Chapter Thirty-Eight: Mutation Strikes Again

“Begin synthesis.” Zhong Shenxiu commanded the system silently in his mind.

[Synthesis of Magic Mastery and Chaos Magic has begun... Please wait...]

[...]

[Synthesis complete: Chaos... cha... cha...]

Hearing the system’s voice in his mind, stuck as if caught in a loop, Zhong Shenxiu abruptly halted in his tracks, prompting Wanda, following behind, to look at him with puzzled concern.

It was the first time since acquiring the system that Zhong Shenxiu encountered such an anomaly.

“What’s wrong?” he asked the system inwardly.

[Unknown malfunction detected, unknown malfunction...]

[Repair in progress... Repairing... Repairing...]

He did not wait long before the system chimed again, returning to normal.

[Ding. Mutation occurred during synthesis due to unknown causes. Data has been recorded: Body of Chaos.]

Another unknown mutation?

Upon hearing this, Zhong Shenxiu’s anticipation grew. After all, his healing spell’s extraordinary ability had originated from such an unknown mutation.

As soon as the synthesis succeeded, Zhong Shenxiu sensed the surrounding energies—be it ordinary magic or chaotic magic—rushing toward him. Within his body, an inexhaustible power surged forth, and he could tangibly feel himself growing stronger!

“Lu Su, why are all the ‘Chiu Bi’ flocking to you? They don’t even want to come to me,” Wanda complained.

Unaware of what had transpired, Wanda now saw Zhong Shenxiu as a gigantic black hole, wildly absorbing the chaotic magic around him!

Oh? So my affinity with chaotic magic now surpasses even Wanda’s?

Hearing Wanda’s words, Zhong Shenxiu quickly realized this fact.

As the torrent of magic gradually subsided and the increase in his power slowed to a crawl, Zhong Shenxiu summoned his personal panel to see just how much he had changed.

[Chaos System]

Host Name: Zhong Shenxiu

Body of Chaos: First Tier

Combat Power: 119

Chaos Magic: 73/1000 (Recovers 1 point per second)

Mental Power: 28/28 (Recovers during sleep, current rate: 2 points per hour)

Passive Abilities: Medical Mastery, Gunfighting Mastery, Rogue Mastery

Active Abilities: Mutated Healing Lv.1, Skrull Transformation Lv.1

1+1=3 Synthesis: Rogue Mastery + ??? = ???

Chaos Magic: Thunder Blade (Mutated), Pig-Slaughtering Knife (Mutated), Magic Wave (Mutated), Magic Shield (Mutated), Flame Spear, Lightning Spear, Fleetfoot.

World Points: 143 (Increase by 1 every 24 hours in the main world)

Overall Rating: D

[Main Quest]

Main World: None

Other World: Slay a Heroic Spirit (fate/zero)

[Side Quests]

1. Successfully use Healing for 1000 seconds, reward: one random Lv.2 active ability (317/1000)

2. Have Peter resolve school bullying on his own, reward: Mental Power +3 (0/1)

——

Combat power has soared straight to 119!

Zhong Shenxiu clenched his fists, feeling his physical abilities multiplied several times over from before. He knew exactly why his combat power had risen so much.

His combat skills hadn’t changed much, so the leap in combat power meant his fundamental attributes had undergone a qualitative transformation!

Moreover, all the magic he had devised based on his magical foundations had now mutated.

He didn’t care much about the others, but Magic Wave—he had to test it immediately.

After this event, Zhong Shenxiu felt Magic Wave was simply a divine tool for murder and mayhem, a must-have for every home!

“Magic Wave, ten points of magic.”

With a command in his mind, the now thicker, gray magic spread out in a ring around him.

His perception grew sharper; Zhong Shenxiu could now distinctly discern the materials of various objects—so vivid, as if seeing with his own eyes!

When he scanned Wanda behind him...

A system interface appeared over Wanda!

It read:

[Name: Wanda Django Maximoff]

[Combat Power: 30~9999]

[Acquirable Ability: Scarlet Chaos Magic (Acquisition Probability: 0%)]

[Combat Suggestion: She is currently in her advantageous territory. Recommend changing location before engaging.]

Damn!!!

Seeing this, Zhong Shenxiu was utterly shocked. Was this still Magic Wave? It was more like the True Sight Eye!

[Ding. Magic Wave (Mutated) successfully renamed to True Sight Eye.]

The system had suddenly become so intelligent, but even that could not dampen Zhong Shenxiu’s excitement. Thanks to this synthesis, Magic Wave was now not just a divine skill, but could be called a “super divine skill!”

This move was simply the ultimate trump card in intelligence gathering.

Not only could it directly display the opponent’s combat power, but even countermeasures, healing possibilities, and acquisition probabilities for abilities were all shown.

This is broken beyond belief!

This mutation had fulfilled all his expectations, sparing not a single one!

Just adding chaotic magic—why did it cause such a tremendous change?

Zhong Shenxiu pondered for a long time... but could not find an answer.

Much like his mutated healing that grants others superpowers, these were things that defied normal logic and explanation!

Forget it.

If he couldn’t figure it out, Zhong Shenxiu didn’t bother thinking further.

Even if he understood the principle, what difference would it make? As long as it worked, that was enough!

After sorting things out, Zhong Shenxiu realized that in the short time he had spent pondering, the ten magic points he had used for Magic Wave—no, it was now called True Sight Eye—had already fully recovered!

Only then did he realize there was another big surprise waiting for him.

Looking at the system display, although his magic limit was now 1000, his recovery speed had vastly increased!

One point per second, and he didn’t even need to consciously absorb it as before.

No matter how you look at it, this was a huge win.

1000 magic points equaled 1000 seconds, which converted to about 16 or 17 minutes for full recovery.

In other words, he could now treat magic as a freely usable skill, as casually as throwing a punch, with no need to obsess over consumption.

However... a limit of 1000 was still a bit low.

Those world-shattering spells would require tens of thousands, even billions of magic points.

“System, how do I increase my magic limit?”

[Upgrade the Body of Chaos tier to correspondingly enhance the host’s attributes.]

Only then did Zhong Shenxiu notice the “First Tier” next to Body of Chaos.

So, he was still at the lowest level!

Heavens, the lowest level had already brought such dramatic change—what would happen at the highest tier?

“How do I upgrade the Body of Chaos tier?” Zhong Shenxiu hurriedly asked.

[Searching...]

[Ding. Main quest updated.]

[Ding. Six Singularities Completion Quest triggered.]