When a person could completely master every single cell in their own body, what kind of feeling was that?
The old Li Chi might not have known.
But the current him understood it perfectly.
It was an unprecedented pleasure.
He could maintain his body in peak condition anytime and anywhere.
Even if parts of his body were damaged or missing, they could return to their previous state almost instantly.
His body’s repair speed was now several times faster than before.
Although he had stopped feeling any pain long ago, the corresponding physical pleasure had also faded away at some point without him noticing.
But now he was experiencing a sensation called “comfort” once again.
It felt like walking through an unbearably hot desert for three whole days and finally taking a sip of pure clean water.
Comfortable… It felt so good.
As for that innocent passerby who had gotten caught in the crossfire?
Sorry, but although Li Chi had felt some self-blame earlier, the person was fine in the end.
Since nothing serious happened, he could simply take it as a lesson learned and make sure to avoid similar incidents in the future.
Why get stuck obsessing over it?
So Li Chi did not care at all.
Besides, the current him now had the complete ability to prevent that kind of situation from happening again.
The reason he had missed blocking that bullet before was mainly because his body’s recovery speed could not keep up with the bullet’s firing speed.
The bullet had passed straight through a hole that had been blown in his body, nearly causing a tragedy.
With his recovery ability now enhanced to an epic level, Li Chi had one hundred percent confidence that he could nip any similar danger in the bud before it turned into a tragedy.
As for why he had locked himself in his room claiming to be sick earlier, it was mainly to adapt to his new abilities.
There was some self-blame and fear, but nothing as serious as what White Lion had gone through.
White Lion’s situation mainly stemmed from his strength progressing far too slowly, combined with his excessive pursuit of perfection, which had led him into that spiral of self-fear.
“Xiao Guang.”
Li Chi, who had been casually basking in the sunlight for a while, turned his head.
“I’m going out for a bit to move around. I’ll leave you some pocket money. You can go out and eat with your friends tonight.”
This was also a small way to make it up to his little sister.
After all, their dinner a few days ago had been interrupted, and she had been disappointed for quite a long time.
“Brother, you’ve just recovered from a serious illness. Isn’t it a bit too soon to go out?”
In Li Guang’s eyes, Li Chi’s current condition was like this.
During illness the body operated in a low-metabolism, low-energy conservation mode.
Once the illness improved, the medication wore off, or inflammation decreased, the suppressed physiological functions would experience a short-term rebound.
It was similar to an appliance that had been without power for a long time suddenly getting electricity back and running at high power for a while.
There were also psychological factors.
After recovering from a major illness, the joy of escaping the pain and the desire for normal life would psychologically stimulate the body’s activity, making one feel subjectively full of energy.
This mental drive would amplify the perception of vitality.
Of course it might also be related to the strange golden electric current on Li Chi’s body, but Li Guang was not sure yet.
After all, she had no knowledge of this unrecorded ability.
In short she believed Li Chi should continue resting in bed instead of going out and moving around casually.
“It’s fine. I’m just going for a short walk.”
Li Chi lied without batting an eye or his heart skipping a beat.
He had been making up so many excuses lately that even he felt he was getting more and more skilled at deception.
But all these lies served good purposes, so he felt no psychological burden at all.
Hearing Li Chi’s words, Li Guang hesitated for a moment before nodding helplessly.
“All right then. But remember to wear more clothes before you go out.”
“Of course, no problem.”
Just as Li Guang turned to leave her brother’s room, she finally noticed Li Chi’s shortened hair this time.
When had a person who had been bedridden the whole time gone to get a haircut?
“Brother, when did you get your hair cut?”
Li Chi pointed at the blue hair clippings in the trash bin nearby.
“Just now. Didn’t you think my hair had grown a bit too long? I was even mistaken for a magical girl last time, so I decided to try cutting it myself. Surprisingly, it turned out pretty good.”
Li Guang did not sense anything unusual and left the room.
Li Chi pinched his short hair.
Strictly speaking, he was pinching the cells generated by his outer body.
This ability could originally only be used after transforming, but now he could freely use it even in his normal state.
Yes, his current “hair” was alive—it could move.
So in a sense Li Chi was actually bald right now.
The stuff on his head could no longer be called hair.
Still, it was part of his body.
Although the “hair” he now sported was essentially his own flesh and blood, it looked and felt exactly like normal hair.
Hmm… Hair composed of living cells would probably cause bleeding if an ordinary person tried to cut it.
But Li Chi could subjectively suppress his sense of pain at will, so he had long since put that matter out of his mind.
After stepping outside, Li Chi once again breathed in the fresh air that he hadn’t smelled in what felt like ages.
This reminded him of something he had nearly forgotten.
He turned a corner into a rather secluded spot and took out the storage box he carried with him.
The basic monster that had previously transformed into a tiger-like creature had been kept on him the whole time.
At first he had kept it because of its decent potential.
Now it was also his direct subordinate.
However, due to various matters during this period, he had completely forgotten about this monster.
It carried certain risks to let these most basic-type monsters evolve into advanced monsters directly using magic crystal cores.
But now Li Chi had a method that could make this monster much stronger with absolutely no risk.
“Come out. There’s no one around here.”
He tapped a small grid glowing with white light inside the storage box.
Immediately a basic monster appeared, holding a can of cola and some french fries in its hands.
“Gugu gaga?” (What’s going on, Chief? Is there something you need me to do?)
Hmm, it looked like this guy had been living quite comfortably inside the storage box.
By the way, could this thing store anything?
Li Chi extended one hand.
A blood orb emitting an ominous black-red glow floated above his palm.
“Eat this… Never mind, you don’t need to eat it. It’s just granting you a new power. Later, go do something for me.”
“Gugu gaga!” (No problem, Chief! Your business is my business! I will go through fire and water for you!)
Even though Li Chi hadn’t done anything special, the monster in front of him seemed extremely loyal to him.
For a moment he felt a twinge of guilt.
Never mind that for now.
Li Chi reached out and slapped the blood orb directly onto the basic monster’s body.
“—Gugu—Guga—Gaga!” (It hurts! Wait, no! Why do I feel like I’m getting stronger?!)
Li Chi’s blood suddenly seemed to come alive, rapidly multiplying and slowly enveloping the basic monster’s body.
The basic monster’s body began to twist and distort.
Its originally thin and small frame gradually became strong and muscular.
One minute later the blood had completely corroded the basic monster’s body and transformed its appearance into something else.
It was covered in metallic-gloss emerald-green armor with sharp, well-defined muscle lines.
Prominent yellow armor shaped like muscles adorned its chest.
A pair of familiar scarlet compound eyes were embedded on both sides of the helmet, with two sharp sensory antennae on top of its head.
This was the original appearance of Amazon Omega—before it had been modified by the magic power of this world.
Li Chi had turned the basic monster into that form.
However, this Omega did not have a belt.
Instead silver armbands wrapped around its arms, shining with dazzling light.
“It looks very successful.”
Li Chi rested one hand on his chin, circling around the original Omega with great interest.
Yes, the task he wanted this monster to do was to help him complete this week’s fixed missions.
It was not that he wanted to slack off.
He had simply thought of a much more interesting method.
In his plan he would also participate in this mission this time instead of just sitting on the sidelines watching the original Omega fight the magical girls.
“Hahaha… Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!”
Li Chi lowered his voice, imitating the authentic villainous laugh he had learned from White Lion.
It sounded quite genuine.
The game with the magical girls… was about to begin!
Today was still another day as a cadre of the Dark Organization.