Chapter 920: The Main Body's Ability

920. The Main Body's Ability

Opening the base entrance, the outside world was exactly the same as last time.

Lin Ye expanded the blood-colored shield and ran outside the base.

A pitch-black hollow appeared in midair, and a giant hand reached out from the hollow, grabbing Lin Ye, who was trying to dodge on the ground.

His speed was far too slow; he couldn't evade the giant hand's grasp at all.

The giant hand threw Lin Ye into that fruit tree forest, then returned to the other side of the hollow.

Lin Ye maintained the shield the entire time. This time, the filaments were blocked outside the shield and couldn't burrow into his body.

The fruit tree forest was filled everywhere with constantly squirming filaments. Perhaps sensing Lin Ye as a foreign object, a massive amount of filaments stuck to the outside of the shield, plastering the entire shield.

Thankfully Lin Ye had light perception, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to see the nearby situation.

'So how am I supposed to get out? Don't tell me I'm supposed to resolve the abnormal incident here?'

There were simply too many abnormal things here. Lin Ye didn't even know where to start.

Just as Lin Ye was thinking, more filaments gathered near the shield. This was already starting to affect his ability to move.

He couldn't stick his hand outside the shield to push away those filaments, otherwise he'd end up like last time, with suicide as his only option.

'What a hassle.'

The blood-colored shield was essentially a flesh derivative. If the filaments outside kept increasing, the blood-colored shield wouldn't hold out for long at all.

Lin Ye ran through the fruit forest. The blood-colored shield began changing form, quickly becoming a smooth arc, and through rotation flung the filaments elsewhere.

This kind of operation drained Lin Ye heavily. Before long, his body had grown thinner by a full circle.

'This is way too weak...'

If he maintained this operation, Lin Ye could probably last about two more minutes before the blood-colored shield was breached by the filaments.

Just then, Lin Ye sensed that those symbols on his body surface carrying the Unknown's information were stirring restlessly. He tried activating the symbols, but felt a resisting force.

'Seems like certain conditions need to be met to activate them...'

Thinking of those duplicates, Lin Ye decisively twisted off one tentacle and shoved it outside the shield.

That tentacle was quickly wrapped up by the filaments. Lin Ye activated the remaining symbols on his body, and the tentacle on the ground began rapidly expanding, quickly becoming a duplicate covered in filaments.

After the duplicate took form, Lin Ye's body suddenly entered some kind of third-person perspective, appearing behind the duplicate.

The duplicate began splitting rapidly. After just a few seconds, the fruit forest was packed full of duplicates.

Lin Ye could switch perspectives at any time, appearing behind any one of the duplicates. Nothing around him could affect him, as if he and everything else didn't exist on the same plane.

Additionally, he could control the duplicates, though this control wasn't precise. He could only direct the duplicates' general behavior, not influence fine movements.

'Holy crap, infinite splitting? Main body invincible? And I can even observe from the sidelines? What kind of ridiculous ability is this!'

Only now did Lin Ye realize how fortunate his earlier victory had been. If that Monster Main Body hadn't wanted to come out and eat his brain, killing however many more Fleshy Monsters would have been meaningless.

Still, this ability wasn't without its drawbacks.

First, he could now only interfere with external things through the constantly splitting Fleshy Monsters below. These Fleshy Monsters were extremely weak, and what they could accomplish was limited.

When he canceled the ability, all Fleshy Monsters would completely collapse, and he would return to his abnormal state.

Second, after the duplicates increased to a certain number, all duplicates would annihilate, and he, the main body, would be strengthened, becoming a new individual.

After receiving all the information transmitted by those symbols, Lin Ye controlled the duplicates to traverse the fruit forest. He wanted to explore this area as much as possible and collect enough information.

In this state, although he wouldn't be affected by the outside world, the special spiritual imprint was still in effect and couldn't add materials. His body simply couldn't hold out for long.

However, before the duplicates could get far, hundreds of giant arms extended from the hollow, grabbing those duplicates running wildly through the fruit forest.

They buried the duplicates in the soil, as if planting seeds one after another.

Before long, the seeds in the pits began to sprout, growing into fruit trees that were almost completely identical.

'No way, this works too?'

Lin Ye wanted to control the duplicates to flee. As long as one duplicate could escape, he could escape this forest.

But those giant hands didn't leave him even a single duplicate. All duplicates were buried in the pits.

Since the splitting couldn't be paused, Lin Ye could only watch as those giant hands continuously buried newly appearing duplicates into the dirt pits.

Duplicates kept appearing, and those giant hands didn't return anymore either.

The fruit tree forest expanded outward. Fruits grew on the fruit trees, and those fruits turned into filaments, which then covered the ground again.

'...This works too?'

Lin Ye watched the situation take a sharp turn for the worse but could do nothing about it.

'Damn, what kind of trash ability is this.'

Lin Ye really wanted to cancel his current state, but giant arms were everywhere around him. The moment he canceled the state, he'd be grabbed by the giant arms and buried in a pit.

After hesitating, Lin Ye decided to first observe the situation here.

The giant hands must have had a reason for planting these fruit trees. As long as there were enough duplicates, he might be able to figure out the giant hands' purpose.

If he could resolve the giant hand problem, he wouldn't get grabbed here the moment he left the base again.

Moreover, as the fruit trees formed from duplicates increased, his observation range would also expand. Perhaps he could collect more information.

Fruit tree after fruit tree shot up from the ground. After some time, Lin Ye suddenly felt the limit of this body.

If he didn't add new materials soon, something would go wrong with him.

'...Maybe I can hold out a bit longer.'

The duplicates had formed many fruit trees. Since no one was clearing them, the number of duplicates was already approaching the annihilation threshold.

By then, he could use the energy provided by the duplicates' annihilation as material to continue alienating this body.

As long as he could keep stalling, perhaps he could find a way to leave this place.

After another period of time, Lin Ye suddenly moved to a position far from those giant hands.

'A pity. Seems I can't keep planting trees.'

The number of duplicates and the annihilation threshold were exactly equal. All duplicates annihilated simultaneously, and Lin Ye's true body appeared at a relatively peripheral position.

A massive amount of abnormal energy surged into Lin Ye's body. He had no time to analyze the function and usage of this energy, instead directly using this energy as material to complete a further stage of Alienation.

Lin Ye didn't linger in place, but expanded the blood-colored shield and quickly moved away from those giant hands.

He wanted to cut off a portion of his body and once again enter that previous state.

But those symbols on his body had no reaction at all. This ability probably couldn't be used consecutively.