Chapter 533 - Origin Force (1/2)

After the war was over, Jiang Fei headed back to King Elric to submit the quest and get his reward. However, before he could even exit the nest, the system logged him out of the game.

He was too engrossed in killing the Nagas that he had forgotten to check the system time.

Jiang Fei woke up and found himself asleep on the captain's chair. Besides his slow breathing, there was silence in the air. Except for the almost inaudible sound of electronic buzzing, Jiang Fei could not hear anything else. Although it had been a long night, 0541 was still syncing with the Data Center of the ship.

Although 0541 was not done with its task at hand, it was still able to finish concocting the Bio-Potion that Jiang Fei had requested.

"Let the pain come! At least, I'm prepared for it!" cried Jiang Fei. He took the potion and gulped down the entire bottle, preparing for the worst to come. As soon as he had swallowed the entire content of the bottle, he quickly lay down on the cold hard floor of the ship and braced himself for an intense session of excruciating pain.

The pain only kicked in hard a few seconds later.

"Bring it! URGHHH!"

"WOOOAHH! SHOW ME WHAT'CHU GOT!"

"Owww! Oupfff! Urghhhh! It's too much!"

…

The entire floor was filled with pools of Jiang Fei's sweat. Even though becoming stronger with a sip of a potion was nice, the pain he had to bear had always made him question his life decisions.

There was no light at the bottom of the sea and Jiang Fei could not tell just how long had he been tortured. By the time he could muster enough strength to resist the pain, he realized that the hellish moment was over. He struggled to get himself up but eventually made his way to the captain's seat.

The pain he felt for this session was far greater than from all the previous potions combined. Although he was mentally prepared for this, he had greatly underestimated what pain could do to him.

After half an hour of panting and resting, Jiang Fei was finally able to regulate his breathing. When he tried to stand up, he felt a powerful pang in his legs, stomach, arms, and head. He fell back to the seat immediately.

"Congratulations, Captain! You have become so much stronger!" said 0541. It seemed that 0541 was finally done with the syncing.

"Sometimes… I really do wonder if you are trying to kill me…" said Jiang Fei as he fumbled with his words. He was too weak then.

"Congratulations, Captain! It seems that the energy level in you have reached the standard beginner Level 4 Metahuman level!" said 0541.

"Hm. So it seems," said Jiang Fei. Although he was too weak to move, he could at least feel the flow of energy inside him. Previously, the energy inside him felt like it was flowing without a specific form. Now, he could feel the energy was condensed to liquid form. If he further condensed the energy inside him, he could manifest it into strength at least ten times stronger than before.

"How did the syncing go?" Asked Jiang Fei. As he was too weak to do anything, Jiang Fei checked on 0541 instead.

"Besides a few data that was lost with other parts of the ship, I am basically restored to the factory default settings. As long as I have enough power, I am nine times stronger than I was before," said 0541.

"Hm. So, could you craft me the perfect martial skill?" Asked Jiang Fei. He did not forget that since it was his main goal.

"Yes," said 0541 and it quickly got to work. Right before it started to work on the martial skill, 0541 chimed in and asked, "Calculations would not consume too much energy but it will take at least four hours to complete. However, to ensure calculation efficiency with power consumption, I am unable to provide any other functions during the operation. Do you still wish to continue?"