CHAPTER 706: CHAPTER 701: CORE

It was peculiar—

With such a perfect opportunity.

Why didn’t the other party take the entire original text into their possession, but instead split it and only took away one third?

Was it an accidental consequence caused by a life form not yet born with intelligence; or was it a Caster familiar with the original text in the Yizi Forest who did this for some special purpose?

Ronald’s mind was somewhat muddled.

From what he had observed since meeting Il, he didn’t believe this person would deceive him at this moment.

But this made the question difficult to explain.

Moreover, Ronald had no other critical information at hand.

While trying to piece together the possibilities from these scant clues, Ronald continued to question Il:

"Il, how did you share the power of the ’Organic Encyclopedia’ with the tree spirits if they can’t understand language? It’s usually very difficult to learn Spells or pass through trials without communication."

Il answered honestly as always:

"I have come to understand things like Spells through contact with humans."

"But the power possessed by the ’Organic Encyclopedia’ seems to be entirely different from that of ordinary types of original texts."

"The holder can directly connect to a space filled with countless genetic information, then freely select and add them to themselves—this is a very high-risk matter."

"If it had no effect, or if a new power was gained, that would be one thing. But once the newly added genes in one’s body make an error, what follows is complete physical collapse."

"As for those tree spirits... this is actually some of the results I obtained through researching human Casters. Simply put, it’s extracting some of the original text’s Magic Power and giving it to them, and also spreading it to other parts of the forest."

Ronald’s gaze toward Il turned serious.

Although the girl spoke lightly, Ronald understood the extent of difficulty involved in such a feat.

To be able to develop such technology in a limited amount of time.

This being called Il definitely possessed a very high level of Wisdom in the midst of evolution.

Seeing Ronald’s look,

Il seemed to have misunderstood his intention, and immediately said:

"I am not misleading you, sir."

"You must be extremely careful when using the ’Organic Encyclopedia’; it is truly very dangerous!"

Ronald then nodded:

"I understand that, but this..."

In the midst of speaking, Ronald picked up the ’Organic Encyclopedia’ again.

If closed, this object was approximately the size of a power bank. Ronald carefully sensed its properties and could obtain information about the abilities just as Il had described.

This raised a question.

How should the Spells of the ’Organic Encyclopedia’ be used?

Surely it didn’t mean he was supposed to count DNA and recite the nitrogen-containing bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine!

So how should this incantation be chanted?

Truth be told, Ronald was very eager to experience the Spells of the ’Organic Encyclopedia’.

But in his current state...

It seemed he could only follow Il’s words—extract genes one by one from this vast database that was impossible to fully enumerate.

For Ronald, undertaking an original text trial was out of the question.

He considered his own magical abilities to be entirely sufficient, and risking his life for a trial seemed unreasonable.

Not to mention that this was the ’Organic Encyclopedia’.

Should he be thrown into a trial environment built from future technologies, Ronald also couldn’t guarantee that he would be able to detect issues as keenly as before in an utterly unfamiliar environment, and thereby increase his chances of passing the trial.

While pondering this,

Ronald attempted to extract a gene from the ’Organic Encyclopedia’ for the first time.

The moment this process was completed, the Spell of "Species Origin" naturally began to take effect. This original text, now fully under Ronald’s control, directly captured the effects of the gene and began attempting to optimize it alongside the data from Helle.

[Gene Sequence—nee2143222141]

[Trait Expression—Adjustment of hair follicle nourishment supply.]

[Improvement Direction—Improving health condition of hair/growth of hair in specific areas/inhibition of hair growth.]

"..."

Ronald raised an eyebrow.

The "Species Origin" taking over the process was definitely a pleasant surprise.

For the average person, the gene enhancement of the ’Organic Encyclopedia’ was like a lottery with uncertain outcomes, with irreversible consequences once caused.

But Ronald was different.

"Species Origin" could not only analyze the functions of these genes but even improve them based on the original, thereby fundamentally eliminating the problems he faced before.

The only thing that could now be called an influence

Was the slow improvement efficiency of "Species Origin" and the seemingly boundless vast database of the ’Organic Encyclopedia’.

Moreover, if looked at with an optimistic attitude,

Today he had already successfully recovered one-third of the original text, had control over Il, who was quite dangerous, and had obtained a large amount of information about the Yizi Forest all at once.

Whatever came to mind could actually be considered good news.

Comforting himself and adjusting his mood, Ronald’s gaze once again fell on Il:

"Il, do you know the whereabouts of your sister?"

"Continuing to recover the ’Organic Encyclopedia’ is our first priority."

The exceedingly compliant girl immediately replied:

"I can’t determine the exact location, but I do know the general whereabouts of my sister."

"Good, now Il, you lead the way." Ronald nodded slightly, waved one hand, and began to move in the direction of departure, "Time is of the essence, we can discuss other details while we walk."

At that moment,

Il proactively called out to Ronald who was preparing to leave:

"Sir, I still have a part of my body buried underneath, can you wait for me a bit?"

"Of course, I can." Ronald nodded in response.

"..."

Upon receiving permission from Ronald, Il immediately stood in place and closed her eyes.

Boom—

The next second, the subterranean space began to violently shake.

Above their heads, tree roots much thicker than before burst through the soil, their vivid orange-red vessels clearly visible and very similar to the ones Ronald had seen earlier.

Soon, these emerging tree roots slowed down in front of Il.

— At the end of the roots.

— Was a wooden lump resembling a tree gall.

Hovering in front of Il for only a few seconds in just the right position, the textures on the lump naturally split open, revealing a core as dazzling as a gemstone.

Il took it off and swallowed it, her whole being immediately exuding an air not to be underestimated.

"..."

A few seconds passed.

Il reopened her eyes, and that particular sensation around her faded away.

Having completed this, she nodded slightly to confirm her state and then turned to explain to Ronald:

"Sir, this is the core of part of my body."

"Only when the two are combined can I freely move to any location."