Virus King - Chapter 52

Chapter 52: Devour! The Terrifying Darklight Virus!

TL: Yang

The unconscious twitching of his fingers signified that his mental essence was beginning to awaken from its slumber.

The night remained the same night, with the curtains sealing the room in complete darkness, allowing not a single glimmer of light to enter.

Upon opening his eyes, Chen Bai instinctively felt as if he had only napped for a short while.

Fortunately, the clear numbers on his phone screen reminded him just how much time had truly passed!

June 14, 17:02.

Only then did Chen Bai exhale slowly, feeling somewhat more at ease.

There were still 6 hours and 58 minutes left until the full outbreak of the apocalypse!

The timing was just right!

After putting down his phone, Chen Bai continued to lie in bed. The darkness did nothing to impair his vision.

In this spacious room, he could see everything with utmost clarity.

Meanwhile, the flow of virus coursing through his body finally brought him fully awake from his prolonged internal meditation!

In his heart, a ripple of emotion finally arose.

Powerful!

At this moment, Chen Bai had only one feeling.

And that was power!

Every particle of his muscle cells, every drop of his blood, seemed to have settled to an unimaginable density compared to before.

This transformation led to the most direct change: strength!

Unparalleled strength!

Chen Bai, after calming himself slightly and steadying his emotions, finally directed his attention to his talent list.

[Darklight Virus: Initial Awakening in Progress. Current Awakening Level: 1%! To evolve further and increase the awakening progress by +1%, 5 evolution points are required. Evolution points can be spent to unlock other evolutionary branches of the Darklight Virus.]

[Strength +50, Agility +50, Constitution +50, Spirit +40, Health Recovery Rate +200%!]

[Darklight Virus Initial Ability Acquired: Devour]

[Devour (Virus Sovereign—Darklight Virus Basic Talent Ability): Capable of devouring all virus entities and non-resistant life forms. After devouring, a portion of the target’s memory can be viewed. There is an extremely small chance of acquiring a skill mastered by the target! After devouring, evolution points exclusive to the ‘Darklight Virus’ can be obtained, and any injury can be healed!]

Devour!

In the darkness, Chen Bai’s pupils turned a deep crimson.

The night could not conceal the excitement in his eyes!

The increase in attribute points was secondary.

As expected, in his knowledge of the Darklight Virus, devour was the true core ability of the Darklight Virus!

The web of conspiracies and the chain of memories glimpsed through it; after devouring, he could acquire the ability to transform into the target!

Many of the Darklight Virus’s abilities themselves were built upon this fundamental and crucial power of devour!

And under the capabilities of the Virus Sovereign, this effect was even more pronounced!

Most importantly, there was even a chance to acquire the target’s skills!

Though the probability was low—marked as “extremely small” in the description—there was no doubt that with this ability, in the midst of the apocalyptic outbreak, it would be an unmatched, heaven-defying power!

Sure enough, once the awakening of the Darklight Virus reached this level, the enhancements and leaps it brought were unimaginable!

This was already a qualitative change!

With a single thought, Chen Bai slowly extended his palm, and it became shrouded in streaks of black and red.

As long as he wished it, the Darklight Virus could envelop any life form, then instantly absorb and convert it, completing the devouring process!

After taking a moment to adapt to this ability, Chen Bai nodded in satisfaction, then refocused his attention on the “Virus Sovereign—Darklight Virus” branch!

He could use evolution points to unlock additional evolutionary ability branches of the Darklight Virus!

The talent evolution tree, naturally, contained various branches, and the branches of the Darklight Virus seemed to extend its capabilities.

As he concentrated, several interconnected lines appeared on the Darklight Virus branch, illuminating points on the top of the talent tree!

[Elven Speed: Makes the body’s flow more inclined toward movement, significantly enhancing running and movement speed! Activation requires 10 evolution points!]

[Wall-Running: When close to a wall, the Darklight Virus condenses on the body, allowing movement and climbing on vertical walls. Activation requires 10 evolution points!]

[Combat Intuition: Greatly enhances muscle control, significantly improving agility and boosting combat capabilities! Activation requires 10 evolution points!]

Three talent skill abilities!

Chen Bai couldn’t help but feel a surge of desire as he looked at them!

Elven Speed was nothing extraordinary. With his agility stat increasing, such a boost in speed was quite normal.

However, the Wall-Running ability—now that could be considered truly game-breaking! Being able to move directly along walls…

Come to think of it, the original host of the Darklight Virus seemed to have had this exact ability, didn’t he?

It was just that the original virus host possessed such powers from the outset, whereas he had to start from scratch and slowly evolve over time.

Of course, Chen Bai didn’t feel any dissatisfaction about this.

He and the virus host were fundamentally different!

He was the one controlling the virus, not merely a host for it.

The abilities of the Virus Sovereign would only truly unleash their full power as his own strength continued to rise!

As for now, all Chen Bai could do was look on longingly.

These three abilities required a total of thirty evolution points.

For Chen Bai, that amount might as well be astronomical.

If he wanted to unlock these three skills and accelerate the awakening and evolution levels of the Darklight Virus, he’d have to see just what kind of effect the virus’s Devour ability could produce.

If it could generate a large number of evolution points, Chen Bai was genuinely eager to experience the boost and enhancement these three abilities would provide once activated.

Thinking of this, Chen Bai shook his head, and the Darklight Virus within him fell back into dormancy.

Yet the immense power it held hadn’t diminished in the slightest!

Instead, it lay hidden within Chen Bai’s body, constantly ready to explode forth with a terrifying, primordial force akin to an ancient beast!

Chen Bai exhaled slowly and then opened Group Chat No. 001 on his phone. One glance, and he was taken aback.

Good grief, it had only been two days, but how were there so many familiar faces here?!