From star abyss

Leo Duretto returned to his shabby house, casually threw the goods he had snatched from the young men who came back from the city on the table, and immediately lay lazily on the bed, leaning on With the bare walls, he squinted his eyes and rested comfortably.

"Tsk, these descendants of homesteaders who have land in their families, and they have Xisha oranges and snake fruits, all of which are academy products to enhance their brain power. Do they really think that they can get into the academy as long as they answer the questions meticulously?"

Leo curled his lips and rummaged through the things in his pocket, mocking the delusions of these young people, but in fact he felt very sad.

If his parents hadn't died early, he wouldn't have used this method to snatch other people's supplies. Who wouldn't want to get rid of Lanju Village, a remote and remote place?

We are already in the interstellar age, and no young person can still be willing to succumb to the temptation of the universe and live in this kind of rural countryside. Those noble mage masters often advertise: go to the magic academy, get a diploma, and serve in the fleet for two years. , you can become a social elite, receive a high income of 400 silver coins per month, and can settle down and buy a house in any city you like.

The villagers of Lanju Village are quite aware of such generous welfare benefits.

Their ancestors are laborers who work and serve on this educational planet. Many of them have changed their destiny through studying. The most important thing is that through studying, they have changed the status of themselves and their families. From a mere 30 silver per month, Pure labor, become a battle mage or a monk bureaucrat.

Leo Duretto was full of jealousy towards the young people from his hometown. His parents died early, and the land at home was sold to the government by relatives at a very low price. In anger, he stopped interacting with his relatives and started his own business.

Leo has not been idle for many years. He has a good physique and is quite strong for a younger generation. However, his appearance is somewhat intimidating, with triangular eyes hanging on his forehead, messy straw-like blond hair, and With his burly physique, he looked exactly like those barbarians recorded in ancient history.

Naturally, it was difficult to make a living with such an appearance, so he had to rely on sneaking around and occasionally working odd jobs to survive.

While Leo was actively developing his side business into a home page, his peers had already begun to actively prepare for the exam and took more than three magic qualification tests.

Different from the demonization and delusions of people in the past about the magic-side civilization, thinking that they are a kind of retro-monarchy rule - in fact, the magic-side civilization selects talents very accurately, because the magic technology and magic workshop system started very early , the civilization of Crystal Tower is a typical parliamentary politics. From factories to front lines, from pioneering teams to civil servant groups, there is always a thirst for knowledge for all kinds of spellcasters.

It is even more difficult for magic-side civilization to form aristocratic families.

The fundamental reason is that spellcaster potential will degrade.

Unless it is an extremely advanced magical creature, such as a dragon or an elf species, based on the population of ordinary creatures, the potential of a spellcaster will often be exhausted in two generations. The next time it appears, it may be seven or eight generations. Later.

The problem is that dragons and elves simply don’t bother to join an unrecognized civilization like yours. You can leave some of their descendants, but even so, the caster’s bloodline will not change much.

But on the other hand, the small number of innate spellcasters inevitably means that in the magic-side civilization, acquired spellcasters account for a large proportion, and even become the mainstay, occupying the political stage and gaining the right to speak.

The best way to train spellcasters is education, bar none.

Intelligence is the stepping stone to enter the magical world. Leo's peers have been studying at night under the supervision of their parents since childhood, and studying hard. They are not necessarily the lucky ones who are born with the potential of spell casters, but they study hard and improve themselves. With a certain level of intelligence, you will definitely be able to read those complicated magic textbooks.

Descendants of laborers like them have provided a lot of conveniences to the staff and students of White Candle Star all year round, so Crystal Civilization still gives a lot of discounts. An adult villager can take the "Magic Qualification Examination" at least five times. Once he takes the exam, After getting married, he broke away from his identity as a farmer and had more choices as a 'magic apprentice'.

Young people can go to school and go to a magic academy for further studies. Once they graduate, they will become official mage, with high income and status.

If you are older, you can also work in a magic workshop. After ten years, you can also obtain the official qualification of a mage, but you still need to take some continuing education exams to improve your academic level.

The content of the exam is actually not complicated, and the book has been provided a long time ago, but the most fundamental problem is - if the level of intelligence is not up to standard, you are not qualified to understand the content between the lines.

Mage is not a profession with a low threshold. If you can't even interpret the introductory textbooks, you can basically say goodbye to the path of a spell caster.

If you waste time slowly, it is not impossible to memorize things by rote in the future, but Leo's own economic level makes him doubt whether he has such a future.

The boys and girls from the same hometown basically took the exam three times, and each time they took the exam, their scores would be higher. Some of those whose families were pressed for time got married, started families, and continued to study and take exams. Even if they failed in the end, it would not matter. As for not even finding a solution.

Leo was jealous of them, but he also knew that there was nothing he could do about it.

He was especially jealous of the black-haired Luther Kline. In Leo's opinion, that guy was basically a winner in life - his parents were still alive, good-looking, had a sister, a house, and a bride. His family was in poverty, but at least he was good every time. That kid also had a stinking look on his face. When others said he did well in the exam, he replied coldly, "He didn't perform well."

Damn, what are you pretending to be?

Leo rested his arms on his arms in depression. He couldn't see his future at all. Maybe the only thing he could do in this life was to live alone until death.

Just when Leo felt that his future was gloomy, suddenly, there was a knocking sound outside the door.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!

"Who is it? Tell me!"

Leo replied angrily.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!

However, the person outside the door didn't seem to hear him. He didn't answer anything and kept knocking on the door relentlessly.

"What the hell, who came to visit me when nothing happened?"

Leo muttered in his mouth, walked forward and pushed open the door, only to see the blue moonlight falling on the threshold of the stairs, glowing with faint fluorescence. Looking around, there was nothing in the air except for those dancing and playing in the middle of the night. The elemental butterfly was completely silent.

"Whatever you do, it really amuses me."

Leo was confused and turned around to go back to the house, but found that for some reason, his door had been locked and closed.

"Hey! What's going on? I didn't close the door just now."

He quickly dug into his pockets, and his expression changed - it was bad, he went out without the key.

It's over now, I can only break the window and get in.

With a dark face, Leo picked up a stone and was about to smash the window. Suddenly, he heard rustling sounds coming from the grass, mixed with some laughter.

His heart moved, and he immediately thought of something.

"It seems that someone is deliberately trying to mess with me - it must be that boy Luther. He just refused to obey me today and wanted to fight me. He must have done it when I knocked on the door and closed the door just now."

Leo thought to himself, and quickly stepped into the grass in the dark, pushed aside the grass, and looked through the moonlight, and sure enough he saw fresh footprints on the ground.

"really."

The footprints extended all the way, and Leo followed them all the way. He didn't want to smash the glass in vain, and when he caught the Luther kid, he would have to pay for the glass.

But after walking a few miles, Leo felt a little strange - could this kid Luther be so good at running?

Just when he was feeling suspicious, he suddenly heard a man whispering in front of him, followed by Lin Ye shaking rapidly.

"Oh! This kid probably has helpers. It seems they have discovered him!"

Leo had no doubt that he was there, and quickly rushed forward. Although he knew that he was getting further and further away from the countryside, Leo was not worried at all - this was White Candle Star, and there were no bandits or bandits, even some ferocious beasts. Even with his skill, he could easily escape.

He followed along and could see that Luther was already a little tired. From time to time, panting and whispering sounds would come from the forest. Leo couldn't hear it clearly, but the tone and the heavy breathing mixed with it couldn't be faked. of.

"Hahaha, that brat can't run anymore!"

Leo quickened his pace and got directly into the bushes as tall as a man. He quickly separated the grass blades in front of him with his hands, and then he saw a long black knife slashing towards his neck!

bass!

Leo reacted so quickly that he subconsciously stopped, raised his head and rolled on the ground, avoiding the slash. His heart went cold, and the blade brushed against his shoulder, tearing open the air easily, letting He recalled the law enforcer Curran in the village - he could create an air blade thinner than a hair with just a tap of his fingernails and could tear steel apart.

"O Father of Crystals!"

Leo prayed, quickly got up, grabbed a rock, and threw it towards the killer. His strength was not small. The killer turned his head slightly, and the stone suddenly hit the mountain behind like a cannonball, hard. Shengsheng opened a hole in the rock wall, embedded it deeply into the rock wall, and then opened countless small snake-like gaps.

"It's pretty good. His strength has reached the Gamma level, but his brain is not like that of a Gamma level... Although he is smarter than me, he can be fooled by just using some tricks. He is probably not fully developed."

The killer glanced at the cracks on the rock wall and commented casually in an unfamiliar language.

"You...who are you?!"

Leo had just recovered from the shock, but he still had no trace of his usual arrogance. Faced with the sudden appearance of the knife-wielding thug, he did not dare to run away. He held another big stone in his hand and looked at the opponent nervously.

That guy has run all the way to this point. His physical fitness and speed must be better than mine. He will definitely not be able to escape. It is better to buy some time, stabilize the other party's mood, and see if there is room for negotiation.

He calmed down, grinned, and showed a smile that was uglier than crying:

"Speak carefully if you have something to say. You should be able to understand me, brother..."

The killer did not answer, but slowly walked out of the woods. The clear and beautiful moonlight fell on his face, leaving Leo stunned in place. At that moment, even the moon was dwarfed by the person in front of him.

"What a beautiful... man?"

Leo couldn't believe it. It was the first time he saw such a man who made people fall in love with him as soon as they met. He was extremely good from the inside out. His dark hair lay casually on his shoulders, and his gray eyes were as clear as crystal, full of dreams. The aura, every edge of the facial features and the smooth skin seemed to be the products carved by the Creator's own hands. Even a little change would not be able to achieve such an effect.

Perfect - this word immediately came to Leo's mind.

Using perfection to describe the beauty in front of you is not perfect enough. But with his meager knowledge base, he couldn't think of a more appropriate description than perfection.

Leo was stunned for a moment, but the beauty in front of him suddenly launched a surprise attack and pierced his throat with a sword without mercy.

"Well--"

Before Leo's consciousness was gone, he vaguely felt the other party dragging his ankle and quickly moving towards a certain place in the forest. Then, the killer beauty rummaged through the forest for a while and picked up a pile of leaves. And a huge silver swimming pool dug out of the wooden strips?

Snapped!

Leo's body was immediately thrown into the pool, where his consciousness quickly became blurred and eventually disappeared. However, his body was protected by various medicines, repairing the wounds and maintaining life.

"It's really difficult to deal with. I didn't stab him to death with one stab. This guy's physical fitness is strong enough!"

Li Ozi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the male body settling quietly at the bottom of the biochemical pool, and nodded with satisfaction.

In any case, he finally got the body. It took him a total of a week. He had to move the biochemical pool back to the ruins later. It was too easy to expose it if it was left here.

"The next step is the critical moment."

Li Ozi raised his hand, and nerve tentacles popped out from his palm, which immediately pierced into the blond bully man's neck. His cells rapidly divided and entered into the blond bully man's body.

[When a new unconscious body is detected, you can choose to contaminate this body with your own cells, transform it into your own reproductive suit, or use it as your original body. 】

[Cell invasion completed]

【Polluting...】

Split, devour, combine, integrate, complete replacement.

The whole process is already familiar to Li Ozi. After a while, Li Ozi's eyes flashed with red and black light.

[The chromosome has been tampered with and the genetic modification is completed]

[This target has been contaminated by you - you can choose a method from the following options as the final treatment]:

A - Body Seizing: Retain the target's talents and exist only as your backup body, but when you switch to this body, you will not inherit any extraordinary specialties other than your main attributes. (Conditions for use have been met)

B - Modified colonial equipment: Modify the target as a biological weapon. You can wear this equipment to maximize its combat effectiveness, but the equipment requires regular maintenance and upkeep. (Conditions for use have been met)

C - Become a dependent: After genetically modifying this body, implant some of your thinking cells into it, making it your dependent group, but its offspring will have a probability of inheriting one of your own arcana and talents (not yet known) Meet the conditions for use: [Intelligence] is lower than 80)

"Well, it's a pity. Option C is the most fun, but it turns out that my intelligence is not enough to pass the threshold. This is a mandatory requirement, and expertise cannot save me."

The option of including dependents, Li Ozi remembers, is very suitable for [Dominator] players with Zerg origins. They can easily produce hundreds of descendants, and their production capacity is not much worse than [Biochemist] - this is the common thinking of these descendants. No, it's easy to cheat.

Li Ozi wanted to choose A from the beginning, and without much hesitation, he chose 'Seize the Body'.

The body trembled slightly, and the familiar soul left the body. The conscious body slowly flew up and separated from the original body. Li Ozi became slightly familiar with the movements of the thinking body, and then slowly flew towards the blond bully man.

【Transferring information...】

[Gene differences are large, troubleshooting is in progress]

[Neural link not responding]

【Heavy chain...】

【Transfer completed】

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【Name】: Leo Duretto

[Race]: Tanas Human Race (Spell Eligibility: Spellcaster)

[Gender]: biological male

【Age】：22

[Level]: Gamma level