Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

"Gurgle..."

Li Aozi swallowed the Ether Blood, and the corrosive pain rapidly spread throughout his body. However, for the battle-hardened Li Aozi, this was nothing new.

The immune system collapsed, and the body's defenses crumbled. Various viruses and bacteria, originally blocked by the immune system in the air, immediately took effect.

Li Aozi's skin quickly ulcerated as the Ether Blood rampaged inside his body, infiltrating the capillaries all over, from the stomach and trachea. The heavy Ether particles oppressed his nerves,

[Detected Ether Blood corroding the body. Since your species is not 'C3 Luca Type Aliens', the 'Secret Awakening' will be initiated next.]

[Ether Erosion — Conducting a [Constitution] check...]

The motor system is paralyzed.

Once the Ether Blood entered the muscle fibers, the body fluids evaporated over a large area, and the flesh began to carbonize extensively. The fibers became as rigid as wood, unable to conduct electrical signals. The kidneys directly lost their filtration ability, and a large amount of unfiltered body fluid dissolved into his bloodstream. He began to sweat profusely, losing electrolytes crazily, breaking the acid-base balance of the body, which started self-dissolution.

[Check failed, your [Constitution] is below the minimum threshold (1200 points)]

The thought system is severely damaged.

Ether Blood corroded the brain more slowly, seemingly more interested in the spine. It bore a 12mm diameter hole in Li Aozi's cervical and lumbar discs. Like slippery eels, the Ether Blood tunneled directly into his spine, wantonly devouring his bone marrow.

"It's over now."

Kauna looked at the struggling Li Aozi, holding his chin with one hand:

"It's rare to see a native of Starry Abyss like you who isn't poisoned immediately, yet hasn't completed the transformation—could it be because your bloodline is somewhat similar to Earthlings?"

Sensory system completely shut down.

Li Aozi's retinas detached, and the displacement of the otoliths caused some pain, but soon he lost all sense of touch. He could not feel heat, cold, or pain, nor could he even achieve bone conduction.

Yet even so, Li Aozi remained exceedingly calm. Although he lost his sense of touch, his Will was exceptionally tenacious. Before losing his senses, he had already activated the Gang Qi Shield and Immovable Body.

"Hmm, maybe a little."

Kauna did not attack. The Secret People were too rare, and successful assimilation yielded far more benefits than killing. He clasped his paws, watching Li Aozi kneeling on one knee, as immovable as a rock, and said:

"A little, but not much. After all, a barren alkali land civilization like your Starry Abyss cannot possibly give birth to a bloodline as noble as that of us Earthlings."

[Bloodline Check—]

[Sequence 82: Bloodline Activation!]

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Pfft!

Li Aozi's eyes, mouth, and nose immediately spurted blood, followed by the flow of astonishing silvery-white blood.

"Oh?"

[Writer] Victor turned his head, surprised, looking at the battlefield on the Astrologer's side:

"Kauna, you actually managed to create a companion."

[Reading... Dominate... Delicious...]

[Alien Blood Sample Collected]

The silvery-white Ether Blood struggled and wriggled outside the body, eventually like a homing bird, spiritually returning to the wound and body crevices, simultaneously eradicating all the corrosion damage caused.

[Arcane Energy Continuously Operating...]

Li Aozi's internal system rapidly restructured. The Ether Blood peacefully flowed along with Li Aozi's native blood. Far from being distinctly separate, they supported each other like migratory birds attached to their mother. You have me, and I have you.

[Features Fully Integrated]

The Ether Blood brought partial Strength, absorbed by Li Aozi's native blood, which acted as an identity allowing the Ether Blood, like obtaining a permanent residency, to continuously integrate, observe, learn, and adapt to the body's system, eventually as an ordinary component, fully naturalized, and pledged allegiance to this vast nation.

[Supreme Bloodline, You—'We' Are Above All Living Beings!]

The structures within the body were quickly fortified by the Ether Blood, and a strange yet immensely close and harmless consciousness began to connect with Li Aozi through the Ether Blood.

[Bloodline Check Forced Through]

However, on the other hand, this connection seemed one-way, with the [Bloodline] like a high wall blocking the Ether and the vast mother nest network.

There are still many...many similar nodes, with the Ethers forming a vast network like stars across spacetime, across the Universe, across Starry Abyss.

Is this...the thinking of the [Society]?

This allowed Li Aozi to one-way receive energy and information from the mother nest network, while the other party could not access, not even observe his coordinate address.

It was a private network, a personal server, allowing the wind and rain to pass through, but not granting access to other Citizens within the [Society] network or the network owner.

At this moment, Li Aozi's essence on the planetary orbit suddenly received a flood of information.

[The [Bloodline] has Deconstructed a New Species—Earthlings: Asian Intellectuals]

Li Aozi's countenance swiftly changed, becoming flat and amiable, with hair black like ink, eyes like stars, and a spirited vibrancy.