Virus King - Chapter 48

Chapter 48: Evolution Begins! The True Meaning of the Group Chat!

TL: YYang

[Virus Sovereign (SSS): You possess an innate mastery over any virus or bacteria within your body! Any type of virus can be used to your advantage. Each time you absorb or come into contact with infectious bacteria or viruses, you gain Evolution Points, which can be used to unlock additional abilities. Current Evolution Points: 10.7]

10.7 Evolution Points.

These Evolution Points were enough to initiate the awakening of the Darklight Virus. Yet, after devouring the virus from that Flesh Mountain, the Evolution Points required for awakening the Darklight Virus had significantly decreased.

Thus, the additional two Evolution Points he had just gained seemed almost unnecessary.

Of course, regardless of how it happened, this was definitely a good thing!

Chen Bai steadied his thoughts, his attention instantly focused on the talent tree of the Darklight Virus!

That massive, flourishing talent tree, composed of a core and countless branches, once again appeared before Chen Bai’s eyes.

[Darklight Virus: Initial Awakening in Progress, Current Awakening Level: 0.9%! Would you like to continue awakening evolution!?]

[Evolution Points required for awakening: 8 Points!]

After absorbing the devouring virus from the Flesh Mountain, the required Evolution Points had decreased by two!

This outcome made Chen Bai’s eyes light up with surprise.

He’d truly gained those extra 2 Evolution Points for free!

However, with his body temperature now approaching 50 degrees, Chen Bai didn’t have the leisure to ponder how to use those extra points.

Right at that moment, those extra Evolution Points fully merged into the already boiling Darklight Virus.

In his blood, organs, muscles, cells, and genes, every single Darklight Virus particle cheered in unison.

They all awaited the arrival of this moment.

The Evolution Points merged into the Darklight Virus, empowering it in an unprecedented way!

Almost simultaneously—

In this dark room—

A faint black and red aura began to emanate from Chen Bai’s entire body!

The Darklight Virus permeated all his flesh and blood, undergoing changes in both form and structure, altering his very body from within!

Countless black and red mycelium strands appeared. This was a unique evolution formed by the fusion of the Darklight Virus and his flesh.

It was also the manifestation of the Darklight Virus growth that Chen Bai could sense during this awakening.

But soon, the black and red mycelium covering Chen Bai’s body vanished completely, retracting back into his body.

In its place, dark red lines like wounds appeared on his skin, as if branded with a searing hot iron.

In the darkness of the night, they looked eerily enchanting and terrifying!

Chen Bai himself was in an extremely unique state.

In that moment, his perception and vision seemed to enter a special realm.

It was somewhat akin to the “internal vision” described in martial arts fantasy novels, yet it differed from the internal visualization of meridians, acupuncture points, dantian, and qi sea.

It was far more intricate!

Each pulse of blood felt like the ancient waves of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, and each tremor of his cells seemed like the leap of life and genes themselves!

Of course, the pain from his body—due to cellular collapse and gene disintegration and reformation—also transferred vividly from every fiber of his being to Chen Bai!

As he witnessed each cell and gene changing, he had to endure that inhumane, excruciating pain completely and unrelentingly.

Chen Bai’s guess had been correct. Or rather, the feedback from the Darklight Virus, upon reaching this threshold, gave a “report” to Chen Bai, its Virus Sovereign, based on instinct.

Under the strengthening of the Darklight Virus, each cell’s genes, even down to the A-sequence group, were reconstructing, moving toward the most perfect evolution.

But there was no doubt—there were sixty trillion cells in the human body, and even with the immense transformative power of the Darklight Virus, modifying the entire body would still require some time!

When every cell had undergone infection and enhancement by the Darklight Virus, Chen Bai would be reborn as a completely new self!

A true Virus Sovereign, fully empowered by the Darklight Virus!

……

Under the dark night sky, the members of Group Chat No. 001 got fired up after seeing a sudden message from the White Emperor.

[Your Han King: What do you mean?!]

[Overlord: Didn’t the White Emperor make it pretty clear?! By the way, Brother White Emperor isn’t planning on doing something dangerous, is he?!]

[Liu Huai: Sending my prayers…]

[Shui Chuan: About what White Emperor mentioned over on that forum, who’s going to handle it?!]

[True False Illusion: This poor Daoist doesn’t understand much about internet stuff, maybe some other practitioners can take care of it!]

[Yezi: Can’t we just post on the forum together? We can ask anyone who wants to private message Big White Emperor to message us instead. Or we could simply post the group number on the forum. As long as they’re Pioneers, they’ll know how to join!

Then, like White Emperor said, once the apocalypse officially breaks out and all survivors turn into Evolvers, we can turn off the group’s open access and make it invite-only. Problem solved!]

[Overlord: Yezi’s suggestion is indeed better. This Group Chat No. 001 feels a bit too empty as it is. But I wonder, with more people, what Brother White Emperor thinks…]

[Shui Chuan: That should be fine. Didn’t the White Emperor write it in the group rules? It’s supposed to be a platform for Pioneers to share talents and ensure that gifted Pioneers have a better chance of surviving in the apocalyptic environment. What we’re doing aligns with the group’s purpose!]

[Your Han King: Right. A platform for communication with just a handful of people doesn’t seem reliable. Plus, I noticed there are some features in the group that haven’t been activated yet. Maybe they’ll open up once the apocalypse breaks out, like the trade function. That could be pretty useful!]

At this point, the other members in the group also brightened up.

In that moment, they seemed to finally grasp the true meaning behind the group’s purpose of creating a “communication platform for Pioneers.”

The group functions granted by the will of the cosmos weren’t just for idle chatter!

With that realization, they quickly coordinated. Yezi, who apparently worked with words in real life, would draft an initial post. She’d share it in the group for everyone to review, and once approved, they’d publish it on the “Cosmic Will Pioneer Evolution Forum.”