A dozen or so minutes later.
Carrying a huge pile of flesh and blood with only a bedsheet wrapped around himself, Lynn rushed back to his potion shop in a frenzy.
The main hall was in complete shambles. After last night's battle, the place was an absolute mess.
Lynn didn't waste any time.
He quickly retrieved the Soul Lamp, lit it, hung it on the doorpost, then swiftly rushed into the backyard.
The attic and front hall were already destroyed.
But most areas of the backyard remained relatively intact.
The cellar door was open.
Clearly, Little Treasure had returned.
However, Lynn didn't have time to deal with that creature right now—his situation was extremely critical."Stay calm, let me think."
Lynn quickly composed himself, his mind racing at lightning speed.
"If there's a mutation occurring within the body, how should it be handled? I remember my teacher should have preserved similar texts..."
Without another word.
Lynn rushed to the basement, kicked the door open, and quickly dashed into his teacher's book repository.
Normally, his teacher would absolutely never allow him in here.
But the situation was critical.
He needed to quickly find information about bodily mutations.
......
Rustle rustle rustle—
Inside the book repository, Lynn lit a candle, put on his monocle, and with a serious expression, rapidly flipped through numerous books.
"Malignant Cell Mutation Caused by Radiation Exposure"
"One Hundred Types of Body Distortions from Bizarre Curses"
"Novel: The Story That Must Be Told About the Mutant Loli and Her Tentacles"
"Guide: Thirty-Five Practical Operations for Taming Evil Spirit MMs"
Countless professional texts were dug out from various hidden corners and quickly scanned.
After reading for over an hour.
Snap—
Lynn closed the book with a serious expression.
"One hundred methods, I'll try them one by one first. If nothing works, then I'll take the risky approach!"
After thorough consideration, Lynn summarized the following points:
First, the malignant mutation in his body should currently be in a latent period, or due to some special reason, it couldn't immediately awaken to kill him.
The logic was simple.
If the mutation could awaken right now, the System wouldn't have given him a half-day time-limited mission.
Second, it was uncontrollable and might possess its own behavioral will.
Third, whatever hollowed out that monster was probably the mutant currently existing within his body—it possessed extremely destructive power that he definitely couldn't overcome.
Fourth, the System had provided him with additional assistance.
Lynn calmly opened his skill list.
[Infectious Aura] [Curse Diagnosis] [Function: Flesh Cataclysm]
Lynn's pupils instantly contracted.
That's right!
It was that skill he obtained from completing the Blood Night mission.
[Function: Flesh Cataclysm]
[Quality: Special]
[Description]: An ability obtained through intense flesh reorganization and severe mutation, allowing the host to freely control secondary reorganization and proliferation of their flesh. Ability upper limit depends on the host's constitution points.
"Flesh control?"
Lynn deeply contemplated his own hands.
It seemed last night's life-or-death battle with that monster had unexpectedly granted him a brand new special ability.
Regardless.
Time to test the effects!
Lynn immediately closed his eyes, concentrating his will on a specific part of his body.
Hum—
Instantly, Lynn's pupils dilated sharply.
He could feel it...
He could feel that strange transformation!
Indeed!
This ability truly allowed him to reorganize his body's flesh as desired.
"Holy shit~~ It's indeed bigger and stronger! This skill is too awesome! Invincible!"
No!
Lynn quickly composed himself.
Now wasn't the time to think about such strange things, nor was it time to consider this skill's peculiar uses. The top priority was determining how to identify the mutant within his body.
And it wasn't just about identification—he needed to find a way to suppress it too.
Moreover.
If last night's monster was indeed eaten by that mutant, then where was all that massive amount of flesh stored?
His slender body definitely couldn't contain such a huge mass of flesh!
And he could clearly sense.
His body weight hadn't shown any abnormal changes.
"First assumption: that flesh still exists within my body and hasn't been metabolized out, but due to the mutant's special existence, I simply can't perceive the presence of that flesh."
Lynn pondered.
"And since that mutant is still inside my body, any abnormalities appearing in my body would definitely affect that mutant too—after all, we're currently sharing the same flesh..."
"If that's the case..."
Lynn narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous glint.
He silently turned his head, his gaze falling upon a bottle sitting alone in the corner.
Faintly visible were the characters "enemy" "enemy" "fear" written in large letters.
The surroundings fell into an eerie silence.
......
"O! LI! GEI!!"
The next moment, Lynn (furious expression) grabbed that bottle of dichlorvos, ripped off the cap, and started gulping it down glug glug glug!
This medicine was something he'd created himself during his two years of studying pharmacology with his teacher, replicating memories from before his transmigration—the ultimate insecticide.
Drinking it would absolutely give you explosive diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, accompanied by various complications that would make you feel like you're dying yet floating in ecstasy!
But a real man!
Never fears dichlorvos!
[Warning! Host life force decreasing, obtained abnormal buff: Dichlorvos Poisoning]
Taking advantage of this window while he could still move, Lynn quickly rushed into the alchemy room, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and gathered all the expired potions he'd stockpiled that hadn't been fed to Little Treasure yet.
Lynn narrowed his eyes, popping open a bottle's lid with a snap.
Immediately.
Wisps of smoke shaped like skulls rose from the bottle.
What kind of abnormalities these months-expired potions would produce, even he didn't know.
But.
"Oli gei!!"
Gritting his teeth, Lynn tilted his head back and started chugging bottle after bottle glug glug glug.
[Warning! Host obtained abnormal buff: Severe Itching]
[Warning! Host obtained abnormal buff: Serious Skin Rash]
[Warning! Host obtained abnormal buff: Viral Spread]
The System prompts kept ringing in his ears.
Lynn's thinking was extremely simple.
Since the mutation was connected to him as one entity, and if it had its own behavioral will, he could definitely use this method of nearly killing himself to force it out.
Now, it was time to see whose willpower was stronger!
Without another word, Lynn quickly took out a large pile of materials from the storage, rapidly opened his teacher's potion book, and (furious expression) started flipping through pages while throwing various materials into the cauldron.
Glug glug glug—
Under intense heat, the potion cauldron soon started bubbling with multicolored foam.
Lynn revealed sinister teeth, watching the bubbling potion with wide eyes and a slightly pathological smile. The multicolored light reflected on his cheeks, making him appear particularly terrifying.
[Ding! You have concocted Virulent Plague Potion x1]
[Ding! You have concocted Severe Weakness Potion x1]
[Ding! You have concocted Malignant Virus Potion x1]
[Your alchemy experience +1]