I Stack Attributes in the Apocalypse - Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Lu Ming’s Potential Awakening

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Turning ordinary people into Awakened individuals was a topic that Meng Jie had once raised.

Unfortunately, Guangping Street lacked the necessary experimental equipment and assistants. It was already commendable that Meng Jie could research the evolution of Awakened individuals through devouring zombie crystals. Any further progress was beyond her capabilities.

However, Meng Jie could not do it, but Huo Sheng was different.

Firstly, his knowledge was indeed superior to Meng Jie’s.

Most importantly, he had the support of the entire official shelter—both people and equipment, were readily available.

A long time ago, Huo Sheng had already started researching the topic of artificially creating Awakened individuals.

Not to mention the difficulties encountered along the way, but in short, until a few days ago, Huo Sheng finally found a safe and effective method to turn ordinary people into Awakened individuals.

“The key lies in the mystery factor.”

“It is known that for ordinary people to become Awakened individuals, the cells in their bodies need to combine with the mystery factor.”

“And Zombie crystals are pure amalgams of mystery factors.”

The method was simple.

Extract and dilute the mystery factor from the zombie crystal, mix it with special substances, and inject it into the human body through intravenous injection.

“The key here lies in the quantity of the mystery factor.”

“Even the lowest Tier 1 zombie crystal can explode an ordinary person! Therefore, the difficulty of the experiment lies in how to further separate the mystery factor in the zombie crystal.”

When it came to professional knowledge, Huo Sheng’s expression immediately changed. He became excited and focused, speaking fluently and non-stop.

However, when he saw that Lu Ming and Zhang Chengcheng did not show much interest, he sighed softly and went straight to the point.

“Mr. Lu’s body is different from that of ordinary people.”

“If an ordinary person directly swallowed the zombie crystal, their cells would immediately be crushed by the mystery factor and they would definitely turn into zombies within ten seconds. However, due to the strength of your physical abilities, Mr. Lu, you can directly consume the Zombie crystal, and you will be able to completely absorb the mystery factor within it.”

“Once the concentration of the mystery factor in your body reaches a certain threshold, you will complete your Awakening and become a Level 1 Awakened!”

Being stronger indeed made a difference.

Even the mystery factor had to open a back door for you…

In short, Lu Ming and Zhang Chengcheng understood Huo Sheng’s words.

If Lu Ming wanted to progress further and become an Awakened, all he needed to do was to consume Zombie crystals.

Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 zombie crystals were fine.

If one was not enough, he would take two. If two were not enough, he would take three. He would continue to consume them until Awakening!

Zhang Chengcheng’s face revealed excitement.

Brother Lu was already strong now. How powerful would he become after Awakening!?

Lu Ming, on the other hand, remained calm.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, “Are you sure it’s not dangerous?”

Huo Sheng nodded affirmatively, “I’m sure! There’s absolutely no danger.”

However….

Eating the nucleus of a zombie…

This was really a little disgusting.

However, for the sake of strength, Lu Ming could tolerate a bit of disgust.

The problem lay in the level of risk.

Unlike acquaintances like Zhang Chengcheng, Wang Xiong, and Meng Jie, Lu Ming was not very familiar with Huo Sheng. Lu Ming was not completely convinced by what he said.

After some thought, Lu Ming continued, “I want to see the entire process of an ordinary person becoming an Awakened. Is it possible to start from the stage of processing the zombie crystal?”

Lu Ming’s caution did not come as a surprise to Huo Sheng.

Instead, he smiled slightly, as if to say, “I was waiting for you to say this.”

After that, he said, “Coincidentally, I also have the intention to become an Awakened individual this time. Let me personally demonstrate it to you. What do you think?”

That could not be better.

Huo Sheng was a smart person.

Even though he had not interacted much with Lu Ming, Huo Sheng had indirectly learned what kind of person Lu Ming was.

Otakus did not like to interact with others.

At the same time, he had a bit of paranoid delusion, always thinking of things in a negative light and believing that someone would harm him.

—This could be seen from the fact that Lu Ming had not allowed anyone, not even Zhang Chengcheng, to step inside his home.

To gain the trust of such a person would inevitably require prolonged contact. However, at the moment when the Tier 4 zombie tentacle monster appeared, Huo Sheng realized that humanity’s time was truly running out…

The zombies were evolving, becoming stronger and more terrifying!

Meanwhile, the evolution of human Awakened individuals had stagnated— Tyrants were difficult to find, Zombie crystals were scarce, and leaving the safety zone to actively hunt Tyrants was too dangerous and not worthwhile at all.

To put it bluntly, the main purpose of Huo Sheng’s visit today was not to discuss the issue of Tier 4 zombies with Lu Ming, or even to inform Lu Ming that he could progress further and become an Awakened individual.

Huo Sheng simply wanted Lu Ming to become an Awakened individual!

Lu Ming had to progress further and become an Awakened individual!

Otherwise, the future of humanity was really worrying!

Of course, Huo Sheng also knew that Lu Ming, who was not an Awakened, must have a secret.

But was that important?

It did not matter at all!

Digging into the secrets of a strong individual and offending the strong—let’s not even mention whether he had a way to control Lu Ming or not. Even if he did, as a leader, if he were to do such a thing, humanity might as well be destroyed, and there would be no point in the struggle.

What was the point of a bunch of idiots fussing around…

The location of the experiment was in Meng Jie’s laboratory.

Taking out a Tier 1 zombie crystal, Bai Tianyu helped Huo Sheng retrieve an instrument—a small centrifuge that resembled a blender.

Under Lu Ming’s interested gaze, Huo Sheng activated the centrifuge and placed the zombie crystals inside.

Soon, the zombie crystals began to melt, transforming into streams of air with twinkling specks of light. The streams flowed out of the centrifuge through another opening and were collected.

Bai Tianyu and his warriors brought more equipment and raw materials.

As Huo Sheng concocted some kind of pale red liquid, he explained, “Actually, the difficulty in turning ordinary people into Awakened individuals lies in the quantity of the mystery factor. Have you seen those streams of air? Those are the diluted mystery factors.”

“If you don’t mind the pain, you can directly inhale the diluted mystery factors to become an Awakened individual. However, although this method is not dangerous, it is very painful and difficult to endure.”

After speaking, Huo Sheng shook the test tube containing the mixed liquid and said, “This is a painkiller that can fuse with mystery factors. When combined, it can reduce the pain to a level that an ordinary person can endure.”

With that, Meng Jie stepped forward and rolled up her sleeves.

After properly fusing the painkiller with the mystery factor, Huo Sheng injected it into Meng Jie’s body.

Soon, Meng Jie began to experience fever and body convulsions, indicating that she was in pain.

However, Huo Sheng no longer paid attention to Meng Jie and instead looked back at the experimental table.

He picked up a portion of the collected Mystery Factors, pulled out the test tube stopper, took a deep breath and sucked in the other portion of Mystery Factor into his nasal cavity.

Veins popped out on his forehead.

Cold sweat instantly covered his forehead.

Amidst everyone’s exclamations, Huo Sheng turned to look at Lu Ming. As he trembled, he smiled and said, “I recommend Mr. Lu to directly consume the zombie crystals.”

“Just like what I… am doing now…”