Qin Siyang first examined the tip of the Fangtian Halberd, checking it inch by inch under the light, and found that it hadn't been damaged.
Then he picked up the round plate from the Armored Wolf and inspected it carefully. There was now a faint shallow mark on it.
"The round plate isn't as hard as a fourth-tier God-Hunting weapon. That's good, it hasn't gone beyond what I can understand. If even a fourth-tier God-Hunting weapon couldn't do anything to it, I'd really go crazy."
Since there was no way to cut the round plate, but he still wanted to test its enhancement effect, Qin Siyang had no choice but to find another approach.
"I remember the Vegetable Feather Frog has a skill that enlarges its mouth and then sucks nearby objects into its stomach."
To verify his idea, Qin Siyang activated [Divinity Through Taste]. His mouth instantly became as big as a millstone, and he sucked the Black Mountain Armored Wolf's round plate into his stomach.
The moment he swallowed the round plate, all of Qin Siyang's skills except [Divinity Through Taste] refreshed, and their values changed.
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— Skill: Origin Blood Drinking. Skill Description: Can digest gods even when eaten raw, and increases self by 2.18 times.
— Skill: Origin Violence. Skill Description: For 10 minutes and 13 seconds, one's strength, agility, and physical toughness increase by 3.11 times, and no pain is felt during this period. Can be activated twice simultaneously, with effects stacking (the number of simultaneous activations increases with the Origin Sequence level).
— Skill: Duel Glory. Skill Description: After killing a god, all current attributes (except skills) permanently increase by 103.5%, and one skill can be selected for enhancement. Skill cooldown: 158 days.
— Skill: Banquet Domain. Skill Description: Within 5 minutes and 22 seconds after consuming god remains, can teleport to any open location within a range of 109 meters. If attempting to move to a location with obstacles, the teleport fails and the skill immediately ends. Cooldown: 4 minutes 52 seconds.
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The enhancement effect of the round plate was even stronger than that of an entire Black Mountain Armored Wolf.
"Round plates really aren't ordinary. It's like all the essence of a god is concentrated in them. The round plates of these apocalyptic gods must hold some kind of mystery."
After taking a shallow bite of the round plate using [Divinity Through Taste], Qin Siyang stopped.
The improvement it gave him still couldn't compare to the value of exchanging it with the Administration Bureau for money and resources.
"This is something I can hand over to that kid Hu Chan to study further. There's definitely a secret inside."
Thinking this, Qin Siyang smiled, "Looking at it this way, I can be the one who finds research topics in the future and let Hu Chan be my researcher. Wouldn't that be perfect?"
"But Old Li said that after the apocalypse, those researchers who aren't on the front lines gradually get eliminated. I can't just let Hu Chan research on his own. I have to keep a tight rein on him, in case he starts getting any crooked ideas again."
After roughly laying out his preliminary "research exploitation plan," Qin Siyang lay back on the bed comfortably.
After working hard for several days, he had finally achieved some phased progress, verifying the enhancement effects of various god remains on his Origin Sequence.
"Time to reward myself. I'll scroll on my phone for five minutes."
Qin Siyang browsed through various forum posts. The more he read, the more awake he became, and the more excited he felt.
[Real-name report: Associate Professor Li Zhengde of XXX University is having an improper relationship with his lab assistant and has already moved in with her off campus]
[Zhang Yong, director of the police bureau in District 4756, has been taken away for investigation. The specific reason is unclear. According to insiders, Zhang Yong used his position to resell materials within the safe zone for profit]
[Followers of the Zephyr Church and the Three Harmony Church in District 772 clashed violently. Sequence ability users were involved. Currently 8 dead and 23 injured]
Qin Siyang couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement, "The forums before the school term really do have some wild stuff. All kinds of demons and monsters are crawling out."
From the school forum, he also saw the results of the fights involving Zhao Sifang, Gu Yunpeng, and Rong Xin.
The two of them defeated Rong Xin with scores of 30 to 27 and 30 to 26 respectively. It could be said they won by a narrow margin.
In the past, freshmen who hadn't yet entered university and hadn't received systematic, professional combat training were basically unable to defeat top-performing senior students.
But this year was different.
Aside from Qin Siyang and Hu Chan, two self-made orphans, there was also the battle-hardened Chu Baxiang, as well as the second-generation Gu Yunpeng and Zhao Sifang, who also achieved this feat.
Perhaps their family backgrounds had given them access to systematic training before enrollment.
Or perhaps they were simply exceptionally talented sequence ability users.
In any case, they had accomplished this high-difficulty task.
Given their backgrounds, they deserved the saying, "A tiger father does not raise a dog son."
But with Qin Siyang, Chu Baxiang, and Hu Chan setting the bar so high, beating Rong Xin to the point where he could barely fight back, the brilliance of Gu Yunpeng and Zhao Sifang naturally seemed dimmer.
Qin Siyang also noticed a problem from this.
As time passed, the opportunities and time to hunt gods before entering university were gradually increasing. Those with strong combat talent or powerful family resources could close the gap with formal school education, and might even become stronger than those who received systematic training.
This wasn't unique to South Glory University. The same thing was happening in other top universities as well.
Within the safe zones where sequence abilities had awakened, clashes between freshmen and senior students were an eternal topic at every school.
Last week, the second-ranked freshman at Central Glory University defeated a sophomore ranked in the top twenty of the combat skills class.
Three days ago, the top-ranked freshman at West Glory University defeated a sophomore ranked in the top ten of the combat skills class.
Talents were emerging one after another, and the situation was surging like a storm.
Even so, the widely recognized number one freshman among the four Glory and five Pillar universities in the safe zone was still Qin Siyang.
His combat skills, god-hunting ability, and background power all made him the undisputed top.
A genius among geniuses, a king among kings.
After their sparring matches, Gu Yunpeng and Zhao Sifang also realized the gap between themselves and the top three, and began throwing themselves into even stricter training.
The two of them remained calm, because they had never believed their combat strength was absolutely top-tier. Compared to Qin Siyang, they still had a long way to go.
Being able to defeat Rong Xin was already enough to satisfy them.
But Rong Xin's mindset completely collapsed.
In his battles against freshmen, he had been defeated again and again.
Not only did the freshmen look down on him, even some senior students began to question him.
Many people said that either Rong Xin had gone easy in fights to curry favor with these well-connected freshmen, or that there might have been cheating involved in his combat skills class.
Otherwise, how could one explain his consecutive losses against freshmen?
Rong Xin had his grievances but couldn't speak them out, and could only brood in silence beside the impoverished Shi Tao.
After seeing these posts slandering Rong Xin on the school forum, Qin Siyang decided to help him.
"Senior Rong is such an upright person. He shouldn't be buried like this."
So Qin Siyang made a post and even paid to have forum moderators pin it.
[Anyone who questions Rong Xin of going easy in combat or cheating in exams can spar with Qin Siyang without armor to verify it. Life and death at your own risk]
He couldn't even be bothered to edit it further, leaving only a signature: [Posted by Qin Siyang]
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