thefictionvixens Chapter 39 Breaking the Lock
Chapter 39 Breaking the Lock
I don't know how much time passed.
Time has lost its meaning amidst the overwhelming flow of information.
Luo Lan swayed and staggered back a large step. A needle-like pain still lingered deep in her skull, but she eventually recovered from her daze.
Raising her hand to cover her head, Luo Lan shifted her gaze away from the white-haired youth's gleaming blue eyes.
The massive amount of information gushing from Luo Lan's azure pupils still lingered in his mind. With each blink, it was as if he were reconfirming the boundaries of reality with his scarlet single eye.
Luo Lan dared not look directly into the young man's eyes again.
However, Luo Lan was determined to obtain the white-haired youth's body, which was stagnant in the hibernation pod.
Not only because it is an indispensable "carrier of order" for Luo Lan to travel to the outside world.
Furthermore, Luo Lan realized that if the white-haired youth's strange, azure eyes could be attached to her, the benefits would be far from simple.
The throbbing pain in her head subsided slightly. Luo Lan shook her still somewhat heavy head.
Luo Lan began to explore the transparent hibernation pod.
It circled the hibernation pod again and again.
I reached out and touched every inch of the bulkhead, and tapped every edge.
The blue symbols on the edge of the hibernation pod didn't react when touched; their brightness didn't change at all, and they just hung there quietly.
There were no switches, no buttons, no locks... The entire cabin was perfectly sealed, as if it had been molded directly from a single piece of metal.
Can't open it?
What should we do then?
Luo Lan planned to use the most brutal and direct method—"physical lock breaking".
Inside the chest cavity, two hearts of different sizes began to beat at an accelerated rate simultaneously.
[Rage lv.1] activated.
bulging blood vessels instantly spread all over his body, and the exposed muscle groups rapidly expanded.
"open--"
A piercing buzz suddenly erupted in his throat. High-density [Sonic Shock lv.2] vibrated directly against the transparent cabin wall, creating a visible ripple in the air.
Immediately afterwards, he pushed his palms together in front of him. [Bone Spur Burst Lv.2] Full power burst.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
A series of muffled thuds followed as dense, white bone spikes, carrying a violent rotating force, rained down on the blue-glowing hull.
The moment the bone spurs came into contact with the unknown transparent material of the hull, white marks appeared one after another, but they never managed to penetrate even a fraction of an inch, and all of them exploded into a sky full of pale white powder.
"Crackling and popping."
The crocodile spines on the spine turned red in an instant, followed closely by [Red Lightning Storm lv.1].
The leaping, crimson high-voltage electric arcs flowed along the pulverized bone fragments onto the transparent hull, crackling and leaving behind a few wisps of burnt smell, while the hull remained completely still.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The Eight Spider Lances (external attachments) popped out from behind, their tips aimed at the transparent surface of the cabin, and stabbed more than a dozen times in succession.
There were marks. But that was all. The edges of the alloy spider spear's blade had begun to curl; if it were to pierce any further, the spearhead would break off first.
The electric light and bone powder dissipated.
The "coffin" hibernation pod still stands here quietly.
The white-haired youth floated peacefully in the blue solution, undisturbed.
The sound waves, bone spurs, and electric arcs at close range seemed to leave not even a scratch mark on the material of this unknown hull.
Only the sharpest [External Eight Spider Lances] behind Luo Lan, when struck with the combined force of [Berserk lv.1], managed to scratch a few very shallow white marks on the transparent surface of the cabin.
The duration of [Rage lv.1] reached its limit, and power was suddenly drained from the limbs.
Luo Lan's legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the cold floor, her chest heaving as she gasped for breath.
All the current attacks are weak, but Luo Lan still has a backup plan.
[Current Chaotic Essence: 5000]
Luo Lan still has 5,000 points of Chaos Source Essence in reserve, which he can immediately convert into even more formidable combat power if he so desires.
However, the subsequent [Condensation-Assembly] of the white-haired youth's body will inevitably require a large amount of source essence, so Luo Lan must be careful not to waste a single drop.
[Since the Eight Spider Lances attack is effective, let's start with that.]
Luo Lan sat cross-legged on the ground and activated her ability.
[Consumed Chaos Essence: 66]
[Current Chaotic Essence: 4934]
Purple-black particles surged from his body, entangled the eight spider spears, and pulled them all out from his back.
The spear, suspended in mid-air, shrank smaller and smaller, continuously compressed and folded under the influence of purplish-black particles, resulting in a corresponding increase in alloy density.
The original two-meter-long, sharp spearhead completely disappeared, transforming into eight short, fist-shaped blades that gleamed with a dark, cold light.
These eight fist blades, when fitted onto Luo Lan's right hand, fit snugly against his finger bones, as if they had grown directly from the bones of his right arm.
[Already melted down: Eight folded steel spider spears]
Specialty: External Eight Spider Lances → Spider Lance Fist Blade
[Rank: Bronze+]
The extraordinary rank remains unchanged. This [Condensation-Fusion] process sacrifices the functionality of the external arthropods of the [External Eight Spider Spears] in exchange for a purer attack power that concentrates all mass and sharpness on the [Spear Blade].
But this is not enough.
To crack open a turtle's shell, weapons alone are not enough; you also need a powerful engine.
[Consumed Chaos Essence: 100]
[Current Chaotic Essence: 4834]
A stream of chaotic essence transformed into a thick, purplish-black liquid, flowing down Luo Lan's chest and directly into the second heart of his body's power source.
The chaotic essence enveloped the [violent, stitched corpse heart] layer by layer, tightly wrapping it like a cocoon.
The heart is transformed and reborn within the light particles, each beat more powerful than the last.
[Enhanced: Terrorist-induced stitching of corpse's heart]
[Terrorist Stitching Corpse Heart → Fearful Anger Stitching Corpse Heart]
[Rank: Iron+ → Bronze]
[Skill: Berserk Lv.1 → Berserk Lv.2]
When the light cocoon ruptured, a much larger heart took its place, and each pump delivered a force that was stronger than before the enhancement.
After resting for a while, the exhaustion and weakness brought on by [Rage lv.1] finally subsided from the extremities.
Luo Lan slowly straightened her legs and stood up again.
They walked back to the transparent hibernation pod.
The thumping of the newly formed [fear and anger stitched corpse heart] became like the pounding of a heavy hammer.
[Rage Lv.2] Activated!
His muscles bulged, and an even greater force surged into his right arm. The arm muscles, stronger than those in his back, propelled the brand-new [Spider Spear Fist Blade] to smash into the transparent panel of the hibernation pod.
"Bang!"
The first punch. The deck trembled, and a ring of debris burst forth where the fist made contact with the deck.
"Bang!"
The second punch. The debris turned into cracks. Fine cracks spread outwards from the point of impact.
"Clang! Clang! Clang..."
The third punch, the fourth punch, the fifth punch... the cracks widened, and the blade of the fist bent.
"Ding!"
On the seventh punch, the first blade of the fist broke, and the fragments flew out and landed on the floor some distance away.
"Ding!"
The second blade broke after the tenth punch.
With six blades still remaining on his right fist, Luo Lan didn't stop.
"Snap—"
Fifteen punches. The third fist blade snapped. The fragments didn't fly out; instead, they embedded themselves between Luo Lan's right fingers. Dark red blood seeped from the wound, dripping onto the metal floor.
Luo Lan didn't even look, and continued to throw her fist.
Twenty punches.
The fourth and fifth knives broke in succession.
His right hand was a bloody mess, with broken alloy blades and bones tangled together.
Twenty-three punches.
Only two fist blades remained. His right hand was almost numb, and he was only able to withstand each punch thanks to the reduced pain from [Berserk lv.2].
Twenty-five punches.
Cracks spread from the point of impact to the edge of the hull. The entire transparent bulkhead was trembling.
His right hand, which was constantly waving, never stopped for a second.
Punch, pull back, punch again...
All the power is squeezed into this small space.
"Bang!!"
The thirtieth punch, the last punch.
The transparent bulkhead shattered completely from the point of impact, and fragments of the bulkhead scattered in mid-air, reflecting a cold, eerie blue light.
Meanwhile, the Spider Spear Fist Blade in his right hand was completely shattered into pieces of iron during this brutal "physical unlocking".
Spider legs removed from the shells of the tarantula were later reinforced into alloy folding spider spears, and then compressed into fist blades.
It accompanied Luo Lan from the underground palace all the way here, cutting and sewing corpses, stabbing crocodiles, and stabbing centipedes... and thus completed its historical mission.