Chapter 97 Without a Sound

Chapter 97: Chapter 96: Without a Sound

The next morning.

In the cultivation area on the fifth floor of Biyun Resort.

"Mr. Han, my suggestion is that we first accelerate the overall cultivation of the plants."

Heavy sandbags were strapped to Professor Ye’s arms and legs. He held a metal hand gripper in each hand, squeezing them with occasional CLICK-CLACKS, looking much like a fitness maniac.

He explained his idea to Han Ning, who stood nearby: "Then, based on their individual characteristics, we can guide their targeted mutations.

"For example, with the squirting cucumber, we need to focus on stimulating its fruit expansion and spraying structure. For the Venus Flytrap, we should strengthen the closing speed and power of its traps. The Vajra Vine needs its fiber toughness and growth speed promoted... It’s like fully furnishing different rooms in a house."

"Understood," Han Ning nodded.

"Then let’s begin." Professor Ye smiled faintly, doing strength training in place while watching Han Ning cast his Skills.

Ever since realizing he needed to adapt to his rapidly advancing strength, Professor Ye had gone to the resort’s gym right after returning yesterday to grab a set of strength training equipment.

Han Ning stood in the center of the cultivation area, both arms extended forward with his palms facing down. An emerald-green light surged from his palms, covering the experimental plants designated by Professor Ye. As the light seeped into the leaves, stems, and soil, the plants became visibly greener, exuding vibrant vitality.

[Natural Blessing (Basic Level) Skill Level +1, Current: 67/200]

[Natural Blessing (Basic Level) Skill Level +1, Current: 68/200]

...

After continuously casting Natural Blessing a few times, Han Ning switched Skills.

[Rapid Growth (Middle Level) Skill Level +1, Current: 193/200]

The seedlings began to tremble slightly as their leaves unfurled and stems shot up. A tiny nascent flower bud even emerged at the very top.

Once, twice, three times... Han Ning continuously cast Rapid Growth. He felt increasingly adept at controlling this Energy that catalyzed vitality, as if he could freely adjust its intensity across different parts of the plant.

...

[Rapid Growth (Middle Level) Skill Level +1, Current: 200/200]

[Rapid Growth (High Level), Current: 0/500]

HUMM.

The green halo shrouding the squirting cucumber seedlings flared brightly, forming a swirling emerald vortex. In the center of the vortex, the growth rate of the squirting cucumber seedling abruptly accelerated. Leaves unfurled, the stem grew taller, and tender shoots sprouted... A growth process that would normally take weeks was completed in a mere dozen seconds.

When the halo scattered, a squirting cucumber plant about twenty centimeters tall stood before them. It possessed tender green leaves and was adorned with tiny flower buds at the top. He had just planted the seeds yesterday, yet today it looked as though it had been growing naturally for half a month.

Seeing this scene, the hand gripper in Professor Ye’s hand deformed slightly with a loud CRACK. He spoke in astonishment, "The growth speed increased again?"

"Yes, it feels like the acceleration has at least doubled. To think it’s by this much." Han Ning sensed the speed of the plant’s changes.

Next was the Venus Flytrap. Under the effects of High Level Rapid Growth, the seedling expanded and stretched at a visible rate. The slender petioles became thick and sturdy, while the pair of tiny traps at the base rapidly enlarged and thickened as if being inflated. The fine cilia along the edges hardened and elongated, turning into a ring of sharp spikes gleaming with a cold light. The tender green walls of the traps darkened into a tough, dark red hue, and textures resembling muscle fibers faintly surfaced on them.

A dozen seconds later, the halo scattered, revealing a rather fierce-looking Venus Flytrap. Its traps were nearly the size of an adult’s palm, with edges covered in teeth as sharp as steel needles.

[Rapid Growth (High Level) Skill Level +1, Current: 1/500]

Finally, it was the Vajra Vine. Affected by the light of Rapid Growth, the surface of the soil trembled with a RUSTLE before breaking open. Several dark brown vines drilled out. They slowly grew outward, gradually climbing onto the pre-built simple metal frames as countless sharp thorns protruded from their surfaces.

[Rapid Growth (High Level) Skill Level +1, Current: 2/500]

"Mr. Han, don’t use this acceleration ability on them anymore. The plants have grown to an adequate size and are ready for targeted mutation," Professor Ye hurriedly said.

"Understood," Han Ning nodded. He realized he would only be able to use ordinary crops to improve his Rapid Growth Skill Level in the future.

...

That afternoon, after replenishing his Spiritual Power and taking a short rest, Han Ning and snow cake returned to the western side of Biyun Resort to continue hunting Black Snake Monsters. They were very cunning, completely clearing out one batch and immediately changing locations without stopping.

snow cake used Earth Element Elemental Manipulation to create mud swamp traps, effectively controlling small groups of snakes. Sometimes it would even raise earth walls to divide the battlefield, while Han Ning was solely responsible for killing the monsters. The human and lizard cooperated flawlessly with each other, resulting in very high efficiency.

[Druid Growth Progress +9]

[Druid Growth Progress +13]

[Druid Growth Progress +15]

The growth progress increased steadily. Han Ning could feel that ever since breaking through to Level 6, the Energy obtained from killing these ordinary Black Snake Monsters had indeed diminished significantly. Each one now only provided about two to three points of growth progress.

However, this was offset by the sheer quantity and their extremely high killing efficiency. Even so, after an entire afternoon of fighting non-stop across several areas and slaughtering hundreds of Black Snake Monsters, the accumulated Energy was still quite considerable. The Druid growth progress had increased by a little over a thousand points in total, reaching Level 6 (1023/3000).

snow cake’s experience decay wasn’t as severe as his, allowing it to level up directly. However, as snow cake upgraded from Level 5 to Level 6, it didn’t awaken new Skills like he did.

[Current: Level 6 (1/2500)]

Instead, it just became a bit stronger.

...

Late at night.

In the temporary docking area on the outskirts of Biyun Resort, over a dozen ships of varying sizes floated quietly in the deep water, gently swaying with the ripples. The shadows of the ships flickered, resembling dormant giant beasts hiding in the rain. Only a sparse few ships still had faint lights on; the vast majority were completely submerged in darkness.

Several blurry figures silently poked their heads out from beneath the water’s surface in the distance.

The leader vigilantly scanned the surroundings. After confirming that no patrolling Awakened were approaching, he took out a thumb-sized cylindrical container from a close-fitting waterproof bag. Inside the container was a viscous liquid filling about two-thirds of its capacity. Its color was dark red, nearly black.

He twisted open the sealing cap on top. In an instant, an extremely rich metallic scent of blood permeated the air, though it was quickly confined to a small area by an invisible force to prevent the smell from spreading. He swiftly poured a few drops of the King’s Blood from the container, dripping them into several even smaller glass vials.

The man lowered his voice, "Split up. This blood has a very strong scent, so just smear a tiny bit on each ship with a cotton swab.

"Smear it near the waterline of the hulls, or on the gunwales and deck crevices. Keep it as hidden as possible to ensure it can emit the scent for a long time. Hurry up and don’t leave any traces behind."

"Understood!" the other men replied in hushed voices as they each took a vial.

The group quickly dispersed, each selecting their target ships, and silently swam over.