Chapter 169: Aberrant Information

A moment later.

A researcher in a white lab coat approached, carrying a sealed glass vessel.

Inside the white vessel, a tentacle about half an arm's length long was immersed in a faint blue, pure liquid.

Gunie could sense that this severed tentacle was not dead; it still possessed vitality and could wriggle slightly.

"This blue liquid can greatly suppress their life activity. In this liquid, their growth is extremely slow, nearly nonexistent, and they remain in a semi-dormant state, non-aggressive."

"But if you take them out, it's completely different. They display extremely aggressive attacking abilities and corresponding intelligence."

"Previously, in our ground-level 'Inside Lab,' there was a large fleshy ball that we put through a series of designed obstacle courses for escape experiments. Much of our data came from those experiments."

"Secondly, if placed in a free environment, they can absorb source energy and grow continuously."

"Eventually, they grow into a flesh-stitched abomination of considerable strength—that's the horror of our aberrant creatures."

"If they enter our world, they will continuously devour all kinds of flesh-and-blood beings, eventually growing into nightmare creatures of terrifying proportions, and the entire world could be enveloped by enormous, terrifying, nightmare-inducing flesh."

Kemeng narrated from the side.

As Kemeng spoke, Gunie took the bucket-sized sealed glass vessel.

After squinting at it for a moment, Gunie said softly, "Indeed, it has considerable vitality and high independence. Once dismembered, the life framework becomes independent due to their own independence, which is why even when dismembered, they cannot die directly."

"If a large stitched abomination is split into dozens of pieces, each piece becomes independent. If one has a strong devouring ability, it will devour the others and form a flesh devourer; if not, they will turn into a dozen small stitched abominations." Kemeng added.

"So how do you kill them? Penetrating destructive power? Extreme cutting? Or spells like burning or freezing?"

Gunie looked at the two Transcendent Masters.

"Penetrating destructive power is very effective—one of the best methods we've found against them," added the female Transcendent Master, Aidora.

"Simple cutting only yields more wriggling bits of flesh. If not completely killed, they can use strange abilities like stitching and merging to eventually coalesce into a stitched abomination."

"One thing to add: remains and such are food for these stitched abominations. Burning them completely to ash, preventing them from becoming food, is the best method we've found so far, bar none."

"Sealing is also a good method."

"Methods like lightning, freezing, strangulation, annihilation, corrosion, curses, poison, etc., can all deal significant damage to them."

"Of course, there are other more powerful methods that can also inflict considerable harm on these aberrant creatures."

"Mm," Gunie nodded slightly.

"Although these aberrant creatures are bizarre and incredible, they are not unkillable."

"That's natural," nodded Mulander Elkrly from the side.

"These aberrant creatures pose a great threat to our world. I hope that in the coming days, during your leisure time, Lord Gunie might assist us in some special places."

"Oh?" Gunie raised an eyebrow, looking at Mulander Elkrly.

"Are there still difficult aspects to dealing with these aberrant creatures?" Gunie asked.

"Yes."

Mulander Elkrly nodded.

"At the edge of the Oya Transcendent World, there are many peculiar void-source spaces. The suppression within these spaces is very strong, allowing only Transcendents below the Transcendent Master level to enter."

"Although we have some Transcendent Fifth and Sixth Rank experts sent by the Transcendent Association to clear out those aberrant creatures,"

"but, as you know, now is a critical moment in the battle between the three northern empires and the Transcendent Association."

"Basically, the Transcendent Association won't dispatch too many top-tier powerful Transcendents."

"So..."

"Professor Mulander Elkrly, rest assured. In my spare time from cultivation, I also need to experiment with many spells and cultivation results."

"I think the many stitched abominations in the void-source spaces at the world's edge will make a good training ground."

Hearing this, Mulander Elkrly's face lit up with a smile.

"Then I am very grateful to Lord Gunie," said Mulander Elkrly.

After obtaining the aberrant tentacle and learning about the aberrant creatures, Gunie left the research site with Mulander Elkrly.

Afterward, Mulander Elkrly arranged a very secluded and safe cultivation place for Gunie.

...

In the dark and silent chamber.

Gunie sat cross-legged on the cultivation seat, silent as a shadow.

After a gentle exhale, Gunie opened his eyes.

With a flip of his hand, Gunie brought out the aberrant tentacle sealed in the clear blue liquid.

After scrutinizing it closely, Gunie gently opened the seal.

"Buzz!"

As soon as Gunie opened the seal, the aberrant tentacle seemed to sense an escape route.

It quickly wriggled in the liquid, climbed to the edge of the glass vessel, and leaped directly toward Gunie's face.

This thing—it even knew how to jump at the face.

"Howl~~"

At the same time, a faint mental wail struck at Gunie's mind.

This wail might threaten an ordinary person, but to Gunie, it was harmless.

The aberrant tentacle was caught mid-air by Gunie's puppet threads.

Then, the tentacle began to twist wildly in the air, continuously emitting faint soul-wailing impacts like "Howl~~" "Howl~~".

Gunie manipulated a few puppet threads and pulled gently, stretching the tentacle nearly twice its length.

"High toughness, good defense."

"Also, it seems to have its own life will, so it cannot be stored in the system space."

"Let's try the Blood Sea."

With a thought, Gunie cast it into the Blood Sea.

"The Blood Sea is a self-contained realm, so placing this aberrant flesh with life activity and self-will should be no problem."

After all, Gunie's secondary soul had long been in the Blood Sea.

The Blood Sea and the Demon Source Pool were self-contained realms, a powerful effect brought by the six demonic runes.

Without the demonic runes' self-contained realm characteristic, Gunie would not have been able to easily send the demonic secondary soul into the Blood Sea and Demon Source Pool.

Let alone build an island within and contain aberrant creatures with self-will.

As Gunie cast it, sure enough, the aberrant flesh entered the Blood Sea directly.

Once inside the Blood Sea, the aberrant tentacle seemed to sense danger.

"Howl howl howl~~~"

It continuously emitted sharp, faint roars, though how it manipulated source energy to produce sound was unknown.

Then, as it fell into the Blood Sea, the sea surged, turning into countless tentacles that rushed over, tore it apart, and began to frantically absorb it.

The Blood Sea was an entire ocean; its devouring and absorbing power was immense.

Even the sacrificial envoy-level corpse offered by the Chenhui Source Clan had been mostly digested by Gunie.

The higher-ranked "Dominator Flesh" was also being continuously digested.

This little aberrant tentacle was naturally no challenge.

After a moment, a smile curled at the corner of Gunie's mouth.

"The digestion effect is quite good. Although it's only second-rank flesh, it feels even better than digesting third-rank flesh."

Then, Gunie sank into thought.

"What exactly is in that aberrant place?"

"A Dominator's corpse, or a living Dominator, or even an Old God, or the supreme Ancient God?"

Gunie gently rubbed his brow.

"I can only understand this dangerous aberrant place when I am strong enough."

"For now, it's idle cultivation while building the Blood Dream Internet of the Oya Continent... well, the Blood Dream Arena."

"With the Blood Dream Arena, dealing with the Evil God and the Southern Church will be much easier."

"In one month, at most two, the Blood Dream Elves will be born. Then I can have these naturally intelligent Blood Dream Elves take over the Blood Dream Arena."