Chapter 124: Chapter 124 Han Dong’s Temporary Decision
Translator: 549690339
“This ring! It came just in time!”
Han Dong’s biggest worry at the moment is how to handle the burning attribute of the Purgatory Monk.
Relying solely on heat-resistant equipment temporarily created by Koslin is certainly not enough…
Fighting a high-level enemy like this is a long, drawn-out battle! He must withstand the high temperatures.
“Let’s temporarily lend this ring to Cass…”
With the ‘trump card’ Cass has, he can confront the Purgatory Monk head-on.
If Cass and the clown can keep the Purgatory Monk distracted,
The rest of us can provide sufficient firepower support from a distance.
Chen Li could also benefit from it! The three of them can launch a close-range attack on the Purgatory Monk.
We need to wait until the clown comes back to discuss the specifics.”
Han Dong looked out the window and didn’t see any sign of the clown at the entrance of the street… It seems that they are still playing a cat-and-mouse game in the sewer.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Han Dong entered the Portable Prison, taking advantage of the time the clown had bought to get something big done.
Chen Li is in the cell, maintaining a ‘Tentacle Connect’ state, swiftly recovering her energy.
Han Dong didn’t bother her and quietly went to the biological lab to check out the ‘biggest harvest’ of this adventure.
During this, Han Dong couldn’t help showing a big smile.
Despite the enormous risk, he followed the clown to the [Middle Layer], collecting a lot of Cell Essence.
Many small monsters, and twelve Aberrants encountered in the human laboratory.
Due to the large number of small monsters killed by the clown along the way, the essence provided by each of them differs, and Han Dong can’t estimate how much essence has been collected in total.
“The Cell Essence has been injected, the ‘Load Limit’ has increased by 38 points (multiple samples), the current individual Load Value is: 122/200.”
Note: The collection of Cell Essence has reached the limit (maximum Load Limit 200), please upgrade the Cell Clump first (during Seed Germination, the Cell Clump will be upgraded and gain more upper limits.)
Excess Cell Essence stored (33 points).”
“Hmm… the current maximum is only 200?
I knew it couldn’t be limitless.
If I find an opportunity, like the Bug Nest in “StarCraft”, to continuously kill the swarming insects and collect Cell Essence without limit… Then I won’t have to worry about load issues anymore in future, I can replace my body however I want, and the prison can be expanded without limit.
Is the limit of 200 Load Points a limitation before the [Seed Germination]?
It’s similar to some boundary settings. Once I break through to the next stage, the maximum load will increase again.
As someone still in the [Seed Period], once I expand the prison, not much will be left for me.”
While the clown is still holding off the Purgatory Monk, Han Dong is prepared to get an important step done that’s vital to his ultimate plan.
[Prison Expansion]
“How do I upgrade the ‘Faceless Skull’ to expand the prison?” Han Dong asked.
The lab immediately responds
①. Detected individual’s available Load Value >50 points.
②. Detected individual’s backup Cell Essence >30 points.
③. Detected individual’s [Seed] energy >80%.
All three conditions meet the needs, can upgrade the ‘Faceless Skull (LV.1)’ immediately.
“Indeed there are other conditions to upgrade the Faceless Skull.
Can I know how long does it take to upgrade?
After the upgrade is complete, will I consume 80% of the Seed Energy?
Also, the upgrade of ‘Faceless Skull’ not only changes the prison, does it?”
Han Dong immediately asked a series of questions, and the AI in the prison was able to respond freely:
“The upgrade takes 3 to 5 hours.
All energy consumed during the upgrade process will be fully replenished upon upgrade completion.
The changes that occur when the ‘Faceless Skull’ is upgraded from LV.1 to LV.2 are:
. An additional prison containment room will be added.
. Ability to control the ‘Little Demon Eye’ will be improved.
. Improve the proficiency of ‘Tentacles’.”
“It’s going take a while…”
Under unchanged mainline circumstances, spending a few hours wouldn’t matter.
After all, there was no time limit on the fight with the clown… but now it was different.
The Purgatory Monk could descend on Derry Town at any moment.
Han Dong must make a decision.
Join the battle in his current state, or spend three hours upgrading his skull in the nick of time.
“Huh… It must be executed forcibly. I must grasp this ‘great’ opportunity. If I could contain a resident, it would be significant for my future development.”
Han Dong immediately drafted a detailed plan and a combat arrangement document, as well as a letter to the clown.
Together with the ‘Coral Seal’, he placed them beside Cass’s bed.
Then he found the most secretive basement in the Clown House, locked the door, and released Chen Li.
“Miss Chen Li, please stay by my side for the next few hours… Don’t let anyone disturb me.”
“Okay.”
Han Dong took a deep breath and sat cross-legged.
He officially began upgrading the ‘Faceless Skull’…
In an instant, the face disguised as ‘Valen.Nicholas’ disappeared, transforming into a shiny ‘salted egg’ shaped head.
Squirming sound!
Glossy tentacles emerged from his neck!
The tentacles crawled against the face, slowly wrapping the entire skull, making it look like a rebreeding egg.
During this time, Han Dong fell into a state of ‘delirium’, his consciousness seemed to have completely separated from this world.
……
Derry Town Basic Middle School
A colorful figure leaped down from the top of the laboratory.
He bent his knees… Boom!
He landed steadily.
However, upon closer inspection, this guy had only one leg! His other leg had been charred and sawed off.
The clown grew a new leg quickly through flesh multiplication.
Small sounds echoed from his red lips and sharp teeth:
“Togu… is still tough to deal with.”
Four new grasshopper-like long legs grew from his waist, disregarding terrain obstacles, swiftly climbing over the school wall, and heading towards his lair.
Not much later… Boom!
A man jumped down from the lab building, his dark eyes staring directly at the direction where the clown escaped.
Just as he dramatically got into a ‘starting pose’ ready to chase, a group of students who were nearby surrounded him…
These ‘host’ students, who had just become ‘hosts’, were as physically fit as athletes, each holding a club, or even a stool in their hands.
Naturally, they were effective.
About tens of students delayed him for around 5 seconds.
Plus, the following nearly a hundred meters of parasitic hosts, delayed him by another 10 seconds.
This allowed the clown to escape successfully.
The Purgatory Monk – Togu, seemed slightly irritated. He began indiscriminately ‘baptizing’ around town since he lost his main target, the clown.
And it wasn’t just about killing.
When Togu found a townsman who had a suitable physique, and relatively wickeder thoughts,
Chains would spawn from Togu’s palm, proceeding to perform a ‘Hell Transformation’ on this person!
The technique differed from that of the ‘Mutant Doctor’.
Very few people could withstand such an extreme transformation. The failure rate was as high as 99.9%.
Once successful, they would be transformed into terrifying chain minions.