I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Ivan looked at the scene before him, his eyes widening slightly involuntarily.

The scene before them was so bizarre and incomprehensible that it was impossible to understand or accept.

A fiery red planet, now on the verge of death.

Because you can see buildings from various eras on this planet, all in ruins.

A planetary civilization that had developed for countless billions of years was now presented to Ivan in an incredibly desolate and chaotic state.

This visual impact is something that even foggy encephalitis cannot block.

Upon seeing this thing, Ivan's divergent thinking instinctively led him to imagine the planet as a person.

An being that has lived for hundreds of millions or even billions of years has died just like that.

On His corpse, countless huge and twisted worms wriggled back and forth.

It shattered the entire surface of the land, completely swallowing up any remaining traces of civilization.

These are terrifying worms, the smallest of which are several kilometers long, and the largest can even reach more than ten kilometers in size, moving back and forth on the ground.

Those ancient beings, devoured by these worms, had no dignity whatsoever, nor did they offer any resistance.

He died here alone, helplessly allowing these worms to devour and destroy everything that was his.

In the pitch-black night sky, an indescribable sense of madness and blasphemy poured directly into Ivan's eyes.

The dark red blood gushing out as the worms burrowed into the planet's body, mixed with shattered mountains and collapsed cities, churning in this lightless universe.

It was like an ancient and protracted process of slowly dismembering and devouring the corpse of a deity.

"A Star Driller... Is this what a Star Driller is?" Ivan's eyes widened, his face filled with shock.

It was at this moment that Ivan felt himself getting closer and closer to this dead planet.

Those terrifying worms, as large as mountains, were shattering the earth and devouring rivers and oceans...

Each tumbling was accompanied by the collapse of the heavens and the earth.

At some point, Evan found himself on this planet.

At that moment, accompanied by a roar, the enormous mouth, dozens of stories high and covered with countless rotating fangs, surged towards him after swallowing a classical and solemn building.

Faced with this situation, Evan paused for a moment, then burst into a tirade of curses.

"Damn it! A bunch of spendthrifts! What are you doing with such a great planet?!"

As the enormous mouth hurtled towards them, Ivan instantly opened his mouth as well: "Who's afraid of who!"

Seemingly because of his own profound reverence for Mother Earth, Evan also became angry at this moment.

"You eat the planet, I'll eat you!"

As he spoke, Ivan felt his mouth could open infinitely wide.

From this strange perspective, he saw that his upper jaw extended beyond his forehead, his lower jaw reached all the way to his knees, and he could see his stomach directly through his throat!

Overall, it looks like a person has grown out of a mouth.

"Come on! Come on!"

Then Ivan, with his terrifying maw wide open, began to run rapidly, like a joyful, leaping, immaculate giant, plunging into the hideous darkness…

call!

The next instant, Ivan suddenly opened his eyes.

Looking around, the gray wallpaper was fairly tidy, the metal bed frame didn't creak, and the floor smelled of air freshener...

He was back in reality, in that ordinary hotel room.

"This extraordinary characteristic is quite different from the others..."

Evan frowned slightly, turned around and lay down on the bed.

"The illusions seen when those extraordinary abilities were activated were all rather vague and abstract."

"But the visuals presented by the Star-Driller's Bite are quite detailed..."

"What are you trying to tell me? The dangers of the macrophage worms? Or their power?"

After a brief moment of thought, Evan shook his head, suppressing his doubts.

Many questions in the extraordinary world cannot be understood simply by thinking; they require extensive investigation and verification.

Ivan then focused his attention on this extraordinary property.

First, he felt that the space inside his body had become quite enormous.

The space that was previously only one cubic meter has now reached eight cubic meters.

The space it occupies has become the entire digestive tract, allowing space to be created in the stomach and intestines.

If you want to put something in there, you can put it not only in your buttocks, but also in your mouth.

At this point, Evan opened his mouth.

Then, with a quick reach near his teeth, Ivan pulled the golden figure, clad in a secondary brain armor, out of his mouth as if by magic.

After looking around in the unfamiliar environment and confirming that there was no danger, Huang Jin relaxed.

Ivan looked at the gold in his hand with a strange expression.

"Put it in from below and spit it out of your mouth... It doesn't really taste like anything, but it's still a bit too bizarre."

"You should be a little more careful next time... Careful my ass!"

"Do whatever is convenient, there aren't that many rules!"

The doubts that had just begun to surface were immediately suppressed by Ivan.

As a pragmatic person with strong execution skills, he has never been shy about things that affect his image.

As he touched the gold, Evan gained a deeper understanding of its properties.

Today, it can divide its internal space into two parts: one for storage and the other for digestion.

The storage is easy to understand and is not much different from the previous stage.

The digestive process, however, is locked up in the stomach.

Because, relatively speaking, the digestive juices in the stomach are more destructive, and can make the target lose its resistance more quickly and easily.

Ivan is now able to see what's going on inside through a special perspective.

It was a space entirely made of flesh and blood, with pink flesh and blood walls all around that were densely wrinkled and protruding.

This wall can continuously secrete large amounts of highly corrosive liquid.

These liquids don't cause harm just by touching them; they have a corrosive effect simply by being smelled.

Meanwhile, Ivan also discovered something unusual.

That's what he saw: black lines were gradually appearing inside those pink, fleshy walls.

These patterns don't resemble blood vessels because they are shaped like strange clumps that merge together to form oddly shaped black spots.

Upon closer inspection, Evan noticed that each of these black spots resembled a radiant black sun.

It exuded a deep and chilling aura.

"Black Sun characteristics? No, that's not right..."

Ivan carefully sensed it: "Poisonous blood! My poisonous blood!?"

"Is the poisonous blood enhancing the Devourer's Bite?"

At this moment, Ivan could clearly sense the aura of his own poisonous blood within those small black suns.

He immediately understood.

Due to side effects, the Star-Driller's Bite has been consuming Ivan's blood every week during this period.

Evan usually chooses poisonous blood for these blood samples, hoping that it will enhance his digestive abilities in the future.

However, it's unclear whether digestive capacity has been strengthened, but some changes have indeed occurred.

"These characteristics... are somewhat reminiscent of copper plague!"

After copper engulfed the b virus, it formed the copper plague.

The difference between his copper plague and copper transformation is that he has a lot of strange patterns on his body.

"It shouldn't be a negative impact; I look forward to future changes!"

"That means the storage location will still be in the intestines, while the stomach is mainly used to swallow and eliminate enemies!"

"Eight cubic meters is already a fairly large space."

He looked at the intestinal space, which had been somewhat crowded before, but now its volume had increased fourfold (plus digestion space), making it much more spacious.

His personal clothes, the bones of the Black Sun Forger, related extraordinary materials, his personal identification, and cash were all neatly placed inside.

"It's a pity that I can't control what's here, otherwise I wouldn't have had to stuff potions and the Necronomicon into my gut."

"However..."

Ivan patted his stomach and said, "Now that you have so much space, does that mean you can eat quickly from now on?"

Thinking of this, Ivan's eyes lit up, and he grabbed his keys and quickly went out.

This time he didn't go to a restaurant, but quickly crossed three streets and arrived at a market.

The market was bustling with activity, with vendors calling out their wares. Stalls displayed a variety of fruits and vegetables, cured meats, and cheeses.

The air was filled with the smells of livestock, tobacco, and fresh bread.

At the farmers' market, he bought five pounds of beef for sixty cents.

Carrying the meat, Ivan followed the edge of the market to the outskirts of the city.

After making sure no one was around, Evan picked up the five pounds of beef and put it to his mouth.

In the end, he didn't even need to chew; the beef instantly appeared in his stomach.

Upon sensing the arrival of the food, Evan saw a large amount of gastric acid being rapidly secreted.

However, the stomach acid was not quite what he had imagined.

This substance isn't secreted little by little; it appears rapidly, like water being poured in.

In Evan's memory, normal stomach acid should be a colorless and transparent liquid.

What is secreted here is a large amount of viscous liquid that is yellowish-green and even contains black residue.

The liquid instantly submerged the five pounds of beef, then rapidly corroded and disappeared.

The last remnants disappeared without a trace.

Then Evan couldn't help but make a comment.

"Damn it! I can't even skip class?!"

Ibn thought that this space could facilitate digestion, so he could put food in this space and let it digest slowly.

This way, you can save time on eating each day.

However, reality was quite cruel; after the beef was submerged, Evan did not receive any energy replenishment.

He didn't even feel the piece of beef enter his body.

Finally, the beef scraps disappeared completely.

I haven't even felt the residue in my stomach or into my intestines yet...

Suddenly, a thought popped into Ivan's mind: "Is this space... really inside my body?"

At that moment, Ivan immediately thought of those enormous, monstrous worms...

"The Devourer of Stars... Could it be that my gastrointestinal structure has fused with some kind of macrophage worm!?"

Thinking of this, Ivan immediately recalled the Calamity Rat King he had just seen in the villa.

That creature's form was completely corrupted and assimilated by the giant worm.

"Damn! We need to be careful about this feature in the future!"

"This power doesn't come from gods, but from monsters!"

"And it seems to be something developed by the Institute of Excellence..."

"Who knows what unknown risks might arise in the future!"

Then, while pondering this, Ivan returned to the city.

"The side effect of the Star-Driller's Bite is mental confusion..."

"Unlike those extraordinary traits that diminish self-awareness, this deducts from overall mental strength..."

"Get hold of the memories of some core researchers at the prestigious research institute as soon as possible!"

Nothing much happened after that. Since he had eaten a lot that day, Ivan didn't eat dinner.

After a good night's rest, I successfully reunited with Ryan and Leqi the next day.

The two were dressed in ordinary clothes as usual.

Ryan wore a plain jacket, paired with a pair of work pants that were about 70% new, ordinary work shoes, and a felt hat.

They looked no different from the dockworkers.

Leqi wore a scarf on her head, a dark plaid long skirt, and nylon pants. She looked like an ordinary woman.

The cuffs and hem of that dress were worn and pilled, clearly indicating that it was an old garment that had been worn for many years and mended several times.

After several months apart, Leqi's condition was not good either. She looked somewhat haggard, her eyes were bloodshot, and she seemed to be weak from the spiritual trauma she had suffered.

Then, led by Ryan, the group headed to the outskirts of the city. As they walked, Ivan spoke.

"It's not a solution for you to keep taking medication like this."

Leqi sighed, "We don't want to either, but jobs are really hard to find these days."

"Starting about three or four months ago, these large organizations suddenly started making a lot of moves and tightened their outsourcing practices."

"It hasn't recovered yet. The only organizations that can still recruit people are assassin organizations and research organizations like this."

It was clear that neither of them knew what had happened to Sap a few months ago.

So Ivan casually asked, "Are you interested in developing your career in Bolton City?"

"As you should know, I recently started a security company, and now I'm lacking some helpers who are skilled in water combat."

"The main task is to transport goods from the port to the inland areas and deal with those 'water ghosts' (referring to smuggled goods)."

Upon hearing that Ivan had extended an olive branch, the two men's eyes lit up.

Leqi hurriedly asked, "Mr. Arkham! Is...is this true?"

"Do we...do we really deserve it?"

Her haggard face was now flushed with barely concealed excitement and a blush.

Actually, the brother and sister already knew about Evan's company.

After all, they had heard from superhumans traveling between the two cities several months ago that the demon hunter faction in Bolton City was quite active.

Not only have they received official appointments, but their combat capabilities are also formidable.

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