My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 688 Radiation Gu
"You chose to fuse the fragments of the Law of All Things."

"In the process of merging, please wait..."

The moment the game text popped up, Jiang Xinghuo also felt a change in reality. He could clearly sense a gentle force flowing slowly in his body and finally gathering in his heart.

"The fusion is complete."

"You have successfully mastered the fragment of the Law of All Things (0.00001%)."

"Be careful. Since the number of law fragments integrated into your body is extremely small, you cannot freely use the power of the law of all things. However, your adaptability to extreme environments has also been slightly improved. You can persist in various extreme environments longer than ordinary people."

"If you can stay in a certain extreme environment for a long time, there is a small chance that you can completely adapt to the damage that this environment causes you."

"Turn your head and look at the entrance to the secret room where the Gu are raised. Nuclear radiation is constantly seeping out from the back, and it's much more threatening than before. Do you want to go in and find out what's going on?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes without hesitation.

He had been going through so much trouble just for the radiation poison in the secret room. The mastermind who wrote the letter to invite the golden-armored zombies to come over probably wanted to use these people as scapegoats and take the radiation poison out of the secret room.

However, the other party still underestimated the power of the Radiation Gu. The Radiation Gu cultivated by King Longhe has probably reached a very terrifying state, and the concentration of nuclear radiation pollution it emits is also very high. I don’t know if the plasma protective suit can last until he walks in and puts the Radiation Gu into his own bag.

While Jiang Xinghuo was thinking about all these things, he controlled the character and walked into the secret room for breeding Gu.

"You walked into the secret room where the Gu were raised. The dark passage was filled with humid air, and the deadly pollution brought by the nuclear radiation quickly enveloped your body."

"But this time you prepared some protective measures. Although they cannot completely isolate you from the damage caused by nuclear radiation, they are enough to support you to walk to the depths of the secret room for breeding insects. You came to the middle of the secret room despite the penetrating damage and burning sensation caused by the radiation and saw the glittering object placed there. Do you want to go over and collect it immediately?"

"You walked over and grabbed that thing. It was the result of the research of the Longhe King for many years, the Radiation Gu."

"You have obtained it, Radiation."

"However, the moment you came into contact with the radiation insect, the dormant insect suddenly woke up and bit through your palm to get into your body."

"Although you were wearing a plasma biochemical protective suit that could protect you from the harmful contamination caused by external radiation penetration, the radiation poison has now entered your body. The high dose of nuclear radiation instantly penetrated your internal organs. You felt as if a raging fire was burning inside you, and you lost consciousness in just a few seconds."

"You passed out due to the high dose of radiation."

"You lost consciousness due to internal organ failure."

"You are dead."

"Although your body has lost its vitality, the radiation insect has transformed your corpse. Radioactive substances are filled in every corner of your body, and the activity of all cells has been greatly improved. It has actually pulled you back to the world of the living from the other side of the death line."

"You woke up again in the secret room where the insects were raised."

"You have fused with the radiation."

"The radiation insect has modified your genes and cells, not only allowing you to ignore the damage caused by nuclear radiation, but also awakening the dormant gene pool in your body, allowing you to unlock various gene chains and gain corresponding extraordinary abilities."

"You have unlocked the nuclear gene chain."

"Nuclear Energy Gene Chain (Level 3 Gene Chain), you can ignore all damage caused by radioactive substances, and you can repair the damage you suffer by absorbing these radioactive substances."

Gene bank?
Jiang Xinghuo frowned and carefully sensed the changes in his body. There was almost nothing abnormal. If the game text hadn't said that he had merged with the Radiation Gu, he wouldn't have noticed anything at all.

And what is this gene bank?
You can unlock various gene chains to gain related extraordinary abilities, which sounds a bit like a method from the cyberpunk era.

Jiang Xinghuo clicked on the entry in the gene bank and looked up the specific description.

"The theory of gene pool comes from ancient biology. It is a theoretical concept mentioned by some ancient biologists."

"They believe that every living thing in the world has a unique gene pool. As long as they can awaken the gene pool in their bodies, they will have the hope of unlocking the gene chain, and then they will be able to gain all kinds of incredible abilities."

"But there is still no definitive answer on how to awaken the gene pool in the body. Occasionally, some strong people who awaken the gene pool can only complete this process by chance, and they cannot be used as experimental samples or data at all."

"Later, an ancient biologist discovered that tempering one's body would be of great help in awakening the gene pool. When the body becomes strong enough, the gene pool will naturally awaken in the body without any other restrictions."

"Based on this, this ancient biologist developed various methods to temper himself, and by unlocking his own gene chain, he created a mythical level skill - Nine Death Cicada."

"This ancient biologist therefore became the master of martial arts in the secular world. This is why after practicing martial arts to a certain stage, one can develop the secret treasures in one's body. The so-called secret treasures are actually awakening the gene pool."

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo thought to himself that it was indeed true. The ancient biologist described in the text was the Martial Lord among the thirteen Dao masters.

When he first explored the Martial Master's Dojo, he knew that after practicing martial arts to a certain level, he would be able to tap into the potential secrets in his body and master all kinds of incredible supernatural abilities.

But he didn't understand the details at that time. It was not until today, after he merged with the Radiation Gu and awakened the gene bank in his body, that he understood the hidden story and the whole story.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't care too much about these things. Although he had awakened the gene pool in his body, how to unlock the various gene chains still required slow exploration in the future. It was not something that could be accomplished overnight.

What he wants to know most now is the ability of the radiation poison and what other impacts it will cause after the fusion.

Although the third-order nuclear energy gene chain that he unlocked looked good, it did not seem to be consistent with the previous description of Radiation Gu.

The reason why King Longhe spent so much effort to cultivate the Radiation Gu was that he wanted to use this thing to kill Shanhe Jishi Zhenjun.

Since it dared to do this, it showed that it had enough confidence in the power of the radiation Gu. If this thing could only turn people into mobile power banks, then there would be no need for the Dragon River King to spend so much effort to cultivate this radiation Gu.

"Radiation Gu (Super Epic Item), King Longhe cultivated a Gu insect using the secret method of raising Gu passed down by the Great Fission Immortal after a long period of historical changes. It has the ability to release a large amount of nuclear radiation. If this radiation Gu is not restrained and activated, it is enough to paralyze a city in the shortest possible time. At the same time, creatures injured by the radiation Gu will be left with extremely painful sequelae, even if they are not fatal..."

Many descriptions about the ability of the radiation poison popped up. Jiang Xinghuo read them carefully and found that they were not much different from nuclear radiation in reality. The horror of this forbidden creature lies not in its direct lethality, but in its extinction to the environment and organisms. It can spread for several years, even dozens of years, or even hundreds of years, and can even completely turn an area into a forbidden area for living things.

Moreover, this radiation insect is invisible and intangible when it is inside the host's body. It has already been completely integrated into the flesh and blood genes. It will only briefly take shape when its power is activated.

However, the radiation insect cultivated by King Longhe also has weaknesses. It may be because he has not obtained the complete cultivation method. Once the radiation insect is released, the nuclear contamination will immediately radiate to the surrounding environment, and even he, the host, cannot control it.

To put it simply, either don't release this thing, or be prepared to harm innocent people.

Jiang Xinghuo secretly made up his mind that this insect can only be used in the game. If used in reality, innocent people might be implicated.

"Now that you have merged with the Radiation Gu, the remaining nuclear radiation in the secret room can no longer cause you any harm. Do you want to continue exploring here?"

"You explored the secret room again and found the incomplete skeletons of two dragons. Judging from the bone structure, these two dragons were not far from transforming into dragons, but their essence inner elixir was stolen at the last moment."

"You have discovered the skeleton of the Yangtze River Dragon God."

"You have discovered the skeleton of Princess Longhe."

Jiang Xinghuo immediately realized that these were the remains of Longhe King's wife and father-in-law.

"Do you want to use the limb splicing method to devour and fuse these two dragon skeletons?"

Jiang Xinghuo chose yes.

"Use the radiation poison to absorb the radioactive substances remaining on the skeletons, then use the limb splicing method to absorb and devour the two skeletons."

"Your limb splicing aspect level has been improved by +5."

"Your limb splicing form has gained the ability to transform into a dragon."

Jiang Xinghuo's mind moved, and the limbs splicing method unfolded. Countless limbs and arms whizzed out and transformed into a tens-meter-long black dragon, emitting a black metallic luster. It swirled and boiled around him in the room. Black mist lingered all over his body, and countless ghost hands and bone claws were looming in the mist.

Not to mention its power, in terms of appearance, it is less gloomy and more domineering than the previous ones.

After experiencing it for a while, Jiang Xinghuo put away the Dharma image and continued to move forward with the text.

"You left the Gu breeding room and absorbed the radiation from the golden-armored zombie. The dying golden-armored zombie regained some spirit. Although its life cannot be completely saved, it should be able to hold on until you return."

"Of course, this time can't be too long. At most, it can only hold on for a few more days. Once that time is up, its life will come to an end."

"It is said that zombie-like ghosts and gods do not enter the underworld after death, but go to the higher level Taishan Hell. However, there is no relevant record as to whether Taishan Hell really exists."

"If you have the chance, you can go to Mount Tai in person. It is said that the entrance to the Hell of Mount Tai is right below the Temple of the Goddess of Mount Tai. But whether it is true or not depends on whether you can find it."

Jiang Xinghuo noticed the last sentence of the text. Whether it is true or false depends on whether you can find it?
Does this mean that the Taishan area actually exists, but it will only appear in front of you if you find the entrance before you can enter it? If you can't find the entrance, then this is just an ancient legend.

"Where are you going next?"

"Will you continue to explore the depths of Huaiyin Water Palace? Or will you leave Huaiyin Water Palace and wander around somewhere else?"

Jiang Xinghuo naturally chose to go deeper.

"You left the ancestral hall and came outside. You saw the corpses on the ground. In the spirit of not wasting anything, you absorbed the radioactive substances remaining on their bodies and integrated them into your limb-repairing Dharma image."

"But when you merged the corpse of a fat man, you found a small storage bag on the body. The storage items on the corpses of other monsters were burned to ashes by nuclear radiation, and the things inside lost their original functions. The fact that this small storage bag was preserved is enough to show its extraordinaryness. Do you want to open it and take a look?"

"You opened the storage bag and gained something."

"You have obtained a mustard magnifying glass (rare), a bliss order (excellent), a moonlight cup (excellent), a snack box (excellent), and a fruit bamboo basket (excellent)."

"Mustard magnifying glass (rare item), a magical item that can magnify or reduce objects by more than a hundred times. It has two sides, the yin and yang. The yin side can reduce objects, and the yang side can magnify objects, but there is a time limit."

Jiang Xinghuo took the thing out and took a look. It was an antique bronze mirror, similar in shape to a round fan. The mirror surface was transparent and empty, with one side glowing blue and the other side glowing red, with the words Yin and Yang engraved on them respectively.

Jiang Xinghuo shone the object in front of him but saw no response, so he picked up the bamboo pole next to him and tentatively reached out to the red mirror that represented the yang attribute.

The bamboo pole slowly sank into the mirror.

Then I saw that the end that was inserted into the mirror became as thick as a tree root, but the end held in the hand was still only as thick as a little finger, and the weight also changed accordingly.

Ok?
What does magnification mean?
Jiang Xinghuo was very surprised. He thought that only by using a mirror could one enlarge or reduce things, but he didn't expect that this thing could be used in this way.

Then, he tried the dark side that was glowing blue. The bamboo pole, which was as thick as his little finger, unexpectedly became as thin as a hair, and it really shrunk hundreds of times.

A thought suddenly occurred to Jiang Xinghuo: If he put his arm in, would the length of the arm also increase?

(End of this chapter)