prevent himself from making mistakes, Lin Tianwei decided to continue strengthening his combat template with Talents.

Talent: Muscle Enhancement (Transcendence)!

This Talent could be said to be a versatile Talent; although it primarily boosted Strength, it also significantly improved Constitution and Agility, making it a practical Talent that comprehensively enhanced physical fitness.

In contrast, Talent: Strength Enhancement (Transcendence) seemed a bit too extreme and was not suitable for most scenarios.

Without a corresponding strong body, it would only lead to physical collapse.

"Ding, detected that 'Lin' possesses extraordinary comprehension in the Law of Strength. Combat template upgraded, additional Talent template: Muscle Enhancement (Transcendence)!"

"Talent template: Muscle Enhancement (Transcendence), significantly enhances muscle strength."

Under Lin Tianwei's command, the Talent Extraction System immediately came online, beginning to instill Lin Tianwei with the comprehension of the Law belonging to Talent: Muscle Enhancement (Transcendence).

As expected, it was successfully recognized by the Law Arena, granting Lin Tianwei a new Talent template.

Lin Tianwei stated that he was not cheating, and all his actions were within the scope permitted by the official rules of the Law Arena.