Yuan Chuyi couldn't understand what was going on, so he stabbed the rat-man with his knife again.
"Damn it! The time has been halved again! Could it be that the downside of this toxin is that its effect is halved every time?" Yuan Chuyi frowned and thought.
Just as he was about to strike again to see if it was as he had guessed, he discovered that the ratman in the cage was already on the verge of death.
“Go and catch some more ratmen,” Yuan Chuyi said to the members who were watching the commotion.
Through repeated experiments, Yuan Chuyi finally understood the effects of the toxin.
Toxins that penetrate the skin's surface generally take about two minutes to take effect, while those that penetrate the bloodstream do so even faster, in about one minute.
However, the effect of the poison is halved when the same ratman is attacked a second time.
In other words, once a ratman is poisoned, it must be dealt a fatal blow within a short period of time, otherwise it will gradually develop immunity to the toxin.
Having learned about the effects of the toxin, Yuan Chuyi decided not to waste any more time. He had everyone kill ratmen on the outskirts to increase their strength, then teleported into the air and flew towards the depths of the ocean.
He always had a feeling of being watched, and that feeling came from the depths of the ocean.
He stared intently at the seawater below, as if there was something he was looking for there.
Suddenly, the seawater below rippled, and then a huge shadow rose towards the surface.
"Then let me see what you really are!" Yuan Chuyi unleashed a Heaven-Opening Slash, cleaving towards the shadow below.
The Heaven-Opening Slash, with its hundreds of meters of blade light, landed heavily beneath that shadow.
To Yuan Chuyi's surprise, the powerful Heaven-Opening Slash vanished into thin air just before it encountered the shadow!
He stared intently at the enormous eye that had surfaced and muttered to himself:
"Damn it, what is this thing? My skills are completely useless!"
"This is a Devouring Beast, it has its own spatial attributes, and your skills should have been transferred by it," the system's sixth member said in his ear.
"A Devouring Beast? What the hell is that?" Yuan Chuyi asked in confusion.
The sixth system thought for a moment and said, "You can think of it as a spaceship from an advanced civilization for now."
"You mean it's not a living organism?" Yuan Chuyi asked, looking puzzled.
"Of course not. Forget it, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. You should just go back. Anyway, you can't kill it, and it won't attack you unless provoked."
Yuan Chuyi thought about it and agreed. Staying here was a waste of time. It would be better to go back and ask the sixth brother properly.
On the way back, Yuan Chuyi suddenly spoke up: "Hey, Sixth Brother, what's wrong with you today? Why are you telling me so much all at once? Before, when I asked you anything, you would say you didn't have enough authority or you didn't know. What's going on today?"
The sixth system member said with a look of disdain, "You can advance, but I can't?"
"You mean you've advanced too?"
"At this point, you shouldn't be asking, 'What new features do I have?'"
"Hurry up and tell me, Sixth Brother, stop keeping me in suspense."
"Let's talk about it when you get to the capital. For now, just focus on flying."
Yuan Chuyi sneaked into the imperial city. Without even greeting the women, he eagerly began to check out the system's new features.
"System, you old bastard, you haven't added any new functions, it's still the same as before."
The system's sixth member, a small ball of light, suddenly materialized, then pointed its tiny finger at Yuan Chu Yi's forehead. "How can you be so stupid? Didn't you see there's an extra door?"
Yuan Chuyi ignored what kind of door it was talking about and instead looked at the system Lao Liu with a surprised expression.
"You can actually materialize?"
The sixth system glanced at Yuan Chuyi, then disappeared after drilling into his forehead.
Yuan Chuyi quickly looked around and then touched his head.
Just as he was wondering how this sixth brother had disappeared.
In a flash, System Six reappeared in front of him. This time, however, System Six was holding a large apple in both hands and eating it.
With a snap, it took a bite out of the apple and said, "By the way, did you wash the apples in your space? I can smell pesticides on them."
"You...you!"
Yuan Chu pointed at Lao Liu with one finger for a long time before saying, "Did you take this apple from my space?"
"Of course, otherwise I would have gotten it from there."
Seeing that Yuan Chuyi was about to speak, Lao Liu took another bite of the apple and said, "Stop studying the apple, you should take a look at that door instead, maybe there's a surprise inside."
The moment Yuan Chuyi entered the door with his consciousness, a sudden wave of dizziness washed over him. He steadied himself and slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, he was overwhelmed with astonishment. The scene before him was completely different from anything he had ever known; it was as if he had entered a fantastical realm.
What makes him uneasy is that he feels as if he is in this fantastical realm.
It's about being in this world, not just being aware of it.
"Sixth brother, sixth brother."
"What's wrong? Why did you call me?" A clear, ethereal voice rang out in the air.
"Where am I? I can only hear your voice but I can't see you."
"Just treat it as a training ground. As for me, I can't get in."
Yuan Chuyi asked, completely bewildered, "What martial arts arena? Why can't you get in?"
"Only you can come in here for now, but I can hear your voice."
As the name suggests, the training ground is a place to practice martial arts. Here, you can unleash your imagination and combine all the skills you have mastered.
You can also unleash your newly fused skills here, because no matter how much you damage it, it will revert to its original state after you leave.
"You mean I can create skills here? Is that what you mean?"
"That's what being smart means."
"Can the skills I create be used outside? And can I share them with others?"
"Of course you can use it outside, but the cost of Juxian is a bit high."
Yuan Chuyi shouted again, "Then what's coming in now, a person or a consciousness?"
"Of course, it's people who come in. Your body outside will disappear the moment you enter. Also, the cost here is roughly 100,000 gold coins per day, so you should cherish your time here."
"Damn, that's so expensive! I'd better think about getting some really powerful skills first."
After saying that, Yuan Chuyi found a clean place to sit down.
What skills should I learn?
Just as Yuan Chuyi was pondering, Tang Yan and the other goddesses were discussing something with solemn expressions.
"Sister Yan, look at the map here. These are all natural mountain ranges. They are so similar to, or even better than, the Greater Khingan Mountains, Lesser Khingan Mountains, and Changbai Mountains in northern China."
We just need to wait for Kakala to finish building the steel wall on this side, and then we can retreat into this turtle shell and wait for the ratmen to attack.
"I've also been to those mountain ranges myself. Their outer edges are almost entirely cliffs and precipices, so we can easily send a small number of people to guard them," Zheng Shuang said, pointing to a map as she spoke eloquently.
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