40: Chapter 40 Enjoyment

Byron took out the alchemy knife he had just used again, cut several small pieces from the crystals covering the ground, and used the usage method parsed by the Eye of Omniscience to perform some special tanning and deconstruction.

After finishing all this, Byron then took out a few items that were not too important from his space bag and wrapped them with the crystals.

Looking at the several small bundles in front of him, Byron immediately picked them up and threw them forward one by one, imitating the way a person walks.

While throwing them, Byron kept his eyes fixed on the Worm Race marked on the 3D map, observing whether they had any abnormal movements and seeing if they could detect them.

And the facts proved that Byron's conjecture was very correct.

Until all the stones in his hand were thrown, not a single Worm Race member discovered it; they all stayed quietly in their underground nests.

Seeing this, Byron did not hesitate any longer and began to continuously cut the crystals under his feet, cutting them into suitable sizes and performing tanning and deconstruction.

The reason why Byron was so anxious was that time no longer permitted it.

At this moment, the crystallization erosion had already begun to spread toward his arm.

If he delayed any longer, Byron really did not know if he would still be able to walk to the Wizard Settlement.

After all, he could not predict whether everything would go smoothly on the road ahead or if any accidents would occur.

As for completely solving the crystallization erosion problem through research, that was not something Byron could consider right now.

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Before long, Byron had cut out several pieces of crystal with an area large enough to completely cover his shoes, and through simple sewing, he made a simple shoe cover.

Time was limited now, so this was the only thing he could do.

After finishing all this, Byron stepped on the crystals to test them, and after confirming they would not fall off, he finally felt relieved.

Byron did not hesitate immediately; he stepped out of the area covered by the layer of crystals on the ground and stepped onto the Desert.

In an instant, a soft sensation traveled from the soles of his feet into Byron's heart, just like stepping barefoot onto the Desert, and at the same time, this step also felt like it was stepping on Byron's heart.

The next moment, everything was as usual!

And at the very moment he stepped down, Byron could clearly see through the Eye of Omniscience.

The force originally transmitted to the ground, after passing through the layered structure of the crystal layer, turned into countless tiny forces acting on the ground.

In this way, it did not produce too much vibration, and it was the same as the vibration produced by the wind blowing over the sand and gravel.

Moreover, Byron did not see any abnormal movements from the Worm Race on the 3D map.

At this, Byron finally felt completely relieved.

Subsequently, without paying any more attention to the crystals covering the ground or the dissected Worm Race corpse, he strode toward the direction of the Wizard Settlement.

Under the illumination of the morning sun and the reflection of the crystal sand, Byron's figure seemed to be draped in a pale blue veil, full of mystery.

Of course, Byron did not forget to collect the corpse for that martial-dressed apprentice.

Walking up to the martial-dressed apprentice, he looked at the corpse with its abdomen torn open and more severe crystallization.

Byron thought to himself, it seems that even death cannot escape the danger of being crystallized.

It seems that crystallization erosion does not spread through blood flow or other such methods.

Thinking of this, Byron shook his head slightly and then sighed, "Friend, I keep my word; I said I would collect your corpse, so I will."

Of course, saying it is one thing, but Byron was not stupid enough to move the corpse, unless he did not want to live anymore.

After taking his payment from the martial-dressed apprentice, Byron cut a small lock of hair from his head.

"Friend, where I come from, there is a saying about using hair as a substitute for the head and building a cenotaph, so this lock of hair is equivalent to you. I will find a place to bury it, so you can rest assured."

"Since you didn't say anything, I'll take it that you agreed. Alright, I'm leaving."

After saying this, Byron waved his hand and turned to leave.

Turning around, the expression on Byron's face became somewhat heavy.

Just now, he found some of the answers he wanted from that corpse.

Combined with some information obtained from the Worm Race, he could roughly figure it out.

However, these were all still just conjectures that needed verification.

Even using the deduction of the Eye of Omniscience, it required enough data to test.

It is not about making snap decisions and doing whatever one wants.

That would not be the Eye of Omniscience; it would be better to just call it a wish-granting machine.

As the sunlight shifted, the shadow Byron cast on the ground grew longer and longer.

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Several days later, Byron was sitting under a hill, looking at the Worm Race corpse in front of him with fiery eyes.

After spending more than a day, Byron finally walked out of that man-eating Desert.

But even having walked out of there, whenever he thought back to that Desert, even Byron, as he was now, could not stop his whole body from shivering; it was just too damn terrifying.

Along the way, he had seen no fewer than ten people die in that Desert, and even he had almost not made it out!

However, in the two days since walking out of the Desert, the situation had been unexpectedly smooth.

Along this road, he had almost not encountered any accidents; everything was so calm.

It was just that the crystallization erosion at this time had become increasingly severe.

The extremities of his four limbs had almost all developed varying degrees of crystallization; the muscles had lost their activity, lost their corresponding sense and pain, and had completely turned into energized crystals, unable to even pull the bones to make movements.

He had also tried to cut open the crystallized limbs to observe the situation inside, wanting to find the root of the problem.

And from the cut wound, not even blood flowed out; the flesh and blood had all turned into crystals.

He could even see the bones gradually turning into crystals through the crystallized muscles.

But as for how the crystallization erosion eroded the flesh and blood, and the process of the erosion, Byron was still completely confused.

To further understand the crystallization erosion, he still needed that thing.

Thinking of this, Byron gently brushed his palm over the space bag.

But there was one good thing: since the crystallization started from the nerve endings, it had not caused much impact on Byron's movements until now.

In this way, it allowed Byron to have the ability to verify the conjectures in his mind while on the road.

And after repeated controlled variable experiments, plus the analysis of the Eye of Omniscience, and a little bit of luck, Byron was finally able to determine that vibration was a signal to those Worm Race members.

A signal for mealtime!

For the Worm Race, vibration was equivalent to food falling on the ground, calling them over to eat.

And why could magic power make them become even crazier, and why was it such a great temptation to them?

Because that was also a signal for mealtime!

The reason why it is said that the fluctuation of magic power is also a signal for mealtime is that magic power also belongs to a form of energy.

And the Worm Race, this kind of semi-energy creature, happens to feed on energy.

That is why it does not need a digestive System and does not need to excrete.

Therefore, vibration alone is just a signal; although it does not meet the pattern of standard food appearance, for the sake of food, there are still some Worm Race members willing to give it a try.

But adding the fluctuation of magic power, to the Worm Race, that is absolutely food falling on the ground, it is calling them to eat again.

Therefore, this is the reason why that martial-dressed apprentice distracted so many Worm Race members when using witchcraft.

It also explains why the Worm Race, which does not eat flesh and blood, would bite a large hole in his abdomen.

The Worm Race was not eating flesh and blood; it was eating the magic power existing in the wizard's abdomen.

And the reason why Byron was able to confirm this conjecture so quickly, besides experiments and analysis, was because just a moment ago, he witnessed a scene of the Worm Race feeding normally with his own eyes.

A fist-sized energy crystal transformed from illusion to reality under his gaze, fell to the ground, and was crazily snatched up by countless Worm Race members.

In the end, that energy crystal was snatched by a sturdy-looking Worm Race member.

That's right, it's the one lying in front of Byron.

After it swallowed it, Byron secretly followed behind it; after the other Worm Race members left, he lured it out at an extremely fast speed and killed it.

Finally, he re-obtained that energy crystal from its body.

However, after Byron cut off a little bit of that energy crystal, he put it into his space bag.

He did not want to carry such a big disaster with him on the road.

Through the analysis of that little bit of powder, the Eye of Omniscience also determined what that energy crystal was.

Didn't I mention earlier that there are two major races in this world? One is the Worm Race, and the other is the Crystal-Light Floater.

That's right, that energy crystal is what is formed after the originally intangible Crystal-Light Floater, which floats and moves in the sky, materializes.

However, another problem has arisen, which is why would the originally illusory Crystal-Light Floater materialize?

Having just solved one problem, another one appeared; this not only did not make Byron feel impatient but instead sparked his greater interest and motivation.

Because he discovered that this was not only exploring the unknown, obtaining knowledge and information from it, improving his own strength, and helping himself continue to survive in the Wizard World, but it was also satisfying himself.

Every time Byron solved a problem, a sense of unprecedented satisfaction would well up in his heart, making him feel physically and mentally happy.

Therefore, Byron began to enjoy it and pursued that state.