Translator: CinderTL
After half an hour, Feng Qi finally felt sharp, stabbing pains in his head, accompanied by waves of mild dizziness.
Without hesitation, he immediately said, "Sister Wei, I'm feeling a sharp pain."
Hearing this, Wei Wei immediately pressed the "Stop" button.
The machine shuddered briefly, and the flashing indicator lights on the control console dimmed.
The glass door slid open.
"We didn't collect enough mental power this time to create a mental crystal. I estimate you'll need three to four more sessions... How are you feeling now?"
"I'm fine," Feng Qi said, shaking his head decisively.
The throbbing pain and dizziness were simply due to excessive mental power depletion—a sensation he was familiar with from his early days after acquiring the malevolence.
After the mental power extraction, Feng Qi and Wei Wei left Scarlet Lab 11, where the outdated research equipment was stored.
Feeling somewhat drained, Feng Qi returned to his room and collapsed onto the bed, falling asleep instantly.
Sleep was undoubtedly the quickest way to restore his mental state.
Over the next few days, Feng Qi remained at the Scarlet Research Institute, assisting Wei Wei with experiments involving the extraction of mental power.
Using the mental light instrument, they finally created the mental crystal on the third day.
After the mental power extraction was complete, Feng Qi removed his equipment and stepped out of the mental light instrument.
Outside, Wei Wei retrieved a metal box from beside the instrument. At its center lay the compressed and condensed mental crystal.
The crystal was pale yellow, its interior crystalline and translucent, making it remarkably beautiful.
Why is it pale yellow? Is your mind just full of yellow thoughts?
"Asshole System!"
Ignoring the Narrator's snide remark, he approached Wei Wei.
"Sister Wei, is it ready?"
"Yes, it's sufficient. The next step requires mixing your blood with it to create a crystal composed of both blood and mental power."
Feng Qi nodded.
Following Wei Wei, he left Scarlet Lab 11 and proceeded to her private laboratory.
Among all parts of the body, the blood near the heart possesses the highest concentration of vital energy.
In cultivation studies, the blood in this region is known as "human essence blood." With each heartbeat, the heart dilutes this essence blood and circulates it throughout the body before it converges back at the heart.
For ordinary people, extracting blood from the heart would naturally require surgery.
But for Feng Qi, quality was paramount, and surgery posed no problem.
After all, in his initial living dead form, his heart had been shriveled and completely devoid of blood.
Yet he had survived perfectly well.
During the blood extraction process, he immediately activated his Battle Body Form.
This marked the first time he had revealed his Battle Body Form to Wei Wei.
Gazing at his bone man form, with its skeleton etched with violet and crimson patterns, Wei Wei clicked her tongue in amazement and couldn't resist snapping multiple photos for later observation and research.
"Sister Wei, that's enough. Want me to break off a rib for you to study?" Feng Qi asked, rolling his eyes at Wei Wei, who was still circling him with childlike glee.
"Really?" Wei Wei asked, her eyes sparkling with interest.
"I was just kidding. Don't take it seriously. I still need my ribs. Let's move on to the next step."
At that moment, the Narrator's voice echoed in his mind:
Ribs are definitely useful, so we can't remove them. But that thing of yours is clearly useless—didn't you say it slows down your sword-drawing speed? Just cut it off!
"Shut up!"
Hearing the Narrator's snide remark, Feng Qi couldn't resist mentally flipping him the bird.
Wei Wei, having put down her phone, retrieved a scalpel and a blood collection vessel from the surgical table and approached him.
"Do you need anesthesia?"
"No, there's nowhere to inject it in this form," Feng Qi replied firmly.
"I was just asking. Don't take it seriously."
With that, Wei Wei gently made a small incision over his heart with the scalpel.
The specially crafted scalpel was incredibly sharp, capable of easily piercing the defenses of even the most formidable domain creatures. It was Wei Wei's go-to tool for her experiments on these creatures.
As the scalpel sliced through, it left a thin scratch over his heart.
He immediately felt a slight pain in his chest. Then, beads of blood, shimmering with an eerie light, began to drip steadily from the incision, collected by Wei Wei into the vessel.
The blood was incredibly dense, evaporating and diffusing rapidly upon contact with the air, soon filling the private laboratory with a faint crimson mist.
Yet after only a few drops of essence blood were collected, the scratch on his heart automatically healed, ceasing to bleed.
"Truly astonishing self-healing capabilities," Wei Wei remarked, her tone teasing. "This young man's body is remarkably robust. Unfortunately, the blood sample is insufficient. I'll need to make another incision."
Feng Qi, maintaining his composure, replied calmly, "Continue."
Due to his extraordinary regenerative abilities, Wei Wei had to draw blood three times before obtaining the necessary amount to forge the hybrid crystal. She then sealed the blood-collecting vessel to prevent further diffusion and loss of qi blood.
According to Wei Wei, only half the collected blood was needed for the crystal's creation; the remaining portion was primarily for her subsequent research.
Feng Qi inwardly supported Wei Wei's passion for research. He knew he could easily replenish the lost essence blood by hunting domain creatures, so he wasn't concerned.
After losing some essence blood, Feng Qi felt a wave of fatigue. This sensation was familiar; he experienced similar weakness and drowsiness each time he deactivated his Blood Source Form.
For the next two days, he remained at the Scarlet Research Institute.
Meanwhile, Wei Wei began crafting the hybrid crystal.
In addition, other departments within Scarlet started forging a divine statue for him using jade and spirit materials.
In contrast to the crude humanoid idols made by other races, the Scarlet Research Institute's statue was meticulously crafted, even capturing the subtle nuances of his expression and spirit.
The statue's design had been finalized by the Scarlet Institute Director during a conference.
They drew inspiration from the statue the Future People had created for him in a previous timeline.
The statue depicted him holding a book in his left hand and raising a sword in his right, exuding the aura of a leader.
A detachable compartment on the statue's back was designed to house the hybrid crystal later.
After two days of waiting, Wei Wei successfully combined the mental crystal with his blood.
A crimson hybrid crystal was born in her private laboratory.
After days of tireless effort, all preparations were complete.
At the scarlet core conference, under the watchful eyes of Scarlet's top leaders, Wei Wei inserted the mixed crystal stone into Feng Qi's jade statue and closed the back panel.
With the idol now complete, all eyes turned to Feng Qi.
"How does it feel?" the white-haired Scarlet Institute Director asked first.
"It doesn't seem to... feel like anything," Feng Qi replied honestly.
Just then, the Narrator's voice echoed in his mind:
Of course you don't feel anything. You've only finished crafting the divine statue. Without believers to provide you with the power of faith and establish a spiritual connection... you now need devout followers who will kneel before your idol and worship you!
Hearing the Narrator's explanation, Feng Qi suddenly understood.
He looked up at the Scarlet Institute Director and the others.
Feng Qi: ...
(End of the Chapter)
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