Chapter 143: Powered Muscle Organism: "Source Power"

The few officers who remained were questioning the restaurant staff and the eight students in the private room.

“He kept shouting that he wanted to see the devil?”

The waitress beside them hurriedly nodded.

“At first, he seemed perfectly normal. He kept saying that we had put him in the wrong private room, then he stormed upstairs.”

The officer taking notes held up his recorder.

“And then he went insane as soon as he got upstairs?”

“Yes. The moment he reached Room 302, he completely lost his mind. Later, he even pulled out a knife.”

The officers questioned Wang Shenyu and the others again.

“Do any of you know the suspect?”

They all shook their heads.

“Our exam scores had all improved, so our parents gave us bonuses. We came out for a good meal to celebrate over the weekend. Who would have thought we’d run into something like this?”

Wang Shenyu added, “We were all so frightened that we couldn’t even speak.”

“Exactly. We were terrified just now…”

The officers nodded, then questioned some of the diners nearby about what had happened.

Those who had not yet left all talked over one another as they described what they had witnessed.

Since no one besides Captain Xing Gang, who had suffered an injury to his arm, and the mentally ill man himself had been harmed, the officers finished taking their statements and left.

Manager Zhao of the restaurant repeatedly apologized to Wang Shenyu and the others, and waived the cost of their meal.

The other diners were given corresponding discounts as well.

Night had already fallen. This should have been the restaurant’s busiest dining hour, but because of the incident, West Lake Delicacies was doing poor business that evening.

The first and second floors were still receiving customers as usual, however.

Before leaving, Wang Shenyu and the others looked around several times, searching the area.

In everyone else’s eyes, the man in the windbreaker had simply been a lunatic who had ultimately jumped from the building for reasons no one could have predicted.

But they knew that he might indeed have been insane, only not in the ordinary sense. The way he had jumped from the building at the end had been extraordinarily bizarre.

Gaining the power of a devil could not possibly be free. And if someone wanted to enjoy a free meal, the price would never be light.

Wu You continued eating the delicacies on his table.

The dishes at this restaurant were genuinely good, but to be honest, they were not exceptional. At least, they were nowhere near as delicious as the meal Yang Dawei had treated him to back then.

Perhaps his standards were a little too high.

Wu You tore open a wet wipe and wiped his mouth and hands.

There were still ten dishes that had yet to be served, but he no longer intended to continue eating.

Everyone had forgotten about his table. The kitchen staff probably thought that the diners on the third floor had already left, and might even have mistaken him for someone who had slipped away without paying.

“Waiter, the bill!”

The waiter, who was seven or eight meters away cleaning up the splintered wood knocked loose by the impact, only noticed then that there was still a table eating in the corner.

How had he failed to notice them before?

“Uh… all right, sir. Will you be paying by card or in cash?”

“I’ll scan the code. Also, ten dishes haven’t been served yet, so remember to remove them from the bill.”

“Of course. I’ll go verify that…”

By the time Wu You left the restaurant, it was nearly six o’clock.

He had witnessed an entertaining spectacle and gained an unexpected reward.

Before leaving, he had planned to take a stroll along West Lake after dinner. But considering how many couples were flaunting their affection, he decided it would be better to go home and continue his alchemy.

At the hospital, Captain Xing Gang was in a foul mood.

“A vegetative state?”

The doctor spread his hands helplessly.

“Captain Xing, that is only one possibility. The patient may regain consciousness, but he may also remain unconscious forever.”

“Other than two fractures, his body is perfectly normal. But his brain waves are extremely weak.”

Xing Gang felt utterly miserable. Although he had technically solved a case, it still felt as though he had gone out of his way only to be bitten for his trouble.

…

Wu You returned home.

With this strange mental lifeform, something the system had never even defined, the problem of transmitting commands might no longer be a problem at all.

And this special lifeform would certainly have many more applications waiting to be developed.

Wu You even found himself wondering:

If he had not mixed mythology and legends according to his own ideas to create the Primordial Devil, and if it had not possessed the special ability to strip away the mind, would a mental lifeform like this have come into existence at all?

Ah, life was full of surprises.

He opened the system.

He selected Level Three Alchemy.

A hundred points of alchemical energy was well within his means. He did not feel the slightest pain at spending it.

From the materials warehouse, he selected corn, a large fungus, a bullet ant, and the mental lifeform, then directly confirmed the alchemy.

The astonishing Alchemical Drawing Board, no matter how many times he saw it, appeared once more.

With his mind fully concentrated, he began sketching the creation he envisioned upon the Alchemical Drawing Board.

It would balance strength and endurance. It would possess excellent flexibility and regenerative ability, and would automatically maintain equilibrium in every form it took.

Its plasticity could change according to need. Its nerve reflexes and muscular bursts would be swift and agile.

Moreover, it would possess an exceptionally powerful ability to adhere.

Every cell would be capable of producing and storing energy, as well as absorbing, utilizing, and adapting to resources in its environment.

Each of its cells would possess its own mental wavelength, allowing it to understand and receive the thoughts and consciousness of its recognized master, as well as the electrical signals emitted from the master’s skin.

Every cell would possess rudimentary logical ability. Once enough cells gathered together, they could even produce autonomous logical intelligence.

This imitative intelligence would grow together with the user through the user’s instruction and influence.

Most importantly, its core body would be capable of continuous growth, reproduction, and division.

On the Alchemical Drawing Board, the creature’s nerve and muscle cells were arranged evenly like a honeycomb when viewed from above, while in cross-section they resembled a cluster of fungal spores.

Every direction was orderly and filled with aesthetic harmony.

As the drawing continued, the creature’s complexity deepened without pause. Wu You could no longer avoid the growing heaviness in his head.

In the end, what appeared on the Alchemical Drawing Board was a perfectly spherical object.

Its surface looked delicate and smooth, but inside it was filled with orderly, densely packed clusters of muscle-like cells.

It seemed utterly still, yet at the same time seemed to be vibrating continuously at a certain frequency.

System evaluation: Reasonableness of bodily structure, 67%. Alchemy success rate increased by 6.7%.

Current success rate: 60% + 10% for Will Resonance + 6.7%.

Proceed with alchemy?

At this point, Wu You was completely at ease. Not only was the arrangement of the body highly reasonable, but he had also sensed the intuition that indicated success was near.

He confirmed the alchemy.

The first three creatures in the materials warehouse instantly transformed into streams of light and entered the Alchemical Drawing Board. When it came to the fourth, however, the stream of light exploded into countless particles the moment it reached the board, and all of them flew into the spherical object depicted upon it.

A high-frequency vibration arose from the Alchemical Drawing Board. Wu You could feel that it had come alive.

Notice: Alchemy successful. Please assign a name.

Wu You fiercely pumped his right fist. He had finally succeeded in combining plants and animals through alchemy!

He selected the name: Force of the Source.

Alchemical lifeform: Force of the Source
Name: None
Talents: Aggregation, Symbiotic Adaptation, Tenacity
Abilities: Memory Adaptation, Shape-Shifting
Basic evaluation: Composite evolutionary lifeform; evaluation level changes dynamically; cannot be cultivated
System description: This is a miraculous lifeform of immense potential and groundbreaking significance.