Chapter 704: Chapter 292: The Secret of the Demon’s Body (6k)_3
Bai Yi’s eyes flickered with curiosity. Now that she had reached this level, this was what most piqued her interest.
The pseudo-relic system she was currently studying and the quest to explore the origins of this world were both aimed at seeking answers to this question.
However, this was just a thought experiment, as she had no way to uncover the truth or verify it.
Confirming the effect of the bones was correct, Little Hui emerged from somewhere.
It presented itself in the form of a gray little fireball, about the size of a ping pong ball, flickering at her side.
As an energy-based being, Little Hui’s body size could change at will, and it usually dwelled within Bai Yi’s clothing and accessories, following her.
At this moment, seeing this Abnormal Object that essentially formed the basis of its birth, it could hardly conceal its desire.
It was only because it was a soul she created that it could restrain its desires under her suppression.
"Go ahead, devour it, and show me your power!"
With Bai Yi’s permission, Little Hui could no longer suppress its desire and transformed into a stream of fire to engulf it.
[Your special unit Elemental Elf · Little Hui is devouring ???, current progress 1%]
Seeing the panel’s prompt, Bai Yi was also fully reassured, estimating that at this speed, it would take about five minutes to complete.
In the meantime, studying something else was impossible, so Bai Yi revisited a doubt that arose during today’s battle.
"Speaking of which, I haven’t had time to think about this today.
Why do these Demons’ bones feel so similar to humans’?"
Memories resurfaced in her mind, clearly presenting the scene where today’s great Demon Ash’s body was mostly corroded.
As today’s Ash had nearly half of its body eroded by her decay, many places had their bones corroded as well, but the general shape was still discernible.
The bones of the hands were almost identical to human’s, though more robust, and the two bones of the forearm showed signs of fusion.
The palms couldn’t be seen clearly due to total corrosion, but judging from their appearance before decay damage, they, too, were not much different from humans, with unclear details.
More mutations began to appear in the body, first with the rib cage’s separate bones starting to connect and form a huge bone plate.
Even the originally soft abdomen showed traces of bones, but perhaps not fully transformed, it still resembled normal human skeletons.
"Interesting, were these Demons once humans too?
Then what are these mutations? Some kind of special transformation? Or...
Is it the effect of their innate ability..."
Bai Yi suddenly thought of the gene she extracted from the first Demon she encountered not long ago, the gene entry named [Abnormal Object Adaptation].
If it’s a result of Demons’ autonomous adaptation evolution, then perhaps it makes sense.
"Speaking of which, I confiscated quite a few ordinary Demons’ corpses last time, and they haven’t been destroyed yet...
When extracting genes last time, I didn’t notice, but now they do seem very similar to humans. At that time, I thought it was a common characteristic of humanoid creatures, but now I think it’s proof of human essence..."
Thinking of the gene entries obtained, Bai Yi immediately associated them with their sources.
They were acquired from the Low-tier Demons encountered that time. Because of the fusion tower, the Fungus Blanket had no shortage of Magic Power, so their corpses were not humanely destroyed to be eternally transformed into Magic Power to accompany the territory.
Since humane destruction wasn’t needed, the Fungus Blanket people stored them based on the principle of preserving whatever might be useful.
After all, once the logistics system is established, adding storage space is as simple as adding memory sticks to a computer—just a few corpses are insignificant.
And now they have indeed come in handy.
Torri Fortress was not her domain, so it was impossible to secretly obtain bodies; even Space Transmission would be detected, making it impossible to bring the corpses over.
But fortunately, her control over her subordinate species was not just surface-level.
Some abilities she didn’t use didn’t mean they didn’t exist...
Bai Yi closed her eyes, relaxed her body, and the next moment, upon opening her eyes, she no longer saw the thorn-filled room put on alert but a vast vision covering nearly a third of the continent.
"The perspective of the Fungus Blanket, so this is what it looks like..."
The vision wasn’t much stronger than an ordinary human’s, but the area it covered was all Fungus Blanket territory.
But this time, she wasn’t here to experience the Fungus Blanket life; her focus quickly compressed into a corner.
It was the underground of the Elf Forest, an area used as a temporary base.
Several Insect Clan members had already brought out a Demon corpse that was quietly waiting there.
"Then let me see, who exactly are you..."
Several standby Insect Clansmen acted as if they were her hands, precisely dismantling the Demon corpse under her control, separating flesh from bones.
This was her absolute mastery over her species; as long as they were her species, it was equivalent to being a part of her body!
Originally it was just the effect of Swarm Consciousness, but as it grew step by step to the present, it’s unknown whether it was because of marination or an inherent extension of similar abilities.
The network has now become part of the superpower.
Now the control she exercised was actually similar to a weakened version of the Mother Nest, or perhaps the [Crimson Nest] was the embodiment and qualitative change of this ability!