Chapter 198 The Reason

Li Chenzhou gently opened the bottle cap, shook the bottle, and released a bit of the universe origin.

This universe origin was like a gray mist, floating in the air after being shaken out of the bottle. Li Chenzhou closed the bottle, glanced at the universe origin, then leaned over, took a deep breath, and sucked all the universe origin into his body…

As soon as the universe origin entered his body, a heat current immediately spread throughout his body, as if it had spread to every cell, making Li Chenzhou feel as if he were sunbathing, his whole body warm and comfortable.

But then, this warm current suddenly rose, from warm to scorching, and then to scalding. Li Chenzhou instantly changed from sunbathing to being in a pot of boiling oil, and his skin began to crack like the Devourer before…

"Ah~~~~!"

Caught off guard, Li Chenzhou screamed miserably. The intense pain was transmitted from every cell in his body, almost causing him to fall into a coma!

Moreover, he had already turned into a blood man, with blood spurting from all over his body, like a human fountain. The temperature of his body continued to rise, and quite quickly.

"System, recycle!"

The extreme pain made Li Chenzhou unable to even speak a complete sentence. Fortunately, he only needed to think silently to communicate with the system. He immediately asked the system to recycle all the universe origin in his body.

"Bang!"

The system was very efficient, immediately absorbing all the universe origin in Li Chenzhou's body. Li Chenzhou went limp and fell backward to the ground.

"Boss!"

Hu Tao and the others had been watching outside. Seeing this situation, Grey Bear was the first to teleport in. He himself had the highest authority in the fortress. He had only asked Hu Tao for instructions before teleporting to important locations because he had taken on the role of a soldier.

But now that Li Chenzhou was in danger, he would naturally not have any scruples. He would definitely rush to Li Chenzhou's side as soon as possible. However, looking down at Li Chenzhou, Grey Bear felt a little at a loss. He didn't even dare to touch Li Chenzhou.

Li Chenzhou looked extremely miserable at this time. He could hardly find a complete piece of skin the size of a thumb on his body. His face looked like a shattered windshield, covered with dense cracks.

Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng also teleported over, along with the paramedics from this side.

However, seeing Li Chenzhou's appearance, the paramedics didn't dare to move either, because he looked so fragile that it seemed like a piece of meat would fall off if they touched him.

"Give me this to drink!"

Just then, a bottle of potion suddenly appeared in Li Chenzhou's hand. At the same time, Li Chenzhou said weakly.

Grey Bear immediately picked up the bottle and poured all the potion inside into Li Chenzhou's mouth.

"Alright! Don't worry about me, I just need to rest for a while!"

After drinking the Super Healing Potion exchanged from the Killing Mall, the burning pain all over Li Chenzhou's body finally eased a little. He said weakly.

Grey Bear pretended not to hear Li Chenzhou's words and continued to guard him. Hu Tao and Dugu Tianfeng exchanged a look and didn't show any intention of leaving, just watching quietly from the side.

The Super Healing Potion was quite expensive, one million Killing Points per bottle, but the effect was indeed heaven-defying. According to the description, it could restore you to your best condition as long as your soul was still there!

After drinking the potion, the damaged cells all over Li Chenzhou's body quickly recovered, and the cracks in his skin gradually healed. After five minutes, he had completely recovered! Just like the description said, he had reached his peak state.

"Phew! Luckily, I used a small amount. I almost died!"

Feeling that he was fine, Li Chenzhou sat up, took out the bottle of universe origin, and looked at it inside.

"What's going on?"

Hu Tao also looked at the bottle and asked.

Among everyone, Hu Tao's expectations for this universe origin should be the greatest, but seeing Li Chenzhou's situation, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"This thing… feels similar to a mutated crystal core. It's also a substance that can evolve us!"

Li Chenzhou recalled the feeling before and said with some lingering fear:

"However, the energy it contains is dozens or hundreds of times that of a mutated crystal core. Our bodies simply can't withstand it. If I didn't have a trump card to remove the absorbed universe origin, my body would definitely have been severely damaged, and I definitely wouldn't have survived!"

Hu Tao and the others exchanged glances. No one doubted Li Chenzhou's words, because they had all seen the situation before.

"Why can they do it? Could it be… a matter of level?"

Hu Tao projected an image onto a wall, showing the mutated Devourer.

"No! It's not a matter of level!"

Li Chenzhou shook his head and said.

After absorbing the universe origin, Li Chenzhou had a rough guess and also guessed what the universe origin was. He thought for a while and said:

"It should be a matter of life form. The universe origin contains too much energy. Our bodies simply can't handle it. If we absorb it directly, our bodies will definitely explode!

But Devourers are different. They themselves feed on absorbing life energy, so their bodies can instantly absorb a large amount of energy. Moreover, they can also use the absorbed energy to quickly heal their injuries."

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou changed the image on the wall to the recording of the Devourer's evolution before, pointed at the screen, and said:

"Look, after absorbing the universe origin, his skin cracked all over, just like mine just now. This shows that this energy is not so easy for him to absorb either.

But they can use energy to heal their bodies, and the universe origin itself is the purest energy. His body is being destroyed by the energy of the universe origin on one side, and being repaired by the energy of the universe origin on the other side, so he can persist!

In other words…"

Holding up the bottle of universe origin, Li Chenzhou sighed and said:

"This thing can only be absorbed by creatures like Devourers! For us, it's no different from poison! It has nothing to do with evolution level. Lao Hu, if you absorb it, you will definitely die! There's no luck involved!"

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Hu Tao looked at the bottle, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing, his face full of frustration!

"However… I did think of a question that someone in my world told me."

Li Chenzhou was also looking at the bottle. Then, he looked at the mutated Devourer again, as if he had thought of something, and slowly said…