193: evolution

In the early morning, as the scorching fireball rose from the horizon, the night was reluctantly suppressed.

Su Yuan awoke from his slumber, his eight massive tentacles stirring, creating turbulent currents at the lakebed that even shifted large rocks.

Su Yuan opened his eyes, feeling refreshed, and surveyed his surroundings.

The twenty-three Evil Human Kin from last night were still practicing controlling their battle armor, which was equipped with special batteries capable of sustaining prolonged combat.

However, these special batteries, if recharged, were highly inefficient and took an extremely long time to replenish their energy.

Within the Mysterious Organization, once batteries were depleted, they were submitted to the organization for replacement.

It was clear these items were top secret; such small batteries could power battle armor without using nuclear energy.

These batteries were small, extremely safe, and in Su Yuan's estimation, their energy content was comparable to nuclear batteries.

Fortunately, all twenty-three sets of battle armor had recently had their batteries replaced, and their charge was nearly full, enough for about a month of normal use.

Around him, some Evil Human Kin guarded Su Yuan, preventing any oblivious creatures from disturbing him, while in the distance, more Evil Human Kin were diligently intimidating surrounding creatures.

Not only here, but in Luolong City, Su Yuan's Evil Human Kin were also intimidating other creatures.

This ensured that Su Yuan's evolution points were increasing most of the time.

Occasionally, even humans intimidated by the Evil Human Kin provided a large amount of fear.

“I've had a good sleep, and the increase in evolution points hasn't stopped. Let's take a look.”

Su Yuan said, opening his system panel.

【evolution points: 408700 / 350000】 (Increasing by devouring psionic energy) (Evolvable)

“Although I expected it, these evolution points came too easily.”

“I haven't done anything, yet just because the Evil Human Kin went to intimidate other creatures, I gained enough evolution points to upgrade.”

Su Yuan exclaimed in surprise, a smile appearing on his face.

The Heart of Fear passive skill was truly a divine ability.

Currently, Mutated Creatures accounted for the majority, but when humans became the majority in the future, the daily evolution points gained would be unimaginable.

Human fear was far greater than that of ordinary Mutated Creatures.

“I can evolve now, so let's evolve.”

Su Yuan muttered to himself.

However, due to the previous attack by the Mysterious Organization, he had arranged for all the Evil Human Kin in Dayang Lake to come and guard him, stopping their intimidation efforts.

This was not only to protect him during his evolution but also for them to rest.

Most of these Evil Human Kin had been intimidating other creatures for half a day and deserved a break.

He, Su Yuan, was not such a capitalist to make them work 007.

Not only that, Su Yuan suddenly turned his head to look in one direction.

Under his guidance, the Evil Human Kin located in the Yangtze River basin of Luolong City finally arrived at Dayang Lake.

The Evil Crocodile Turtle, Dark Tooth Fish, and Thousand-Eyed Demon Crocodile—three of the former four heavenly kings—led a large group of Evil Human Kin into Dayang Lake.

With so many Mutated Creatures gathered, especially the three Heavenly King-level Evil Human Kin—Thousand-Eyed Demon Crocodile, Evil Crocodile Turtle, and Dark Tooth Fish—even the top Mutated Creatures in Dayang Lake did not dare to attack.

Coupled with Su Yuan not being in the central area of Dayang Lake, these Evil Human Kin successfully reached Su Yuan's location, bowing their heads fanatically to offer their humble faith to the great lord of eternal life.

The Evil Human Kin transformed in Dayang Lake also observed these Evil Human Kin from the Yangtze River.

The two groups observed each other, with the God-Devouring Fish and Thousand-Eyed Demon Crocodile subtly positioned at the top of the Evil Human Kin hierarchy in terms of aura.

After a brief mutual observation, they withdrew their gazes.

“During my evolution, I leave it to you all.”

Su Yuan's eerie and grand whispers echoed in the minds of all the Evil Human Kin.

To be safe, Su Yuan left his previous location, swam over ten kilometers, and led his Evil Human Kin into this area.

This place was already far from Su Yuan's usual activity range, and naturally, there were powerful Mutated Creatures here, the overlords of the surrounding waters.

This was a Hairy Crab, dark red all over, reaching an astonishing thirty meters in size, with a carapace like cast alloy, incredibly solid.

It had once fought the deceased Transformed Catfish of Su Yuan, with neither being able to defeat the other.

Today, it spotted several powerful auras converging from afar and nearly peed itself, quickly scurrying away.

Su Yuan had been back in Dayang Lake for some time, and all the powerful creatures in Dayang Lake knew there was a truly terrifying creature there.

Even the few creatures in the center of Dayang Lake felt a subtle dread.

Therefore, the giant Hairy Crab very obediently fled.

It sensed that the terrifying creature had arrived!

【You caused fear in a Chinese Mitten Crab, gaining 340 evolution points.】

“It ran away?”

Su Yuan naturally detected the lingering aura here, especially the scent of the crab, to which Su Yuan was very sensitive.

The ferocious God-Devouring Fish and the tyrannical Thousand-Eyed Demon Crocodile wanted to pursue and kill it, but Su Yuan stopped them.

It was just a crab; keeping it to provide fear was also good.

Su Yuan sank to the bottom of the lake to find a suitable evolution spot, then suddenly, he turned his head to the left, where an old, broken wooden boat lay on the mud.

It seemed to be an ancient wooden boat that had sunk here, about seventy to eighty meters long, which would have been a large ship in ancient times.

This large ship had long been taken over by numerous large Pond Snails and Apple Snails, with no fish approaching nearby.

Su Yuan cast a glance, and all the Pond Snails and Apple Snails on the ancient boat began to change, their shells becoming twisted and eerie, revealing sharp spikes.

A Transformed Giant Python, about ten meters long, entered the ancient boat under Su Yuan's will, then coiled around a wooden box and swam out.

The decaying wooden box had already fallen apart during the python's dragging, revealing the dazzling gold inside.

“Gold ( ) ingots?”

Su Yuan showed a surprised expression; this entire box was filled with gold ( ) ingots!

It seemed these were indeed real gold ( ) ingots.

If he were human, Su Yuan would surely have fainted with excitement.

But now, these gold ( ) ingots had lost their preciousness in his eyes.

Su Yuan's body began to deform, like a mass of water, seeping into the ancient boat.

He saw that the entire boat was filled with neatly arranged wooden boxes, numbering over a hundred!

Su Yuan opened dozens of wooden boxes in a row; besides gold ( ) ingots, there was also silver and various jewels and jade.

After a general survey, Su Yuan returned outside, his heart somewhat stirred.

The wealth on this ship exceeded his imagination, and even now, his heart was not entirely calm.

“This wealth can serve as development funds for the Church of Eternal Life.”

Su Yuan looked at the ancient boat for a long time, thinking about the use of this wealth.

No matter how much wealth, it was useless to him, having left human society.

But the Church of Eternal Life was different.

Even if you are an Evil Human Kin whose strength surpasses Mortals, or even an immortal, as long as you enter modern society and do not violate laws or regulations, you must use money.

Not to mention anything else, the most basic necessities of life—food, clothing, shelter, and transportation—require an ordinary person to strive for a lifetime.

Unless this immortal neither eats nor drinks, wears no new clothes, sleeps on the streets making friends with beggars, and travels everywhere on foot.

Su Yuan's Church of Eternal Life, as an important tool for him to extract human fear in the future, must certainly grow and expand.

And developing an organization in human society is even more inseparable from financial investment.

Su Yuan instructed his Evil Human Kin to guard the area, preventing other creatures from destroying it, then he burrowed into the mud beneath the ancient boat.

Evolution began!

As hundreds of thousands of evolution points disappeared, Su Yuan fell into a deep sleep.

All the surrounding Evil Human Kin bowed their heads fanatically, reverently seeing off the evolution of the great lord of eternal life, and then strictly guarded the area.

The four heavenly kings, the Crocodile-Eyed Eel, and the Satan Fish—seven top-tier powerhouses in Dayang Lake—united, and no creature in Dayang Lake dared to provoke them.

Even the several Mutated Creatures in the center of Dayang Lake did not dare to approach.

Especially the Thousand-Eyed Demon Crocodile, with its extremely high defense, combined with several Evil Human Kin capable of long-range attacks, achieved a synergy greater than the sum of its parts.

Others, like the God-Devouring Fish, with their speed and agility far surpassing other creatures, could kite opponents in close combat.

And most of Su Yuan's current aquatic Evil Human Kin completely sealed off the surrounding area, not even a small fish could get in.