Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 178 – Spirit Qi Transformation

A silvery stream of light streaked across the sky above the wasteland.

Lin Fan maintained a flight speed of eighty percent. The tight leather suit clung to her body in the wind, outlining her curvaceous figure.

Her Mental Strength scanned the city ruins below like radar.

Then, she saw something amiss.

A Mutant wild boar, a full three meters tall, was rampaging through the streets.

Its tusks were like two scimitars, its back was covered in bone spurs, and its four legs were as thick as concrete pillars.

But the strangest part was its forelimbs.

They weren’t hooves.

Instead, they had a structure similar to human hands, with five short, thick fingers, and she could even make out the outline of knuckles.

Lin Fan frowned and slowed her speed.

Her gaze continued to sweep over the ruins, and she soon discovered more anomalies.

A pack of Mutant wild dogs, which should have been walking on all fours, were now standing on their hind legs, their forelimbs dangling in front of their chests as if imitating a human posture.

A Mutant cat sat perched on the hood of an abandoned car, holding a piece of bloody flesh with its two front paws, its posture eerily like a human eating.

And there was something even more exaggerated.

A Mutant ape, a full five meters tall, was standing atop a collapsed building. Its body was almost completely upright, its muscular arms hanging by its sides, its chest heaving as if it were breathing.

Its face…

Lin Fan’s pupils constricted.

That face no longer looked like an ape’s.

The brow ridge had flattened, the bridge of the nose was straight, the mouth was no longer so prominent, and the entire facial contour… was converging towards that of a human.

“What the hell…”

Lin Fan hovered in mid-air, her eyes cold.

She recalled certain fragments from Long Ningshuang’s memories.

The low-level Demonic Creatures created by the Dragon Clan, though varied in type, shared a common trait—their body structures were all evolving towards a “humanoid form.”

Pig-men, wolf-men, cat-men, snake-men…

These sub-human races were, in essence, products of the Dragon Clan transforming ordinary beasts through some means.

And now, the Mutant Zombies on Blue Star… were heading down the same path.

“Spirit Energy modification.”

Lin Fan murmured to herself.

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She finally understood.

The so-called “radiation shockwave” was not solar radiation at all.

It was the process of Spirit Energy from the Dragon Spirit Continent being poured into Blue Star through a Spatial Rift.

The first shockwave turned humans who had been injected with enhancement serums into Zombies.

The second shockwave caused all living beings to begin a secondary evolution.

And the direction of this evolution…

All pointed to a single goal—humanoid transformation.

“The Dragon Clan isn’t destroying Blue Star.”

A cold glint flashed in Lin Fan’s eyes.

“They are transforming Blue Star.”

“They’re transforming all the creatures on Blue Star into the same species as those on the Dragon Spirit Continent.”

“And then…”

Lin Fan took a deep breath.

“Turn Blue Star into a colony of the Dragon Spirit Continent.”

Once this speculation was established, all the clues fell into place.

Why did the Dragon Clan need to periodically deploy Demonic Creatures every month?

Because they needed to accelerate the increase in Blue Star’s Spirit Energy concentration.

Why create the Chosen Ones?

Because they needed to screen for humans who could adapt to the Spirit Energy environment to serve as future “tools of control.”

Why turn 99.9% of the enhanced into Zombies?

Because Zombies were the best “Spirit Energy converters.” They would continuously absorb Spirit Energy and then condense it into Crystals within their bodies.

And after the slaughter of the apocalypse, high-level Zombies would gradually emerge.

And the Crystals from these Zombies…

Were the “fruits” for the Dragon Clan to harvest.

The more Lin Fan thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed.

If this guess was true, then all the humans on Blue Star had been “leeks” farmed by the Dragon Clan from the very beginning.

And… perhaps some of the higher-ups in the so-called Federation had long since…

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“Heh.”

Lin Fan let out a cold laugh.

“Unfortunately for you, you ran into me.”

She looked down at the five-meter-tall Mutant ape below.

The creature seemed to have sensed her gaze from the sky and slowly raised its head, its pair of murky eyes staring at Lin Fan.

The next second.

It threw its head back and roared, the sound vibrating the very air.

In the surrounding ruins, countless Mutant Zombies were startled, crawling out from the shadows one after another and converging in Lin Fan’s direction.

Lin Fan glanced over them.

At least three hundred.

And all of them were level-two or higher Mutants.

The aura emanating from the five-meter-tall ape… was already approaching level-four.

“Perfect.”

Lin Fan flexed her wrists.

“Let’s see just how different these ‘Spirit Energy-modified’ Zombies are.”

She dove down from the sky, her long, silvery-white hair fluttering in the wind.

The tight leather suit clung to her body, outlining her perfect curves.

Her high-heeled leather boots reflected a faint light.

Lin Fan didn’t use any of her abilities.

She simply extended her right hand, her five fingers slightly curled.

The next second, her figure vanished from the air.

When she reappeared, she was already standing in front of the Mutant ape.

The ape reacted extremely quickly, its thick arm smashing down violently.

Lin Fan dodged to the side and gently pressed her palm against the ape’s chest.

And then…

She gave a light push.

Boom!

The ape’s massive body flew backward, crashing through a three-story building and sending up a cloud of dust.

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Lin Fan retracted her hand, a trace of surprise flashing in her eyes.

“Its body density has increased by at least three times.”

“And the toughness of its muscle fibers… is far stronger than that of an ordinary Mutant.”

She looked down at her own palm.

She had used about thirty percent of her strength in that push just now.

If it had been a level-three Mutant from before, it would have been slapped into a meat paste long ago.

But this ape was merely sent flying.

“Interesting.”

A smile tugged at the corner of Lin Fan’s lips.

The surrounding Mutant Zombies were already pouncing on her.

Wild boars, wild dogs, cats, and even a few Mutant rats, each the size of an electric scooter.

Lin Fan didn’t dodge.

She simply lifted her right leg, the heel of her high-heeled boot tapping lightly on the ground.

Crack.

The ground instantly fractured, with cracks spreading out from her like a spiderweb.

The next second, all the charging Mutant Zombies froze in place.

Their bodies were trembling.

Not from fear.

But because… their bones were being crushed by an invisible force.

Lin Fan slowly raised her hand.

Her Mental Strength, like countless invisible threads, wrapped around every single Mutant Zombie.

And then…

She clenched her five fingers into a fist.

Pop pop pop pop pop!

A continuous series of explosions erupted.

Three hundred Mutant Zombies, at the exact same moment, all exploded into a mist of blood.

Only the level-four Mutant ape was left, still struggling to climb out of the rubble.

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Lin Fan strode towards it.

Her high-heeled boots made crisp sounds as they stepped on the gravel.

The ape raised its head. For the first time, an emotion of “fear” appeared in its murky eyes.

It opened its mouth and let out a low growl.

But this time, it wasn’t a threat.

It was… a plea for mercy.

Lin Fan stopped in her tracks.

She looked into the ape’s eyes, her brow furrowed.

“Its intelligence… is also increasing.”

This ape could already understand the concept of “death” and had developed the emotion of “fear.”

This meant…

Its brain was converging towards that of a human.

Lin Fan took a deep breath.

She raised her hand, and a ball of white flame appeared in her palm.

Lin Fan needed to verify something.

The white flame shot from her hand, instantly engulfing the ape’s body.

In less than three seconds, the ape was reduced to ashes.

Only an egg-sized Crystal was left, lying quietly on the ground.

Lin Fan walked over and picked up the Crystal.

This was a level-four Crystal.

Lin Fan’s pupils constricted.

“Spirit Energy crystal.”

Combined with the Spirit Energy of the Dragon Spirit Continent.

She finally understood.

The so-called Crystals were, in essence, “Spirit Energy Crystals” that formed in the brain after a creature absorbed Spirit Energy.

She looked up at the sky, her eyes icy.

“The Dragon Clan… is playing a really big game.”