Chapter 2

How could such a supernatural event happen to him?

A strange and complex emotion suddenly surged within Li Feng. For a moment, he couldn't tell if it was good or bad. Was it a problem with his body being struck by lightning, or was it a unique encounter?

"Killing mosquitoes, collecting, possessing, blood essence..." He wiped the mosquito blood off his hand, gradually calming down and repeating the key phrases from the prompt.

Yes, those were the key phrases.

Upon careful analysis, this didn't seem to be about killing monsters and leveling up. After all, if he understood correctly, his actions just now only meant that he had killed a mosquito.

If he considered the mosquito as a monster, then he had indeed killed a "monster."

However, what he received wasn't experience points. It seemed quite different from the typical plot in web novels where someone accidentally possesses a spirit. Instead of gaining experience, he only received a prompt that he had collected 0.1 units of blood essence.

"What is blood essence? What can it do for me?" Li Feng gradually calmed down, feeling both shocked and delighted.

He was shocked that such a unique event had happened to him, and it was still unclear whether it was good or bad.

He was delighted because he had encountered such a rare opportunity. Being struck by lightning while playing a game had given him an incredible ability, something he had never heard of or seen before. Undoubtedly, Li Feng knew he had experienced a unique encounter.

This ability was likely unique to him, perhaps the only one in the world.

Just as he was excited and trying to explore this sudden ability, Qin Ming returned with food.

An unprecedentedly rich meal.

Five boxes of food, three small dishes, two bowls of rice, and a few cans of beer. Li Feng forced himself to suppress his curiosity and enjoyed this farewell meal with his brother.

"Fourth Brother, don't worry. There are still five days left. I might find a better job in these few days." During the meal, Li Feng, seeing Qin Ming's guilt, took the initiative to comfort him optimistically.

"That's true, but Xu Gang's father is the head of the city's Industry and Commerce Bureau. If he wants to make things difficult for you, many companies might really be hesitant..." Qin Ming didn't continue.

"Forget it, I've let it go. His father has power, but he can't control everything. I don't believe all the big companies will fear him. Besides, if one place doesn't want me, another will. Here, let's finish this drink. I hope we all do well after we graduate."

Li Feng shook his head, trying not to think about the annoying matters. He gulped down the beer in one go.

After saying these words, he felt much more relaxed. Why should he worry so much? Xu Gang's father was powerful in Qin City, but he couldn't control other cities, right?

At most, even as the head of the Industry and Commerce Bureau, he was still just the head of Qin City. With this thought, Li Feng decided to stop thinking about it and finished the farewell meal with Fourth Brother.

"Third Brother, I'm leaving. I know your family's financial situation. If anything happens, don't hesitate to call me. I can't help much, but don't refuse this small gesture..."

Qin Ming eventually moved back home, leaving the dormitory quiet again.

Li Feng tightly held the money. If it were in the past, he would never accept financial help from his brother.

He knew that once money was involved, the relationship between brothers or friends would change.

But this time, he accepted it, holding it tightly.

"Fourth Brother, I appreciate your kindness, Li Feng," he muttered to himself, standing by the river on the third floor.

"And Xu Gang, you owe me. I, Li Feng, will repay you double." Li Feng clenched his fists, his eyes red with determination.

He didn't like to provoke trouble, but that didn't mean he was weak.

Now, without the ability, he could only hide his thoughts and gradually calm down. He thought for a moment and then walked out of the school gate.

This time, he didn't go to apply for jobs with a thick stack of resumes. Instead, he went to a park not far from the school.

Huangshi Park, covering over 30,000 square meters, was neither too large nor too small, but it was well-landscaped and well-arranged.

The small park was full of green trees and beautiful scenery, and most importantly, there was an artificial lake in the center.

In the morning, it was common to see elderly people exercising, and at night, it was common to see struggling women from other places earning a living by selling their bodies cheaply.

But now, at noon, there weren't many people in Huangshi Park, which was perfect for Li Feng's next actions.

There was no need to worry about being suspected of being crazy. Even Li Feng himself thought he was crazy.

He had walked a few miles to find mosquitoes and other small insects to kill.

"Smack." In a corner of the grass, Li Feng stomped hard, killing another ladybug.

He felt guilty.

But the prompt in his mind appeared again: "Killed one ladybug, you have collected 0.3 units of blood essence. You now have a total of 0.6 units of blood essence."

"Still collecting, but what can this blood essence do? Can I eat it?" Li Feng licked his dry lips, feeling curious.

Since he wasn't gaining experience, he had given up on the idea of leveling up by killing monsters in reality. But he couldn't help but wonder what the blood essence could do.

Driven by this curiosity, he decided to collect more blood essence without further thought.

At least, according to the cold prompts in his mind, he hadn't collected a full unit of blood essence yet.

He continued to search the grass for various small insects and kill them one by one.

Although it was a bit inhumane, he didn't care much as a grown man.

"Crunch." After killing a small insect for the fourth time, the blood essence in his mind finally reached a full unit.

After doing all this, there was still no new discovery, so he had to continue stomping on the insects.

Fortunately, there was no one nearby, and he found a nest of ants in a patch of grass.

A large group of monsters! He quickly picked up an ant, deciding to crush it.

After all, in the grass, the ants' small bodies wouldn't be affected by his stomping, so he had to pick one up and try to crush it to collect more blood essence. But then, something strange happened.

"Discovered one ant. You currently have enough blood essence to raise an ant. Do you want to raise it?"

Li Feng was about to crush the ant but suddenly paused.

"Huh, I didn't hear wrong. This isn't the usual 'kill XXX,' but 'raise an ant'?"

"I didn't hear wrong. It's 'raise,' but what does that mean?" Li Feng held the ant, puzzled.

The prompt in his mind sounded again, confirming he hadn't heard wrong.

"Yes." Li Feng, after confirming he hadn't heard wrong, felt a surge of excitement and nodded decisively.

Then, he felt a tiny warm current flow from his fingers to the ant.

"Amazing, this is incredible. I feel like I'm giving the ant a warm current."

If he hadn't guessed wrong, this was the blood essence he had collected.

Sure enough, the prompt sounded again: "You have given the ant one unit of blood essence. The ant has grown abnormally."

As soon as the prompt ended, Li Feng felt the ant's resistance in his fingers increase.

Although it was still far from matching human strength, it was now struggling fiercely and vividly.

"Wow, this is too much. What is this blood essence? It has such an effect?"

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Li Feng would have thought it was an illusion. As the full unit of blood essence was transferred, he could see the ant growing visibly larger, almost doubling in size.

Although it was still just a slightly larger ant, it was incredibly surprising.

Li Feng felt like he had discovered a great secret. He was extremely excited. He had truly encountered something unique, able to use the collected blood essence to grant abnormal growth to other creatures.

Haha!

With this discovery, Li Feng didn't stay in Huangshi Park any longer. He hurried back to the dormitory and found a plastic box that Fifth Brother used to keep goldfish, putting the ant inside.

This was his first discovery, and he wanted to see if the ant would continue to grow abnormally.

"Hmm, just keeping it like this won't do..." Li Feng dropped a piece of cake with high sugar content into the box and then went to bed for a good sleep.

He had returned to the company early in the morning and was unjustly fired, and he had been working hard and exhausting himself recently. He was already very tired.

Before he knew it, he fell asleep.

When he woke up again, it was already evening. Recalling the strange events from noon, he rushed to the goldfish box.

"Is this still an ant?"

Stunned, he saw that the cake, which was as big as a finger, was gone.

Inside the transparent rectangular box, there was a much larger and stronger ant, crawling around energetically.

After a few hours of sleep, the ant was no longer an ant. No, it was still an ant, but with its current size and weight, it had grown into an ant king.

Li Feng remembered that when he was a child, he had played with ants in the cracks of the floor tiles at home. One type of ant was much stronger and larger than the others, with a deeper color, clearly a boss-type ant.

Later, he learned that this particularly strong ant was called a soldier ant king, or simply an ant king, which was several times larger than ordinary ants.

Now, the small ant in front of him had clearly grown into an ant king, and it was especially strong and resilient.

It was even... a bit larger than an ant king. Wow, this was incredible. He had found a treasure.

Looking at the abnormally strong ant king, Li Feng's eyes gleamed with excitement.

"If I give it another unit of blood essence, how much more will it grow?"

"And if... if I give it even more units of blood essence, what will happen in the future?"

Thinking about this, Li Feng's mind raced uncontrollably.