Desolate World: Starting with [Selection Option] - Chapter 39

Chapter 39: Metal Essence Energy Affinity

Then a huge battle erupted.

Similar to the two big golden bees, these little golden bees could also shoot golden needles.

Neither side was willing to give way, and the battle quickly heated up. For a while, it was as if several guns were shooting streaks of golden light.

Seeing the terrifying battle, Wang Shuo burrowed and hid under a leaf, afraid that he would be caught by them.

Then he found a shivering snail.

“Consider yourself lucky. I have no time for you now.”

As he watched the battle scene fit for a blockbuster movie not far away, his mind wandered.

“If I could eat a golden bee, would I inherit this skill?”

Just as he was thinking, a little golden bee was struck in the abdomen. It immediately swayed in midair before another needle hit its head. Then it collapsed to the ground.

“Great!”

Wang Shuo was overjoyed, but he suppressed his excitement and continued to wait.

At this moment, the purple flower finally fully bloomed. A fragrance several times stronger than before permeated the area, making the golden bees descend into a deeper mania.

The frequency of their attacks rose drastically.

In the blink of an eye, more little bees fell to the ground. Some of them had several holes in their bodies and looked miserable; some only had their wings broken and were still struggling.

“Another one. That’s six!”

Wang Shuo counted happily as he kept chanting in his heart for the battle to be more ruthless.

Two minutes later, another seven little golden bees fell. Then both parties suddenly stopped.

As a bystander, Wang Shuo could roughly tell the reason.

Currently, the two big golden bees were still relatively unscathed. But the little bees were dispirited and fatigued, and even the golden light on their bodies had dimmed.

“Did they run out of mana?”

After he thought about it, it made sense. After all, there were only so many of them. Even if they had special abilities, how much energy could they have left?

At this moment, the two big golden bees zoomed out again. They flew around for a bit and then charged toward the purple flower at the same time.

They each circled one side of the flower, and their bodies suddenly emitted golden light.

Then the fragrance in the air gradually began to fade.

When all the fragrance disappeared in less than five minutes, the two big golden bees seemed to be drunk as they flew back unsteadily to their respective camps and then left with their underlings.

As for the purple flower, there was no longer anything special about it. The flickering spiritual light on its surface had also totally vanished.

“But since it could make those bees so insistent on getting it, it must be something special. I must eat it next time!”

Wang Shuo waited for a while. After making sure that all the golden bees had left, he jumped toward the battlefield at breakneck speed.

Then he saw two motionless golden bee corpses.

Without delay, he devoured one.

[You devoured the Golden Poison Bee. Evolution Points +13%.]

[The player is undergoing a random draw. [Selection Option] automatically activated.]

[Here are the options…]

[Talent: Metal Essence Energy Affinity (Elementary)]: Possess weak metal essence energy affinity.

[Skill: Golden Poison Needle]: The golden poison bees created the attack by experimenting with their body structure and the basic application of metal essence energy.

[Strength +0.0001]

[Agility +0.0001]

[Physique +0.0001]

[None]

…

There was no need to think about it. It had to be Talent: Metal Essence Energy Affinity.

The moment Wang Shuo made his choice, he felt as if a hole had opened up in his head. Many whitish-golden light spots instantly appeared between heaven and earth.

“What?”

These light spots were not unfamiliar to Wang Shuo. He had experienced them when stage one of the Primordial Chaos Skill reached perfection.

“So these light spots are essence energy. So, have I been absorbing essence energy?”

At this moment, Wang Shuo thought about many things. The light spots that his main body could sense were extremely dense. But he was sure that his main body absolutely didn’t have an essence energy affinity talent.

Compared to the main body, his sharp-horned beetle form could only sense a single type of light spot.

But all of them were very lively, acting cheekily like little fairies. Surprisingly, many of them even took the initiative to enter his body.

This was something that his main body didn’t experience.

It was just like watching TV. Through the high-definition screen, you could see the beautiful sceneries of the entire world clearly. But you couldn’t experience the heat of a volcano or the ice of the North Pole…

[You have met the requirements for evolution. Do you want to start evolving?]

“No!” Without hesitation, Wang Shuo selected no.

He continued to devour the next one.

[Evolution Points +12%.]

Wang Shuo also wanted to choose the Golden Poison Needle. But unexpectedly, the Metal Essence Energy Affinity talent was still available as an option.

“I can actually choose it again?”

They were both elementary talents, so why couldn’t Elementary Strength be stacked?

Soon, Wang Shuo had a guess.

Strength was based on the body. Without altering the structure of the body, there was a limit to your potential.

Whereas essence energy affinity didn’t rely on the body, so it didn’t face restrictions.

As this thought flashed through his mind, Wang Shuo chose the Metal Essence Energy Affinity talent again.

[Your Talent: Metal Essence Energy Affinity has improved!]

Metal Essence Energy Affinity +1: Your metal essence energy affinity has enhanced.

Wang Shuo could clearly feel that his body was absorbing light spots faster.

Next, he found nine more golden poison bee corpses.

It was two fewer than what he had counted before. He didn’t know if they escaped or were eaten by something else.

The eleven golden poison bees provided him with 132% evolution points. With his previous accumulation, he reached an unprecedented 222%.

But the most significant gain was the Metal Essence Energy Affinity talent.

The initial elementary Metal Essence Energy Affinity talent had been enhanced to +3 and successfully advanced to the intermediate level.

But at the intermediate level, it took three times to get a +1 change.

At this moment, the speed at which his body absorbed the essence energy light spots had increased by six to seven times.

Initially, it took five minutes to absorb one. Now, it took less than a minute to absorb one.

But gradually, Wang Shuo realized that his body’s capacity for essence energy had a limit.

Currently, he could only absorb a maximum of nine. Beyond this number, he couldn’t absorb any more.

After realizing this, Wang Shuo used the remaining three options for the Golden Poison Needle skill.

It was different from the Bite skill he had inherited.

The Golden Poison Needle had undergone some slight changes during the inheritance process.

Originally, the Golden Poison Needle was an essence energy skill that the golden poison bees created by experimenting with their body structure as the foundation.

After Wang Shuo inherited it, it became—[Golden Horn]: Launches a powerful essence energy golden horn.

After testing it out, he found that one essence energy golden horn cost one essence energy light spot.

In other words, he could unleash nine golden horn attacks in total.

But its power was somewhat unsatisfactory. It was barely stronger than the strengthened Horn Thrust.

So Wang Shuo used the last two golden poison bees and successfully strengthened Golden Horn to Golden Horn +2.

With the enhancement, the Golden Horn’s power improved by leaps and bounds. It could even easily penetrate a centimeter of stone.

But the cost also increased by two times, and each attack now required three essence energy spots.