“Bring me the Mantle Eight-Limbs.”

The squid machine rolled over, holding up a small petri dish in one of its eight arms. Inside was a lump of flesh with eight tentacles, each marked with patterns that looked like eyes.

Lightning and thunder. The clatter of machinery.

“Bring me the Scale Seed.”

The squid machine rolled over, clutching a sphere.

“A Dreadbeast Arm.”

“A unicorn’s horn.”

“A demon’s hoof.”

“A demon scorpion’s tail.”

“One isn’t enough. Bring me the Thornspike Beast’s tail, too.”

“Thunderbeast wings? No. He said he doesn’t want to fly, so don’t give him wings.”

The modifications were finally complete. Fang Chang no longer looked anything like he had before. He’d been transformed into a deformed killing machine, with not a single part of his body incapable of killing.

He now stood three meters tall and weighed over a ton. Fiery red patterns flowed across his body, and beneath them, his skin—almost like viscous liquid—was covered in black, gleaming scales. His long hair had been transformed into something like thorns. At its center, an unopened Corpse Bloom stood proudly. In front of the flower jutted a deep-blue unicorn horn, glowing with a starlike light that put the mind at ease.

Behind him were eight tentacles marked with eye-like patterns, each covered in tiny scales. At their base, a huge, bloody maw had split open, its overlapping fangs enough to make anyone shudder at the sight. Below his back, his tailbone connected to a purplish scorpion tail with a needle-sharp stinger. On either side of it grew two more slender tails. One gleamed like metal and belonged to a semi-metallic constructed lifeform; the other was covered in tiny black gems and was close to a silicon-based lifeform.

Then there were his limbs—or rather, his six limbs, since a second pair of arms had grown from Fang Chang’s shoulders. Each arm had three joints, one more than a human arm, making it far too long. At the end was a hand with six fingers and sharp, retractable nails. Below that were two legs. His lower legs were far too thick, and their scales had mutated, becoming hollow inside so they could filter, absorb, and control airflow. His feet had become goat-like hooves, patterned with flames and radiating intense heat. If he stood in one place for too long, even the metal floor would turn faintly red.

Li Zirong spun around excitedly, lights flickering across her body in alternating colors, a rainbow of hues. “The zombie virus really did fuse with the limbs of these magical lifeforms, and it even helped Fang Chang’s own body adapt to them. I was worried there might be some kind of rejection, but all it took was a little spirit-particle fluid to smooth the transition, and everything worked out.”

Beside Fang Chang stood an empty container ten meters tall and two meters in diameter. It had been full of pale green liquid—the very spirit-particle fluid Li Donglai had mentioned.

“His body’s got a solid enough foundation now. We can try injecting other kinds of energy into him and storing them in different parts of his body. Let’s see what happens.”

“The energy of the martial arts world, forged by cultivating one’s own body—internal energy: injection complete.”

“The energy of the cultivation world, produced by the interaction between one’s own spiritual energy and that of the outside world—true qi: injection complete.”

“The energy of the world of gods and immortals, produced by the interaction of the three treasures—vital essence, qi, and spirit—magical power: injection complete.”

“The energy of the magic world: Stellar Power and holy magic power from holy beings. Injection complete.”

“The energy of the fantasy world: curses and naturally occurring Demonic Power. Injection complete.”

“The energy of the bizarre world: the innate magic power creatures are born with. Injection complete.”

“The energy of the evolution world: innate abilities gained through evolution and mutation. Based on the organisms fused into the body, evolution is complete.”

Fang Chang’s body, now a killing machine, swelled again until he stood four meters tall. Lights of every color shimmered across him, the different energies reacting inside his body.

Li Zirong eagerly picked up a pair of huge sunglasses and put them on. “Let’s see what his stats look like now.”

Name: Fang Chang

ID: 0972

Level: LV0

Physical Strength: 3210

Nerve Response: 3333

Mental Strength: 3672

Reward Points: 0

Enhancement: Physique: Zombie Mother Nest Mutant, Hundred-Beast Composite (including Hunting Tree Body, Scale Seed, Dreadbeast Arm, Mantle Eight-Limbs, Sacred Unicorn Horn, Scorpion Beast Tail, Gold-Hunting Tail, Thornspike Beast Tail, Demon Hooves, Black Crystal Snake Fangs, Siren Vocal Cords)

Energy: Low-Tier Internal Energy, Low-Tier True Qi, Low-Tier Magical Power, Low-Tier Stellar Power, Low-Tier Holy Magic Power, Low-Tier Demonic Power, Low-Tier Beast Magic, Low-Tier Shadow Magic.

Abilities: Scale Seed Protection (source: Scale Seed); Fearsome Intimidation, Shadow Rend (source: Dreadbeast Arm); Gravity Control (source: Mantle Eight-Limbs); Holy Light (source: Sacred Unicorn Horn); Void-Piercing Poison Sting (source: Scorpion Beast Tail); Two Sides of Reality (source: Gold-Hunting Tail); Mirror Reflection (source: Thornspike Beast Tail); Demonflame, Bone-Stripping Wind (source: Demon Hooves); Cold Poison (source: Black Crystal Snake Fangs); Sound Binding (source: Siren Vocal Cords); Walking Substitute, Spatial Bubble, Biological Shield, Environmental Adaptation, Dream Murmuring, Reproductive Lure, Childbirth (source: Zombie Mother Nest Mutant)

Li Zirong took off her sunglasses and restrained the urge to spin around. “What an incredible body! This is the most successful biological test subject I’ve ever created. Combining all those beast parts gave him power that’s chaotic yet orderly, and the virus evolved from the zombie Mother Nest gives him tremendous adaptability. He may still be a rookie, but his strength is already on par with a high-tier Veteran. Even a top player couldn’t be sure of taking him down in just a few moves.”

“One slash for 999—straight to max level! Hehehe, looks like my skills have improved again! I don’t need to finish the mission just yet. As long as my perfect-virus experiment succeeds and I create a giant lifeform made up of pure virus, I’ll be able to save this hopeless world.”

Li Zirong was extremely pleased with her creation. After confirming that everything was in order, she awakened Fang Chang’s consciousness.