Chapter 20 Sequence Eight

Experimental base, dormitory,

Wang Xiaoming fell to the ground with a 'bang' sound, his body bent like a shrimp, his skin swelled, looking extremely terrifying.

dong dong dong!dong dong dong!
There was a loud knock on the door. It was Li Jun who lived next door. He noticed something was wrong and came to check what was going on.

"Professor Wang! Professor Wang!" Li Jun was a little anxious. He just heard some strange noises coming from the professor's room. "Professor Wang, if you don't say anything, I'll go in."

Seeing that there was no response from the room, Li Jun became a little worried. Just when he was about to use the ghost domain to force his way into the room to check the situation, the door of the room opened.

"I accidentally dropped the dumbbell when I was lifting it just now, and it made a noise. Don't worry, I'm fine."

Wang Xiaoming had sweat on his forehead, his voice was hoarse, and his slightly wet hair stuck to his forehead.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Li Jun looks at Wang Xiaoming in front of him and always feels that the other person has become much stronger.

Li Jun looked into the room through the crack in the door and saw two dumbbells on the ground, and he immediately felt relieved.

In his opinion, the professor should have the habit of exercising. He doesn't look strong when he wears a white coat, but now that he is wearing pajamas, his true physique is revealed.

"If Professor Wang wants to exercise, we can go to the gym. It's easy to get injured if you exercise at home." Li Jun offered his own suggestions for exercising.

"Sure, I haven't been to the gym yet. Let's go together when we have time." After hearing Li Jun's suggestion, Wang Xiaoming agreed. He just wanted to learn some fighting skills.

Finally, Li Jun went into the house and walked around before leaving. Only then did Wang Xiaoming have time to study what new abilities he had acquired.

When Li Jun knocked on the door just now, Wang Xiaoming returned to normal, and he also knew the reason for the violent reaction of the potion this time.

It was because he absorbed the potion of the Sequence 8 archaeologist and the gift of the combat scholar in one go.

Originally, Wang Xiaoming thought that it would be the same as Sequence Nine, where he would pull the potion gift down and then choose to absorb it. Unexpectedly, that was only the benefit of absorbing the potion for the first time.

The next sequence promotion will be absorbed immediately once it is pulled down, leaving him no room for relaxation.

Fortunately, it was Sequence Eight, which was a low sequence, so the impact was not that big, and he survived. If it was a medium or high sequence, Wang Xiaoming would not be able to hold on, and exploding to death would be good, the most terrifying thing would be losing control and turning into a monster.

In order to advance, he also has to consider digesting the magic potion. Monsters don't understand this. It is possible for them to become gods on the spot. By then, even Yang Jian, who has become a god, will not be able to withstand it.

Although this promotion had some twists and turns, the result was good.

After being promoted to Double Sequence Eight, his control over the Source Knowledge Wilderness was further strengthened. He was able to set up an automatic response mechanism in the Knowledge Wilderness, and no longer had to enter the Knowledge Wilderness to respond every time when making identification spells.

The Craftsman's Path Sequence Eight archaeologists gave him some historical knowledge, wilderness survival knowledge, and taboo and mysterious knowledge related to relics. However, these were all knowledge from the mysterious world, and he didn't know whether they were applicable here.

He gained the ability to use ritual magic, but because he was a double-sequence extraordinary person, he did not care about this part of the increase. Instead, some of the ritual magic was interesting.

The most obvious change is actually the strengthening of his physique. This is not a simple increase in strength, but an improvement in both physical strength and agility, especially the physical strength which has been improved the most.

Perhaps it was because archaeologists often had to travel through mountains and rivers that they deliberately improved their physical strength.

The spellcaster's path sequence eight combat scholar also greatly improved his physical fitness. When combined with the archaeologist's enhancement, Wang Xiaoming's physique has reached the limit of the human body.

He also gained some combat knowledge and became more proficient in the mystical knowledge.

At the same time, he also unlocked a passive ability - sharp ears and eyes, which greatly improved his learning ability, especially in fighting skills, he has a talent far beyond that of ordinary people. His ears and eyes are far more sharp than ordinary people, and he can perceive things behind hidden things.

This ability also includes the abnormal vision of the Sequence Nine Secret Peepers.

In addition to these obvious improvements, the spirituality in the body has also increased a lot with the advancement of the sequence. When using the clairvoyance combination skills in the future, there is no need to worry about insufficient spirituality.

Wang Xiaoming picked up the 20-pound dumbbell on the ground and felt it was light, not much different from the feeling when he usually picked up an egg.

"That's right! Although the effects of these two Sequence Eight Abilities on my body are not the strongest, when added together they push me to the limits of the human body. With a body like this, ordinary people are no longer a threat to me."

After experiencing this strong body, Wang Xiaoming focused on the promotion process because of the knowledge he gained one by one.

It is an improved version of ritual magic, or more precisely, a supernatural version of ritual magic.

It seems that the knowledge wilderness has begun to become localized.

Just like the ghost-exorcising bell that Wang Xiaoming once obtained, it was obtained by triggering knowledge while studying the music box. This time the knowledge he obtained was related to the supernatural runes he had recently studied.

While acquiring this ritual magic, he also gained the ability to spiritually replicate the spiritual runes. Although he had memorized the spiritual runes before, he had never been able to replicate them in reality, as if there was some mysterious force stopping him.

Although the ability I gained this time is a spiritual replica, it is also the first step. As the old saying goes: "One small step for me, one giant leap for mankind."

The function of ritual magic is to transform supernatural powers. Through the supernatural runes that Wang Xiaoming replicated spiritually, it can transform unnecessary supernatural powers into the type he needs.

Limited by Wang Xiaoming's strength of Sequence Eight, the number of spiritual runes he can spiritually replicate at one time is limited, about seventy or so.

That is to say, the number of spiritual runes converted in each ritual cannot exceed this number, but so far, he has not found spiritual materials with more than 70 spiritual runes. The biggest function of the ritual is to create some spiritual items with simple materials but cannot be copied.

For example, the yellow paper for fake death. Why has the experimental base never been able to replicate it? It’s not because of the material of the yellow paper, but because of the supernatural power attached to the yellow paper.

Now that Wang Xiaoming has mastered the ritual magic that can transform supernatural powers, he can mass-produce this yellow paper with exactly the same effect.

It’s just that because the foundation of the ritual is still that of the Extraordinary, the things he made will have a time limit. Even if they are not used, they will become ineffective if stored for a long time.

The ghost-exorcising bells have also been improved, and the number has doubled. Now he can copy forty copies of the ghost-exorcising bells. At the same time, the horror level of the ghost-exorcising bells has also been improved.

After understanding the changes after being promoted to Sequence Eight, it is necessary to consider the role of potions in the future. Through the title of archaeologist and some knowledge gained, Wang Xiaoming decided that the next focus would be to study history and participate in an archaeological operation if there is a chance.

As for how to learn and understand, he decided to ask Professor Bai from the training base for advice when he had time. Professor Bai was an expert in history research, especially about the history of the supernatural.

During the meeting at headquarters, he took the initiative to speak for Professor Bai, just for this moment.

Putting the dumbbells back in the corner, Wang Xiaoming took another shower and then started his daily study. This time, the passive ability of sharp ears and eyes made his speed of acquiring new knowledge increase again.

At the same time, a secret telephone conference started because of the supernatural gunpowder happened to talk about Wang Xiaoming.

"Professor Wang is truly a genius of our Ren Country. He actually invented the magical gunpowder."

There were a total of five people participating in the conference call, and the one who just spoke was the big shot representing the Ministry of Rites.

Renguo was a country established again by the Flower Planting Family after the Republic of China. It consisted of five major departments: the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Politics, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Law, known as the Five Ministries.

Normally, the five departments each handle their own affairs. As long as something happens that affects national security, the bigwigs of the five departments will start a meeting of the five departments.

Obviously, the invention of supernatural gunpowder and the emergence of supernatural bullets are extremely important to Renguo, and are limited means to fight against the supernatural in the future.

Today's meeting of the five departments is to discuss how to collect the raw materials for the supernatural gunpowder.

"Okay, you've said it so many times since the meeting started. We all know that Wang Xiaoming has made a great contribution this time." The big shot from the political department said helplessly.

"The old customer is right. We will never forget Wang Xiaoming's contribution. Now let's discuss how to obtain the Zhurong Stone." The big boss of the military also spoke.

"Of course I have to say a few more words about the talents that come out of our Ministry of Rites. Otherwise, how can you remember them?" The voice of the head of the Ministry of Rites clearly carried a hint of smile.

When there are no outsiders around, these big shots become a little casual.

"Okay, you are already old, but still act like children. Let's get down to business." Came the voice of the Finance Department, and it was obviously that of an old man.

The person from the Finance Department obviously had a very high prestige. As soon as he spoke, the entire conference call fell silent.

"Well... just now we talked about the raw materials for making supernatural gunpowder, which are Zhurong Stone and Green Ghost Fire. Currently, these two materials are difficult to obtain." said the big boss of the Ministry of Political Affairs.

"The Spiritual Volcano is located in a spiritual place and is very dangerous. We have never explored it in depth. However, when we found the entrance, we came into contact with the evil spirits that escaped and lost a team of ghost riders."

"Not to mention the place where the will-o'-the-wisp is, it's also a mysterious place with hundreds of evil spirits imprisoned. An ordinary ghost rider would be seeking death if he went in."

The Ministry of Government's remarks caused the entire conference call to fall silent. Everyone knew how terrifying the haunted place was. With the current strength of ghost riders, exploring the haunted place was almost like looking for death.

"By the way, doesn't the Ministry of Rites still enshrine a ghost rider from the Republic of China period? Can't we just let him take action?" said the military leader.

"It's a pity!" The Ministry of Rites replied, "People from the headquarters have already contacted this old man, but he has not agreed to help."

"Damn it! How can you manage your subordinates in the Ministry of Rites if you fail at such a critical moment?"

"Don't be angry, Old Fang. Ghost riders nowadays are lawless. You need to be patient when communicating with them." Zheng Bu persuaded him, and then asked, "Did this old man say why? Or did he have any conditions?"

"There are no conditions. He just said that the spiritual land is very dangerous and does not recommend our actions. He said that our actions will disrupt the balance of the spiritual land and bring about greater dangers."

"Not suggesting it? Then why did he take action when the underground passage in Longmen Town appeared? It's just an excuse."

"You can think whatever you want, but this old man is no ordinary man. He is a natural ghost rider, and he seems to know a lot of things. What he said about the spiritual balance is not groundless."

"Now that the situation has been made clear, let's not waste time and let's vote! Those who agree with the action, please speak up." The old man from the Finance Department spoke.

"..."

"agree."

"agree."

"agree."

"Since everyone agrees to take action, then... the vote is passed."

(End of this chapter)