Infinite Chimera Creation

The difference between these three options is so obvious; anyone with a brain would know which to choose. How could Yuan Yuan ask such a simple question? Could it be...? Yes, that must be it. He wants to see if I have any self-awareness and can choose the appropriate reward based on my progress in completing the task.

[As expected of Yuan Yuan. With these three options, if I choose a reward below my task completion level, it proves I underestimate myself and lack confidence; if I choose a reward above my task completion level, it proves I overestimate myself. Either way, it proves I can't accurately understand myself and can't accurately find my place.]

[A person who can't even find their own place is definitely not worth developing. If I don't choose the appropriate reward, it will be extremely difficult for me to join Yuan Yuan's ranks in the future.]

[As expected of Yuan Yuan, who ushered in a new era; such a simple question conceals such profound meaning.]

However, no one knows the true extent of my task completion except Yuan Yuan. Although I believe I've done a very good job, Yuan Yuan's opinion is still uncertain.

[Damn it, how am I supposed to choose?!]

Yuan Yuan finished his cup of tea, but Bai Ye still hadn't made a choice.

Seeing Bai Ye standing there with his head down, seemingly lost in thought, Yuan Yuan frowned. Although you couldn't read expressions on the faces of Gastrea, judging from the atmosphere around Bai Ye, he was clearly in a very heavy mood.

After frowning and pondering for a moment, Yuan Yuan roughly guessed the reason for Bai Ye's heavy mood. A wicked smile appeared on his lips. He coughed lightly, startling Bai Ye from his reverie, and then said with a slight smile,

"Don't overthink it. I'm not testing you. Just choose what you want to choose."

Bai Ye froze instantly. Even though Yuan Yuan couldn't discern any emotion in the Gastrea's blood-red eyes, he could still see Bai Ye's embarrassment and the feeling of "Oh God, I want to die, I really want to die."

Seeing such an amusing sight, Yuan Yuan naturally laughed without any restraint. His playful laughter and exaggerated facial expressions intensified the "I want to die" atmosphere surrounding Bai Ye.

Although overthinking could lead to misunderstandings and embarrassment, not having to consider so much made Bai Ye much more relaxed. Once Yuan Yuan's laughter finally stopped, he planned to directly choose what he considered the best, the third reward. However, Yuan Yuan suddenly smiled mischievously again and said...

"By the way, if you choose a new ability, what kind of ability I give you will depend entirely on my mood. Although it will definitely solve your current problem, I can't guarantee whether the ability will be useful or whether it will cause new problems."

Bai Ye froze, swallowing back the words that were on the tip of his tongue. A deep sense of powerlessness rose in his heart, and he felt as if he wanted to cry but had no tears.

Seeing Bai Ye's reaction, Yuan Yuan smiled again, feeling much better.

“If this were a few days ago, I would definitely continue chatting with you, but not today. I recently came across something interesting and am very interested in researching it, so I won’t be playing with you.”

Yuan Yuan's comforting words did not improve Bai Ye's mood; instead, they intensified his sense of misery.

[Please, you're a powerful figure who could kill me with a flick of your finger. Have some dignity and integrity, will you? Is it fun to toy with a weakling like me?]

If he could, Bai Ye really wanted to roar like that, but in the end he didn't have the courage, so he could only keep his mouth shut and pretend he hadn't heard anything.

"Don't worry, I was just joking. The ability I give you will definitely be useful and won't have any negative effects, so choose with confidence."

Having talked with Yuan Yuan for so long, Bai Ye felt that this sentence made him the happiest. Without even considering whether it was another prank, he answered loudly,

"I hope to acquire a new ability that can compensate for my current shortcomings while retaining my existing abilities."

Yuan Yuan nodded, put down his teacup, and pointed to the laboratory door behind him.

"I understand what you're thinking. That's a laboratory. Go in yourself."

Bai Ye's initial excitement vanished instantly. Upon hearing the word "laboratory," the first thing that came to mind wasn't the pristine white walls and cold experimental equipment, but rather all sorts of bizarre, grotesque, and terrifying things: walls made of muscle; blood-red eyeballs covering the walls; disgusting monsters that could spit out all sorts of disgusting-looking and even more disgusting-to-use drugs; tentacles that would gurgle and crawl into his mouth, spraying white slime to modify his body.

In short, none of them could be considered part of a normal laboratory.

It's no wonder that Bai Ye imagined such a scene, because when he read the comics in his previous life, the author never drew the scenes inside Yuan Yuan's laboratory. Instead, everyone who entered Yuan Yuan's laboratory always came out looking like they had been played with badly. They would turn evil as soon as someone asked them what was in the laboratory. Even the second-in-command of the Demon Child, Momousagi, was no exception.

This led a group of unsatisfied readers to start using their imaginations to envision what Yuan Yuan's laboratory was like. Then, because those who came out of the laboratory were played with so much, the group naturally came up with all sorts of bizarre and outlandish ideas.

Based on this imagination, all sorts of bizarre and grotesque fanfiction naturally emerged. In the end, Yuan Yuan's laboratory became the favorite of many bizarre artists. Fanfiction with titles like "The Secret Laboratory is Miserable" was read by almost everyone who had ever read fanfiction.

Having read so many doujinshi, the first thing that comes to mind for Byakuya is naturally all sorts of bizarre and absurd scenes.

Chapter Ninety-One: The Great Mill

"Are you waiting for me to personally escort you in?"

Seeing that Bai Ye was still sitting there, showing no intention of moving, Yuan Yuan frowned slightly and asked in a slightly cold voice.

Sensing the change in Yuan Yuan's tone, Bai Ye shivered and quickly stood up.

"No, no, no, I'll go in right now."

As he spoke, Bai Ye walked a few steps to the laboratory door. Looking at the ordinary door, Bai Ye felt extremely frightened. All sorts of bizarre books he had read before instantly came to mind, as if they foreshadowed what he was about to encounter. This made him stop again, not daring to push open the seemingly ordinary door.

Yuan Yuan remained seated, sipping his tea, seemingly oblivious to Bai Ye's pause, and made no further attempt to urge him on. However, watching Yuan Yuan's composed figure as he drank his tea, Bai Ye had a sudden realization: if he didn't enter the laboratory before Yuan Yuan finished his tea, the reward he had so painstakingly earned would likely be lost.

Knowing full well what terrifying things he would encounter in the near future if he lacked strength, Bai Ye naturally could not give up this opportunity to make up for his shortcomings and become stronger. Therefore, he gritted his teeth, closed all nine eyes at the same time, and slowly pushed open the not-so-heavy door with a surge of courage.

[Damn it! Let's go all out! Anyway, those guys were just messed up, they didn't die, so I probably won't die either, right?]

With his eyes closed, Bai Ye walked into the laboratory. He gently stepped on the ground, feeling the tactile feedback, and inwardly cheered as if in victory: "Good! The ground isn't made of flesh!"

“Mr. Baiye, I don’t know what you suspect about my lab, but I must tell you that your actions are extremely rude and will give me the urge to kill you on the spot.”

Yuan Yuan's calm voice rang out in front of Bai Ye. Bai Ye was startled and subconsciously opened his eyes. What came into view was a clean and tidy laboratory, filled with many things that looked extremely dangerous. Then, there was Yuan Yuan, holding a teacup, who had somehow sat down in a soft chair in front of him, his expression indifferent.

Seeing Yuan Yuan's indifferent expression, Bai Ye's heart tightened. He knew he had done something wrong. Indeed, as Yuan Yuan said, his actions just now were extremely rude. He immediately disregarded everything else and apologized decisively.

"I am truly sorry for making assumptions about your laboratory without knowing anything about it and for doing something so rude."

Yuan Yuan remained silent, merely gazing indifferently at Bai Ye while quietly sipping his tea. With Yuan Yuan silent, Bai Ye dared not plead again, anxiously awaiting his words, as if awaiting judgment.

Not long after, Yuan Yuan finished the tea in his cup. After finishing the tea, Yuan Yuan did not put down the teacup, but held it in his hand and slowly rotated it, as if he was touching every texture of the teacup.

Although Yuan Yuan only silently turned the teacup without doing anything else, Bai Ye's body gradually began to tremble.

Staring intently at the slowly rotating teacup in Yuan Yuan's hand, Bai Ye's gaze seemed glued to it. With each rotation of the teacup, his body would tremble violently. After several rotations, his breathing became heavy, as if he had done something extremely physically demanding.

Realizing something was wrong with his condition, Bai Ye tried to look away, but no matter how hard he tried, his gaze wouldn't shift at all; it remained fixed on that damned teacup. He didn't know when, but his body had completely slipped out of his control, and he couldn't do anything at all.

Finally, when the teacup had rotated to its fourth rotation, Bai Ye's body trembled, and a large amount of thick blood gushed from his mouth.

Why?! Just because of one rude moment, you're going to kill me?! I apologized! Damn it, damn it, damn it all! I don't want to die, I absolutely don't want to die! I haven't seen the person I want to see, I haven't gotten what I want, I don't want to die!!

Raging and frantic inside, Bai Ye tried his best to shift his gaze, but his body felt like it wasn't his own. No matter how much he roared in his heart, his nine eyes remained fixed on the spinning teacup.

As the teacup turned to its fifth cycle, Bai Ye trembled again, and a sudden, sharp pain shot through the purple eye in the center of his forehead, causing him to spit out blood.

As the teacup spun for the sixth time, a sudden, intense pain surged through Bai Ye's entire body, as if it were tearing him apart. Unable to bear the pain, Bai Ye finally collapsed to the ground after a shudder. But even as he fell, his eyes remained uncontrollably fixed on the teacup, waiting for its next turn.

As the teacup spun for the seventh time, Bai Ye's purple eyes suddenly throbbed with pain once more. The pain intensified with each rotation of the teacup, gradually engulfing Bai Ye's mind. Just when Bai Ye thought he couldn't hold on any longer, the seventh cycle ended. A sound like something shattering rang out from his purple eyes, and the pain vanished instantly, replaced by a blissful sensation, as if something had welled up from his purple eyes and replenished his body.

[Could it be that Yuan Yuan wasn't trying to kill me, but rather to deliver the reward he promised me beforehand?] When the cracking sound rang out in the purple eye, Bai Ye realized that the soul he had been so wary of within it had vanished. Clearly, the cracking sound came from that soul shattering. Realizing this, Bai Ye naturally began to reflect on Yuan Yuan's intentions.

Indeed, given Yuan Yuan's personality of not liking to waste time, if he really wanted to kill me, he would have used some more efficient method, ah!!!

As Bai Ye was pondering, the teacup began its eighth rotation, and a terrifying pain struck again. Unable to control his body, Bai Ye could only cry out in his heart.

Then, in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh weeks, each turn of the teacup brought Bai Ye unbearable pain, as if the teacup were a giant millstone grinding his body with each turn.

The intense pain had long exceeded Bai Ye's tolerance limit. Under normal circumstances, he would probably have fainted long ago, but at this moment, Bai Ye was exceptionally clear-headed, and every pain was clearly reflected in his mind.

As the twelfth week arrived, Yuan Yuan's hand tilted slightly, and a small amount of liquid poured out of the cup, which was already empty of tea, slowly splashing onto Bai Ye's body.

These liquids seemed to amplify Bai Ye's perception of pain. The already unbearable pain suddenly increased several times. Bai Ye would bet his soul that this level of pain would have easily broken him under normal circumstances, but he was still conscious. It was clearly Yuan Yuan's doing.

[This way of distributing rewards is truly exciting!]

Chapter Ninety-Two Differences

Finally, the moment the teacup began its thirteenth rotation, the excruciating pain instantly transformed into a maddening hunger. The sudden hunger aroused Bai Ye's intense craving, even a desire to devour, as if he could swallow anything that appeared before him whole.

Unfortunately, Bai Ye's body was still out of his control; he couldn't even open his mouth, let alone eat.

I'm so hungry, so hungry, so incredibly hungry. Give me something to eat, anything will do, just give me something, even if it's not food, please give me something to eat, let me eat, let me eat, let me eat...

A frenzied appetite roared within Bai Ye. Gastrea are creatures prone to mutation, frequently undergoing all sorts of bizarre transformations, and now, under the influence of his intense will, Bai Ye's body also began to mutate.

Since I can't move or open my mouth to eat, I'll use other organs to eat! Whatever the method, let me eat!!!

Driven by this obsession, Bai Ye's rough skin, characteristic of Gastrea, began to pulsate slightly, eventually absorbing a drop of liquid that Yuan Yuan had sprinkled on him.

The moment the first drop of the energy-rich liquid entered his body, Bai Ye felt a brief sense of satiety. However, this feeling was immediately overwhelmed by an overwhelming hunger. The brief feeling of satiety did not bring Bai Ye any comfort; instead, it intensified his hunger, making the roar in his heart even more frantic, and his skin even more desperately consuming the liquid on his body.

One drop, two drops, gradually, drop by drop, the liquid was absorbed into Bai Ye's body, each drop bringing him a brief feeling of fullness, as well as an even greater feeling of hunger.

Fortunately, this maddening hunger did not last long. When the teacup finished its thirteenth rotation, Yuan Yuan stopped what he was doing, and the hunger came to an abrupt end.

Although the hunger had subsided, Bai Ye remained limp and unable to move due to mental exhaustion.

"First, by stimulating your soul, we destroy the soul in the purple eye that has already achieved symbiosis with you, allowing the spiritual power generated when it shatters and dies to fully integrate into your soul, transferring its original control over the purple eye to you, and preserving your purple eye ability."

The teacup in his hand had been refilled without him noticing. Yuan Yuan took a sip, looked down at Bai Ye lying on the ground, and said casually,

"Secondly, by stimulating your body with extreme pain, you will fully activate it and make it more susceptible to the influence of will. Finally, you will be given extreme hunger, which will induce a frenzied desire to devour. With an extremely strong will, you will act on your fully activated body and give birth to the second ability I have prepared for you: Devouring."

"Alright, try it out, your new ability."

Bai Ye blinked, his heart filled with mixed emotions—frustration, anger, joy, and excitement—he could only try to activate his new ability as Yuan Yuan had instructed. Because of the intense, primal urge to devour he had experienced earlier, Bai Ye's body had already memorized the sensation of devouring. Therefore, even though he didn't know how to activate the ability, as long as the thought of devouring arose, his body would automatically activate it.

With a slight thought, Bai Ye created a small whirlwind above his body, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy, magical energy, and various other energies into his body and transforming them into the spiritual energy he was most familiar with.

Yuan Yuan put down his teacup and quietly offered a supplementary explanation.

"If you are allowed to eat freely in the final step, then you will develop the ability to devour flesh and matter. But if you are not allowed to eat and are then induced with a complex energy concentrate, then you will develop the ability to devour energy."

Thanks to the energy he had just absorbed, Bai Ye had recovered some of his strength. Hearing Yuan Yuan's explanation, he asked curiously,

"What's the difference between the ability to devour flesh and blood and the ability to devour energy?"

Yuan Yuan curled his lips slightly. Although he didn't say anything sarcastic, Bai Ye could see the look of idiocy in his eyes. He could only smile helplessly and wonder to himself what kind of person could be considered not an idiot in Yuan Yuan's eyes.

Fortunately, although Yuan Yuan thought Bai Ye was an idiot, he still spoke up to explain for him.

"The body is adaptable to its abilities. When a person uses the same ability repeatedly, his body will gradually change in the direction of adapting to that ability. This is manifested in the strong flame resistance when using fire and the large amount of electricity that can be stored when using electricity."

"While both are devouring abilities, if the body adapts to devouring all sorts of substances, it is very likely to eventually become a junk-like composite of fragmented matter; if it adapts to devouring all sorts of flesh and blood, it is very likely to eventually become a mixed bloodline, naturally restraining all living beings, yet also naturally restrained by all living beings; but once the body adapts to devouring energy, it is very likely to develop in the direction of an energy aggregate, eventually reaching the point of coexisting with energy, and because the types of energy devoured are mixed, the resulting energy aggregate will not have as obvious weaknesses as the fire element."

As he spoke, a hint of arrogance appeared in Yuan Yuan's eyes, and he unconsciously exhaled a mist of arrogant breath, coldly saying,

"Even if it's something I made casually, it's still my work. I certainly wouldn't give you a useless ability with no potential for development."

If Bai Ye had initially harbored some resentment towards Yuan Yuan due to the pain and torment he had suffered, he now felt nothing but gratitude towards Yuan Yuan.

Bai Ye had never encountered the ability to devour before and had absolutely no understanding of it. Even if Yuan Yuan gave him a flesh-and-blood devouring ability, he would certainly be satisfied. However, Yuan Yuan did not intend to deceive him at all and gave him the most promising ability among the devouring abilities. Although Yuan Yuan did this out of his own arrogance, it did not prevent Bai Ye from feeling grateful to him.

Yuan Yuan had long since become accustomed to hiding his arrogance and did not easily show it on his face. Therefore, the expression on his face quickly returned to that slightly mocking and somewhat cold smile.

"I've already taken care of the soul in the purple eye for you. You no longer need to worry about being backlashed or being easily restrained by various energies after your soul has become a thing of the past. You just need to devour those chains in the purple eye. Those chains are also composed of spiritual particles, but their structure is surprisingly stable and almost impossible to damage. You just need to devour them a few more times and gradually replace your original spiritual energy with this kind of spiritual power."

P.S., I heard that Shuke (a Chinese online bookstore) has razor blades now. Where can I see them? I don't see them. I'm going to send razor blades to those guys who update slowly.

Chapter Ninety-Three Chaos