Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Chapter 40 - Crunchy?

Lin Wu had not expected for such a change to happen once he activated the innate skill Radiation manipulation. He looked around and saw that most of the area around him was black and varied in shades. There were also patches of grey around him with some spots of dark blue.

"What the hell is this?" Lin Wu muttered as he deactivated the skill.

As soon as he did, his vision returned to normal, and he could see everything normally. He had not expected for there to be a change in his vision and had thought that the skill would directly work.

"System, why did my vision change?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The innate skill Radiation manipulation also gives the host the ability to perceive radiation, as it cannot be manipulated if the host cannot see it. Because of the host's low proficiency, all he can perceive currently is thermal radiation, thus the black and white vision.

As the host's proficiency rises, the host will be able to perceive other parts of the radioactive spectrum and will also be able to manipulate it.

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After reading the system's answer, Lin Wu finally understood it and felt that it was reasonable.

"But if I can see thermal radiation, shouldn't the colors be a bit more different? Doesn't everything being black mean it's very cold? Seems like I need to raise it to the next level of proficiency to even see the thermal radiation more properly." Lin Wu spoke to himself.

He then activated the innate skill again and took another look around, seeing the differences between this and his normal vision. After observing for a little while, he was finally able to relate a few things. He discovered that the indentations that were under the surface of the husk had more of the dark blue spots.

'What could this be? Hmm… if it's under the surface of the husk then it should perhaps be some kind of, liquid?' Lin Wu wondered.

An idea suddenly appeared in Lin Wu's mind and his expression lit up.

"If this works, I'll be set." Lin Wu said in an expectant tone.

He then focused on the dark blue spots that he observed and willed for them to become hot. He was using the Radiation manipulation to heat whatever minute amount of liquid that was left in the husk. He continued using the skill for five minutes, but even after that there seemed to be no effect.

"Damn, I'll keep on trying for a bit more." Lin Wu uttered, feeling a bit frustrated.

He gritted his teeth and continued. Nearly twenty minutes passed and by now he had depleted more than haled of his spirit qi.

'Come on, do something.' He internally muttered.

Finally, the color of the dark blue spot started to change and became greener. It was now that he heard a faint sound.

~Crack~

"Did it work?" He wondered.

Lin Wu stopped using the skill, and his vision returned to normal. He then looked at the point he was targeting and saw a faint crack there.

"It worked! Yes, this is way," Lin Wu exclaimed before examining his body for a bit. "Damn, this takes a lot of my qi. I'll need to replenish it again." He said.

Seeing that his idea had worked, Lin Wu felt satisfied but knew that just this much was not enough and that he would need to repeat this multiple times if he was to break the husk down. And that was exactly what he decided to do.

"System, replenish my spirit qi." Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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NOTIFICATION: Spirit qi replenished.

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A few seconds later, Lin Wu felt rejuvenated and repeated the same process again. He found another spot that looked dark blue and heated it till it became greenish and a crack appeared.

Just like this four hours passed by and by now Lin Wu had repeated the process multiple times and had to ask the system to replenish his spirit qi. But his progress was apparent as the hard husk was covered in several fine cracks.

Lin Wu also realized that the more he used the innate skill Radiation Manipulation, the faster he was getting at it. The time it took for a spot to heat up reduced from thirty minutes to less than ten minutes.

'I'm getting better at this.' Lin Wu thought, feeling a bit satisfied.

After all these attempts, Lin Wu finaly noticed a big change appearing in his radiation perception. He could see that a spot that was once black had changed to dark blue. This spot was slowly expanding and becoming dark blue.

"Huh? How's this happening? Was there a larger amount of liquid trapped below the surface perhaps and it only became visible because of the cracks?" Lin Wu questioned himself.

Pushing the thoughts to the back of his mind, Lin Wu decided to end this in one go.

~Huu~

Lin Wu took a deep breath and replenished all of his spirit qi before using qi amplification along with Radiation manipulation. Suddenly his spirit qi started draining at a rapid speed, and the effect of this was apparent as well.

The spot that was once dark blue became greener and kept on changing. Eventually, it became yellow and a loud sound was heard.

~CRACK~

~CRACK~

~CRACK~

A large crack appeared and started expanding. The other smaller cracks contributed to this, and soon the entire husk was covered in cracks.

"Hehe, finally…" Lin Wu chucked as he then turned his tail into the shape of a pickaxe.

Then, using qi amplification on it, he slammed it into the husk with all his strength.

~DANG~

A loud sound was heard which echoed in the closed-off husk and hammered Lin Wu's head.

"Damn, should have thought of this beforehand." Lin Wu cursed as he saw the husk breaking apart.

~Crumble~

A few seconds later the entire husk had broken down into small pieces and spread around Lin Wu. There were a few pieces that had fallen on his body, but he felt nothing and easily shook them off.

"Now then, time to eat." Lin Wu said as he opened his mouth wide and spikes protruded from the inside.

'Ooh, crunchy!'