Chapter 294: Dragon Origin (Subscription Request)
This "X Dragon Armor Essence," was provided by the project group Si Malin belonged to.
The academicians involved in the project, worried that the pseudo-abyssal essence provided by the Golden Core might be insufficient, had created this injection to supplement it further, containing some concentrated essences of spiritual medicines from the utmost stars, which could further strengthen the dragon armor.
This was insane, with no prior examples to follow.
If it were someone else, they would definitely hesitate, but Lin Rui, well-versed in biology and pharmacology, knew his own body condition and had checked the ingredients of the medicine beforehand, believing the risks to be minimal, while the benefits were great.
Lin Rui even took the initiative to increase the dosage on his own; previously, Si Malin and the others were conservative, thinking that 3 milliliters was enough. Lin Rui, however, increased it to 10 milliliters, believing he could withstand it.
As a result, Si Malin and several academicians looked at him as if he were crazy.
When Lin Rui injected the medicine, his heart started beating violently, the pace getting faster and faster, and soon his breathing also became rapid, and his blood circulation speed increased.
Shortly after, all the flesh and every cell in his body began to evolve intensely at the genetic level, continuously disintegrating and reassembling.
Lin Rui thought this degree was just right, only a fingertip away from genetic collapse.
Even moving forward half a fingertip would carry great risks; now he was precisely in the area of lower risk.
However, the excruciating pain all over his body, akin to ant bites, was almost too much for Lin Rui to handle.
The feeling was worse than the most painful moments of leukemia in his past life.
Lin Rui began to sing the nursery rhyme "Two Tigers," his demeanor leisurely, as if he was enjoying it.
It was at this moment that the "Golden Core" at his heart cracked with a snap, shattering from the inside out, followed by a massive energy burst, expanding outward from Lin Rui's heart.
It felt as if a grass was growing out from inside his chest; Lin Rui felt the entire process clearly.
The grass not only moved outward but its roots also extended along his blood vessels throughout his body, even into his spinal cord and marrow, extracting his soul, spirit, and blood, allowing the grass to keep growing stronger.
Lin Rui felt a layer of incredibly solid dragon armor covering the outside of his left heart, still expanding and spreading to his right chest.
The scientists of the Earth Federation believed that the so-called martial cultivation of the people from the utmost star was actually a transformation process into "demons."
The difference is that "demons" are generally uncontrollable; they lack reason, controlled by extreme emotions, and most have insufficient potential.
Martial Cultivators, however, could control their own transformation process, maintaining their humanity and intelligence, and could fortify their bloodline talents through cultivation, ascending to greater heights.
The people from the utmost star even called the strongest ultimate form of these demons "dragons," like the demon dragon that Lin Rui had encountered before.
That was indeed a "dragon," according to the DNA sequencing results of the scientists; the dragons of the utmost stars were close relatives to its people.
As for whether the dragons of the utmost star were the descendants left after the people's demonic transformation, or if they evolved from some dragon breeds into people of the utmost stars, the scientific community had always been inconclusive.
However, the federation's scientific expedition teams found a massive number of ancient dragon tombs across the utmost star.
The scientists speculated that the ancient times of the utmost star were extremely dark and desperate; nearly all its people would transform into demons—they either lacked sufficient power in their bloodlines and turned into lower demons, or they turned into "dragons," akin to wild beasts.
The people from the utmost star originally developed martial ways to better utilize their bloodline talents and thus obtain more powerful strength to counter the demons.
Not until the first Martial Cultivator who transformed into a dragon appeared, who split the "battle dragon" within through various cultivations and controlled it, did he escape the fate of demonic transformation.
He passed down his methods of cultivation, completely changing the history of the people from the utmost star.
The initial battle dragons were mostly in dragon form.
Latter, many found that the humanoid state of battle dragons not only had stronger combat capabilities and was easier to control but also had smaller risks of demonic transformation, eventually evolving into the current Dragon Transformation Martial Paths.
Lin Rui's upcoming dragon transformation and Dragon Transformation were the processes of separating the "demon" inside him.
From a biological perspective, however, the battle dragon was their true form; the process of Dragon Transformation was essentially splitting out a human body with a stable genetic chain.
Just then, Lin Rui suddenly let out a surprised gasp.
He clearly sensed that he had come into contact with another Abyssal Will—It must be the Limitless Venerable! An existence that could transform all things to their extremes!
Although Lin Rui was enduring inhuman agony, a smile of even greater pleasure appeared on his face.
—His fourth shareholder had entered the game!
The dragon transformation continued until midnight; fortunately, there were no competitions today, otherwise Lin Rui would have had to be absent.
As time passed, everyone on the ship was both terrified and delighted.
The longer Lin Rui's dragon transformation took, the greater the coverage of the dragon armor.
It's known that "dragon armor" is not merely armor; it evolved from the Golden Core and is the concentration of a Martial Cultivator's essence, energy, blood, and spirit. It is the source of future blood vitality and essence for a Martial Cultivator and also the spinal dragon bone of the future battle dragon.
The more a person's dragon armor covers, the stronger their True Yuan becomes, the greater their strength, and the higher their endurance because, after all, this material is the future dragon's spine, acting similarly to a human's spine.
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In addition, Lin Rui's room was now like a collapsing black hole, continually drawing in the nearby elements of light, thunder, and fire. The situation resembled rivers flowing into the sea, the momentum was overwhelming.
This made everyone highly anticipatory, wondering what level of dragon armor Lin Rui could condense and to what extent it would cover?
Right at midnight, the elemental tide on the ship finally calmed down.
Lin Rui opened his eyes, filled with immense surprise, and looked towards his chest.
He observed the armor's color, feeling joyful yet regretful; he could have taken a bit more of a gamble, just 10.5 milliliters could have made his dragon armor even stronger.
"You can come in now."
As Lin Rui spoke, he turned off a few monitoring devices placed nearby and drew some of his blood.
These data and his blood would later be sent to the Eastern Science Institute for research.
The enhancement of Lin Rui's dragon armor and armored battle dragon were both reliant on the Abyssal Project Group of the Eastern Science Institute; he had no choice but to contribute.
This was also a duty that extraterrestrial walkers should fulfill. The armored martial path of mankind was based on the collaborative research of the original extraterrestrial walkers and scientists.
Benefitting from this, Lin Rui had embarked on the armored martial path pioneered by his predecessors; now, he also had to pave the way for future generations.
At that moment, Li Li, Wang Sen, and others entered in single file from outside. Seeing the dragon armor on Lin Rui, their pupils constricted.
"Half-chest Emperor Level?"
"SSS+?"
"Damn, Junior Brother Lin, your dragon armor is freaking awesome, definitely SSS+."
Lin Rui's armor, strikingly, covered his entire chest and a large portion of his back.
But what was even more astounding was the color of the dragon armor.
Somehow, the armor, clearly white, conveyed a brilliant and pure sensation, and it felt very substantial.
Moreover, the lines on the armor were distinctly purple-gold, like purple lines embedded with sand gold, looking extraordinarily noble.
And unlike Blood Blade Ji's, which only had purple-gold at the edges, the purple-gold lines covered both the front and back of the chest, creating a breathtaking view.
They knew what this meant, Lin Rui's dragon armor was Emperor Level right from birth!
The other top Martial Cultivators of the Celestial Extreme Star had to gradually elevate their armor and Golden Core to Emperor Level, but Lin Rui had done it in one step.
Lin Xi's eyes sparkled, thinking how cool his armor looked, and wondered if this dragon armor was merely Emperor Level? Perhaps it was more than that.
She knew Lin Rui had collaborated with the Eastern Asian Science Institute on the Abyssal Project, so this armor must also contain the 'Pseudo-Abyssal Source Material'.