Chapter 791: Sanque +5: Photosynthetic Treant

It was a very wonderful smell, like peach blossoms that had just bloomed in spring, like the grass that had just been cut by a lawn mower, like the brilliant afternoon sunlight.

All in all, it smelled like flowers, grass, and sunlight.

Not only did it smell good, but Su Yang also felt as if his body had been cleansed after smelling it. In fact, some of his internal injuries and scars had disappeared without a trace, and he seemed to have been reborn.

When Su Yang saw Sanque’s “anomaly” from his new added point, he felt that Sanque must have received a “superb” ability.

Then, he looked at the spot where the cocoon had shattered.

The place was still covered by the green light, so it still was not visible. Hence, all Su Yang could see was a vague shadow.

After a while, the light dissipated.

Su Yang then blinked and realized that… There was nothing inside.

It was like the cocoon was empty, and the shadow just now was fake.

‘Where’s Sanque?

‘Has the added point failed? Has he disappeared?

‘Was that shadow showing him struggling after he failed to receive the point?’

At that moment, Su Yang was lost in his thoughts.

Then, just as he was deep in thought…

A system notification sounded beside his ear. [Ding. Wild Ginseng +5: New ability obtained.]

‘Eh? The added point was a success?’

Hence, since the system had given him a notification, Su Yang did not hesitate anymore and ran over to check on Sanque.

When he reached the area where the point was added, Su Yang saw a dried wild ginseng lying on the ground which had two leaves, and the roots were split into two parts that looked like human legs. Apart from that, some ginseng roots grew on its body.

Seeing this, Su Yang couldn’t help but think of Sanque’s real body.

‘Is it possible that Sanque has returned to his original form?

Just as Su Yang was thinking about this, the wild ginseng on the ground suddenly “stood” up. Then, it lifted its two “legs” up high and slammed them down, taking root on the beach.

As its roots entered the ground, the two leaves on its head became greener and greener. Then, moments later… They fell.

After the two leaves fell, the wild ginseng burst forth with a burst of light. When the light dissipated, the sage-like Sanque appeared before Su Yang once again.

Then, he bent down slowly and picked up the leaf before looking at Su Yang. However, he did not say anything, but there was a +4 symbol on his head.

Seeing this, Su Yang was speechless.

‘Whatever, I think I’ve grown used to this already.

‘Sanque will probably never take the initiative to introduce his abilities in this lifetime.’

With that thought in mind, Su Yang turned on the system to check on Sanque’s new ability.

Before looking at it, Su Yang was still guessing… ‘Is his new ability related to hair loss. After all, Sanque has just lost two leaves.

‘Or… Could it have something to do with the leaves? For example, being able to play a nice song with his leaves?’

At that thought, Su Yang felt that his imagination had gone wild.

In the end, when he saw Sanque’s new ability on the system interface, Su Yang still felt the boundaries of his imagination were not wide enough.

[Special Ability: Photosynthetic Treant]

Ability: This little monster can drop two leaves every year. The body of a living being that consumes this leaf will hatch a companion plant. After the plant is born, its fibers will extend along the host’s blood to every part of their body, making them blade and knife resistant. Plus, their muscles, internal organs, and skin will become extremely tough, greatly enhancing their base characteristics as well.

With the companion plant, if the host is injured or poisoned, they could use photosynthesis to heal their wounds and remove the toxins.

If the host gets severely injured or poisoned instead, their companion plant could use its [Root] ability to turn itself into a plant over a long period of time, freezing all of its hosts functions for a long period of time to await treatment.

Restriction 1: This monster will only drop two leaves every year.

Restriction 2: This plant cannot withstand high-temperature environments. If the temperature it’s exposed to exceeds 50 °C, the plant will wither and disintegrate in the host’s body.

Restriction 3: The plant’s lifespan is 10 years. After 10 years, it will automatically wither and disintegrate.

Note 1: If you have a plant in your body, would you be considered to be a treant?

Note 2: With this, you can no longer enter a sauna.

After reading the introduction of this ability, Su Yang was stunned…

‘What is this?

‘Plant Companion Monster?

‘Furthermore, it’s a plant-type Companion Monster with healing abilities!

‘This is amazing!’

Su Yang read through the description of the ability a few more times and could not find a single flaw. Not only was there a way to use it, there was also a way to remove it. Hence, there was nothing for Su Yang to worry about.

Furthermore, this was exactly what he wanted.. New healing abilities for Sanque.

‘With these two leaves, no matter whoever gets injured or poisoned, they could eat the leaves and allow the Plant Companion Monster inside their body to heal them.

‘If they’re too sick, the plant could even freeze its host’s body until Sanque recovers.

‘Even if they aren’t sick or injured, eating it would strengthen their body and increase their defenses.

‘Hmm… this could definitely be considered to be Sanque’s miraculous healing.’

With that thought in mind, Su Yang stretched out his hand towards Sanque and shook it.

Then, Sanque looked at Su Yang…. One second… Two seconds…

After a while, he took out a leaf from his pocket and passed it to Su Yang.

Su Yang chuckled and immediately threw the leaf into his mouth. ‘I definitely should use this life-saving item for myself first.’

With this, even if Su Yang were to encounter snipers hiding at skyscrapers in the future, he would not be so fearful anymore since his survivability had been greatly improved.

As the leaves entered his stomach, Su Yang felt his stomach turning cold.

A moment later, the chill started to spread in his body through his bloodstream.

Within less than five minutes, the plant had taken root in every blood vessel in his body, including the capillaries, and it was spreading outwards.

After another five minutes, Su Yang felt that the roots of the leaf had spread to every corner of his body and even connected to his skin.

Hence, Su Yang stretched out his hand and gently poked his own skin. ‘There’s nothing wrong with the texture, it’s still skin. However, I can feel a huge “spider web” under my skin being touched.

‘When the force that touches my skin reaches the “spider web”, it will spreaded from one point to another.’

In fact, with Su Yang’s “inner vision”, he could see the “spider web” vibrating rhythmically, causing the force to instantly disappear.

Seeing this, Su Yang’s eyes lit up. ‘Interesting…’

He looked at Sanque and said, “Sanque, punch me, hard.”

Sanque opened his eyes slowly and looked at Su Yang as though the latter was a fool.

Moments later, the shadow of a few arms appeared behind him, and his body slowly expanded.

Su Yang was speechless when he saw this.

Then, he quickly said, “Are you serious?! Without your [Eight Arms Mode]!”

However, it was obvious that Su Yang was too late when he spoke. This was because while he was speaking, Sanque had already completed his transformation. Hence, he completely ignored Su Yang’s second request and raised a hand behind his back up high and made a strange gesture before it suddenly descended.

In fact, before Sanque’s punch even landed, the gust of wind accompanying his strike had arrived first.

On the receiving end, Su Yang could not dodge in time at all, so the punch landed on his shoulder!

At that moment, Su Yang really wanted to scold him. “Sanque! You’re literally too obedient already!”

However, at that moment, something magical happened again.

Time seemed to slow down as everything about his own body appeared in Su Yang’s mind.

At that moment, it seemed as if he had gained complete control over his body. He could clearly see all the changes that happened when Sanque’s heavy fist landed on his left shoulder.

At that moment, his skin caved in, slamming heavily into the “spider web”.

The huge force caused the “spider web” to shake violently, and it was not just limited to one part. Instead, it was spreading continuously and channeling through the “threads” that covered Su Yang’s whole body.

In that instant, Su Yang felt every corner of his body, every inch of his skin, every bone, and every plants’ roots trembling.

After that… Nothing happened.

‘Sanque’s fist that’s as heavy as 10 thousand kilograms actually vanished amidst this miraculous transmission and fluctuation…

‘It felt as if the closer his strike got to the spot where the “spider web” is, the stronger the shockwave would be. The further away he was from the spot where he was hit, the smaller the shockwave would be. In the area where he was hit, the “spider web” would vibrate at least 10 times. However, if it’s at the outermost parts of my body, it would only vibrate once or twice.

‘This is the most amazing shock absorption system!

‘I finally understand what the system meant when it said that I would be sword and knife resistant, and my muscles, organs, and skin would become extremely tough, my physique greatly enhanced.

‘As expected of the system’s definition of “resistant”, “incomparable”, and “great.”

‘I know just how strong Sanque’s abilities are. Although he can’t be compared to Spirit Building and Janet, he’s still considered a fighter amongst the other little monsters. However, after I used his latest ability, I don’t feel anything from his punch at all.

‘I’m practically immune to physical attacks right now!

‘This new point is literally overpowered!

‘Before the experiment, I already knew that this would be an amazing ability. However, after the experiment, I now realize just how much I’ve underestimated it. This literally means that I now have a second life.’

Thus, after obtaining this ability, Su Yang had obtained his first “defensive” and “life-saving” ability, which greatly enhanced his personal safety.

Su Yang then estimated the toughness of his body. ‘I think small firearms such as pistols wouldn’t be able to hurt me, while rifles and submachine guns would leave me injured. However, I reckon that I would only suffer minor injuries at most. Hmm… Snipers might be able to seriously injure me, but it shouldn’t be fatal.

‘However, that’s enough for me.’

After testing the new ability of Sanque’s +5, Su Yang took a look at Sanque, who had turned back into his human form without a word. Then, they chatted for a moment before returning to the castle together.

Among Su Yang’s little monsters, Gru and Sanque were both plant-type. Hence, Su Yang pulled Sanque into his research team to study the newfound mysterious living beings on the island.

With Sanque’s addition to the team, Su Yang’s research progress had indeed improved tremendously.

Within less than five minutes, Sanque ended Su Yang’s research.

“What are we non-professionals researching here? Can’t we just find a professional for such a complicated problem?”

Su Yang was speechless when he heard this.

However, after listening to that long sentence, Su Yang felt that it made sense.

After researching spiritual energy and plants on the island, Su Yang realized that his team was lacking in scientific research.

Furthermore, other than the plants on the island, there were also many high-tech buildings like the [Graphene Battery Production Factory] and the [Glass Screen Component Research And Development Factory] in his virtual space.

Hence, if he wanted to make use of these application-level stuff, he would need to do a second round of research and development. ‘God knows how many years it’s going to take my little monsters to do their research if I have them do it?’

At that thought, Su Yang could not help but feel that perhaps he should do as Sanque had said, “Since it’s professional work, let’s leave it to the professionals. Recruit some scientific researchers from the real world to research together.’

‘As for whether these researchers from the real world would leak my secrets…

‘There’s nothing for me to worry about at all. After all, I have the [Absolute Verbal Contract]. So, those who agree to the contract will not be able to leak the secret.

‘Furthermore, I don’t intend to give them all of my secrets. I’m only going to give them non-crucial information.

‘As for what’s crucial information and what’s not…

‘Right then, little monsters, spiritual energy, and other things that don’t exist in the real world are crucial information.

‘Other technological products aren’t crucial.

‘So, in the eyes of the researchers, my company would just be a world-renowned technology and would not arouse any suspicion.’

As for his crucial research projects, Su Yang intended to use the [Burning Reincarnation Circus] to recruit little monster researchers to solve the issue…

Hence, after planning everything, Su Yang gave Zhao Licheng a call and told him to draft the relevant recruitment requirements before releasing the recruitment notice to the public. He wanted to recruit qualified researchers within a short period of time.

As for the issue of whether they would be able to recruit these researchers or not due to the fact that these researchers were so precious, Su Yang believed that the issue was non-existent…

‘Even if we can’t recruit anyone, there will definitely be someone or organizations sending these researchers my way.

‘Furthermore, I’ve got a trump card for recruitment…’

In fact, while Zhao Licheng was preparing to commence the recruitment, Su Yang did not remain idle.

He needed to think about where he should place the circus before he could obtain a truly useful researcher.

During that period of time, Su Yang had already exchanged all the suitable talents in the circus according to his plan.

Even though these people might not be very powerful, they were on Su Yang’s side at the very least, plus they could handle many things.

Before reviving them, Su Yang had given them lessons every day to brainwash them. He wanted them to know who they were working for and who gave them new lives.

This could effectively prevent there being any loyalty issues with the “secondary little monsters”.

Then, after they were revived, Su Yang gave the new little monsters to Old Pei, who had been collecting raw materials for Su Yang and was short-handed. Hence, with this group of people, Old Pei’s working efficiency would be much higher. At least, someone would be able to help Old Pei carry the raw materials.

It was also because he had resurrected all the useful people that Su Yang could change the circus from [Master Mode] to [Guest Mode] and start recruiting researchers.

Thus, Su Yang hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to place it at the National Technology Academy’s Huabei Hospital.

That was the hospital designated by the National Technology Academy. It was said that many of the patients were the family members of researchers or scientists. Hence, Su Yang believed that he would be able to get something out of it.

Just as Su Yang was about to carry out his plan, he suddenly received a call…