27: Is there a hierarchy in charging? The only truth is that there are strict limits!

Lin Yuan was practically carried back to the dormitory assigned to him by the Dragon Shield Bureau.

The door slammed shut with a 'bang'.

He flopped onto the bed, spread out in a 'big' shape, not wanting to move an inch.

Tired.

So tired.

Every corner of his body was sending the same signal to his brain—strike.

Lin Yuan closed his eyes and silently called out in his mind.

"System."

A pale blue light screen, visible only to him, unfolded before his eyes.

"god-tier charging system"

"Host: Lin Yuan"

"Physique: Primordial Thunder God Body (Beginner)"

"Realm: D-rank - Condensation Realm"

"Divine Body Power: 10%"

"Unlocked Authorities: Electromagnetic Induction, Palm Thunder, Lightning Step"

"Unlocked Talent: Lightning Control"

... The power was still at 10%.

Lin Yuan frowned.

Something was off.

Eleven out of ten things were off.

He clearly felt that the inside of his body had been completely emptied.

Yet, the power displayed on the system panel hadn't decreased at all.

What did this mean?

Lin Yuan forced himself to sit up and began to carefully recall the entire process.

He rushed into the substation.

Frantically absorbing the massive amount of electrical energy.

It felt great.

Every cell in his body cheered, and he felt an overwhelming sense of power, giving him the illusion that he was the God of Thunder.

But now, thinking about it calmly... it was more like a 'false sense of fullness'.

It was like drinking a belly full of water; at the time, he felt incredibly bloated, but in reality, the nutrients and energy his body needed hadn't been replenished at all.

The vast currents he absorbed were more like a temporary 'vitality' or 'mana bar'.

Once used up, they were gone.

They didn't truly enhance the origin of his Primordial Thunder God Body.

"Damn it..."

Lin Yuan cursed under his breath.

After all that, he was just a large portable charger?

He could sweep through armies when fully charged, but revert to a weakling when depleted?

This wouldn't do.

This was far too insecure!

He had to find a way to truly charge his 'Divine Body' and increase that 'Divine Body Power'!

Wait a minute... Lin Yuan suddenly remembered that the first time he stuck his finger into a socket, his Divine Body Power went from zero to 1%;

Later, in that 'Thunder Pool', he only soaked for ten minutes, and his Divine Body Power soared all the way to 10%!

And this time, he swallowed the electricity of an entire substation, yet his power remained unchanged.

Could it be... that 'charging' was also like eating, divided into different grades?

Ordinary electricity was like coarse grains, filling but not promoting growth.

The electricity from the substation was like watered-down meat, looking abundant but actually all empty.

And the high-purity lightning in the Thunder Pool was the true delicacy, the 'great tonic' that could increase experience points!

It seemed that to truly become stronger, he still needed high-quality energy like that in the Thunder Pool.

This conjecture could only be verified when he accumulated more contribution points and went to soak in that Thunder Pool again.

Just then, Lin Yuan seemed to remember something and smiled.

"Hehe, I almost forgot... Next up, is that thing!"

He forced himself to sit up, rubbed his hands excitedly, then eagerly immersed his consciousness into his body.

Soon, in his Dantian Qi Sea, which was composed of the power of thunder, he found that 'trophy'.

It was a wisp of... gray energy.

It was only as thick as a strand of hair, floating silently there, completely out of place with the surrounding thunder power.

It was precisely that surge of energy that had burrowed into his glabella at the last moment of the abyssal lair's annihilation!

"abyssal origin: A high-purity energy from the abyss, capable of directly increasing Divine Body Power, but comes with a mental impact during absorption."

Concise and clear.

For him, this thing was far more substantial than ten thousand contribution points!

What mental impact? Compared to the increase in 'Divine Body Power', that was nothing!

"Come on, baby, let big brother see just how potent you are!"

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, directly mobilizing the power of thunder, transforming it into a giant net, and enveloped that wisp of gray energy!

Time to eat!

"Boom—!!!"

The moment the two made contact.

Countless chaotic, mad, desperate negative emotions surged into his sea of consciousness!

"Die... die... everyone must die..."

"So hungry... so painful..."

"Kill... devour everything..."

The wails of countless creatures before death, countless venomous curses, countless insane whispers, echoed in his mind.

They were like invisible hands, trying to drag his will into the abyss, to turn him into a monster that only knew slaughter and devouring!

"Heh, I knew a good meal wouldn't be that easy!"

Lin Yuan's body trembled, veins bulged on his forehead, but his eyes were unusually bright.

Mental pollution?

Just like eating spicy hotpot, the soup base is too spicy!

As long as the meat is delicious, what's a little spice!

"Get out of here... for me!"

A furious roar exploded in his sea of consciousness!

Not only did he not retreat, but he intensified the devouring power of his Primordial Thunder God Body, urging the power of thunder to forcefully suppress that gray energy.

"Devour... for me!!!"

Boom!

Within the Dantian Qi Sea, the power of thunder instantly ran wild!

Purify!

Decompose!

Absorb!

"Zzzzzzzzz—!!!"

That wisp of gray energy began to struggle violently in front of the power of thunder.

Those negative emotions and death information were slowly ground down and purified by the lightning!

And its most core, most fundamental essence was forcibly stripped away by the Primordial Thunder God Body, and then... devoured!

This process was incredibly painful.

But Lin Yuan gritted his teeth, not uttering a sound.

He could feel a primordial power being extracted from that wisp of gray energy, then slowly merging into his body.

It was a... qualitative improvement!

After an unknown amount of time.

When the last trace of gray was completely purified by the lightning.

The system's prompt sounded in Lin Yuan's mind.

"Ding! High-purity 'abyssal origin' detected, Divine Body is absorbing..."

"Divine Body Power increased!"

"Current Divine Body Power: 12%!"

A warm current rose from the Dantian Qi Sea, flowing throughout his entire body.

The previous feeling of being hollowed out also vanished!

Lin Yuan opened his eyes.

Two streaks of lightning flashed and disappeared in the depths of his pupils.

He spread his palms, feeling the even more condensed and powerful energy within his body.

So... that's how it is!

He understood the stakes involved.

Pure electrical energy was just 'food'.

But hunting these abyssal creatures from other dimensions, devouring their 'origin', and seeking higher-grade electrical energy.

That was the 'path' to rapidly growing his Primordial Thunder God Body!

A shortcut to growth, ten thousand times more efficient than secretly prying open a substation at night, appeared before him!

To hell with sneaking around!

From today onwards, I'm not playing short-circuit hero anymore!