From the fingertips to the wrist, the entire palm seemed forged from gold, glowing with a magnificent golden hue.
"Goldification?"
Chen Chao was stunned. After genetic modification, shouldn't only the genes inside the body change, which is invisible to the naked eye? How could his body turn golden, resembling a golden creature?
While he was lost in thought, the icy chill lingering in his palm, having lost mental control, immediately retreated back to his abdomen. At the same time, the golden gloss on his palm quickly faded, reverting to human skin color.
Chen Chao snapped back to reality, his heart filled with curiosity. He once again controlled the icy chill to flow to his palm. Instantly, his palm lit up like it was electrified, turning golden once more.
Chen Chao touched the goldified palm, which felt cold, devoid of any body temperature, smooth like metal.
Chen Chao tentatively reached out to grab the eggshell.
Crack!
The eggshell, which rivaled the hardness of ordinary steel, shattered easily under the touch of his golden fingers.
Chen Chao's pupils constricted slightly. Although he had anticipated that this goldified palm was somewhat unusual, he hadn't expected it to be so powerful. He felt like he had only used minimal force, yet it could crush steel. If he exerted his full strength, he estimated that he could dent an iron plate several centimeters thick. Such terrifying strength was at least twice his normal constitution!
"Is this the power of goldification?" Chen Chao was shaken.
Such an increase was akin to gaining an extra "strength amplification" ability in the fighting department!
Suddenly, Chen Chao had an idea and tried to control the mysterious chill in his palm to flow up towards his ears. Soon, after all the icy chill entered the various vessels in his ears, he immediately felt his hearing increase drastically, picking up many sounds that he hadn't heard before.
The sound of tiny leaves falling several miles away, the footsteps of decaying corpses wandering more than ten miles away... all fell clearly into his ears.
"Indeed!" Chen Chao couldn't help but marvel. This mysterious chill was incredibly amazing, capable of goldifying any part of the body. Once goldified, the organs in those areas would receive a double amplification!
"I didn't expect that gold blood had such amazing effects. No wonder those top-tier experts from the past would frantically covet it!" Chen Chao couldn't help but exclaim. After storing the empty eggshell in his dimensional space, he took out another crocodile egg.
The icy chill within his body was too little, only enough to goldify a small area. If there were a large amount of icy chill, perhaps his entire body could enter a state of goldification simultaneously!
The thought of such an amplification was terrifying!
Chen Chao replicated the method of using his modified dragon wings to cut open the hard eggshell and dove inside, letting his body soak in the gold blood.
Eight hours passed. As the first rays of dawn shone through the window, Chen Chao opened his eyes. He saw that all the gold blood inside the egg had been absorbed, and the icy chill within his body had doubled in thickness. He tried to differentiate the chill into two clusters, flowing towards both palms.
In an instant, both of his palms entered a state of goldification.
Chen Chao was pleasantly surprised. It worked indeed. He immediately took out the third crocodile egg and continued absorbing its contents.
Three days later.
Chen Chao had absorbed eight out of the nine crocodile eggs. The icy chill within his body was now as thick as a finger, allowing both arms to be goldified!
He planned to keep the remaining one for his sister, Chen Shiyu. He had already absorbed eight, so one more wouldn't make a difference. But if Chen Shiyu were to obtain this golden crocodile egg for modification, her overall combat capability would increase severalfold!
However, given Chen Shiyu's current constitution, she couldn't absorb it yet. She would likely need at least ten times her current constitution, otherwise, she might not be able to bear the intense gold blood, and her body might explode.
Looking at the eight empty eggshells in his dimensional space, Chen Chao felt a hint of helplessness. The total amount of gold blood from these eight crocodile eggs was at least two to three tons, yet it was only enough to goldify two arms. To fully goldify his body, he would need at least four times that amount.
Thinking about those top-tier experts from the past who measured gold blood in drops or grams, while he was using tons...
Chen Chao shook his head and chuckled, putting on his clothes and leaving the room.
It was now morning. Chen Shiyu and Fan Xiangyu had gone hunting, taking the little Grass Monster with them. Only Fan Xiangyu could currently control the Grass Monster's earth-burrowing abilities.
Since becoming a special evolver, Chen Shiyu went hunting every day. Although Chen Chao had told her that these ordinary decaying corpses didn't contain evolutionary energy, she still enjoyed it, as if using it as a way to pass the time.
Chen Chao could only let her be. With Fan Xiangyu accompanying her, and being a special evolver herself, she could safely retreat as long as she didn't encounter dangerous species.
At this moment, only a golden dog lay lethargically at the doorway, sticking out its long tongue and yawning, its ears flopped down on its face, looking like it hadn't slept enough.
Upon hearing the sound of the door opening, the golden dog immediately perked up, got up from the ground, turned its head, and saw Chen Chao walking out of the room. It immediately squinted its eyes, showing a flattering smile, and ran over.
Chen Chao patted its head and took out the leftover rice porridge from the refrigerator that the two women hadn't finished in the morning, mixing it with chili sauce and drinking two bowls. He felt refreshed and casually asked, "Have you eaten?"
The golden dog shook its head, looking wistfully at the small half-bowl of porridge left in his bowl.
Chen Chao had almost finished eating, so he pushed the bowl towards it and said, "Eat up, and then go call them back."
The golden dog immediately stuck its tongue into the bowl and began licking and eating. Its bright red tongue curled up, and it swallowed the porridge in two bites. But the next moment, it "pfft" spat it out, coughing violently and rolling around on the ground clutching its stomach.
Chen Chao was slightly startled and immediately realized what had happened. He coughed lightly and poured a glass of tap water into its bowl, saying, "I forgot, dogs can't eat spicy food. Drink up."
The golden dog got up, looking at Chen Chao with a pitiful expression, and then quickly licked and drank the water in the bowl.
After it was satisfied, Chen Chao patted its head and said, "Go call them back."
The golden dog burped and, as if on a mission, jumped off the chair and dashed out of the house in a few steps.
Chen Chao returned to his room and took out two maps, planning the route to the capital base.
Soon, Chen Shiyu and the two women returned under the guidance of the golden dog. The Grass Monster sat on the golden dog's back, its vines wrapping around its waist. The three leaves on its upper body were spread out, two leaves stretching out to the sides like arms, and the middle leaf, the largest, had a strange mouth on it.
"Xiaochao, you're out?" Chen Shiyu saw Chen Chao and happily ran over, jumping into his arms, looking up at his chin with a joyful expression.
Chen Chao smiled lightly and asked, "Are you hurt?"
"Of course not." Chen Shiyu immediately showed a cunning smile on her innocent face and said, "These ordinary decaying corpses are too weak. Even if I get surrounded occasionally, Xiao Xiangyu can control a few of them, so there's no challenge at all."
Xiao Xiangyu? Chen Chao looked at the dark-faced Fan Xiangyu on the side and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Xiaochao, did you ask Xiao Huang to call us back because we're going to the capital base?" Chen Shiyu asked as she looked up.
Chen Chao nodded slightly and said, "Pack your bags."
Chen Shiyu pointed to the expressionless Fan Xiangyu next to her and asked, "What about her? She's a decaying corpse. If she enters the base, will she be captured and dissected?"
Fan Xiangyu, who had always maintained a poker face, immediately changed her expression. If some special abilities could perceive her identity, she might be captured and used as a test subject.
Chen Chao couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't scare her. She looks human on the outside, so no one will know she's a decaying corpse. As long as she doesn't expose herself, even perceptual evolvers can't detect her."
Fan Xiangyu immediately relaxed, feeling like cold sweat was pouring down her back. She angrily glared at Chen Shiyu, thinking to herself, this hateful little devil is so insidious!
After packing, the group set off
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