Above the gray fog

"Can't strengthen the flesh and blood..."

The little black man continued to control the 'ether' to strengthen the epidermis of the body, while thinking about the problem.

Gradually, the skin began to turn white, and part of the skin turned grayish white due to excessive strengthening.

The little black man dissipated in the void, and Lin Shan, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes. He felt that his whole body was in a state of paralysis, as if countless fine needles were piercing his skin, and it was like countless ants were biting him.

Lin Shan transferred his consciousness again. After about half an hour, the color on his body faded and his consciousness returned to his body.

It can be clearly felt that the skin is tougher than before, and even the strength of the body is much greater.

At this moment, this body and soul have a sense of disharmony, and the strength of the body exceeds the strength recorded by the soul.

This kind of strengthening is different from the strengthening brought by drinking potions.

When this happens, it means that no matter how much the body is strengthened by him, as long as it is destroyed, it is really destroyed, and it cannot be restored by the soul, and can only be strengthened again from scratch.

Now it is more like a tool, or a weapon.

"What's the reason? Or is it the rule of the universe?"

"This kind of strengthening is more like... the physical training in martial arts novels, constantly strengthening the body and increasing strength."

"Martial arts training... is about gradual progress."

"The order of strengthening is wrong!"

Lin Shan suddenly figured it out.

The Chosen One uses the 'ether' energy to continuously strengthen the body in the correct order, thus breaking through the level of life.

Thinking about it, Lin Shan found another suspicious point.

If we continue to strengthen like this, we can only break through the level of the physical body, but cannot transform the soul... The soul strength of those Chosen Ones in the third realm is obviously not low...

What else is missing?

How can the soul be transformed along with the body?

If the soul cannot be transformed, there is no way to increase life span.

"What else is missing from this body..."

Lin Shan compared the two situations with those martial arts novels.

"The 'Dantian' that condenses and stores 'ether' is missing..."

"What can replace the 'Dantian'?"

"Characteristics!"

"Characteristics bind the soul, and when the characteristics are sublimated, the soul will naturally transform..."

"The characteristics of this universe are needed..."

After going around in circles, characteristics are still needed.

The problem is that the characteristics of the Chosen Ones are inherited and born with them.

This is not the Gray Mist Universe, there are no magic potions, and it is impossible to draw characteristics from the outside world.

And he can't become the Chosen One.

It seems to be stuck in a dead end.

Thinking about it, Lin Shan immediately realized that something was wrong.

There must be a way to obtain extraordinary characteristics from the outside world. Not all civilizations have inheritance. How can a civilization without inheritance embark on the path of extraordinaryness?

This universe should have a promotion system that he doesn't know about. No mainstream system can be awakened naturally. This does not conform to the rules of the universe.

Except for the 'alien species', there is no record of this on Earth.

Is it that the Earth doesn't know, or is there another reason... For example, the characteristics of the outside world are difficult to obtain.

Thinking in his heart, Lin Shan did not stop the movement of his hands.

He thought of another possibility.

The black man stood by the bed, and infinite ether gathered in his hands.

A ball of light flashing with electric light appeared in his hands.

As the ether continued to flow in, the ball of light became more and more dazzling.

The black man's arms trembled a little. If the ball of light exploded, the space station would also crash.

"How can I make it balanced..." The black man muttered to himself, while constantly rubbing the ether gathered in his hands.

He wanted to create a non-attribute characteristic.

The abilities attached to various characteristics are all a kind of attribute energy.

It is a token called a certain characteristic. Under the influence of this token, the corresponding energy will change accordingly. This is the origin of the ability.

So, will there be such a token.

It can gather energy and store energy, but it will not change the form of energy.

This is Lin Shan's conjecture of "non-attribute characteristics".

If the ether energy can achieve a certain balance in his hands, it will not collapse or explode.

This conjecture will be verified.

Even spirituality can condense non-attribute characteristics in this way.

However, spirituality cannot be self-reinforced, even if it has attributeless characteristics.

Ether energy is different. As long as it can condense attributeless ether characteristics, it can be continuously strengthened.

The electric light flashing in the light ball in his hand became stronger and stronger, but it could not reach a balance. Seeing that it was about to reach the critical point of explosion, Lin Shan relaxed his control and let the ether slowly dissipate.

"Is my guess wrong?"

"There is no attributeless characteristic at all?"

"Or... my method is wrong."

Lin Shan stared at the light ball in his hand that was gradually disintegrating.

At this time, a light curtain suddenly jumped out.

[Su Ling requested a video call. ]

The avatar was a crow falling on a branch.

Lin Shan thought about it and connected the video.

Before he regained consciousness, Su Ling had always been his good friend. The two met in junior high school and had always had a good relationship.

Su Ling: [Lv Shaoyan, are you free tomorrow? I have two tickets for the Mars tour here, but unfortunately I am alone. There is one more. Does someone want to...]

Lin Shan: [No, I am a little busy recently. Is there anything else? ]

Su Ling: [Uh...]

Lin Shan realized that his change might be too big for the girl in front of him, and said patiently: [Go by yourself, I'm busy with other things recently.]

Su Ling: [What is it? Maybe I can do it too...]

Beep, beep, beep.

On Earth, on a pedestrian street, Su Ling, holding an ice cream in one hand and a shopping bag in the other, stared at the hung up call in silence.

Lin Shan walked into the bathroom and washed his face.

The moment he hung up the phone, a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

The previous self seemed to have some different feelings for this girl named Su Ling.

In his mind, memories of more than ten years kept emerging. In his social circle, except for this girl and another friend who yearned for "different species", there were no other people.

Lin Shan turned on the faucet in front of him, washed his face, and looked at himself in the mirror.

He looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old, with a childish face.

His short black hair was scattered messily on his forehead, making him look a little lazy. Nothing could be seen in his black eyes. He wore a loose black short-sleeved shirt and casual pants.

Overall, his handsome face seemed to have four words written on it - Don't get close to me.

"It's too slow to figure it out by myself. I have to go to the Chosen Tower again. This time I'll ask the strongest person in the tower." Lin Shan looked away, came to the French window, and looked at the earth again.

Since there was no existence on the earth that could threaten him, there was no need to be cautious. The only thing he needed to guard against was the four-dimensional life he had never seen before, the Noah life form.