Chapter 125 - 125. Go home. (Part 1)

125. Go home. (Part 1)

The professor's head no longer resembled a human, looking like the mythical Gorgon, with a head full of disgusting tentacles, and her left eye was pierced by a red-black dark crystal blade, protruding from its socket, giving an inexplicable dark humor vibe.

Her vitality was tenacious; even with her head removed, the face covered in hair-like muscle fibers continued to twitch, her eyes deeply imprinted with unwillingness but without a trace of regret—this made Li Aozi believe that even if she could start over, the professor would still choose to create the Abyss Humanitarian Relief Organization.

Li Aozi had heard a joke: If a [Biochemist] looks old, it means their technical path has reached its end, limited to themselves and their era.

He vaguely remembered seeing wrinkles at the corner of the professor's eyes before she shed her skin.

Perhaps her skills were just that.

Clearly, while Azure Star had gamma-level powerhouses, their occurrence was extremely rare, thanks to the right time, place, and people—such situations, among nearly ten billion people on the planet, only a few emerged.

In such an environment, attempting to artificially create power beyond the beta level was as absurd as inventing a "perpetual motion machine."

Was the professor wrong?

From an absolute materialist standpoint, the professor wasn't wrong.

After all, her contributions to science were indeed significant.

Even though many lives were sacrificed, those people would die sooner or later anyway, whether from being exploited by capitalism or dying on a hospital bed; dying on the right path to contribute to science seemed more worthwhile.

Conversely, if everyone is destined to die, why not use presidents, businessmen, workers, and soldiers—including scientists—as scientific experiments?

What, then, is the meaning of humanity?

In this way, is humanity truly researching science or becoming slaves to technology and knowledge?

Li Aozi couldn't be bothered to ponder these matters.

The higher the [Intelligence], the more painful life becomes.

So, he drew his long knife and pressed his palm on the opponent's face.

"Professor, I'm going to extract your soul and enchant the toilet with it."

[Life Severance] activated, neural tentacles pierced into the professor's skull, extracting her remaining life and soul.

[You have extracted the life of a target; you can choose to refine its abilities and personality]

[Refinement complete]

[You obtained [Human Amber] (small) — can be used to create equipment of "Craft" quality or higher.]

[You obtained [Unwilling Soul] (large) — can be used to heal soul damage, create equipment of "Craft" quality or higher, or as eerie spellcasting material.]

[Note: This soul retains some consciousness; you can interrogate or torture it using eerie methods.]

[Through refinement, you obtained the personality and abilities of 'Abyss Professor—Yeliev Haston'; choose two from the following options]:

A. "Professor-Level • Pharmacokinetics"— any potion you make will have immediate effects.

B. [Personality Simulation: Abyss Professor]— you can transform the profession [Biochemist] into your secondary profession.

Note: Choosing this will completely replace the Abyss Professor's personality, negating their past existence; you cannot resurrect the Abyss Professor by any means, nor can others summon her spirit.

C. "Professor-Level • Virology"— under the premise of not lowering the fatality rate, the biochemical virus you research and create can achieve up to 200% spread.

Note: Requires prerequisite skills "Virus Lethality" and "Genetic Coding".

D. "Pioneer-Level • Biochemical Materials"— you are an undisputed industry pioneer; your research results have brought a new era. You can now create and synthesize biochemical materials of "Craft" quality or higher.

E. "Professor-Level • Human Ergonomics"— your created equipment better fits the human structure, making it more wearable, with attribute requirements reduced by 50% to 100%.

Li Aozi unhesitatingly chose B and D.

His luck burst forth; pioneer-level is a higher knowledge mastery level than professor-level, and he was quite fortunate to obtain knowledge related to materials.

""Pioneer-Level • Biochemical Materials", in the future, there are four routes—creating biochemical mechs, biological implants, bio-nests, and composite materials."

[Personality Simulation] is an interesting ability option—in normal circumstances, ordinary people cannot have dual system professions, only one main profession, but through personality simulation, you can add a secondary profession of another system without changing your main profession.

[Personality Simulation] can only be obtained from BOSSes' 'soul essence,' then refined by [Medium], with a certain probability of getting [Personality Simulation], [Personality Reappearance], or [Personality Override].

Simulation is the best effect, directly granting a secondary profession, reappearance enhances attributes, and override grants the appearance of the soul's previous life.

"I didn't expect to roll this ability... what was the drop rate again? 0.32% or 0.36%?"

Li Aozi pondered; he wanted to be a [Starfall Master], the best secondary professions for this career were [Architect], followed by [Biochemist] and [Mage].

Azure Star had no [Architect] or [Mage] inheritance, so [Biochemist] became the most suitable choice.

Although [Personality Simulation] existed, in reality, the [Craft] system, often referred to as a wizard, was not the best for a secondary profession.

The primary reason is that the [Craft] system is particularly costly.

Additionally, if [Intelligence] isn't the primary profession's attribute, the maintenance cost is too high.

Professions like [Redemption] and [Destruction] have the best compatibility, high constitution, fast health regeneration, and can withstand damage while restoring health to nearby teammates.

[Biochemist] can compensate for some issues before the early stage advancement to [Echoer], such as being too fragile and easily killed.

Sss...

The shriveled head turned to dust, slipping from his fingers, and Li Aozi collapsed tiredly to the ground, releasing his Domination form.

Du Zexin could no longer hold on either, collapsing completely.

Li Aozi watched as the professor's headless corpse fell, an old face showing a hint of a mocking smile.

This woman, who had studied "Calamity" her whole life, longed to ascend to godhood with "Calamity," abandoned her humanity, even eliminating her own students, entangled with Calamity her whole life, was ultimately killed by the Omega Energy awakened by "Calamity."

Bio King Kong's body burned in the flames, and Li Aozi coldly watched the flesh and blood scorch but never fully carbonize.

Even to this extent, Bio King Kong's remains couldn't be completely destroyed.

However—at least after being scorched by the flames, most of the cells were dead, and the Frost-Plated Republic couldn't recover much from them.

That was enough; the rest could be left to the Rose Army and the Frost-Plated Republic to fight over.

Li Aozi shook his head; his body, overused Omega Energy and the effects of the potion receding, his genetic load was unbearable, his hair falling out one by one, growing back rapidly due to Nomi's Omega Energy.